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4A Daily News – Friday, October 5, 2012 Opinion DAILYNEWS RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY 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 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. Letters should be typed and cannot exceed two double-spaced pages or 500 words. When several letters address the same issue, a cross section of those submit- ted will be considered for publi- cation. Letters will be edited. Letters are published at the discretion of the editor. 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Fax (415) 393-0710. Barbara Boxer (D), 1700 Montgomery St., Suite 240, San Francisco, CA 94111; (510) 286-8537. Fax (202) 224- 0454. Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee Commentary alter ego Sam, took on the LaMalfa/Nielsen connection. It appears that the two go lock step through their political careers and that going in and out and back in office serves to thwart term limits and so forth. There is lit- tle doubt that his analysis is correct...and there is also little doubt as to Nielsen's pri- mary residence. Gerber, it is said, is glori- ous in the spring, but give us a break...it is not where he hangs his hat that is once again thrown into the ring. The last time I saw the two, LaMalfa and Nielsen in tan- dem, was at a relatives' memorial service. LaMalfa explained that he dropped by because he once went to school in Oroville with the deceased. Nielsen explained that he did not actually know our departed rela- tive... but had heard nice things about him. Uh huh. *** J. Harrop, in his Saturday column, via his I mentioned, in last week's effort, NBC's Nightly News with Brian Williams, teleprompters and things, but failed to note that every correspondent is a "chief." One is their "Chief White House Correspondent," another their "Chief Environmental Corre- spondent" and yet another is their "Chief Medical Consultant." Why is that? Do you suppose it is a union thing...that they must be addressed in such a fashion...or it is stip- ulated in their employment contract? Or does it suggest that each "chief" has many Indians on their own personal staff? I guess only the shadow nose. *** The Portland State University football team, with a 0 and 3 record, has aseveral quarterbacks. One such is Red Bluff's Collin Ramirez who, while at Butte College in California, broke the school's passing record established by Super Bowl quarter- back Aaron Rodgers. With these creden- tials, you might think Collin would get the starting job, but no, another fellow was given the slot and, so far, has failed to rally his team. The starter is big, like a line- backer, and can run, but he can't pass worth a damn. It seems to me that their coach should use both quarterbacks in the back- field at the same time…and it just so hap- pened, that last Sunday, two pro football teams did just that: the SF 49ers and the NY. Jets. It worked for the 'Niners and I shall suggest to the Portland coach that he does the same. He may not listen, but he needs to be reminded of Collin's fantastic passing statistics. *** Department of Clarifica- tion: A police log stated that S.A. Miles, 29, Red Bluff, was arrested at a car wash on Sale Lane for a felony parole violation. I have it on good authority that using a car wash is not a felony violation in this state. Perhaps in the Deep South, but not here- abouts. *** "You can't have More than 100 people turning out on short notice on the court house steps for a minute of silence honor- ing the late Supervisor and educator George Russell proved to be the right thing to do. It was a simplistic, but effective way to go. *** would you put it?" Steven Wright *** gallons of paint. Although nets saved many lives during the construction, a nearly completed heavy machinery section fell into the net, tore it away from its fasteners, and sent 12 men plunging 250 feet into the sea, only 2 of whom were rescued. Robert Minch I Say pouring and the train was entombed for pos- terity therein. *** everything. Where Tuesday of this week. He was another of the good guys. He could perhaps have lived a bit longer but decided he had enough of chemotherapy and the like...and decided to live out his days without the benefit of same, which I found quite courageous. He was a taciturn fellow who seldom uttered a discouraging word. He was right about most things but had given up on the Giants and the 49ers in his later years assuming they would never amount to anything. I wish he were still around to witness their renais- sance. *** The late David Sale would have been 83 was that a 7-ton gas loco- motive, hauling 3 cars of concrete, encountered a slippery track on the down grade. The brakes failed, the engineer jumped safely off, the train plunged 100 feet into an abutment. Recovery was impossible and so the crews continued An interesting sidebar Last week's quiz was first answered cor- rectly by C. Heilsberg who knew that Delaware was the first state admitted to the Union, that Rommel was known as the Desert Fox, the moons of Mars are Phobos and Deimos and that the Dean Brothers of baseball were nicknamed Dizzy and Daffy. This week's quiz: Who did the 1948 headline of the Chicago Tribune indicate won the Presidential election, "Digger O'Dell was a character on which radio show, and who hit safely in 56 consecutive games for the Yankees and when? *** In the process of moving, car in driveway with moving boxes in it and the time it took me to lock the house and return to my car, my purse got stolen. I would like to share my story with others so they, too, can be informed of how quickly your purse can be stolen, credit cards used, your personal information avail- able and life turned upside down and that the person that did this already has a criminal record. Identity theft Editor: This person was caught on video using my credit card at Sunnyside market by the high school. Bluff Police Department have his photo, however no arrests have been made. It's exhausting, the amount A police report and Red of time on and off work and money it has cost to make changes and the violation one feels and items that cannot be replaced such as my wedding ring. I want to use this horrific ordeal to help others become more aware and hopefully the person who has done this will never be able to do this again and therefore I can have jus- tice and sleep with both eyes shut again. Debate Editor: Lucretia Fletcher, Red Bluff debate. The media is so bias, I said a little prayer all through that day. I dreaded watching the Maybe the majority of citi- zens aren't as stupid as I think. We DVR almost all pro- grams, we don't have to endure all those commercials that way. Maybe the sponsors will realize this and change their ways. How they can sup- port this absent Com- mander-In-Chief anyway boggles my mind. He checks in now and then for appearances sake. I don't think he really real- izes he's on the hook for this country. Party time. Your Turn a joke. He found out differ- ently last night. Watching the campaign and realizing there is hope, a lightness was felt in my heart. I think he thinks this is all Spend time with entertain- ers, bop with them, it's a joke to him. until that moment. I saw somewhere he said his staff was trying to make him do his homework. was so stressed over what is happening All the troubles in Syria, where is he? Campaigning. Shows up at the ceremony for the four killed, says what he should say, takes off for more campaigning. For the widows and chil- dren of those men it won't be over for a lifetime, but he's done his duty. country, and his staff has to make him do his homework. God help us all. Get this delinquent out of that office and put an adult in his place. He's way out of his He's the leader of this league. Eye candy. That's about it. believe me, ask him. Bernice Cressy, Cottonwood He's hot stuff, if you don't I didn't realize I A fellow loaned me a copy of "THE GOLDEN GATE FIESTA EDITION" of the S.F. Call Bulletin of 26 May, 1937, which heralded the completion of the Gold- en Gate Bridge. Along with many photos of the building of this great bridge, was perti- nent information that Joseph B. Strauss was the chief engineer, the bridge's overall length is 9,200 feet and the main span 4,200 feet, it cost $35 million to build and con- tains 100,000 tons of steel, 330,000 cubic feet of concrete and initially used 110,000 his office and wants to sign the owner up. "I'll have this act in Vegas in a month!," he bellows. But just as they were about to sign the papers, a big dog marches into the office, picks up the pup by the scruff of his neck and runs off with it. The scout shouts, "Our act has been stolen! What can we do?" "Nothing," says the owner, "That was the pup's mother. She doesn't want him to be an entertainer. She wants him to be a doctor." A talent scout sees a talking dog act in 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.