Seven years ago, a tragic event in New York City forever changed the nation. Citizens of the United States were fearful that another terrorist attack like the one Sept. 11, 2001, would strike again. With no clear end in sight, the blame for the tragedy was placed on politicians, on religious groups and on people of different ethnicities.
To the Cigar, In response to Peter Larrivee's letter, headlined "Reader plead with students to take Republican party back," printed Sept. 11, 2008: Peter Larrivee made a critical error in urging Republicans not to vote for Sen. John McCain in this year's Presidential election based upon the GOP's tax policies; namely, he forgot (or never realized) that generally speaking, people do not vote Republican for personal benefit, but for ideological reasons.
To the Cigar, Ladies and gentlemen, it was once a naval tradition, upon the death of a crewman, to hoist black sails as a gesture of mourning; later on, it being markedly burdensome to store a great section of cloth for use in only infrequent circumstances, and this tradition was modified to the running of a black flag up the mast.
To the Cigar, I am a person not easily amused by the world of politics and political preaching; as President Ronald Regan once aptly described, "politics is the second oldest profession." Though I look with passive contempt upon the political world because of all its boisterous, emotional serfs, I have had occasion to allow myself to be entertained by the more impassioned advocates in the political zoo.
