OpinionOctober 12, 2000
SPEAK OUT
IF THE court of appeals from St. Louis sides with Mr. Drury on the River Campus issue and it takes another election, I would suggest that all the people get out and vote against it. I WISH the post office would teach the letter carriers to read the name of the street and not just the numbers...
Get ready to vote no
IF THE court of appeals from St. Louis sides with Mr. Drury on the River Campus issue and it takes another election, I would suggest that all the people get out and vote against it.
Misdirected mail
I WISH the post office would teach the letter carriers to read the name of the street and not just the numbers.
Bureaucrats did it
THERE IS no such thing as global warming. The people who believe it are teaching this in the public schools, telling kids about this ozone hole that's depleting. I have one question for you people who believe this: Do you know what creates the ozone layer around Earth? Do you know what you would actually have to do to destroy the ozone layer? First, you'd have to blow up the sun. The sun is what creates the ozone layer. This question needs to be asked of these people preaching global warming. I've talked to these college professors, and they're all brainwashed, saying that we've got global warming when it's simply not true. Who cares if Earth is going to be one degree hotter in a hundred years? I'm not going to be here. The ozone hole is just made up by a bunch of government people who have appointed themselves to government jobs.
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Credibility factor
WHEN THE president of the United States speaks, the American people ought to be able to believe that there's some semblance of truth to what he says.
Deregulation caution
TO THOSE who are weary of the endless parade of politicos who proclaim themselves best at saving our pocketbooks or our morals, may I suggest you turn your thoughts to a rarely heard word during elections, although we're constantly told it's good for us: deregulation. Supposedly it always gives us more choices and more competition. Curiously, it seems to frequently result in takeovers, the loss of thousands of jobs and the enrichment of the portfolios of those fortunate enough to be in the know in the stock market. Some past deregulated triumphs include airlines. Remember when Ozark flew into Cape? For that matter, remember Ozark? Ponder your current service. Airlines piously promise to do better. I'm sure they will. Savings and loans how soon we forget that little fiasco. The taxpayer tab for that venture was $1,000 for each man, woman and child in the United States. At least it was equal opportunity. Clinton and Bush both had either friends or family for whom we picked up the tab. Banks: recent and ongoing. I'm sure you've noticed dramatic improvement in your bank, whatever its name is this week. Electricity: They just tried this in California. People got doubled utility bills immediately. A virtual taxpayer revolt seemed to sideline this temporarily. Although both parties participate, they don't seem to want to talk about it much during elections. I wonder why.
Young drivers: Grow up
YOUNG PEOPLE of Cape Girardeau: We, the folks over 30 in the uncool cars, do have a right to drive on the streets of Cape Girardeau. I realize we do not depart a stop sign in a snappy manner. Nor do we dash out in traffic on a yellow caution, sharing our music with all around us. Generally we choose a lane of traffic and stay with it, driving our dreary automobiles to our boring jobs. We toil away and pay taxes to pave your streets, to build your schools, to subsidize your state universities. Unfortunately, in those institutions of learning, they apparently do not incorporate manners into the curriculum. Please be advised: I know your feelings about me. Your finger gestures and shouted obscenities have been noted. But you don't know my feelings about you. I will write slowly, so you can understand: You rude, selfish brats driving the automobiles your parents worked two jobs to pay for, grow up. You are endangering the lives of those who have to drive with you on the road. Your ill-tempered garbage-mouth ruins my day. Keep your music to yourself, and your hands too.
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