March 27, 2009 - The Austin Chronicle

PAGE TW0CONT. FROM P.6I honestly believe people like you justlove being … willfully ignorant, TheTRUTH … YOU WANT THE TRUTH????YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!,Republicans hate truth almost as muchas they hate America, In lieu of soundreasoning skills and clouded by steadfastpreconceived notions, the … acolyte willresort to distortions, name calling andthreats, ‘Mean ole elitist hater,’ why dothe ultra lefties use so much profanity?,in your response I see … dribble. Youaccuse other people of ‘not caring,’ ‘madmax country,’ ‘bitching and whining’… you and you and you Hernandez,and shame on you Chronicle … there’snothing wrong with razorboy cutting andpasting. … pasting liberal drivel straightoff the web … adding coarse sexist to hisracist and moron status. You don’t evenrise to the level of jackass … And in themorning light I saw … the queers stopsodomizing one another … the junkiesquit sharing needles, AIDS become eradicatedin the United States. Then moreresearch funding could rightfully go into… both parties are loathsome … patriotism,other than being the last refuge ofthe scoundrel, my patriotism is patriotismis the Constitution is I loving one’s countryand doing one’s part to sustain, protect,and improve it. By hating. By shapingthe Constitution to me.”■PostmarksLETTERS TO THE EDITOR must be signed withfull name and include daytime phone number,full address, or e-mail address. Letters shouldbe no longer than 300 words. We reserve theright to edit all submissions. Letters may notbe edited, added to, or changed by sender oncewe receive them.General e-mail address: mail@austinchronicle.comPostmarks forum:austinchronicle.com/forums/postmarksMailing address: The Austin Chronicle,PO Box 49066, Austin, TX 78765TXDOT OVERSIGHTDear Editor,The Texas state Legislature is currently insession, and the Transportation Committeeis looking at much-needed reforms of theTexas Department of Transportation recommendedby the special Sunset Commission.TxDOT has reportedly had only “internal”oversight for the tens of billions of state andfederal dollars spent in recent years. Newlegislation could change that and possiblyinvestigate how the billions of our taxpayerdollars have been spent. If you are a CentralTexas driver, you may want to contact yourdistrict representatives or the TransportationCommittee’s chairs (Joe Pickett in the House,joe.pickett@house.state.tx.us, and John Caronain the Senate, john.carona@senate.state.tx.us)with your input, suggestions, driving experiences,etc. For example, the two-year-plusdebacle at Hester’s Crossing, on I-35 southof Round Rock (not finished yet).John CallaghanRound RockHey pal.Wanna join my book club?This month, “Little Women.”*Finddiscussiongroupsin your neighborhood88 T H E A U S T I N C H R O N I C L E MARCH 27, 2009 a u s t i n c h r o n i c l e . c o mClassifiedsMORE than a listaustinchronicle.com/classifieds