Letters to the Editor 11-23-2004
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- King George - Lesson Learned - No Spell Check - Thanks To Warsaw PD
King George
Editor, Times-Union:Mr. Hackworth: I pondered whether to spend 37 cents to respond to your shallow, belittling comments, but your words were so reminiscent of the recent campaign that I couldn't resist. Besides I'm not working a 40-hour week in this booming Bush economy so I have extra time on my hands.
Your advice to buy a case of Pepto and hunker down is quite Republican-esque. Let's not address an issue or even admit there is an issue. Hopefully, nobody will pay any attention and the problem will just go away. In the meantime, let's demean and trivialize any opposing views. With "outsourcing" seemingly the only component of the Bush Jobs program, I certainly hope I still have a job and can afford that case of Pepto while I'm a "hunkerin'."
My greatest fear, however, is that there might not be much left for Hilary or anyone else to save in four years. We already are drowning in an insurmountable sea of red ink due to a failed economy, tax cuts and the debacle in Iraq. But wait; King George has an idea! We'll just raise the ceiling on the debt limit so we can continue our tax cuts for the wealthy and big business and spend like a drunken sailor. Bin Laden bankrupted the Soviet Union in 10 years. He may very well break that record here with all the help he's getting from King George.
Foreign financial institutions own 43 percent of America's debt. If they decide they want their money, that could create some major "hunkerin'." Incidentally, did you know that every baby born in the U.S. today comes into the world with a $20,000 debt? That is a legacy I wish not to leave my granddaughter.
I don't believe I mentioned Hilary anywhere in my original letter. Your clairvoyant powers, sir, are just a bit off. The New York politician I have my eyes on is Attorney General Elliot Spitzer. He's one of those wild-eyed Democrats who has this crazy notion that big business does not have the God-given right to economically rape and pillage consumers and small-time investors.
Mr. Hackworth, I'm sure it was just an oversight on your part but you neglected to mention how much additional money you are contributing to the Iraqi War effort. And I'm sure your next letter will be posted from the United States of Iraq.
Janet Collins
Etna Green
Lesson Learned
Editor, Times-Union:My grandaughter e-mailed me last week about a teaching and learning time between her, and her 4-year-old son, my great grandson.
Numerous times he was near and on the lap of my recently deceased wife during his brief years. He asked his mama, "Mommy did great grandma go up in the sky with Jesus?" She answered, "Yes." Then she e-mailed that he gasped, "I didn't know that people can rise up in the sky like Jesus."
Then she taught him, "If we ask Jesus into our hearts we get to go to heaven when we die." Then she wrote to me that her boy said, "I did that yesterday."
So she told me the story about yesterday.
He admitted that he got angry at her and tried to hit her. Then he said to her, "That was naughty." So she told him that that was sin, and that Jesus was our savior from sin. All we have to do is to ask Jesus to forgive us. So he said, "I'm sorry, Jesus. Now God can I go to Heaven, please, please!"
She added in the e-mail that Great Grandma's going to Heaven had a big impact on her little boy's mind. And that only God knows how deeply he learned about what Jesus did for us all. She ended, "I pray he will always say Yes to Jesus." Matthew l9:l4 "Help the little children to come unto me ... for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
This warmed ol' Great Grandpa's heart! Young mothers and fathers, and all mothers and fathers "Go thou and do likewise with your young and older children."
C.L. Hendrix
Winona Lake
via e-mail
No Spell Check
Editor, Times-Union:I must reply to Dyrell Hackworth's assumption that I use spell check. Not so, I find it more troublesome than helpful. And to clarify, my criticism of your letter was in regards to your grammatical error in using "advise" instead of "advice" or vice versa. Regardless, it seems we have a "tiff" going with your reply to my correction of your sarcastic letter ridiculing others for their "intellectually challenging" statements made regarding their political beliefs.
I do believe that it is ignorant and arrogant to make derogatory remarks about others, especially when you submit a letter that contains an error.
That hardly conveys the message to your intended readers that you are as "intellectually challenging" as you believe you are. And if you are going to criticize openly another person's thoughts and beliefs in a public forum, you should at least expect some reaction that might not parallel yours.
Sarah Lowe
Lowell, Mass.
via e-mail
Thanks To Warsaw PD
Editor, Times-Union:On an occasional time to time basis we are asked to take our funeral procession through the streets of Warsaw.
Let me say that although Warsaw is very spread out, the police department takes care of the need first class.
Sometimes it is easy to find complaints but I can say from our request for funeral assistance, our community can be thankful for the service that is being given in respect to those who pass before us.
King Memorial Home
Mentone
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- King George - Lesson Learned - No Spell Check - Thanks To Warsaw PD
King George
Editor, Times-Union:Mr. Hackworth: I pondered whether to spend 37 cents to respond to your shallow, belittling comments, but your words were so reminiscent of the recent campaign that I couldn't resist. Besides I'm not working a 40-hour week in this booming Bush economy so I have extra time on my hands.
Your advice to buy a case of Pepto and hunker down is quite Republican-esque. Let's not address an issue or even admit there is an issue. Hopefully, nobody will pay any attention and the problem will just go away. In the meantime, let's demean and trivialize any opposing views. With "outsourcing" seemingly the only component of the Bush Jobs program, I certainly hope I still have a job and can afford that case of Pepto while I'm a "hunkerin'."
My greatest fear, however, is that there might not be much left for Hilary or anyone else to save in four years. We already are drowning in an insurmountable sea of red ink due to a failed economy, tax cuts and the debacle in Iraq. But wait; King George has an idea! We'll just raise the ceiling on the debt limit so we can continue our tax cuts for the wealthy and big business and spend like a drunken sailor. Bin Laden bankrupted the Soviet Union in 10 years. He may very well break that record here with all the help he's getting from King George.
Foreign financial institutions own 43 percent of America's debt. If they decide they want their money, that could create some major "hunkerin'." Incidentally, did you know that every baby born in the U.S. today comes into the world with a $20,000 debt? That is a legacy I wish not to leave my granddaughter.
I don't believe I mentioned Hilary anywhere in my original letter. Your clairvoyant powers, sir, are just a bit off. The New York politician I have my eyes on is Attorney General Elliot Spitzer. He's one of those wild-eyed Democrats who has this crazy notion that big business does not have the God-given right to economically rape and pillage consumers and small-time investors.
Mr. Hackworth, I'm sure it was just an oversight on your part but you neglected to mention how much additional money you are contributing to the Iraqi War effort. And I'm sure your next letter will be posted from the United States of Iraq.
Janet Collins
Etna Green
Lesson Learned
Editor, Times-Union:My grandaughter e-mailed me last week about a teaching and learning time between her, and her 4-year-old son, my great grandson.
Numerous times he was near and on the lap of my recently deceased wife during his brief years. He asked his mama, "Mommy did great grandma go up in the sky with Jesus?" She answered, "Yes." Then she e-mailed that he gasped, "I didn't know that people can rise up in the sky like Jesus."
Then she taught him, "If we ask Jesus into our hearts we get to go to heaven when we die." Then she wrote to me that her boy said, "I did that yesterday."
So she told me the story about yesterday.
He admitted that he got angry at her and tried to hit her. Then he said to her, "That was naughty." So she told him that that was sin, and that Jesus was our savior from sin. All we have to do is to ask Jesus to forgive us. So he said, "I'm sorry, Jesus. Now God can I go to Heaven, please, please!"
She added in the e-mail that Great Grandma's going to Heaven had a big impact on her little boy's mind. And that only God knows how deeply he learned about what Jesus did for us all. She ended, "I pray he will always say Yes to Jesus." Matthew l9:l4 "Help the little children to come unto me ... for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven."
This warmed ol' Great Grandpa's heart! Young mothers and fathers, and all mothers and fathers "Go thou and do likewise with your young and older children."
C.L. Hendrix
Winona Lake
via e-mail
No Spell Check
Editor, Times-Union:I must reply to Dyrell Hackworth's assumption that I use spell check. Not so, I find it more troublesome than helpful. And to clarify, my criticism of your letter was in regards to your grammatical error in using "advise" instead of "advice" or vice versa. Regardless, it seems we have a "tiff" going with your reply to my correction of your sarcastic letter ridiculing others for their "intellectually challenging" statements made regarding their political beliefs.
I do believe that it is ignorant and arrogant to make derogatory remarks about others, especially when you submit a letter that contains an error.
That hardly conveys the message to your intended readers that you are as "intellectually challenging" as you believe you are. And if you are going to criticize openly another person's thoughts and beliefs in a public forum, you should at least expect some reaction that might not parallel yours.
Sarah Lowe
Lowell, Mass.
via e-mail
Thanks To Warsaw PD
Editor, Times-Union:On an occasional time to time basis we are asked to take our funeral procession through the streets of Warsaw.
Let me say that although Warsaw is very spread out, the police department takes care of the need first class.
Sometimes it is easy to find complaints but I can say from our request for funeral assistance, our community can be thankful for the service that is being given in respect to those who pass before us.
King Memorial Home
Mentone
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