Letters: Domestic violence case deserved follow through













Morsi's destructive rule





Plastic bags, not paper




After use recycled plastic bags are a desirable collectable in the recycling waste stream. If a plastic bag were to be disposed of in a landfill, it would remain there, taking far less space than a paper bag. Paper bags in land fills decompose, potentially creating methane gas that can escape into the atmosphere. Plus, decayed fibers can leach through the soil, potentially adding toxins into the local water table.

I could go on about practical, personal advantages of plastic over paper, but I'll leave it with this: If you want to feel good, use paper. If you want to do good, use plastic and then recycle.

Prisoner petulance

FULLERTON, Scott Irwin: So, inmates went on a hunger strike, because they do not like some of the California prison system's way of doing business, for example, they object to long-term solitary confinement ["30,000 state inmates stage hunger strike," News, July 10]. These inmates' performance has shown that they cannot "play well with the other prisoners" and/or the prison staff, so they must be confined respectively.

Why should we even care or give press coverage to such childish activity? If they choose not to eat, that is their prerogative.

As long as the prison system provides prisoners with appropriate meals, each inmate has an option to participate or not. If one chooses not to participate, so be it. Simply collect the food tray and life goes on. Inmates who refuse to go to work or attend classes should have their privileges reduced appropriately.

Of course, most of these inmates could not abide by the rules on the outside, which is why they are where they are. Consequently, why should we be surprised that they cannot comply with prison rules?

Life incarceration is not fun or pleasant. Moreover, inmates in California are treated much better than inmates in other states.

If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

Constitutional politics

FULLERTON, Ed Leonard: I recently registered as an Independent in lieu of my status as a Republican for the last 21 years. There seems to be a movement for the Republicans to become "Democrat-lite," a change in republicanism that I cannot abide nor support.

There appears to be no limits on Washington's power. No one asks if a law is constitutional, if it has a legal basis or if it is good for the Republic.

Republicans seem happy to take the position that they are willing to embrace liberal ideas, so long as the Democrats refrain from calling the Republicans names. The courage of the Republican Party as a stalwart of civil rights, the party of abolition, is no longer. That kind of courage is sorely missing.

I embrace the Constitution and the limited government that our truly greatest generation envisioned in the drafting and enacting of the U.S. Constitution. I will do this by refusing to contribute to the Republican Party and by supporting the Tea Party.

Eventually, the Republican Party will change or perish. I hope there are other, like-minded Americans who demand the constitutional republic that the Founding Fathers created.


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