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Leave
my Pledge of Allegiance alone
By
JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@thecitizennews.com
You want to do what?
Packing
it in for summer . . .
By BILLY
MURPHY
Laugh Lines
It's summer time,
Fourth of July, and everybody's going somewhere. And as surely as Cher
wears a wig, people are going to take lots of stuff with them.
LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
Judges
badly misread Founding Fathers' intent
Keith Turner's letter
about America's Christian heritage touched only a small sample of the
writings of this county's Founding Fathers. Many volumes of these great
Americans' letters and journals are available at libraries across the
country, and they leave no doubt as to the Christian principles that
this country was intended to be built upon.
Other
Founding Fathers' quotes paint different picture
The letter on America's
"Christian heritage" (June 26) was most impressive. Congratulations
to the author for boiling the personal religious views of the Founding
Fathers down to a few carefully chosen soundbites. Somehow he got right
to the bottom of a topic that has eluded many historians which ought
to tell us something.
Even
non-scholar can read the Constitution
I never thought
I would see the day but it arrived none the less! It seems that the
Pledge of Allegiance has been ruled unconstitutional because the words
"under God" were added in 1954. It seems the [Ninth Circuit]
Court [of Appeals] has based its opinion on the Constitution's establishment
clause of "separation of Church and State."
In an age where
people are becoming more isolated within their homes, and where we talk
more through our keyboards than our vocal cords, it has become all the
more important to hang on to whatever sense of community that we have
left.
Spanking
is child abuse
I just read with
shock and horror [the Rev. David Epps'] affirmation of spanking of children
and teaching that disobedience causes pain.
Wrong
to force student doctors to perform abortions
As a medical student
at the Medical College of Georgia, founder of a Catholic group there,
member of Medical Students for Life, and strong believer in the physician's
duty to protect life from conception to natural death, I found Michelle
Malkin's column [in the Friday paper] both right-on and very disturbing.
Wheat's
campaign full of distortions, untruths
[County Commission
candidate Mike Wheat's] mail flyer caught my attention. Normally I don't
get involved in politics and hadn't even given a thought to who I was
going to vote for, still wasn't sure who all was running for what.
Where's
the money coming from for race?
How much money can
one guy spend on a County Commission seat?!
Wheat
plans upbeat campaign on the issues
Record versus rhetoric
and fact versus fear. This is the foundation of our campaign for Fayette
County Commission, Post 5, in the Republican Primary on Aug. 20.
Democrat
praises Dunn for environmental stand
I must admit I'm
a Democrat. But I must also admit we all owe Greg Dunn many thanks for
his efforts in helping to stop the [Williams Co.] power plant [in south
Fulton, bordering Fayette]. Who said Republicans aren't environmentally
conscious?
Wheat,
Stephens didn't violate sign ordinance
In last week's Citizen,
a letter erroneously reported that Mike Wheat and Thomas Stephens were
violating the Fayetteville sign ordinance by already placing their campaign
signs in yards. It was stated that the signs were not supposed to be
placed in yards 30 days prior to the election and that the writer soon
planned to acquire a copy of the sign ordinance.
Question
the candidates; demand truthful answers
Misrepresentations,
distortions, and lies will not "restore the public trust."
Who can you trust today your broker, Arthur Anderson, politicians?
Is
there nothing sacred? Now it's a lady's age
Frankly, my dear,
I am surprised as all get out! At a recent Republican function, commission
candidate Thomas Stephens displayed a less than Southern gentlemanly
attitude by not only questioning, but disparaging a lady's age! Shocking!
Dunn
managed growth, but look at Wheat's F'ville
In the county elections
four years ago, the citizens of Fayette County sent a clear message
that they wanted slow, managed, growth, honest government, and county
commissioners who respected the rights and views of all, not just the
land speculators and developers who seemed to control the county at
that time.
How
could you leave us bleeding on a rainy road?
An open letter to
a hit-and-run driver:
Signs
warning of lanes ending are sorely missed in PTC
I'm happy to see
the traffic improvements at the intersection of Ga. highways 54 and
74 [in Peachtree City], but what about the traffic lights and signage?
Coach
has most important job of getting kids ready for life
When someone thinks
of his or her high school coach, nostalgia for the feelings of the good
times and closeness they shared with that coach should rise to the occasion.
These memorable men and women are not only coaches, but also mentors.
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