Letters to the Editor

Racey family appreciates support

To the Editor:

The family of Julie (Bruner) Racey wish to express their sincere appreciation to family and friends for flowers, cards, prayers, e-mails, food and the donations which were made to the Bible Wesleyan Chapel in her memory.

Also special thanks to our Pastor Rev. Richard Birden and family, the Boy Scout Troop 106 and Welch & Cornett Funeral Home for their help and kindness during this difficult time.

Sadly missed by

Husband, Scott Racey, Sons, Jacob & Alex

Oaktown

Father, Michael Bruner

Washington

Mother, Mary York

Bicknell

Grandmother, Mary Bruner

Linton

God bless America;

we need it!

To the Editor:

Many labor under the delusion that anyone bright enough to attain the highest political offices in the land could "bail" us out of the economic crisis we find ourselves in, especially when they crafted the legislation that got us in this mess in the first place. Trite as it is, when you find yourself in a hole, stop digging!

However, these luminaries in Congress and the White House keep on digging. Maybe that's what they mean by the prattle about "shovel-ready" projects promised in the most recent pork-laden, so-called stimulus spend-a-thon.

My father taught me that you can't spend more than you have. Au contraire, Dad, when, thanks to taxpayers for generations to come, you can tax; when, thanks to lenders who don't have our best interests at heart, lend; and thanks to a handy-dandy printing press, can crank out more money than you can shake a stick at.

Why are we who have lived, live, and will continue to live economically responsibly be forced to bail out those who haven't, don't, and probably won't? Why the Sam Hill do we have to subsidize able-bodied deadbeats and illegal aliens? Answer: From each according to his ability, to each according to his need -- Comrade Lenin. Call it what you will ...

God bless America. We've never needed it more!

Tom Bailey

Lyons