Spy balloons

We live in interesting times, U.S. officials say China sends spy balloons over U.S. sites worldwide. We Americans go crazy because Joe Biden didn't shoot the one down over Montana. People, our enemies and friends (Israel a few years back) know where everything is in our country already for god sakes, we publish it in our newspapers and magazines all the time. Example: when we were building Diablo power plant the papers, including the New York Times, had an article saying PG&E was building a new nuclear power plant along Highway 1, by the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles from the city of San Luis Obispo.

Ask “Siri” or “Alexa” (on the internet) they will tell you where everything is located. Hey! “Siri” where is the closest In-N-Out burger? In a few seconds she tells you. I bet you never noticed she didn't ask you where you lived? Interesting how all this affects our lives; balloons and all! Stay the course America as mankind evolves.

— Joe Zoccali, Salinas

We are again beset by the incomprehensible idiots in the swamp. Citing a concern for life and balloon recovery efforts the Biden Administration decides to wait until the spy balloon was over the Atlantic, which enabled China to spy on the width of our country for a number of days. Their response was full of hot air!

Common sense should have commanded the incompetents in DC to consider the options; is it better to spare a few people that possibly may have been impacted by the destruction of the balloon upon entering our airspace in Alaska; or to eliminate the balloon prior to allowing it to gather much intel as it passed over the U.S. which might impact 330 million Americans in the future? Methinks the latter was the much more sensible and appropriate course of action benefitting the entire country.

Common sense is a luxury in the Biden Administration, alas, I have yet to see any in over two years. Again, their response was extremely tardy and improperly addressed.

— Raymond Souza,

Coral de Tierra