I read with interest a Jan. 20 letter to the Star Herald from a Mr. Gronholz of Phoenix, Ariz., and the copy of a letter from a Mr. Trader down in Tennessee. I respect their right to express their concerns in this great country of ours where freedom flourishes like nowhere else in the world. The implication in their letter is that Americans voted for the war in Iraq. I must remind those gentlemen that American voters did not vote to go to war. Our democratic system doesn’t work that way. Our elected representatives in Washington, D.C., do the voting for us, and I would like to point out that Democrat and Republican representatives voted overwhelmingly to go to war in Iraq. My two brothers and I are all military veterans from the Korean War era. I also have four nephews that either have been or still are in the military. Two of them served with honor in Iraq. I couldn’t be prouder of those young men. I get righteously indignant when someone tries to muddy our great country and the outstanding young men and women that volunteer to defend it.After reading many letters like the one at issue, I have concluded that it is time we do something to help people that think like their letters indicate. Most of the letters are from what appears to be ‘sore loser" Democrats, but it isn’t real import who they are. They need help, so here is my well thought out plan for them. Somewhere in our solar system is an unoccupied planet just waiting to be populated. Shouldn’t we offer these people the happiness that the rest of us enjoy every day? Our government should set up a plan to offer those poor unhappy souls a planet of their own, with a free one-way ticket. It could be called Wacko World. There would be no wars there, and no laws, and no government, no discrimination, just eternal bliss. And just think — they could even have someone that thinks just like they do for a leader. It would have to be none other than that great non-contributor of all time — Sen. Ted Kennedy — The Grand Poobah of all the non-contributing "sore losers." I’d sure vote for that. Don RustOrchard Park, N.Y.
