Correspondence
Correspondence GIVE WAR A CHANCE FREDERICK W. KAGAN is right when he says in "War Sooner Rather Than Later" (Mar. 3) that waiting on this war is neither ethical nor practical. I would only add...
...instead of Beck's beer (Germany), we buy Michelob (USA) or Corona (Mexico...
...Needless to say, our foreign travel itinerary no longer includes European destinations (although a sweep through the pro-America Black Sea nations of Turkey and Bulgaria, with a side trip to Prague or Tel Aviv, could be possible one day...
...Now, instead of Belgian chocolates, we buy Ghirardelli (california) or Elite (Israel...
...We even replaced all European components from our investment portfolio, using Free Asia (Japan, Australia, New Zealand) to diversify our largely America-domiciled investments...
...I have been in a battle for state employee concessions that has resulted in protests and demonstrations, and a federal lawsuit has been brought against me by the unions...
...Forty-five states have deficits this year because of the downturn in the national economy...
...Second, it was not my proposal to increase taxes on millionaires...
...instead of French-made aftershave, we use Neutrogena (California...
...Paying more for a product (to the extent that that is even necessary—it's a big marketplace out there) has never been a concern since implementing this new policy...
...To allow him to achieve full nuclear capability would be morally irresponsible in the extreme...
...Our deficit for the next fiscal year was projected at $2 billion, out of a $14.5 billion budget...
...I have laid off 2,800 state employees—unfortunately more than any other governor in the country...
...For the past 120 days I have cut state spending to the full extent of my legal authority and I have proposed numerous budgets to cut spending even more dramatically...
...It feels good to put one's money where one's values are...
...I have cut literally every tax in the state, and have eliminated the state inheritance tax...
...I've been wishing that someone would...
...The failure to confront Hitler early on (or, more to the point, to prevent his rearming in defiance of the Versailles treaty) is a good example...
...History is full of situations where the failure to confront a threat when it first arose was ultimately more costly than a timely response would have been...
...First, as a Republican governor for the past eight years with an overwhelming Democrat majority in the State House and State Senate, I have nonetheless been able to cut taxes by over $2 billion...
...At that time, Palestinian suicide bombers regularly blew up innocent civilians in Israel, and Europe responded with spontaneous boycotts of Israel and statements of support for the terrorists (there were a few noble exceptions, like the former prime minister of the czech Republic...
...ELLEN HEYMAN Washington, DC LE BOYCOTT CONTINUES ALTHOUGH FRANCE AND GERMANY are particularly worthy of a boycott by American consumers, as Irwin M. Stelzer points out in "Vive le Boycott...
...With a Democrat-controlled House and Senate, Republican governors like me have to make some compromises in difficult times...
...There are worse things than war—living under Nazism or communism qualifies, as does living as the hostage of a nuclear-armed Saddam who is the hege-mon of the Middle East...
...17) to correct some misinformation and to outline my deficit reduction package here in Connecticut...
...Just because liberals get offended by pretty nearly everything—and just because we have a lot of fun snickering about that—doesn't mean there aren't a few things in this culture worth getting offended about...
...Thank you for a much-needed reminder...
...Gina Dalfonzo Springfield, VA...
...GIL WEINREICH West Hills, CA ROWLAND RESPONDS I MUST RESPOND to Stephen Moore's "Republicans Who Love Taxes" (Feb...
...G. ROWLAND Governor of Connecticut VICTIM FEMINISTS UNITE GOOD FOR THE SCRAPBOOK ("Frosty the Phallus," Mar...
...3), I began my own personal boycott of pretty much all of Europe about a year ago...
...And I hope there would have been a few conservative gentlemen willing to help...
...10) for taking a stand for decency...
...It was the Democrats' proposal...
...I would only add that the clock is also ticking on Saddam's acquisition of the fissile material needed to achieve the nuclear weapons capability he was found to be seeking after the Gulf War...
...JOHN...
...As a matter of fact, I have vetoed that tax twice this year...
...I'm no "victim feminist" either, but as a lady, if I attended Harvard, I'd have helped tear down the offensive ice sculpture [of a nine foot tall penis] myself...
Vol. 8 • March 2003 • No. 26
