Speak Out 7/16/14

Nixon, budget

Only from the minds of the looney, left, liberal Democrats, such as Wrong Way Jay and President Obama, could a governor cut money from education and from state salaries and then increase money welfare spending by deciding to give convicted felons, drug felons food stamps on their release from prison. Way to go, Wrong Way Jay. Once again, you're joining in your mentor, President Obama, in attempting to destroy this country's economic system. Who's going to pay for all the welfare programs, when no one has a job?

Out of the Past

For years, Southeast Missourian archivist and Out of the Past columnist Sharon Sanders has been performing a public service much valued by the readership. Her Out of the Past selections are consistently indicative of one who understands what was important to readers of the paper in the past and in the present. Her worth to the Southeast Missourian and its readers is immeasurable.

A dud

Like the boy who said, "Look, Ma, the emperor is wearing no clothes," someone has to say it. Cape's downtown fireworks display was, if not an unmitigated disaster, a dud,