Is he still running?

Do you want change? There is hope for America. Vote for Ron Paul for president, who believes in upholding our constitutional rights. Visit www.ronpaul2008.com and view the issues that concern the American people. He must be on the right track because the mainstream media will not give him the time of day. Vote for Ron Paul.

Too poor to vote

Republicans know two facts: The poor are most likely not to be able to afford a state photo ID, and that most of the poor vote Democrat. That is why they are pushing hard halfway through an election year to require such an ID to vote.

Copy cat

All the Bush administration has been saying about Iran sending military hardware to help the insurgents in Iraq has been proved to be false. A general was saying that they had this and they had that and they had everything else and that they can prove that came from Iran. It’s now been proven by the U.S. government that it was not so. The president and Vice President Cheney were lying about that, and they had a general to go along with them. You do realize that Senator McCain is going to back up what Bush is doing. Senator McCain has been saying all along that Iran has been doing similar things in Iraq. He sounds like a copy of President Bush. You know, when they both get on TV and yack, yack, yack. McCain and the Republicans do not deserve another four years in the White House.

Gravadas a muerte

I would like to make a comment on property evaluations and raising the property taxes. I am all for having the new schools or anything that would help, but your average person is just taxed to death. A lot of the people who were for these property tax raises do not have to pay property taxes. Look at how many people in this town don’t own their homes. They live in apartments and they don’t have to worry about it. Plus, a lot of those people are on some type of public assistance. And while I’m at it, here’s another comment: I’m more than glad for anybody to come to this country and get a job and start up a business, but I have a real problem. You go down certain areas and the storefront is nothing but Spanish. This is America. It should read English first and then Spanish.

Random acts of roses

Random acts of kindness. On Monday I was on a retail store parking lot when a couple in a van pulled up to me and handed me a beautiful yellow rose and wished me a happy belated Mother’s Day. This act of kindness was such a blessing to me that I have challenged the ladies of our church to bless someone with a random act of kindness before our next monthly meeting. I just wanted to thank the thoughtful couple who gave me the rose, whoever they are. They are precious, and our city would be a much better place if there were more people like them who would take time to be kind.