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To the Editor,
The sky is falling, the sky
is falling! The weekly carnival
of misinformation continues
unabated at the Bronx Times
Reporter, in the form of Frank
Vernuccio’s column. The author
confl ates infanticide with
abortion, two distinct actions.
Somebody give this man a dictionary.
The nationwide crime
surge is blamed on Democratic
offi cials, conveniently omitting
the fact that Republican-led cities
such as Miami, Jacksonville,
Tulsa and others have experienced
signifi cantly higher
murder rates. You see, any information
that does not support
the opinion of the author
is excluded from his column.
Then Sen. Schumer is accused
of attempting to nullify
the Free Speech Amendment
to the Constitution.when his
position, grounded in reality,
is that corporations are not
people and thus should not be
allowed to donate unlimited
amounts of money to political
campaigns. Their vast resources
allow corporations to
drown out the voices of the voters
and impose their will on
grateful and compliant politicians.
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Schumer’s idea is common
sense and not in any way
a threat to free speech as portrayed
by the columnist.
The oblique defense of Rudy
Giuliani, not named but identifi
ed as a “prominent lawyer,” is
laughable. A judge found that
Mr. Giuliani made “demonstrably
false and misleading statements,”
posed an “immediate
threat to the public” and “directly
infl amed” tensions that
resulted in the insurrection.
His law license was suspended
for good reason, not because
the current president “doesn’t
like” Giuliani, as asserted by
the author.
Further dishonesty is evident
when the columnist uses
a quote, without attribution,
claiming that educators in
Virginia are instructed to undermine
parental authority
and discourage heterosexuality.
I challenge the writer to
produce evidence supporting
this bizarre claim. But hey, it
supports the conservative pretense
that the educational system
is corrupting our youth.
One has to wonder why,
week after week, the Bronx
Times Reporter features a column
of such dubious distinction.
While all voices, including
conservative ones, deserve
to be heard, these voices also
need to respect the truth.
Pasqual Pelosi
To the Editor,
Today’s congressional
generation could learn much
from the late Idaho Republican
Sen. James A. McClure.
For 18 years, he read every
word of every bill before voting
on it. Even taking an
Evelyn Wood speed reading
class would not have
provided suffi cient time for
any member of Congress to
absorb the 2,746 pages contained
in the $1.1 trillionplus
legislation for funding
the proposed Senate Infrastructure
relief package.
Only lobbyists and key
congressional staff members
(employed by the House
and Senate leadership
teams) who actually wrote
the fi ne print on behalf of
their bosses have any idea of
the details buried in the actual
contents. There should
be adequate time for members
of Congress, ordinary
citizens, the media and independent
good government
watchdog groups, the opportunity
to understand all
of the contents contained
in this legislation. Everyone
would also have the option
under an open process
to comment and discuss the
benefi ts or consequences before
others vote up or down
for adoption.
Congress should have
held public hearings in the
light of day instead of meeting
in the back room of
House Majority Speaker Pelosi,
House Minority Leader
McCarthy, Senate Majority
Leader Schumer and Senate
Minority Leader McConnell’s
offi ces. The result will
end up increasing our national
debt by hundreds of
billions more as many of the
anticipated spending offsets
and future revenue sources
to pay for this bill may never
come to fruition. So much
for open transparency in
government.
Larry Penner
LET US HEAR FROM YOU
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To the Editor,
You scream, I scream, we
all scream for ice cream. Take
a day off from worrying about
cholesterol, triglycerides and
your weight. Treat yourself,
beat the heat and humidity by
going to your favorite local ice
cream parlor and order a banana
split. Tuesday, Aug. 25,
is National Banana Split Day.
It was invented by 23-yearold
apprentice pharmacist
David Evans Strickler at his
Latrobe, Pennsylvania store’s
soda fountain in 1904. The cost
for this tasty treat was 10 cents
which was twice the price of
any other ice cream sundae.
Why not have an all ice
cream diner? Enjoy a couple
of scopes of your favorite ice
cream. It should be properly
served in a long dish sometimes
called a boat. The banana
is cut in half lengthwise
with three scopes of ice
cream in between. Tradition
has scoops of vanilla, chocolate
and strawberry but many
substitute other fl avors. Add
some hot fudge, whipped
cream, crushed nuts, maraschino
cherries and other
toppings. It will put a smile
on your face and bring back
childhood memories of when
you frequented Jahns Ice
Cream Parlor or another favorite
ice cream emporium.
The original Jahns Ice cream
Parlor opened in 1897 in Mott
Haven followed decades later
in Eastchester, Fordham and
other neighborhoods around
Brooklyn and Queens.
Larry Penner
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