by Madeline Duncan, Eubank, Ky.
Dear Editor:
I have a question many Americans are asking themselves. Can our Republic stand when our elected officials refuse to listen to the people they represent?
The American people overwhelmingly disapproved of the health care bill. Was it because there is no need for reform or because we believe this is not the way to go?
Many Americans disapproved of the stimulus bill but it was passed anyway. More Americans believe Elvis is still alive than believe the stimulus worked, yet we are being told every day how wonderful it is and another one is on the way.
We don’t want the government having ownership in our banks, insurance companies, car companies, etc. Yet, that’s what we have. The money they are using is not monopoly money and the countries they are borrowing from are not our friends. They are risking our sovereignity and our children’s future.
Than there is the terrorists and how they are being handled. The intelligence agencies have been hamstrung so much that even though the military knew the terrorist at Fort Hood was having conversations with terrorists nothing was done until 13 people lost their lives and many more were wounded.
The terrorists from Nigeria own father tried to warn us of his son’s activities but again even though he was not an American citizens he was permitted to board a plane under unusual circumstances that should have raised all sorts of flags. After he failed to kill almost 300 people with his failed bomb, he was given rights that should be reserved for American citizens when he started talking several weeks later. The information was released to the public endangering several people’s lives.
I don’t understand what is going on. Why the safety of Americans is being politicized. We are at war with terrorists. These are people whose goal is to destroy America. We need to use every means available to stop them.
Our economy is struggling, yet the foolish spending continues. Americans are struggling to keep food on the table and a room over their head, yet yesterday Congress restored funding to ACORN because it’s unconstitutional to pull it. Where in the Constitution is funding such an evil organization found? This is outrageous.
We need new leadership from people who have some integrity and leadership qualities. Leadership is not carrying out an agenda for the agenda’s sake but someone who listens with an open mind to all sides of an issue, considers consequences for each action and then does the right thing regardless of the personal cost. It is not a popularity contest.
We also need term limits. We need to send citizen legislators whose goal is to serve our country and not build an empire. We have some very fine people with good ideas but campaigns are so expensive and the pressure to give in to lobbyists so strong that it’s just not very appealing.
“We the people” want to use our own money to meet the needs of our families. We don’t want the government telling us how to think, what we can do, who we can trust and how can we earn our living. In other words, we want our freedom back and less government.
For instance, global warming. Science is inexact often and true scientists take all the facts and weigh them together. Politicians take what they want of the facts and use them to accomplish their own goals. If the climate bill (cap and tax) should pass, the American families and the economy will be hurt much worse than they are now.
I certainly got a kick out of the “scientist” who tried to explain how global warming had caused the record snow fall in Washington, D.C.
We need people who have two ears and one mouth and who are willing to use the two earns twice as much as the one mouth. I’ve never seen a time when there is more partisanship.
We also need people with common sense. We are spending money on such foolish things. We need to send people to Washington who will look at what is good for our nation not what will benefit their district.
If Congress won’t pass term limits, “we the people” need to pass term limits as they did in Virginia, New Jersey and Massachusetts. We need to take our voting rights very seriously while we still have them.
I still believe I live in the greatest nation in history and if you disagree with my ideas, you can thank the folks who pledged their “lives, fortunes and sacred honor” to purchase for you those rights. Let’s work together, as they did, to preserve what cost them so much.
Thank you.
Madeline Duncan
Eubank, Ky.
