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September 30 Funds for stadium could have been better used!After Hurricane Katrina did such devastating damage to Louisiana and Mississippi, there were literally thousands of people with no homes, no food, no clothes, no utilities, no hospitals - the necessities of life were all but gone. People needed help, and a lot of them were not getting it. So then some idiots decided people needed the New Orleans Saints' stadium rebuilt ("Superdome back in business," Sept. 26). How in the world did they think that was a priority? So some rich people who can afford to take in the games, they had to rebuild it before taking care of more pressing needs for the average Joe. The average person will never see the inside of the Superdome, unless maybe there is another hurricane and those poor people can all gather there as they did after Hurricane Katrina. Come on, people, start thinking about those who will never be able to afford that kind of luxury and start prioritizing to help the people with needs just to stay alive and have a roof over their heads. That $184 million spent on the stadium could have helped a lot of people there. That's just my thought this week, but as always I'm sticking to it" March 31 Death PenaltyDEATH PENALTYHow do we respond in today's violent world?Why the big debate over a non-binding referendum to let the voters' opinion be heard regarding a reinstitution of the death penalty? This should be a simple issue to approve rather than be used as a platform to initiate political posturing. In reviewing the debate, I wonder if politicians think voters are all non-thinking, uneducated, oblivious dolts, unaware of the sad state of affairs the world is in. I find it suspicious that James Rowen went into remarkable detail regarding the process of execution, indicating that we are all involved in administration of the death penalty This would seem to be an attempt to sway people to vote no on a referendum. The large majority of people are never exposed to often extremely violent and horrific details of the crimes for which the death penalty should be applied. The media, utilizing self-censorship, have for the most part insulated us from the so-called gory details. We all have become much more aware of how humans apply violence to other humans in the post-9-11 world. Certainly one must agree that there are crimes committed that absolutely demand the death penalty. The increases in violent crime and senseless deaths due to crime demand that, at the least, the law-abiding public render an opinion.
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