OH, THE HYPOCRISY…
In January 2011, Obama urged for "civil" discourse and condemned inflammatory rhetoric.
Apparently, this statement was directed only at Republicans. Democrats like Joe Biden, Maxine Waters and Jimmy Hoffa, Jr., etc. are immune to criticism.
They can say anything and not be corrected or reprimanded. Joe Biden said that Tea Party people are "terrorists.”
Maxine Waters said, “Tea Party people can all go to Hell."
Jimmy Hoffa said, "Let's take out these sons of bitches"!
The White House was silent regarding such hateful talk
Double standard? You bet.
Joe Irving Reader
ANOTHER DISAPPOINTED ALUMNUS
As a lifetime alumni member of ASU and the Sun Devils I am really disappointed in the direction that you have taken the University. It is obvious that you sold out for the commercial interest of Nike and with total disregard of our great traditions at ASU.
You have lost my support and I will continue to let others know of my feelings. This is one time that if your ticket sales drop off I will not be surprised.
Maybe Nike can buy the tickets and give them out, as you do the scholarships.
Warren Cays
Alumnus
BRING ON THE EASY TEAMS
(In response to Kyle Newman’s Sept. 2 column, “Playing easy teams too risky to start the season?”)
This article was absurd in my opinion and leads nowhere really except to make a few misguided points. It is too risky to play an easy team to start the season? Huh? Schools like ASU, Utah and other FBS school schedule FCS opponents because there is little risk.
I myself have no issue with the scheduling of UC Davis as the season opener this year. We follow that game with Missouri and Illinois, two above average non-conference opponents.
Yes, a loss to Davis would have been catastrophic to this team, especially surrounding the hype placed on this year’s team. Scheduling Davis was meant to calm some nerves and get the jitters out for next week.
It was meant to be a low-risk game that lets the backups get reps, lets the coordinators run their vanilla plays against a real opponent and to build the teams confidence before they go against a top-20 ranked opponent.
Most of these FCS games are blowouts by halftime anyway so there is low risk of starters getting injured late in the game. Games like Appalachian State vs. Michigan are anomalies when FBS teams play FCS Teams.
To compare UC Davis to Appalachian State is ridiculous. You fail to mention that Appalachian State were two-time defending national 1-AA FCS champion, and they also went on to win the championship that year.
They were not some cream puff from 1-AA FCS; they were a legitimate national title contender in their division and could have beaten many 1-A FBS teams.
They had Armanti Edwards quarterbacking that team. He would go on to be a 3rd round pick in the NFL draft and currently plays for the Carolina Panthers.
I also need to point out that in your article you say UC Davis is an FBS school when they are actually an FCS school.
"ASU isn’t ranked and UC Davis is an FBS school, but a loss to them would be nothing short of catastrophic for the Sun Devils," Newman wrote.
Also I have never heard anyone call this part of the college schedule "preseason" in my life.
Maybe the Davis game is worthy of the "preseason" moniker, but Missouri and Illinois are huge games this season. ASU needs to win those if they are going to meet expectations this year.
Marcos Arroyo
Undergraduate
CHOOSE LIFE
The news that Planned Parenthood will stop offering abortion services at seven of its Arizona locations will likely incite passion-filled letters from some pro-choice readers.
The great thing about choice is that women have more than one.
First, they can choose sexual abstinence outside of marriage, which reduces the risk for unplanned pregnancy, abortion and sexually transmitted diseases.
Women of all backgrounds are still able to choose self-discipline and sound judgment.
Women can choose from a variety of reliable birth control options. Women can choose to parent their surprise children.
If unwanted, women can choose the selfless act of picking among a number of loving, married couples who are unable to conceive. The demand for newborn babies greatly exceeds the supply.
Finally, women can choose to not abort. Obeying the law is still a choice and is the reason why, despite lack of abortion access throughout many U.S. counties, reports of illegal, coat hanger abortions are nonexistent.
Most importantly, local Christian and pro-life pregnancy resource centers, clinics and maternity homes are still available to provide healthy, life-affirming, non-exploitative options to women facing an unplanned pregnancy.
Risha O'Neill
Former staff at Crisis Pregnancy Centers of Greater Phoenix
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