OpinionNovember 15, 2009
Speak Out 11/15/09
Magnificent play; Intersection trash; Walls will fall; Reform bill; Taxpayers pay; Vote Tea Party; Nation in debt; Pay the premiums; Awesome season; National security; On their own; New trash system; Three classes; Driving pollution; Animal control; Fall weather
Magnificent play
I want to congratulate Notre Dame Regional High School on its production of "Life With Father." The play was magnificently done and was enjoyed by everyone who had the pleasure to see it. The two little boys who starred in the play were particularly adorable.
Intersection trash
I pass the corner of Mount Auburn Road and Kingshighway every day. There is a garage-sale sign on a cardboard box. It has been there at least three weeks. I know the person who put it there should be the person to pick it up, but if that doesn't happen, who's responsibility is it to clean it up? Is there not a fine for someone who puts a garage-sale sign on public property and leaves it? People from out of town see this trash in the intersection every day, and it looks like nobody is going to clean it up.
Walls will fall
I get tired of people saying that President Obama is going to make our society terrible, that he's a liar and that the only reason people bow down to him is because he's the first black president. Why don't we give him a chance? I believe these walls that are all around us will fall down and we'll give praise and sing hallelujah.
Reform bill
A big thank you is in order for the House members who voted for the health care reform bill. The distinction between the two parties is evident. One party is for the people, and one party is for big corporations and insurance companies. The next stop is the Senate. Who owns your senator?
Taxpayers pay
DEMOCRATS are dishonest on so many levels about health care reform. It is almost impossible to untangle all their lies. Who pays for health care right now? Taxpayers foot the bill not only for their own health care, but for illegal immigrants, the poor and seniors as well. Some seniors pay a premium for Medicare, but it doesn't cover all the costs. Who is feeling the pain of the rapid growth in health care costs that the Democrats claim so desperately to want to fix? Those same taxpayers.
Vote Tea Party
YOU'VE got to love it. I encourage all conservatives and disaffected Republicans to join. Florida now has an officially registered Tea Party.
Nation in debt
I am an independent voter. We hear a lot about trying to get people's debt down and to get their credit card bills down and how we should be saving and watching our money. And then the legislators in Washington sent us a $1.2 trillion debt that nobody wants. I don't understand what our government is doing. We are going down so fast and getting in debt so fast that we will never get out. Someday, someone's going to take us over because we can't pay that debt.
Pay the premiums
IF Congress and the president really wanted to create jobs, reduce the deficit, lower health care costs and get the highest percentage of the population covered by health insurance, they would offer to pay 100 percent of the health insurance premiums of every U.S. citizen. Job growth would explode. The deficit would drop like a rock, and health care costs would plummet. Unemployment would drop to 3 percent, and the deficit would decline by 70 percent. Nearly 100 percent of the population would be covered by health insurance. It would be the best use of taxpayer money in the history of our country. We can have this, if we want it, but we need to tell Congress and the president.
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Awesome season
CONGRATULATIONS to the Jackson girls cross-country team. You had an awesome season. We're so proud of you. You went all the way to state.
National security
DAVID Limbaugh wrote that our nation has abandoned national security. I respect our military and think it has done a yeomanlike job working overtime to protect us.
On their own
I'D like to know who came up with the law to make it legal for our children to leave home at 17. They are still in high school, have no job and can't sign any type of legal document, but the law allows these children to defy their parents and do as they please and hold the parents accountable if they get in trouble. No wonder the welfare system is being abused, morals values dissolve and crime increases. Children should not be allowed to legally be on their own until they have a job and can at least sign their own documents legally.
New trash system
THE only thing I see from watching the video demonstration is the driver may have to get motion-sickness pills, as he will be rocking and rolling on his rounds. I believe this is going to be one of the best things to happen for a while. There should be a lot more people recycling.
Three classes
AMERICA is made up of three political classes. 1. Knaves (deceitful and dishonest). This is the less numerous but most active and powerful class who see in the government an instrument they can use for their own aggrandizement. 2. Dupes, a class larger in number, too many of whom know only to submit to the knaves. 3. A dubious class having some appreciation and trepidation of the evils of government, waxing and waning in a fight to rid themselves of the scoundrels due to a fear that doing so may require sacrificing their own private self-interests.
Driving pollution
I keep reading all these harsh words about smokers and smoking in public. If you really want to clear the air, stop driving. You cause just as much damage with your car.
Animal control
IT upsets me when people complain about the humane society putting animals to sleep. If it wasn't for humane societies there would be no animal control, because the no-kill shelters would always be full. Putting animals to sleep isn't anyone's fault except the people who refuse to have their animals spayed or neutered.
Fall weather
I hope everyone is enjoying the autumn weather as much as I am. It has been a remarkable year.
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