OTTUMWA —
In response to the misguided and misinformed letter writer seeking peace by secession — forget it, we won’t let you out without a fight.
Nothing personal, but your attitude over losing an election your side even tried to rig is quite appalling. At least you know how many of us felt during the 12 years of Reagan/Bush and eight years of the rule of a president selected and installed by a stacked and biased Supreme Court. You can waste your time being bitter or you can get over it all. Besides, for many of us on the True Left, Obama is merely only cosmetically different from your candidate. He’ll throw us all under the bus the same as Romney would have.
As for secession, don’t even think about it. We won’t allow even one square inch of the United States go to become a homophobic and sexist theocracy. There has not been, is not now and will never be a Christian nation allowed here without the death of several millions over a period of decades. Even if you win, you’ll only rule over ashes. If you lose, you might as well stay here. We’ll seek you out.
I’m not one to knock another’s religious beliefs without due cause. I don’t enjoy hurting anyone’s feelings. Still, if you persist in your ways, you’d better hope and pray the Dispensationalists are correct about a soon coming Rapture. That’ll happen before any of your plans come to pass.
Get over it!
Nick Eakins
former Ottumwan
Perry
Letters to the Editor
November 30, 2012
Time to move on from election
- Letters to the Editor
-
- Pay attention to safety concerns Time to make Ottumwa a quiet zone for trains, it would make for safer crossings that cannot be driven around when the arms are down. Then they can also concentrate on that instead of changing all of the traffic flow at Evans Middle School, opening cl
- Injuries to infants, children can be prevented In the April 25 Courier, there were two stories of very young children who may have been severely harmed by a caretaker. We only know the circumstances revealed by the media, but our community has heard of these tragedies before. Only about 2 percent
- Church extends a heartfelt thanks As I sit here in my office that still smells of smoke from the fire our church suffered this past week, I remind myself how fortunate we are to be in a city where people still watch out for one another, and we, the members of the First Church of God,
- Program helps new parents In light of recent developments, I would like to increase the public's awareness of the NEST Program available through our Wapello County Extension and Outreach at 214 E. Main St. This program is available for parents of newborns through age 5, as we
- One giant mud hole to China Once upon a time, long, long ago, the neighbor kids and I used to like to dig in the ditch after a nice rain and make mud pies. We’d squat beside our hole in the ground with our long-handled spoons and take turns digging and filling our muffin pans
- Superintendent says 'thank you' May is School Board Appreciation Month. Today, the district held its Staff Appreciation and Teacher of the Year Breakfast, and last week was the Faculty Follies program organized by the Education Foundation for Fairfield Public Schools. I am full of
- Address mental health concerns for veterans Memorial Day will soon be here and we will pay tribute to our deceased loved ones. This Memorial Day, let's pay special tribute to our deceased veterans — like my dad — Don Butts, who served in World War II (Battle of the Bulge — one of the worst bat
- It's the death of a republic It's the death of a republic Our first president -- and founding father -- once said during his administration that "at best, government is a fearful master; at worst, it is a consuming fire." During the later 20th century, the number of defenseles
- Judicial system is out of whack
- LWV responds to letter The League of Women Voters — Ottumwa would like to respond to a recent letter to the editor. We will explain more about our forums that we co-host with the Chamber of Commerce every spring, specifically regarding the issue of asking Curt Hanson to
- More Letters to the Editor Headlines
