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GregStevens,Publisher Chip Thompson, Editor EDITORIALBOARD How to have your say: Letters must be signed and provide the writer's home street address and home phone number. Anonymous letters, open letters to others, pen names and petition-style letters will not be allowed. Letters should be typed and no more than two double-spaced pages or 500words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section will be published. Email: editor@ redbluffdailynews.com Fax: 530-527-9251 Mail to: P.O. Box 220, 728Main St., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Facebook: Leave comments at FACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS Twitter: Follow and send tweets to @REDBLUFFNEWS AndnowafewchoicewordsforallRepub- licans advising Democrats to "stop whining about the election and get over it." Oh, re- ally. Get over losing a presidential election to a high-strung petulant flake soon to be in possession of the nuclear codes? Getoveramandestinedto be leader of the Free World tweeting frivolous 3 a.m. in- sults at Alec Baldwin? Exactly how does one get over that, pray tell? A fistful of barbiturates? A four-year nap? An eternal tray of mango Mar- garitas? Love it or leave it? Like it or lump it? The shuf- fling off of mortal coils? Climb a tower? Couple rounds of Russian roulette? Perhaps an example of how Republicans get over some- thing would help grease the skids here. Pull something out of your vast experience of "get- ting over it" for us. Like how you got over Barack Hussein Obama's two election wins crying about his citizenship for eight years like little ba- bies with colic whose diapers needed to be changed? That kind of getting over it? Because, correct me if I'm wrong, but I seem to remem- ber Mitch McConnell boast- ing that his first order of business as Senate Minority Leader was to deny Obama a second term. Epic fail on that getting over. I also seem to remember the GOP Congress refusing to pass anything that would smack of giving Obama a sin- gle legislative victory includ- ing obstructing bills they pre- viously proposed. Classic case of cutting-off-your-nose-to- spite-your-face getting over it there. I seem to remember Repub- licans trying to repeal Obama Care over 60 times. You mean that kind of getting over it? Does the term "getting over Benghazi" have any mean- ing here? Because if that's the kind of bipartisan hand- hold- ing you're looking for, you're about to get your wish. Republicans aren't just sore losers, they're lousy winners too. If Hypocritical were an Olympic sport, the GOP would be deemed ineligible, having lost their amateur status right around the middle of Ulysses S. Grant's first term. Repub- licans are to "getting over it" what Martha Stewart is to ver- tical zinc mines and Wayne Newton is to rock & roll. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote by 3 million votes after being gang tackled by Wikileaks, an orange clown, the FBI and Russia. You mean Democrats aren't supposed to report getting mugged by a foreign power? Isn't failing to report a felony illegal? Are you advocating aiding and abet- ting here? But then again, no- body really cares, since the Russians are white. Or is it the oil? Now Donald Trump is grip- ing that nobody ever men- tioned the possible hacking of the election until after he won. Wrong! There's footage of him during the second debate say- ing maybe the hacking of the DNC's emails wasn't done by the Rooskies, but some 400- pound guy on a bed. Did he forget or is he just plain obliv- ious? The Trumpeteers have per- fected whining to such an art form that Kellyanne Con- way's gelatinous platitudes should be part of the perma- nent collection of New York's Metropolitan Museum. We all know that if the tables were turned, Trump would be ac- cusing Hillary of not only per- sonally conspiring with Pu- tin, but so deep in bed with him she could suck her com- rade's toes. Which, coinciden- tally, are tiny. WillDurstisanaward- winning, nationally acclaimed columnist, comedian and former assistant manager at a Pizza Hut in West Allis, Wisconsin. For a calendar of personal appearances, go to willdurst.com. Will Durst Republicans are the masters of not getting over things Cartoonist's take Thought for December 24: "Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and be- hold, everything is softer and more beautiful." — The Rev. Norman Vin- cent Peale (born 1898, died Dec. 24, 1993). On Christmas Eve, it comforted this writer that some uplifting thoughts of the Christ- mas Season have been found on this page, particularly by fellow-columnist, Joe Harrop. I can only hope for "peace on earth and good will to all peo- ple" as it seems there is scant evidence that the message of peace and hope for all is tak- ing root. Some historical events can inform both sides of the led- ger: Lasting peace broke out as the War of 1812 ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, a peace and alliance (with Brit- ain) that has served the free, English-speaking people of the world in times of calm as well as war. "Silent Night," the quintes- sential Christmas hymn, was composed by Franz Joseph Gr- uber on December 24, 1818. In 1914, during World War I, im- promptu Christmas truces took hold along parts of the Western front between British and Ger- man soldiers. The killing then resumed. In 1968, the Apollo 8 astro- nauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testa- ment Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast. Absent a religious renewal and "Awak- ening" as has occurred numer- ous times in American history, I feel sad that it is unlikely— given the anti-God animos- ity directed at all things Chris- tian—that we will have another such recognition of the pri- macy of our Judeo-Christian heritage. Perhaps illustrating the fu- tility of the Biblical "Peace, peace (they cry), but there is no peace," in 1939 Pope Pius XII delivered a Christmas Eve ad- dress in which he offered a five- point program for peace and denounced "premeditated ag- gressions." The "evil" side of the led- ger has a plethora of entries, among which is that the Ku Klux Klan was formed in Pu- laski, Tennessee on Decem- ber 24, 1865. Perhaps illus- trating that racism dwells in the hearts of black as well as white people, recent years have seen an upsurge of at- tacks on white people by black men who told their victims that race (and perceived sup- port for Donald Trump) prompted their hateful vio- lence. Returning evil for evil makes not a good act. The evil that resides in the hearts of some followers of Is- lam toward Christianity and Christians is found throughout the Middle East and Europe. Headlines attest to the fact of such Islamic hatred in America as the FBI stated "ISIS urging attacks on Holiday Gatherings, Churches…" Also, "Jihadist Searched for Midnight Masses in Arizona…" We have now seen how evil in the hearts of a minority of political advocates reduces their (progressive, Hillary-sup- porting) fanaticism to threats directed at members of the Electoral College. "The age of Obama will be remembered for the grotesque perversion of law. The latest example is Justice Department and FBI inaction when it comes to death threats to members of the Electoral College who were voting for Donald Trump. Prior to their vote this week, members of the Electoral College received death threats by phone and email. Transmitting death threats via interstate communications is a federal felony punishable by up to five years in prison. (18 U.S.C. 875(c), J. Christian Adams on Fox News) "Hans von Spakovsky has also argued convincingly that the Voting Rights Act, Section 11, makes it a crime to threaten to kill members of the Electoral College. Section 11 was the same statute that we used to bring a case against the New Black Panther Party for intimidation when they stalked a polling place with a weapon in Phila- delphia. (The case dropped by AG Holder) "Obviously, the Obama ad- ministration's approach to Sec- tion 11 enforcement is deter- mined by who the accused are and how they view the pro- tected class. In the case of the New Black Panthers, just as in the case of Trump elec- tors receiving death threats, the Obama DOJ lawyers appar- ently don't think the statute has much reach. As the presi- dent told a crowd, his admin- istration is about hurting ene- mies and helping friends." That, readers, is politically evil. It's an example of the banal- ity of evil for Obama's UN rep- resentative, Samantha Powers, to facilitate an anti-Israel mo- tion condemning settlements on land it acquired through Is- rael's victory over Arab ene- mies in the unprovoked 1967 war. For all of recorded history have the spoils gone to the vic- tor. Because the international community basically hates the religiously free, self-governing State of Israel, measures that convey punishment and con- demnation are favored. Andrew McCarthy wrote, "Barack Obama's Betrayal of Is- rael is a Black Day for Ameri- can Diplomacy. It is a disgrace- ful legacy of Barack Obama that his obsession over settlements and antipathy toward Israeli prime minister Benjamin Ne- tanyahu—traits he shares with his old radical comrade Rashid Khalidi—have made the already dim prospects for peace far more remote…Thus the unend- ing pattern that the U.S. and western European powers cra- venly refuse to address: Islamic factions and nations are free to reserve the right to eradicate Israel, but Israel must pretend the aggression never happened and the continuing threat does not exist." Cartoonist Michael Ramirez packs a lot into his draw- ings. For instance, one titled "Santa Obama's legacy" shows Obama in a Santa suit, saying "Ho! Ho! Ho! He's looking over opened boxes with "gifts": A skull labeled ISIS, a skunk la- beled "Foreign Policy," a var- mint labeled Terror, a "Bill for $20 Trillion," a tiny dumb- bell labeled "Weak America," a box filled with "World Chaos," an empty first aid kit labeled "Obamacare," wreaths labeled "Race, Division and Social Un- rest," a literal "Pink Slip," and an ugly sweater labeled "Stag- nant Economy." A child sits among his "gifts" with a look of shock on his little face. Don Polson has called Red Bluff home since 1988. He can be reached by e-mail at donplsn@yahoo.com. The way I see it With Christmas good comes evil I also seem to remember the GOP Congress refusing to pass anything that would smack of giving Obama a single legislative victory including obstructing bills they previously proposed. Classic case of cutting-off- your-nose-to-spite- your-face getting over it there. Sounding off A look at what readers are saying in comments on our website and on social media. Always love seeing the local photos. D'Lorah Hurton: Photos posted of Christmas decorations in Los Molinos and Red Bluff We need to start detecting why this is happening so we can treat the cause not the symptoms. Jack Pratt: On Red Bluff purchasing a license plate recognition program due to car the s Don Polson StateandNational Assemblyman James Galla- gher, 2060 Talbert Drive, Ste. 110, Chico 95928, 530 895-4217, http://ad03.asmrc.org/ Senator Jim Nielsen, 2634 Forest Ave., Ste. 110, Chico 95928, 530 879-7424, senator. nielsen@senate.ca.gov Governor Jerry Brown, State Capital Building, Sacramento 95814, 916 445-2841, fax 916 558-3160, governor@governor. ca.gov U.S. Representative Doug La- Malfa, 507 Cannon House Of- fice Building, Washington D.C. 20515, 202 225-3076 U.S. Senator Dianne Fein- stein, One Post St., Ste. 2450, San Francisco 94104, 415 393- 0707, fax 415 393-0710 U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer, 1700 Montgomery St., San Fran- cisco 94111, 510 286-8537, fax 202 224-0454 Local Tehama County Supervisors, 527-4655 District 1, Steve Chamblin, Ext. 3015 District 2, Candy Carlson, Ext. 3014 District 3, Dennis Garton, Ext. 3017 District 4, Bob Williams, Ext. 3018 District 5, Burt Bundy, Ext. 3016 Red Bluff City Manager, Rich- ard Crabtree, 527-2605, Ext. 3061 Corning City Manager, Kris- tina Miller, 824-7033 Your officials OPINION » redbluffdailynews.com Tuesday, December 27, 2016 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A6