Letters to the Editor 04-24-2006
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Wildlife - American - Immigrant Generosity - Supports Whitaker - Recycle
Wildlife
Editor, Times-Union:I am a volunteer assistant to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in our area and I want to speak out to the public concerning wildlife.
First off, I wish to thank the loving and caring people who feel and do the right thing by our wildlife animals. Cruelty to any wildlife animal and migrating bird is illegal, but on the same token, so is possessing wildlife without the proper permits. I wish to get the understanding out that if you come across a truly orphaned wildlife animal to please first and foremost call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or DNR. In the time that I have been assisting in the care and release of many wildlife animals, I have met lots of good-hearted people who care for the proper raising of these animals and they get them to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator right away, and I have meet some with the best of intentions but have actually done more harm than good. Sometimes the animal can be saved and sometimes it can not.
The biggest mistakes I have seen is what happens when people try to feed an orphaned animal while it was cold, dehydrated, injured or just felt it needed food. And at times it is really sad the outcome, and some have then been turned over to the right people and with countless hours and lots of patience and the proper handling knowledge they have been saved.
I would really like people to know one big misunderstanding in feeding these animals - that cow's milk or human baby formulas are not the right thing to do, it can actually kill them. The techniques that people have used to feed them have caused many tragedies that did not have to happen. There are countless reasons that people, once they find a truly orphaned animal, need to contact the right permitted people to handle the situation as it is so vitally important.
Please, I ask for the public to put the animal in a warm box, container or whatever shall be used to hold that animal until it is released into the hands of a wildlife rehabilitator or DNR and nothing more unless instructed by the wildlife rehabilitator or DNR. Also, one final thing is I would like people to understand that wild animals do not make good pets. So many have thought it so cute to raise a wild raccoon to find out that once it hits sexual maturity, that raccoon isn't so cute anymore and can become quite dangerous. I have seen where people have just thrown this coon out on the side of a road or turned it over and it takes lots of work to help this animal overcome what it has been taught, which usually isn't the proper skills it needs to live in the wild or has been injured or beaten because the raccoon has its natural instincts that are not so cute anymore. And cottontail rabbits are by no means a domestic rabbit and most will die in captivity. The list of wild animals goes on as to why they don't make good pets.
Every wild animal plays an important part in our ecosystem and it has been a rewarding experience in helping ensure this stays true. And God bless the people in our community who love and respect the wildlife in seeing it gets the chance it deserves to play out its role in our ecosystem by immediately turning it over to the right handlers.
To learn more about how you can help with the care and rehabilitation of wildlife animals contact Seven's Heaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Inc, a non-profit organization by calling any one of the phone numbers: 260-609-7249, 260-839-0705 and 574-551-4531.
Education is a vital service we provide to the community and tax-deductible donations of various types are greatly appreciated to help with the care and release of these animals.
Sharisa Hively, via e-mail
Warsaw
American
ExperimentEditor, Times-Union:
The last time the government was going to fix the Mexico and Central American invasion problem it resulted in legalizing at least 10 millions of unskilled underclass Mexicans. The wretched refuse, if you will. Actually, it was at least 20 million!
Our masters are about to do the same thing again until the culture of North America completely turns third world. If that's what you want, that's what you will get.
Now you must understand, this will usher in the politics of the third world. Factions will square off from every quarter and every racial group and religion will be jockeying for power.
We are still in the honeymoon stage yet in this area. You know that, "I'm OK, your OK" mode.
A new strain of tuberculosis is moving out of southern Mexico. There is no cure for it. Gas is going through the roof, but you ain't seen nothing yet. This, along with all the other creeping crud being dragged into your towns and schools.
With oil prices soaring, food prices will rise dramatically and with all this you want to bring in millions more that will form a whole new super poor underclass. My grandma used to say, "If you don't listen, you will have to feel." You're not listening, so get ready, get set, go! Eventually, it will escalate into a Civil War, which will be the last stop on the great American Experiment!
P.S I am not Caucasian. I am white.
Tom Metzger, via e-mail
Warsaw
Immigrant Generosity
Editor, Times-Union:Again, in response to Neil Harris (4/19).
President Roosevelt's statement (written in 1919, not 1907) shows how strongly he felt about the Americanization of immigrants. He strove for an "equality" he believed would benefit both the individual as well as the entire nation. Terrific goals, but I disagree with his definition of equality and his proposed means of attainment.
Roosevelt held some, at best, bigoted ideals. Though he spoke of the equality of man, he frequently referred to that equality as something that could only be realized by a complete changing of others. His statements made in 1905 regarding post-Civil War America clearly demonstrate this: "The problem is so to adjust the relations between two races of different ethnic type that the rights of neither be abridged nor jeopardized; that the backward race be trained so that it may enter into the possession of true freedom while the forward race is enabled to preserve unharmed the high civilization wrought out by its forefathers."
At first, his statement appears noble, but then he goes on to describe any group displaying any cultural difference as being "the backward race." This did not just apply to African-Americans, but to all who entered the country with any allegiance to their native land and any differences in their way of life. Roosevelt even included the "savages" who inhabited this land before us. Americans had somehow achieved utopia, and the rest of the world was on the wrong course.
In the same speech, Roosevelt said, "Let us be steadfast for the right; but let us err on the side of generosity rather than on the side of vindictiveness toward those who differ from us as to the method of attaining the right."
This seems inconsistent with the previous statement. Perhaps Roosevelt himself struggled with this inconsistency. To err on the side of true generosity, I believe, would go beyond the assimilation of immigrants and include the assimilation of U.S. citizens as well. For example, rather than say, "Learn our language or leave," we could demonstrate true generosity and say, "Let's learn each other's language and learn to live with each other."
The basis of my own convictions concerning this requires me to go back a few thousand years. Prior to entering the land promised to them, Israel was instructed by God as follows: "When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt." This is true generosity. It speaks solely to the native-born, requiring action by them and not the alien. Good advice.
At the end of the day, Roosevelt, though a fine president in many respects, was simply a man with an opinion. We are free to agree or disagree with his beliefs and live as we will. I myself choose to err on the side of generosity.
Dan Temple, via e-mail
Milford
Supports Whitaker
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to respond to the letter of April 21 because I was one of the many who were accused of the most "unthinkable and disrespectful act" Tony Silveus has ever witnessed. Silveus states the Whitaker supporters "have held meetings in the privacy of their homes for the election of Lou and Rocky's opponent." This is not a true statement. I have not held any meetings in my home or gone to a meeting at any of the Whitaker supporters' homes.
I am proud to be a Sam Whitaker supporter and a member of his campaign committee. I have the right to support and vote for the candidate of my choice.
Sam Whitaker has run his campaign with hard work and integrity. I will not speak against the other candidates or their supporters. All I can say is I have known Sam Whitaker for over 40 years and feel he has the qualifications and experience to lead our community as sheriff for four years.
In local politics, an election is won by hard work, ethics and qualifications, not by trashing the opponent or the people who support them.
Jerry Patterson
Warsaw
Recycle
Editor, Times-Union:It's simple for the solution to the garbage pickup: Recycle!
It's amazing how little actual refuse one (or more) has, if done. A trip to the Recycling Center on South Union Street in Warsaw takes care of the situation. While I do not live in that immediate area, I should think that the land values and employment rates should increase with the establishment of Louis Dreyfus, the world's largest ethanol and biodiesel production plant.
Lila O'Connell, via e-mail
Pierceton
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Wildlife
Editor, Times-Union:I am a volunteer assistant to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in our area and I want to speak out to the public concerning wildlife.
First off, I wish to thank the loving and caring people who feel and do the right thing by our wildlife animals. Cruelty to any wildlife animal and migrating bird is illegal, but on the same token, so is possessing wildlife without the proper permits. I wish to get the understanding out that if you come across a truly orphaned wildlife animal to please first and foremost call a licensed wildlife rehabilitator or DNR. In the time that I have been assisting in the care and release of many wildlife animals, I have met lots of good-hearted people who care for the proper raising of these animals and they get them to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator right away, and I have meet some with the best of intentions but have actually done more harm than good. Sometimes the animal can be saved and sometimes it can not.
The biggest mistakes I have seen is what happens when people try to feed an orphaned animal while it was cold, dehydrated, injured or just felt it needed food. And at times it is really sad the outcome, and some have then been turned over to the right people and with countless hours and lots of patience and the proper handling knowledge they have been saved.
I would really like people to know one big misunderstanding in feeding these animals - that cow's milk or human baby formulas are not the right thing to do, it can actually kill them. The techniques that people have used to feed them have caused many tragedies that did not have to happen. There are countless reasons that people, once they find a truly orphaned animal, need to contact the right permitted people to handle the situation as it is so vitally important.
Please, I ask for the public to put the animal in a warm box, container or whatever shall be used to hold that animal until it is released into the hands of a wildlife rehabilitator or DNR and nothing more unless instructed by the wildlife rehabilitator or DNR. Also, one final thing is I would like people to understand that wild animals do not make good pets. So many have thought it so cute to raise a wild raccoon to find out that once it hits sexual maturity, that raccoon isn't so cute anymore and can become quite dangerous. I have seen where people have just thrown this coon out on the side of a road or turned it over and it takes lots of work to help this animal overcome what it has been taught, which usually isn't the proper skills it needs to live in the wild or has been injured or beaten because the raccoon has its natural instincts that are not so cute anymore. And cottontail rabbits are by no means a domestic rabbit and most will die in captivity. The list of wild animals goes on as to why they don't make good pets.
Every wild animal plays an important part in our ecosystem and it has been a rewarding experience in helping ensure this stays true. And God bless the people in our community who love and respect the wildlife in seeing it gets the chance it deserves to play out its role in our ecosystem by immediately turning it over to the right handlers.
To learn more about how you can help with the care and rehabilitation of wildlife animals contact Seven's Heaven Wildlife Rehabilitation Inc, a non-profit organization by calling any one of the phone numbers: 260-609-7249, 260-839-0705 and 574-551-4531.
Education is a vital service we provide to the community and tax-deductible donations of various types are greatly appreciated to help with the care and release of these animals.
Sharisa Hively, via e-mail
Warsaw
American
ExperimentEditor, Times-Union:
The last time the government was going to fix the Mexico and Central American invasion problem it resulted in legalizing at least 10 millions of unskilled underclass Mexicans. The wretched refuse, if you will. Actually, it was at least 20 million!
Our masters are about to do the same thing again until the culture of North America completely turns third world. If that's what you want, that's what you will get.
Now you must understand, this will usher in the politics of the third world. Factions will square off from every quarter and every racial group and religion will be jockeying for power.
We are still in the honeymoon stage yet in this area. You know that, "I'm OK, your OK" mode.
A new strain of tuberculosis is moving out of southern Mexico. There is no cure for it. Gas is going through the roof, but you ain't seen nothing yet. This, along with all the other creeping crud being dragged into your towns and schools.
With oil prices soaring, food prices will rise dramatically and with all this you want to bring in millions more that will form a whole new super poor underclass. My grandma used to say, "If you don't listen, you will have to feel." You're not listening, so get ready, get set, go! Eventually, it will escalate into a Civil War, which will be the last stop on the great American Experiment!
P.S I am not Caucasian. I am white.
Tom Metzger, via e-mail
Warsaw
Immigrant Generosity
Editor, Times-Union:Again, in response to Neil Harris (4/19).
President Roosevelt's statement (written in 1919, not 1907) shows how strongly he felt about the Americanization of immigrants. He strove for an "equality" he believed would benefit both the individual as well as the entire nation. Terrific goals, but I disagree with his definition of equality and his proposed means of attainment.
Roosevelt held some, at best, bigoted ideals. Though he spoke of the equality of man, he frequently referred to that equality as something that could only be realized by a complete changing of others. His statements made in 1905 regarding post-Civil War America clearly demonstrate this: "The problem is so to adjust the relations between two races of different ethnic type that the rights of neither be abridged nor jeopardized; that the backward race be trained so that it may enter into the possession of true freedom while the forward race is enabled to preserve unharmed the high civilization wrought out by its forefathers."
At first, his statement appears noble, but then he goes on to describe any group displaying any cultural difference as being "the backward race." This did not just apply to African-Americans, but to all who entered the country with any allegiance to their native land and any differences in their way of life. Roosevelt even included the "savages" who inhabited this land before us. Americans had somehow achieved utopia, and the rest of the world was on the wrong course.
In the same speech, Roosevelt said, "Let us be steadfast for the right; but let us err on the side of generosity rather than on the side of vindictiveness toward those who differ from us as to the method of attaining the right."
This seems inconsistent with the previous statement. Perhaps Roosevelt himself struggled with this inconsistency. To err on the side of true generosity, I believe, would go beyond the assimilation of immigrants and include the assimilation of U.S. citizens as well. For example, rather than say, "Learn our language or leave," we could demonstrate true generosity and say, "Let's learn each other's language and learn to live with each other."
The basis of my own convictions concerning this requires me to go back a few thousand years. Prior to entering the land promised to them, Israel was instructed by God as follows: "When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt." This is true generosity. It speaks solely to the native-born, requiring action by them and not the alien. Good advice.
At the end of the day, Roosevelt, though a fine president in many respects, was simply a man with an opinion. We are free to agree or disagree with his beliefs and live as we will. I myself choose to err on the side of generosity.
Dan Temple, via e-mail
Milford
Supports Whitaker
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to respond to the letter of April 21 because I was one of the many who were accused of the most "unthinkable and disrespectful act" Tony Silveus has ever witnessed. Silveus states the Whitaker supporters "have held meetings in the privacy of their homes for the election of Lou and Rocky's opponent." This is not a true statement. I have not held any meetings in my home or gone to a meeting at any of the Whitaker supporters' homes.
I am proud to be a Sam Whitaker supporter and a member of his campaign committee. I have the right to support and vote for the candidate of my choice.
Sam Whitaker has run his campaign with hard work and integrity. I will not speak against the other candidates or their supporters. All I can say is I have known Sam Whitaker for over 40 years and feel he has the qualifications and experience to lead our community as sheriff for four years.
In local politics, an election is won by hard work, ethics and qualifications, not by trashing the opponent or the people who support them.
Jerry Patterson
Warsaw
Recycle
Editor, Times-Union:It's simple for the solution to the garbage pickup: Recycle!
It's amazing how little actual refuse one (or more) has, if done. A trip to the Recycling Center on South Union Street in Warsaw takes care of the situation. While I do not live in that immediate area, I should think that the land values and employment rates should increase with the establishment of Louis Dreyfus, the world's largest ethanol and biodiesel production plant.
Lila O'Connell, via e-mail
Pierceton
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