School
board to appeal ruling to remove evolution stickers Good. The sticker text:

This
textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding
the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind,
studied carefully and critically considered.

The left screams and rants
about tolerance when it comes to their pet programs, but no deviation from their
dogma is acceptable. The statement above seems to me to be a successful attempt at tolerance of other people’s views of the origin of life.

I think the lack of playing computer games late on a Friday night and not having a subscription to Popular Science dragged me down.

Bud Fink has written many letters to the editor of our local newspaper, the Carpinterial
Coastal View. From his letters, he seems a disaffected leftist, frequently spewing
vitriol at President Bush and anything to the right of the radical left. His
latest: State is on a slippery slope Seems like deja vu all over
again. Just over 70 years ago a man from Austria rose to power in Germany. He gained
power by promising the people the world if they just followed him. We now have a governor
from Austria who wants to disband the legislature and rule the state through propositions
which will solve all our problems with no sacrifice from the people. Is anyone else
frightened by this slippery slope we appear to be approaching? Bud Fink Carpinteria My
response:
Shame on Mr. Bud Fink for his promiscuous hyperbole in comparing California’s Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to Adolf Hitler. His comparison belittles and cheapens the real suffering and horrors inflicted upon the six million Jews and millions of others (gypsies, Poles, Slavs, communists, trade-unionists, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, dissenting clergy, etc) at the hands of the Third Reich. Political discussion and disagreement is one thing, but to invoke the name of the 20th Century’s most reviled demagogue in a comparison with our own Governor is not only unproductive, it is crass and shows a disturbing lack of perspective.

MATT THEULE
Carpinteria

I sent my response to the newspaper via e-mail. We will see if it gets printed next week.

Judge:
Evolution stickers must be removed from textbooks How can a simple

7- word
statement that does not mention God, Jesus, Christianity or any religion or any church
violate the Establishment Clause? Talk about having a political agenda. The statement:

This
textbook contains material on evolution. Evolution is a theory, not a fact, regarding
the origin of living things. This material should be approached with an open mind,
studied carefully and critically considered.

I am not by nature an adventurous eater. I prefer the known dish to the exotic dish. We had a department lunch and I was out voted in the decision of where to eat. We ended up at Swan’s
Korean BBQ restaurant in lovely Oxnard. We got 3 beef dishes and 1 squid dish.
I tried the squid. The nubbies didn’t bother me as much as I thought it would, but
it was just too chewy. Also, 2 of the beef dishes we ordered had to be cooked by us
at our table. Ugh! What’s the point of a restaurant if I have to do my own cooking.
I can do that at home. This is the main reason I don’t go to The
Palms in Carpinteria.
And to top it all off, the lunch gave me heartburn. Merry Christmas! 🙁