Obama’s fundraising should also be questioned Re: “Dim Bulb: Tim Carney,” Letters, July 17
While Andy Goss may be correct in his arithmetic, the bottom line is still the outrageous amount of money — and the source of the $86 million — raised by President Obama’s campaign in contrast to his opponents.
The unprecedented war chest of then-candidate Obama in 2008 was a blemish on our democratic way of choosing a president. Unfortunately, it seems that outrageous amount will not only be replicated but exceeded in 2012.
The Obama campaign’s defense is that the moneys are mostly coming from 550,000 small individual contributors, whose donations average $69. However, that amount would only account for less than $38 million, leaving $48 million — or 55 percent — coming from more prosperous contributors.
Will the 2012 election be bought? It appears so. To add insult, Democratic spokesmen are questioning the source of contributions to individual GOP prospective candidates. Perhaps the same question should be asked of President Obama.
Nelson Marans
Silver Spring
Abortion affects entire society, not just individuals
Re: “Feminists share blame for increasing violence against women,” Letters, July 15
Commenting on Examiner Columnist Noemie Emery’s statement that there are 160 million fewer females because of abortion and her challenge to pro-abortion liberals on their silence regarding this atrocity, Mr. Luksic pointed out how women are so scarce that they are kidnapped for forced prostitution and sold like slaves for forced marriages.
How ironic! The “freedom of choice” feminists are enslaving women.
Abortion harms everyone. It harms individuals and it harms society. For example, Russia is suffering a severe population decline as a result of its very high abortion rate. President Dmitry Medvedev just signed a law that requires all ads for abortion to include the risks of abortion: sterility, breast cancer, miscarriage, and preterm birth in subsequent pregnancies.
When life at any stage is harmed, all life is harmed.
Carolyn Naughton
Silver Spring
Polluting GenOn plant needs to shut down
Re: “Big Green wants to turn off our lights, A/C,” Local Editorial, July 14
As a small business owner in the solar energy industry, I must take issue with The Examiner’s recent editorial arguing that only environmentalists want to retire GenOn’s Potomac River power plant. New transmission lines have been installed that address the reliability issues raised in the past.
So now is the time to retire GenOn’s power plant in Alexandria and to clean up our air. The renewable energy industry can deliver the power needed and at a price that does not include asthma attacks and premature deaths from air pollution.
Kent Baake
Founder and CEO,
Continuum Energy Solutions
Alexandria
