In my letter of Feb 8, I blamed our failed economy and high unemployment on the G.W. Bush administration. I also called the tea party a Klan rally. I was in error, as Ernie Wendell pointed out in an eloquently penned letter of Feb. 14.
I use this letter to apologize to all I may have offended. First, Bush did not leave Obama a failed economy, rising unemployment and a trillion-dollar debt. Obama is at fault; he did all that in less than a year. I am sorry for thinking that Bush was the worst president ever.
To the tea party people, I was wrong to think that you are morons. I now know you are good people with the signs you carry, calling Obama Hitler and a socialist. I believe you are true patriots when you talk of leaving the union.
I will apologize to a Klan member, if I ever meet one. They are 100 percent racist, and the tea party is only 75 percent racist. Difference is, the Klan does not hide its opinions.
J. ALBRIGHT
Hillsborough
Defending Palin
The people who say that Gov. Sarah Palin is not smart remind me of the people who said Frank Sinatra and Elvis Pressley could not sing and Fred Astaire could not dance.
BOBBY LAWRENCE
Durham
The Fed's 'wise men'
Yesterday, the wise men of the Federal Reserve announced that they expect U.S. economy to grow at a rate of 3.5 percent next year. They said that, while unemployment will remain "unfortunately high" for the foreseeable future, the threat of a double dip recession is vanishing quickly.
These are the same "wise men" who missed the real estate bubble as it blew up in their faces. The greatest economic catastrophe in a lifetime and they didn't see it coming. Is there any reason to believe they have it right this time?
When you think about the possibility of a double dip recession, think of this: Nothing has changed. The fundamental processes that led to the crash of the world economy are still in effect. The criminals that set those processes in motion remain unpunished. The next crash -- a continuation of the last one, if you want to think of it that way -- will come soon. And it will be worse than the last one. That's my prediction.
JIM SENTER
Rougemont
