HIDALGO COUNTY HERALD FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011 9 Letters to the Editor The Hidalgo County Her- aid urges readers to voice their opin- ions by writing in. Letters can be mailed to 212 E. Motel Drive, Ste. B, or can be e-mailed to hcherald@aznex.net. Only let- ters that are signed by the au- thor will be considered for publication. All letters that are published should be consid- ered the opinion of the author, and not necessarily that of the Hidalgo County Herald. Read- ers are encouraged to practice their First Amendment right of free speech. Who&apos;s side are we on? Dear Editor: If President Obama contin- ues to spend money on the Pales- tinian Authority, we will be sup- porting Hamas. In northwest Pa- kistan the Taliban is welcomed and our soldiers are not, therefore we should not be sending money to the Pakistani governments un- less this situation changes. We shouldn't be taken advantage of by people who don't like us very much! In Egypt, the Muslim Broth- erhood took over just as A1 Quaeda might do in Libya. The USA has already spent close to 200 million dollars of your tax dollars on missiles without any promise of oil in return from Libya, thus adding to the $14.3 trillion dollar debt acquired in large part during his presidency. Recently, Saudi Arabia re- leased a statement saying that they were so fed up with Obama's handling of the Egyptian situa- tion and his lack of loyalty to ousted President Babarac--a 30 year ally loyal to the USA and Israel. In fact, they are trying to do more business with China and Russia and less with the United States. Saudi Arabia does not want to be thrown under the bus like Babarac if the pro-Iranian, anti Israel forces sponsor a rebellion. The Saudi's fear that when "Push comes to Shove", Obama will take sides with the rebels because the situation in Saudi Arabia would be very similar to or mir- ror the Egyptian scenario. Saudi Arabia is by far our number one supplier of gas and oil, and has been for many years. Therefore our president has weakened ties to two strong anti- terrorism governments which in turn strengthens pro-AI-Qaeda and makes Israel an easy target and less secure. If we are spending money on Syria, we will be supporting Hezbollah and Iran, since Syria is Iran's closest ally and Hezbollah is greatly supported by Iran. President Obama seems to like the idea of a 9-11 ground zero mosque being built in the heart of the disaster area. Why there? Why did Obama put a mora- torium on drilling for oil in the gulf and why did he and the democrats reject to the USA drill- ing for their own oil? If Obama gets re-elected, we could see gas prices well above $6.00/gallon and less people stopping over in Lordsburg and elsewhere due to extremely high gas prices. Is Obama for the Islamazation (more Mosques, Shariah Law, etc) of America? Or is loyalty a problem for him? Or what? Richard D. Pavlo Lordsburg Idiots Dear Editor: What a bunch of idiots. You know back in the 60's and 70's you could buy a car, take it off the lot and drive it 120 mph with air conditioning on and get 24 to 26 mpg on gas. Then in the gov- ernments' infinite wisdom to SAVE THE PLANET, they made National Nurses Week to be celebrated May 6-12 Submitted by HMSILordsburg Every year, National Nurses Week focuses attention on the di- verse ways America's 3.1 million registered nurses work to save lives and to improve the health of millions of individuals. This year, the American Nurses Association (ANA) has selected "Nurses Trusted to Care" as the theme for 2011. The ANA supports and encourages Na- tional Nurses Week recognition programs through the state and dis- trict nurses associations, other specialty nursing organizations, edu- cational facilities, and independent health care companies and insti- tutions. Traditionally, National Nurses Week is devoted to highlighting the diverse ways in which registered nurses, who comprise the largest health care profession, are working to improve health care. From bed- side nursing in hospitals and long-term care facilities, primary medi- cal care offices, to the halls of research institutions, state legislatures, and Congress, the depth and breadth of the nursing profession is meeting the expanding health care needs of American society. Annually, National Nurses Week begins on May 6, marked as RN Recognition Day, and ends on May 12, the birthday of Florence Night- ingale, founder of nursing as a modem profession. During this week, registered nurses at Hidalgo Medical Services will be honored. the auto companies start putting on all kinds of junk on the en- gine. The gas mileage dropped to 12 mpg. There was no way to adjust them to get more. I had a 63 Chevy Bel Aire with a 327 high performance engine, 3 speed transmission. I got an average of 24 mpg driving 85 mph with the air conditioning on. These new vehicles are a piece of junk. 45 thousand mils the windows quit working, the motor runs like a locomotive, sometimes. Any- body could work in the old 63 Chevy, but no one can work on this new junk. I have had 4 me- chanics look at a 99 dodge Cummins, there it sits outside my yard, won't start. It is worthless. I have a 95 dodge Cummins with 348000 miles on it, I have spent less than a thousand dollars for repair on that old thing. But By God it still runs, and takes us any- place we want to go. These new Lincoln, Cadillacs, and Mercury Grand Marquis usually run a long time but the elec. windows suck! People spend thousand of dollars a year to repair a problem that should not be a problem. Most you don't even hear about unless a blabber mouth like me spouts off. Oh Well! Talking about cars, a fella asked your president about the high gas prices. Obama more or less told him if he didn't like it buy a bicycle or a smaller car. Your Prez flies all over the world and uses more fuel in an hour than I use all year, maybe two. But he's the Prez and has to politic. Today supposedly he is flying to Baltimore and California, prob- ably use 6 to 8 thousand gallons of fuel--all for politics. Oh yeah, he's always spouting about the rich have to pay more. Well it seems that the tax rate for the rich is 35%. How come he and his first lady only paid 27%? And Master Biden only paid 23%. Ain't they great? But I did hear Joe B donated $5000 to charity. That's good of him. Why did the Prez only pay 27% when his share should have been 35%? Oh yeah, the pres was hollering about shut- ting down the government, say- ing that it would affect 800,000 non essential personal. Hum! Is it just me or tell me why we have 800,000 non essential people sucking money from the Federal Government? I keep hearing that bunch in Washington talking about integrity WHAT, WHERE? I ain't seen any yet! Tell me why the prez threw our service men and woman under the bus. That's ROTTEN! All to play pil-o-tics. And to all you so called Republi- cans what happened to the 100 billion in cuts. I heard all you got was 300 + million. Shame on you for selling your country and your souls for such a paltry amount. When the CBO said there was $250 billion in dual projects doing the same thing SHAME ON YOU ALL!! Nuff Said God Bless the Country and our TROOPS Gene Chadborn Animas, NM Pictured above are Treasurer Lupe Ramos, Vice Chair Neomi Martinez-Parra, District 39 State Rep- resentative Rodolfo "Rudy" Martinez, Chairman Robert C. Parra, Secretary Larry Martinez. Representative Rudy Martinez attends local Democratic Party meeting The Democratic Party of phasized on how important it was Hidalgo County had their in working together during the monthly meeting at the Hampton recent legislative session in or- Inn on Monday where our State der to maintain the economy Representative attended as a through-out New Mexico. guest speaker. Mr. Martinez em- Among many bills during Van of Enchantment to visit Lordsburg Schools May 18-20 Submitted by KIMBERLY MANN/ NMDCA The Van of Enchantment, a statewide museum outreach ve- hicle operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, will present Trails and Tales, a traveling exhibition, May 18-20 from 8:00am - 3:00pm at the Lordsburg Elementary Schools. A mobile museum, the Van of Enchantment is a converted RV that tours New Mexico carrying exhibitions and educational ma- terial from the collections of the state museums and monuments. In addition to cabinets and draw- ers filled with artifacts, the Van of Enchantment brings its contents to life with complementary ac- tivities and audio-visual pro- grams. There is never an admis- sion fee for the Van of Enchant- ment. The Van of Enchantment's current exhibition, Trails and Tales, is the product of a partner- ship between New Mexico De- partment of Transportation and two divisions of the Department El Camino Real and the Old Spanish Trail. Trails and Tales brings to life the ancient trade and journey routes of old New Mexico. Our hands-on exhibit will allow visitors to touch authentic and replica artifacts. Touch the carved wood of a carreta wheel, used by the Spanish settlers trav- eling north to New Mexico along E1 Camino Real. View a pack saddle that carried goods from New Mexico to California along the Old Spanish Trail. Handle the same type of peridot that was traded and made into jewelry by the people of Chaco Canyon. We look forward to seeing you on the Van of Enchantment at the Lordsburg Elementary Schools May 18-20, and tell all your friends. See you there. Now Taking Orders For CUSTON CAKES 10" Round Cake $30 1 the session, Mr. Martinez intro- duced HB 301 which relates to the interstate stream commission, creating the "New Mexico Unit Fund" for the deposit of federal money made available to the in- terstate stream commission to comply with provisions of the federal Arizona water settlements act and the Colorado river basin project act and in regard to the central Arizona project and the Gila River, its tributaries and un- derground water sources, provid- ing the purpose for the New Mexico Unit Fund. A substantial amount will be appropriated and distributed yearly to four counties in the southwest part of the state for the next ten years, to include Hidalgo County. The Democratic Party of Hidalgo County is also preparing for the near upcoming elections and would like to invite all citi- zens to attend future meetings and participate. Chairman Parra and Vice- Chair Martinez-Parra will be at- tending the Democratic State Central Committee meeting in Albuquerque this weekend. For more information on the DPHC, please contact any of your board members. 1 Layer Cake 9"x13" $30 Layer Cake 12"x18" $40 of Cultural Affairs; The New Mexico History Museum and the Statewide Outreach Department. The exhibition journeys across two centuries of history as it in- troduces New Mexico's road sys- tems surrounding Chaco Canyon, 2 Layer Cake, Oblong 12"x18" $45 3 Milk Cake 2 Layer Cake Oblong 9"x13" $35 9"x13" $30 Call Catalina Rios 575-548-2608 after 4 p.m. ] We're Back!!!l I Seguimientoe nuevoM, I  T n "/ i '/# //)'/ A/ En octubre de 2010. et depamento de poiicia de Albuquerque bahia ,mptado un sistema de seguim.o informatizado de ventas de seudoefedrina (PSE). 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