Journalism doing OK; president is the problem
Thank you, Bill Buley, for your Our View piece on the Forum page June 26.
As one who loves the Forum page best of all and loves our little home grown newspaper like a fish loves water — I’ve been reading and contributing to it for 49 years. I came in when Jean Holmes ran the show. Loved her, too.
I wrote columns on Oahu for a little weekly on the Windward side and the Sunday paper for the big boys in Honolulu when George Chaplin was editor for the Honolulu Advertiser. On Mr. Chaplin’s Letter to the Editor page, I think he’d have published Ho Chi Minh and Barry Goldwater side by side and I think that’s what freedom of the press is all about.
As for the religious criticism you quoted from the pews in different churches, I must say it’s the religious folks who are certainly one of the most critical in the country.
After all God is on their side, is he not?
As the most outspoken atheist on the island — maybe the only outspoken atheist on the island — I’ve heard, listened and watched fundamentalist preachers exclaim, “We know Donald Trump is flawed but God has sent him to heal our country.”
Sigh.
As it happens I also find Donald Trump and his lies disgusting. Certainly not fit to run our country.
By the way, it has come to my attention that when such a low life as The Donald — a psychopathic liar, and lots of other bad stuff — psychopathic liars and other bad guys creep out of the woodwork like worms from a dead hyena.
Please keep up the good work here, Bill, you journalist guys could do better, but you are what America is.
Please find and watch, online. Chris Hedges speak about our extraordinarily sick leader. Chris is a brilliant Christian guy. Heed what he says.
And thank you again and again. I think you, and your guys, are doing a great job.
Bettejo Dux, Kalaheo
What so funny is Bettejo calling someone else a psychopath!!! LOL
Liberal Progressive Pap at it’s finest, spoken as the sane segment of our society is getting “so tired of winning” for their Country? Bragging to be the biggest atheist on the Island? What an accomplishment for one to look back on! What a wonderful gift to leave one’s children and neighborhood! You should be so very proud Madam Dux.
If you could just process what you read you’d know that she is indeed very proud!
Not sure if it’ll help, but we’ll pray for you too BJ. Just as we do for dear President Trump.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Nice letter Bettejo. We have some serious trump followers who will never agree as always.
Great letter Bettojo, thank you!
When someone refers to “dear President Trump” in the context of “Christian praying” you can be sure that Jesus is crying for his followers ignorance.
Great letter, BetteJo. Being true to yourself, thank you for posting your experiences and thoughts on the media, knowing the slings and arrows would find their way to the Comments on your LTE. As NCIS’s Agent DiNozzo quipped “Sarcasm is the refuge of a shallow mind.”
I’m with you Bettejo. Don’t get me wrong, I am a spiritual person but organized religion and politics are basically the same thing, lies told to control the masses. And Trump is all about lies and control.