Americans should take responsibility for problems we have created

Jay Ambroses Nov. 11 column, Hugs wont defeat Mexican drug cartels, says he thinks President Trump has the right solution to Americas drug problem, which results in the death of 68,000 Americans overdosing on drugs yearly.

Trumps simple solution is to wipe the Mexican drug cartels off the face of the Earth.

Perhaps Trump should really solve the greater problems that exist right here in America. After all, every year, 480,000 Americans die as the result of smoking, and another 41,000 Americans die of secondhand smoke. Applying President Trumps solution, wiping tobacco companies and farms off the face of America would save far more lives, and murdering anyone would be avoided.

Seems Americans are always prepared to blame others, start a war, bully or make the lives of others miserablein order to solve problems of our own making. Its about time Americans started taking responsibility for problems weve created, including those of drugs, guns, violence, militarism and our trade deficits, which are the result of our consumerism.

Anthony Frigo, Jensen Beach

A while ago I opened the paper and found reference to the fires in Australia. Then another column referred to floods in England. And next it was mentioned there were more than 100 earthquakes shaking us up here in the past year. Then, there were stories about the cartels in Mexico. And there were 30- and 40-inch rainfalls on the Gulf coast.

Add to all of that the political storms in progress that apparently will be going on forever, and it leads to the conclusion there is no safe place on Earth.

Oh, I nearly overlooked the program to eradicate history, as uneducated voters are demanding the removal of statuary that is personally offensive to them. A few years ago the Confederate flag was banned. And now I have apparently become an old, white male supremacist.

Add to all of that, there is a vocabulary modification where we can only use letters, like N, Fand S, instead of the words they represent. In fact, if you dont know the words, you wont find out because you cant say them. Political correctness will no doubt cause us to reduce the size of the alphabet if a couple of voters find the letters are offensive.

As all of the assaults, road-rage incidents, breaking-and-enterings, robberies, mass shootings and rapes go on, the liberals want to confiscate our guns to rob us of any means of protection. Many want open borders so, if that happens, there will be no United States. At that point it will be interesting to see what we will be called probably, just simply the Continent.

If the Democrats are correct, we have about 12 years left before the end of the world. I guess we can limp along until then.

Clement Woodhull, Vero Beach

First a man lies, then the lie lies, then the lie takes the man.

Other men repeat the lie over and over again. The lie travels, so to speak, such a distance that it appears to some as the facts.

As Kellyanne Conway said, we have alternative facts. Now, the originator of the lie thinks he can say anything he pleases! And he does. For instance: I can shoot somebody in Times Square and still not lose a vote. It is at this time I started looking at him out of the corner of my eye.

President Donald Trump speaks during an event on healthcare prices in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Nov. 15, 2019, in Washington.(Photo: Evan Vucci, AP)

He dares to say anything to cover up bad decisions, to make himself look good, He will lie to you, his base, to make you feel good. People-pleasing is part of his con. Now with this latest episode with the Ukraine, he is in trouble again. He will use any weapon, mainly the lie, in order to win or gain advantage. He loves to win. His demonstration on how far he will go to win hasnt been experienced yet, neither has it been displayed if he loses.

If due process does not remove him, then many in Washington can stay home and not even bother running for office. His aggressive risk-taking will know no end, and you, his vaunted base, can form a committee and get him fitted for a military-style uniform like no other. Like Moammar Gadhafi perhaps! You will have your dictator. He will have the power he covets.

I will then look at the whole Republican Party out of the corner of my eye.

Maurice Bernier, Vero Beach

Each Christmas season I looked forward to attending the Indian River State College Planetarium in Fort Pierce. A very talented and renowned artist, John Serrie, performed on the synthesizer. He played a variety of carols from many countries; the sound was mysterious and eerie, and was syncopated with an incredible light show in the "heaven" above our heads.

The audience sat in the darkness to watch the planets, stars and our sun; the aurora borealis and other natural phenomena of the night sky while the artist played the synthesizer createda wonderfully, almost surreal, mood.

This year I did not see the program in the "Coming Events," so I called the college box office. I was told no, they were not having it this year; that some people wrote a letter to the college president complaining the college was doing "Christmas stuff."

What a shame.

Margaret Bowers, Stuart

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