In his State of the Union speech, President Biden promised to struggle inflation. One of many largest contributors to inflation is rising power prices. The price of gasoline, heating oil, electrical energy, and so forth., impacts each facet of our society. The worth of meals, client items, transporting merchandise and nearly every thing rises accordingly.
The primary issues Biden did was to cancel plans for the Keystone XL pipeline to cross into america, rescind gasoline and oil leases and prohibit additional exploration and improvement of those sources on American soil. We have been power dependent simply a short while in the past. Gasoline was round $2 a gallon. Now we’re as soon as once more depending on international sources of power, international locations that might care much less in regards to the American individuals or the plight of the U.S. We’re enriching many who hate us.
If Biden is severe about reducing inflation, he ought to give American corporations the liberty to offer the American individuals entry to the ocean of power beneath our ft. This may be completed in an environment friendly, environmentally protected manner. Open the gasoline and oil leases. Restart the Keystone XL pipeline development.
The U.S. ought to be power unbiased not solely to learn the economic system but additionally as a matter of nationwide safety.
Will Biden do that to learn the American individuals?
Robert Anderson, Freeport
Banning books not greatest for kids
Mother and father shouldn’t be making an attempt to have books banned. They need to need their kids to know extra, obtain extra and expertise greater than they did. How will we attain these targets by isolating our youngsters from life?
To make good choices, younger individuals ought to be armed with all the information, not bits and items. Sexually specific books or books with racist titles? Mother and father, you’re kidding yourselves if you happen to suppose your high-schooler hasn’t participated in some degree of sexual exercise or been uncovered to racism. Do you actually suppose if a ebook is taken off the shelf that college students gained’t discover it someplace else? Absolutely, as adults, we will’t be that naive.
One of many errors dad and mom make is underestimating their kids’s means to suppose and determine for themselves. You have got now introduced consideration to those books and piqued the curiosity of all. Personally, I applaud the eye being paid to award-winning writings. All of us ought to be studying extra.
These dad and mom who wish to take us again to 1933 Germany and make controversial books go away, I feel your efforts will backfire.
Joann Seabol, Hempfield
Peacemakers will restore order
Donald Trump is working for president in 2024. He kicked off his marketing campaign in Russia looking for assist from Putin resembling he obtained in 2016 and 2020. When Putin attacked Ukraine, Trump referred to as Putin a “genius” and stated he made a terrific “savvy” determination.
Putin, like Trump, loves to listen to sycophants’ reward, so he’ll in all probability attempt to get Trump elected once more. I’m positive Trump can rely upon Russian political/army helpers’ help in cyber assaults on American election processes and procedures, serving to him steal an election and inserting himself in energy.
Trump and Putin exchanged necessary messages throughout their secretive, whispered talks, early in Trump’s presidency, after which information of their visits have been destroyed. What did Trump achieve? He and Putin are “mates”? I imagine Putin, a talented intelligence operative, discovered that Trump was a weakling, a pushover for “friendship.” Republican Sen. Mitt Romney referred to as Trump’s latest conduct regarding the Putin assault on Ukraine “nearly treasonous.” Maybe extra Republicans will start to see Trump for who he actually is.
Joe Biden {and professional} American diplomats organized a powerful resistance to Putin by way of the United Nations, NATO, the EU and financial sanctions towards Russian terrorists. They’ve generated worldwide public opinion in assist of Ukraine and supplied humanitarian support and army provides to the beleaguered victims. Agency, dedicated peacemakers, utilizing all their choices, will restore order and peace.
Rodger Henderson, Johnstown
Conventional vacation names will not be offensive
Thanks, Greensburg Salem College Board member for talking the reality relating to conventional vacation names on college calendars (“Greensburg Salem’s use of conventional college vacation names attracts dissent”): “Our society is popping every thing right into a grey space.”
And simply to right former college board member Lynna Thomas, conventional names resembling Christmas, Easter and Columbus Day have been round eternally, and I’ve but to fulfill anybody offended by them.
Hannelore Miller, Hempfield
Biden’s yr of unhealthy choices
President Biden stopped development on the Mexico border wall the day after he grew to become president. Fentanyl deaths have elevated, and practically doubled previously two years for individuals ages 18-45. Medication, covid, criminals — every thing is coming over our borders now.
Within the spring of 2021, Biden handed the $2 trillion rescue plan. Economists stated that flooding the economic system with an excessive amount of cash will trigger inflation. Seems to be like they have been proper.
In April 2021, Biden restored funding to the Palestinians that had been minimize off by the earlier administration. A month later, the Palestinians fired a barrage of rockets into Israel. Gee, I ponder what they spent the cash on.
Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan was a catastrophe. He eliminated the troopers first, which received individuals killed, and he left billions of {dollars} price of army tools in Afghanistan, paid for by American taxpayers.
He carried out environmental insurance policies resembling canceling oil and gasoline drilling permits in Alaska, Texas and different states. It has lowered our home manufacturing of oil and gasoline, thereby growing what we pay on the pump.
Biden waived sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 oil pipeline. Opponents stated it will give Putin an excessive amount of energy over Germany and Europe as a result of the Kremlin will management such a considerable oil provide. Apparently, they have been proper. To prime all of it off, Biden was importing oil from Russia.
It’s laborious to imagine that one individual may make so many unhealthy choices in a single yr. When Biden grew to become president, if he would have completed nothing in any respect, we might be higher off.
Susan Stiles, North Huntingdon
Biden’s function in power points
Clarifying some data on President Biden, power and the Keystone XL pipeline that was included in latest letters:
There’s a renewed push to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline as if it will resolve all power points. This pipeline already takes Canada tar sands crude to refineries in Oklahoma. The XL growth, if constructed, will undergo important water provide areas for farmers and native People who oppose it, then join and proceed to Texas refineries. From there, the refined oil could be exported. The pipeline was not supposed to hold oil for U.S. consumption. It gained’t assist U.S. exports; it’s Canadian tar sands oil.
However, the U.S. produces extra crude oil than Saudi Arabia, and we’re the seventh largest exporter of oil.
We’re already the second largest exporter of pure gasoline, together with Pennsylvania gasoline that was supposed to assist scale back our payments.
Oil corporations are reporting document income, and CEOs are getting giant bonuses whereas we pay larger costs on the pump. I don’t see how Biden suits on this image.
Vickie Oles, Ligonier Township
Ukrainians ought to keep course, not give up
Maybe we should always all be glad that letter-writer Bruce Reisner (“Non- intervention could also be greatest for peace”) will not be being thought-about for any severe positions involving defensive technique. Not less than, let’s hope not.
His recommendation to the defiant and brave Ukrainians battling to stave off an unprovoked Russian invasion is that “it’s doable the very best hope for peace is a quick give up to the admittedly brutal Russians.” Let me get this straight, Bruce: If I occur to determine that I wish to assault your loved ones and kick you out of your personal home, you’ll capitulate with out a lot resistance with a view to keep away from an disagreeable, uninvited battle?
Whereas ready so that you can rethink that place, I’ll encourage the Ukrainians to as a substitute keep the course of their extremely courageous, intractable pushback with Churchill in thoughts, who, in consideration of the doable defeat and demise of Britain in World Warfare II, rallied the nation by stating, “If this lengthy island story of ours is to finish eventually, let it finish solely when every one in every of us lies, choking in his personal blood upon the bottom.”
Invoice McMaster, Delmont