2009.01.07
Discuss Wednesday's commentary and letters
Rally behind the new president
G. E. Haydt
Haydt is a retired telecommunications worker and police officer. He lives in Mouth of Wilson.
I recall the last major crisis we, as a nation, faced. It was Sept. 11, 2001, and we all were reeling from a devastating attack on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center in New York. This occurred within a short time of President Bush taking office as the 43rd president of the United States. When our president stood on the rubble of the fallen twin towers and proclaimed that we would find those who perpetrated that heinous act and bring them to justice, we all -- Democrats, Republicans, independents, Libertarians, old, young, whites, blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Northerners, Southerners and Westerners -- stood with him and supported him completely and unequivocally. As the world stood in solidarity with us, we were in a position to eradicate terrorism from the face of the Earth.
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Pay the real costs of transportation
Bob Peckman
Peckman, of Roanoke, is a jazz drummer and retired ITT engineer and physicist.
On Christmas, The Roanoke Times printed an article reporting how heavy trucks cause far more damage to highways than the fees they pay, ("Trucks toll on roads outweighs fees paid"). According to the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, the interstate highway system was built to sustain automobile use without damage. They say that almost all of the damage to the interstate highways is caused by trucks. In order to accomplish economic recovery and sustained economic growth we have to stay focused on the facts.
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Just to let G.E Haydt know,
I will never rally around this president or congress.
I will give what they have givin the past 4 years.
Hatered towards military, hatred towards capitolism etc etc..
there are to many to mention.
They are now seating Burris, that was a lie.
The deficit will hit 1.2 trillion, cap spending, that was a lie.
Universal health care, can't happen so thats a lie.
The only thing he will accomplish is to close gitmo, hire an unexperienced Pennta in charge of the CIA and get a bunch of Americans Killed.
Rally around him.
Not this southerner, No way no how ever.
Comment by HERB KREBS — January 7, 2009 @ 11:18 am
"Not this southerner."
Interesting, Herb. Very interesting.
What does being a southerner have to do with anything?
Comment by Dan Radmacher — January 7, 2009 @ 11:29 am
I guess you didnt read his last paragraph.
Just stating where I am from.
If I was from Maine I would have said not this northerner and
so forth.
I also said that hoping to confirm what you wold read into that.
i guess I was right.
We can say something and it means racist your left wing can say something and it is appropriate.
Gotcha!!!!
Comment by HERB KREBS — January 7, 2009 @ 12:09 pm
Rally behind the new president: G. E. Haydt,
Thanks for the effort and the charitable characterizations. I enjoyed your commentary and appreciate the sentiment. You are however, 'casting pearls among some swine' to mutilate a quote to fit the RT Bloggers who will proudly attack and condemn to their dying breath regardless of truth, merit or decency. Disturbing aside here, Bush was sworn in mid January 2001 and 9 months later 9/11 shocked and stunned his administration; yet President Obama has been blamed for much already and he has yet to be sworn in. How long of a warm up do Conservatives deserve? Could we not get 9 minutes? Sadly, what goes around comes around and people manage to justify all manner of hypocrisy and keep on throwing atones. Consider the source and ignore the flak, keep speaking your mind and be proud that there remain Patriot's among us, they just don't all blog here. I no longer participate in the tit-for-tat attacks on this site but I will stick up for a fellow open mind every chance I get.
Comment by Sandi Saunders — January 7, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
The article that everyone is posting on is basic emotion and partisanship. If Obama accomplishes everything he sets out to do a lot of people will still not have any respect for him. In other words, that may be a good subject to vent on but it will still not accomplish anything. The other article is about a subject that we can all get involved in and have a positive effect on the state of the country we leave to our children and grand children. It is a no brainer that railroads can be more efficient than 4 wheelers and 18 wheelers. If we put the pressure on our representatives get them to facilitate the construction of an efficient rail infrastructure we can improve the economy and our over crowded highways at the same time.
Comment by Allen Bunch — January 8, 2009 @ 6:58 pm