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♦ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2006
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Houston Daily 3Jourtutl
OPINION
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Daniel F. Evans
Editor and Publisher
Julie B. Evans
Vice President
Don Moncrief Foy S. Evans
Managing Editor Editor Emeritus
Why not advertise here?
Hey advertisers. Why not us?
Why not advertise - our apolo
gies and our sincere and continued
than} to those of you who do -in your local
community paper?
What' the deterrent? Is it because you
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us and our competitor are that far apart?
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long list of
other counties,
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think with gas
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people will
travel that far
to save a few
pennies?
And odds are
if there’s one
of you, there
are more
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a given fact
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economy you
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Letters to the Editor
Patriots have gone silent
V !■ liiivi' .ill our Patriots gone? We used to have
theni. We had them through World War 11,
■ hav ti ied to exercise our destiny as a force
■ a tin i ugiiout the world, our patriots have become
• I Where has the loyal opposition gone? We
'l'jfxtion but it is not loyal. It is divisive and
mg! vn h nothing more in mind presently than seeking
power in our upcoming elections.
Where have all our Patriots gone? Are we going to
amply let President Bush be our only voice in support
it out countrv? Are we going to forget the old quotation
l a IWe Si and, Divided We Fall?” Is the opposition
da media frenzy that will take this nation
dowi Is th( American Nation afraid to stand up for what
right and honorable? Did we learn nothing in Vietnam
' hoiv ; a united population made things difficult
i our ir ops? Does no one notice that the violence in
a iq and \tghanistan increases as the divisive remarks in
ur country lower the people’s confidence in our govern
ment "s ability to do the right thing for freedom?
Where have all the Patriots gone? I believe there are
many around but they are silent. Please God, let them
speak up and unify this wonderful nation so we can
defeat terrorism and lead oppressed people to freedom
and justice.
Where have all the Patriots gone? Are you a Patriot?
Can we the people count on you?
John F. Wylarn, colonel, U.S. Air Force (retired)
Many share illegals blame
Our cm 11 in illegal alien situation is the direct result of
three conn cutive “do nothing” Presidents, corrupt U. S.
legislators who have sold out to “big business” who want
cheap labor, and a corrupt political party which seeks not
only to flood our country with even more aliens, but
See LETTERS, page
Is it because you believe
you'll get more bang for
your buck elsewhere?
Yes, your ad might be
viewed by readers
in Dodge, Crawford,
Pulaski, Jones, Monroe
and a long list of other
counties, but come on,
do you really think with
gas prices being what
they are people will
travel that far to save a
few pennies?
Pre-K lottery right way to go
Houston County schools are
doing the right thing by using
a lottery to determine which
students will be accepted for Pre-K
next year.
Enrolling students on the basis of
first come, first served had two major
flaws.
First, it gave an advantage to parents
who had the time to sit in line two or
three days and nights.
I have had friends the past couple
of years who camped out at one of
the elementary schools from Friday
afternoon until Monday morning to get
their children enrolled in Pre-K. It was
an endurance test they should not have
to endure, but hundreds of parents did
so for their children.
It also was unfair. Many parents have
responsibilities that make it impos
sible to spend so much time away from
home. First come, first served gives a
decided advantage to parents who can
spend such a long time in line.
Using a lottery is the fair way to
select students for Pre-K as long as
the state does not make enough money
available to accommodate all students.
Parents have their own ideas about
which schools are the best and, there
fore, it has been at these schools where
parents started camping out early.
The local school system hopes that
money for two more schools for Pre-K,
which will alleviate the problem some
what., will be forthcoming.
However, the number of children in
Houston County is growing each year
and, without doubt, not all students
will be accepted.
As usual, it all boils down to money.
Or lack of it.
At least, the inequities of the past are
being dealt with.
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Liberal media allergic to American values
CNN founder Ted Turner
opened his mouth this week at
the National Press Club, and
promptly demonstrated why America
needs Fox News Channel now more
than ever.
Three years after the invasion of
Iraq, Turner is still pouting about pub
lic displays of patriotism on American
airwaves: “I mean, I just really wonder
during the, during the last war, you
know, what business did it have in the
news sets to have the American flag
flying in the background. Uh, I mean,
it was like the news media covered the
Iraq war, at least at the beginning of
it, almost as like it was a football game
with us versus them.”
Funny, I can’t recall Turner getting
his undergarments in a bunch when
CNN chose Saddam Hussein’s side and
former CNN executive Eason Jordan
admitted the global news network had
withheld reporting on Baathist atroci
ties in exchange for inside access and
protection of its Baghdad staff. Recall
Jordan’s confession published in The
New York Times after America toppled
Saddam’s regime in April 2003:
“I came to know several Iraqi offi
cials well enough that they confided in
me that Saddam Hussein was a maniac
who had to be removed. One Foreign
Ministry officer told me of a colleague
who, finding out his brother had been
executed by the regime, was forced,
as a test of loyalty, to write a letter of
congratulations on the act to Saddam
Hussein. An aide to Uday once told me
why he had no front teeth: henchmen
had ripped them out with pliers and
told him never to wear dentures, so he
would always remember the price to
be paid for upsetting his boss. Again,
we could not broadcast anything these
men said to us.”
OPINION
her motorcycle in Warner Robins and
Centerville on her way to her jobs? Is
she starting a trend?
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President Bush was in Middle Georgia
early this week and it is interesting to
hear how local agencies are counting
up the costs.
Most law enforcement officers and
others who had anything to do with
providing security already are on the
local payrolls and, with the possibility
of a few hours overtime, didn’t cost any
more for the President’s visit than if he
had not come to Macon..
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This is promise season. Incumbents
have an opportunity to brag on their
accomplishments and promise to do
more.
Challengers, who have no record,
can promise anything they like and
find cures for problems that do not
exist.
It is interesting to see the candidates
struggling to find that one issue that
will make them stand apart.
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Thank goodness our local candidates
stick to what they perceive as issues
and do not resort to the kind of per
sonal attacks like you see in the con
gressional and gubernatorial races.
It’s fine and dandy for CNN to wave
Saddam’s flag and carry his blood
stained water. But when Fox News
sticks a two-postage-stamp-sized
American flag on its screen? Only then
will Ted Turner declare that journal
ism and reportorial objectivity have
gone to hell.
But Turner’s disdain for putting
American citizenship above “citizen-of
the-world” preening isn’t peculiar. It’s
the prevailing attitude in our news
rooms. Remember after the September
11 attacks when Stacey Woelfel, news
director at KOMU-TV in Columbia,
Mo., directed his staff to “leave the rib
bons at home” in order to show viewers
“that in no way are we influenced by
the government in informing the pub
lic”? Or how about when ABC News
spokesman Jeffrey Schneider told The
Washington Post: “Especially in a time
of national crisis, the most patriotic
thing journalists can do is to remain
as objective as possible. . . . [W]e can
not signal how we feel about a cause,
even a justified and just cause, through
some sort of outward symbol.”
Elite news editors shrug at their
reporters’ highly politicized activities
-- from AIDS fund-raisers to pro-abor
tion rallies, environmental propaganda
and unhinged Bush-bashing (new case
in point: New York Times reporter
Linda Greenhouse’s recent moonbatty
screed at Harvard University assailing
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Michelle
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HOUSTON DAILY JOURNAL
When it is all over our local candi
dates can shake hands, congratulate
the winners and move on without any
hard feelings.
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There have been times in mayoral
races in Warner Robins when things
got downright dirty, but this was an
exception, rather than the rule. This
year, fortunately, the issue of who will
be mayor of Warner Robins for the
next four years already has been decid
ed before the election.
Mayor Donald Walker, who already
has served longer than any other
mayor, will continue to set a record
that may stand forever.
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I just returned from Hilton Head,
South Carolina. Future homeowners,
developers and builders in Houston
County can .be thankful they do not
face the kind of impact fees imposed
in southern Beaufort County. The
commissioners this week decided to
increase the impact fees already in
existence by $.3,250 per home. That
would be unbearable anywhere except
where most of the growth is provid
ed by wealthy newcomers in a resort
area.
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On our way home we stopped at
a State of Georgia rest stop a few
miles west of Dublin. The place was
an embarrassment. It was run down
and the rest rooms were filthy. If the
state is going to have these facilities
on interstates, at least they should be
maintained.
Otherwise, close them. This one, at
least, gives motorists a sordid opinion
of our state.
everything from Gitmo to the Mexican-
U.S. border fence). But wear a flag pin?
Heresy!
When The New York Times blabs
classified information about terror
ism investigations and is reported
to have tipped off FBI investigations
of terror charity front groups, ethics
mavens yawn. But when Fox News
anchor Chris Wallace dares to broach
President Clinton’s war on terror
failures, the mainstream media cater
wauling crescendos. When Wallace is
derided as a “monkey” for doing his
job and Fox News head Roger Ailes’
weight is mocked, the civility police in
our journalism schools shut their eyes
and ears.
When insipid New York Times col
umnists recycle mediocre columns into
their umpteenth books, they score
multiple book reviews and fawning
magazine covers. When the No. 1 cable
talk show host tops the best-seller list
(again), crickets chirp. Bill O’Reilly’s
latest book, “Culture Warrior,” is as
much O’Reilly’s story of success as
it is Fox News Channel’s. O’Reilly’s
fight against America-snubbing “secu
lar progressives” is also Roger Ailes’.
When The New York Times disparaged
O’Reilly’s war on the war on Christmas
as a manufactured hoax, it was dispar
aging Fox News Channel’s decision to
listen to its audience - and respond.
The liberal media’s 10-year aller
gic reaction to Fox News is triggered
by any remotely positive exposure to
American values on American air
waves. Well, here’s to the next 10 years
of giving establishment journalism the
hives. Keep Old Glory flying high. It’s
driving Ted Turner mad.
Michelle Malkin is a Fox News
Channel contributor. E-mail her at
writemalkinCa vniail.com.