The article further states that April's G-20 meeting in London required 10,000 police officers. Something is truly askew with this whole scenario. Are they contemplating shutting down the tunnels and the parkway? Traffic in Pittsburgh on a normal day is a disaster without the burden of a police squad on every corner.
Aside from the issue of who will pay for this fiasco is the larger question of why all this security is necessary in the first place. If it is indeed so hazardous to hold a meeting such as this, would it not be better to hold it somewhere more suited to dealing with large scale events? New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia come to mind. They are used to dealing with large numbers of nuts and psychos on a daily basis and may be a better choice for this meeting.
Mark A. Livingood
Washington
Osama bin lobbyin'
Since 9/11, according to government figures, 175,000 convicts housed in U.S. prisons have converted to Islam.
Now, President Obama wants to close the detention facility at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and transfer the Islamic terrorists there to stateside prisons - where they can turn the home-grown, wannabes into hard-core jihadists.
Sounds like the idea was hatched by a lobbyist for Osama bin Laden.
Lou Marra
Canonsburg
Cling to God, guns
To quote Mr. Obama while he was campaigning last year, he said that all we have here in this area was our small towns, our God and our guns. Well, if the government keeps getting larger and the taxes keep going up and our rights keep getting smaller, we are going to need our God and our guns to survive this mess we are heading for.
If we Americans keep apologizing for what we believe in and what we stand for, we will soon lose our God-given freedom that so many good men and women have given their precious lives for.
We should be proud Americans and stand up and be counted for who we are and let us stop being ashamed. Tell the world and our enemies who we are and what we believe in.
It's time to celebrate the 4th of July in Spirit and Truth.
Dick Jackson
Canonsburg