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Maybe Mickelson needs a new accountant
Well here we go again. Phil Mickelson said he made $47 million and paid 62 percent in taxes. Hey. Phil, you have the wrong accounting firm working for you or not working that hard. Take Mitt Romney. He makes $20 million and only pays 15 percent taxes. Yes, he has a house here in California. Take Tiger, Jack N., Arnold P. - they live in Florida. Just saying.
Letters: King and Schopenhauer, two great minds
Dear Editor: A special thank you goes to The Signal for publishing comments of my two favorite thinkers - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Arthur Schopenhauer - from time to time in the section titled "The Still Small Editorial." Yes, every now and again, these two brilliant thinkers get some of their thoughts thusly published in The Signal, and I cut them out of that newspaper and mail them to my brother Mike, ...
Letters: Phantom phone calls
Dear Editor: Like the King of Siam, I have a puzzlement. Maybe a Signal reader can help. Every couple of weeks I get a peculiar telephone call on my AT&T land line. It is during the daytime when I'm oftentimes busy. I hastily turn off the burners on the stove, or the iron, or race in from outside. But when I pick up the phone and say "Hello," there is nothing but silence. Then in ...
Letters: Manti Te’o — Victim or scapegoat?
I cannot believe the publicity that this kid (Manti Te'o) is getting for this alleged hoax. I really criticize the news media for giving this subject more coverage than the attack of the Benghazi Consulate back in September 2012. As far as I can see, there has not been a crime committed, so drop it. Why are you wasting so much time on this insignificant issue? If it's true and he was a major player, ...
Be afraid of the executive order
Vice President Joe Biden is hosting hearings on gun control that are said to include all concerned parties, including the National Rifle Association. I think this is all wonderful, and I am sure the NRA gave the vice president a good listening-to. But let's face it: everything has been said before and nothing enlightening will come of this extremely short process except what is desired ...
Get real about gun violence
How I wish Jane Hills was right ("Video games, movies are the problem," Jan. 16). Wouldn't it be fabulous if removing violent video games and violence in movies would solve our gun violence rate? Sure, there might be some First Amendment issues, but we could work around that. Sadly, Canadians, Swedes, Germans and all the rest of the developed nations share the same games and movies. Their death by firearms rate is much lower than ...
Stand up now for gun regulations
One cannot escape the gun debate. It's in the press, on the radio and on television. I hope you will continue reading if I tell you that I am for the president's proposals, but I am fearful they will not be enacted. I'm fearful because we may, and I hope I'm wrong, have some cowardly people representing us in "red states" that are more worried about their political futures than they are about what is ...
Movie mayhem: What does it say about the consumer?
For whatever reason, 'tis the season for some ultra-violent movies in release: "Hansel and Gretel" (please don't confuse this killfest with the original fairy tale), "The Last Stand" (with the retired Governator), "A Haunted House," etc.
It’s about earned success, not handouts
In the long run, giving people things for free is just as destructive to their own happiness as taking things from them.
Pause and notice the good news around you
Let's get off the subjects of politics for a while. Let's talk about some good news. Home and condos are up by 12.8 percent in the San Fernando Valley, which will definitely affect the Santa Clarita Valley, which is a better valley! Won't that be nice that the trend is changing for the sellers' benefit. Good news! They have waited a long time for this turnaround. There has been a drop in foreclosures, which sank ...
Letters: Really, NRA?
Well, here we go again. The National Rifle Association wants to have armed guards at every school in the USA.
Letters: Enough talk on banning all that’s potentially harmful
In response to "Video games, movies are the problem," Jan. 16: Ban everything! I've seen too many articles pointing the blame at video games. I'm no hardcore gamer, but I enjoy a game from time to time. Drinkers enjoy a drink from time to time, sometimes they get behind a wheel and kill someone; let's ban drinks! Using a cellphone while driving and kill someone? No more phones! Choke on a water in a water ...
Richard Myers: Churchill’s definition of members of Congress
I was just thinking about some of our Washington politicians when it suddenly occurred to me that an Englishman, not an American, came up with the best definition for certain members of Congress.
Peg Hurley: Common-sense regulations are a necessary good
The president doesn't want your guns, folks - settle down. He, and the majority of Americans, want your assault rifles and more public protection regarding the sale of deadly weapons. In short, common-sense regulations for the gun industry. We live with common-sense regulations that limit our individual liberties every day, and the Republic still stands. In the interest of public health and safety, we need a driver's license to take a dangerous vehicle out on ...
Vote yes on gun bills
To Congressman Howard McKeon: As one of your constituents in Santa Clarita, I urge you to vote yes on the common sense gun safety bills that will be presented to the House of Representatives in the weeks ahead. There has never been a better time for the United States to consider how best to protect the people of this country without destroying the Second Amendment. As head of the House Armed ...
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An additional offense
Have you ever seen the Investigation Discovery shows such as "Solved", "Disappeared", or "Extreme Forensics"?
Letters: Texas job-poaching
I was upset hearing that Rick Perry traveled to California on a "job-poaching mission."
Letters: Obama not a socialist
In a Feb. 22 Letter to the Editor in The Signal, Brian Baker claims that President Obama is a "socialist."
Letters: What would Lincoln think?
The recent movie "Lincoln" was highly acclaimed in this year's Oscar-considerations.
Left and Right: the difference
A key difference between Left and Right is that when the Right transgresses the freedom of others, it violates its own tenets.
Fleeing business is big problem for California
Regarding Alice Khosravy's column "California is at bottom for business," (Feb. 22), Khosravy's excellent commentary was so clear and so factual citing a huge - if not t-h-e huge - problem that is at the core of California being on life support as a state, a once-thriving, enviable state.
Boy Scouts need to be accepting
The Boy Scouts of America need to allow gays into their organization because that is the moral imperative, if you will, toward "a more perfect union."
Letters: A socialist by any other name is... a socialist
Leftists of late have become very defensive about being called socialist in their ideology, as typified by Kevin Buck's column (Feb. 19, "Straw men live in glass houses").
Asteroids and global warming... the great scapegoat
CNN news anchor Deb Feyerick recently asked "The Science Guy" Bill Nye if global warming caused the latest asteroid.
