Letters to the Editor

Rainbow Farms Aftermath Revisited

Editor,

I am writing in response to the article printed in issue #507 of the
Review. The letter in question is "Rainbow Farms Aftermath., written by
David Asher.
It would be wonderful if people in this world would do their homework and
show a little common sense before writing out their own version of the
events that transpired.

What happened at Rainbow Farms had nothing to do with, as the author stated
"Draconian Civil Forfeiture Law"; it had to do with another citizen who
didn't show up for a court date, and followed that up with foolish actions.
There is no "greed and corruption" involved here. It also does not matter
that he was farming marijuana, the outcome would have been the same no
matter who it was.

The facts are: he did not show for a scheduled court date, which warranted
a visit by the police; he brandished a weapon, which prompted the standoff.
The farmer foolishly fired his weapon at aircraft, which is a federal
offense, hence a visit from the FBI. His last mistake was to point his
weapon at a Law Officer, and it does not  matter if he was a marijuana
farmer, a lawyer or even a police officer.

Once you aim a weapon at any agent of law enforcement, you can pretty much
forget about it.

Sometimes the FBI and law enforcement make mistakes, this was not one of them.
The only person responsible for what happened at Rainbow Farms paid for
crimes and mistakes with his life. With that being said, thank you for your
time.

Sincerely,
Vincent Farrand

The Darkest Day

Dear Robert Martin,

I don't know if anyone has thanked you lately, but I've been going
to do it for a long time now. Reading your article on September 11th, I'm
so grateful that we have someone here who gives people like me a voice
regarding this and recognizes that all this could have been prevented long
ago if we had a real humane being in the White House (or in any other part
of 'public service' who really cared about the 'big picture' of all the
things going on in the world.

Whomever Hendrick Hertzberg is, he 'gets it'. And so should we all.

Thank you again for keeping us informed in government and social issues and
also in keeping music in this city ALIVE.

Sincerely,
Nancy Shepard

PS: I hope you don't become a politician. We need you to keep up what you
are doing so beautifully.

Editor's Reply: Thank you for your comments and compliments, Nancy.
Hendrick Hertzberg writes for 'The New Yorker' and I find his analysis of
politics to be most insightful.  As for becoming a politician, if you think
about it, we all are politicians in one way or another.  As the great Czech
writer Milan Kundera notes, "If you don't stand for something, you will
fall for anything."

Dear Editor,

This is absolutely the best solution I've seen so far on what do
with bin Laden.

1) Killing him will only create a martyr.
2) Holding him prisoner will only inspire his comrades to take hostages to
demand his release.
Therefore, I suggest we do neither.

Let the Special Forces or Seals covertly capture him, fly him to an
undisclosed hospital, and have surgeons quickly perform a complete sex
change operation.
Then we return 'her' to Afghanistan to live as a woman under the Taliban.

Sincerely,

C.V. Sturm.

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