Speak Out 12/19/08

Frisbee golf

DISC (FRISBEE) golf courses are popping up all over the nation. The popularity of the sport is increasing exponentially. Although money is tight, it would not cost much for Cape Girardeau to invest in the construction of some world-class disc golf courses all over the many parks and other public areas available in the city. We have some championship players residing in the area who are frustrated because they have to travel to get to quality courses, which could be made available to them right in their own hometown. The sizable crowds that would come to watch these superstars and spend some money in our town would more than offset the cost of building the courses and would inject much-needed revenue into our community.

Running a business

SOMEONE ASKED if any members of Congress have ever run a business. I would imagine a few of them have. However, now they're all having to because of the massive, mind-boggling failures of the heretofore sacrosanct free-market system.

Enlightening column

IF THEY read him, they at least have an inkling. Had it not been for the Southeast Missourian's publication of the accurate and hard-hitting criticism of President Bush by columnist Gene Lyons, those who rely exclusively on the paper, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Fox News would have been completely in the dark when it comes to the subject of what in the world happened to the Republican Party.