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It is reprehensible to re-define terms, and
abuse important spiritual concepts, to serve
one's personal agenda. This is what the operators
of "Canine Angel Rescue" do: coaxing people to
devote their valuable compassion, money and
energy to this "cause" (their desire to be sur
rounded by dogs) which should be assigned to
far more worthy issues like homeless children,
environmental degradation, world peace.
When the Indian Guru, Srila Prabhupada, first
visited this nation, he observed; "In America,
they do not worship God. They worship dog!" The
current calamities facing America are certainly
not a result of too much devotion to our Creator!
I very strongly recommend that they do some
serious self-examining.
As God Himself put it, in the 10
Commandments, "Thou shalt have no other Gods
before me." People rescuing dogs, instead of
starving children, do just that.
Gordon Lee Stelter
Athens
COPY TO BUSH
Now is the time for all good patriots to come
to the aid of our government. I refer, of course,
to the situation revolving around the so-called
"NSA spying" on all American citizens without
benefit of a "legal" warrant.
Obviously, if you haven't done anything
wrong, you have nothing to fear. In order to
prove that we are all innocent, I would like to
suggest that everyone begin to forward copies of
every email they write to the White House.
You ask, why does George Bush need to know
my grocery list? Why does George Bush need to
know what time to pick little Susie up from her
piano lessons? Why does George Bush need to
know that the printer in my office is not work
ing’
Well, he needs to know because he's the
president and he says so!
Imagine the intelligence boon when 45 bil
lion emails flood into the White House on a daily
basis. Why, they will know everything, and be
able to react to the problems of the world that
much faster.
Please, everyone join in helping me prove
that we are all innocent; copy your emails to the
White House: comments@whitehouse.gov.
They will appreciate your assistance.
Rick Lodewell
Arnoldsville
JOURNALISTIC BRUTALITY
Don't know if you saw the lurid front page of
the June 9 Banner Herald. It was patently offen
sive, with the bloated face of the "Iraq War Fresh
Kill of the Week." I wonder if it was the result
of a change of editorial policy, or just a lapse of
judgement or an addled, lurching step into the
media gutter?
The next time a murderer is executed in this
state, will they show his post-electric chair dead
face beside, perhaps, a photo from his grade
school yearbook?
The demonized Jordanian, no matter how
heinous his crimes, was also a human being,
with a family somewhere. [The Banner Herald]
jumped on the jingoist bandwagon with all the
other panting media in a frenzy of vilification
and insult.
Such journalism is another kind of brutality
that sows seeds of hatred as much as the kicking
down of a family's door in search of "suspects."
Add to that an earlier Banner Herald story
with its prurient account of the "bikini" killer's
victim being found "wearing nothing but her bi
kini top. around her neck".
Too much information can disgust an audi
ence. Decent readers expect better taste from
every local paper.
Jim Baird
Comer
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