Letters to the Editor
Obama needs to focus on the war
To the editor:
Our military is not made up of toy soldiers.
We have a son who is in the U.S. Army. He is real, alive, flesh and blood. We are told he may have to deploy to Afghanistan. My concern is that our commander-in-chief has become distracted. Seemingly, he has left his little soldier figurines out in the backyard sandbox while he has gone into the house for milk and cookies.
I am sorry. I should be more respectful. The commander-in-chief is all grown up now, and he is a man. It may be more reflective of him to say he has gone into the house for beer and Combos.
Remember the soldiers. They are not plastic figurines to be tossed about as with the whim of a child. They are sons and daughters, mothers and fathers who volunteered to serve this great nation and bring freedom to the oppressed around the world.
George C. Carlisle
Dalton
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Letter: Paper treated Deal unfairly
So I spent some time last weekend crafting a clear, concise letter to the editor comparing and contrasting the paper’s treatment of three prominent local figures who changed jobs.
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Letter: Paper chose wrong picture, words
I was very disappointed with the way the paper displayed the front page story Saturday of the basketball finals.
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Letter: Thank you Regency Park
As I begin to write this letter, I am still with a heavy heart. You see, on Saturday, Feb. 27, I lost an important part of my life. My mother and my friend, Mrs. DeeEtte Page Scott, departed this life to be with our heavenly father.
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Letter: Students are fighting to protect higher education
The nearly $600 million in budget cuts proposed for the University System of Georgia struck a chord with me when I learned how the budget cuts would affect my region.
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Letter: A road solution
I am not a rocket scientist nor an engineer, yet I have come up with a very simple solution for a bypass for the Highway 225 and the Alternate Highway 52 congestion. And I wasn’t paid $750,000 to do it, nor have I been influenced by any landowners along the way.
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Letter: Say no to health care taxes
President Obama has put online his own proposal for health care. This time he cannot point his finger at the House, Senate, Republications or even Democrats when it fails. He will have to face the music for his legacy alone.
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Letter: Become a marrow donor
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Can someone help get the lights on
Christmas morning, 2009, wake up, Merry Christmas. Oh, no! There is no electricity all day long, no power. It’s nothing new. I got up this morning, Feb. 19, 2010, to go to work and yup, once again, no power.
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Tea Party members speak with the speaker
The North Georgia Tea Parties were represented this week in Atlanta in the office of Speaker of the House David Ralston. The purpose of the meeting was to present the speaker with specific concerns throughout the state as have been expressed by citizens to the Tea Parties.
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Deal editorial was unfair
Your March 2 editorial condemning Nathan Deal for resigning from the United States House of Representatives was grossly unfair.
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Letter: Paper treated Deal unfairly
