Letters to the Press: For the Week of Feb. 18 – Feb. 24

Crying Over Spilled Ink

Dear Jerry Della Femina:

You are Lonesome Rhodes. You are not fair-minded and not in the middle. Pres. Obama has had to fight against those who oppose changes that benefit the many: the Jim Crows of the 21st Century. It’s not, No We Can’t. It’s, No We Didn’t. Look in the mirror!

Elaine James, Hicksville

Another for Jerry’s Fan Club

Dear Editor:

My compliments to Jerry Della Femina on his insightful column [“A Face in the Crowd,” Feb. 3]. However, I’m not as optimistic or hopeful as Della Femina about Barack Obama’s ability to move toward the center and become a good president.

Yes, while campaigning, Barack Obama sure looked and sounded extraordinary reading to us off the teleprompter. But this president is very clearly a deceiver of the masses, having made many promises that he wouldn’t or couldn’t possibly keep. That cunning scheme won him the election.

An authentic “wolf in sheep’s clothing,” now he and his party are weakening the U.S. economically and strategically by unrestrained spending and a half-hearted posture on the terror trials.

If Obama doesn’t hate and despise his own country, then he is certainly giving us a very good impersonation of someone who does.

Mike Marsala, Hauppauge

Never Forget

Dear Editor:

The Holocaust Memorial is a monument to the survivors and a window to the past [“It Didn’t Start With the Killing,” Feb. 10]. The Long Island Press did a service by inviting readers for a heartrending visit.

As the article relates, discovered in such a museum is a reminder of the horrors of war and the injustice of the Holocaust. The LI Press has given a voice to the collage of stories collected from Holocaust survivors to still be heard today.

[On these pages] is found a moving commentary on the captives’ courage and a testament to the human spirit to survive. And for this reason we are reminded of how very much the stories of Holocaust survivors still need to be told.

We are all in this world together and when one suffers we all do. Thanks to the Long Island Press article the Holocaust stories live on.

We shall never forget.

Sincerely,

Susan Marie Davniero, Lindenhurst