Bleeding heart liberals prove weak on American safety<\/h4>\n
Re: “Death for smugglers, freedom for kingpins — Hegseth and the Department of War (crimes) prove Jason Crow right<\/a>,” Dec. 7 commentary<\/p>\n All of this uproar about air strikes on speedboats laden with lethal drugs racing towards our shores to kill tens of thousands of Americans is just another case where bleeding heart liberals put those who want to do America harm above those who seek to protect American lives, aka President Donald Trump and the Department of War. They cry about the flood of guns into our cities, yet are perfectly fine with smugglers ferreting deadly drugs to our shores. Where were the cries about war crimes when Obama dropped bombs on a wedding in Yemen?<\/p>\n Trump likes results; Democrats want chaos.<\/p>\n This can all be summed up by what Pete Hegseth said when asked about continuing strikes on drug-laden speedboats racing towards our shores: Strikes will continue if they can find any more boats. “It’s hard to find boats to strike right now.”<\/p>\n The drug kingpins got the message loud and clear.<\/p>\n Scotty Gardner, Aurora<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Crow should be charged with treason,” Dec. 7 letter to the editor<\/p>\n The letter writer owes Rep. Jason Crow a sincere apology for her five-paragraph, fact-free, vitriolic personal attack, and you owe him an apology for printing it. While the writer feels there have been “no illegal orders given,” killing civilians and ensuring there are no survivors (all without proof of the military’s justification of “drug smuggling”) certainly seems illegal.<\/p>\n We are not at war with Venezuela. Their civilians did not fire on our military. Killing civilians under these circumstances is murder, not a war crime.<\/p>\n Murder is still illegal, isn’t it, no matter how much people like the letter writer attempt to deflect and place blame elsewhere?<\/p>\n Nicolett Darling,\u00a0Kersey<\/em><\/p>\n Try as I might to simply ignore outrageous letters that appear in The Post, I cannot allow the letter to go unanswered. Treason may be punishable by the death penalty. Congressman Jason Crow is a hero and a patriot. He risked his life during tours of duty as an Army Ranger and paratrooper. He courageously helped his fellow representatives escape to safety during the Jan.6, 2021, insurrection. He was elected to Congress with 55% of the vote in a previously Republican district.<\/p>\n A treason conviction means he could be put to death for saying out loud that our men and women in the armed forces should refuse to follow illegal orders. Calling for such a conviction takes shame to a new level.<\/p>\n Richard Strauss, Centennial<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Democrats’ video did the military a disservice,” Dec. 7 commentary<\/p>\n An interesting contrast of opinions in last Sunday’s Perspective section:<\/p>\n Ted Diadiun’s op-ed chided the Democrats’ political strategy when they published, with additional commentary, a video of their members of Congress advising military personnel that they must not obey illegal orders. Yet Diadiun did affirm that their advice was, in fact, spot-on.<\/p>\n A letter writer asserted that the Democrats’ advice that the military obey the law was actually suggesting that they “violate the chain of command, the U.S. Constitution, and their military oath.”<\/p>\n So, whom are we to believe? On one hand, the members of Congress with military and intelligence experience and a columnist whose article demonstrated his non-partisan outlook, or, on the other hand, a letter writer drawing the opposite conclusion from the same set of facts?<\/p>\n I think that The Post printed the letter only to try to uphold a journalistic mandate to represent all points of view, regardless of how ridiculous some of them may be.<\/p>\n David Wolf, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “DIA seeks to lower noise across airport,” Dec. 7 news story<\/p>\n In 2005, we traveled through Hong Kong\u2019s new airport. The first thing we noticed when entering was the peaceful silence. At the check-in counter, there was a sign informing the traveler of how long it took the average person to walk to their gate. The noise level in the whole airport was truly more like a library. Thus, if there was an announcement made, people listened, because it was truly important.<\/p>\n Kudos to Denver International Airport for finally realizing the obvious: the more noise, the more announcements, the more passengers will try to tune out the noise. Already many are using earbuds to lower the noise level for themselves.<\/p>\n Perhaps the airlines can collectively find a way to convince TSA that less is better. The constant nag over the loudspeakers is about as effective as a parent nagging a teenager.<\/p>\n One challenge will be to encourage seniors like me to feel comfortable using our phones for airport information, but that would be a good thing because we don\u2019t understand half of what comes over the cloud speakers anyway.<\/p>\n Thanks in advance, DIA.<\/p>\n A. Lynn Buschhoff, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Safety an issue on buses, trains<\/a>,” Dec. 6 news story<\/p>\n In a 5-year period, from January 2016 until July 2021, I was without a car, and an Eco Pass from my employer and the convenience of RTD buses and light rail made my life much easier.<\/p>\n In the earlier days after the pandemic ended, I witnessed a lot of drug abuse on the light rail. However, RTD stepped up to the plate and made the needed changes.<\/p>\n First, by hiring many more security officers to place on the trains and to patrol stations with elevators, the drug users virtually disappeared.<\/p>\n Second, when I use the light rail, I go to the Sheridan Station for the W line. When the elevator stops on a floor, the door stays open until the elevator is used again. This keeps the elevator from being used as a shelter.<\/p>\n Keep up the good work, RTD!<\/p>\n Mike Filion, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n You have to sympathize with RTD.\u00a0 Ridership is down more than 40%, and not even adding a burgeoning security force to deal with drug users, vagrants and troublemakers who are prevalent on buses and trains (at a cost of $50 million) can make up for it.\u00a0 But RTD thinks that if more people decide to ride the buses, safety in numbers will make things better.\u00a0 And so will Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), which has devastated businesses on East Colfax and most likely will result in RTD’s unsavory passengers getting from place to place faster.<\/p>\n Maybe it’s time for RTD to reassess the wisdom on doing BRT on Colorado Boulevard.\u00a0 Doesn’t it make sense to see if BRT achieves its desired effect on Colfax — and whether RTD can solve its ridership challenges \u2014 before engaging in another massive project that seems to have so little chance of success, and will create so much hardship for Colorado Boulevard businesses?<\/p>\n Dan Danbom, Denver<\/em><\/p>\nRep. Crow deserves apologies and gratitude<\/h4>\n
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Attention all passengers: It’s too loud in the airport<\/h4>\n
RTD is making real improvements<\/h4>\n
RTD should rethink BRT plans for Colorado Boulevard<\/h4>\n
Call penalties on the coaches<\/h4>\n