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An
ambulance in your neighborhood?
By SALLIE SATTERTHWAITE
sallies@juno.com
It was one of those
“worst case scenarios” public servants talk about while they
are drawing up budgets and allocating manpower and equipment.
Judicial
activism: Judges behaving badly
By JOHN
MROSEK
Oligarchy: Government
by the few. This was what George Washington warned of in his farewell
address of 1796: “... The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate
the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever
the form of government, a real despotism.”
- LETTERS TO THE
EDITOR
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- ‘The
Passion’: Viewer discretion is advised
A movie about
the crucifixion of Jesus Christ is like trying to whistle Beethoven’s
Fifth Symphony. Something will be missing. The message exceeds the
media’s ability to capture the critical theological issues that
make up the greatest story ever told.
What’s
that noise ? #1
Regarding the
letter and your comments in last week’s paper: At 4 a.m. I heard
the same noise. It was like a long train whistle with no variations,
just one constant tone. It may have been a broken whistle on a train
or maybe car alarm. After making certain it wasn’t our heating
system, my husband checked outside and noticed it was louder in the
front of our home (facing north onto Blue Smoke Park) than in the
back.
What’s
that noise ? #2
I also live on
the north side of Peachtree City and have heard that same strange
noise twice in the past month.
What’s
that noise? #3
Around 3:15 am,
Feb. 8, I too, heard the “strange noise.” It did sound like
it came from the direction of the train tracks, heading north. Perhaps
it was the engine running in a low gear or they were blowing a night
whistle. (Maybe the engineers have a “let’s scare ’em”
whistle)?
Why
‘homophobic’ if we believe homosexuality is abnormal?
Why is it that people,
Christian or not, are branded as “homophobes” because they,
we, do not want to accept the acts of homosexuality as normal?
‘Red
light’ store is local kind needed
Carolyn Cary describes
a Fayetteville of 38 years ago that I wish I knew. There are just enough
vestiges of this city’s charming past to make one realize that
something quite special has been swept away by the city’s growth.
Most
dangerous: Judges
The most dangerous
threat to the United States today is not terrorism; chemical, nuclear
or biological weapons; poor intelligence gathering and interpretation;
or even our porous border with Mexico.
Judicial
tyranny the norm
The Massachusetts
Supreme Court’s ruling [mandating marriage rights for homosexuals]
is one more confirmation that United States judges are legislating from
the bench.
Banner
flap shows city’s priorities wrong
Not to beat a dead
horse, but I couldn’t help but notice each week the continuing
story of “Crumpton’s banner.” This has gotten so ridiculous,
it’s now made the national news circuits and continues to show
why Georgia is passing Alabama for the punch-line of jokes.
Banner
issue deeper than just a sign ordinance
If the patriotic
citizens of Fayetteville would all post “God Bless America”
signs in their front yards, and at their places of business, our town
might just take the 360-degree turn it’s been badly needing.
Flag
‘protocol’ is enshrined in law
The proper protocol
to dispose of retired American flags mentioned in your photo inscription
has its own name: “The Code of The Flag of the United States,”
which became a law in June 1942.
So
that explains high cable rates ...
The thought that
a company such as Comcast might have the financial power to purchase
a mega-giant such as Disney makes me very angry.
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