It is my opinion Sandra Lane Smith and John Giles hope to use the Bible in some political way to give Alabama an extreme right-wing Republican one-party government.As a Baptist for more than 50 years, I would not let Sandra Lane Smith nor John Giles think for me on any subject. I don’t let right-wing extremists do my thinking.
God gave us the Ten Commandments for us to live by. God did not give us the Ten Commandments for politicians to use for self-glory.
The self-righteous have the freedom to stand on their head and read the Ten Commandments all they want to.
I don’t believe God is pleased at all with politicians using the Ten Commandments for political mileage.
Cress Joiner
Talladega
Truth?
I sometimes find it hard to figure which is funnier, the comics or the articles written by Liberal Press/New York Times writers. I laughed when a Democrat senator said that they are the protectors of the U.S. Constitution, after what the Justice Department turned a blind eye to during the Clinton years. No one even questioned the statement.
Now we read that millions of Iranians march in massive, nationwide pep rally.
In another news article source, the National Review online wrote, “The largest estimate I can find of the crowd in Tehran is about 300,000, and while that may seem like a huge number to a Western journalist, it is appallingly small by historical standards. Over the years, the regime could generally count on a million or so enthusiasts, but the last time a million people demonstrated in Tehran it was to demand an end to the regime, just a few months ago. Yesterday’s mob was an insult to the regime, a further demonstration of its weakening grip on the Iranian people. The secret police, the Basiji, went around threatening students and teachers, warning of dire consequences if they didn’t show up. All government employees, and all members of the armed forces were ordered to participate. The poor were told that if they didn’t celebrate, their welfare would be cut off. Thousands of buses dragged people from the countryside to the city. And still the best they could come up with was about a third of the usual turnout. That should have been the headline, and that is a big story.”
Why does The Anniston Star run stories that are, at best, twisted or runs along the liberal party line of lying to the people, making its readers blind followers, unable to think critically. You do your readers and good people of Alabama a great disservice by not printing the news but by feeding the people propaganda and half-truths. You should try to print the truth for a change, the facts of a story and quit trying to force feed us what you want us to think. Anniston could really use a “newspaper.”
Allen Woodley
Anniston
Incinerating at night
What am I missing in all the discussion of incineration? We hear about positive pressure, schools, people on the road or working who do not have protective hoods, the lack of notification so you can put them on if you have them, etc.
Isn’t it obvious to you as it is to this old country boy that a major solution is at hand?
Why not burn at night? Put out the word that “burning” will be taking place between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. (or other specific times). Most everyone will know the time and date if it is publicized sufficiently.
You have solved the school and most of the work related problems. The traveling public will be reduced by 90-95 percent. We, the citizens in the surrounding areas, will be informed and on-alert if we choose to be, rather than hoping EMA will get it right and sound the alarm in time.
We could also leave the area, if we choose to do so, without traffic jams.
I know, the carping will now start. We can’t do it because.., followed by we have to transport the stuff from igloos to the incinerator, prepare the burning chambers, etc. Do this in the daytime and use exceptional care.
If the major danger is the release of chemicals during the “burn,” then the transport and preparation could be accomplished during daylight hours. You have multi-million dollar transporters for this purpose.
While the above is not 100 percent safe (nothing is), it is superior to the plan now in effect.
Dan O’Donnell
Anniston
Out of her tree
I don’t understand why the Anniston Star continually runs articles of Molly Ivins. She is a poor representative of a rational, logical point of view.
She is consumed with slanted politics and name calling.In her article that ran February 14 entitled “Ignoring the signs of an impending crash,” she says “. . . that Enron paid no taxes whatever during four of the past five years . . .” Bill Clinton was the president four of those five years. Ms. Ivins manages to mention President Bush’s name several times but fails to bring up Clinton’s name once. Why doesn’t she mention Clinton’s name four times to Bush’s one to make things proportional?
Secondly, the population is over 281,400,000 people. Ms. Ivins says “Enron’s tax practices... cost the country $195 billion... That comes to $1,600 per taxpayer.”
If the 195 billion figure has not been manipulated, it should be $692.96 per taxpayer (195B divided by 281.4M).
Is this her idea of “fuzzy math”? If Ms. Ivins were just counting the actual taxpayers, then she can’t count the lower economic classes. And she says they don’t get a break.
Molly Ivins’ articles should be discontinued in The Anniston Star. She thinks she knows something about the “Bushies” but logic says she is out of her tree.
James Watson
Jacksonville
