A simple thank you just isn’t enough for our fabulous 2008 Dale City Parade Committee. 

Barack Obama, his wife, Michelle and their two children are human beings that have hearts that pump at 60 beats a minute. 

On July 16, the passing of Woodbridge business entrepreneur Bob Roadcap was a melancholy moment from the ‘70s and ‘80s for many who recall spending Saturday mornings in Bob’s Sport Shop at Occoquan and Horner Roads chatting about Friday night’s high school games. 

I sit stunned after seeing the vicious cartoon attack on the Pope and, by extension, the Catholic Church, with the cute caption, “Pope Rejects Consumer Culture.” This came from a Spanish political-cartoon Web site, and was translated for our benefit. 

Thank you for the front page coverage of Stephanie Hopping with the American Life League, protesting Planned Parenthood’s meeting at Chinn Park Regional library. 

This is in response to the letter, “No desire for your sympathy or respect,” by Ruben Pineda.

Oh my, just what are the whacky, freaked-out, liberal George Bush haters going to do when he is out of office. My goodness, Mr. Remener and Mr. Chandler (who both had their wild rantings published in this paper recently), I ask you just what is going to occupy your time after January 20? 

I do hope many read the article, “Sights to see ... so close to home,” along with the elegant scene of the restored Brentsville courthouse featured in the July 13 edition of the Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger. 

Riddle: When is a bird sanctuary not a bird sanctuary?

Your July 21 Opinion piece “Hot air fuels energy” quoted from another newspaper sounded much like a parody of the oil industry PR releases of 10 years ago. 

Why has North Korea been removed from the list of terror nations? 

Why has North Korea been removed from the list of terror nations? 

This is in response to a recent letter by C. P. Brothers III.

Could Mr. Gary Jacobsen be any more disillusioned? Mr. Jacobsen, before you go out bashing Republican Congressmen please keep this in mind: the current Congress is controlled by the Democrats. Here are just a few examples of what the “effective” Democrats are all about.

If the top 10 most effective people in Congress are Democrats, and the Democrats control both houses of Congress, why is the Congressional approval rating in single digits and falling? (I guess it’s the Republicans fault.)

How truly sad and ironic that in the the days surrounding celebration and commemoration of the principles and ideals on which our nation was founded, we are assailed by a rude partisan critique and politicization of the presence of our president at the naturalization ceremony at Monticello.

I found your editorial, “A fighting chance for Obama in Virginia?” quite interesting.

Another routine edict has been cast at the court house. It’s that proverbial act known as no-fault divorce, where equal parenting time gets less scrutiny than applying for a Virginia fishing license. 

Del. Jeff Frederick comments on the recent special session on transportation.

I wish to thank Dr. Bukzin D.D.S. and staff for helping me in a time of need. 

Joe Angsten should not be lecturing Democrats about “competence” in government and his resistance to Obama’s call for “change.”

It is fairly clear that in the near future there will not be enough gas and oil to supply the world’s “need.” However, instead of addressing this problem head-on, we are trying to build more roads (to “solve” traffic gridlock) and to search for new fields of gasoline and oil (to “decrease” price of fuel at the pumps).

Saturday’s article about DeCarol Davis, the first black female valedictorian of the Coast Guard Academy, who by the way, graduated from a local high school, Forest Park, did not make it to the front page of the Potomac News

I am a 17-year-old caucasian girl who has lived in Manassas my whole life. 

The front page story “Reaction Positive to Webb’s G.I. Bill” in the July 2 Potomac News was a fitting tribute to Sen. Jim Webb, who worked diligently for 18 months to get the bill through Congress.

Over the years I have read with occasional interest the rantings and ravings written by Mr. Vic Poillucci. I had hoped that aging would have produced better results but his recent letter berating the patriotism of Barack Obama is hog-wash and a bird-call — cheep, cheep and cheep. 

Mr. Brothers III, have you ever heard of “Grandfather Clause?”

Much is being made of the cost of the recent General Assembly special session where transportation solutions would have helped residents of Prince William County, and I agree that it is absolutely unconscionable for our representatives to take $120,000 in taxpayer money to accomplish nothing on this all-important issue.

How absurd it is for the Prince William County Sewer Authority to even mention cutting the water off or expecting payment for their not-so-bright mistake.

While the media has been covering the student loan “crisis,” advertising the fears of the banking industry that they will be put out of business by the newest market and government trends, few people are continuing to discuss issues from the student borrower side.