My name is Tammy and I'm saying this with tears in my eyes.
Yesterday my 16-year-old daughter was getting gas for her car
when she shut the door with her hand in it and the doors were
locked. She got the car unlocked and pulled her hand out with
blood gushing from her hand. She was frantic and scared. She
had no idea what to do or where to go. Two Sikeston city workers
helped her, saw her in need and went to her aid. One of them
drove her to the emergency room, while the other one followed.
And not only did they help her do that, but that's not where the
love and the kind hearted people of Sikeston stopped helping
her. The emergency room was full, they had two or three ambulances
there. But after they got her to the emergency room, the
waiting room was full and they couldn't get her back. The people
in the waiting room, the people who were sick waiting to see
a doctor, helped my daughter. They went and got wet paper towels
to wipe her face to calm her down and told her it would be
all right. One of the gentlemen in the waiting room went up to
the window to tell them she needed to go in before they did. I
just want to thank the doctors after she got into the emergency
room, how nice and loving they were to her. I just want to thank
the people of Sikeston for helping her and being so kind. I hope
that God keeps you in His graces and blesses you and the circle
of love comes back to you. Thank you.
It is funny how people turn Bible scriptures into what they
want and use them for political reasons. I am glad our governor
has the courage to attack welfare reform. Our country cannot
continue free rides to all that refuse to take care of themselves
when able. Just think of all the young mothers on welfare now
that do not work and will never work, they will someday be the
elderly still dependent on welfare and taxpayers for all their
needs. The number keeps growing. Until our government confronts
the problem, it will continue to get worse. No one in this
country should expect a total free ride simply because they are
too lazy to take care of themselves and their children. The Bible
also says that God helps those who help themselves, he didn't
mean by free loading and working the system. I even think it is
still a sin to lie and cheat. That includes being dishonest to keep
from having to work. Quit using the Bible and turning it into a
slapping stone for your gain. Having children is a gift from God
and it is so sad that people keep having children to keep from
working. These children get in the system and depend on this
system for total care. What kind of person keeps bringing children
in the world when they can't give them anything and
expect the taxpayers to raise them? How many grandmothers
are raising children? Too bad our government can't see fit to
require a birth control shot in the butt before picking up your
welfare check. Why should a working family do without health
care and it be given freely to those who do not work and simply
refuse to work? There is something very wrong. Just driving
around with all the beautiful gardens this summer, just think
how many of those gardens belong to welfare recipients. The
poor used to work in the fields, grow gardens and take in ironing.
Now they carry their cell phones, watch their big screen
TVs and eat steak that the taxpayers provide. You're wrong. I do
not think the Bible supports free loaders. Good job Blunt, we
need more cuts. Why not make able-bodied welfare recipients
report for community service work or farm work before getting
their benefits. That would be a hoot! I can just hear the NAACP