Will someone explain to me why we should have government-managed heath care? I don’t understand!
Does anybody have any memory of the reason given for the establishment of the Department of Energy during the Carter administration?
We have spent several hundred billion dollars in support of this agency and few people probably know the reason for its establishment. Everyone at that time thought it was appropriate. It was going to lessen the dependence on foreign oil. It hasn’t that been efficient. Established on Aug. 4, 1977, we now have an agency with a budget of over $25 billion a year. There are over 16,000 federal employees and over 100,000 contractors, and what a fine job they have done.
The very government that established this agency will not allow drilling offshore — no drilling in ANWR and a protection of every fish, bird or animal that might be affected.
We have seen tobacco blamed for every type of illness imaginable. We have seen taxes upon taxes on tobacco, and our government pays a subsidy to farmers to raise it! Wow, it’s that sensible.
We are standing by watching the government dismantle the banking industry, the automotive industry and anything else they feel is worth the trouble. They now have a pay czar! Where and when will this madness stop?
Has anyone heard of or remember the Constitution? I personally don’t want people like the empty-headed leader of the House of Representatives in charge of my health care or my doctor relationship.
There has been a death of common sense and for those of you who voted for this hope and change, are these the changes you hoped for?
I realize that anyone who is critical of what is going on is looked upon as kooks, rabble-rousers or red-necked Bible thumpers.
I consider them to be thoughtful, caring patriotic victims of the greatest country the world has ever known.
A journalist in 1958 defined freedom: “When liberty is taken away by force, it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default, it can never be recovered.”
Don Landrith
Joplin
Opinion
Voices: Death of common sense
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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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