OpinionNovember 1, 1998
SPEAKOUT
NO WONDER our U.S. senators, Ashcroft and Bond, don't want campaign finance reform. Ashcroft got $1,156,227 from PACs. Bond got $1,487,152 from PACs. He helped lead the filibuster against the campaign finance reform in the Senate as I understand it. And of course Jo Ann Emerson received $336,554 from PACs. Our people seem to be against campaign finance reform. Wonder why...
Money from PACs
NO WONDER our U.S. senators, Ashcroft and Bond, don't want campaign finance reform. Ashcroft got $1,156,227 from PACs. Bond got $1,487,152 from PACs. He helped lead the filibuster against the campaign finance reform in the Senate as I understand it. And of course Jo Ann Emerson received $336,554 from PACs. Our people seem to be against campaign finance reform. Wonder why.
Do your own thinking
THIS IS especially to those people depending on retirement and Social Security for their income in the next years. Read Walter Williams column, "The budget surplus hoax," in the Southeast Missourian Oct. 27. Read his qualifications at the bottom. Then think: Am I going to believe him, or am I going to believe a commander-in-chief who demonstrated against the U.S. government? Wake up, people. Think for yourself.
Just giving their views
OK, CLASS, let's review. Speak Out is an opportunity for the average citizen to call in and give his comments regarding news articles or community happenings. A few weeks ago, the paper ran an article on the Baptist association punishing a Baptist church for ordaining female deacons. According to the Bill of Rights, that's freedom of the press. From what I've observed, callers have been giving their opinions. They are not trying to run the Baptist denomination when they give commentary on what they've read in the paper. That's called freedom of speech. Would all you upstanding Baptists who protest opinions that oppose your particular viewpoint like to repress that too? Shoot, maybe you all could boycott something. Heck, come to think of it, why not the Bill of Rights?
Good connections
TO PROVE what I've said since I grew up some 70 years ago, one only has to be related to a prestigious person in order to get his name in lights such as Bill Clinton's no-talent brother, Roger, who was on the "The Nanny" on Fox. Mark my words, as soon as Bill Clinton is out of office, we'll see no more of his brother, thank God, so he had better hay while the sun shines.
Who makes those laws?
I'M A resident where the lady was murdered recently. I did not know, as another caller said, that these apartments were also for mentally handicapped people. Who makes these laws? Could somebody please tell me how an apartment complex can house seniors, disabled and mentally disabled? I know live in fear of three in this complex.
We need the truth
I HOPE everyone read Walter Williams' column in the paper on Oct. 27. He certainly put the surplus in proper perspective. I knew in my heart the large surplus that was reported had to be very, very wrong. Mr. Williams gave me the reason. We need some truth out of Washington.
Choir concert is appreciated
MY THANKS for an evening of great entertainment when Cape Central choirs presented their concert. Wonderful musical selections and talent filled the hour. Again, thanks to the students and Mrs. Dinah Strickert for the heartfelt effort and enthusiasm. You are appreciated.
Smoking at health center
GUESS WHAT: People were smoking in the county health center in Cape when we went there to get our flu shots. We were really surprised.
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Gamblers don't care
PEOPLE WHO are going to gamble do not care where the boats are sitting. They don't care that the boat is not going up and down the river.
No surplus if you owe
OUR REPRESENTATIVE in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson is like a voice in the wilderness. All these high powered-Republicans talk about tax cuts and tax relief. Everybody's for tax cuts and tax relief. They talk about having a surplus. According to Jo Ann, to date the federal government owes about $750 billion to the Social Security Trust Fund. How can you have a surplus when you own $750 billion to Social Security? You can't pay Social Security if you cut taxes. You can't pay Social Security by rebates or deductions, any of those phony, tricky things that they use to get votes on Nov. 3. Jo Ann's right. It's just a gimmick. And most recently the House passed a tax relief act of 1998, HR4579. However, she didn't vote in favor of this legislation.
Other considerations
I HAVE a church friend who says abortion is wrong but supports candidates who endorse abortion. He says he votes for the candidate because of the more important issues. I guess killing unborns isn't too important to some. After all, they can't vote.
Support for public schools
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI State University's River Campus will not attract people to locate here if they first take a look at our public school system. It would be wonderful to have the supporters come out of the woodwork for our public schools as they have for the River Campus.
Troubling consequences
I'M CALLING regarding the "Let's Talk Business" host, Steve Correll, who wrote a letter to the editor regarding the River Campus issue. I thought the letter he wrote was very well thought out. It appears that by doing this, his program "Let's Talk Business" has been pulled off the air because he chose to express his own opinion. I find it very troubling that the university is doing this. I thought the university should be a place for free speech. To punish someone for voicing his opinion in a letter to the editor is very disturbing, and I'm very upset with the university for doing this.
Using scare tactics
WELL, WELL, well. Bill and Hillary and their cronies are at it again. They are using the same old scare tactics on senior citizens, telling them to vote Democratic or they'll lose their Medicare and Social Security. Out of desperation, they do it every election. I am one senior citizen they don't fool. I'll be voting for the persons I trust the most. I've been around long enough to know who's best for our country, and it won't be them.
She will rue the day
IF MY husband and I were the parents of Dominique, the gymnast, we would probably have told her goodbye, we wish you health, wealth and happiness. But the day will come, mark my words, I have no doubt, that Dominique will rue this day. Somebody else is going to take all her money, and nobody has as much interest in Dominique as her own parents. Everybody is only interested in her fame and fortune.
Campus transportation
I APPLAUD Larry Easley's letter and reiterate one of his points. He states a student taking a course at the River Campus would have to schedule a minimum of two hours for a one course. From personal experience as a Southeast Missouri State University junior, I can tell you they will have to allow three hours for a one-hour course. I have had classes back to back, one at Rhodes Hall and the next at Grauel. One of these buildings is near the New Madrid-Henderson intersection, and the other is one is near Normal and Pacific. I gave up riding the shuttle after the first couple of weeks, because it never got me from Rhodes to Grauel in the allotted 10 minutes. There's no telling how it will take from the main campus to the River Campus. If a student has a 10 a.m. class down there, he won't be able to take a 9 or 11 a.m. class.
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