Published November 20, 2009, 8:46 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - To the Editors:I've read several negative comments regarding Congressman Joe Pitts's decision to vote against the "Affordable Health Care for Americans Act.'' In my opinion, not only did he do the right thing for his constituents, but for all of America.H.R. 3962 is a bad bill. ...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:45 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:Common sense apparently plays no part in political decision-making. For instance, this is a case where the solution to the problem, as far as the decision-makers go, is to make it worse.It seems ludicrous to complain about the debt accumulating for our children and grandchildren to pr...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:45 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - To the Editors:The front-page article about the McCaskey music director gave me pause for two particular questions.The first one is a practical matter. Why did the man have to spend 1½ years in jail before his trial came up? If he by some remote stretch of the imagination managed to get acquitted, o...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:45 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:The recent debacle at Fort Hood has prompted me to make some random comments about our current military philosophy. Granted, it's a new generation, there have been changes and it appears we are not in the current wars to win.As a WWII GI in Europe, I had the best training any Unit...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:45 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:So, Rush Limbaugh is crying about not getting to play with the rich boys in the NFL.According to Rush it's all the evil liberals' fault. Gee, guess it's boo-hoo on you, Rush. You've made a fine living for more than 20 years by being an obnoxious blowhard who revels in ...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:45 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:I'm deeply disappointed that my fellow Warwick High School alumni, Karen Malleus and Jay Hostetter's good names were tarnished in the Lancaster Newspapers. I've personally known both Jay and Karen for over 40 years.They're good God-fearing, hard-working people who have...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:44 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:A recent letter repeated a common fallacy regarding a vegan diet and protein deficiency. According to the American Heart Association (AHA),"You don't need to eat foods from animals to have enough protein in your diet.Plant proteins alone can provide enough of the essential an...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:44 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:Quite obviously, Alan R. Jacobs of East Hempfield doesn't know what he's talking about. Instead of tort reform, he opts for the public option (socialism). Why not a public option on the law business? (Then the 80 or so pages in the Yellow Book ads would be gone.)The fact is we...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:44 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:After months of fighting for health care reform, I should have been excited that a historic bill passed through the U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 7. The bill that was passed, however, contained an eleventh hour amendment which violates a fundamental premise of reform - that no...

Published November 20, 2009, 8:27 AM EST

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Lancaster New Era - TO THE EDITORS:I am writing to respond to those who are criticizing U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts for voting against the "Affordable Health Care for America Act" (H.R.3962).H.R. 3962 is anything but affordable. We end up spending infinitely more money and we're worse off than we were before. In ...