President, others fail to protect
As to a recent letter to the editor headlined “We need a gun-free America now:” The unfortunate fact is this: The president and many in Congress are allied with radical Islam. They will never admit it publicly, but their actions speak louder than words.
They refuse to secure the border, allowing a pathway for terrorists and violent illegals; they refuse to do anything about dangerous sanctuary cities; they continue to push for the United States to bring tens of thousands of refugees from war-torn Syria, a hotbed of Islamic radicalism.
Borrowing words from U.S. Rep. Mike McCaul, “Obama and his cronies are orchestrating a ‘federally-funded jihad pipeline’ in broad daylight.”
Remember “Fast and Furious”? Where did the guns end up? In the hands of illegals.
David Bell, Cleveland, Tenn.
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Better to follow teachings of Jesus
Can liberals count? The Tuesday Times editorial states of “ISIS – no more mainstream in the Muslim community than snake-handlers – in the Christian.”
Are thousands of armed snake handlers ruling millions of people and trying and claiming a right to rule the world? And would you rather be ruled by snake handlers or by ISIS?
I think my snake-handling brothers go looking for troubles that Jesus, president of presidents and judge of judges and preacher of preachers, told us would sometimes glorify God by their failures to hurt us, but didn’t tell us to look for.
But we bumbling Christians, even the snake handlers, follow a man who is God, whose life shows that triune Jehovah the creator himself can feel our pain even at its worst, even nailed to a cross; shows us that God loves us very much by dying for us – how else can we get rid of sin? And shows us God’s power by rising from the dead.
ISIS’s Mohammad stayed dead, didn’t die for me and isn’t God. Better follow Jesus.
Andrew Lohr
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Outrageous drug price discrepancy
I received my monthly report for my June medical drug expenses recently. I was shocked.
I have a Medicare Advantage plan and pay $33 a month for prescription medicines.
In June, I paid nothing for these medications; the insurance company paid $341.24. If I didn’t have insurance, I would have had to pay $3,205.80.
Now, I understand that insurance companies pay for special treatment from drug companies, but I can’t believe that this amount comes anywhere close to the amount uninsured Americans would have had to pay.
I find this discrepancy outrageous.
Lawrence Montford, Harrison
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Free speech may be painful to hear
As a Vietnam veteran, I feel the need to comment on Donald Trump’s statements about Sen. John McCain.
I agree that being a prisoner of war alone doesn’t necessarily make a person a hero, like just being in the military doesn’t make one a hero. If you read of his time as a POW, you’ll agree that McCain was a hero.
What made McCain a hero was doing his duty in the face of the enemy by flying missions against North Vietnam. He knew full well that there was a very real possibility he wouldn’t return, but he went anyway.
I was a Cobra helicopter gunship pilot in Vietnam. We flew many protection and recovery missions, so I know what it’s like to fly into dangerous situations, but you still do it.
Our country is supposed to have free speech, but unless one says what someone else wants to hear, it seems to stir up a vitriolic response.
The old saw: “I disagree with what you say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it” seems to have fallen by the wayside.
Norman Skipper