OpinionNovember 28, 1995
SPEAKOUT
IMAGINE A man obsessed, willing to do anything for power, a little boy who would be king, who rages and throws tantrums when his whims are not met. Now imagine such a man controlling the FBI, the DEA, the IRS, the CIA, the Justice Department, Customs, the ATF and even the armed forces. ...
Hungry for power
IMAGINE A man obsessed, willing to do anything for power, a little boy who would be king, who rages and throws tantrums when his whims are not met. Now imagine such a man controlling the FBI, the DEA, the IRS, the CIA, the Justice Department, Customs, the ATF and even the armed forces. In other words, the corruption and the subjugation of the will of the people which took place in Arkansas can now take place in America, only in a more bold and frightening scale. Call your bookstore today and ask for "The Clinton Chronicles," the book and video. Be informed. Know the truth about your president.
America first
THE Thanksgiving morning paper had something in that I did not like to read. Clinton says casualties are worth the risk. This draft dodger didn't think that during the Vietnam War, and I would like to ask Clinton if he had son or daughter to go over in this foreign country and maybe not come back, would he say it's worth the risk? I never thought I'd live to hear the day when the president of the country would say something like that. Wake up, people, and stop fighting everybody else's wars and start taking care of our own country.
Troop leaders
IF PRESIDENT Clinton, Dan Rather and Leon Panetta would lead the troops into Bosnia and stay with the troops the whole time, I'd be in favor of the troops going to Bosnia. Otherwise not.
Distributing funds
THE Colonial Cape Foundation correctly stated that a board of governors should be appointed to distribute the proceeds from motel and restaurant tax. Preserving the old seminary, a well-documented piece of history, is much more important than a soccer field. Come on, Cape. Tell them where and how to spend your money. They do need your help.
Holiday memorials
AS I drove Cape County Park to see the Christmas displays, I see there are more and more memorials to loved ones being put up. I feel this takes away from the original idea of having something beautiful and pleasing to look at. If people want to remember their loved ones at Christmas time, they need to put a wreath on the grave or put an article in the newspaper.
Name game
I WAS just reading the birth announcements, and I think every newborn child in this world is entitled to its own name, not a chip off the old block like junior or named after some great-great-grandparent. I believe the children really should have their own names, names they can pronounce and names they can spell. I went through life with a very unique name, and it's not any fun. People mispronounce it and make fun of it. I wish parents would think twice before giving them some names like they've been giving them lately.
No fairness
I FAIL to see the fairness in the Republican plan to balance the budget. Why should people on Medicare have to pay more in premiums and get fewer benefits when a tax cut is proposed for the higher income people?
Welfare mess
WHY IS welfare replacement politically possible? Because there is broad understanding that the system hurts the very people it was designed to help. The trillions of dollars spent in the name of compassion over the past three decades have largely been wasted. Conservatives who want an opportunity to recover past wisdom and apply it to future practice should thank liberals for providing the wrecked ship. Liberals should support welfare replacement, because of the mood of the country. The alternative to replacement is not an expanded welfare state but an extinct one.
GOP and Medicare
THE REPUBLICAN Party has always wanted to cut Medicare out. I paid money into it all my life. I used to be a Republican, but after this race I will vote Democratic ticket from here on out. I paid Medicare in all my life for the generation ahead of me, and now the generation under me doesn't want to pay for me.
1A champs
CONGRATULATIONS TO Valle, 1A football state champions. We are proud of you.
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Louisiana facts
I'D LIKE to comment on "Winning Republicans." The caller said there had not been a Republican governor in Louisiana. This is not true. I lived down there from 1962 to 1980, and during that time we had David Treen as a governor. Not the whole time, but he served at least one or two terms as governor. He was a good solid Republican. I thought maybe that might cheer the caller up and make his day a little happier because he was kind of lamenting the fact that has been no Republican governors in 100 years.
The real story
IF YOU were to speak to the Bosnians and Serbians and tell them about Christmas, would it be Rudolph and Santa or Jesus Christ? If you were to offer them hope instead of fighting, would it be brought by Santa or through Jesus Christ? The world needs to hear the real story of Christmas and the real hope brought only by Jesus Christ.
Airport spending
WHEN IS Cape Girardeau going to wake up and stop throwing money away at the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport, which is in Scott County? We have spent millions and millions of dollars at this airport only to get reduced air flights from this city. It's time to put that money someplace else, because the airport is never going to be a big airport. We've got the runways, we've got the renovated building, but it's still not bringing passengers into Cape Girardeau. Use that money somewhere else.
Education poll
A POLL by the prestigious Public Agenda Foundation showed Americans want no-nonsense schools where kids must show what they've learned before they move on. Fully 81 percent support student promotion only when a child has demonstrated mastery of what he's already been taught. Indeed, far from the Clinton notion of making school easier, more than three-fourths of Americans want teachers to toughen grading and be more willing to fail high school students. Further, 76 percent say high school diplomas should never be given to students who can't write and speak English well. That this should even be a topic for discussion is a sad commentary on the state of education and society in general. That information comes from the December issue of the American Legion magazine. I think it's very telling in light of what Sen. Pete Kinder has been writing all this year on OBE and Gov. Mel Carnahan's Senate Bill 380 and all the other national and state efforts to bring about the education which is going to ruin our schools. The people go directly in the face of that.
Letters rebuttal
I HAVE a comment to Alan Journet regarding his letters to the editor. Alan, how can you with a straight face put that line of trash in the newspaper? Could you really believe that if you looked at the facts at all?
Getting paid
THE CALLER who questioned whether members of Congress would forgo their salaries other non-essential government workers may not know it, but those non-essential workers did not forgo their pay. They got paid. All they did was get about a week's vacation, and they got paid for it. I think it's ridiculous. On Dec. 15, when this budget comes up again to be voted in, if they don't come to an agreement and they furlough them again, I don't think any of them that are put off should be paid during the time they're off.
Female equality
I DISAGREE with the caller who used women's lung cancer deaths as being on the same ratio with males as a warning to our gaining equality. The caller spoke as though equality were already a fact, when in truth it is not. Consider the poverty wages and, at best, lesser wages females are still paid compared to males. Statistics continue to rise concerning male violence against women. Males still love to treat and regard females as intellectually inferior when in fact, it's a female who possesses the world's highest I.Q. All this proves alarmingly that females are still far from achieving deserved equality with men.
Volunteer army
OKAY, YOU Clinton bashers. He didn't serve in the armed forces and wants to send troops to Bosnia. Back during the Vietnam War, there was a draft. These troops are volunteers or re-uppers. What are they doing in there? Wanting to sit on their cans and live off the government? Get real. Newt and his cronies say they may not fund the move if Clinton sends troops over to Bosnia. Good idea, Newt. That would get rid of you and all your kind.
Parade ideas
THE CHRISTMAS Parade was just wonderful this year. But I have two suggestions for the next parade. Cars should not be allowed to park on Broadway. Just think of how many children could see the parade if the parking space would be empty. Also there should not be quite so much distance between the floats.
Good coverage
CONGRATULATIONS TO the Missourian on its coverage of the Jackson Indian state playoff game in Springfield. You guys did a great job. It seems like at the end, though, the situation was passed over about the chance to go for a two-point conversion to win the game instead of settling for a tie. Obviously, if you were sitting in the press box, you couldn't hear far down below. The screaming of the fans wanting to go for two, the players' look on their faces when it was decided to kick. They should have had the opportunity win.
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