If not now, Bush will face deaths in afterlife

In “The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder,” author Vincent Bugliosi outlines how Bush misled this nation into war with Iraq, causing the deaths of at least 100,000, including more than 4,000 U.S. soldiers.

I agree with Bugliosi, but I doubt such prosecution will occur. More serious will be what Bush and his supporters face from a higher power.

Immediately after Bush’s invasion of Iraq, Muslim militants launched a war on each other and on Christians in Iraq.

Many Christians were kidnapped, tortured and killed. Children were shot to death.

In February, Iraqi Archbishop Paul Faraj Rahho was ambushed, kidnapped and murdered. Sunday, Aug. 1, 2004, five churches were bombed.

Most of Iraq’s Christians fled or have been killed. Those still there, largely women and children (most of the men were killed), worship in secrecy, risking their lives every time.

The Rev. Canon Andrew White, an Anglican priest in Baghdad, says this is the worst persecution of Christians since the apostle Thomas traveled there in the year 35 to spread Christianity.

Under Saddam Hussein, about a million Christians in Iraq were free to worship and build churches. His right-hand man, Tariq Aziz, was Christian.

Bush may get away with murder on earth, but he may not fare well in the next world.

Causing the persecution of Christians on such a large scale is something Bush cannot run from.

We’ll all pay for this one; “we” voted Bush into office – not once, but twice.

DENNIS E. JANTZEN

Little league swats all but baseball and Bee

Re: the July 10 editorial “Legislature sidelines voters”:

The Legislature is not to blame for Tucson losing spring training!

The mental midgets who have run this town for the past 50 or so years (City Council, Board of Supervisors) are the true culprits – not Senate President Tim Bee.

The Legislature has well-known procedural rules to prevent groups such as the hastily formed Sports and Tourism Authority from ramming through another tax for a mirage (remember Rio Nevero).

The Tucson Sports and Tourism Authority is composed of old retreads such as Mike Feder, has no teeth or politically saavy lobbyists with any pull up at the Capitol.

This group of nitwits lost Triple A baseball by demanding that the doomed Tucson Electric Park be built in an industrial area on the South Side.

Thanks a lot Raúl Grijalva, Steve Leal, José Ibarra, et al.

These same fools want to close the historic Rillito Race Track to build more soccer fields.

Tucson has lost spring training because of the lack of insight by council members and county supervisors, period.

Get real Citizen! “We still have the gem and mineral show”? Yippee! Maybe we can take our kids to the gem show at TEP because there surely will not be any baseball there!

How about some more soccer fields? Your opinion stinks!

ROBERT LITTLE

City, don’t drag feet; follow Denver’s steps

Years ago I wrote Mayor Lewis Murphy, urging him to take the council members to Denver to see how to run a city.

He replied that he, too, admired Denver’s progress.

I just returned from Denver. The progress continues.

Long ago Denver converted nearly every old industrial building into lofts. Now they are building new lofts all over town.

The downtown is vibrant. The major league sports arenas are located where the people are, not where land is cheap.

I drove about 20 blocks on one of Denver’s “surface” streets. Twenty stoplights and at 30 mph, I hit every green. Try that in Tucson.

I wonder if any Tucson City Council members or paid officials have expertise in planning and development. I have my doubts when I see the years of foot-dragging.

I fail to understand why studies, amendments and dead-end negotiations keep Rio Nuevo a pie-in-the-sky dream. Don’t you just love the big dirt pile on West Congress?

Tucson is asleep, and someone needs to shake it awake. It seems amateurs are running things. Someone needs to take the Denver tour to see what a city can do. Pima County could use a good wake-up call as well.

Sorry if I woke you.

JERRY PULLIAM

Dig deeper: Something stinks about cat issue

Re: the July 9 article “Shelter managers blame sick cats on ex-caregivers”:

I read with interest the stories and comments about The Hermitage (No-Kill) Cat Shelter.

Why are both sides of the story not presented? Why is the director’s viewpoint dominant?

Staff and volunteers who were ousted from the shelter have an entirely different story, and the community needs to hear it.

The media is shaping public opinion to believe this is a mere “catfight” between an employer and disgruntled employees.

The director made some serious allegations against her former staff and volunteers; however, she is using smoke and mirrors to obscure the truth.

The director and board have failed to be accountable to their supporters, wresting the shelter away from its stated mission and needlessly killing more than 50 cats because medical staff with historical knowledge were no longer available.

Dig deeper!

LORI MILNER

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