Editor, The involvement of UNM in the Southwest Border Security Consortium has been publicly announced in the Albuquerque Journal and on UNM's Web site. On Monday, the Daily Lobo published information about the border consortium based on interviews with key University administrators, such as Associate Vice President for Strategic Projects Frank Gilfeather.
Editor, I find the state of our society not only perturbing, but also disturbing because of ridiculous warning labels. When in order for the manufacturer to avoid lawsuits, a knee guard has the warning, "This device will not protect any part of the body it is not covering," and an iron has the warning, "Never iron clothes while you are wearing them," something is wrong.
There's something neat about streetcars.
I would like to respond to Rhian Hibner's column in the Nov. 2 Daily Lobo regarding gaming. The argument that today's games and game developers are only interested in graphics is completely off base. I don't pretend to know Hibner's credentials as an industry analyst, but as a former employee of NC Soft, I can say with confidence that he is completely out of touch with the industry.
Editor, I agree that drunken driving is a huge problem in New Mexico and that something needs to be done. I do not, however, agree that the ignition interlock system is the best way to solve our drunken driving problems. What's to stop someone from having a friend start a car for him or her? Most drunken drivers don't get caught now, so why would anyone think they would get caught having sober friends start their cars? This leads to an obvious question that I know someone is bound to ask - if the friend is sober, why wouldn't he or she just drive the drunk friend home? The answer is, because people don't think, and sometimes they make very stupid decisions.
Class action lawsuits have become commonplace in U.S. courtrooms. The common denominator among these suits is that they are almost always filed against big business. There are a variety of reasons for this, including morally neutral lawyers and corporate deep pockets - money-hungry people looking for a quick dollar.
Editor, I am writing to disillusion those of you who thought change was coming. I see the Democrats and Republicans have become one. These two parties are performing an old, tired act of good cop, bad cop. Since the Democrats have been out since '94, they have become the good cop.
Editor, In the Nov. 8 Daily Lobo, Ryan Taylor jumped from a thoughtful quote by George Washington to his own radical conclusion that divine intervention founded America. As if that were not enough, he went on to argue that Washington's quote went against the separation of church and state.
Editor, As a lifelong citizen of New Mexico, I would like to add a voice to the interlock discussion. I think the presence of an interlock would prevent the occurrence of drunken driving, because the vehicle simply would not start if the driver were drunk.
Editor, Lucinda Ulrich proposed requiring ignition interlocks on every single car as a solution to drunken driving in yesterday's Daily Lobo, so that nobody could ever drive intoxicated again. This is grossly heavy-handed, because this policy would be punishing all drivers for the actions of a few.
Editor, In the days since the midterm elections, the Republican Party has been doing its best to come to terms with the American people's rather sensible decision that their interests would be better served by the Democratic Party. With this country's government again being in part controlled by liberals - the people who founded the U.
Editor, I am deeply saddened by the death of the four family members from Las Vegas, N.M., who died in a car accident caused by a drunken driver. My heart goes out to the sole survivor, who has lost her sisters and her parents due to alcohol abuse and poor judgment.
This midterm election could be summed up by Shakespeare - to Bush or not to Bush? That was the question. The answer was a resounding "not," though the midterm results were much more a measure of Republicans' failure than of Democratic success. Throw the rascals out, people thought, and throw they did.
Editor, Hopefully, columnist Steve Painter was making a joke with his proposals in Tuesday's Daily Lobo. To enforce illegal immigration laws on the Mexican border with bullets, as he suggested, brings to mind the razor wire and guard towers that once surrounded East Berlin.
Editor, It has now been more than a week since the midterm elections, and many Democrats are jumping for joy, as Republicans are in their own puddle of tears. But I would like to tell Republicans not to cry - many major polls suggest this year's election was not a vote for Democrats, but a vote against the war, a vote against Mark Foley and a vote against Republicans not acting like Republicans.
Editor, Over the past couple of weeks, I have seen a number of letters in the Daily Lobo from the PAC slate, which is currently running nine candidates for the ASUNM Senate. These letters all contained what appeared to be intimate knowledge of the inner workings of the ASUNM Senate.
Editor, PAC - Progressive Action Coalition - represents a slate of candidates running in the ASUNM elections. PAC is comprised of a diverse group of students who have come together to create progressive change for the University. ASUNM exists to represent the concerns of the people this University was built to serve - the students.
Of all industrialized nations, the United States is alone in a few categories. One of these categories is capital punishment. We are the only modernized and civilized country on the planet that still executes people.
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