Letters to the editor Nov. 7

Beginning of a revolution

I celebrated Republican losses in the Georgia Senate elections, predicting that the Democrats, controlling all three branches of government, would push their socialist agenda, and that a majority of the electorate would finally recognize this radical socialism and reject it.

Nov. 2 may be that turning point. Across the country Republicans won races in blue states and cities they weren’t supposed to win. In blue Virginia, Glen Youngkin was elected governor, focusing on conservative values including a parent’s right to a voice in their child’s education, vowing to eliminate critical race theory being taught in schools. Parents were told by the Democrat candidate that they had no say in school curricula, and by Biden’s “apolitical” Justice Department that objecting too vociferously at school board meetings would brand them domestic white supremacist terrorists to be hunted by the FBI.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a revolution where all decent America-loving citizens reject the systemic racism, hate America wokeism of the left. Republicans must run and conservatives must elect thoughtful, intelligent, well-spoken candidates to local, state and national offices.

One can only hope that Republicans can find and field the right people to get majorities locally and nationally. And if we get a majority in the House and Senate in 2022, and add the presidency in 2024, Republicans better get things done or they will lose conservatives forever: eliminate redundant and useless federal bureaucracies, reopen oil exploration and drilling, lock down the southern border tight and expel the millions allowed in illegally by Biden, support proactive policing to reduce crime, codify school choice locally and nationally, get tough again on China and shift military assets from Europe to Asia, bring vital manufacturing back to America, get tough on Big Tech, and sanction Iran till they crumble . . . to name a few goals.

—David Myerowitz, Columbia Falls

Covid vaccines

I remember my family early one weekday in the early 1960s driving to a nearby private school to get a vaccine. No one ever mentioned any reluctance to get it. I only remember how grateful parents were that there was something they could do to protect their children from polio, which could put a child into an iron lung or worse.

And hearing about another parent seeing her child for the first time one morning, walking with a pronounced limp and making her heart sink.

I am so grateful there is something I can do to prevent getting and giving Covid-19. It made my domestic partner as sick as he could be short of hospitalization and killed his sister.

I am so grateful there is something we can do.

We didn’t second-guess the polio vaccine in the 1960s. But it is a different world, one that celebrates anti-intellectualism since at least the 1980s. Think Sponge Bob’s glee at not giving a whit about studying or knowing facts; or Bart Simpson, ever winning approval for his being diametrically opposed to his sister Lisa’s academic and artistic achievements.

There is no stigma in lacking knowledge, common or not. No one should be put down for a lack of education or achievement. There can be many reasons for it. For example, young adults’ brains actually have difficulty making career choices before the age of 27 or so.

But isn’t there enough evidence out there to conclude the vaccination results in millions more people being kept well, or out of the hospital or morgue, than not?

I’m thinking about getting a T-shirt that says, “I’m vaccinated. You’re welcome.”

— Lenny Granger, Columbia Falls

Don’t muddy the water

Welcome neighbor!

We understand why you are here, same reason we are. It’s called the Treasure State for a good reason. The Last Best Place! Here we have vast tracts of unspoiled land, abundant wildlife and the cleanest air and water around. We have one of the lowest populations compared to the size of our state, somewhere around nine people per square mile, and our total population for the entire state is just over 1 million.

I have lived in several other states before settling here in 2000, and I can tell you first hand that these are the nicest and friendliest people I have ever met. They will do all they can to help out anyone in need.

Currently, there are people looking for a place like this where it is clean, safe and secure, But, herein also lies a problem: And this is what I want the newcomers to know...

I see Montana as a crystal clear lake, so clear in fact, that you can see the bottom a hundred feet down. Each time someone moves here they dirty up the water just a tad. Some more than others, depending on how much baggage they bring along with them. Things like, bad attitude, disrespect for the land and wildlife, leaving trash behind while hiking or voting for the same party that destroyed the state you moved from.

We are a Republican state and value Montana, America and its people. We don’t much like change, so come and enjoy our wonderful area but don’t muddy up our crystal clear lake, leave your baggage behind. You will be glad you did!

— Chris Zarcone, Kalispell