Posted by UWM Alumni/UWM Neighborhood Resident on Oct 31, 2007 at 07:28 PM:

Dear UWM Post,

Thank you for addressing the parking issue in the neighborhood surrounding UWM (“City generates more than $20 million annually in parking tickets,” Oct. 29). I am a property owner south of the campus (Stowell Avenue) and a UWM alumni. I see no need for the existence of 1 hour parking zones in our neighborhood; it makes no sense. Our neighbor Mr. D'Amato says it's to give all the students a chance to park close to the University. Crap! It's nothing more than a source of revenue generation (i.e. ticketing) for the City, and everybody knows it! So every hour we play musical chairs while Jim changes parking spots with Mary and Mary with Jim. We're talking about wasted time, wasted gasoline and the danger presented by students (sometimes) speeding through residential neighborhoods to find new parking spaces and get back to class. I'm hopeful that our next alderperson will institute 2, 3 or even 4 hour parking in our neighborhood.

Posted by Jesus of Nazareth on Nov 02, 2007 at 10:05 AM:

As someone who has experienced it personally, I can tell you straight up that I am against capital punishment (“Follow your common sense,” Oct. 29).

However, I would like to know what the just punishment is for the murder of one million Iraqi civilians.

Posted by Rush Limbaugh's College Career on Nov 02, 2007 at 09:52 AM:

"Out of fairness, though, we should both be given a C+"? (“Do I smell a Marxist?” Oct. 29)

Your understanding of Marxism is on a 4th grade level. Your assertions make no sense. Regardless of where you stand politically, there are abundant examples to show the limitations of the "fairness" of both free trade and capitalism.

Whoever is feeding you information is both paranoid and misinformed. The Cold War is over.

Furthermore, Hillary Clinton LOVES corporate donors. She promises not to rock the boat for anyone who has made millions of dollars enslaving or murdering people.

Posted by Adam on Nov 07, 2007 at 09:16 AM:

Are you suggesting communism? (“Class-consciousness,” Nov. 5) If so feel free to move to Cuba. People in Cuba love it so much they risk their lives swimming to Florida on rafts so they can tell us how great communism is. Seriously, take an economics class, you might learn the law of supply and demand and what makes things worth what they are worth.

Posted by The Neoconservative on Nov 07, 2007 at 05:57 PM:

“Our current president believes that, because the Bible says that all life is sacred, abortion and any results of abortion must be illegal.” (“A natural right,” Nov. 5)

Ok so basically you’re saying that the rule not to murder people is a religious belief that should not be in politics? That's ridiculous, merging church and state would be far better than allowing murder on the basis that opposition to it is merely based on a religious belief.

Posted by Elena Pires on Nov 07, 2007 at 10:37 PM:

I do think you're right about this issue (“A natural right,” Nov. 5). Religion has shaped too much of recent U.S. policy. You’re right, the issue isn't really whether or not abortion is right or wrong and who believes what. The issue is that our government does not have the right to force any religious views on its citizens. When our government tries to prevent abortion, marriage rights for gay people, and comprehensive sex ed, it is forcing fundamentalist Christian morality on many people who don't subscribe to it. I have a right to practice or not practice any religion I choose (unless my practicing it begins to interfere with the rights of others). I also have a right to not be forced into obeying the beliefs of others, when my hypothetical actions affect only myself.

Also, murder of a being that is capable of surviving and thriving on its own and abortion of a fertilized egg, bundle of cells, or partially formed fetus are not the same thing.

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