I'm with stupid

Jon Gaskell's piece, "Hey, stupid" (Jan. 19) is excellent. I hope it somehow ends up on the desk of every legislator, school superintendent, school board member... and parent.

Bob Hudson
West Des Moines

More stupid

I hope everyone thinks the way Jon Gaskell and I do ("Hey, stupid," Jan. 19). I am very concerned for this country and its educational system, and the fact that it seems that "average" is the new target of success.

Bob Cosner
Des Moines

Paradise lost - on him

If your story on homeless people ("Down and out in paradise," Jan. 19) was supposed to make me feel bad, you failed. The woman in the article smoked, drank, did drugs, got high while pregnant, and the list goes on and on. Then, at the end, she's still smoking. At a pack a day and $3 per pack, had she quit smoking she would have had that $250 for a room at the YWCA a lot quicker. Instead, she's now leaching off taxpayers. Take some freakin' responsibility.

Joel Smits
Des Moines

It's not his money

I see in your Jan. 19 issue, in the "It's Your Money" column, that the City of Des Moines paid $200 for a "Stryker" pocket knife - "for the Chief of Police." Was this for his official use and is it the property of the city, or was this some type of gift for his own use? It was only $200 so it probably doesn't matter. We really shouldn't worry about such small expenses. We don't want to micro-manage the activities of our public servants. I'm sure there must be a good explanation.

Kurt Johnson
Urbandale

Cityview disgusts him

You people at Cityview have come to a new low. Calling Sen. Charles Grassley a "dust-farting reptile," and insinuating he was giving a hand job to Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito ("The List," Jan. 19) is not only uncalled for but also completely without merit. The demo-commies on that committee were the real idiots in these hearings. Ted Kennedy is the one who was questioning Alito's ethics and he was the one who killed a girl in his own car while he was swimming to shore with, I am sure, a bottle of booze stuffed under his arm. Get real. Who are these hypocritical libs who think they know anything about ethics when their god Bill Clinton couldn't even keep his pants on when a mediocre intern wanted to blow the presidential skin flute? You have the ever-so-popular agenda there at Cityview that all the other media outlets in the world have. You disgust me.

Dave Grissom
Des Moines

A church affair - and loveseats

Though I don't like the idea, I believe "gays" should not be allowed to be "married" ("Pigheaded," Dec. 29) but instead should have "union" or some other word describing whatever it is they are doing. Marriage is between men and women and should stay so. We need a different word to differentiate the two for semantic reasons. For example, we differentiate the difference between rugs and carpets; between three and four; between couch, loveseat, and chair, all furniture and seats. Marriage is considered a sacrament and deemed by God in Genesis. It is therefore a church affair and should not be interfered with by the state.

Monica Brand
Windsor Heights

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