OpinionFebruary 23, 1999
SPEAKOUT
MY GRANDSON'S homework was to list character traits of a presidential candidate. He listed he should have good judgment, he should be trustworthy, honest, have integrity and decency, honor and moral values. What a shame he has a president who has none of these...
None of those traits
MY GRANDSON'S homework was to list character traits of a presidential candidate. He listed he should have good judgment, he should be trustworthy, honest, have integrity and decency, honor and moral values. What a shame he has a president who has none of these.
I'll take care of myself
NOWHERE in the Constitution does it say that the federal government is supposed to provide for me or for my future. Bill Clinton is an overbearing, pompous liar. I can and will provide for myself and mine. How dare he imply that I'm not capable of deciding for myself what I will do with my own money.
It's up to the voters
THE REAL reason the Senate acquitted Clinton had nothing to do with justice. It was strictly power politics, keeping the Democrats in power. The only solution now is to vote them out in the next election, people power at the ballot box. The Constitution states the government is of the people, by the people and for the people. So let's take a stand for honesty and actions, not just fancy rhetoric. Let's be heard at the next election.
Some civics education
IT'S OBVIOUS after a couple of articles in the Speak Out column that it's time for a Civics 101 lesson. To the person who is declaring that the Reagan years gave us all the deficits: I think he should go back and read the Constitution. He will see that all spending bills and all tax bills originate in the House of Representatives, which was controlled by the Democrats for a period of 40 years. Does the caller not remember the Democrats gleefully dancing in the streets and declaring President Reagan's budgets dead on arrival and writing their own budgets? The representative of President Clinton on TV the other day even made the comment that it was five years ago when the deficit started to turn around and we started heading towards surpluses. Well, duh. I think that was when the Republicans took over Congress, was it not? And as for the person who said the money was not gone from Social Security, that it's still there drawing interest: I think you ought to take a little bit closer look at that. Social Security is part of the general fund. Investment is nothing but government IOUs, and if the money isn't there, the money isn't there when it comes to be drawn out. All it takes is a simple majority vote of Congress and the whole thing is gone. It's not any true investment. It's not growing. It's drawing interest from a government IOU.
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Brightly shining lights
WE AT Hobbs Chapel let our lights shine for Jesus Christ, and we love everyone. Please come.
You-owe-me society
MANY PEOPLE don't want to be responsible for anything: their children, their retirement, their future, their actions. Many want to sue for anything, sometimes for their own irresponsibility to take action. Somehow they have the belief someone owes them something just because they were born. Then we have the politicians who promised everything to them for their votes. We're a society that says you owe me because I'm poor, of my sex, my color, my income, my housing, my benefits, my job, my debt, all the children I've had, it's not my fault, I didn't plan or have any ambition or didn't do my best or it's not fault I was lazy, it's your fault. You there -- the ones who work their rear ends off, long hours and doing without to get ahead, who planned ahead for family and future -- you're the creeps who owe me because I'm the majority with no ambition, no morals or character.
Obsolete restriction
I AM a cradle Catholic and was a bit confused by the comment regarding priests imitating Christ. I agree with this. However, all Christians are called to imitate Christ. That's why we are called Christians. Whether or not we are married has nothing to do with how well we serve God or our fellow man. We are all only human, priests included. The rule that forbid them to marry was a man-made restriction from the Middle Ages. I feel this is as obsolete as burning people at the stake. If the church would allow them to marry, we wouldn't have a priest shortage now.
A proverb from the Bible too
THERE IS a Muslim proverb on one of the walls at Alma Schrader School. Is it possible that we may also put a proverb from the Holy Bible on the wall? It is the Book of Life, and we are a Christian nation.
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