ANOTHER RESPONSE TO PATRICK STURN  6-13-11

You gotta love Liberals - not content with putting their foot in their mouth - some have to go for both feet.

I responded to a mere pittance of the content of Mr. Sturn's first letter and he felt the need to write another to clarify what I had "misconstrued". He said I "..insulted the intelligence and vilified the political values of anyone with whom he happens to disagree". I thought I was perfectly clear that I was insulting the intelligence and vilifying the political values (he forgot to mention sanity) of LIBERALS. I appreciate the opportunity to restate that.

Then there's his stated inability to understand my comments on job creation and business regulation. He demeaned the importance of intelligence when seeking a job. That prompted me to suggest that intelligent people should create jobs instead of seeking one. Mr. Sturn, are you aware of all the talk about jobs that Obama is trying to create (and failing because that's not his job)? Do you think rewarding the unemployed with extended benefits would create more unemployment or less? Have you ever been an employer or are you viewing our economy through the "narrow lens" of someone who's been an employee or government employee his whole life? I have been all three but prefer being the employer that I have been for the last fifteen years. Although with the massive regulatory burden being imposed on me as such, a burden most employees (and apparently you) aren't even aware of, it is getting increasingly difficult to create jobs. Lastly there's his comment about my letters being "self-serving". Liberals often project their own intentions when they try to impugn the motives of people with whom they disagree by describing them as politically motivated or self-serving. They're so predictable and transparent that I have often verified a detractor's likely motivation by going to www.seethroughny.org and typing in their name to verify their public sector employment. You sometimes find their whole family is employed by or retired from the State. Would that be public service - or self service?

David Crawmer, North Greenbush

NOTE:  Mr. Sturn replied to my previous comments of 5/13/11 in the 6/9/11 edition of The Advertiser South.   Read His Reply