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| Regarding
7/16/04 Edition |
| "Herman, I was really impressed- more so than with any other of your columns.The subject was timely, you organized the facts very well,you created the reader's interest, with your usual sense of humor, you maintained a neutral non-confrontational thesis, which has both an "everyman" appeal, and a more sophisticated one which makes your readers feel that you are one of them yet at the same time brighter or more "with it" than most of us, but not the least condescending. You found your forte in current and/or controversial topics. I am looking forward to your next column.
Steve C. Kemiji
Sacramento, CA" |
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- Steve C Kemiji
Sacramento, CA |
| Regarding
6/21/04 Edition |
| "My good friend, Dr. Kemiji of Sacramento, drew my attention to "View from the Pier," and I agree with him that Herman Sillas's columns are thoughtful, unique, and in the case of his June 21 column also very humorous. Like the great British satirist Jonathan Swift (whose classic "A Modest Proposal" is still standard fare in college lit classes), Mr. Sillas uses humor and exaggeration when he suggests that future wars be fought by the senior-citizen generation! Their lifetime experience in negotiating, questioning, and proposing alternatives might just stop the "angry waves" of global warfare that Sillas deplores. Maybe the likes of Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and Armitage could be prevailed upon to set the example and be the first volunteers to experience firsthand the scourge of war and the tragedy of the deaths of America's finest and youngest!" |
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- M. Chaconas
Costa Mesa, CA |
| Regarding
5/17/04 Edition |
| "I camer across Herman Sillas's View From The Pier, 5/17/04 and read with special emotion his masterful narration. It brought back to memory the Herman I knew in the 70's when we both worked for the Brown Administration in Sacramento. Almost thirty years later, he still keeps that wonderful humolr and compassion intact. San Clemente is lucky to claim him as one of its citezens.
Sincerely,
Dr. Steve C. Kemiji
Colonel, CMR (RET.)" |
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- Steve C. Kemiji
Sacramento, CA |
| Regarding
3/19/04 Edition |
| "Herman, Congratulations on your website. Your view whether from the pier, a boat, a lawyer's chair, in front of a canvas, behind a pole, in front of a bbq; I will always respect and love. You speak from the heart and touch the soul. love, your little sister" |
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- jeannie lowe
hemet, CA |
| Regarding
2/1/04 Edition |
| "Great column. Now I know if I loose any weight, it will find a good home." |
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- Hugo Zambrano
Anaheim, Ca |
| Regarding
11/19/04 Edition |
| "Herman, you've done it again. I liked this article, although not as much as when you write on human interests topics. However, this article shows that you can write well on diverse and timely subjects. As always you make your points with the readers, in this article by ably comparing elections to sports.
I was especially impressed when towards the end you made the comment that "the reason for our different expectations..... is that in sports, folks are spectators. In elections we are participants.".... This gave me something to think about, a comparison that struck me as something fresh and different!" |
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- steve c kemiji
Sacramento, CA |
| Regarding
10/15/04 Edition |
| "Death is never an easy subject to talk or write about. There is no easy way to die, yet all of us must mourn in the way we were affected by the departed person. Memories brought up as the dead embark on their final journey to the unknown, must be measured and must avoid shallowness.These memories must embody both pathos and humor, to reassure those left behind that there is something more to death than just disappearing from this world. Hope must be invoked to the hopeless, solace imparted in some way to those who need comfort. Herman, your commemoration of Jim was indeed a pearl of wisdom and humor. You know you must have made Jim happy when you told us that, as the funeral procession passed by the Pier, you felt he saw it in its true splendor for the first and last time!
Steve C. Kemiji
Sacramento, CA" |
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- Steve C. Kemiji
Sacramento, CA, 95825 |
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