Bumper sticker wisdom
Regardless of who wins the election, approximately half of the country will be unhappy. So, we can spend the next four years hating the winner, politicians in general, angry at friends, family and neighbors who voted for the “wrong” candidate. Itap like spending four years kicking a bee’s nest, which usually only results in getting stung a lot. Or, as a wise, peaceful friend said, “Sometimes you just have to let people be wrong.”
My car carries a bumper sticker that reads, “Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always.” I have a choice. I can spend my next four years kicking bee’s nests, or I can use my energy to maybe try a little harder to live the message of the bumper sticker.
Hmm … I think I will cast my vote for the bumper sticker.
Alan Haynes, Aurora
Election reflects Colorado’s slide
Re: “Humility, grace in the aftermath,” Nov. 4 editorial
It has finally happened. Our great state has been annexed by California. We will now be known as California East. Where else could a man who was shown to be unethical and to have said he didn’t want to be a senator and wouldn’t be a good senator get elected? Then in today’s editorial: an explanation of why The Post supported this same man. Seriously, if Gardner had been shown to be unethical, this paper would have screamed it from the rooftops.
I was born in Colorado and have lived here my whole life, except when I was in the military. I was in Vietnam for 2½ years to stop the spread of socialism and now it is showing up in my front yard. I am so sad and disappointed in what has happened to my state.
Dennis Lubbers, Denver
Regulations keep us safe
Do you like to get a gallon of gas when you pay for a gallon of gas? If you do, itap because there are regulations about proper and accurate weights and measures.
Do you like sawdust in your sausages? Or salmonella in your chicken? The reason itap not there is that there are regulations that require pure food and drink.
Would you like to have a fracking pad up against your children’s school fence? The reason it isn’t there is because of regulation.
The reason all regulations exist is that some humans will put their own profits above other people’s wealth, health and lives. So, whenever you hear or read about the onerous regulations that are holding back the economy, ask, “So which ones, exactly, would you like to eliminate?”
Guy Wroble, Denver
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