Reader Comments

A blog reader responded to last week’s article about retail centers along Los Alisos Blvd.:
“Taco Bell and the ice cream shop are visible from the street [Los Alisos and Trabuco], but you have to drive in to see three great places to eat, Taco Mesa, Thai Bowl and The Mediterranean Cafe. Taco Mesa is the only one that advertises of the three that are on the southeast corner. These are great restaurants, so please tell others about them.”

What’s the national motto? A blog reader emailed:
“On Monday, some members of Congress called on Barack Obama to correct the record after he misidentified the national motto in a speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, last month. ‘In the United States, our motto is E pluribus unum -- out of many, one,’ he said, comparing it to the motto of Indonesia, ‘Bhennika Tunggal Ika -- unity in diversity.’

“The national motto, of course, is ‘In God We Trust,’ and has been since 1956, when it was changed from E pluribus unum. Obama, though, has a habit of leaving God out of the discussion. On several occasions, he has quoted the Declaration of Independence and spoken of being endowed with unalienable rights while leaving out the all-important ‘by our Creator.’

“In a letter, the representatives wrote, ‘By misrepresenting things as foundational as the Declaration of Independence and our national motto, you are not only doing a disservice to the people you represent, you are casting aside an integral part of American society.’ As Ronald Reagan once put it, ‘If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.’”