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Fair CEO Editor: As one of the fair's "communi- ty partners" I was very satisfied with Mark Eidman's handling of Special People's Day at the Fair. If we had known about the Feb. 3 meeting, both my husband and I would have attended. He and his staff were very apprecia- tive, encouraging and cooperative with us throughout his tenure. Mark Eidman has been a tire- less, conscientious, dedicated CEO of the fairgrounds and man- ager of its activities. He was also never too busy to take a phone call from our handicapped daugh- ter. The manner of his retirement is a short-sighted, self-serving act by the present board and I feel that you have created a lot of bad publicity in the community when you can least afford it. Due to the recent forced resig- nation of Mark Eidman, my hus- band and I will no longer co- sponsor Special People's Day at the fair. I am also resigning as coordinator of this event effective immediately. Cathy Brunnemer, Los Molinos Mark Eidman Editor: My wife, Ann, and I are per- plexed by the "forced retirement" of Mark Eidman. On more than one occasion we have dealt with Mark on Fair- ground business. He has been congenial, accommodating and professional; a great ambassador for the fairgrounds and for the community. It appears to us from what we read that if you do a good job, improve your workplace and pro- mote your community, you can plan on being fired. Is this how we want to conduct business in Tehama County? Richard Forward, Red Bluff Mommy state Editor: I read that Mother California — nanny liberal legislators — want to label all soft drinks that have sugar in them, "The sugar will make you fat." However, why don't you libs label all food items we consume that have sugar in them? May I explain? There is sugar in: Jams and jel- lies, canned fruit, catsup and peanut butter. Oh yes, breakfast cereals and so much more. Speaking of breakfast, some orange juice has sugar added and should be labeled. Oh, how do you propose to label a donut? Wait. Salt may kill you too. Label time? Don Mason, Red Bluff Jefferson State Editor: After reading and re-reading an opinion letter of Feb. 13 about Jefferson State, I decided I'm not wasting time researching what the writer believes. He's a liberal and that's like trying to convince a doorknob that it's wrong. The letter starts off truthfully and how it's meant to be, these United States, but not today. We even have many new liberal defi- nitions and words. I was going to start my own dic- tionary so I could remember all the new words but I didn't, got behind so I just gave up. R e m e m b e r George Zimmerman, the "white- Hispanic?" New term I think. The latest term is "Job-Lock!" Nancy Pelosi's brainchild. Don't be caught up in a job just because you need healthcare. With ACA, you can stay home, read to the kids, play games, write poetry, paint works of art, being careful not to make too much because you'll lose your subsidy for healthcare. They don't mention who pays the rent, food, etc. Well I forgot welfare. You can really live the good life on welfare, can't you? They truly live in a world all of their own. Months ago I heard of a new commission being formed to re- write America's history. Appar- ently we didn't learn the truth. The liberal truth, that is. Liberals will write this of course. Our kids will be taught the new truth, more brain-washing like in colleges these days. From professors who have served prison time for mur- der, no less. Perfectly okay today. The writer talks about the Constitution and what it means. He's right there too but with this administration in control, our Constitution is being shredded on a daily basis and the jerks in Congress do nothing. If this president were of another race, he's be on his way out. That's the absolute truth. I heard his speeches in 2008, very impressive, I thought of voting for him, briefly, he's a good speaker. Totally lies but it was what we all wanted to hear. The writer also states Jefferson State will divide and conquer special interest. You mean like now? The promoters behind this secession are special interest groups with their own agendas. Really. You mean like now? This is why California and many other states are trying to form their own states. Every- thing is corrupted. California is totally controlled by liberals, any Republican, Tea Party, etc. can- didate who wins an election is totally helpless. I have co-workers, relatives, friends who are liberals and voted for Obama. They are all totally sick of all this mess but they're still liberals. They just won't admit they made a big mis- take. Governor Brown is so proud of his balanced budget. For the year, that is. We still are $500 billion in debt and growing. More liberal thinking. I think the liberals are scared to death and now is the start of all the dirty politics which is usual for them. Can't win a fair fight on moral principles, stir up any piece of dirt you can. Remember Romney killing that man's wife with cancer? Really pathetic. Even for a liberal. Shame, shame. Bernice Cressy, Cottonwood 6A Daily News – Wednesday, February 19, 2014 Greg Stevens, Publisher gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Chip Thompson, Editor editor@redbluffdailynews.com Editorial policy The Daily News opinion is expressed in the editorial. The opinions expressed in columns, letters and cartoons are those of the authors and artists. Letter policy The Daily News welcomes let- ters from its readers on timely topics of public interest. All let- ters must be signed and pro- vide the writer's home street address and home phone num- ber. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. 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"The swimsuit issue features women models posed not as athletes of strength, skill, and endurance but as playthings ..." That is surely true, but here's what is also true: We men are also being exploited. Look, it's the middle of winter. We men have suffered a few weeks without football. With free time on our hands, we find ourselves lost in self-examination. We fret over our winter flab. We wish we'd chosen different career paths. We fear we'll never amount to anything worthy. The Sports Illustrated people understand our woes. They know we're down in the dumps. They know we're vulnera- ble. They know we'll cough up our hard-earned dough for a momen- tary escape to exotic beaches, where we can pretend to prance about with bikini-clad babes. Every year, the swimsuit issue uses the same formula to exploit us: stunning babes who roll around in the sand, dance on the beach and cling to their skimpy duds and curvy parts as they are hit by waves. Sure, in our overly sexualized culture, these female models may be suffering exploitation, but they surely come out of this arrange- ment better than we men do. Many of the women who pose for the magazine are thrust into supermodel status. The ones who make it onto the cover earn a for- tune in endorsements. And many of them go on to date and marry some of the world's richest men. But what do we average fellows get? We get the satisfaction of knowing that we'll never marry, let alone talk to, such knockout beau- ties. That makes us even more depressed. So we go to cheesy restaurant chains where waitresses wear short shorts and low-cut shirts and exploit us all the more. The coy lasses touch our arms delicately. They give us flirtatious glances. They talk softly and sensu- ously, the way women do when they know men are about to hand them gobs of money. One of my poor, baldheaded friends falls for this ruse several times a month. Despite being coated in hot-wing sauce and stale beer, he is convinced his waitress likes him. His waitress encourages this fiction and is rewarded with a 50 percent tip. I think I speak for average fel- lows everywhere when I say I resent that. I resent that some women delib- erately target us for our money and are exceptionally good at parting us from it. I resent that some waitresses can so easily take advantage of hapless, simple-minded men by plying us with a few lousy beers. I resent that Sports Illustrated packs its swimsuit issue with pho- tos of the most physically beautiful women in the world, knowing that's all the magazine has to do to get us to buy it. Yeah, our culture places way too much emphasis on physical beauty. Young girls are taught by the media that the chief way to win a male's attention is through provoca- tive clothing. None of this is good. And neither is it good for my middle-aged, hair-chal- lenged friends to be taken advantage of by big media outlets and big restaurant chains. That's why I am so disgusted this time every year — as I thumb through my Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue. Tom Purcell, author of "Misadventures of a 1970's Childhood" and "Comical Sense: A Lone Humorist Takes on a World Gone Nutty!" is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons Inc. Send comments to Tom at Purcell@caglecartoons.com. The swimsuit issue Commentary N EWS D AILY RED BLUFF TEHAMA COUNTY T H E V O I C E O F T E H A M A C O U N T Y S I N C E 1 8 8 5 Tom Purcell STATE ASSEMBLYMAN — Dan Logue, 150 Amber Grove Drive, Ste. 154, Chico, CA 95928, 530-895-4217 STATE SENATOR — Jim Nielsen, 2635 Forest Ave., Ste. 110, Chico, CA 95928, (530) 879-7424, senator.nielsen@sen- ate.ca.gov GOVERNOR — Jerry Brown, State Capitol Bldg., Sacramento, CA 95814; (916) 445-2841; Fax (916) 558- 3160; E-mail: governor@gov- ernor.ca.gov. U.S. REPRESENTATIVE — Doug LaMalfa 506 Cannon House Office Building, Wash- ington, DC 20515, 202-225- 3076. U.S. SENATORS — Dianne Feinstein (D), One Post Street, Suite 2450, San Francisco, CA 94104; (415) 393-0707. Fax (415) 393- 0710. Barbara Boxer (D), 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94111; (510) 286-8537. Fax (202) 224-0454. Your officials Your Turn