Sickened by the president’s post on the Reiners, get that monstrous lunatic out of our White House (Letters)

Sickened by the president s post on the Reiners Re Trump comments on Reiner garner outcry Dec news story I was shocked and saddened to learn the news about Rob Reiner and his wife Michele I was totally disheartened and sickened by the president s vile posts about their deaths Are there no lows he will dip to as he spews his hatred only hours after the family learned of their passing Where are the guardrails on his behavior after sundown This constant hateful vile disrespectful rhetoric oozes night after night He reached a new bottom-feeder low with his tweets about the Reiners Does he not think about their adult children and how they might be devastated about the loss and even more about the cruel words Who is not taking the phone at night or monitoring what he s sending The First Amendment says you have the right to say things but what about the kindergarten rule Is it true Is it kind Will it make someone feel better He wants the Nobel Peace Prize well he should start acting like someone deserving of it not like a spoiled teenager mad at the rules Cheryl Brungardt Wheat Ridge Please GOP get that monstrous lunatic out of our White House His pernicious desecration of the Reiners after their tragic murder is a bridge too far Get him out Jim Chaney Denver White-collar criminals cause vital harm Re Take it easy on white-collar criminals Dec letter to the editor One day in as a young staff accountant when I solicited our small company s VP of finance about a wooden box on his desk that mentioned The Secret to Success he lifted the lid and inside it declared Hard Work During an audit the following year my co-worker and I discovered that the same gentleman had embezzled a hefty amount from our company So I take a little different view about white-collar crime in our country throw the book at these criminals The opportunity for harm is much more substantial Whether the victim is a person business church non-profit etc has no bearing on the type of restitution The freedoms allowed by a democratic society naturally also create greater opportunities for fraud I am not talking about the fake frauds we saw chased down by President Trump s DOGE unit headed by Elon Musk which by the way has silently closed down and are of a whole different discussion I refer to real crimes against real members of American society and the pilfering of hard-earned assets or savings Financial penalties and group amenity in various instances certainly are appropriate However to impose this type of punishment across the board over more harsh restoration even at a higher cost to taxpayers in the long run represents a detriment to how we enforce our laws It is an outrage that multiple such criminals still go free receive a slap on the wrist or are pardoned Tina Peters and Rod Blagojevich set out to enrich themselves in my view and justice was fairly handed out unfortunately one was let off the hook Gary Rauchenecker Golden CPR listeners It is time for a new old tune Every year I participate in the Colorado Population Radio Classical Carol Countdown This year for the umpteenth time Carol of the Bells was the winning song For the life of me I cannot understand why this carol has won so a great number of times Related Articles Block this threat to general lands from heading the BLM Letters Is it bleeding heart liberals or moral patriots objecting to boat strikes Letters A Democratic reset can start with ousting Hickenlooper Letters Where is Trump s concern for conditions in federal detention centers Letters Pete Hegseth should be court-martialed and Jason Crow tried for treason Letters It s a carol that basically takes one refrain and repeats it over and over and over and over AND OVER again It s so boring It s so repetitive Can t the voters who participate in this countdown pick something more absorbing or majestic Even the second-place carol in the countdown Silent Night is a way more engaging and heartwarming holiday carol than Carol of the Boring Or how about O Holy Night a past champion which is a way more majestic Christmas song than Carol of the Snooze In fact it s one of the the majority majestic songs of all time C mon Countdown voters let s vote with a little more imagination and music appreciation Dare to not be boring Jim Ciha Grand Junction Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns editorials and more To send a letter to the editor about this article submit online or check out our guidelines for how to submit by email or mail