Readers sound off on politicians, TV host attire and a Mafia hit

East Meadow, L.I.: Our government seems to be hell bent on ruining itself. A balloon enters its airspace and they shoot it down, then warn citizens not to touch it or go near it. Sounds logical to me, but if you didn’t know what’s in it, why did you shoot it down? I’ve seen jetliners get refueled in midair, I’ve seen ballistic nets shot over a man running on an airstrip — you can’t tell me there was not a more nimble way to bring it down.

You hint about a government shutdown due to the debt ceiling, then avoid taking any action.

You allow unvetted, undocumented people to enter your country. When you try to feed them, they throw away one and a half tons of your food because they have their own. You prepare a safe and warm place for them to stay. You have your top official stay the night to prove to them it’s fine. They sleep on the sidewalk in protest of the abode you are offering. Then you start taking people to jail. Are you serious? Do you have any idea what it costs to house one inmate per day? You should bus them back to the border — come the right way or not at all.

George Santos! “But the people voted him in.” I beg your pardon! The people voted in a figment of his imagination, not him. If the vote is so sacred, then a man’s word during his campaign should be held in sanctity as an oath. Embellished? No, you lied. Gary L. Drakeford

Fort Lee: George Santos is a fake. Congress should be the perfect place for him. Gary Schwartz

Newton, N.J.: Here’s a way to silence Jim (Gym) Jordan and his band of propagandists: Don’t cover their bogus carnival in Manhattan. Deny them oxygen and their fire dies out. Michael Schnackenberg

New Windsor, N.Y.: To Voicer Mitzi Belsky: I’m with you regarding Sam Champion’s style of dress. For several years, he was sporting suits and ties. He does don the jacket on the noon to 1 p.m. telecast of Eyewitness News and it looks presentable. The ties can be a bit irritating around the neck. If you have access to a computer, Google the late game show host Geoff Edwards from the 1970s show “Jackpot!” and you’ll see some really loud sartorial duds. The late vice president of daytime NBC, Lin Bolen, was responsible for having her young hosts dress in open collar shirts. By the way, I’ve always liked Sam and his fellow meteorologists, especially Dani Beckstrom and Brittany Bell. They’re both lovely ladies and dress well too. Todd Schuster

East Meadow, L.I.: I would like to thank all the Voicers who continue to write about the way Sam Champion dresses. It gives me a good laugh before I start my day. With all the issues our once-great city has, people are so concerned regarding a weather forecaster’s attire. Thanks again for all the laughs. Jeff Tuck

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Manhattan: I fail to understand how a judge with no medical or scientific background has the authority and audacity to invalidate the FDA’s approval more than 20 years ago of mifepristone, an abortion pill. The judge’s decision is based solely on his personal anti-abortion stance and not on any medical or scientific reasoning. No judge should be allowed to overrule a federal agency’s medical decisions. Moreover, if, as the Dobbs case decided, abortion is a matter to be left up to individual states, a judge (even a federal one) in Texas may not make a decision outlawing an abortion pill for the rest of the country. The judge has clearly overstepped his bounds and rendered a decision based solely on his personal belief that abortion is wrong and should be banned in this country. Chana Schwartz

Plainview, L.I.: Hallelujah, I don’t believe it. I finally agree with Bramhall on something. In his April 13 cartoon, you’ve got the GOP mascot saying, “We gotta ban these abortion pills” and Uncle Sam saying, “They’re bullets.” Yes, they are — “bullets” that take the life of a pre-born baby, and have been doing so, to the tune of more than 60 million, since abortion was somehow found to be a constitutional right in 1973. Who knows, maybe only one of those dear ones might have been the one to find a cure for cancer or Alzheimer’s. Maybe he or she would’ve been a leader who chose to unite the people instead of being your run-of-the-mill, vote-the-party-line politician who divides them. But alas, we’ll never know, will we? Wait, you mean to say that’s not what Bramhall meant? Oh, how foolish of me to think he thought all life was and is precious, both the born and pre-born. John Cilento

Manhattan: Thank you, Voicer Nicholas Molinari, for saying it all. A well-regulated militia? What a joke. Ordinary Americans allowed to carry assault rifles and mow down anyone they choose to is not a well-regulated militia. We are a joke to the rest of the world and a shame to our once-great country. There is no justification for allowing this to be, and yet it continues on and on. It is beyond understanding. Pro-life? Another joke. Only pro-pre-born life — no care for post-born life. That is the modern Republican Party. I have lived through a lot in my many years, but I never would have been able to imagine what this country has become. I can only cry. Marcia Epstein

Jersey City: Not one of the pundits of the major networks ever mentioned the money politicians of either party receive from gun manufacturers through the NRA. For example, Ted Cruz obtained $462,000. As we are never going to get campaign finance reform, every conversation should be framed around how much particular politicians receive from the gun lobby. These people would not care if members of their own family were killed. They just want to keep their jobs. Kick the bums out! Michael Hudson

Oak Ridge, N.J.: A word to people who are still dumb enough to smoke: With all the warnings about smoking, if you’re dumb enough to smoke, you’re dumb enough to chuck a cigarette out into a tinderbox. Remember, the house you burn down may be your own. It will be no different with the idiots and their fireworks exploding all over the tops of trees and neighbors’ houses this Memorial Day weekend. One day, you’ll get lucky and burn down someone’s home. I must see two or three butts a day getting slickly dropped out of a pickup truck or car. James Heimbuch

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.: I enjoyed Mike Gecan’s Sunday opinion piece on development proposals (“Development’s struggle for sites and subsidies,” April 16). Former Baltimore mayor, the late William Donald Schaefer, who later became Maryland’s governor, helped revitalize Charm City when the Inner Harbor became a reality. He was also instrumental in the planning of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, a beautiful ballpark. Sadly, the Inner Harbor is overridden with crime. Matt Engel

Manhattan: Re “He gets life for slay of Mafia dad” (April 15): If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try and try again. Is this the sorry state of affairs the Man of Honor’s family has sunken to today? Had it never occurred to Anthony Zottola that with every failed attempt at killing his father, “Sally Daz,” came more discussion, more planning, additional cell chatter — and the very real possibility of being extorted and killed himself? And why would you recruit a common, pot-smoking leader of a street gang that can’t shoot straight to conduct a professional hit? As then-detained Gambino underboss Aniello “Neil” Dellacroce observed when asked to comment about the antics of “Dog Day Afternoon” bank bandit John Stanley Wojtowicz after the 1972 robbery of a Brooklyn bank branch, “Real crimes are a thing of the past. It’s all Hollywood now.” Aydin Torun