Floyd Woolever stated we should have combat-action veterans at each of our schools, and if you’re a veteran of any kind you should automatically receive a concealed weapons permit. Later, he states that we “need to get rid of the homeless.” Well, Mr. Woolever needs to make up his mind, since the fastest growing populations of homeless are combat-action veterans from the Iraq war. Is this another case of “supporting the troops”?
Mr. Woolever also suggests putting SWAT teams at all hospitals. I’m sure that will discourage even the most determined uninsured person from trying to get medical care. The nerve of them — they think they have the same right to equal treatment as the rest of us who have insurance.
Allen Shirley tells us that we need to believe every word from W’s mouth about the Iraq war because the only people saying anything contrary are of course “liberals.” Now I hate to burst Mr. Shirley’s bubble, but the first person to let the cat out of the bag was W’s first secretary of the treasury, Paul O’Neill. He stated unequivocally in his book, on CNN, and on “60 Minutes” that at the very first Cabinet meeting W told all of his loyal henchmen to “find me a way to get a reason to invade Iraq.” Paul O’Neill was a very good friend of W’s, a lifelong Republican, a millionaire and upset about the constant tax breaks for the rich because he knew the deficit would balloon and cause economic collapse if carried to the extremes that W and his backers were suggesting. Secretary O’Neill is many things Mr. Shirley, but “liberal” isn’t one of them.
I keep reading letters from the elderly about having to live on a “fixed income” and how rough their lives are. I’m sure a lot of people who have lost their jobs and homes would love to be on a “fixed income” or any income at all once their unemployment has run out.
Patricia L. Grantz
Columbus, Kan.
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Our View: Victims should come first
Millions of dollars in donations have poured in from around the world since the May 22, 2011, tornado. Those donations represent money from lemonade stands, charity auctions, corporate gifts and celebrity checks, just to name a few. In fact, one year later donations continue to come to Joplin.
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Beth Meeker, guest columnist: Same-sex marriage battle a quest for equal rights
I would like to take a moment to reply to guest columnist Anson Burlingame’s, “The Marriage Debate” (Globe, May 13).
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Sunday Forum: 2012 graduation speakers key on tornado, mall school and president’s visit
Editor’s note: In addition to speeches by President Barack Obama and Gov. Jay Nixon, Joplin High School’s top students addressed graduates, faculty, parents and other guests packed into the Leggett & Platt Athletic Center on the Missouri Southern State University campus. Following are the text of those speeches.
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Geoff Caldwell, guest columnist: Pack mentality takes truth as a casualty
President Obama’s Joplin graduation speech Monday showed that while there’s the political “right,” there’s also a very active “rabid” political right.
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Your View: ‘Study’ can mean anything
A few evenings ago, I watched a television program on the science of marriage.
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Our View: Support for museum
How can you tell the story of Joplin without the accounts of its mining history?
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Our View: Finding middle ground
The G-8 summit held last week in Camp David ended as expected.
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Anson Burlingame, guest columnist: Class of 2012 upholds character, hope
My oldest granddaughter was part of the class of 2012 from Joplin High School, and I attended the ceremony on Monday night.
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Scott Charton, guest columnist: 'Deadline in Disaster' film a story about storytellers
Local newspapers are at their best when they help their communities confront, understand, endure and overcome shared challenges.
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Our View: Make voting easiser
This year’s ballot will not include a proposed constitutional amendment that photo identification be required at the polls in Missouri. Good.
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