Speak Out 6/23/06

To longevity

YOU PRINTED an article saying that happily married couples live longer. You live longer if you hug and cuddle every day. You live an average of five years longer if you have sex at least three times a week. I think we should shoot for at least five years.

Christian employers

WE CHRISTIANS should never call others hypocrite. It's not easy walking the walk. But I do wonder if Christian employers understand what they do by hiring illegal alien workers. Beside the obvious harm done to all society by selective obedience to our laws, please also read James 5:4. Hiring illegal workers suppresses the wages of all workers and thus wages are "kept back by fraud." And the cries of the legal worker who is displaced by the illegal worker "are entered into the ears of the Lord."

Bless you

FOR WHOMEVER is concerned about the Cape county secretaries hours: God bless you for thinking of me.

Makes you wonder

I WAS disappointed but not surprised about the reporting of the FEMA hurricane relief funds being used for vacations, excessive partying, "Girls Gone Wild" videos and even a sex change operation. It goes without saying these are the same people who cheat the government out of welfare funds, too. Thinking about these cheaters makes you wonder about the people on the highway asking for a hand out. Wouldn't it be interesting if KFVS12 or a reporter for the Missourian would go undercover and record where these people went after leaving the intersection with the money people give them? Where do they sleep? Do they really have a car? Are they taking the money to the liquor store? Maybe they go straight to the Drury Inn for a shower then to Outback for a nice dinner.

The willies

IT GAVE me the willies. In fact, I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown. Thus, I beg David Limbaugh, when penning his interesting, though always controversial and usually poisonous columns, to never, never again mentioning the name Newt Gingrich.

Eating to survive

I DON'T understand these parents of children who are picky eaters. A kid will eat when he's hungry, and if they are hungry enough they'll eat anything. They should be glad there is any food set before them on the table. Eating should be viewed as a means to survive, not as an enjoyable pastime to stuff our faces. Let's stop spoiling these kids now and maybe they won't grow up to have eating disorders.

Running the district

I WILL not support the building of another facility for Cape schools until leaders demonstrate that they know how to run the district. The building of the new high school was a fiasco, with pet projects, unqualified sub-contractors and no long-term planning for the athletic fields. Most people don't realize that they were at capacity when they moved into the building. Of course, with a two-story library and a dance studio, why should classrooms be a priority?

Speeders on 74

MY COMMENT is in response to the people who say that the lights on Highway 74 are not in sync. My response is they aren't when you are driving 65 mph. My husband has almost been broadsided twice by semi trucks running those lights on West End Boulevard. If they were doing the speed limit they could stop.

Ready, Lord

IF ALL the Mexican immigrants keep coming, there will be none left to do the United States jobs that are going to Mexico. If President Bush is going to put up a fence, it needs to work both ways. Gas prices are so high, I won't be able to afford to drive to Mexico for work. I can't file bankruptcy and won't be eligible for welfare. I'm ready, Lord!

Shifting the blame

THE SUBTLE shift of the Bush administration and the Southeast Missourian editorial board did not go unnoticed. Naive neoconservatives no doubt convinced President Bush that, when it came to Iraq, all citizens would naturally and willingly embrace democracy. That hasn't happened. So the newest line, embraced by Bush and Southeast Missourian editorialists, is that Iraqis can have a democracy if they want and can keep one. The blame shifting has begun.

The perfect thing

THIS IS to the gentlemen who left the bath chair outside my door. I was in the hospital when you came, my daughter brought it in for me. It was the exact perfect thing. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

No humor

I FAILED to see the humor in Mark Bliss column dealing with the pet crab dying. It died because he didn't feed and water it. I think that is animal cruelty, and I just don't think there is humor in it whatsoever.

Bush fan

I WOULD like to respond to someone who called in and said name one thing the president has done for America. I will tell you: He has cut taxes three times, the economy is now roaring like it did when Reagan was president, the Clinton recession is over, we have not been hit with a nuclear bomb or any other terrorist strike since he took over. Remember he was only in three months when the 9-11 attack came. He brought America up to where people fear us. They may not all like us, because a lot of them are jealous of us. We are better off since he took over.

Do the right thing

THERE IS no data indicating year-round school will improve student achievement. However, studies indicate student acievement does improve if the school year is extended from 180 to 210 days. I call upon the Cape Girardeau Board of Education to do the right thing and extend the school year by at least 30 days.