• William Rusher • Guns, violence William Rusher For years, we as readers of The Garden Island, have been subjected to the right-wing diatribes of one William Rusher in the editorial pages of the paper. The latest example is in
• William Rusher
• Guns, violence
William Rusher
For years, we as readers of The Garden Island, have been subjected to the right-wing diatribes of one William Rusher in the editorial pages of the paper.
The latest example is in today’s paper, July 6, boldly titled “A great big Kerry lie,” an attempt to distract the readership from the big lies of the Bush administration.
While I hope that many readers see Mr. Rusher for the neo-conservative propagandist that he is, I’m afraid that others may swallow his bait “hook, line, and sinker.”
In this case, that may mean taking the fear and greed hook, believing the same old lines, and sinking even further into the quagmire if the current administration is re-elected.
Rusher would have you believe that the federal law mandating emergency-room care for any and all amounts to “health care.”
The lion’s share of true health care involves regular check-ups, preventative medicine and early diagnosis, not just emergency care when things get critical. The issue is even more critical in places like Kaua‘i, where costs of living, indeed, for many, the cost of surviving, leaves no money for expensive health-insurance plans.
And what he does not mention in his editorial are, after the ambulance ride and the emergency-room service, the expensive billings, threats to credit ratings, and tactics to collect outstanding balances.
That does not constitute “health care.”
Mr. Kerry, in my opinion, is correct and truthful in saying that 43 million Americans have no health care, because what he is saying is that those people have no reasonable access to a level of care that can ensure them a continuing chance for good health.
Bruce Fehring
Kilauea
Guns, violence
As I was watching TV one night, I viewed a documentary on HBO, “Bowling For Columbine.” The main question during the documentary was why is there so much violence in the United States. As they visited many counties around the country asking why is there so much violence in the U.S., many blamed it on the video games and violence on our televisions. But in Japan where most or all video games are created, there was not as many murders. And throughout the country it was also blamed on our violent past. But what about the holocaust in Europe where there were about six million murders?
The thing that really came to my mind as I was viewing this was how close it came to home with the gun incident at Kapa‘a Middle/High School. Finally, what will it take to stop this violence, or at least find the source of it to try and bring peace to our nation?
Mark Kennett Jr.
Kaumakani
