Speak Out 5/10/11

Government decisions

I hope everybody recalls the blowing of the Birds Point levee years to come whenever the same government that just made this decision will be making the decisions regarding everybody's health care, deciding who might get to live and who might get to die when there's not enough money to go around.

Nuclear plants

WE need less nuclear power plants, not more. All it's going to take is one big earthquake and then we're going to have a mess on our hands like Japan has. When you have David Letterman even rattling on about the nuclear power plant, you know that there's a problem. I don't think the Southeast Missourian is doing a good enough job showing that map where all these nuclear power plants in Missouri are located. Make us aware.

Holding up traffic

SINCE you almost get killed trying to get out on Kingshighway with all the speeding vehicles, why not make it illegal to make a left-handed turn? It is just as fast to make a right, go down the road, turn around and come back instead of holding up traffic for 10 minutes.

Recycling importance

EVERYDAY should be Earth Day. Each month, Americans throw away enough glass bottles to fill a giant skyscraper. If all newspapers were recycled, we could save 250 million trees a year. Eighty percent of what Americans throw away is recyclable, yet the overall rate of recycling is only 28 percent. We need to be more prudent using our resources.

Disruptive children

WHAT a wonderful symphony recently at the River Campus. Sadly, many were distracted by young children and a noisy infant. Audience members with cameras and cell phones are asked to leave. Why not adults with disruptive children?

Restitution

IT'S time for a new champion to rise up out of Mississippi County, somebody who can stand up to the federal government and demand restitution. The United States Army has defiantly and purposely destroyed our levee, homes, bridges, roads, ditches and farmland. The federal government has to come back, make restitution and fix everything that they have purposely destroyed.