SpeakOut 11-28

Friday, November 28, 2008

Sorry for the loss

I feel so sorry for that family over at Dexter who lost their loved one. They might have came over here to Sikeston and got that stuff at one of the local doctors where you can go five days a week and get whatever you want to. I don't know when Sikeston is going to wake up to what's going on over here.

Sexual feelings

You are completely correct that God does not make mistakes. As a proud Sikeston resident I will say I did not make a choice to be gay. Let me ask you, as a teenager did you choose to be heterosexual? I do believe your heart, mind and hormones led you that way. I do not think you made a choice. As a Christian, I am very happy God gave me the strength to follow my feelings and meet and fall in love with my life partner. As an attractive woman, she has been told many men I guess I could have married a man and sacrificed my happiness to please uneducated, close-minded, homophobic people. I do not flaunt my sexuality. I do not show affection in public. Why are you meddling in my business? I do not meddle in yours. I would so like to be able to hold hands with my partner, give a kiss when I feel like it and be able to slow dance in public, but I respect the fact that Sikeston is not ready for that. Do you have to think before you show affection to your partner? I do attend church regularly and God has taught me Thou shalt not judge. Would you feel this way if your child or your grandchild was born homosexual? Homosexuals report becoming aware of a distinct feeling of being different between ages of 5 and 7. The medium age at which homosexuals become aware of their feelings is 13. In 1990, 9 percent of high school students identified themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or questioning. I'm sure this percentage has risen in the past 18 years. What do you think caused your heterosexuality? When and how did you decide you were heterosexual? Is it possible that your heterosexuality is just a phase and you may grow out of it? Who do you talk to about your sexuality and how do they react? Why do heterosexuals feel compelled to seduce others into their lifestyle? Why do you insist on flaunting your heterosexuality? Why can't you just be who you are and keep quiet about it? Studies show that 95 percent of child molesters are heterosexual. Do you consider it safe to bring your children around your heterosexual friends?

Roads top priority

Recently received a notice from the mayor of Morley concerning the half-cent sales tax. We would like to know where the tax went the past eight years. The condition of the streets sure didn't improve. There are potholes on them and some of them are almost impassable and could cause accidents. Where is this money going to go when this tax is passed? Our city and personal tax should cover this so we should not have to vote on a sales tax. All these small towns want to do is drain our pocket books. Our streets should be the number one priority in Morley.

Tapped on the wrist

How nauseating to see the tap on the wrist to Todd McBride and his sidekick in crime Robert Wolstead by Judge Blanton. He ordered a $20,000 bond because it might make it hard on their family. They had no pity on Sikeston residents when they cheated them out of their homes. I doubt seriously that these two are poverty stricken. Part of that $500,000 is in foreign banks.

Looking for Class

I wish you would put your classified ads on your Web site. It would be appreciated.

A better tomorrow

The inherent blessing of Capitalism is today's misery need not be the end. Tomorrow may bring a brighter day, opportunity of escape could be just around the bend. The inherent curse of Capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings of wealth. The inherent blessing of Socialism is the equal sharing of misery, which brings some solace to the unfortunate of seeing "Miss and Mr. High and Mighty" lose their status and fall into the gutter with them. That is a short-lived moment to savor however, for the doom of Socialism is forced Communism and a total loss of freedom without opportunity, without any hope of a better tomorrow.

Once is a mistake

Whoever the woman was that commented on these deadbeat moms, I totally agree. It has come to a point that all these young girls do is lay down and make babies. And all moms can preach is make sure you get a baby daddy that is going to pay some child support. I understand that once is a mistake. But 2-4 is not. Whatever happened to young girls being ashamed of being a teenage mother. There used to be a sense of disgust when you messed around and got pregnant in high school. Whatever happened to mothers telling there daughters NOT to have sex. Whatever happened to that fear of coming home and telling your mother and/or father that you are pregnant? That used to be all the birth control you needed. Girls definitely have the upper hand in this. The young man can only do what you allow him to do. Have some pride and wait and if you can't, please protect yourself. It's not cool to run around with 2-4 stair step kids and you're under 25. Men don't find this attractive, they may sleep with you but that's pretty much all you'll be is easy in the eyes of a man. Instead of all these programs that help after the woman is pregnant and a child is here why aren't there mandatory classes in high school that teach self pride, self esteem, its cool to wait. We have too many parents today that aren't and won't teach it, even though it shouldn't be the schools responsibility. This tide is slowly turning and something needs to be done now!