OpinionJune 4, 2007
Speak Out 6/4/07
Think water park; Muslin connection?; Time to pull out; Exit gracefully; With strings attached; Improper penalty; Immigration laws; Seeking understanding; Spreading TB; Casual attire; Nothing worthwhile; Irresponsible attitude
Think water park
IT IS a good and positive thing to see Cape Girardeau and Jackson working together on the new interstate interchange in northeast Cape County. Now would be a great time to revisit the possibility of a water park so close to the interstate and situated between St. Louis and Memphis. With two communities' involvement, I believe it would be a fantastic shot in the arm for this area. Needless to say, our children need it.
Muslin connection?
AN AL-QAIDA spokesman was on TV making demands of our president, demands that we cannot meet. During his diatribe, he mentioned the killings at Virginia Tech. Was the massacre at Virginia Tech done by Muslims? Is there something about that we don't know? He sounded as though he was taking credit for it, as though Muslims were the ones who killed at Virginia Tech. Please tell us the truth of what happened.
Time to pull out
WHEN YOU lose a war, you surrender. I'm old enough to remember Vietnam and the pullout. It's time to pull out again. We pulled out of Vietnam, and today our relations with that country are great. The Vietnamese are happy. They're building their economy. There's such a thing as overstaying your welcome in a place where you shouldn't have been so long. I don't think you have to surrender. Just pull out. Americans are fed up. Anyone who's been listening to what's going on politically knows that even Republicans, come election time, are going to be thinking of a pullout. It doesn't help to keep our troops in Iraq.
Exit gracefully
IF WE'RE to learn from history, wouldn't it be better to exit a war rather than repeat what we did in Vietnam, where we waited until the last minute and had to literally take people off rooftops? We could exit this war gracefully. I don't know how gracefully you can exit a war, but the time is now. I believe President Bush has met his objective. I think he's given al-Qaida something to think about.
With strings attached
IT SEEMS the Democrats want to shut up talk radio. They don't want anyone but Dan Rather types and Walter Cronkite giving the news -- in other words, left-wing propaganda. Remember one thing: Democrats may promise you a check of some kind, but when you lose your freedom, it's not worth it. It takes blood to get your freedom back. There's an iron chain that comes with that velvet check.
Improper penalty
I WAS reading the article in the Southeast Missourian about the two boys who supposedly deserted from the Navy, and I read that the maximum penalty for that is death. I find that hard to believe. We're not even in a real war and someone could be sentenced death for desertion, yet murderers and rapists get out on parole. There's something terribly corrupt about this. Maybe should change which administration is running the country. If somebody ever tried to do that to one of my children who had to fight in a war they didn't believe in, you'd see one really hot parent. Anybody who has a child of military age better think long and hard about sending them to the service.
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Immigration laws
ALL COUNTRIES have immigration laws and enforce them. Why are Mexico's immigrants more special than others who seek citizenship? The attempt to pass a watered-down bill that rewards those who didn't give a darn about the law is ludicrous. Why not go by our laws? Could it be the political parties want more votes for their party? Surely not.
Seeking understanding
IN THE May 14 issue of National Review there's an article about the search for understanding of the boy who shot up Virginia Tech. After a summary of various efforts of trying to understand, the article concludes, "We need, then, to return to the paradox: The most modern scientific methods aren't refined enough to discover the most dangerous people in our society. Pretty soon we will forget, not the horror of what happened, but the presumption that we can discover and attack evil, other than by the cultivation of biblical rules of human behavior." This sums it up well.
Spreading TB
I CAN'T understand how a man with tuberculosis -- and the government knew it -- was able to fly all around the world and they couldn't be found until he turned himself in. Why isn't that man going to be charged with a crime just like someone with AIDS would be for knowingly transmitting it? He knew he had the disease. It's not right. It's like the worst terrorist nightmare scenario possible, yet this man is only being held in quarantine. Charges should be filed against him because he knowingly put a lot of lives in danger. Now we have no way of knowing how far the TB spread, which is pretty sad.
Casual attire
I'M GLAD the company or corporation my husband works for does not require the professional look. It has gone casual, and I think it's wonderful. Suits have gotten unaffordable. I've lived many decades, and there was a period when you couldn't find a suit reasonably priced. I think it's good when corporations take that burden off a family and let them enjoy more of the money instead of the pretense of looking good. And the more comfortable you are, the better results you will have. Corporations know this.
Nothing worthwhile
I HAVE racked my brain. I cannot come up with one positive thing that comes from drinking beer and alcohol. Can you?
Irresponsible attitude
THE ATTITUDE of the parents who had the drinking party for the graduates is irresponsible. They stated they would do it again. I wonder what they would have said if any of these graduates had been hurt or killed in an accident on their way home from the party. Parents should set a higher standard and give a good example.
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