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ChipThompson, Editor 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: Daily News 728Main St., Red Bluff, CA 96080 Facebook: Leave comments at FACEBOOK.COM/ RBDAILYNEWS Twitter: Follow and send tweets to @REDBLUFFNEWS IamgettingtiredofPresidentTrumpand his constant tweeting. However, I am lov- ing actor Alec Baldwin's almost regular impersonation of our 45th President on Saturday Night Live. Ibelieve The Donald is changing the definition of what those in the political world used to call a press release. He just tweets his heart out. When I was an elected of- ficial in the California As- sembly for 18 years, 1976- 94, I would sometimes ago- nize over what I was going to put in my next press release. Maybe I should have learned to tweet, even though it had not yet been invented. I do occasionally tweet now @Re- claimCali. It amazes me that the Pres- ident of the United States ap- parently wakes up early each morning, watches television and then tweets as though he really gets the accurate infor- mation on his television set. I have felt for some time that Donald Trump believes what only he wants to be- lieve. As you know, he re- cently tweeted that former President Barack Obama "wiretapped" him at the Trump Tower in New York. That claim has now been debunked by FBI Director James Comey, as well as sev- eral others in both the Demo- crat and Republican parties. If there is any fake news, I personally believe it's com- ing from Donald Trump him- self. Over two months ago when Mr. Trump tweeted that his inauguration crowd was much larger than Barack Obama's was, we could all see the aerial photos of how wrong he was. He followed that tweet up with yet another by saying he got more electoral votes than anyone in recent memory. That was wrong too. Then, a Presidential tweet about the millions of people he thought were participating in what he said was voter fraud last elec- tion, etc., etc. I am admittedly a political junkie, but I think President Trump is starting to embar- rass all of us citizens with his tweets. Somebody recently joked that when Mr. Trump sends a tweet, more people are now thinking of him as simply a twit. So far, I have only done a small amount of tweeting. I used to do some Facebook a few years ago and decided then that it began to take too much of my personal time. I had even forgotten my pass- word for that social media ac- tivity. Eventually I learned one can live without Face- book, and have a much more peaceful life. If only The Donald would take a breath and stop mak- ing "breaking news" with his morning tweets. Maybe America would be better off. Well, my Tehama County friends, I'm afraid I must tell you to standby for prob- ably four more years of Mr. Trump's presidential antics. The other day Senator Di- ane Feinstein even suggested that Mr. Trump might actually work himself out of the White House because of his decisions and wild and unsubstantiated statements. I think now is the time for President Trump to realize he must change his mo- dus operandi. Especially af- ter his stunning defeat last week not being able to replace Obamacare, the signature po- litical promise that he made to all Americans. Now would be a good time to tell me whether or not you agree. Mytakeonthemovies "Life" is a very good film if you like science fiction thrill- ers. On earth everything eats everything else. Well, by the time you see the alien in this film, you might not want to eat again. It stars Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson. StanStathamserved1976- 1994 in the California Assembly and was a television news anchor at KHSL-TV in Chico 1965- 1975. He is past president of the California Broadcasters Association and can be reached at StanStatham@ gmail.com. StanStatham My take on our President's tweets I am admittedly a political junkie, but I think President Trump is starting to embarrass all of us citizens with his tweets. Trump'santi-healthcareact Editor: In 1976 Irving Louis Horowitz, Sociologist stated that "(Genocide is) a structural and systematic destruction of innocent people by a state bureaucratic apparatus." Hitler was not the one who marched the Jews and other unwanted into the gas cham- bers and dumped the millions of corpses into mass graves. It was the voters who elected Hitler. It was the politicians who used Hit- ler's agenda to further their par- ties agenda. It was the day to day workers who needed to support their families carrying out the or- ders from the boss. What Hitler and his minions did to millions of souls the Re- publican Party, under the title of Trump Health Care Act, is now doing to the American citizens who, in today's world, the Repub- lican Party and Republican vot- ers do not desire to share the planet with. For the Congressional Bud- get Office to state that 14 million people would have their medical care taken away in the next year and 24 million after that looks like the Trump Health Care Act is the Trump Take Away Health Care Act. Trump's Take Away Health Care Act is the proposal of genocide and the Republican Party is carrying that out. From a footnote in the CBO report on Trump's Take Away Health Care Act: "Approximately 17,000 people could die in 2018 who otherwise would have lived if a House Republican health pro- posal endorsed by the Trump ad- ministration becomes law. By 2026, the number of people killed by Trumpcare could grow to ap- proximately 29,000 in that year alone." Using the average of these two years over the first 11 years over 250,000 American citizens could die as a direct result of this Act. In 2016 John Cox, His- torian stated, "Genocide …can be uncovered by examining pol- icies, actions, and outcomes." With the approximately 17,000 people could die in the first year and approximately 29,000 people could die in 2026, the numbers of American Citizens killed by Trump care the "policies, actions, and outcomes" of Donald Trump will bring genocide to American citizens. I strongly am opposed to Trumps Take Away Health Care Act. — Peggy Lopez, Red Bluff UsingIslamtovetMuslims Editor: Islam is a politically correct protected ideology. We are not allowed to say anything wrong about Islam and anything that is wrong is not Islam, and of course Islam is the religion of peace — this is what the left tells us. You can apply this program to Mus- lims or their apologists. Three step program. 1. Quote the doctrine, which is sometimes misogynistic and in- structs adherents to beat women. 2. Ask the Muslim if they agree with the doctrine. Of course they won't agree with it — even the most fervent leftist cannot con- done wife beating. It's not good enough for them to just say they don't beat their wife. 3. Ask the Muslim if they con- demn wife beating, political as- sassination and the inferiority of women, Christians and Jews in the Quran and will they con- demn Mohammed and say he was wrong to instruct Muslims to beat their wives. Remember, do not attack Is- lam or Muslims, attack the doc- trine. If the Muslim will not con- demn the Quran, The Sharia, Mohammed and Allah and say they are wrong about wife beat- ing, sorry they aren't migrating to the USA. And remember, we as Amer- icans have every right to ask a doctrine question of a Muslim. — Laurence D'Alberti, Red Bluff Moderntakeonthe Constitution Editor: If the Constitution were to be written today by Republicans it would start off by saying, "We the wealthy in order to protect and preserve our advantages do ordain and establish this docu- ment." Now Trump's version would differ slightly, it would read, "I the magnificent do hereby claim everything for my awesome self." Our founding fathers had something quite different in mind when they said, "We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to our- selves and our posterity, do or- dain and establish this Consti- tution for the United States of America." Notice establishing justice and insuring of domestic tranquility were mentioned ahead of a com- mon defense. So what is justice if it's not equality for everyone un- der the law. Which, as I see it, would negate any advantage of wealth, prestige or popularity in the courtroom. But that is defi- nitely what we don't see in our judicial system today. Is there any semblance of "do- mestic tranquility" in our cities today? I'd say generally no, and the main cause is a lack of justice for the not so rich. President Roosevelt once said, "The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." — Orval Strong, Gerber Your opinions Cartoonist's take We're all looking for deals out there. After all, nothing seems to be cheap anymore. And we al- ways feel so gosh darn good and satisfied with our- selves whenever we find a good deal. My wife and I have some "Happy Hour" favor- ites. We make a meal out of the half-priced ap- petizers, sometimes over-order- ing a bit due to our empty bel- lies and the prospect of a deal. "This would've cost over $60 if it wasn't happy hour!" I shout triumphantly when we get the check. "And we each had a drink, too." Yep, being thrifty can be fun. I recently signed up for text deals at a local restaurant. Ev- ery month they text subscrib- ers the $5.99 breakfast special. That's a pretty amazing price for eggs, meat, potatoes and toast — in varied configurations. One month its chicken-fried steak, the next a corned-beef scramble with potato cakes. And I don't have to decide what I'm going to order anymore. I always get the text special — maybe three times a month. And it just seems to taste better knowing it's a deal. My wife and I get discounts on already cheap gas using a store card. Gas prices are a funny thing. I always wonder how a gas station that charges 60 cents more a gallon from one right down the street can stay in business. Getting the least ex- pensive gas, with no credit sur- charge, with a 5-cent per gal- lon discount while using plastic giving a 2% rebate has to be the epitome of the deal. Today, one must play all of the angles. But I give telemarketers of- fering "free" deals short shrift. I've made it a rule to cut these folks off at the get-go. I seri- ously doubt that I've missed out on many free cruises because of this policy. Many of those phone calls used to relate to selling time shares. You really could get a free trip if you were a married couple and owned your own home. You just had to agree to sit through a grueling presen- tation followed by an extremely high-pressured sales pitch to buy a time-share. I never went on any of these trips, but I do re- call a free lunch in Hawaii years ago where I had the pleasure of that experience. Luckily, I've never been bash- ful about saying "no" so we emerged without purchas- ing one. Some folks enjoy time shares, but I could never see how being forced to take a va- cation in a certain place or time would be particularly de- sirable, because of how much money was invested. And there would still be a significant ser- vice charge for staying there. Not for me. Every couple of months we get a stack of coupons in the mail for home maintenance and im- provement services, retail stores and restaurants. Almost all of these go straight into the recy- cle bin, as we don't need the ser- vices, and the discounts aren't all that exciting. Getting 10% off any dinner over $50 on a Sun- day through Thursday night just isn't that much of an entice- ment. But the 99 cent and dollar stores certainly have some bar- gains. It seems like whenever I say we need something, my wife says, "I'll pick it up at the dollar store." Coffee filters, 9x12 enve- lopes, greeting cards, photo pa- per — one can save some serious coin by just waiting and buying it there later. Besides, my wife loves to shop at those stores. Where else can you get a cart full of stuff for about $20? Even if you don't need every single thing, it's certainly the cheap- est shopping entertainment one can find. And I like saving money. Corky Pickering and his wife relocated from the Bay Area to Cottonwood in 2014. He recently retired from the federal government as an attorney advising law enforcement. He has been a rock and roll bass player and a Marine JAG. He can be reached at thecork6@ gmail.com. Corky Pickering A few words on discounts and deals Stan Statham Corky Pickering But the 99 cent and dollar stores certainly have some bargains. It seems like whenever I say we need something, my wife says, "I'll pick it up at the dollar store." OPINION » redbluffdailynews.com Thursday, March 30, 2017 » MORE AT FACEBOOK.COM/RBDAILYNEWS AND TWITTER.COM/REDBLUFFNEWS A6