Editorial

Hello Southeast Missouri, hello Miner. You know what got me the other day? We have a malfunctioning system over here and I know it. They said something about clean the swamp and we got a reply from the editor and that’s cool. I liked it. But then the badge, he’s got people running against certain individuals here in a coming up race. But how low can you get when you go sit in the church with the...

I don’t why in the world people want to stand up for abortion. That is nothing but murder. I can see if a woman’s life is at risk if she has the baby, that would probably be OK. But having an abortion because you can and want to is murder and the doctor that does it and the woman that has the abortion, should be put in prison for murder. That’s what they are doing. Murdering innocent children....

The Green New Deal apparently is the Democrat’s far-reaching plan to frame the 2020 Presidential election by promising something for every imaginable victim’s group in America. Unveiled last week to much hoopla, the progressive agenda is a virtual wish list of liberal ideas that would make today’s American unrecognizable...

In the Jan. 9 Standard, I read congressman Jason Smith’s article trying to blame the Democrats for big spending. I would remind him, that in the eight years just passed, though totally controlled by the Republicans, both house and senate, no congress in modern history has piled on more debt for our children than this Republican congress. The last balanced budget in the last 30 years was under...

The annual list of the 100 Worst Cities in America is out this week and we can proudly acknowledge that no Missouri city made the list. I read in great detail the similarities among the various cities and the common factor was always poverty. Crime followed poverty and a lack of job opportunities and a lack of education also combined to determine the list...

What are they going to do with Trump and Pence and all of their lies. Also McConnell is not doing his job and Giuliani and all of his lies. They are supposed to be in the process of doing something with Manafort and Cohen for all their lies. Lets do something about the main ones. This administration is setting the US back 25 years. I’m glad the Democrat are not letting Trump and Pence get by with...

I have met several male drivers that don’t know how to put gas in an auto, don’t know how to raise the hood and check the oil and fluids and don’t know how to change a flat tire. Auto mechanics and home economics should be mandatory classes in high school. It could actually cut down on bullying in high school.

The progressive Mecca of San Francisco is hailed by the liberal elite as the model community of the future — inclusive and diverse. San Fran is a beacon for progressives as not only the first city to sanction sanctuary for illegal immigrants but as a window into the future of the true America. It has long been known for its sexual progressive agenda as well as being one of the most expensive...

My friend in the area where ‘Speakout’ is printed read me your letter over the phone. I couldn’t get it out of my mind so I decided to respond. As an American, I would stand with you in your right to free speech and I would hope that you would do the same for me. Your letter touched my friend and I with sadness and compassion, for we are strong believers in the Bible as the inerrant word of God....

The national Democratic Party — and that does not include the Democrats who read this column — has gone stark-raving mad. In just this week alone, the Democrats have voted to remove the word God from the oath taken for committee assignments. And then in a move that boggles the mind, there is a Democratic movement to allow abortions up until the time of birth...

I am sick and tired of everybody cussing the liberals for not being generous. They are the most generous people in the world as long they are using somebody else’s money.

Where did the Speakout go? There is no Speakout in my today’s paper. I’d sure like for you to bring it back. Thank you for letting me speak out. Don’t worry. Speakout is still here. We simply did not have any to run that day.

Yes, I was over at Express Care and I kind of overheard a guy hurt his shoulder and the doctor from Missouri Delta was saying he needed physical therapy but he had Medicaid. I overheard the doctor say “you might as well give that up because the state won’t take the Medicaid but we would do this program and then we get a MRI and you will probably have to have surgery. But if you get physical...

Gun control advocates pounce on each and every study that monitors gun deaths. But those very same advocates who want stricter gun control never look beyond the surface to honestly address gun violence in America. Like clockwork, a new study is out this week listing gun deaths across the country. And Missouri is among the states cited for the fifth-highest gun deaths in America...

Mr. Trump, why don’t you lay down on the floor and kick your feet and hit your head on the floor and show what temper tantrums you can do. You’re such a big baby. I think your mind is gone. You shut the government down. These people who work for the government don’t have nothing to do with the wall. Why are you punishing these people? These people have nothing to do with the wall. Just because of...

Testament against the anti-Christ This reply is in response to the Anti-Christ article in Speakout on Jan. 13. The individual says God is a childish myth who does not exist. They refer to Christians as vindictive, judgmental and ignorant. This myth was created to control people who can’t think for themselves. ...

You would need a scorecard to keep track of the avalanche of Democratic candidates throwing their hats into the Presidential ring. Announced or soon-to-be announced candidates on the Democratic side now approach the 40-mark with more in the wings. Many of the announced hopefuls believe that putting their name in the running early might thin the field and improve their chances...

I want to go to a BMU Board meeting and ask for mercy, the Board and ask they reconsider not having anybody with a flag on their account of a medical device that is keeping the dependent alive. I am not just another person on oxygen. I am a high flow level 8 constant oxygen. Unless you see the disk Oxymizer under a persons chin they are just an every day type oxygen user. On Dec. 1, a Saturday in...

Despite my New Year’s self-imposed ban on all things political, the truth is you can’t escape the chaos that masquerades as politics these days. I honestly believe most Americans agree our concerns and problems don’t involve Russia or China or another other hotspot across the globe...

Where’s the girls’ game? Didn’t see anything in the paper about girls basketball. Especially about New Madrid beating Sikeston this week. What will happen about this? The story ran on semoball.com but was erroneously omitted from the Wednesday paper...

If the liberal-leaning Post Dispatch newspaper is anything, it’s predictable. In an article last week critical of a Republican bill to impose work requirements for some Medicaid recipients, the predictable Post call the idea a “controversial plan that could strip tens of thousands of low-income people of their health care benefits.”...

Religion is just childish mythology To you in Speakout who want to pray for me to find Jesus, whatever that means, you can pray for me all you want to, to your non-existent God. Religion is a childish mythology, created to control people who don’t read or think for themselves. ...

Many years ago, our nation declared a War on Drugs which was more of a publicity campaign than an all-out war. Politicians revised penalties for drug possession and sales while creating numerous new authorities to battle the rise in drug usage. As we hold a national dialogue on the potential for a wall on our southern border, it’s important to see just how Mexico is also addressing the problem of...

Yes, this concerns the border. Why are we concerned about a Mexican girl dying at the border. Not a citizen, she illegally tried to get across the border. If we must provide medical for illegal aliens, take the charges and apply them to the Democrats pay. They are not supporting our president, so we the taxpayers do not have to pay. Give the Democrats the responsibility to pay the medical....

Hello, hello, Southeast Missouri. Hello, Miner. Hello, United States. You know, I was thinking today of all the liberals and all these other idiots crying about president doing that wall and everything. I think it’s a good thing. The thing about it is, they get all over him for doing all that but look at Obama and his wife and where they live at. They got a wall around their house. I mean, who do...