OpinionMarch 10, 2010
Speak Out 3/10/10
I'M glad I voted for President Obama. The U.S. Postal Service was failing long before Obama got into office. Under President Bush, the postal service was top-heavy with salaries. Who knows what the other problems with the postal service are? But we can't blame Obama. He carries a big weight on his back from the previous administration...Postal service
I'M glad I voted for President Obama. The U.S. Postal Service was failing long before Obama got into office. Under President Bush, the postal service was top-heavy with salaries. Who knows what the other problems with the postal service are? But we can't blame Obama. He carries a big weight on his back from the previous administration.
Health nuts
THE political cartoon gave about President Obama's health failed to mention that he's a smoker. I don't know what his lungs look like. Some people seem obsessed about health, and they are driving me nuts.
Park problems
I'M sick and tired of going to parks in Cape Girardeau and finding a group of people who are drunken and loud. I'm sick and tired getting harassed by someone asking for money. I think our city manager and the police department need to do something about this.
Paying the postage
A few days ago my wife answered a knock at the front door. It was the mailman. He had a letter from Social Security for us. It had 44 cents postage due. I suppose this is a sign of our times.
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Destructive drugs
HOW proud and impressed I was to read Dr. Jack Smart's article on how destructive legalized drugs would be to our youths and all of America. Today's youths are tomorrow's leaders. Who knows better and has seen first-hand what drugs can do to the mind and body than this leader at Teen Challenge? There is a passage in Galatians that tells us to lift one another up and bear one another's burdens. When will common sense kick in and all of us help and encourage those who are trying to make a difference for good and forget legalizing this terrible evil?
Helping the homeless
I read the story about the Sprigg Street homeless shelter needing $35,000 for materials. Is this what those who oppose the Rev. Larry Rice want? An eight-bed shelter that will cost $35,000 for materials? Are you asking yourselves, why did we deny a man of God who wanted to come to our town and help out the homeless people here? The man of God has years of experience in dealing with the homeless. Homelessness is an ongoing problem that is here to stay. "When I was a stranger, you took me in. When you did it for the least of mine, you did it for me. To you eternal life."
Miracle legislation?
I wouldn't go so far as one writer did. Still, I find it at least near miraculous that the health care bill died on Christmas Eve and may be brought back to life this Easter.
Teachers' retirement
SUFFER the little children even more if state Sen. Jason Crowell succeeds in his effort to strip control of the Missouri Public School Retirement System from the teachers.
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