Boomer Bad
Re: “9/11’d To Death” (“Boomer with Attitude” by John Grooms, Feb. 8): President Bush and others remind people of 9/11 because it is an important event. The terrorists hate us and want to kill us. I promise you that they have not forgotten 9/11. They use it to recruit and motivate more terrorists. Grooms does not mention that we have not been attacked since 9/11. This lack of action is proof that we are succeeding, so the argument that our ports, airports and the like are not safe holds no water. As far as Bush spying, they have monitored “suspected terrorists.” Because of the lack of attacks, I am comfortable with this program. If they happen to spy on me, no worries, I have nothing to hide.
Iraq is becoming its own country, with a government and successful democratic elections. These facts seem to be lost by the liberal media.
The other problems Grooms mentions don’t compare to terrorism. Global warming is a flawed theory. There have been several papers and studies written that totally disprove global warming, but I couldn’t expect you to believe something that’s not from the New York Times.
I blame you, the Democrats, and all of the other leftwingers for the oil debacle. We have enough oil in this country to sustain our way of life, but due to the environmentalist crowd we cannot drill for it.
As far as healthcare is concerned, it is not your right to healthcare just because you are an American. If you like socialist values maybe you should join Hugo Chavez and Cindy Sheehan; they both seem to want more government control. Grooms called Bush, Bushco. I actually like this name; if the government was run more like a corporation we would all be better off.
— Kelley Payne, Indian Trail
Boomer Good
While walking inside my dorm, I grabbed a copy of the Feb. 1 edition of Creative Loafing. I was not really intrigued with the newspaper until I reached John Grooms’ article “Dumbed Down.” I found myself rolling with laughter at Grooms’ clever use of sarcasm and satire throughout the entire piece. Grooms is absolutely right in his mockery of the Observer and saying that the media should be covering the things that actually affect the people of the area.
The Charlotte Observer has literally nothing of importance in it but yet everything to laugh about. They cover everything from which celebrity’s birthday it is to how you should live out your week, but it has no coverage on how Bush intends to completely go against the Constitution nor any coverage on how the rest of the world is doing. Nearly everything that you find in the Observer rarely is of any importance to the people of our nation. If I wanted to read Entertainment Magazine I would. This is the newspaper we are talking about. Our news should be focused on what is going on in the business world, in the United States government, with our nation’s relationship with other nations and our local governments as well. I’m not very concerned with which celebrity gets knocked up next, which the Observer seems to see as a “must know” for the people of Charlotte.
The media of today needs to learn that it must focus on what is good for the people of the community. Knowing about why the Panthers lost a game or knowing who is dating who in Hollywood does not belong in the newspaper at all. Grooms’ satire on this matter is the funniest article I have read in months and I applaud him for it.
— Pete Blake, UNC-Charlotte
A Million Little Elvises
I guess we can assume that the response to the Rustee Lane letter (“Angry Elvises,” Letters, Feb. 14) was written by Nan Talese. Perhaps Creative Loafing should publish regularly a listing of its contributors’ believability factors, such as: Tara Servatius, 90 percent; Mark Kemp, 50 percent (as he probably hired Jared Neumark); Jared Neumark, 20 percent.
— Rolf Kuehni, Charlotte
This article appears in Feb 15-21, 2006.
