OTTUMWA —
This has been an interesting year. We have seen the Social Contract, which is the basis of trust in any society, broken. “Managed” news releases. A Hoover-like Justice Department. Fast and Furious. Sheriff Joe. My niece had her car hit by a man who the police let go, refusing to give her the insurance information, and then he “lost” the information for this illegal who disappeared.
The Freedom of Religion Rights were beaten down by the liberal agenda to legalize any sexual desire. No wonder Congressional pages were eliminated! The Bread and Circus of Rome is now buying votes with food stamps and cell phones. A Nixon-revisited presidency that justifies terrorists killing to “protect” God and arrests filmmakers. Ministers reject the Scriptures and justify it with appeals to the mob. But now we are entering a magical time of the year, where we turn from what woes we have faced to enjoy the “holiday” season.
So we fill our days with wishes. Wishing, while we kill off factories, businesses and full-time jobs, that the piggy bank will never run out. Wishing cover-up investigations disappear. Wishing the humanist-centered “god” will love us no matter what. While our leaders play Santa Claus, here is my wish. Actually, my prayer. Remember there was a real Saint Nick who knew Who really knows if you are asleep or awake and have been good or bad. Remember the Son of God came and the Word was made flesh. There will come a Judgment Day and that Judge will not be interested in what the common man thinks or wants. I pray that you look beyond tomorrow and remember eternity is coming. God is watching.
Tom McInerney
Ottumwa
Letters to the Editor
December 8, 2012
Remember that eternity is coming
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- Ask for salvation now Ask for salvation now Matthew, Mark and John were eyewitnesses of Jesus -- they wrote what they learned! Read Matthew 10:28. There is a hell! Pray to God! Ask for salvation! Ronald S. Davis Ottumwa Spend money on park To the city council members
- Spend some money on the park To the city council members, park director and the mayor: Where does the money go that they took in this year? They need to spend some of the money to fix up the park. Fill some of the holes in the park. Also, they need to cut some limbs from the tre
- 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
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