‘I don’t understand’
I don’t understand the missing half of the story.
President Biden angered environmentalists by the decision to allow (but greatly reduced) drilling for oil in Alaska. There was no explanation by the press. It took the BBC to mention in one sentence that the reason he approved was compromise. It was the best deal he could cut, since it was obvious the oil companies were going to win in court. You do the best you can. That explanation was nowhere to be found.
I don’t understand.
Expensive late-night television ads promote the separation of church and state by the agnostic Ronald Reagan Jr. As a counterpoint evangelical, Billy Graham’s son also placed a large number of ads. This religious group supported Trump, a man who was doing porn stars while his wife was breast-feeding his youngest newborn son.
That’s unforgivable, no matter which side you are on.
As far as I can tell, there’s nothing they can possibly do to repair their reputations, and I mean either Trump or Billy Graham. Hypocrisy gone wild.
And did the former president break campaign contribution laws with a payoff and a nondisclosure agreement? Well, his attorney went to prison for it.
I don’t understand how conservatives in Congress could rally to his support and call his indictment political. And also how that argument would be deserving of any media coverage.
I don’t understand.
There’s an important point here. For the media, if it bleeds it leads. For many of the stories, the question of “why” doesn’t even get answered.
Facts are facts, but not just selective or even alternative facts, but verifiable information. Let’s see a lot more of it.
God bless America, and if you do pray, ask for a moral conscience of faith to bring us closer together.
Understanding is what we need.
Michael Mamczarz
Kurtistown
Too much power
State House Speaker Scott Sakai is almost single-handedly blocking the initiatives our representatives have introduced, at the will of the people they serve, to legalize recreational marijuana and gambling.
Does he think he has the right to direct the lives of adult citizens of Hawaii?
No legislator should impose their personal views on their constituents. The people have spoken, and Saiki is not listening to them or to his colleagues in government.
Get with the program!
Laura Lee Buck
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park