Corporate money strangles democracy
The 2012 election was a big dilemma. But even a dilemma between two evils can be met with a sigh of relief if the lesser evil wins a victory over the greater one.
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The 2012 election was a big dilemma. But even a dilemma between two evils can be met with a sigh of relief if the lesser evil wins a victory over the greater one.
Leading up to Election Day, New Mexicans had seen Democrat Martin Heinrich’s camping bed and Republican Heather Wilson’s kitchen so many times they thought they were on some RV trip from hell with the candidates. The high volume of advertisements and the large amount of money spent on this race demonstrate that many political insiders thought this race would be close, but it wasn’t.
I had a heart attack in 2009. I have never been able to get the Veterans Affairs Hospital or N.M. Medicaid to approve the cardiac rehab required to go to school and work. Right now, I am actually enrolled at UNM due to the New Mexico Division of Vocational Rehabilitation. But originally, I was dropped as a client at N.M. DVR because I could not get the documentation N.M. DVR wanted from the VA or N.M. Medicaid.
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Looking into the history of basketball, one may observe that some of the biggest NBA stars happen to be African American. However, the best African-American players in the NBA serve as much more than basketball icons. They serve as a building block for a stereotype to be placed against all black people who step foot on a basketball court. African Americans on the court are expected to meet the standard for being a “black athlete.” The assumption that all blacks can play ball is based on professional African-American athletes and how they seem to dominate in the league.
The performance of the Obama administration has been dismal at home, in foreign affairs and in safeguarding our constitutional republic.
Editor’s note: This column is in response to “GOP repels rational conservatives,” a column published in last Thursday’s Daily Lobo. The column addressed the lack of responses from Republicans to the call for political column submissions to opinion@dailylobo.com.
Dear Mitt Romney,
Editor’s note: This guest column is in response to the Daily Lobo’s recent initiative for the election season, introduced in the column “Kvetchers, come compose us columns,” published in the Sept. 24 Daily Lobo. We are asking for submissions about 650 words in length that present a political point of view, any political point of view, on any of this year’s election-season issues. If you are interested in submitting a piece, please send it to opinion@dailylobo.com with your name and political party, if you subscribe to any one party.
Editor’s note: This column is another in a series of political pieces for the upcoming election. Last week, we invited readers to submit an approximately 650-word column to opinion@dailylobo.com (see “Kvetchers, come compose us columns” published Sept. 24.) The idea was to feature opposing viewpoints in the opinion section. Unfortunately, we have received no Republican submissions. We will continue to accept columns, and encourage writers from all political persuasions to participate.
Editor’s note: This is in response to the letter “Foreign policies based on hope leave U.S. weak,” published in the Sept. 17 issue of the Daily Lobo. In the letter, reader Allen E. Weh called for a more realistic approach than operating on hope in this country, citing our foreign policy response to the recent murders of the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans in Libya.
_Editor’s note: This is the first in a weekly series of opinion pieces about the upcoming elections. The call for submissions in last Monday’s Daily Lobo stated there would be two parties represented each week. However, we received no Republican submissions, so this week a libertarian columnist will go solo. We will continue to accept submissions, and encourage writers of all political persuasions to weigh in. Send your approximately 650-word column to opinion@dailylobo.com with your name and political party, if you subscribe to any one party._
Editor’s note: This column is in response to Will Thomson’s column “‘Educators can’t survive on prestige alone,’” published in Thursday’s issue of the Daily Lobo. In his column, Thomson defends the recent teachers’ strike in Chicago and calls for the United States to make its teachers a priority rather than “some of the first on the chopping block” in hard economic times.
When President Barack Obama and the Democrats take the stage in Charlotte tonight, they’ll have an opportunity to show that the only thing the Republicans “built” in Tampa was a weak procession of resentful also-rans, offering falsehoods and vague assurances against a background of family album anecdotes. Oh, and Clint Eastwood talking to a chair, because that’s what will bring job growth.
Editor’s note: This column is in response to Will Thomson’s column, “Raise wages to lift city’s residents out of poverty,” published in the Daily Lobo last Thursday. In the column, Thomson argues in favor of raising the minimum wage.
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The former UNM president accused of running an online sex ring could be off the hook after a judge ruled Monday that brothels can’t exist in cyberspace. New Mexico law defines a house of prostitution as a “place where prostitution is practiced, encouraged and allowed,” and according to court documents from Monday’s hearing, a website, online message board or computer is not a place of prostitution. The case is on hold following Monday’s ruling. F. Chris Garcia and David Flory, a professor at a New Jersey university are both accused of running the online prostitution ring Southwest Companions. On June 23, 2011, Garcia was arrested and charged with promoting prostitution, tampering with evidence and conspiracy for his alleged involvement with Southwest Companions, a 1400-member, multistate operation. According to KRQE, the New Mexico law that defines what is and is not a brothel hasn’t been updated since 1981, before the advent of the Internet as the world now knows it. Matthew Coyte, the vice president of the New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, told KRQE that Southwest Companions was simply a site that connected prostitutes and potential clients. “Connecting people to do whatever they want to do is not illegal, it never has been,” he said. Coyte does not represent Garcia or Flory in the case. In the more than 50 years Garcia was employed at UNM, he served in positions such as provost, vice president of academic affairs and arts and sciences dean. He assumed the role of UNM president from August 2002 to July 2003. According to APD, Garcia used the Internet handle “Burque Pops” “and was one of seven site moderators known as the “hunt club.” According to a June 2011 Daily Lobo report: “Moderators are in charge of bringing in new clients and prostitutes and vetting members to ensure they are not law enforcement agents. Garcia and other moderators are paid little, if anything, for their moderation duties, Lt. William Roseman, the detective in charge of the case, said.” KRQE reported Garcia and Flory could still face other charges related to the case and that prosecutors could appeal the judge’s decision.
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