Biden makes peace, however at what value?
President Biden ought to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his actions in Afghanistan.
His single minded pursuit of withdrawal, no matter doable penalties, ensures “peace for our time.” His willingness to desert Americans, allies and buddies has set the gold normal on how American and different nations ought to react to crimson strains.
He has stopped the civil conflict in Afghanistan and enabled a authorities to be put in which believes the eleventh century was an excellent century regarding girls rights, justice and particular person freedom.
The deference of our navy and state division to the Taliban directions is straight attributable to Joe Biden because the buck stops there.
Joe Biden ought to have invited the Taliban to attend the New York Metropolis 9/11 ceremonies to collectively mark the tip of 20 years of battle and to solidify his credentials for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Andy Beiniks
Charlton
Take into account what sort of America we would like
When this nation was based, the determined folks fleeing spiritual persecution in Europe boarded boats with an opportunity that they could survive the journey to freely observe their beliefs with out prejudice or concern of prosecution.
Individually by their mixed focus made our nation what it’s immediately.
Sadly immediately the US has devolved into the secular abyss from which our Founding Fathers fled. There was a unifying objective to make the New World a greater place for all.
Learn the phrases written by these courageous souls that target “We the Folks…” not headlines “listed below are my rights.” Look within the mirror and see if you’re WE or a me and ask your self if you wish to be from America or Texas.
Jeffrey Warrick
Niskayuna
Higher selections come from free dialogue
Since when is it OK for Metropolis Council members to make use of the decision course of to denounce the views of a metropolis resident with whom they disagree, as Karen Zalewski-Wildzunas and John Polimeni not too long ago tried to do as reported within the Sept. 8 Gazette (“Council committee declines to denounce feedback”)?
Justifying their decision as a result of the town resident is a member of the varsity board doesn’t make their actions any extra acceptable.
Consultant our bodies, such because the Metropolis Council, make higher selections when issues are overtly mentioned and a variety of voices are inspired.
But, Zalewski-Wildzunas and Polimeni’s motion sends the message to high school board members – and county legislators, state legislators and different elected officers – that they should hold their mouths shut in terms of points below the Metropolis Council’s jurisdiction.
Or maybe it’s only the views of these they oppose that Zalewski-Wildzunas and Polimeni want to silence?
Town can be significantly better served if council members spent their time debating the deserves of coverage initiatives slightly than attacking one other public official.
Zoe Oxley
Schenectady
State ought to decrease threshold for DWI
The covid pandemic has impacted nearly each side of our every day lives.
On the similar time, sadly, it hasn’t slowed the carnage created by drunk driving.
Since 2000, the nation’s DWI fatality fee has stubbornly remained round 10,000 yearly. Drunken driving is a preventable crime.
There’s an Meeting invoice, A9179, and Senate invoice, S131, that might decrease the BAC (blood alcohol content material) from 0.08 % to 0.05% in New York state.
Utah, together with dozens of different locations, has handed legal guidelines to decrease the authorized BAC. The outcomes: decrease DWI deaths and accidents. In 2017, Utah handed a 0.05 BAC and witnessed a 70% and 30% discount in deaths and crashes, respectively. Their DWI charges have remained considerably low.
Whereas DWI harder legal guidelines have been handed, the demise fee hasn’t modified in over 20 years. Reducing BAC to 0.05 takes a proactive method confirmed to saves lives. It will get the driving force to contemplate their sobriety earlier than they get behind the wheel. Contemplating that an individual begins to lose their peripheral imaginative and prescient at 0.02, nobody is protected sharing the roads with drivers working with a 0.05 BAC.
I can say with confidence that 0.05 is the vaccine for drunken driving. The information proves it. We simply want to induce our Meeting and Senate to assist A.9179 and S.131. The subsequent time you learn in regards to the newest DWI tragedy, decide up the cellphone, name your representatives and inform them to do the appropriate factor. You may make a distinction.
William Aiken
Schenectady
The author is president of Take away Intoxicated Drivers.
Actual patriots would dump Trump loyalists
Republican Congressman Madison Cawthorn has hit a brand new low in his seize for political energy.
Figuring out his destiny is tied to Trump’s approval and assist, he not too long ago acknowledged he would reluctantly take up arms towards his fellow residents if elections proceed to be rigged. This pathetic try to please Trump by calling Biden’s election rigged has been proven to be unfounded by each Republican Secretary of State and dozens of courtroom instances.
Even Trump’s fawning Lawyer Basic William Barr stated the election outcomes have been correct.
However the massive lie that Trump really gained continues to be promulgated amongst Trump cultists, together with many Evangelical Christians, White Supremacists and authoritarian Republicans. Cawthorn has joined the ranks of mad Rudy Giuliani, revolting Steve Bannon, and the drug-addled pillow salesman Mike Lindell.
He’s threatening political violence if Republicans don’t win within the subsequent congressional and presidential elections. If Republicans have been actual patriots, they’d vote to expel Cawthorn, Greene, Gosar, Gaetz, Gomer and different Trump worshiping misfits.
Anthony J. Santo
Rotterdam
Niskayuna residents aren’t simply Democrats
As a former Niskayuna college board member and present board of administrators member with a local people group, I do know from expertise that there are various advantages to working in a board setting that represents various views, together with these from totally different political events.
I particularly see the necessity for this range on the present Niskayuna City Board, which is stacked with Democratic members which have served a number of phrases. They’re entrenched and utterly illiberal of any member who doesn’t fall consistent with what Democratic management dictates. And as we have now seen over the previous couple of election cycles, they’re overtly hostile to our present Republican supervisor. Why? Simply because she’s a Republican?
Niskayuna is made up of Republicans, conservatives and plenty of others who aren’t registered with any occasion, too. Not simply Democrats.
With the election season upon us, I count on we’ll see extra ugly campaigning towards the Republican candidates. The Democrats would do nicely to keep in mind that they don’t seem to be deciding partisan points on the city board degree and that no matter occasion affiliation, we’re all neighbors — even throughout election season. Maybe a change is one of the best ways to get that message by means of.
Noney Grier
Niskayuna
Story placement has influence on information bias
On web page A9 of the Sept. 3 Each day Gazette in one of many largest headlines I’ve ever seen: “Nation divided over legislation,” the web page devotes half the house to those that assist the brand new Texas legislation, and half the house to those that don’t.
The entire web page offers a totally flawed impression of the place People stand on this subject.
Based on a Gallup ballot from June, solely 32% of People needed the U.S. Supreme Court docket’s 1973 Roe v. Wade choice overturned, whereas 58% of People opposed overturning it.
I counsel that editors on the Each day Gazette take note of not solely the accuracy of the info that they print, but in addition to how the story seems within the newspaper.
Bahram Keramati
Saratoga Springs
Time to revive GOP majority in Home
President Biden went on nationwide tv and proceeded responsible his predecessor for the catastrophe of our withdrawal from Afghanistan, after which took credit score for a way nice successful it was.
This after mendacity to the American public about the specter of the Taliban takeover, to not point out the truth that they’re now in possession of billions of {dollars}’ value of Pentagon weaponry and tools.
Biden is telling us that what we’re seeing with our personal eyes isn’t really taking place. I assumed as soon as Trump was gone, so too can be the gaslighting from our leaders. I assumed flawed.
The place’s the accountability? Our Congressman Paul Tonko, who had constituents caught in Afghanistan, is completely lacking in motion. His final tweet on Afghanistan was over every week in the past and it was him praying for our troops and allies — one thing he himself has stated isn’t sufficient throughout prior crises. We want actual management and accountability, not gaslighting and hypocrisy. We want a Republican Home of Representatives so we will restore checks and balances and convey actual accountability to Washington.
I’ll be voting for Paul Tonko’s opponent, Liz Pleasure, subsequent November and counsel different independent-minded voters within the Capital Area accomplish that as nicely.
Susan McGraw
Ballston Lake
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