Global warming? It sure doesn't# feel like it.

I think if they cannot get 150,000 to 200,000 troops from 50,000 from the U.S. or 75,000 and more troops from other countries, to get this Iraq and Afghanistan mess over with, then we should bring our troops home and have a downsurge, not an upsurge, eventually pulling out and letting the U.N. and other countries take over in Iraq.

Unlike Joanne Green, I give Murray Lynch all the credit in the world. He stood up to the Bushies more than all the Democrats in Congress.

I knew Hillary was lying when she moved to New York and insisted she had no intention of running for president. I can't trust a liar as far as I can spit!

Why is a local bowling establishment allowed to get away with letting its smoking patrons smoke in the vestibule, instead of following the law and making them smoke outside? Those of us who are non-smokers are sick and tired of continually coming home week after week with our hair and clothes still smelling like smoke because of this blatant disregard for the law!

We in the Auburn area who do not have cable are having a problem with CBS Channel 5 and NBC Channel 3. We're getting a very distorted picture.

The way I see it, nobody goes up to Emerson Park any more, anyway, not even the seagulls. So what difference does it make if you ban smoking or not up there?

Why do people buy dark green bags? Because you can't buy the clear ones in the stores.

I started to do The Citizen survey but it turned out to be endless, so I stopped. A much shorter survey, carefully planned, could provide The Citizen with the information it seeks.

The Citizen, Mr. Cosentino, et al, wake up! Creating another bureaucratic position for Owasco Lake will only add to those bureaucrats responsible for the lake's problems - DEC, county health department, Auburn and town of Owasco water departments.

Hey, mayor, when are the 1,500 jobs you promised coming? Second Tuesday, or next week?

I really believe we come to like what we're used to - such as in music - but when people try to push the envelope, we tend to resent the sound. Dave Matthews breaks every musical law but who's to say he's right or wrong?

Congratulations to the Cato-Meridian basketball team, handing state-ranked Onondaga Central only its second defeat of the season! We're proud of you guys!

The Merry-Go-Round Playhouse should be shut down also because it could catch fire and cause smoke in Emerson Park. What about the children?

Just a thought: Flowers wilt and die, candy is gone shortly, very fast. This Valentine's give something that lasts - yourself!

Hey Moravia school district voters: Please vote yes on Feb. 13. This way the state will help us pay for the project.

Scooter Libby shouldn't be on trial. Dick Cheney should be on trial for getting us into an uncalled war in Iraq.

The non-stop destruction of forest land and hedgerows and paving over of farmland is going to have much more serious consequences to the climate than burning fossil fuels, but there is little discussion of this because scientists do not get government grant money to study it.

To the persons complaining about smoking at Emerson Park: Come on, it's an open air area. You just want your face in the news.

Mr. Vargason says the facts show that Mr. Brown received a fair trial. Yet all the evidence pointing to Mr. Bench somehow never made it to the defense lawyers.