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From what I can glean from the recent gubernatorial election, more money still needs to be sunk into education. I found this hard to digest at first, as an inordinate sum has already been spent to get our schools up to par. Then I found myself sitting in class for 45 minutes while someone tried to fix the outdated, substandard technology that Chesterfield calls a computer. Maybe the schools could use some extra dough.

-- Sean Tams, Midlothian

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Don't the Democrats realize that the big snow job they created with universal health care legislation might just ameliorate global warming to the point of making cap-and-trade legislation moot?

-- Al Schalow, Midlothian

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What is it with President Obama and Attorney General Holder? The detainees (Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, et al.) in Cuba are nothing more than war criminals -- and yet they will now stand trial in a New York court, with our constitutional rights and a circus show. This is clearly a matter for a military tribunal. Has this administration forgotten the justice served in Nuremberg, Germany, for the Nazis at the end of WWII? At least in a tribunal, these war criminals would have a speedy trial and execution of sentence. This administration appears to not have endeared itself to our finest, the military. I guess that politics is more important to them than national security. How sad.

-- Charles R. Elam III, Chesterfield

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Thank you, President Obama, for signing the hate crimes law expansion covering sexual orientation. As a gay American, I can now be assured that if I am attacked just because I love another man, I will not be treated as a third-class crime victim.

-- James Campbell, Powhatan

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If anyone is wondering why the Obama administration and the fringe media are trying so hard to make the Fort Hood shooting all about a nut case, it's simple: If Fort Hood is considered a terrorist act, that means that we have witnessed our first major terrorist act on U.S. soil since 9/11. Eight years of zero activity on our soil has come to an end. The problem is that it occurred on Obama's watch. The strategy is to ignore the facts and paint a picture of a troubled individual rather then a follower of Allah. Plan B is to blame Bush!

-- Rick Mandarino, Powhatan

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Nancy Pelosi said that the new health care bill would be our Christmas gift. Is she unaware how politically incorrect "Christmas gift" is? It will be our "Winter Solstice celebratory gift."

-- Noreen Brown, Richmond

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It doesn't matter where the 9/11 terrorists are tried, as long as they get the death penalty.

-- Mike Giletto, Henrico

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The talking heads of TV are criticizing Sarah Palin for believing in creationism. I would like to point out that the only thing we know about the missing link is that he is still missing.

-- Jim Seay, Henrico

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The fact that they are holding the terrorist trials in New York is a crime in itself. I agree with Sen. John McCain that a military tribunal should try the terrorists.

-- Barbara Plunkett Turner, Chesterfield

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There is a disease that has spread like wildfire in America. It causes lapses of memory at traffic lights, slows down automobiles, and causes untold millions of auto wrecks. The disease is called cell phonitis. Got one in your car? Please use it wisely.

-- Philip McKown, Henrico