Letters: The Wall St. protesters

WALL STREET is now the target of the disillusioned degenerates (failures for the most part) that the pressures of today's society is producing in burgeoning numbers.

It's Wall Street today, and tomorrow the target could be the National Football League or Major League Baseball, anything to attract attention and, of course, media coverage.

Makes me think of the riots in France and Britain when the governments could no longer provide the protesters with the benefits they should never have given them to begin with.

The entitlements are a very inefficient method of trying to help those who aren't willing to work, have no intention of repaying their government loans and are willing to commit anarchy, treason or anything else to achieve their selfish goals. The protests here will continue and grow, some politicians might try to use it to their advantage, but eventually the movement will collapse.

Americans are sympathetic to those who protest legally, but protests are now an excuse to destroy property, use drugs and engage in behavior that could harm our government. But no national, state or local government can afford to let protests to go that far.

Ephraim Levin

Philadelphia

Carl Lewis as an also-ran

As a Republican, I can't seem to feel bad for one of our greatest Olympic champions of all time, Carl Lewis. The man would love to represent his constituents, and I believe he would do a fine job.

The problem is the GOP is afraid to step up to the starting gate. Obviously, the GOP is doing whatever they can do to keep this speedster off the ballot. What are they afraid of, losing a seat?

Good luck, Mr. Lewis

Bill Heiser

Philadelphia