OpinionMay 10, 2007
Speak Out 5/10/07
All about freedom ; Still too scary; Principled candidate; Gas over golf; Giving handouts; Pets need homes; Expensive atrium; Graduation skepticism
All about freedom
THE EMILY Brooker Intellectual Diversity Act makes no mention of any type of religious bias. Also, no opinion by any state representative or College Republican has stated any intent to bring religion into the classroom. The need for this bill is not based on religious freedom. It is founded out of the need for intellectual freedom. This bill is about students' rights to believe how they choose and not be punished for it. That was the intention of our Founding Fathers. They wanted a person to be able to worship freely without the will of another person or group being imposed on them. That is called freedom. Freedom is something this bill will ensure. Professors will no longer be able to force their views on students, just as England was no longer able to force their religious beliefs on America. Please don't try to hold down the freedoms of students who don't agree with radical professors, whether they are liberal or conservative.
Still too scary
CHICKENS FED the toxic pet food pose only a "minimal risk" to humans who eat the chicken or eggs. "Minimal" sounds too much like "collateral damage" for comfort.
Principled candidate
We need a good president like John McCain. I think he'll be the nation's gain. It's time for a principled man, and McCain has always appeared to be faithful to his wife, Cindy. He would be a good president for 2008.
Gas over golf
I'M A senior citizen. I finally saved enough money to play a round of golf. Now I've got to go spend the money on five gallons of gasoline.
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Giving handouts
I FEEL sorry for people who complain about handouts to people less fortunate than us in this country. You complain it is your money. That same money is being wasted on bombs and on a war that is a lie and can't be won. You tell people to get better-paying jobs. If they did, who would work at fast-food places, be a nurse's aide, housekeeper, take orders at the movies, work in retail? I could go on and on, but you get the picture.
Pets need homes
IF PEOPLE would have their animals spayed or neutered, the Humane Society would not exist. The only reason it is here is because not enough people will spay or neuter their pets. There are thousands and thousands of animals in the Southeast Missouri area that need homes, but there aren't enough homes for them.
Expensive atrium
EVERY TIME I drive by the new federal courthouse, I wonder what an energy gobbler that space has got to be. The atrium is four stories high and expensive to heat and cool.
Graduation skepticism
IT'S GRADUATION time again in Cape Girardeau, a time I greet with skepticism. My son graduated about five years ago from Central High School. I told him he wasn't learning anything, yet the school continued to put him on the B honor roll. Now we're having to pay major bucks trying to educate him from the seventh-grade level he's testing at. My daughter's about to graduate from Southeast Missouri State University. One of her friends has done virtually no work for past four years and has received C's and a couple of D's in core subjects and will still graduate. This degrades the process and the value of a college or high school diploma. Let's just hope the people who've been passed on through without learning anything aren't the ones who are going to fly an airplane you're in or standing at your hospital bedside or doing anything else where having learned something matters.
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