OpinionAugust 26, 2011
Speak Out 8/26/11
I respect the mayor's quick turnaround on nixing the welfare utility proposal. Good. Smart mayor, good decision. Anyone can make a mistake, but it takes a big person to acknowledge it this fast. I'M calling about the Speak Out comment titled "GOP candidates," where this person is talking about all the Republican candidates combined wouldn't make a good president and that they're only in it for the money. ...
Good decision, mayor
I respect the mayor's quick turnaround on nixing the welfare utility proposal. Good. Smart mayor, good decision. Anyone can make a mistake, but it takes a big person to acknowledge it this fast.
Democrats' debt
I'M calling about the Speak Out comment titled "GOP candidates," where this person is talking about all the Republican candidates combined wouldn't make a good president and that they're only in it for the money. Where has this person been for the last two-and-a-half years? The first two years of Obama's presidency he had both the House and the Senate. The Democrats put this country so far in debt that we will never get out, but yet this person says that the Republicans don't care about Americans. The Democrats don't care about the Americans either.
A track story
I am a big fan of track, have tracked news stories about Cape Central's track and in tracking the stories about the track was evidently led down the wrong track because I was wrongly led to believe that the passage of the school bond issue ensured the much needed resurfacing of the track. Frankly, this has thrown my whole life off track.
Receive Daily Headlines FREESign up today!
Capitalism's weakness
I wish the president and members of Congress would shoot straight with the American people, tell them that there is little if anything they can do to stop the business cycle from sometimes swinging downward, occasionally severely as is the case today. Laissez faire, regulated and other varieties of capitalism have many strengths but, like all other economic systems, have inherent structural weaknesses no president or Congress can do much about, except on the margins.
Price of a student
JUST a month ago Southeast had to raise tuition. Now it found the money to sponsor the Old Town Cape auction and concert. I am sorry that the students have to pay for the big ideas of the greedy ones that throw their money away for whatever they think will make them look good.
Best candidates
THE talking heads over at MSNBC love to mock the Republican candidates. Even though I may not agree with all of what some of Republican candidates stand for, at least the Republicans are trying to find the best possible candidate for president, unlike how the Democrats are sticking with Obama, who spent the last four years flopping around like a fish out of water.
Story Tags
Connect with the Southeast Missourian Newsroom:
For corrections to this story or other insights for the editor, click here. To submit a letter to the editor, click here. To learn about the Southeast Missourian’s AI Policy, click here.
Related
OpinionDec. 12
Advertisement
Receive Daily Headlines FREESign up today!
