Andrew O’Connor: Politics: Israel now not deserves American help
On July 24, 2023, the Israeli parliament parted methods with President Biden in taking its explosive vote to weaken Israel’s Supreme Court, rebuffing weeks of pleas from the president not to take action with out first building consensus and creating pressure between the U.S. and certainly one of its closest allies. It is time for the U.S. to half methods with Israel and for American taxpayers to cease paying Israel $10.5 million {dollars} a day. The U.S. taxpayers are funding an apartheid Zionist nation in Israel and subsidizing the genocide of Palestinians and land theft. In truth, Israel’s existence is predicated upon a lie and wouldn’t exist if not for the misguided Balfour Declaration. In 1917, British General Cosgrove was important of the Zionist undertaking and mentioned, “We might as well declare that England belongs to Italy because it was once occupied by the Romans.” Israel is an immoral apartheid rogue nation that lacks democratic rules integrity and humanity, and U.S. taxpayers can’t in good conscience pay any extra money to Israel.
Andrew O’Connor, Lafayette
Ashlee Andersen: Animal welfare: Goldie’s Act would clamp down on puppy mills
Last week, animal welfare advocates gathered on the U.S. Capitol and known as on Congress to guard animals struggling in merciless puppy mills. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is answerable for licensing industrial canine breeding amenities, often known as puppy mills, and making certain that these operations adjust to minimal requirements of remedy and care set forth within the Animal Welfare Act (AWA). Sadly, the USDA has been failing to carry its licensees accountable for flagrant violations of the AWA for many years, leaving 1 / 4 of one million helpless dogs and puppies to pay the value.
Goldie, recognized solely as “Golden Retriever #142” when she was nonetheless alive, was certainly one of tons of of dogs discovered dwelling in abhorrent circumstances in an Iowa puppy mill operated by USDA licensee Daniel Gingerich. The USDA witnessed rampant medical points, insufficient housing circumstances and excessive neglect at Gingerich’s amenities, however did nothing to cease him from mistreating the animals in his care.
In Goldie’s honor and to guard hundreds of dogs who stay dwelling in poorly regulated puppy mills at the moment, Congress should go Goldie’s Act (H.R. 1788). Goldie’s Act would strengthen AWA enforcement by requiring the USDA to conduct extra significant inspections, present fast help to struggling animals, and way more.
Please be a part of me in urging Rep. Joe Neguse and Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper to cosponsor Goldie’s Act and embrace it within the 2023 Farm Bill, so no different dogs endure Goldie’s destiny.
Ashlee Andersen, Boulder
Ami Sadler: Tech: Musk’s new X is shared by Russian invaders
Has Elon Musk not seen the X on Russian autos in Ukraine?
Ami Sadler, Boulder
Paul Dougan: Planes: Closing Boulder Airport would enhance high quality of life
Boulder must take its “once in a lifetime opportunity,” shut down the Boulder Airport and repurpose the land for reasonably priced housing. The airport does Boulder extra hurt than good:
For starters, small planes are largely unmuffled. We wouldn’t permit unmuffled vehicles to freely cruise our streets, destroying our peace and quiet. Does it make any sense to place a comparable engine half a mile within the sky, with no muffler, and inflict critical noise air pollution on tens of hundreds? Bumper stickers apart (“Airplane noise: The sound of freedom”), airplane noise is like having a large fly buzzing round in a room, solely that “room” is outside, and that noise is comparatively fixed. You can hear it all through the county. Often, you may hear it inside with doorways and home windows shut. People go to native wildlife preserves to take heed to birds and nature, however these sounds are drowned out by airplane noise. Surveys present that noise air pollution has an sick impact on public well being.
It should additionally harm property values: Who needs to dwell in a spot the place you may’t get pleasure from sitting in your deck or porch in peace and quiet? Why ought to the overwhelming majority endure for the pursuits of a egocentric few?
Yes, shutting down the Boulder Airport would cost us some money, however it might be value it. Boulder badly wants extra reasonably priced housing. Why ought to we forgo that chance for the few who want to joyride in our skies? Closing the Boulder Airport would dramatically enhance our high quality of life. Let’s step right into a wholesome, peaceable future; let’s do it.
Paul Dougan, Longmont
