Reader Comments
Issue 142 - October 28, 2009

Editor: Regarding your “Racist America” editorial, first, racism is America's original sin: it's in our DNA at birth, according to those on the Left. Secondly, to demonstrate overt racism (vice "latent"), one need only disagree with President Obama. Jeff Dover, Scottsdale, AZ

Editor: In response to your “Racist America” article, let me say that Jimmy Carter is an ultra liberal and always has been.  He was responsible for one of the most disastrous administrations in our nation’s history.  So liberal, he allowed criminals from Cuba by the thousands into the Country.  I guess we all know the disastrous results of that move.  Americans are supposed to like people like that? Racism will always exist in America because it will forever be propagated by jerks like Al Sharpton, the Masons, the Madox's and that sorry lot. But then we add liberal guys like Jimmy Carter stirring things up and how could we possibly be free from the stigma? People are always going to dislike people and in reality it just so happens that a white may dislike a black, a black dislikes a Hispanic and so on.  Does that make it racist?  We don't like Barrack Obama for a number of reasons.  He is a dangerous ultra liberal and socialist.  We don't make this up, that is what he demonstrates and that is what he is. He has little experience to be the "Commander in Chief" of the most powerful Nation on earth.  It is crystal clear that he has done little to nothing since he has been elected.  While he spouted off about curbing taxes during the campaign, it is crystal clear that the American people are going to be clobbered with new taxes.  Unemployment is at a near all time high.  Obama created a near panic over gun control to a point where we could hardly find ammunition to buy. I dislike Obama because I don't like any form of socialism.  I don't like affirmative action programs and minority programs to "give" things to people that they don't deserve at someone else's expense.  I don't like the realization that my Country has acquired trillions of dollars in debt by the pen stroke of this liberal socialist.  I will like or dislike who I want, when I want, whether they are black, white, yellow, or green.  And that does not make me a racist.  It makes me a free man. Richard Christensen

Editor: As your “Racist America” suggests, Jimmy Carter knows exactly what racism is. He being from the South can speak in authority about it there and back then, but he should not speak out about what he sees now and try to compare it to the past. His facts come from a poll that shows only Whites as being prejudice against Blacks? No. The only one I hear saying the TEA PARTY & TOWN HALL AMERICANS believe in racism is Mr. Carter. He blames Conservatives who work hard to create employment opportunities, who want to keep America FREE from the growth of Big Government Intrusion against the way the CONSTITUTION states, and to put up a wall so HUGE as to NOT allow any form of SOCIALISM to invade the shores and continent of this wonderful and beautiful land known as: "GOD BLESS AMERICA." That's all Mr. Carter. My offer to all of you who side with the Jimmy Carter's and Barack Obama's, stop being COLOR BLIND and open your eyes for the first time and allow the BEAUTY of the RED WHITE BLUE to wave over you and your FREEDOM !!! Bob Spiers

Editor: Regarding your “Racist America”, I am disappointed that Jimmy Carter has taken the position that opposition to the policies of President Obama is due to "a “Southern strain” of Americans who can’t support an “uppity” black as chief executive." Statements like this are inflammatory and divisive. Racism exists in America; I don't deny it. However, it is not just a character flaw of people with Southern lineage. Racism is alive and well on the other side of the Mason-Dixon Line. As a person of "Southern strain", I have listened to this drivel most of my life. It amazes me how the righteous people of our society can cast blame on anyone of their choosing while rejecting any notion of equal guilt. The color of President Obama's skin does not guide my political positions. The US simply cannot afford a social program of the size he has proposed. One of our newspaper's main articles today about cuts in Medicaid. In an earlier article, seniors are up in arms over how their increased Medicare Advantage rates will help pay for the new health care program. Or consider Obama’s argument of whether medical insurance rates will go up: unless someone has found some new ways to explain economics, our insurance industry, required to insure everyone under the proposed plan, will not reduce their rates. The proposed changes in health care will cause total fees to increase, period. So, if one person will receive coverage at "reasonable rates", then someone else will have their rates increased to help pay for the difference. The Democrats just can't understand how large numbers of Americans can be so vocal in their opposition to the Democrats' efforts to help us all! So they now try to divide and conquer to get their way. However, let's not forget that President Carter's disapproval ratings were over 50% at the end of his one term. So maybe Americans will simply ignore his comments. James May, Wilson, NC

Editor: The new Issue of Conservative Battleline and its lead article “Racist America,” as always, it looks great. Keep up the good fight. If we all work together, we might just win this war. Joan R. Neubauer

Editor: I'm on your side, but have a few important suggestions regarding John Goodman on “Rationing Is the Issue.” I use the battlefield analogy, to stress that a good general will fight on a battlefield of his choosing, with his choice of weapons and at the time of his choosing. The battlefield in this case, referring to "Health Care Reform" emphasizes the plan chosen by the Democrats,,,,,BAD. There is a world of difference between health CARE and health INSURANCE. We have allowed the Democrats to muddy the discussion using health CARE when it suits them and health INSURANCE when that suits them. We can't let that continue, it will cost us dearly in the upcoming debate. Are we reforming health CARE or health INSURANCE?  Obamacare is deliberately using health INSURANCE to reform health CARE. Is not the American public content with their health CARE?  Why do we (including your article) let that continue? If you/we don't change the battlefield (the words used in the debate), who will? Fred Ward

Editor: Regarding John Goodman on “Rationing Is the Issue,” I am not always vocal about my opinion but the healthcare issue has got to stop.  We, the American People, do not want socialized medicine.  That means, no government run healthcare, no limiting procedures/treatments your personal doctor (who knows you) orders, no insurance companies making decisions, etc.  Get the picture?  I have one request of all the anti-ObamaCare groups; let's put a stop to Congress and the Senate passing something we do not want.  We as the American People want the opportunity to place into the Constitution that the Congress, President, Senate, Judge's, and all government workers have to be covered under any health care reform that is passed by the same list.  If it is good enough for the general public it is good enough for the people putting it into action.  For a matter of fact I believe that a Constitutional Amendment stating that all government benefits, pay scales and retirement/after office payments have to be voted on by the American People.  This would put a stop to the issues we are now seeing in both the House and Senate.  Rep. Pete Sessions presented a bill in the House that would make whatever health reform was passed would be the health care that the House and Senate members would receive.  YOU GUESSED it. They (the House) immediately put that bill to rest with a resounding NO!!!  Let's do something that settles this once and for all.  God Be With You, Debbie Walker

Editor: Good article by John Goodman on “Rationing Is the Issue” but something is missing! I'm writing to make a comment - NONE of the options out there include anything other than whatever might be dispensed by the current health care cabal: AMA doctors, dispensing FDA-approved prescriptions, made by large pharmaceutical companies. Never mind, that as a US citizen, I ought to have the freedom to choose what manner of health care I really want. Examples: 1. Safe, intravenous treatment that makes heart bypass unnecessary, and also eliminates the need for diabetic amputations. 2. Safe Vitamin D3 instead of the dubious and expensive flu shot. 3. Safe treatments for soft tissue damage (backs, joints) 4. Chelation detoxification for heavy metals toxicity (shown to have an impact on autism - doctor in our area cured his own son!) 5. All of those on statin drugs are in peril. They are NOT advised to take CoQ10 - which the statins remove from the body. Essential for heart health. Plus, statistics are being ignored that show that the lower your cholesterol gets - and the older you are, the more likely you will DIE. 6. Many people on synthetic thyroid hormone may not need it - they simply need the proper form of Iodine. 7. There are some very safe minerals and at least one very effective herb that help diabetics. 8. Under the guidance of a really bad study, we all get to drink up to 1.5 parts per million of toxic fluoride from aluminum plants - it works as an oxidizer in the body and can affect the main core that regulates many body functions (including the thyroid). This practice was initiated from a study paid for by those who needed a high volume source to dispose of their waste.  Charlotte now pays them about $850,000 per year to put it into the drinking water. Fluoride is NOT political - when you drink it, the chemical does what it does, and it isn't nice. The list goes on and on. There is the equivalent of a Berlin Wall that keeps "regular AMA" doctors from using any of these safer treatments. They do not generate the $$ the prescriptions do, and they actually require the doctor to really examine the patient! Steven Purdy, Harrisburg, NC 

Editor: Regarding Don Soifer’s “Dangerous Schools,” there are no dangerous schools in Tennessee? What a joke the government is. Your author is right. Why did the schools put security police in all the city schools in Memphis? They only needed a job, I guess. Bill

Editor: Regarding Jim Lakely’s “Dissing Britain,” I offer the following. Dear Great Britain, We apologize for the Disrespect and Treatment of your nation from the newly elected ingrate. As you well know, America as well as Great Britain, Israel and a great number of countries have been infected with a virus known as IMMORALITY and lack of RESPECT. It's very much like cancer as it spreads throughout the nation. Removing "anything GOD" from the public square and these are the effects we both are embattled with. With the uneducated it seems to spread rampantly. The World has the antidote if we individually accept it before it is too late. Your Trusted Family and Friend, RWB

Editor: Thank Brent Bozell for sharing the true facts with the public in his “Worst TV For Kids.” Most of we "Christians who are clinging to our religion and guns" appreciate someone who obviously is a believer and writes that way. God has a way of taking care of the pompous, self-important people in what they consider high places. He takes them down and they are too foolish to realize they are down until they realize just where down is and how warm it is there. Barb, Atlanta, GA

Editor: In light of the constant vigilance that we as conservative Americans must maintain in the face of this communist (read the life of Lenin if you think I exaggerate) takeover of our country, I would like to make a suggestion.  We are constantly being forced to make phone calls to those despicable, corrupt, Congress people we have in Washington and I think many people do not know of an extremely inexpensive way to do that.  There is a free downloadable program that has been around for quite awhile that I believe people do not understand just how great it is.  If you will notice, many of the news networks now use it for video interaction all over the world.  I am talking about *Skype*.  After a free download of the program you can sign up to call Canada and the USA for $2.95 a month.  That is it.  You can call any landline or cell phone…any number for that price.  They will automatically bill you the $2.95 each month and you do not have to sign any agreement or contract.  The only other thing you will need is a headset with a microphone.  ($19.95 at Best Buy) Of course you have to be connected to the internet.  The other feature is that you can talk computer to computer anywhere in the world, for free.  That is a little more tedious because both people have to be on the internet at the same time. I have no connection or anything to do with Skype.  I am just a concerned American who is trying to save this nation.  I know many people cannot afford to make long distance phone calls that might take many minutes to connect with the congressional office you are trying to contact. We will have to hound these irresponsible tyrants until we die so we might as well avail ourselves of some of the technology that is out there. This is not about political parties or partisan politics.  It is about the survival of our nation as it once was. Fred Beene

Editor: I have written to many leaders in the Republican Party, from the heads of the party to you name it. I presented what I thought was a simple plan, but so far no response. I called for a dozen leaders in the Conservative movement from politics, business, and media to meet now, produce a Conservative Agenda, then with support from the best PR firm around, bring in an additional hundred or so to complete the Agenda and with a unified force go public, a full court press. Time has been wasted, we are still preaching to the choir, and it appears that the Republicans are isolated and unable to muster National response. The Tea Parties were a sample of what could be done, but what effect did it have on the public once the Left with their organized attacks moved forward? Where is our George Soros, our Moveon, etc? Is it only Newt? If we are waiting for the elections next year, good luck. It will be too late to reverse what is happening now to our health care, our foreign policy, and our Nation. Bill W

Editor: If you folks really want to return Congress to the people, we have to beat the Demoncrats at their game and that does not necessarily mean winning with Republicans (I used to be one but am too embarrassed by the name). We are still divided and everyone who has a conservative agenda is trying to tap money to support all their individual ideas. This division of effort and funds will ensure a conservative failure. The following are the ones in my in-box that you need to corral under a single umbrella. You get them to come together and we all win!!! That is worthy of your time and energy and I'm sending this to all of you. The groups and leaders are: American Solutions with Newt Gingrich, Numbers USA with Roy Beck, Senate Conservatives Fund with Jim DeMint, American Family Association with Tim or Don Wildmon, Conservative Battleline Online with Donald Devine, National Right to Work Committee with Mark Mix, Grassfire.org Alliance with Steve Elliott, The American Conservative Union with Larry Hart and David Keene, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc. with Stephan Gleason, Susan B. Anthony List with Marjorie Dannenfelser, Media Research Center with Brent Bozell, 912 Project with Glenn Beck, the National Rifle Association with Wayne LaPierre, and American Vision - americanvision.com, Born Again American - bornagainamerican.org. Regards, Craig Campbell