I had a letter to the editor printed a couple of days ago, and I just had to share this response. It was sent to my work address since I'm not in the phone book. The letter I wrote was a basic "Dems aren't weak on defense and Bush was warned about 911" type letter. Original letter and the full response after the jump.
[My original LTE]
The President wanted to let companies from the United Arab Emirates handle port security for the United States. Dubai, a major city in the UAE, has numerous companies with terrorist ties. (
http://www.foxnews.com/...) Two of the 9/11 terrorists were from UAE, numerous Dubai banks and companies have given money to terrorists. But that didn't matter to President Bush.
Republicans, who control both branches of congress, have blocked Democratic efforts to investigate and monitor our ports. (http://abcnews.go.com/...) The Democrats actually want to inspect incoming cargo, but the Republicans don't.
Republicans have also blocked Democratic plans to support the National Guard and Reserves and their families. Republicans blocked an amendment to assist reservists with child care and another that would have helped reservists make ends meet.
For a full list of the Democratic ideas that the Republicans have blocked, see http://democrats.senate.gov/....
Read through it and you'll see that when it comes to helping our soldiers and keeping us safe, Democrats have the right ideas. Too bad all the Republicans can do is block them.
[Response sent to my workplace]
"You are only repeating the usual liberal rhetoric without any foundation. I looked at the website you noted and can only say this: Your democrat website only shows one side of each argument. It does not give the reasoning behind the Republican stand on the issues." [This was the http://democrats.senate.gov/... page I'm assuming.]
"So, stay with your left wing liberal People's Republic of Iowa City views but keep them out of public view. We do not want to become a socialist country without God, Christianity, Christmas, easter, Boy Scouts and voluntary prayers in schools, nor do we want same sex marriages and people in government who break and ignore established laws for their personal views."
"Talk about blocking, did you notice that Bush tried to open our oil fields and the Republicans in the Senate had a bill for the immigration problem. WHO[sic] were the the blockers? And many other things the dems have blocked."
"If you are the right Bob, keep your idiocy out of the paper. If you are the the Bob, my apologies."