Tuesday, December 29, 1998

Letters to the Editor

Laws of God, man

I felt compelled to write to you regarding Rep. Charles Stenholm’s recent actions. I organized the protest rally held this year in front of his Abilene office regarding the drastic effects of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 on rural home health care. My faith and belief in the American government system and politicians had been completely destroyed.

Recent events have renewed my faith in the American system. When Stenholm voted to impeach President Clinton, going against his party line and going with his convictions, I was completely shocked. I agreed with his comments on how can we face our children and vote for different rules and laws for different people. This truly would go against all that is American “liberty and justice for all.”

This makes me also think maybe I can believe a politician who says he will help the home health care industry as Stenholm promised to do this coming year. Stenholm has proved there are politicians out there who have integrity and vote for what is right.

There are God’s laws, and there are man’s laws. For God’s laws, you must answer to God, and for man’s laws, you must answer to man and the judicial system. For God’s laws, Clinton will have to answer to God for adultery. For man’s laws, he will be answering to man.

The outcome is yet to be known, but I think it takes a great man to stand up for what is right. I believe that man is Congressman Charles Stenholm.

LOIS HAVENS

Tuscola

Maintainers, too

I enjoyed your article from Saturday’s paper but with one major complaint. The crews that fly this wonderful aircraft are important to the mission the B-1 holds, but you failed to mention the men and women who make these crews and aircraft able to accomplish that mission.

Pilots and Weapon Systems Operators did something important for our country and were missed by all friends and family. They did not act alone. The blood and sweat put forth by the maintainers of these aircraft deserve some recognition for there actions in Operation Desert Fox, for they too were missed by there friends and families. The crews of those aircraft would not be where they are today had it not been for the maintainers of the B-1’s.

While all jobs related to the accomplishment of that operation are important, the maintainers as well as the crews deserve their rightful place in the spotlight. So why not shine some of that light into the shadows of the crews that were spotlighted in your article?

It would be a great moment for all maintainers. I know this because I am a maintainer of this great aircraft, the B-1B Lancer.

SCOTT GARNER

Abilene

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No Furby this year

In answer to your story about the Furby craze this Christmas: Yes, it is a very popular toy, and the reason some kids did not get one for Christmas is money hungry people like the one you wrote about.

I, too, was at Wal-Mart the day after Thanksgiving because my children wanted one of these things. The person in front of me was talking about how profitable it would be to resell these things, and they bought the last three because of greed.

Now they are selling the things for $500 or more, and my kids and many more woke up Christmas day to toys. But the one thing they asked for, a Furby, they won’t have because of these greedy people. All I wanted was one for each of my kids, and I can’t even give a Furby to them.

I just wanted to write to all those people who were thinking of the mighty dollar instead of the kids who really wanted a Furby.

DIANA SIMPSON

Abilene

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