PFC BOWE BERGDAHL
Water-boarding might be the mild stuff
In response to the July 23 Letter of the Day about the captured U.S. soldier, I am hoping for his sake and his family's that "the Cheney treatment" is all that young man gets.
Ever notice when those videos surface how the soldier is out of uniform and in a long-sleeved outfit? How does the writer think they get his uniform off and why does he think the soldier needs the long sleeves? Maybe because he's not just receiving the Cheney treatment.
AARON MARTIN, LAKEVILLE
Health care in America
Lucky to have it, but system needs improving
I am perplexed by all of the sentimentality over our current health care system -- the system we seem so afraid to change. I wonder if it is real people whose sound bites are being reported in the media in this public debate -- or the usual health care industry cronies?
Approximately 25 percent of my income goes to our family health care. It would be 30 percent or more if we could actually afford to use it! The premiums go up in double digits every year, as the benefits go down, and co-pays and out-of-pocket expenses skyrocket. And I am one of the lucky ones to even have insurance at all!
This real person's message to President Obama: Go for it. Turn this supposedly great health care system upside down. A little competition with the current industry is just the medicine we need.
JANICE THURN, GOLDEN VALLEY
CHANGE WE'RE WAITING FOR
Hold your horses;
it's only just begun
A July 21 letter writer stated that perhaps the Bush years were not as bad as claimed. How does the economy look today? What would you say to the family who lost a loved one in an inexcusable war?
