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Zimmerman thoughts

SUMNER The Second Amendment hater made a big blow about George Zimmerman shooting an unarmed Trayvon Martin. I hear that unarmed word thousands of times. They did their best to make that word soak in, but I didnt hear them mention a strong athletic person can do a lot of harm even if not armed with a gun or knife.

Zimmerman was on the receiving end of a deadly attack, having his head pounded on the cement. He did wait too long before shooting in defense of his life. I detest the belief a citizen must be a willing victim and be murdered or robbed or beat up, raped or maimed and be politically correct with the law. If anyone has to be killed or maimed, it should be the attacker, but not the would-be victim.

CHARLES CITY In a recent Charles City Press is an article by Mark Hopkins about bringing back the old Civilian Conservation Corps to put unemployed workers back to work during the Great Depression. They people planted 3 billion trees, built lodges, roads, bridges and other infrastructure.

We need to bring CCC and Work Progress Association back and put able-bodied people to work rather than have them collect welfare that working taxpayers have to pay for. The new work program could be called Workforce as Hopkins suggests.

WATERLOO The state prisons now are very overloaded. I have a brother-in-law who is in a place originally for 200 people and there are 800 there. Shutting down the other prisons so somebody gets the extra money makes no sense to me. The fire marshal has deemed the current prison system a fire hazard.

Why isnt anything being done to eliminate this problem? The Parole Board needs to step up and do something.

WATERLOO Believe every word I say, believe in everything I do and ignore those who oppose me. Hitler, Stalin and Mao said similar things to the people of German, Russia and China.

Millions of people died following those egomaniacs.

Where will Trump lead America? It all depends on how far his followers take us and how the rest of us stand up to these challenges.

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Letters to the Editor Monday, March 27 - Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier