Dear editor,

This is my second attempt to get you to publish these comments. Today, with the largest, and most dynamic economy in the history of human civilization in shambles, I thought I would try again. So here is a letter that the Register refused to publish back in the summer of 2005.

“Who better to run our country than a rancher, cattleman, businessman? Someone who understands that there is no profit without a slaughter. The dictates of our cattleman’s morality are simple and consistent: good, better, best can be discerned by the ‘cents’ that things make. Whether the combatants are Shiites and Sunnis, Hutus and Tutsi, or Americans versus whoever: remember, there are bucks to be made when slaughtering time comes. So, lie if you must, but get it to come. Then from a safe distance, hoist the flag high and stick out your chest. Loudly proclaim that you are defending democracy and proceed with the transfer of wealth; from the pockets and the flesh of the people, to the pockets of our very own cattle masters, Halliburton and friends.”

I ended the letter with a warning, “The $1.4 trillion giveaway was just the beginning.”

Thank you for the opportunity to say, “I told you so.”

Robert D. Mone

Napa