Opinion
Letters to the Editor for Thursday, June1
Massive Theft Secret
Brazen Russian opportunities are secretly conspiring with unaccountable United Nations Bureaucrats, to steal eight islands that are presently part of Alaska; we speak of Sovereign American Territory, thousands of square miles. Billions of barrels of American oil, millions of tons of our fish and other seafood and more millions of tons of valuable American minerals and ores. These islands are Wrangell, Herald, Bennett, Jeanette, Henrietta, Copper, Sea Lion Rock and Sea Otter Rock. They can be saved by you and me, we the people of the U.S.A. if we wake up to our responsibilities, then act.
Some weakling will say, “Why all the excitement”? Check the map, y’all, don’t you see? While the Iraq war is drawing all of our attention, unnecessary downright thievery is taking place behind our back.
Dear friends, many of us can recall mowing the lawn with a small push mower, riding bicycle or walking several miles to school, hand milking cows and doing chores twice daily the year around. Now we have riding lawn mowers, school buses to the door, delicious canned vegetables and homogenized milk in a bottle; only a few people labor in a garden. Wouldn’t you agree we may be taking too much for granted?
Only a few of us have seen Alaska; but in our easy way of life, miraculous auto and air travel thinking someone else will safeguard our continuous heaven on earth, I say, “Beware.”
Too easily, faceless bureaucrats have gone too far. They are in the midst of giving our American territories to the Russians. Remember, some people literally hate America and everything we stand for; our nation’s massive generosity, our defense of the weak and terrorized, our willingness to pay any price in the name of world freedom, etc. Because of selfishness, human greed and jealousy, they want to get even with us for our way of life and prosperity.
Actual theft of sovereign American Territory must be stopped now! Added to the eight islands would be the 200-mile ocean exclusive economic zones and all around them, amounting to hundreds of thousands of square miles.
People think only of the area they are presently exposed to. Let these few lines be a wake up call to real patriots. Let’s not knuckle under to political theft by these at the U.N. or to wealthy thugs who now run Russia.
Contact immediately: Carl Olson, Chairman, State Department Watch, P.O. Box 97343, Washington D.C. 2009-7343. Get more facts; help save our possessions for the sake of our kids!
Corbin Priefert,
Jacksonville
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Spud Nut, Tater Tot both enjoy Salt
Editor’s note: A Jacksonville resident has been reviewing movies for friends for several years and has offered to share his thoughts with Daily Progress readers. His reviews come in personal letters to his nicknamed friend, Spud Nut. Our reviewer is Tater Tot, so consequently, the movies get ratings based on potatoes.
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Nine phone calls and three hours later . . .
It seemed like such an easy thing to do — change the password on my e-mail account.
My free, personal, yahoo.com e-mail account that I have owned for about 12 years.
I’ve changed the password at least 25 times since I started it when I was in graduate school.
It’s an e-mail account I refuse to give up without a fight.
It was hacked recently, though. In fact, it was hacked twice in two weeks. -
Where is the real hypocrisy?
In the July 9, issue of the Daily Progress there appeared two letters which were each captioned by “hipocracy” [sic.]. I think the letter writers or at least the editors actually meant “hypocrisy”. [Next time they should at least use their computers to check the proper spelling of such words!]
These two letters are the latest in a series of such sarcastic letters by the same two authors. In their usual fashion many of the arguments utilize the same type of “non sequitur” reasoning they had been using all during the recent alcohol campaign. -
Woe, woe, woe
Jacksonville finally voted wet!
We’re told every day to look for the total collapse of our town.
Truth is, Jacksonville has always been wet. -
Inception earns four-tater rating
Editor’s note: A Jacksonville resident has been reviewing movies for friends for several years and has offered to share his thoughts with Daily Progress readers. His reviews come in personal letters to his nicknamed friend, Spud Nut. Our reviewer is Tater Tot, so consequently, the movies get ratings based on potatoes.
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Middle School Madness
I recently stumbled across some old school memorabilia of Lee’s and Brittany’s from their Middle School days – a collection of great little books called Middle School Madness. Evidently, the students were allowed to make these books in one of their classes, and they are so cool.
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Sorcerer’s Apprentice worth seeing again
Editor’s note: A Jacksonville resident has been reviewing movies for friends for several years and has offered to share his thoughts with Daily Progress readers. His reviews come in personal letters to his nicknamed friend, Spud Nut. Our reviewer is Tater Tot, so consequently, the movies get ratings based on potatoes.
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Spud Nut, Tater Tot love Despicable Me
Editor’s note: A Jacksonville resident has been reviewing movies for friends for several years and has offered to share his thoughts with Daily Progress readers. His reviews come in personal letters to his nicknamed friend, Spud Nut. Our reviewer is Tater Tot, so consequently, the movies get ratings based on potatoes.
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Shame, shame, shame
When I was a kid, I watched Gomer Pyle. One of the things I always remember is him saying, “Shame. Shame. Shame.”
Those words came to mind recently when Jacksonville started selling beer and wine. -
A slap in the face
There is a critical issue that affects the national security of America — and the safety of all Americans.
It is a wide-open platform in U.S. civilian courts for the Sept. 11, 2001, mastermind, the Christmas bomber and other terrorists. - More Opinion Headlines
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Spud Nut, Tater Tot both enjoy Salt
