Readers react to aggressive drivers, Hillary Clinton and the Iran nuclear deal
Aggressive drivers
From observation, it is safe to say that most drivers exceed the speed limit every time they drive, especially on multilane roads.
Even though the speed limit is the same in all lanes, they become angry when people choose to obey the law in the left lane.
Aggressive drivers tailgate, call people vulgar names and gesture rudely.
Do these same people berate others for not breaking other laws?
I wonder if Mr. Tailgater arrives at work, runs up to a co-worker, stops inches short of her face and shouts: “Did you defraud an elderly person on the way to work?
“No? Stupid (expletive).”
Does Mrs. Flipper-off-er arrive home and angrily quiz her children about why they did not shoplift at a department store that day?
She sneers: “You paid for that stuff? What’s wrong with you?”
Just makes me wonder.
Katie Evans
Merriam
Clinton, Benghazi
This is the season to attack Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Benghazi and a personal email account. Maybe a few facts need to be brought to light.
The company that managed Clinton’s private email server says it has no knowledge that the server was “wiped,” which means the 30,000 emails Clinton says she deleted can be recovered by the FBI.
The fact is Clinton had the right to delete non-work-related messages from her personal email account while she was secretary of state, according to the Department of Justice in a court filing in response to the conservative Judicial Watch lawsuit.
Also, former president Bill Clinton paid a State Department staffer to maintain the private email server Hillary Clinton used while heading the agency.
All we see is the opposition blowing smoke in these attacks on Hillary Clinton. Congress spent more than $40 million of taxpayers’ money on the Whitewater/Clinton probe. Lawmakers likely will spend as much investigating Hillary Clinton.
Maybe after a Republican presidential candidate is selected, we will see balanced attacks on both sides.
Charles G. Coy
Washington, Mo.
Iran nuclear deal
The world now has a nuclear deal with Iran. It was negotiated by England, France, Germany, China, Russia and the United States.
The others think it is a good deal. In fact, the rest of the world accepts it.
Congress wanted to reject it. What would have happened if it did?
The rest of the world would withdraw sanctions and do business with Iran. In fact, many of our closest allies would be fighting to be the first.
Can we get a better deal? No. Why would they agree?
We would be the isolated outsider. With the deal, the Iranians must wait at least 10 to 15 years to work on a bomb.
Without it, they could resume tomorrow. They could kick out the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors.
Critics say we cannot trust Iran, even with inspectors there. They want to force a deal that says Iran will reject sponsoring terrorism.
That is absurd because we cannot verify. We cannot trust the Iranians.
Martin Walsh
Glendale, Mo.
Insensitive crowd
Although we couldn’t attend the Kansas City Royals’ parade and celebration Tuesday, my daughter and I were thrilled to see all the fans while driving to a procedure at Children’s Mercy Hospital that day.
Unfortunately, once we got to the hospital, we were lucky to find a lone parking spot in the garage. A few families who arrived at 8 a.m. said the lot was already full and mentioned that they saw lots of people walk down the hill toward downtown.
On leaving the hospital, we sat in our car more than 90 minutes, my child groggy, sick and hungry from her procedure.
None of the people in the cars around us looked as if they had been in the hospital.
In fact, some exited their cars to keep the party going while the traffic was stalled.
I’m shocked at how little thought people gave to parking in that lot.
The spaces should have been for the families of ill children and those who braved the traffic to attend appointments and have same-day surgeries.
When you have a sick child, you shouldn’t have to worry about getting a hospital parking spot or about getting out of the lot.
Life is stressful enough.
Deborah
Clem-Buckert
Olathe
This story was originally published November 7, 2015 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Readers react to aggressive drivers, Hillary Clinton and the Iran nuclear deal."