EDMOND — An open letter to Mr. Obama:
You are the president of the United States, but you do not represent me. Your conduct on your recent trip overseas is evidence you are not an adequate representative of the United States of America. You are so obsessed with appeasing the Europeans and the Muslim world that you have abdicated the responsibilities of the President of the United States of America. You are responsible to the citizens of the United States. You are not responsible to the peoples of any other country on earth.
I personally resent your apologizing to the world saying we Americans are arrogant. If we did not care about others, why would we sacrifice lives and monies to fight World War I and II? Why would we spend monies on recovery plans, like the Marshall Plan? Where is your knowledge of our history?
You tell a Muslim country the United States does not consider itself a Christian country. If you knew your history, you would know our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution is based on Judeo-Christian ethics. This is our heritage. Where is your knowledge of that?
When you bowed to the king of Saudi Arabia, you insulted me and every other American. As President of the United States, you are not to bow down to anyone, much less a Saudi king! Great Britain is one of our oldest and best allies; and when visiting there, you and Michelle showed your ignorance of protocol and showed them disrespect with inappropriate gifts.
You have time to visit a mosque in Turkey, but you can’t find time to visit the cemeteries in Europe where our fallen heroes are buried. Were you aware these men and women gave their lives so you have the freedom to play the idiot?
You and your administration have convinced me you are void of common sense as well as moral, ethical and intellectual integrity. You protect the unions and spit in the face of investors. You put a man in charge of the IRS who couldn’t understand the need to pay his own taxes. There are real thieves in all of this: Dodd, Frank, Raines and the list goes on and on.
You expect individuals to “tighten belts” while you spend $300,000 (plus) to go to Afton, Mo., for an hour to have a stage on which to make fun of the “tea baggers.” You again spend $300,000 for a flyover of New York. As we “tighten our belts,” U.S. House staffers get bonuses. Lawmakers jet home on weekends at taxpayer expense. Lawmakers vote themselves pay raises. Fannie, Freddie, and the AIG have “tightened my belt” beyond my silent endurance. All of this represents “Tax Without Representation.” Isn’t that what the Boston Tea Party was about?
According to some in the media, I would be a redneck and a racist. I am neither. I am a thinking taxpayer and voter. I understand the economics of “income and expenses.” I understand moral responsibility. I do not want the Constitution destroyed. I don’t want a Supreme Court judge whose qualifications are simply “empathy.”
Just about everything you do and say is personally offensive to everything I believe in.
As an old woman, I have enjoyed great freedoms in my lifetime. And, I will do everything in my power to stop you from stealing more from me and from robbing my children and grandchildren! Paul Revere — if he were here — would already have alerted the public of the political coup in progress against private industry and free enterprise!
Lee V. Rose
Cushing
LEE V. ROSE is a retired professor from the College of Business at the University of Central Oklahoma.
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The families in the Edmond Public School District are fortunate to have Kathleen Duncan as their advocate on the Edmond Board of Education. Duncan has worked tirelessly for the welfare and benefit of the Edmond schools’ students. -
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On Feb. 14 patrons of District 2 have an opportunity to re-elect the current president of the Edmond School Board, Kathleen Duncan. Duncan has served as a board member for 10 years. When people move to the Oklahoma City area, they buy a home here because of the exceptional quality of Edmond Public Schools. This speaks to Duncan’s goal of “Excellence in Education for All Edmond Public School Students.” -
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Kathleen Duncan understands the diverse issues that effect our schools. She carefully studies the district’s issues and works tirelessly as an advocate for all students. Her votes as a board member have an impact for years to come and she takes that responsibility very seriously. - LETTER: Reader says incumbent's personal agenda in the way
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In my 43-year career as a professor at the University of Central Oklahoma I wrote many a letter of recommendation for deserving students for jobs, graduate and professional schools and scholarships. Those letters are read by busy people who have important decisions to contemplate and my belief is they ought to be brief and on point. This is such a letter. -
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I am writing this letter to support and endorse the re-election of Kathleen Duncan to the Edmond Board of Education next Tuesday. I’ve been an Edmond resident for the past 20 years, and because I don’t live in District 2, I cannot cast my vote for Duncan, but I do pay a considerable amount in taxes to the Edmond Public School District. -
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Kathleen Duncan serves tirelessly in her capacity as an Edmond Board of Education member. A former teacher, school counselor and Oklahoma County Assistant District Attorney, she has the time to go into our schools and hear the needs of teachers, students and staff. When she hears of needs, she has the time and experience to share those issues with the appropriate administrators for investigation and resolution. - More Letters to the Editor Headlines
