Also, letters on immigrant history myths; complaints about roadside trash in Sussex; and a lack of good alternatives to Trump.
The lack of civility over political differences in the early 21st century is eerily reminiscent to another dark period in American history, the years leading up to 1861. George Santayana is credited with the wise advice that those who do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it.
On May 19, 1856, Massachusetts’ U.S. Senator, Charles Sumner, a Republican, espousing his party’s anti-slavery platform, gave a two-day impassioned speech that later was dubbed, “Crimes Against Kansas.” On the Senate floor, Sen. Sumner’s speech personally attacked Illinois Sen. Stephen Douglas and South Carolina Sen. Andrew Butler, the two Democrats who co-authored the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, for continuing a westward expansion of slavery.
South Carolina’s U.S. Representative, Democrat Preston Brooks, a relative of Sen. Butler, reacted to this speech by viciously caning Sen. Sumner, nearly to death.
Some may argue that the first shot of America’s second civil war was on June 14, 2017, when House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, a Republican, was shot by a former Bernie Sanders supporter. Although no one blames Sen. Sanders for the actions of a supporter, what happens when uncivilized behavior, espoused by Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, a 14-term (nearly three decades) representative, turns violent?
In fact restrictions on legal immigration did not go into effect until the Immigration Act of 1924. Before that, anyone who came here was admitted, so there was no such thing as illegal immigration.
Once limits did go into effect, who is to say that her grandparents would have been allowed in depending on the quotas for their country?
Thankfully, my grandparents got here before 1924, or they may have joined the thousands of Jews trying to find sanctuary here from the Nazis who ended up being rejected and dying in gas chambers. It was that cruelty that is reflected in our asylum laws, which the current administration is ignoring.
Rule of law should apply to the government as well as to individuals.
And so it just keeps getting better. DelDOT cut the grass in the median on Route 1 from Milford to Lewes once again and plowed over the trash. Trash all over the median.
Delaware definitely looks like a state that does not care about trash on its roads.
To add to this, Waste Industries had a 13 percent increase on trash pickup, or the cost went from $79 a quarter to $91 a quarter. I called Waste Industries yesterday and it was explained to me that the state increased their cost to recycle from $21 a ton to $81 a ton.
Wow! I have to ask, will this increase encourage us to recycle, or keep us recycling in Sussex County? Or will folks cancel their trash pickup as it is too expensive and the trash dumping will increase?
I don't like the way President Donald Trump talks. It's rude, crude and socially unacceptable. I don't like a lot of the things that Donald Trump has done, like putting tariffs on metal and making it harder for businesses.
If I had a better alternative, I'd probably vote for somebody else.
But Democrats don't have anything to offer me. All they do is yell about Trump, Trump Trump. They can never acknowledge that he did something right or even just shut up and not say anything when he did something right.
Like the tax cut. How can Democrats be against cutting taxes? Or the economy, which is doing great? Or cutting all the onerous regulations that make it hard for small business owners like me to make a living?
Now I see Democrats are going all-in on being liberal and asking government to solve all their problems. So I guess I'll stick with Trump, even though he is rude.