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Opinion

Guns don’t make moral judgments

September 20

Editor, After reading “Defend your rights on campus with AK-47” by James Burbank in last Friday’s Daily Lobo, all I can say is what a ridiculous letter that was. There is no substance to the letter at all, only hysterical ranting about how people may arbitrarily start shooting other people over a bad grade or their perception that someone is annoying. Obviously, the intent of the article was to criticize conservative politics and states that support the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, Mr. Burbank exhibits no reason and provides no facts or common sense to support his position.

Opinion

Defend your rights on campus with an AK-47

September 16

Editor, Here’s one of the best ideas to come along in years. Naturally it came from that bastion of enlightenment Texas, the state that gave us George Bush, Rick Perry and the death penalty for most of its citizens.

Opinion

Gardasil vaccine worse than the disease it’s for

September 16

Editor, In response to Sarah Coffey’s asinine letter in Thursday’s Daily Lobo regarding the Gardasil vaccination, I would like to take a moment to encourage everyone to run a Google search for how many young girls have died or experienced complications after receiving the vaccine. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has 68 deaths listed as of June 22 of this year; however, the CDC is notorious for claiming vaccines don’t cause any problems, so I’d take its reports with a grain of salt.

Opinion

Candidates should check their facts

September 15

Editor, In Monday’s GOP primary debate, there were two statements regarding women’s health issues that were both incorrect and detrimental to society. First, the morning-after pill, also known as “Plan B,” is not the abortion pill.

Opinion

Bad economy leads to more fulfilled lives

September 15

Editor, With the drawn-out, false-hope-ified economic downturn comes a lot of panic and morose speculation on the future of our quality of life.

Opinion

US health care flawed, needs reform now

September 14

Editor, The 2011 Domenici Public Policy Conference, held on the NMSU campus in Las Cruces last week, brought together experts on America’s national debt, economic outlook, national and cyber security, science, technology and health care reform to discuss progress in these areas and what can be done to maintain America’s competitiveness on a global scale. Even though I work for a public policy organization, I attended the conference as one of 14 student representatives from UNM.

Opinion

Authentic images trump silly Clip Art

September 14

Editor, I’d like to acknowledge the Daily Lobo for its decision regarding the front page photo on Friday’s issue, which honored the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

Opinion

UNM Dems do it differently this year

September 14

Editor, I don’t know what you may think about political organizations, but I could guess that you are probably wrong — at least when it comes to UNM Democrats.

Opinion

Online ratings promote laziness, student revenge

September 11

Editor, I have a couple of things I want to say in reference to Thursday’s front-page article, “Professors Rate RateMyProfessor.” The kinds of students who leave comments on RateMyProfessor.com probably fall into one or more of three categories: The first is the kind of student that I and all instructors dread: They don’t want to work, have a ridiculous sense of entitlement and throw hissy fits when they don’t get their way.

Opinion

US army personnel recalls, relives days of duty at Pentagon after Flight 77 tragedy

September 9

Editor, As our nation prepares to remember the tragedy of Sept. 11th, 2001, I would like to share some of my own thoughts and perspectives.

Opinion

Tolerance means public spaces belong to everyone

September 8

Editor’s Note: This letter is in response to Jose Flores’_ column, “Duck Pond service not without sin.” Mr. Flores, Your bitterness betrays you.

Opinion

US funds murderers to feed oil addiction

September 7

Editor, I compliment and I thank many the Jews of conscience in the United States and in Israel who have spoken out loud and clear — publicly damning the Israeli government’s brutal oppression and mass murder of Palestinians.

Opinion

New signs benefit peds and pedalers

September 7

Editor, Kudos to the University for installing signs around campus to remind bikers, in the most cordial words, to respect pedestrians and to share the roads.

Opinion

SafeConnect now fixed through legal curiosity

September 6

Editor, On Monday, the Daily Lobo printed an opinion letter written by us regarding SafeConnect, and on Tuesday there was an article about it.

Opinion

Protest against ROTC was not against military

September 2

Editor, Regarding Wednesday’s piece on ROTC recruitment on campus, I feel that the article greatly overlooked the more specific reason behind the protest of ROTC recruitment and that the piece quickly turned in to a 360 word advertisement for the ROTC program. Therefore it seems necessary to put the counter argument forward here.

Opinion

PATS: not a for-profit vender for University

September 2

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to a letter to the Editor that appeared in Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Lobo regarding UNM Parking and Transportation Services (PATS). The writer refers to PATS as “an independent, non-University profit vendor.” That is incorrect.

Opinion

One unanswered question for mankind

September 1

Editor, As I see it, there is only one question left unanswered for our species, and that question is this: Is it possible for us human beings to mature (grow up) enough that we no longer blame something we refer to as ‘god’ for what are natural occurrences on this planet —

Opinion

Syria stands on edge of civil war

September 1

Editor, Peaceful protests have been taking place in Syria against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad since Jan. In a manner not too different from the civil rights movement of the 1960s, Syrians took to the streets to peacefully call for an overhaul of their corrupt and murderous government.

Opinion

Trade a chicken for a parking space

August 31

Editor, I just want to applaud Friday’s cartoon about the UNM Parking Daleks. As a side note, I applaud The Daily Lobo for getting a cartoonist that addresses UNM issues, not more syndicated pap. These parking kiosks might be convenient for Parking and Transportation Services (an independent, non-University profit vendor) but they suck for us.

Opinion

GOP principles can fix economy

August 31

Editor, It has become increasingly clear that the economy is stagnant. The White House has ceaselessly broken its promises. We were promised recovery and now we are in fear of a double-dip recession. The AAA credit rating has vanished.