Re: “Trump criticizes countries at U.N.<\/a>,” Sept. 24 news story<\/p>\n Just over a year ago, we were bemoaning the fact that President Joe Biden\u2019s advisors and the press had not called the question of his mental acuity far sooner than they did. Following President Trump\u2019s United Nations speech, described on the front page of The Denver Post this morning, it is time to raise the question about his mental acuity. His speech was unhinged, often not founded in fact, and rambled badly.<\/p>\n As I volunteer for several groups focused on climate issues, I pay close attention to what the president says and does in relation to that topic. Leaving aside what he has already done to destroy the ability of the U.S. to take a leadership role in the manufacture and adoption of clean energy, his speech called on the world to refer to coal as \u201cclean, beautiful coal,\u201d told world leaders that their countries would fail if they didn\u2019t stop falling for \u201cthe green scam,\u201d repeated false information about the cost of renewable energy, and talked about how renewable energy would require subsidies (avoiding the fact that global oil subsidies are far higher). And then there was the rambling, which, I\u2019m sorry to say, we are getting used to and seemingly accepting. Watching the world leaders with their stunned faces reminded me that we can\u2019t get used to what we are seeing; those who have the power to do so need to call this into question.<\/p>\n So who is going to raise the issue of the president\u2019s mental acuity? Let\u2019s start with an editorial from The Denver Post.<\/p>\n Lynn K. Rhodes Fritz, Lakewood<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Flavored tobacco: Group pushing to repeal ban outraises supporters<\/a>,” Sept. 24 news story<\/p>\n It amazes me that no matter what level of government there is, it attacks a problem from the wrong direction. Examples are: Denver wants to ban flavored tobacco because kids get it. But they don’t go after to the businesses that sell it to kids. It is the same for alcohol. Go after the businesses that sell alcohol to minors. The U.S. government is no different. They go after illegal immigrants who are working, but they don’t go after the businesses that hire them.<\/p>\n Leroy M. Martinez, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n Re: “Charlie Kirk memorial was celebration of grace; then Donald Trump spoke,” Sept. 24 commentary<\/p>\n David Mastio quotes Vice President Vance, asserting, \u201cGrace is the enduring legacy of Charlie Kirk.\u201d<\/p>\n A sampling of the “grace” Kirk spread:<\/p>\n \u2022 \u00a0“Happening all the time<\/a> in urban America, prowling Blacks go around for fun to go target white people, that\u2019s a fact. It\u2019s happening more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 “If I see a Black pilot,<\/a> I\u2019m gonna be like, ‘Boy, I hope he\u2019s qualified.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 On the Black women Joy Reid, Michelle Obama, Sheila Jackson Lee and Ketanji Brown Jackson: “They\u2019re coming out,<\/a> and they’re saying, ‘I’m only here because of affirmative action.’ Yeah, we know. You do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously. You had to go steal a white person’s slot to go be taken somewhat seriously.”<\/p>\n \u2022 The Democrat[ic] Party “supports everything that God hates<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cI can’t stand the word empathy<\/a>, actually. I think empathy is a made-up new age term that does a lot of damage.”<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201cReject feminism.<\/a> Submit to your husband, Taylor [Swift]. You’re not in charge.”<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201c… Leviticus 18<\/a> [says, if ] \u2018thou shalt lay with another man shall be stoned to death.\u2019 Just saying.\u201d<\/p>\n \u2022 \u201c[George Floyd] was a scumbag.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\nFlavored tobacco: Hold the businesses accountable<\/h4>\n
In his own words …<\/h4>\n