To The Editor:
It's one thing never to veer from the straight and narrow and the Journal's ultra-conservative take on everything, but another to just trample on old-fashioned common decency. The point in question: why the smiling, friendly face here of Ahmadinejad, and the terrible, altogether unflattering photo of the weary Hillary Clinton? This just could not have been unintentional on your part. Shame!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
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letter to wsj--may 11, 2010--baseball
To The Editor:
With all due regard to Mr Futterman, including a well-deserved salute for the examples cited, still, I must ask: How in heaven's name did he not include mention of that World Series October 15, 1988 (for A's fans) day of infamy, when Tommy Lasorda--no doubt rosary beads in hand-- brought the crippled Curt Gibson out of the training room to pinch hit? Whether or not God had a hand in all that, it was a day when so many of His faithful bade farewell to organized religion of any sort. It was a cruel, inhuman moment, and the single cause-in my own case and surely for countless others-- of the years and money spent in therapy!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
With all due regard to Mr Futterman, including a well-deserved salute for the examples cited, still, I must ask: How in heaven's name did he not include mention of that World Series October 15, 1988 (for A's fans) day of infamy, when Tommy Lasorda--no doubt rosary beads in hand-- brought the crippled Curt Gibson out of the training room to pinch hit? Whether or not God had a hand in all that, it was a day when so many of His faithful bade farewell to organized religion of any sort. It was a cruel, inhuman moment, and the single cause-in my own case and surely for countless others-- of the years and money spent in therapy!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--may 7, 2010--mario moreno
To The Editor:
How dare someone with the name Mario Moreno--whose outrageous letter appeared in the Observer Forum today--have the audacity to ridicule the poor immigrant who makes his or her way to America seeking work and a better life? The name Mario Moreno doesn't suggest to me at all someone whose relatives arrived here on the Mayflower.
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
How dare someone with the name Mario Moreno--whose outrageous letter appeared in the Observer Forum today--have the audacity to ridicule the poor immigrant who makes his or her way to America seeking work and a better life? The name Mario Moreno doesn't suggest to me at all someone whose relatives arrived here on the Mayflower.
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to taylor batten--apr 28, 2010--about m jordan and james
Hello Taylor--You've probably seen this already but just in case not.....this conceivably could be one of The Most Important sports columns in Charlotte's history. If James were to buy into Rhoden's pitch, well, sky's the limit. After Wachovia's demise--(see Sub-Prime Mortgage Debacle and that dubious acquiistion in California)---it's time Charlotte caught a break. Will The Observer be able to run this column? Hope so. Best regards, Bernie
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letter to jennifer foster--wdav--apr, 2010
Dear Jennifer---You must know by now of my out-sized esteem for you and all you do and stand for, nonetheless I need to jump in here with a complaint. I do believe WDAV is programming too much of the kind of music which just left off--that is, in the closing minutes of the 10 o'clock hour. You announced who it was but I didn't cath it. It was period music, going back probably to the 18th or 17 th century when royalty and their various nobles sat around in ornate salons, admiring one another and eating grapes while these chamber groups and small orchestras were playing stuff which anesthetized half of them--al the while the rest of humanity was out in the fields bringing in the crops for their dinners. It is the music which I have to believe led in part tp the French revolution. beheadings and the like.. I am not saying that it should be all Richard Strauss, or Wagner, or Berlioz or the like but anything you play which is replete with trills, should go. yes, I think that should be the test--how many trills per minute---more than 7 and I would get rid of it. Otherwise I think the world of WDAV, of you, of Ben, and everyone there! xoxo Bernie
letter to observer--apr 21, 2010--governor's prposed cuts
To The Editor:
It is understandable and in fact appropriate that UNC president Erskine Bowles should decry the significant cuts to be borne by the UNC system, in Governor Perdue's proposed 2010-11 state budget. At the same time, Mr. Bowles acknowledges that these are "budget cuts which the governor was forced by economic circumstances to recommend."
Surely no one can quarrel with Mr. Bowles's dismay but in reacting to the proposed budget, his remarks would have carried greater gravitas had he told us what he thought the governor should have done instead. No such reference was made and thus we can only assume that Mr. Bowles had concluded that there were none.
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
It is understandable and in fact appropriate that UNC president Erskine Bowles should decry the significant cuts to be borne by the UNC system, in Governor Perdue's proposed 2010-11 state budget. At the same time, Mr. Bowles acknowledges that these are "budget cuts which the governor was forced by economic circumstances to recommend."
Surely no one can quarrel with Mr. Bowles's dismay but in reacting to the proposed budget, his remarks would have carried greater gravitas had he told us what he thought the governor should have done instead. No such reference was made and thus we can only assume that Mr. Bowles had concluded that there were none.
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--apr 20, 2010--char krauthammer again
To The Editor:
The Charlotte Observer must stand for many different things to its various readers, but for those out there who loathe our President, its Saturday edition never disappoints. There it is, every single Saturday, Charles Krauthammers's single-track vitriol about Barack Obama. His latest rant is about Obama's "persistent nuclear posturing."
Previous efforts of mine to dissuade the Observer from partnering with Krauthammer in this dark,obsessed journey of his, have gotten me nowhere, and I have no illusion that this fresh appeal will result in anything different. Therefore, and short of canceling our subscription, I'd like to inquire if our daily delivery could continue as at present, but without the Saturday edition. The Krauthammer column spoils all else in that edition and besides, we find it fouls the air in our home. How about it--can this be arranged--same price as now but just no Saturday delivery? Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
The Charlotte Observer must stand for many different things to its various readers, but for those out there who loathe our President, its Saturday edition never disappoints. There it is, every single Saturday, Charles Krauthammers's single-track vitriol about Barack Obama. His latest rant is about Obama's "persistent nuclear posturing."
Previous efforts of mine to dissuade the Observer from partnering with Krauthammer in this dark,obsessed journey of his, have gotten me nowhere, and I have no illusion that this fresh appeal will result in anything different. Therefore, and short of canceling our subscription, I'd like to inquire if our daily delivery could continue as at present, but without the Saturday edition. The Krauthammer column spoils all else in that edition and besides, we find it fouls the air in our home. How about it--can this be arranged--same price as now but just no Saturday delivery? Thank you for your consideration in this matter.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--april 20, 2010--burr the clear pick?
To the Editor:
It sure didn't go down easily with this reader to have to swallow the endorsement of yours for anything, save possibly retirement, for Senator Burr. Yes, I realize that it was for the GOP nomination, but even for that, seems to me that abstaining might have been the more forgivable path. What has this Senator done--for now going on six years-- for the betterment and benefit of this country and/or for the State of North Carolina? Can you think of a single thing?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
It sure didn't go down easily with this reader to have to swallow the endorsement of yours for anything, save possibly retirement, for Senator Burr. Yes, I realize that it was for the GOP nomination, but even for that, seems to me that abstaining might have been the more forgivable path. What has this Senator done--for now going on six years-- for the betterment and benefit of this country and/or for the State of North Carolina? Can you think of a single thing?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to nyt--april 12, 2010,, polish pres plane crash
To The Editor:
We will have to wait to find out, but my hunch is that the cause of this horrific tragedy is explained--and could have been foretold--in Malcolm Gladwell's "The Ethnic Theory of Place Crashes," which forms part of his book Outliers.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
We will have to wait to find out, but my hunch is that the cause of this horrific tragedy is explained--and could have been foretold--in Malcolm Gladwell's "The Ethnic Theory of Place Crashes," which forms part of his book Outliers.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to nyt--april 4, 2010--hedge fund pay
To The Editor:
Is there someone out there who can explain to me why these fat cats are not being taxed until it hurts a little bit? How about 90%? No, wait, how about 95%? Take, for example, David Tepper whose compensation last year was $4 billion. Taxed at 95% he's still left with a measly $200 million. Surely he can find a way to make do with that. I have to think even his Mother would agree on that. What do you say, David?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 2802
704 377 5305
Is there someone out there who can explain to me why these fat cats are not being taxed until it hurts a little bit? How about 90%? No, wait, how about 95%? Take, for example, David Tepper whose compensation last year was $4 billion. Taxed at 95% he's still left with a measly $200 million. Surely he can find a way to make do with that. I have to think even his Mother would agree on that. What do you say, David?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 2802
704 377 5305
letter to nyt--april 4--taliban
To The Editor:
Hold it....let me see if I have this right. While being steadily reminded that our tax returns are due to be filed just ten days from now, we read today that "hundreds of thousands of dollars a week" are being doled out to the people of Marja, Afghanistan, and that our Marine strategy there "depends on sowing this community with buckets of cash."
Can all this possibly be true? Is this a joke, and is it supposed to be funny? What, I ask, gives?
Yours perplexed,
Bernie Hargadon
45 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
Hold it....let me see if I have this right. While being steadily reminded that our tax returns are due to be filed just ten days from now, we read today that "hundreds of thousands of dollars a week" are being doled out to the people of Marja, Afghanistan, and that our Marine strategy there "depends on sowing this community with buckets of cash."
Can all this possibly be true? Is this a joke, and is it supposed to be funny? What, I ask, gives?
Yours perplexed,
Bernie Hargadon
45 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
letter to post and couruer--april, 2010--health care reform
To The Editor:
As critical and timely as anything I've read about the new health care bill is Mr. Brinson's alert this morning to the effect that America will soon be facing a serious shortage of doctors and nurses, and that it is anything but too soon to be planning remedies for that. One, of course, is to expand the number of places in medicals schools and hospitals for those aspiring to these professions. But another, not so obvious, is to open up immigration opportunities for those many professionals in other countries who--given the chance--would move heaven and earth to be able to move here to practice their profession. And in this regard, it is well past time to bury the myth that ours is the only country in the world with well-trained, knowledgeable, experienced, capable doctors and nurses--because fact is, they abound throughout the world, even in some so-called third world countries.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
As critical and timely as anything I've read about the new health care bill is Mr. Brinson's alert this morning to the effect that America will soon be facing a serious shortage of doctors and nurses, and that it is anything but too soon to be planning remedies for that. One, of course, is to expand the number of places in medicals schools and hospitals for those aspiring to these professions. But another, not so obvious, is to open up immigration opportunities for those many professionals in other countries who--given the chance--would move heaven and earth to be able to move here to practice their profession. And in this regard, it is well past time to bury the myth that ours is the only country in the world with well-trained, knowledgeable, experienced, capable doctors and nurses--because fact is, they abound throughout the world, even in some so-called third world countries.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--mar 30, 2010--Opposing Views
To The Editor:
It is one thing for a newspaper to present reasoned, opposing views on important, controversial topics of the day, but in doing so, quite another to subject readers to unmitigated ranting on a subject, such as those voiced by Rep. John Shadegg in his 400-word "critique" of the health care bill which just became law. Besides offending a reader's intelligence, it denotes pure editorial laziness simply to pull up and publish this sort of trash, only so as to feature an "opposing view." It is ironic and especially regrettable that this had to appear the very same day of Karen Garloch's superb page-one story about the new law's effect on Jim Lewis and the countless others like him. .
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
It is one thing for a newspaper to present reasoned, opposing views on important, controversial topics of the day, but in doing so, quite another to subject readers to unmitigated ranting on a subject, such as those voiced by Rep. John Shadegg in his 400-word "critique" of the health care bill which just became law. Besides offending a reader's intelligence, it denotes pure editorial laziness simply to pull up and publish this sort of trash, only so as to feature an "opposing view." It is ironic and especially regrettable that this had to appear the very same day of Karen Garloch's superb page-one story about the new law's effect on Jim Lewis and the countless others like him. .
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--mar 23, 2010--you edit for accuracy??
To The Editor:
Think of this as an alert to all you men out there. Before you touch that pen to complete the 2010 Census Form, how about considering--even for a brief moment-- that you may not necessarily be the Person 1 in your household that the form talks about. Tough as it may be to swallow, what makes you and not the missus, Numero Uno? Why not her? Or,if that's too much to take in at one reading, how about flipping a coin?
These thoughts struck me as I was starting this process but I came to my senses and handed the pen over to my new No.1! Result? Big smile. And "What took you so long, darling?" And also, lots of new sunshine pouring into our marriage!
Think about it, all you heretofore No.1's out there!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Think of this as an alert to all you men out there. Before you touch that pen to complete the 2010 Census Form, how about considering--even for a brief moment-- that you may not necessarily be the Person 1 in your household that the form talks about. Tough as it may be to swallow, what makes you and not the missus, Numero Uno? Why not her? Or,if that's too much to take in at one reading, how about flipping a coin?
These thoughts struck me as I was starting this process but I came to my senses and handed the pen over to my new No.1! Result? Big smile. And "What took you so long, darling?" And also, lots of new sunshine pouring into our marriage!
Think about it, all you heretofore No.1's out there!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--the census--mar 20, 2010
To The Editor:
Think of this as an alert to all you men out there. Before you touch that pen to complete the 2010 Census Form, how about considering--even for a brief moment-- that you may not necessarily be the Person 1 in your household that the form talks about. Tough as it may be to swallow, what makes you and not the missus, Numero Uno? Why not her? Or,if that's too much to take in at one reading, how about flipping a coin?
These thoughts struck me as I was starting this process but I came to my senses and handed the pen over to my new No.1! Result? Big smile. And "What took you so long, darling?" And also, lots of new sunshine pouring into our marriage!
Think about it, all you heretofore No.1's out there!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Think of this as an alert to all you men out there. Before you touch that pen to complete the 2010 Census Form, how about considering--even for a brief moment-- that you may not necessarily be the Person 1 in your household that the form talks about. Tough as it may be to swallow, what makes you and not the missus, Numero Uno? Why not her? Or,if that's too much to take in at one reading, how about flipping a coin?
These thoughts struck me as I was starting this process but I came to my senses and handed the pen over to my new No.1! Result? Big smile. And "What took you so long, darling?" And also, lots of new sunshine pouring into our marriage!
Think about it, all you heretofore No.1's out there!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to oberver--kudos--editorial--mar 2010
To The Editor:
As all of you there well know, there are times when The Charlotte Observer finds ways to give a reader, like myself, a stiff dose of apoplexy, but then there are days when I have those "I take it all back" moments! Today is one of those days. Your editorial about the health care fight is the best, by far, that I've read on the subject. I hope it gets wide, national circulation....and surely it will if the McClatchy people are on their toes. Nice work!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
As all of you there well know, there are times when The Charlotte Observer finds ways to give a reader, like myself, a stiff dose of apoplexy, but then there are days when I have those "I take it all back" moments! Today is one of those days. Your editorial about the health care fight is the best, by far, that I've read on the subject. I hope it gets wide, national circulation....and surely it will if the McClatchy people are on their toes. Nice work!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer--richard burr--feb 23, 2010
To The Editor:
We read today that Senator Burr has announced that he will seek reelection, even though weary of the disgraceful, interminable obstruction of Senate Democrats, as directed by Harry Reid. How do these guys get away with statements like this anyhow--doesn't anyone ever challenge them? Well, I do. And as a constituent of the State her serves as Senator, I think he could have better spent yesterday in Washington, voting for the Jobs bill--other Republican Senators did. How come, Senator Burr? Jobs not a big issue with you?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
We read today that Senator Burr has announced that he will seek reelection, even though weary of the disgraceful, interminable obstruction of Senate Democrats, as directed by Harry Reid. How do these guys get away with statements like this anyhow--doesn't anyone ever challenge them? Well, I do. And as a constituent of the State her serves as Senator, I think he could have better spent yesterday in Washington, voting for the Jobs bill--other Republican Senators did. How come, Senator Burr? Jobs not a big issue with you?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to nyt--feb 22, 2010--alessandra stanley
To The Editor:
Hooray for Alessandra Stanley! Finally, finally, American television coverage of the Olympics is taken to the wood shed fir its shameless, interminable, childish championing of and for the successes of American athletes.
What is all that about, anyhow? Isn't it just more of this "We're No.1" malarkey? Or could it be the reverse--a malignent inferioroty complex? It's way past time for the networks, and for all we Americans, to grow up. The Olympics are held to showcase the performances of the best athletes in the world, as they compete with one another; the Olympics are not held for the benefit of nations--no matter how anxious any one of them might be to exhibit its unadorned conceit.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Hooray for Alessandra Stanley! Finally, finally, American television coverage of the Olympics is taken to the wood shed fir its shameless, interminable, childish championing of and for the successes of American athletes.
What is all that about, anyhow? Isn't it just more of this "We're No.1" malarkey? Or could it be the reverse--a malignent inferioroty complex? It's way past time for the networks, and for all we Americans, to grow up. The Olympics are held to showcase the performances of the best athletes in the world, as they compete with one another; the Olympics are not held for the benefit of nations--no matter how anxious any one of them might be to exhibit its unadorned conceit.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letfer to WSJ--John Yoo--Feb 22, 2010
To The Editor:
Notwithstanding the general excellence of your news reporting, we readers are reminded once again that the Journal's editorial staff just can't help themselves. In your lead editorial today, you lavish praise on John Yoo and Jay Bybee, and decry their having been so outrageously condemned for the legal opinions they rendered on interrogating terror suspects.
All of this because of the opinion handed down last week that while they committed no professional misconduct, their actions nonettheless reflected "poor judgment." That the Journal should get so pumped up about all this is, in my opinion, yet another example of poor judgment. Yoo and Bybee may have been vindicated here in America on some purely technical grounds, yet the renderings handed down by these men have disgraced our country, and in every other part of the world, they are considered war criminals. Doesn't the Journal understand or care at all about any of that?
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Notwithstanding the general excellence of your news reporting, we readers are reminded once again that the Journal's editorial staff just can't help themselves. In your lead editorial today, you lavish praise on John Yoo and Jay Bybee, and decry their having been so outrageously condemned for the legal opinions they rendered on interrogating terror suspects.
All of this because of the opinion handed down last week that while they committed no professional misconduct, their actions nonettheless reflected "poor judgment." That the Journal should get so pumped up about all this is, in my opinion, yet another example of poor judgment. Yoo and Bybee may have been vindicated here in America on some purely technical grounds, yet the renderings handed down by these men have disgraced our country, and in every other part of the world, they are considered war criminals. Doesn't the Journal understand or care at all about any of that?
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
letter to observer-Thomas Friedman--Feb 21, 2010
To The Editor:
Anyone there remember the time when you could pick up the phone, call your favorite radio station and request they play your favorite song? Well, that's sorta what I'm doing now, but instead of a song it's a newspaper column: how about running Mr.Friedman's "The Fat Lady Has Sung" which appears in today's NYTimes? You'd be doing a huge favor to the community you serve. Thank you!!
Gratefully,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Anyone there remember the time when you could pick up the phone, call your favorite radio station and request they play your favorite song? Well, that's sorta what I'm doing now, but instead of a song it's a newspaper column: how about running Mr.Friedman's "The Fat Lady Has Sung" which appears in today's NYTimes? You'd be doing a huge favor to the community you serve. Thank you!!
Gratefully,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Unfettered Capitalism--Feb 20, 2010
To The Editor:
Those folks out there who champion unfettered capitalism, can't be happy this morning to read Jim Morrill's story about Tim D'Annunzio. How else to explain that a person as clearly deranged as this one, has been able to accumulate the sums of money he will be spending, in order to run for public office?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Those folks out there who champion unfettered capitalism, can't be happy this morning to read Jim Morrill's story about Tim D'Annunzio. How else to explain that a person as clearly deranged as this one, has been able to accumulate the sums of money he will be spending, in order to run for public office?
Yours truly,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Obama will negotiate--and other nonsense--Feb 15, 2010
To The Editor:
The title given to Mr. DeGeorge's letter today ("Obama will negotiate with U.S. enemies, but not with GOP") is a show-stopper for sure, but the letter itself has no business being printed. It's nonsense, and ugly nonsense at that. Is there no longer any minimum Credibility Test for letters to make it into The Observer Forum, or is it now simply Anything Goes?
Yours truly.
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
The title given to Mr. DeGeorge's letter today ("Obama will negotiate with U.S. enemies, but not with GOP") is a show-stopper for sure, but the letter itself has no business being printed. It's nonsense, and ugly nonsense at that. Is there no longer any minimum Credibility Test for letters to make it into The Observer Forum, or is it now simply Anything Goes?
Yours truly.
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Charles Krauthammer--Feb 7, 2010
To The Editor:
Tell me it ain't so--can I be the only Observer subscriber who finds it revolting that every single Saturday edition-- week after week--continues to print Charles Krauthammer's column and his relentless, never-varying attack on President Obama? Forgive me, but I need to ask: Why? Why do you do this? For what gain? On what grounds can you possibly defend doing this? Early on I was angered by it all but no longer--now it's just pure dismay and bewilderment.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlottfe, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Tell me it ain't so--can I be the only Observer subscriber who finds it revolting that every single Saturday edition-- week after week--continues to print Charles Krauthammer's column and his relentless, never-varying attack on President Obama? Forgive me, but I need to ask: Why? Why do you do this? For what gain? On what grounds can you possibly defend doing this? Early on I was angered by it all but no longer--now it's just pure dismay and bewilderment.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlottfe, NC 28202
704 377 5305
Where's Bev--some place warm?--Jan 28, 2010
To The Editor:
About your editorial today entitled "Where's Bev?"....on reflection, wouldn't you agree that what you've written here--and written about here--is unworthy of a place on the editorial page of any newspaper, let alone your own? What's the the point anyhow--that the governor should be back in Raleigh rounding up jobs for the unemployed, instead of taking a week off to vacation? Or is it because she vacationed in someplace warm? It's silly, is what is; it is also, simply, a cheap shot, and pretty darned unbecoming as well.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305.
About your editorial today entitled "Where's Bev?"....on reflection, wouldn't you agree that what you've written here--and written about here--is unworthy of a place on the editorial page of any newspaper, let alone your own? What's the the point anyhow--that the governor should be back in Raleigh rounding up jobs for the unemployed, instead of taking a week off to vacation? Or is it because she vacationed in someplace warm? It's silly, is what is; it is also, simply, a cheap shot, and pretty darned unbecoming as well.
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon St. #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 377 5305.
Chuck Porter
To The Editor:
Granted, it's early in the year to start the process but still, I've just cast my vote for Chuck Porter as Charlotte's Man of The Year 2010. I've met and gotten to know Chuck a little bit, and can attest that he is everything Elizabeth Leland has written about him, and then some! What an uplifting story for this Sunday's edition!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
Jan 24, 2010
Granted, it's early in the year to start the process but still, I've just cast my vote for Chuck Porter as Charlotte's Man of The Year 2010. I've met and gotten to know Chuck a little bit, and can attest that he is everything Elizabeth Leland has written about him, and then some! What an uplifting story for this Sunday's edition!
Sincerely,
Bernie Hargadon
435 S. Tryon #606
Charlotte, NC 28202
Jan 24, 2010
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