Newcultural drama springs from Carson
Unlike Oct. 22 letter-writer Melanie Rizzo, I could find no fault in Leonard Pitts’ assessment of Dr. Ben Carson’s dysfunctional and denigrating comparison of Obamacare to slavery (“Trivializing one of our greatest horrors,” Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 17).
The Affordable Care Act is government’s responsible and obligatory effort to protect and preserve the lives of its citizens. Slavery diminished and dehumanized people and left them to the whims of an oppressive government.
But, on further reflection, are we not witnesses to the dawn of a new cultural drama — The White-Face Minstrel Show?
Carson’s remarks, wittingly or not, reflect the beleaguered white man’s persistently comic attempts to exaggerate his worthiness in the face of eroding moral stature and control.
From tea party righteous indignation to serve-my-base buffoonery, it’s quite a vaudevillian act.
Bernard L. Welch
Downtown project is boon for Casselberry
If we don’t know who we are, it’s really hard to figure out where we want to go.
We have seen this truth played out countless times as people simply drift through life rather than purposefully embrace it. This statement is true for people, it’s true for organizations, and it’s true for cities. Rarely does anyone or anything drift toward greatness; we get there intentionally.
That’s why, as a resident of Casselberry, I amexcited about the new development and delighted that our commissioners are working to create the new Downtown Casselberry. Our community leaders have worked tirelessly to eradicate the old, tired and unfair image of Casselberry being a community that people simply want to quickly drive through. Our city is ready for a new direction, a new future and a new identity.
The proposed Downtown Casselberry project will help us get there. It will not only make Casselberry an attractive destination for Central Floridian arts, entertainment and businesses, but it will help shape our city’s future. It will help us to celebrate and build upon the strengths of our community as it provides a place for friends to gather, families to connect and our diversity to be embraced and celebrated.
Andy Searles Casselberry
Enact obstruction law
In the third game of the World Series, Major League Baseball umpires and referees used the Obstruction Rule to call out a player who was in the way of a base runner. Isn’t it too bad the government doesn’t have such a law?
We could throw out Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for obstruction of progress in Congress, Attorney General Eric Holder for obstruction of justice and President Obama for obstruction of the American way of life we have all enjoyed for more than two centuries.
Walter Martin Clermont