Give us details

In response to Ted Kessler's letter, "Insurance mistruths" of June 12, I would ask if he would give us the details of the proposed government health program.

He mentions an optional plan that would compete with the present health insurance companies. If the government pours $1 trillion into a plan, is that really competition? I hardly feel like I want to pay for my own insurance and then subsidize others' health plans through taxes.

Kessler also uses Medicare as an example of a government plan with low administrative costs. Excuse me, but I believe I have read where Medicare will be broke in a few years if more tax money is not poured into it.

At this point, it is my feeling we have far too few details about President Barack Obama's plan for anyone to make an intelligent decision.

It is not as if millions of people are going untreated for health problems in the United States today. In fact, I believe most will say the United States has health care far superior to any country.

Why wreck this with government intervention? Give us the details and costs of the administration's plan, and let us decide the truths and mistruths.

Bill White, Milford

A call to action

I add my call to that of myriad others: To satisfy my appetite for justice, the Nebraska Legislature, led by Sen. Mark Christensen, must proceed with all deliberate speed to ensure current law is sufficient to keep us safe in our home and person.

Further, that if we kill and eat someone who has intruded on our right of quiet enjoyment, we are not subject to arrest or prosecution.

As Dan Torrance concluded in "The Big Bus," you can't eat one lousy foot without being called a cannibal!

Oscar Sarafian, Lincoln

Apology wanted

I am a retired United Airlines flight attendant who is sickened by the recent comments of David Letterman. Not only is it a disgrace that he chose to harass women; he also chose to harass the flight attendant profession.

I am unable to repeat the words he chose to degrade my profession.

If David Letterman were a passenger on a flight I was working, I would do my best to make sure he was comfortable. In the case of an emergency situation or evacuation of the airplane, I would attend to Letterman's safety, and the safety of all passengers, to the best of my ability and training.

I am saddened that my airline union (AFA) has not come forth requesting an apology from Letterman for the words he chose. Flight attendants work very hard, long hours and miss their families very much. We are professionals, and we take our careers very seriously.

Patricia M. Beeman, Lincoln