&letterheadNo pets' clause

TO THE EDITOR: Animal shelters locally and nationwide are constantly encouraging to adopt a pet and give them a chance for a good life in a good home.

My question is what if you can offer a pet a good life and you are not a homeowner and you already have a pet and for unforeseen reasons you have to move? It is nearly impossible to rent anywhere because all rental agreements have a "no pets" clause. I wish landlords would assess each tenant's background and allow pets for people who know how to treat and take care of their animals. Some pets have been with their owners for a very long time and are considered family members. And, when it comes to the elderly, pets are considered very therapeutic.

Pets and people are suffering. What can be done about this?

Melissa Brown

Plattsburgh

&letterheadVoting for a hero

TO THE EDITOR: The Democrats have plans for the war. Obama says he will wave the white flag and pull out the troops in 90 days. What then?

Iraq will fall to al-Qaida just as South Vietnam fell 33 years ago. There is a difference, though. North Vietnam and Red China did not threaten Israel and the U.S.A. with annihilation publicly. Al-Qaida has done just that. North Vietnam and Red China did not behead American newsmen and not even the South Vietnam survivors were executed. Al-Qaida did that just yesterday, kidnapping the unarmed archbishop of Mosul, just for being a Christian and actually siding with the pro-Western local government and casting his body by the side of the road as garbage.

Sen. Clinton apparently is not quite as rash as Obama, but will do essentially the same thing but just take a year to do it instead of 90 days. Methinks she'll get the same results.

In November, it will be your turn to vote. Vote for surrender in Iraq. Vote for tax increases -- an all-time record tax increase at that. Vote for bridges to nowhere. Vote for sex scandals in the Lincoln bedroom presided over by a madam. Vote for global warming lies raising corporate expenses and possibly costing you your job. Vote for "Travelgate" scandals. Vote for bribery money to be concealed in freezers in Louisiana by Democrat congresspersons like Jefferson. Vote for tax money to be spent on prostitutes by your governor. Vote Democrat and continue these things.

But as for me and my house we will vote for a brave hero who is qualified by actual experience to be commander-in-chief. A man even tested by torture who would not and will not compromise my country's principles.

James Knapp

Plattsburgh

&letterheadMcCain's lead