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Letters To The Editor
Imagine if there were no abortions
AKRON, Iowa -- Countless women's deaths occurred from botched abortions prior to Roe vs. Wade and many, many women have died from botched legal abortions.
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Finish the job on health care reform
ORANGE CITY, Iowa -- Despite what some politicians and members of the media may say, the recent vote in the House of Representatives on health care reform was less about politics and more about patients. That’s because the Affordable Health Care for America Act would fundamentally impro…
Nov 20, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Start by looking at Congress
LE MARS, Iowa -- President Obama is going to put together a blue ribbon panel to come up with solutions and investigate possible Ponzi schemes. Will Congress be the first Ponzi scheme to go? Health care reform, cap and trade, and government takeover of the banks are just a few examples of…
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Gun law 'makes no sense'
LE MARS, Iowa -- Beginning in March 1993, under the Clinton administration, an Army regulation was changed so that the Army forbids military personnel from carrying their own personal firearms and mandates that "a credible and specific threat against personnel exist in that region" before…
Nov 19, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
She questions fund-raiser idea
SIOUX CITY -- A martini tasting fund-raiser for Sioux City schools? Really? I can't believe a whole committee of people said, "What a great idea," and not one said, "Wait a minute ... What kind of message will this send to our students, especially our high school students?"
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
An example to follow
SIOUX CITY -- Last Thursday I had the privilege of helping Lawton-Bronson move from their old grade school to their new one.
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Stupak Amendment is 'step backward'
SIOUX CITY -- A key point seemingly lost in the rhetoric flying across the aisles of Congress is that President Obama's pledge for health care reform mandates that individuals not lose access to any current health coverage. What the Stupak Amendment does is strips access to legal medical …
Nov 18, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
'Hatred in your heart'
SERGEANT BLUFF -- While dining at a local restaurant last Saturday, my husband and I were sitting next to a table of six persons who looked to be of retirement age. The subject of politics came up and as usual this caught my attention. I love to listen to what people have to say about cur…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Journal shows lack of judgment
DAKOTA DUNES -- Speculation by an unnamed AP writer regarding Sarah Palin’s motive for not mentioning Levi Johnston in her new book belonged, if anywhere, on the Opinion page or with the usual cheap shots in the Speak Out section. That the Journal chose to put it on page one shows a reg…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
A 'predictable outcome'
SIOUX CITY -- The inconvenient truth is, the alleged horrible act committed by Major Hasan should not have been a shock because we should have known it was coming. In fact, it was foreseeable, unavoidable and inevitable, to a moral certitude. This was the predictable outcome of a criminal…
Nov 17, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
We need more Steve Kings in Congress
MOORHEAD, Iowa -- I respect Congressman King for standing tall and staying in Washington (instead of attending his son's wedding) in order to have your vote (the 5th District) count against health care reform as presented in the House of Representatives. We need more in Congress like him.…
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Think before speaking
HINTON, Iowa -- Thursday's Mini Editorial was an example of a left-tunnel-visioned, whiney person soured by the actions of a couple of people who by name only offends or scares them.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Off to Guantanamo
SIOUX CITY -- Major Nidal Malik Hasan and his Koran should be sent to Guantanamo Bay ... today. -- Charles Bos
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
King, Palin are the least of our worries
MAPLETON, Iowa -- Let's see ... something hopeful in the Sioux City Journal ... like the rising unemployment rates? Or the shooting at Fort Hood (Because heaven forbid we'd try to stop a terrorist from shooting it up in Texas, that might be "politically incorrect.") Or how about slapping …
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Canadians like their health care system
HINTON, Iowa -- During the last 10 to 15 years we have traveled in all the Canadian provinces, except one. On these trips I have talked to Canadians about their health care system. I have never found one who had bad things to say about that system.
Nov 15, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
King should have gone to wedding
ONAWA, Iowa -- There is no event more important than a child's wedding. Mr. King should have attended his son's wedding. Hopefully, their marriage will last long past the results of any congressional vote. Health care will be debated and voted upon many times in the coming months before t…
Nov 14, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Why not page one?
DAKOTA DUNES -- The story on the memorial for my slain Fort Hood comrades was found in section C on page four of the Journal on Veterans Day. How did it miss the front page? -- Gene Ebner
Nov 13, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Leave it to Rochester
SIOUX CITY -- Leave it to Councilman Rochester to stick his foot in it again. He has asked the council to vote on a so-called "good samaritan" law. Where does he come off doing this?
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Islamic Center condemns Fort Hood attack
SOUTH SIOUX CITY -- Members of the Islamic Center of Siouxland strongly condemn the senseless attack on soldiers at Fort Hood Army Base in Texas. We express our deep and heartfelt condolences and offer our prayers of support to the families of the victims of this tragedy.
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
Vaccine should ease some concern
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- The flu has been a talked about subject for quite some time now. H1N1 has put many worries into the minds of every Iowan. This flu now has vaccines to distribute, which is a good thing. North Middle School in Sioux City had hundreds of people get the vaccine. Most scho…
Nov 12, 2009 | 12:00 am | Loading…
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