Opinion
Letters to the Editor for 11-08
Real health care bills get battered by lies
This government option is a mockery and has never been more obvious and delusional than now. A year of deception has taken the punch out of this so-called reform. It could have been economically frugal and might have brought health care to all. The greedy powers that be, who lay hidden and lurking in the shadows of our puppet senators and representatives dictating their deceptive rhetoric with the lure of their deep pockets and ambiguous selfish agendas, are pulling all the strings. What chance do we have for real change when every real, honest bill, such as the nonprofit HR 676, is politically battered by lies, paid for by lobbyists of the rich insurance gamblers of our health care, at the rate of six to one, spoken from the mouths of those serving to represent us?
Capitalism has a place in our society, but not when it comes to our health care. The AMA and AARP should be ashamed for contributing to these lies that claim to bring change to our evil flesh-pushing, for-profit system. As long as it makes money for Wall Street investors, it is considered a good treatment.
I’m ashamed of our country.
Terry Thomas
Rusk
P.S.: Please don’t call this a free society. That ship has sailed.
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We always spring forward in the newsroom
I’m very human, and so I am very apt to make mistakes.
We’re all prone to make mistakes, I guess. It’s part of being human.
Not everyone makes mistakes on the front page of the paper, though. -
Teach pride
Jacksonville is one of the most unique, special communities in the state — and yet in so many ways our problems are the same as everyone else’s.
But they don’t have to be. -
There is only one now ...
During the course of my childhood, there had been three — three of the most stately, majestic trees in west Jacksonville. Trees that were so beautiful they even named the street “Sycamore” in honor of them.
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Come hell or high water
Call it fearmongering if you will, but the ruin of our great nation is staring us right in the face. Already standing on the precipice of calamity due to the last five years of rampant spending and record-setting deficits, the Obama administration and the Democratic majority in Congress are a whisper (and a few back-alley deals) away from forcing through non-essential healthcare reform and expending further trillions that our country simply does not have to spend.
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There is always two sides to a vote
As always there is two sides to a vote. I’d like to state my own personal position.
I’m for off-premises consumption (of alcohol). It is the people’s choice if they wish to participate. -
Check the facts!
In last Tuesday’s paper, it quoted Jacksonville Pastor Darin Wood as saying he lived in Corsicana when they went “wet” and “said the city is still running deficit budgets across the board.”
- Chuck Hopson: Honesty and courage
- Chuck Hopson is a conservative
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Editorial Board reminds of endorsement policy
The Daily Progress editorial board reminds readers of our endorsement policy.
As published on our Opinion page of each daily edition, our endorsement policy is as follows:
"The Jacksonville Daily Progress accepts letters endorsing a candidate or position on issues. Letters must be original and 300 words or less. Letters will be published as space allows, and will not be accepted within three days of an election." -
Reaping the benefits of black brilliance
February is Black History Month, an observance which should be meaningful for everyone - regardless of their own skin color - because each of us has benefitted from the advancements made by some of history’s greatest black minds.
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