CNHI
— To the Editor:
Kudos to Indianapolis Airport Authority for recognizing the need for and creating nursing rooms for breastfeeding and pumping.
It is only a shame that we live in a society where many still do not accept the benefits of breastfeeding. It is the natural purpose for which the breasts are designed. A woman should feel free to nurse her baby whenever and wherever the child is hungry. People do not think twice at the sight of a baby being bottle-fed in a public area, but many scoff at breastfeeding mothers providing the same basic need.
(Breastfeeding can be done discreetly, so as not to offend anyone.)
Angel Chattin
Clayton
To the Editor:
On a recent Friday evening, my wife was watching a show on TV that I believe was slightly biased against men.
The name of the show was ÒThe Joy Blowhard ShowÓ or something like that.
I was working out and not paying much attention until I heard Joy say that men were horrible rats. I did not realize that. She then brought up the story of Tiger Woods and his 15 mistresses. Then she mentioned Jesse James and his four mistresses.
Well, I guess she was right. These guys must be rats.
But, wait a second. If my math is correct, these stories contain two boy rats and 19 girl rats.
Gosh, Joy, there are even more rats around than you thought.
Oh well, IÕm going to stick with Seinfeld reruns. JoyÕs show is kind of cheesy anyway.
Max Daugherty
Plainfield
To the Editor:
President Obama was elected promising governmental transparency, inclusion and Ôchange we can believe inÕ. But after the brow-beating passage of his version of health care Òreform,Ó his shabby treatment of those opposed to the damage it is expected to do, and his highly suspect foreign policy, itÕs apparent that electing style over substance and charisma over character has a hefty price tag.
The frightening civilian aspect of this elitist presidency is that WebsterÕs meaning of words donÕt seem to match ObamaÕs. The most blatant example is what ÒinclusionÓ means. Was it simply ÔObama-speakÕ for ÒYouÕre included as long as you agree with usÓ?
No Republican provision was in the health care ÒreformÓ bill. During the PresidentÕs televised meeting with the Republican opposition, Senator McCain reminded him of his own campaign promises, to which Obama replied that the campaign was over. Does that mean, then, that ObamaÕs promises were simply to suck in voters?
Then thereÕs the bizarre way heÕs imitated Neville Chamberlain at Munich in 1938 by placating enemies and ignoring or even distancing allies. Most disturbing is ObamaÕs knee-bending to regimes bent on IsraelsÕ destruction, eerily similar to the fatal results of the appeasement at Munich 72 years ago, and his confrontational crisis-mongering toward that beleaguered nation.
All of the above adds up to a picture not even close to what ObamaÕs campaign was about. Will the voters take notice? Some have, particularly in Massachusetts.
When Rear-Admiral Yamamoto learned the Pearl Harbor attack he masterminded was an hour ahead of the diplomatic ultimatum the attack was supposed to follow, he grimly prophesied, ÒI canÕt imagine anything that would infuriate the Americans more. I fear all weÕve done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.Ó It worked then. I wouldnÕt be surprised if it worked with voters this November and the November in 2012.
Doug Edens
Plainfield
