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Evenwithallherbaggage,themain- stream media continues to paint Hillary Clinton as an angel of light. As nice as she looked at her acceptance speech, fake smiles, pretty white pantsuits and Botox can't cover over ugly. The kind of ugly that flows from the inside-out. Nicesmilescan'twhite- wash over grieving Benghazi family members that tell us she lied to them about why those heroes died. They died in a country she and Presi- dent Obama botched-up so bad, the president had to au- thorize an uptick in U.S.-led attacks against ISIS recently. We're told that the woman in a white pantsuit cares. Sure. Hillary showed us how much she cares — about her- self and personal conve- nience rather than our na- tional security — when she broke State Department rules and set up a personal server in her home. Botox might freeze a frown and lines but it can't erase lies. The FBI admitted that Hillary lied to the Ameri- can people about her e-mails and then she turned around and lied about what the FBI said about her lies.Makeovers can't make over that. And now WikiLeaks' Ju- lian Assange just announced another email dump is on the way which he claims will demonstrate that Clin- ton tried to arm jihadists in Syria like she did in Libya. We'll wait to see, but two things are pretty certain: Hillary will deny it using in- famous Clinton legalese. And the mainstream media will change the subject, intro- ducing newfangled nonsense about why Donald Trump is unfit for the presidency. Even if a WikiLeaks dump revealed that the newly-re- leased ISIS "hit list" of U.S. Army soldiers' information was hacked from information on Hillary's server, we'll be told, "There's nothing to see here, time to move on." So much is at stake, reach- ing far beyond Supreme Court appointments. Let me count the ways: It's pretty obvious that Don- ald Trump would make people accountable for things the me- dia ignored. Like the time the Obama administration was caught spying on U.S. jour- nalists...or when the Depart- ment of Justice targeted po- litical opponents...or that the Internal Revenue Service de- nied tax status to conservative groups...or the Veterans Ad- ministration delayed and de- nied care to veterans. Surely the Clintons fear what a Trump presidency might mean, given what happened in the Oval Of- fice and cover-ups which fol- lowed. One of the president's "women," Kathleen Willey, wrote a book, "Target: Caught in the Crosshairs of Bill and Hillary Clinton," claiming the Clinton duo used mob-style means to keep her silent. Other women concurred. Ju- dicial Watch reported that FBI files were illegally ob- tained by someone Hillary hired — and released "in an effort to discredit the women who charged President Clin- ton with sexual misconduct." To be clear, the recent email scandal isn't Hillary's first. As reported by the New York Post in May, as first lady, Hillary was caught up in "Project X." While inves- tigating scandals to which Hillary was attached like Whitewater, Filegate and Travelgate, investigators dis- covered that more than a million subpoenaed emails went mysteriously missing. Surprise, surprise. Of course, Hillary blamed it all on a "vast right-wing conspiracy" and the Teflon duo to which nothing seems to stick received nothing more than a hand slap. The smoke's been rising around Hillary for decades. Even still a nice promotion awaits someone so scandalous, the faithful see her presidency as part of "God's judgment on America" if she wins. We've heard it said that there can be smoke without fire. Truth is, though, there's rarely smoke without fire. So, rather than calling for a makeover, Hillary's handlers should've grabbed fire extin- guishers and called 911. SusanStamperBrownlives in Alaska and writes about culture, politics and current events. She was selected as one of America's 50 Best Conservative writers for 2015. Contact her by Facebook or at writestamper@gmail.com. SusanStamperBrown Hillary,where there's smoke there's fire Cartoonist's take The three of us were sitting on the sofa watching a fascinat- ing documentary about Koko the female gorilla and the woman who raised her from a baby, and taught her to communicate via sign language. As explained in the film, even though the apes are our nearest relative in the animal world, their vocal chords do not allow them to speak. Our mastiff, All That Jazz, engrossed in watching the film, spoke first. "I don't get it. Koko communicates with her hands, when all she has to do is wag her tail to show she under- stands what folks are saying." "She doesn't have a tail," I reported. "For gosh sakes, no tail," ex- claimed Jazz. "When we talk to you, you re- ply in a variety of ways," said the Missus. "Yes," agreed Jazz, "But I am extra smart and very good looking. If one is ugly like Koko, they may have a hard time being appreciated." "Define ugly," I said. "Well… you know… looking different." "Ah, that's the point. Have you heard that everything is jaundice to the jaundiced eye?" "No," the big dog replied. "What's jaundice?" "Jaundice is a medical condi- tion that can cause a person to have a yellow color. But it can also mean how a biased person views another." Jazz thought that one over for a minute and then con- cluded, "I guess that means that when we judge someone, we need to look past their looks." "Amen to that, big boy," I re- sponded. "Amen?" Jazz repeated as his ears went up. "Just a figure of speech, with or without sign language," I concluded. ••• Sources say that implants, the size of a grain of rice, are now available for installa- tion in your hand. With such a procedure you could unlock your home, access your com- puter with a wave of an im- planted password and even- tually encompass your credit card so that you would no lon- ger have to pack around a wal- let or purse. However, to carry that idea a bit further, if an- other person had an implant that related in some way to yours, would a handshake take in a different meaning? Today, a handshake is somewhat per- functorily given and quickly forgotten. ••• When I write about our old meat plant, it may make read- ers uncomfortable to be re- minded that our business — 1929-1975 — was the killing of animals. As the majority of folks eat meat of one kind or another, they tend to ratio- nalize and imagine that meat arrives at their table with- out pain or discomfort to ani- mals that provide sustenance. If we accept this premise, how do we know this is the case? Well, guidelines have been pro- posed and accepted by the USDA regarding when an an- imal, slaughtered under their auspices, is rendered uncon- scious. Here is such language: "Corneal and eyelash reflexes may occur in animals prop- erly stunned and rendered un- conscious and insensible with electrical or CO2 methods that do not destroy the brain as they are brainstem reflexes. However, before dressing pro- cedures, the corneal reflex must be absent." There you go. Enjoy your dinner. ••• Advertisement in newspa- per: "In response to all the re- cent calls about our dog, please be advised that yes, he bites. He bit 6 people wearing Trump T- shirts, 2 car drivers with rap music blaring out of their ve- hicles, 9 teenagers with pants hanging past their butt cracks and he also bit the Reverend Al Sharpton. But, for the last time, this dog is not for sale." ••• Letter to the editor in the S.F. Chron from one Vernon Bur- ton in San Leandro: "Regarding your comment 'Brash Trump has GOP in a bind,' when think- ing and referring to the GOP nominee, the term brash is not the label that comes to my mind. I believe the words clue- less, embarrassing and un- hinged are more appropriate." ••• Police report in its entirety: "A vehicle was reported be- ing left near the Tremont Café, but when the driver went to re- trieve it, it wasn't there." Well, it might have been sto- len, but that's just a guess. ••• In my writing last week of the Reverend Jim Wilson's as- sertion that he had "never met a post-abortion woman who was not torn apart inside over what she had done or permit- ted to be done," I responded that he should factor in the un- wanted children born to negli- gent parents and the increasing over-population of the earth, before he continues to pontif- icate on the subject. However, reader R. Mehling weighed in with this rather startling as- sertion: "The total population of the earth today, standing shoulder to shoulder, would fit in the 500 square miles of the city of Los Angeles." Hmmmm. I was not aware of this apparently verifiable fact. However, Rich would not have fabricated it just to get me to sign off on a woman's right to choose. In my defense, according to the 2015 edition of the United Nation's World Population Pros- pects report, our world popu- lation is currently growing by about 83 million people a year. The median estimate for future growth sees the world popula- tion reaching 9.7 billion in 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100, this as- suming a continuing decrease in average fertility rates. Lon- ger-term speculative scenarios over the next two centuries pre- dict anything between runaway growth to radical decline. There you have it, or do we? We don't know if we are going to breed ourselves off the planet, or if other fac- tors such as pestilence and war will weigh in. I believe that the present population of the earth, standing shoulder to shoulder in L.A. would not be comfortable or desirable. I would hope women will make the proper decision when it comes to reproduction. How- ever, a little education along these lines wouldn't hurt. ••• General Norman Schwarz- kopf was asked if he thought there was room for forgiveness toward the people who perpe- trated the 9/11 attacks on Amer- ica. His answer was classic Schwarzkopf. "I believe that forgiving them is God's function, our job is to arrange the meeting." Robert Minch is a lifelong resident of Red Bluff, former columnist for the Corning Daily Observer and Meat Industry magazine and author of the "The Knocking Pen." He can be reached at rminchandmurray@ hotmail.com. I say Musing on how we judge those that are different So much is at stake, reaching far beyond Supreme Court appointments. Sounding off Alookatwhatreadersaresayingincommentsonourwebsiteandonsocialmedia. Thisisnotanewbankpoppingup.They have been in town since 2006. Just a new, more visible location. If you all think Red Bluff needs a new restaurant or store, then you should go for it and open one. Maybe you can go get a business loan from Cornerstone. Danielle Ramey: On the construction of new Cornerstone Community Bank branch How come they can build a bank from the ground up for just under $2million but it takes $5million to build a library in an existing building? Municipalities. Kelly Halvorsen Heise: On the construction of a new Cornerstone Community Bank branch Greg Stevens, Publisher Chip Thompson, Editor EDITORIAL BOARD How to have your say: Letters must be signed and provide the writer's home street address and home phone number. 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