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• Second Chance

  Fri Dec 25, 2009
  • Although I am normally a very optimistic person, the political antics of many of our elected officials show their complete disregard of the wishes of their constituents and their low opinion of the intelligence of the people who put them in office.

• Decision Time On Afghanistan

  Mon Sep 21, 2009
  • I also believe it is starting to sound much like Vietnam. My grandfather was killed in Afghanistan early last century when England was fighting there. Now my son is fighting there. I don't know about anyone else but I haven't seen that any of this has helped the Afghan people much.

• Foaming At The Mouth

  Fri Sep 11, 2009
  • Col. Jacobs, where do you think they went wrong in this particular sweep of the Afghanistan hilltop village? Was it the ground troops, bad information, or Washington policy making?

• Foaming At The Mouth

  Fri Sep 11, 2009
  • Isn't there something about those without sin, throw the first stone? It appears that most of the people who are writing in, have those perfect past performances.

• Foaming At The Mouth

  Fri Sep 11, 2009
  • I know that this is beating a dead horse but it seems glaringly evident that conservatives are held to a higher standard than liberals. I know that we conservatives tend to set a higher standard for ourselves, which is probably one of the reasons that we expect better behavior from others.

• The Associated Press Loses Its Way

  Sat Sep 5, 2009
  • I believe that many of our contractors are ex-military although I have been surprised at how many are from other countries. My son is special forces, just back from Afghanistan, and one of my friends, previously in speical forces, is a contractor in Iraq.

• The Associated Press Loses Its Way

  Sat Sep 5, 2009
  • As in all instances, follow the money. Newspapers continue to go out of business and in an attempt to get people to buy their papers, they are willing to sink to any level.

• Time To Go?

  Fri Jul 31, 2009
  • My grandfather was killed in Afghanistan early last century when the English were fighting there. Now my son is fighting there. I doubt that there will ever be an end to it. You would think that the goal of fighting is to win a war but how will we know if we win? Or is the goal really to win?