OpinionOctober 13, 2000
SPEAK OUT
TO THE grandparents: The next time you see your grandchildren, please give them a hug and a kiss. Tell them how much you love them. I do not have mine today. Mine were beaten and bruised by their mother. The court, after seeing physical and visible abuse and hearing the children say their mother repeatedly beat them, gave the children back to her. ...
Pain in their hearts
TO THE grandparents: The next time you see your grandchildren, please give them a hug and a kiss. Tell them how much you love them. I do not have mine today. Mine were beaten and bruised by their mother. The court, after seeing physical and visible abuse and hearing the children say their mother repeatedly beat them, gave the children back to her. We can kiss them. We can kiss their bruises and the hurting goes away, but what do we do about the pain in their hearts that their mother has put there?
Follow the Bible
I JUST saw Carnahan's ad again. It showed a Baptist church. Too bad he doesn't believe like the Bible teaches, that life begins at conception, and thou shalt not murder.
Smart future president
AFTER GEORGE W. Bush wins this election -- and the next, of course -- we're looking at one of the best presidents, aside from Ronald Reagan -- Dick Cheney -- that this country will ever see. That's a smart man.
He knows what I need
I LISTENED to the Lieberman/Cheney debate. I was struck by one statement Lieberman made that just ties it all up in a knot as to what Democrats are. He said, "Certain people don't need tax cuts. Let's give it to somebody else who needs them." I tell you what, I reserve the right as a voter on election day to go into his house and proceed to say what he needs and what he doesn't need. Does he need that big old house? Does he need that big old car? Does he need that big old TV?
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Thanks to Drury, judge
CONGRATULATIONS TO Jim Drury are certainly in order for his standing up for the people of Cape on the proposed River Campus debacle. Even after the people voted it down, it is still being shoved down our throats. Had this so-called River Campus gone through, it would have cost current and future SEMO students even higher fees. Plus, it would have been a huge waste of taxpayer money. Thank you, judge, for your very sensible ruling. And thank you, Jim Drury. I am very proud of you for being a class citizen.
Trying to hide?
WHY DOES Gov. Mel Carnahan refuse to take questions from his constituents in Southeast Missouri? He's twice appeared on radio here in this area, even appearing on a call-in show, and he refused to take questions from anybody down here. I called today after reading an article in the Missourian about a roundtable discussion that he's going to have next week. I was told that he was already sold out of tickets. What's the governor trying to hide?
Freedom to fail
AS USUAL, the Southeast Missourian does exactly what a teacher I had many years ago said: For every complex problem, there is an answer that is quick, simple and wrong. The farm problem is very complex. And because we need a stored supply of products in case of drought, insect infestation or plant disease, this supply has always weighed on the market because we don't have a way to insulate this supply, which lowers prices. We can't cut prices for export and have a higher price at home. It's against all of our treaties. And we are not the low-cost producer for most agricultural products. To think we can produce our way to prosperity without any production control is ludicrous. When you are losing money on every bushel you produce, you can't make it up in volume. Anybody who knows anything about agricultural history knows that the Freedom to Farm program was really a freedom-to-fail program.
Help regulate the county
IT'S RIDICULOUS for anybody to vote against planning and zoning. All cities have regulations on building. Why should the people living in the counties be able to do anything they want to do? They can put in a junkyard right against someone's residential home. They can put in a hog operation, smelly plants. This should be regulated too. Vote yes for county zoning and get our county organized and keep it looking nice.
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