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Plenty of reasons to impeach Trump
Good day. Or should I say good grief? Everyday now you notice the price of gas going up. I said about a month or so ago I witnessed $3.29 in Oldtown, Idaho?
Earlier today the price was $3.69, I believe.
In Newport prices $4.75 I think. I don’t believe I’ve seen a price that high since around 2012 or so when I was in Seattle.
To all the Republicans out there just remember Trump did that!
Prices now are all on him. This is all because he wants to distract from the Epstein files. He decided why not bomb Iran since nobody else has. His behavior is absolutely repulsive. One of the funniest things I hear him saying on social media is Democrats will find some reason to impeach me if we don’t win the midterms. There is a list of reasons longer than my arm to impeach that worthless bum. Americans aren’t that stupid, well he did get elected, which does make me wonder.
Jeannie Hutchins Newport
Trump’s report card:
No more involvement in foreign wars Bring down grocery prices on day 1 Bring down inflation Bring back manufacturing to US Deport only immigrants with criminal records Release all Epstein files Grade: FFFFFF, but we do not want you to repeat this year Sandy Nichols Newport
Electric rates more than 2.5%
“PUD electric rates going up 2.5%.” Well, not exactly. As long as the lights stay on, we ratepayers care far more about OUR expenses than the PUD’s revenue. It’s clear that effective April 1, we will pay 0.0682 cents for a kilowatt for energy, instead of the 0.066 cents we pay now. Do the math: 0.0022 cents more is a rate increase of three and onethird percent, and it’s the same for all of us. ALL residential ratepayers will be paying 3.3% more for the electrical energy they use, even if the net result is only 2.5% more revenue for the PUD.
How much additional revenue is that? How much is currently in reserves? Those would be interesting numbers. PUD staff will readily tell you, but you’ll probably never see them in rate increase press releases.
The Miner should highlight such things for us. Adequate revenue and money in reserve is certainly prudent for a utility, and PUD finance staff no doubt tell the commission how much they need and want. It is the Commissioners’ job to judge if those numbers are appropriate and set policy accordingly. And everyone should be honest: it is a 3.3% residential rate increase!
Dan Peterson Diamond Lake
Trump strategy
Trump said today that we will be winding down in Iran soon.
‘Our objectives are almost met.’
The entire Middle East didn’t want Iran with a nuclear weapon. Nobody but the US was big enough to do it. But look at how Trump is reshaping the region.
Iran without a WMD will help bring peace to the Middle East.
Trump asked NATO to patrol the Strait of Hormuz and nobody from NATO raised their hand.
The US spends billions on NATO. Trump is finding out who our allies really are. Now Japan, India and probably Saudi Arabia will be moving in to patrol the Strait. He even asked China. If China comes in, can you imagine the optics? He is shifting spheres of influence. He is enlarging their footprint while reducing ours.
By moving them into the Middle East/Asia region, they can take responsibility for it while we back out. It will reduce their footprint in areas like Panama, Venezuela and Cuba. If it works out like it looks like it could, Trump would be reshaping the geopolitical world.
Maybe that was Trump’s strategy to bring peace to the world?
Genius, if it works.
Glen Pierce Spokane/Cusick
Iran could just buy nuke
The USA/Israel war against Iran continues and we see oil and gas refineries being blown up by bombs, missiles and drones. We are shooting ourselves in the foot by burning up the world supply of oil related energy. Decreasing supply means increasing the consumer cost of the remaining oil. How does destroying world oil and gas production prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon?
Enriched uranium is used to power nuclear reactors and not to make a nuclear bomb. Only one nuclear bomb was made with Uranium and that was the bomb the USA dropped on Hiroshima.
Now plutonium is used to make nuclear weapons.
In simple terms Iran can’t make a nuclear weapon with uranium large enough to wipe out Israel or any large metro area in the USA. During the Manhattan Project of WW-II, America was only able to make one bomb using around 1% of the total electrical energy production of the USA. The uranium core for one bomb cost $103 million in 1945 dollars ($1.8 billion today).
If Iran wanted nuclear weapons, they could buy nukes from North Korea. Instead they messed around for 20+ years stringing the USA down the path to another useless Middle-East war.
Pete Scobby Newport
Op-ed wrong about Iran
It is perplexing why a weekly writer of biased letters is given the opportunity to express their grievances in the guest opinion section, other than they exceeded the 200-word limit. In my opinion this letter was unrelated to the breakfast they attended, but, it was more likely intended to disparage the congressman by having them the subject of questionable accusations. For instance, Baumgartner did not assert “that Iran-backed militants were responsible for the deaths of at least 603 Americans in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.”
The March 11 article stated, “The Pentagon said in 2019 that Iran-backed militants were responsible for the deaths of at least 603 Americans in Iraq between 2003 and 2011.”
In addition, since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, “no other terrorist regime has claimed more American lives,” this according to the congressman.
To clarify, the perpetrators of the September 11th attacks were all members of Al-Qaeda, a terrorist militant organization, not a political regime. Therefore, it is inaccurate to equate them with a regime. While Iran didn’t explicitly help before 9/11, it was found that Al-Qaeda leaders sought and were granted refuge there afterward. Lastly, don’t worry; the military service is currently voluntary.
Renee Webster Newport
State shouldn’t pay for D.C. blunder
The United States is at a state of war with Iran. Donald Trump is trying to label this as something that is “not war”; therefore, not requiring Congressional authorization. U.S. service members have been killed. A U.S. submarine has sunk an Iranian warship in international waters.
The administration has been in contact with defense contractors to increase production of arms.
This goes beyond any of the ever-shifting rationale from the administration for this military action.
When asked about this issue, Congressman Michael Baumgartner offers only historical perspective about the evil that is Iran. He has once again knelt before the throne and allowed Donald Trump to engage the United States military without Congressional approval.
When commenting on the spike in gasoline prices caused by this war, Congressman Baumgartner’s suggestion was that the State of Washington should revise its tax structure.
Why is it Washington State’s responsibility to pay for Washington D.C.’s multi-billion-dollar blunder?
This administration has taken the stance that it is better to ask forgiveness by going to court, rather than permission though the Congress. Hold them responsible with your vote this November. J.R. Wyatt Elk
