Opinion: editorials, letters to the editor
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Your Views: Nation needs a common sense plan to grow jobs Recently, the House passed its version of health care. By any common sense standard, this 2,000-plus page monstrosity is an awful bill. It reduces the quality of health care while increasing its costs, and all 220 who voted for (and probably didn’t read) this bill should be voted out of office in 2010. |
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Your Views: Cheerleaders, band make football Friday nights special A tip of the hat to the Flowery Branch High School cheerleaders. The football team receives most of the publicity and deservedly so, but not a word is printed in recognition of these wonderful young ladies. The enthusiasm they generate among the fans and players play an important part in the team victories. |
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Your Views: Government should protect us from Muslim extremists The piece by Dick Yarbrough in Saturday’s Times was as right to the point as anything I have ever read. Muslims do want it both ways. I agree with every sentence in that column. |
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Your Views: Global warming goes back ages before carbon use Yes, Virginia, there is a God, and He is interested in us all. This fact is suggested by the temperature record from Vostok, Antarctica. |
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Your Views: White House ready to ‘twist and shout’ over holiday jobs With the Christmas shopping season upon us, it is time to brace yourselves for the "twist and shout." I am not referring to a song or dance, at least not in the literal sense. |
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Your Views: Hall’s free pet offer could lead to more animals in shelter Hall County commissioners’ decision to put a free policy at the new animal shelter (in December) is a perfect example of what happens when politicians try to micromanage a business they don’t understand. They have left out one important piece of the calculation: the number of animals coming into the shelter. This new policy will drive the intake numbers higher, increasing the county’s cost and increasing the kill rate at the ... |
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Your Views: Give your love to a homeless pet I am writing this seeking dog walkers for the Humane Society of Northeast Georgia and the new Hall County Animal Shelter. All animal lovers, please know we have dogs and cats at both shelters who would love your tender loving care. Please seek inside your hearts and become a much-needed volunteer. You will never leave the shelters feeling empty. This is a most fulfilling mission. Please love ... |
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Your Views: Digital transition in movies phases out projectionists’ jobs Observe a species on the brink of extinction: the movie theater projectionist. |
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Your Views: Giving away pets won’t help county, animals I was disappointed Thursday night when very little discussion took place regarding our new Hall County Animal Shelter giving pets away during the worst time of the year for pets, December and Christmas. |
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Our Views: When seconds count When you face an emergency of any kind, time is critical. Seconds seem like minutes, minutes like hours if you’re waiting for responders to a fire, a crime or a medical emergency. |
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Your Views: Courage of common Americans helped to build our nation During this time when we are honoring our veterans for their brave support to our nation, we are unfortunately conscious of international discord and internal threats to this land. |
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Your Views: Whatever the crime or the victim, hate is still hate The Kyle Shook letter on Nov. 10 praised the Matthew Sheppard Act to protect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people under the "hate crimes" definition. The letter goes on to talk about name-calling and taunting. |
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Your Views: There is no need for bilingual signs A hat-tip to the Board of Commissioners for directing that election signage be in English only. The last I looked this is the United States, an English-speaking nation. The "diversity" police would like to make a mockery of that fact, but most of us agree with the Board of Commissioners. So, I say thank you to the commissioners. |
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Your Views: Let’s elect leaders who feather our nests, not their own Boo hoo. After spending a delightful 12-hour day at work, I was severely depressed to read that 10 states "face financial peril. |
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Your Views: Coverage of Hall County’s new animal shelter was appreciated Thank you so much for covering the grand opening of our new Hall County Animal Shelter. You have done a fantastic job. It is important for Hall County residents to know they still have a place to take strays or unwanted pets. |
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Your Views: Senior citizens will not be left out of proposed health plan Robert Lee repeats lies in his letter of Nov. 11. No, senior citizens will not be "sentenced to death." There is no provision in any of the various versions of pending health insurance legislation that suggests rationing for any demographic group. |
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Our Views: A family in uniform It’s hard to imagine anyone who doesn’t have a military veteran in their lives. |
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Our Views: Before the ax falls on state budget Now that we are in the final quarter of the century’s single digit years, there is the unavoidable reality that in just a matter of weeks we will have treated the young goblins of Halloween, demonstrated mandatory gluttony at the Thanksgiving table, basked in the spirit of the Christmas season and welcomed a new year. |
