SPEAKOUT

SADDAM HUSSEIN MOVES into Kuwait and now listen to all the Chamberlains. They say it's just a small country and just for oil, forget it, it isn't worth it. Hitler moved Chec., just a small country. Chamberlain went to Munich and made a deal. He came back and said `Peace in Our Time.' Chamberlain didn't stand up to Hitler. When he found the lack of will he went into Poland and other countries. Now we have the big WWII. It was also largely portrayed in oil. Japan needed oil. I hope the United Nations stands up firm to get Iraq out of Kuwait and we have a resolve to back the United Nations. Don't fool yourself. Aggression, oil, and trade are again the issue. Let's stop aggression now and not play politics with the aggression. We don't need another Chamberlain now. Thank you.

HELLO. I'D LIKE to say something about the project earthquake that is suppose to happen anyway on Dec. 3. Dr. Browning, get a life. Dr. Browning, gosh, nobody knows when an earthquake is going to happen. Nobody.

MR. JOHNNY JAMES, a member of the Cape Girardeau school board made a statement that Cape Girardeau was not ready for a black superintendent. This is Mr. Johnny James' opinion and not the opinion of the black community. Thank you.

ON NOV. 30 a big, black Lab male was picked up by the dog pound at 1813 Dumais Dr. He was wearing a wide, brown, leather collar. I hope the owner reads this and retrieves that beautiful dog before he's put to death.

YES, I'M JUST listening to KMOX-AM out of St. Louis this morning at 2:00 and people started calling in about a ban of light across the sky from the west to the east. I got up and went outside and it was there, kind of eerie. Later on a meteorologist called in and it was a narrow bend of clouds stretching from Des Moines, Iowa to Cairo, Ill. with ice crystals that were reflecting off of the moon. It was beautiful. Was just wondering if anyone else saw it. I haven't seen Don McNeeley mention it on the news or anything like that but I'm sure there must have been other people that have seen it besides us. Thank you.

IS IT TRUE that Suzanna Baylon is going to form an Iben Browning fan club (A). Or, (B), take a science course maybe. (C), win the award for non-objective reporting. Or, (D), just come on TV and yell, take cover, take cover.

I'D JUST LIKE to say that as I watched the news program last night with Charles Karault and his side kick how they seemed so determined to find someone that was against going to war. They did find a few but what amazed me was how they would perk up when someone stood an opposition to the presidents policies and so forth. Then, they would wilt down when people stood up to support it. Thank you.

I'M NOT A great scientist but I am predicting a huge flood in the Mississippi River in January of 1991. The source of this flood will be from all the stored water being dumped out. Thank you.

REGARDING THE LUBRICIOUS prediction or projection of this so-called earthquake to happen Dec. 3. I put my faith in God, not Dr. Browning and not any of the scientists. If and when an earthquake or any disaster ever happens this is an act of God. Only God knows the day and the time. Let's put our trust in him and be prepared. He gives us wisdom and knowledge to be prepared and to use our brain. So, let's do that and leave the rest to him and as for me and my house we serve the Lord and we'll prepare the best we can and when it's time for him to take us home I'll shout hallelujah.

I WOULD LIKE to suggest that the city put up a right lane ends sign on eastbound Broadway just before Clark St. I enjoy the new four lane on Broadway but I think it was a poor decision to let the two eastbound lanes go to one lane so abruptly with no warning. I've only been across that part once and assumed the left lane would be left turn only and the right lane would go straight. I couldn't tell I was in the wrong lane until it was almost too late. Luckily no one was in the other lane so I just moved over but I was lucky.

WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT it was to watch the uneventful celebration of lights at the Scott City park Friday night. Too bad the mayor, city employees, various city departments, and civic organizations, didn't see fit to help the Illmo merchants the last few years when they worked so hard to make their streets into a beautiful Christmas setting and then have a successful program in celebration of lights. My question to all the above people is, was it worth all that time and effort when only a very sparse crowd showed up in comparison with Illmo Street that was always full and running over and the program was very organized and the sound system adequate? Let's put the celebration back where it originated. Thank you.

DEAR SPEAK OUT. I'd like to know if there's anybody that had taped the 48 Hours segment Wednesday night, Nov. 28. It had to do with adoption. If anybody knows how I can get a video tape of that please answer in Speak Out. I would appreciate it very much. Thank you.

YES, WE HAVE our house decorated every year for Christmas and last night about 3:00 two young women decided they were going to try to deface the property or steal. I would like to know what right they think they have coming into my yard and taking things we put out to give pleasure to the neighborhood particularly at this time of the year. I think it is depictable. There's a disability here in this house and people are hired to help do this. I am really upset about this. Thank you.

WELL WE'RE IN the earthquake period now and I don't really believe that anything is going to happen.

THE REASON I'M calling, I'd like to know since when does Cape Girardeau allow security guards to carry handguns when they're working. My son came home last night and told me that a security guard ran them off the parking lot one day last week and he had a handgun. This was a young security guard probably 21 or 22-years-old, short hair, had a radio on his side, dressed up Gen. Patton. I just don't think security guards should be carrying handguns around a bunch of kids. Thank you.

I WOULD LIKE to respond to a Speak Out that was put in the paper approximately three weeks ago. The party said shame on those who voted down the parks sales tax. I would like to say one thing. They were speaking of people on fixed incomes and Social Security and they also stated that the Social Security recipients receive a regular cost of living increase. This is true but let this person figure how much more pay a Social Security recipient would receive drawing less than $300 a month. They also claimed that this was a temporary tax. I can recall not too many years ago on the Port Authority we were asked to vote a temporary tax in which the voters did and the tax was suppose to go off but what did they do? The city found another cause to have the people to vote to leave this tax on and stated that it would not raise our taxes because we were already paying it anyway. I do not buy this temporary tax thing. And speaking of what it would cost the average person per month I am also sick and tired of hearing that. Anytime that there is a tax increase to vote on this city someone comes up with what other cities pay and so forth. Well, I don't know where they get the average at but why don't they come up with the average salary that people make in Cape Girardeau. Sit down and stop and think how many employers in the city of Cape Girardeau pay over the minimum wage. So you see, the reason I voted against the tax, I'm on Social Security and every penny has to count. So, I'm sorry that the sales tax didn't pass for the parks but I feel like it was needed other places worse. Thank you very much.

I JUST WANTED to call and say if as many people were talking about God and Jesus as they were about the earthquake a lot more people would be a lot better off. It seems that people want to change the things they can't but something they can change they don't do anything about it. Thank you.

THE PAPER NOW says that Dr. Browning is a self-proclaimed climatologist and all this time we were being told he was a climatologist. I wish that the paper would print the exact words that Dr. Browning used for those so-called projections that he made that was supposed to have been accurate that the conference in St. Louis told us that none of them were accurate. Let's have the exact words, not the interpretation of someone. Let's get the truth, not the half truth from someone we use to trust.

IN HONOR OF Iben Browning day, Monday, Dec. 3. (John, they played a song by Elvis Presley, A Whole Lot of Shaking Going On - or something. Brenda)

YES, I'M SURE you won't print this after Gary gets a chance to edit what he wants to but I think it's a total disaster that Serena??? Wesley was not named to the all tournament team on the girls' SEMO basketball tournament which was just held. You've just got to pick people that the media wants on the team and not the best players. Serena??? by far should have been on that team. Thank you.

TO THE CREEP that stole my wise man to my nativity set. I pretty well know what you are - you're lower than a snake. I'm not going to stop putting my decorations out because to do so I would turn Christmas and the joy of the season over to bums like you. Also, the two girls that vandalized my equipment the night before - I know what you look like. I saw you tonight and pretty well know who you are. Just a matter of time I'm going to find you and when I do I'm going to turn you over to the authorities and I'm going to testify against you in court. Also, the one that stole my wise man, it's a matter of time. It's marked, only one like it, and I'm going to put it over every police department from St. Louis to here, the college dorms or wherever, and we're going to find that because it's marked and there's only one like it. It's a matter of time, creeps like you cannot ruin the spirit of Christmas. No way you can.

YES, I'M CALLING about the idiot who had a question for the person calling in about legalizing marijuana. It does not take one joint to retard your baby. It's drugs that retard your baby, not marijuana. And, I've never ever seen any evidence or reports on infants born with birth defects due to the mother or father using marijuana. It's always been because of drugs, not marijuana. They do crack, prescription drugs, any kind. I think that person really needs to get their head screwed on right because there hasn't been any auto accidents due to marijuana either. Mostly alcohol and drugs. Thank you.

I HAVE NOTICED in Speak Out that there appears to be a lot of people that somehow are receiving money, they're working for the school district or teaching, and they're saying that Missouri is tight and more money should be paid by the taxpayers and they're glad that the state is being sued by these school districts. The fact of the matter is the more money you spend on schools the less education you get. It's a proven fact. The more money we spend the less kids are able to do. What we need to do is cancel out these public schools and let the parochial schools and the private schools take over. They are cheaper. You don't need public fund raisers, you don't have people making $80,000-$90,000 a year plus in these private schools. The people that teach and work at these private schools are there because they want to teach, not to try and pick the pockets of the taxpayers. If these people cannot stand the heat they should get out of the kitchen.

THIS IS FOR everyone who has been calling Mr. Ray Cole to get the percent of chance for an earthquake. Come on folks, let's all send Mr. Cole a dollar. He has spent hours of his time and wore out an answering machine for us. I know hundreds of us are calling day and night because it is almost impossible to get through on that line. Thank you.

THE CALLER IN Sunday's Speak Out wishing to trade George Bush and Dan Quayle for Margaret Thatcher claims that this country would be better off without them. I wonder if this caller has stopped to realize and think what kind of shape this country would be in today if Michael Dukakis had gotten elected. Thank you.

I JUST HAD to call in. I wouldn't normally call Speak Out, I kind of read it as a joke, but when I read about one joint could retard your baby, that's nuts. I have three children. I smoked to keep myself calm, the doctor knew I smoked during my pregnancies and two of my children are in the gifted child program and the other one is in the upper ten percent of his class. These children are not retarded. These are some of the smartest kids I have ever seen. I personally don't understand how my kids turned out so smart because I'm just an average person. But I do need to relax once in a while. I don't believe in booze and I do smoke a joint. Thank you.

I READ WITH interest that thing in Speak Out about smoking marijuana and making your kid retarded. I've never smoked marijuana in my life and my only son was profoundly retarded. Where on the other hand I have a cousin who smokes pot all the time and she has one of the smartest children I have ever known. It just doesn't seem quite fair to me but it is a fact. I did nothing during my pregnancy I wasn't suppose to do. She smoked daily during her pregnancy and drank on occasion and she has a very smart child and my is profoundly retarded. Now you explain that. Thank you.

REGARDING THE EARTHQUAKE prediction. I say any person who talks about not worrying about it then closes down his place of business on the 3rd or 4th of Dec. and goes out and buys earthquake insurance is a hypocrite and also he is gutless and weak. Thank you.