Stories from Monday, August 3, 2009

For several weeks the nation has watched as the leadership in Congress held fast to an artificial deadline to push through a government takeover of your health care. At the time, I voiced my opposition to such an arbitrary date -- insisting instead Congress should work together in a fiscally disciplined, bipartisan manner. ...

May 6, 1942 - July 30, 2009 HAYES CENTER -- Charles H. "Charlie" Walker of rural Hayes County died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. He fought a courageous battle with cancer. He was 67 years old. On May 6, 1942, he was born in Hayes County to Lawrence William and Effie Laura (Evans) Walker. Charlie grew up in Hayes County and graduated from Hayes Center High School in 1960, and attended Kearney State College...

Feb. 8, 1918 - July 31, 2009 OBERLIN -- Elaine L. Cody Thomas, 91, died Friday (July 31, 2009) in Oberlin. She was born Feb. 8, 1918, in Decatur County to Weaver F. and Alice L. (Ambler) Van Vleet. She grew up on a farm in Decatur County and attended Locust Grove School and Decatur Community High School graduating in 1937...

It's an irony of public discourse that we often strain at a gnat while swallowing a camel. We've noticed it in public meetings where multi-million-dollar expenditures are approved with nary a whisper, while details like the kinds of accessories offered on a new pickup truck turn into an hour of debate...

Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th President of the United States in 1901, when President William McKinley was assassinated. He was 42 years of age, still the youngest person to become President of the United States. Though the presidency was unexpectedly thrust upon him, he assumed the responsibility of the office with great enthusiasm. He probably enjoyed his time in office as much or more than any man who has held that office...

I am in favor of having all dogs, cats and insurgents exterminated. Fines? They don't have any money. The only solution to fanatical anti-American imperialists is to kill them all dead. Then you can see their pictures (dogeryotypes) in the symmetry...