Opinion: In Friday’s Letters to the Editor
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The conflict between Georgia and Russia dominates Friday’s Letters to the Editor. Robert Ronus, of Los Angeles, wonders whether it’s really all Russia’s fault:
If we believe in democracy, surely we should also push for a referendum under which the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia can decide whether they wish to remain part of Georgia, become part of Russia or possibly become independent nations.
Fontana’s Jose Marroquin airs a beef with a Times report about voters in the Florida exurbs who now question their allegiance to the Republican party.
I suppose it’s heartening to read that The Times had to drive all the way to Florida in order to find a group of people who put four and two together and come up with zero. On my block, right here in an exurb of Los Angeles, most associate the declines we’ve seen in the past two years with the Democratic-controlled congress. ...So keep driving around asking people sitting in their driveways what they’re talking about, and I’m sure you’ll find more who can’t add it up. But with the price of gas these days, you may want to consider looking in your own backyard--unless, of course, you’re afraid of what you might hear.
The Whole Foods crowd strikes back, Mexico and guns, and nuns vs. labor, too.
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