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War honors not about winning Your reporting on Navy Lt. Michael Murphy has been nothing short of phenomenal in highlighting the incredible accomplishments of a heroic native Long Islander and the thorough ...

[Arnold Genovesi]

Newsday’s 10/17/07 editorial opinion “Don’t believe the hype” is yet another example of Newsday’s relentless anti-Bush propaganda since January 2001. The editorial razzle-dazzles with a bunch of meaningless numbers as though proof of Bush failures and it proclaims that Clinton was great.

Let me supply some street facts about the Clinton economy that Newsday overlooks. The technology-internet revolution began around 1990. By the time Clinton took office, technology stocks began to flourish and Americans poured their savings and investment money into tech stocks and mutual funds. Looking for a job in 1992, I recall columns and pages of help wanted ads in the Times seeking webmasters and skilled techs. Salary offerings were unbelievable at the time, many in the $100-150k range, and some over $200k. Job growth in tech was explosive in the ‘90s, and that spilled into other sectors. Clinton could increase taxes and still look good even though he played no part in the surging economy. Your investment (retirement) portfolio boomed from 1994 to 2000. Guess what happened then? Yes, the internet bubble burst. When? January 2001. Add a bunch of corporate crooks exposed by the collapse and bye-bye internet revolution, bye-bye tech jobs en masse, bye-bye investment and retirement portfolio values, bye-bye Bill Clinton, hello George Bush. Clinton handed Bush an incalculable economic bomb. Clinton’s $5.6 trillion surplus was gone before he vacated the White House. Bush took immediate action to head off recession. By the way, his tax cuts did save us from long-term economic disaster. We did and continue to do our part by spending it. I learned in economic studies that by increasing our consumer spending, the increased demand for goods and services creates more jobs, and more jobs means more people paying taxes. That results in more revenue to the IRS than raising taxes because when we pay more tax, we have less purchasing power, we buy less, businesses shrink, jobs are lost and that means less people paying taxes. Higher taxes stifle, not stimulate the economy. That’s why Bush tax cuts brought the deficit down by 1/3 from 2006. It is time that Newsday stop its partisan propaganda nonsense. If you print the truth and then say you still hate Bush, fair enough, but don’t spin, lie, and dice the facts for the sake of your politics. It’s disingenuous, and that makes your opinions nothing more than detestable propaganda.

Don’t blame Bush for the social security debacle. The blame rests with the numerous members of congress who have held power for decades, but failed to address the issue because they are the ones responsible for borrowing and spending our social security. Overhaul staged for 2001? What about 1996 or 1998 or the $5.6 trillion Clinton surplus or 9-11-01? Bankrupt social security is the collective failure of government for decades, not the failure of any one president. This mess is a good reason why we should have term limits for all of Congress. By turning over our elected officials, we create a chance to restore some honesty, integrity and ethics in government, and maybe reduce the partisan politics that is damaging this country.

[Scott Holland]

I took part in the Autism Speaks: Walk Now For Autism event that took place on Sunday, October 14th. It was overwhelming and touching to see how many people showed up to walk and show their support as well as donate their hard earned money for autism research. An estimated 24,000 people participated and raised about 1.8 million dollars. According to Autism Speaks this is by far their most successful walk in the entire country. As a parent of a child with autism this support means the world to me and my family. I was very disappointed to open up Newsday Monday morning and find NO MENTION of this walk whatsoever. It seems the Oyster Bay festival is more important as it got extensive coverage. The most important tool we have to promote awareness and support is through media coverage. An article showing the magnitude of this walk would have done a lot of good to the Autism cause. Currently 1 in 92 boys are being diagnosed with a form of this disorder. It is VERY newsworthy and Newsday should be ashamed to ignore this event.

[5th of November]

Unfortunately it took segregationist Governor Wallace to reveal the truth that "there's not a dime's worth of difference between" Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats willingly went along with the War in Iraq, suspension of Habeas Corpus, detaining protesters, banning books like "America Deceived' from Amazon, stealing private lands (Kelo decision), warrant-less wiretapping and refusing to investigate 9/11 properly. They are both guilty of treason.
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[joe]

aint that straight,about time someone writes in about our presidential candidates. more Americans need to wake the heck up about the only real candidate trying to save America and thats Ron freakin Paul. Dammit Ameica WAKE THE HECK UP!!!!!!! VOTE RON PAUL 2008!!!!!!!

[joe]

Arnold Genovesi wrote:

Newsday’s 10/17/07 editorial opinion “Don’t believe the hype” is yet another example of Newsday’s relentless anti-Bush propaganda since January 2001. The editorial razzle-dazzles with a bunch of meaningless numbers as though proof of Bush failures and it proclaims that Clinton was great.
Let me supply some street facts about the Clinton economy that Newsday overlooks. The technology-internet revolution began around 1990. By the time Clinton took office, technology stocks began to flourish and Americans poured their savings and investment money into tech stocks and mutual funds. Looking for a job in 1992, I recall columns and pages of help wanted ads in the Times seeking webmasters and skilled techs. Salary offerings were unbelievable at the time, many in the $100-150k range, and some over $200k. Job growth in tech was explosive in the ‘90s, and that spilled into other sectors. Clinton could increase taxes and still look good even though he played no part in the surging economy. Your investment (retirement) portfolio boomed from 1994 to 2000. Guess what happened then? Yes, the internet bubble burst. When? January 2001. Add a bunch of corporate crooks exposed by the collapse and bye-bye internet revolution, bye-bye tech jobs en masse, bye-bye investment and retirement portfolio values, bye-bye Bill Clinton, hello George Bush. Clinton handed Bush an incalculable economic bomb. Clinton’s $5.6 trillion surplus was gone before he vacated the White House. Bush took immediate action to head off recession. By the way, his tax cuts did save us from long-term economic disaster. We did and continue to do our part by spending it. I learned in economic studies that by increasing our consumer spending, the increased demand for goods and services creates more jobs, and more jobs means more people paying taxes. That results in more revenue to the IRS than raising taxes because when we pay more tax, we have less purchasing power, we buy less, businesses shrink, jobs are lost and that means less people paying taxes. Higher taxes stifle, not stimulate the economy. That’s why Bush tax cuts brought the deficit down by 1/3 from 2006. It is time that Newsday stop its partisan propaganda nonsense. If you print the truth and then say you still hate Bush, fair enough, but don’t spin, lie, and dice the facts for the sake of your politics. It’s disingenuous, and that makes your opinions nothing more than detestable propaganda.
Don’t blame Bush for the social security debacle. The blame rests with the numerous members of congress who have held power for decades, but failed to address the issue because they are the ones responsible for borrowing and spending our social security. Overhaul staged for 2001? What about 1996 or 1998 or the $5.6 trillion Clinton surplus or 9-11-01? Bankrupt social security is the collective failure of government for decades, not the failure of any one president. This mess is a good reason why we should have term limits for all of Congress. By turning over our elected officials, we create a chance to restore some honesty, integrity and ethics in government, and maybe reduce the partisan politics that is damaging this country.

LISTEN hey buddy bush, clinton, gulianni, edwards,gore,obama, clinton and the rest of those facist slobs all work for the same group of global elitest. America needs to wake the hell up and thats the bottom line.

[Ron Paul 2008]

You tell him Joe! Bush and his buddies are all crooks! Vote Ron Paul!

[zach]

Thank you Theresa Smillie.

I am voting for Ron Paul.

And not because the media is telling me to, or based on name recognition. But, because he has principles that are backed by the constitution. Most, if not all, of the other candidates represent the special interest groups and foreign governments. Not the American people!