Anniston Star
August 22, 2003

Letters

Incineration
I pray for the people of Anniston. Clearly, the U.S. Army is willing to sacrifice human lives for the sake of expediency. This madness must stop.

Laura Rench
New Lebanon, Ohio

Solving Alabama's problems
So now the incinerator has started test burns. And much of the public and right-wing conservative groups are fighting tax reforms proposed by Gov. Bob Riley. John Poindexter, infamous in his own right, has resigned from the Bush administration for promoting on-line gambling in relation to the war in Iraq.

Since Alabama badly needs more income, and tax reform seems unlikely to pass, I propose that Gov. Riley hire John Poindexter to set up an on-line gambling

site to bet on when the first chemical accident at the incinerator will occur, what direction the chemicals will travel, and how many will be injured, maimed and killed. A sideline bet could encompass how many out of the area visitors were taken out, how many household pets died without adequate protection, and even how many people who just happened to be employed in the pink zone were taken out.

The on-line site would accomplish many things. First, the monies made would help the state of Alabama balance the budget and gain much needed income for the state's coffers. Secondly, with the demise of much of the local population, particularly of the lower socio-economic class, less money would be needed from the state for programs that help and support these people. And lastly, just think of the media play that could be given to the daily odds of an incinerator accident, thus taking the attention away from Bush campaign in Iraq to find WMD's. We can find them right here in Anniston.

Lastly, for good measure, we could have Judge Roy Moore issue a statement attributing a chemical weapons accident at the incinerator as God's retribution to the heathens that want to remove the Ten Commandments statue from the Supreme Court Building.

Nadine G. Mendelsohn-Ziskind
Jacksonville