A great time was had at sock hop
The recent sock hop took a lot of planning, preparation and hard work by all who care about the Moose. As far as having a great time with the music and dancing, it was excellent. We didn't realize there is so much great talent in our surrounding towns and community of Oneonta.
Sorry to hear some people complained the whole night. But when you're having fun and listening to the great music of the '50s and '60s, who cares? Just dance on. All of us had a wonderful experience of joy, laughter and great memories.
We're sure the next hop will be an even better experience. Thanks to CNY Radio and all of the volunteers of the Moose who made it possible. We're all looking forward to the next sock hop. It can't be soon enough.
Bev and Dave Fuller
Delhi
Violet Wells and Sue Holmes also signed this letter.
Sears needs to look at man in mirror
Once again, the delusional thinking of Tom Sears finds its way to the printed media. He recently claimed things are looking up for "the conservative side of the Republican Party" because the right is winning the war of ideas, that in a column absent of any ideas and one in which he claims to possess "a wealth of facts" yet even gets the self-serving facts wrong.
Seems like Mr. Sears prefers fabrication to fact because the official count in the recent Tea Party demonstration in D.C. was actually 70,000 to 80,000 people, not nearly the 2 million he claims.
Mr. Sears claims that conservative radio talk show hosts are also dominating and growing stronger but he conveniently neglects to mention the fact that the top 257 radio stations have only 5 owners and 91 percent of the programming is conservative that preaches a failed ideology that divides rather than unites America.
Mr. Sears writes, "It's like watching a Keystone Kops episode, except the bumbling ineptness and incompetence are going to seriously harm this country." This reader wonders why Mr. Sears expressed no concern about "the bumbling ineptness and incompetence" of George W. Bush, who proudly declared "Mission accomplished" in Iraq where, to date, more than 4,350 U.S. soldiers have been killed and more than 31,500 seriously wounded.
Mr. Sears pretends to be conservative Republican when in fact he is a reactionary obstructionist who sullies the party of Lincoln by claiming truth is on his side while exhibiting a total disregard for "a wealth of facts" that proves otherwise.
At the end of the day, however, one can't disagree with Mr. Sears' conclusion that, "We can't let these ideologues get away with lying any longer." It's time for Mr. Sears to look at the man in the mirror.
John Pagoda
Cobleskill
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