Re: “Follow federal officers’ orders, and stay alive,” Feb. 13 letter to the editor<\/p>\n
I suppose it is true that if Alex Pretti and Renee Good had obeyed, they would be alive. How about some other ifs?<\/p>\n
If the officers who killed them were trained in the appropriate use of force and de-escalation, Pretti and Good would be alive.<\/p>\n
If the federal government would stop putting on a violent show intended to suppress opposition and entertain their true believers, Pretti and Good would be alive.<\/p>\n
If the federal government were smart enough to find more effective and less expensive ways to manage immigration rather than conducting a reign of terror, then Pretti and Good would be alive.<\/p>\n
No doubt history would be very different if a citizen\u2019s duty were simple obeyance. However, what we have seen and are experiencing is real Americans being Americans. The Bill of Rights is not just a collection of \u201cthou shalt nots\u201d directed at the federal government. It is also a citizen\u2019s call to duty. A \u201cwell regulated Militia\u201d is not the only necessity to the security of a free State. A free and thriving press and a loud and vocal citizenry willing to assemble in the public square and shout their grievances are required too. That is our duty, and if we want to preserve the spirit of 1776 in 2026, we must exercise our rights. Use our rights or lose them.<\/p>\n
No doubt history would be very different if a citizen\u2019s duty was simple obeyance. The problem with obeyance is that it becomes a habit. Before you know it, one is no better off than a sheep.<\/p>\n
Len Esparza, Fort Collins<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Both nations suffering as Russian invasion enters its fifth year,” Feb. 14 commentary<\/p>\n Regarding Saturday\u2019s essay on Ukraine, remember how Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz had the power to go back to Kansas by clicking her heels? Similarly, Trump, who said he would end the war on Day One (which was always a lie), always had the power to end this war. He could click his ankles together, re-arm Ukraine with the weapons they need, and end this Russian crusade.<\/p>\n I know Ronald Reagan would have armed Ukraine in a heartbeat. Make no mistake; Ukraine is our ally. They deserve our support. Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin is weak, has lost hundreds of thousands of troops, his economy is a wreck, and he is not our friend, nor will he ever be.<\/p>\n If Trump did this, he would likely receive his coveted Peace Prize.<\/p>\n Tom Sabel, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Legislators banish ‘ghost tax’ proposal<\/a>,” and “No agreement on OT for farmworkers<\/a>,” Feb. 14 news stories<\/p>\n Why is it so expensive to live in our liberal blue state? Look no further than the Post\u2019s front page Saturday. Every liberal Democrat (is there any other kind?) has a pet project. To implement pet projects, one needs money. The only way to get it is through more fees and more taxes.<\/p>\n Your front page tells us these liberals want to tax property owned but not occupied year-round. Don\u2019t these property owners already pay property taxes? Sounds like double taxation to me.<\/p>\n Or, liberals will now put produce companies out of business by requiring overtime for farm workers. If this happens, can you imagine the cost to us for produce grown locally?<\/p>\n These liberals have ruined this state.<\/p>\n Jack Inderwish, Aurora<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Epstein files: Bondi clashes with Democrats,” Feb. 12 news story<\/p>\n Perhaps Attorney General Pamela Jo Bondi should be reminded that in 1975, President Richard Nixon\u2019s Attorney General, John N. Mitchell<\/a>, was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and perjury, imprisoned for nineteen months, and disbarred from the practice of law.<\/p>\n Dona and Dan Chilcoat<\/em><\/p>\n The acting U.S. Attorney General has a burn book on every sitting member of Congress. Who knows what she has on you and me? Let that one sink in, folks.<\/p>\n Scott Stoddard, Aurora<\/em><\/p>\n Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit online<\/a> or check out our guidelines<\/a> for how to submit by email or mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “I suppose it is true that if Alex Pretti and Renee Good had obeyed, they would be alive. How about some other ifs?” — Len Esparza, Fort Collins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuntsintrucks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Trump has the power to end the war in Ukraine<\/h4>\n
Liberals’ pet projects have ruined Colorado<\/h4>\n
U.S. Attorney General has been convicted before<\/h4>\n