Speak Out 3/10/14

Global warming

I think Mike Jensen has vision and the rest of you have been blinded by a global warming snowstorm.

It's costing us

I would just like for somebody to tell me who gave Michelle Obama the authority to speak for everybody in this country. Every time she opens her mouth, it's something that's going to cost consumers money. We don't need new labels. We already have labels if anybody cares to read them.

Gov't dependence

I'm a senior citizen, but growing up my parents and my grandparents were Democrats. They would all turn over in their graves if they would see the way the Democrat Party is going now, trying to get everybody and their brother on the government dole. What are we going to do when we've got more people on the government dole who are too lazy to get out and get a job? And I'm not telling people that really need help. I'm talking about those that don't want to work and want someone else to support them.

Stormwater

This is in regards to the "City adopted spending plan on capital spending." I would like to see the city spend more money on stormwater control. And I would like the public to please go to cityofcapegirardeau.org and look at the proposal that has been adopted by the City Council. I think there would be a lot of objections to what they are spending money on.

Jackson School Board

I am a small-business owner in the Jackson area and I want to apologize to all the new school board candidates who have come by and asked me to put up their signs. It's not that I don't support you; I do. It's just that in past years my sign displays have caused problems. I will be voting for three new board members, but I will not risk my business or kids school experience by advertising. The politics in this town are oh so powerful!

‘Stalinists' comment

David Limbaugh just can't seem to stop himself from verbal excesses rendering his columns kaput. For example, he recently referred to liberals as "babies." No problem with that. Then he deemed them "bullies." That's still within the bounds of ethical journalism, whether you agree with it or not. But the, "What a bunch of Stalinists!" Sigh.

Religious rights

I hate discrimination and think it has no place in a civil society. However, I believe in religious liberty and property rights. No business owner should be forced, by law, to violate their own religious convictions -- or moral convictions, because somebody else may get their feelings hurt. If Americans don't have property rights and religious liberty, we don't have freedom. I am ashamed of my country.