Letter: Rhetoric and retaking the beach

Editor, Daily News:

I for one am sick of the continuous anti-Bush rhetoric, with no constructive solutions or alternatives proposed. I wish all the serial letter writers would do something positive, instead of attacking their keyboards and president at every turn. Rather than demeaning our president and military why don't they channel their anger and revulsion to positive purposes?

Those who have any knowledge whatsoever, other than of the Daily News' address, would be aware of the America First Committee and its platform prior to World War II. It has been hijacked by Pat Buchanan and the far right, but there is no reason that the anti-war crowd cannot take over America First or create a new party with an anti-war, isolationist platform.

After all, they say that 65-70 percent of Americans support their views. It should be a slam dunk.

I would much rather see constructive political opposition through legitimate means, rather than see a bedraggled Bush-hating protester demean the service and sacrifice of our lost military personnel on the beach in Naples.

I cannot help but wonder why the Naples mayor and City Council allow these protests to go on. The Naples Pier is a landmark in this area, and to have a politically motivated spectacle there every holiday is ridiculous.

If no permit is required, why doesn't the local VFW or other organizations use that section of the beach to honor our veterans, instead of allowing a small group of malcontents to dishonor them?

— Robert Trainor / Naples