Bill doesn't benefit us
So, all of our House representatives voted yea on HR1044. After all of the talk about America first, by default Arkansas first, they now are voting to drive wages down for our young people and the middle class. After decades of stagnant wage growth, we finally have over 3 percent growth.
The only people that HR1044 benefits are corporations and people from India.
ROBERT KITTELSON
Powhatan
If one had not run ...
I was reading about the passing of Ross Perot last week and it brought to mind some things regarding his run for office.
I firmly believe that if Perot had not run, Bush would beaten Clinton, and if Bush had not run, Perot would have beaten Clinton, which means we would've been better off in that way, and I would not have had to deal in later years with Hillary.
Just my thoughts.
JOHN P. SELIG
Corning
About flag-burning
First of all, I do not like anyone to burn or desecrate the flag. I would rather they fly the flag upside down, which is a sign of distress that few people realize. What I detest is Rep. Steve Womack using the flag as a rag to erase the First Amendment. This was tried during the Vietnam War and did not succeed.
The Constitution is more important than any symbol. Plus, it has stood the test of time over many attempts to desecrate it. People who disparage the patriotism of people who protest their government have a weak argument and can stir dangerous emotions in fellow Americans. Better to address the underlying issues and eliminate the protests that way.
ED PARKS
Rogers
Spend time with them
I would like to encourage more people to spend time with their "senior" loved ones. My uncle, John D. Pearle, who recently celebrated his 100th birthday at Conway Health and Rehabilitation Center, has been a blessing to me throughout my life. He is the grandson of Lorenzo Dow Pearle, the first mayor of Conway. He was married to his beloved wife, Martha, for over 60 years.
After retiring from Timex as a supervisor, he spent his time farming--growing watermelons, strawberries, cabbages and other produce, which he freely gave away to family and friends. He commented that his longevity was due to working hard and never drinking alcohol, smoking, or chewing tobacco. He loves to listen to country music, smiles a lot, and enjoys entertaining children and adults alike with his train whistle imitation.
Time is short. Don't miss the blessing of spending a little time visiting with elderly family and friends who are so often lonely and forgotten.
KATHY WINDLE
Conway
Where he came from
In the first post-World War II decade, I was a kid of 6 or 7, growing up on Liberty Street in Springfield, Mass. I had come to America "on the boat" from Germany a few years earlier and, as kids will, got into the occasional argument with my peers. No matter what the substance of any of our disagreements was, the rhetoric of my little friends would always culminate in: "Why don't you go back to where you came from!"
This was meant to signal that I had no standing in the debate, no right to an opinion, no right even to be there on Liberty Street, where these confrontations usually took place.
As we grew up, most of us learned about the ideals on which America was founded and the rules of civilized debate, so I was appalled to hear this old putdown coming from a fully grown president of the United States and aimed at female members of Congress, most of whom were native-born citizens of this country to begin with. The congresswomen were apparently singled out for this abuse because of their skin tones and foreign-sounding names.
It seems the corrupt, combative excuse for a human being who currently occupies the Oval Office demonstrates daily that he has neither the intelligence nor the character for the job--for any responsible job, actually. And I, for one, would love to see him crawl back under whatever rock he came from.
ALEX MIRONOFF
Fayetteville
Try through the mail
I thoroughly enjoyed Mr. Boyd Ward's guest column in the newspaper July 11 regarding the arrival of the iPad and the demise of the Monday-through-Saturday delivery of the paper edition of the Democrat-Gazette in Mayflower. It dropped Pottsville in June.
May I suggest an alternate solution? Subscribe to the newspaper through the mail; you will receive the paper one day late, but the subscription for Monday through Saturday is cheaper. I receive the paper through the post office and buy the Sunday edition at the Pottsville Shell. Problem solved.
You just have to adapt to reading your trusty scribe Brummett and Philip a day late. It works for me. I refuse to get a computer, Internet, or Wi-Fi at my home.
P.S. What is Wi-Fi?
RICHARD ARMSTRONG
Pottsville
Editorial on 07/17/2019