I read John Balentine’s “An overabundance of caution is our undoing” (Aug. 13). He claims that “All levels of government for 17 months now have been crafting virus-related recommendations based on an abundance of caution.” He must have missed President Trump referring to the COVID virus or expressed concerns about COVID as a hoax. Such […]
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Letter: Balentine parrots Tucker Carlson’s positions
Tucker Carlson has penned a one-act, one-person farcical play entitled “Did I really say that!”, starring John Balentine. SCENE ONE: Curtain rises and Balentine shouts to the audience (composed entirely of vaccinated citizens wearing masks): “… it’s appropriate … to honor laborers … , never take them for granted … they’re all essential” (“Labor Day […]
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Here’s Something: Labor Day reminds us all workers are essential
Americans’ work ethic, and especially Mainers’, is still as strong as ever. And as we celebrate the upcoming Labor Day weekend, it’s appropriate to take time to honor laborers of all kinds, never take them for granted and recognize they’re all essential. Without the workers that manufacture, grow, transport, care for, clean, cook, teach, serve, […]
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Letter: Reader rebuts Balentine’s ‘overabundance of caution’
In the Aug. 13 edition of The Southern Forecaster, John Balentine published an opinion column with the headline “An overabundance of caution is our undoing.” In it, he argues that “in our fully vaccinated present (an abundance of caution) merely yields an abundance of unfounded hysteria, fiscal waste and confrontations between shoppers in stores.” Let’s […]
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Letter: Letter reflects poorly on Forecaster editorial board
I do not know what The Forecaster’s policy is regarding racist remarks by letter writers, but I found the letter from Mr. Jack Uminski shocking (“Balentine’s ‘like-minded’ readers are many,” Aug. 19). Perhaps he thought he was clever by describing Yarmouth as providing a “white-privileged” lifestyle to the citizens of this town, but I found […]
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Letter: Forecaster should stop aiding and abetting Balentine
What responsibility does The Forecaster bear by allowing John Balentine to continue putting forward false and misleading information concerning the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts by local/state/federal agencies to control said pandemic? Answer: A great deal. For months, Mr. Balentine’s “selective forgetfulness” with respect to medical/scientific recommendations promulgated to mitigate against the spread of COVID-19 has […]
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Letter: Balentine defender should consider the company he keeps
I read with interest Mr. Uminski’s response to the letter by Mr. Romanoff about “like-minded readers” (“Balentine’s ‘like-minded’ readers are many,” Aug. 20). He begins by insulting Heather Martin as to her “woke” columns about things of concern to most reasonable people. Perhaps Mr. Uminski prefers to “doze” while others move forward. Next he disparages […]
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Letter: Balentine’s ‘like-minded’ readers are many
Steve Romanoff’s letter titled “Balentine only serves like-minded readers” (Aug. 12) prompts this response. Mr. Balentine is one of three or four opinion columnists who are published in The Forecaster. True, Balentine voices an opinion that may often appeal to conservatives. What do the others voice? 1. Heather Martin makes “nice,” woke, left-of-center comments about […]
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Letter: ‘Abundance of caution’ has served Maine well
I am so glad to see John Balentine giving Gov. Mills the credit she deserves for her handling of the COVID pandemic (“Here’s Something: An overabundance of caution is our undoing,” Aug. 13). He expressed that we have had an “abundance of caution” in our state, and I quite agree. This allowed Maine to have […]
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Letter: ‘Vital service’ not based in fact is not useful
I enjoyed traveling the written road provided by Andrew Young (“Forum: Balentine provides a vital service to Forecaster readers,” July 30), until he came to a fork. To the left, Young stated: “… I find (Balentine’s) commentaries so consistently at odds with reality and facts that I sometimes wonder if (he) actually believes any of […]