Greetings, one and all, and welcome! Thanks much for joining me. There’s plenty of mail to ponder. We’ll go there shortly. First, a thought from Your Humble Narrator (that’s me!).
Thursday is Thanksgiving, and though it’s almost been lost in our haste to jump from Halloween into the Christmas season I would like to take a moment to encourage each of you to spend a little time counting your blessings and giving a word of thanks for all the good things in your life.
Personally, I’m thankful for a great many things, too many to list, but I will mention a few: the fact that I woke up breathing this morning, my daughter and son and their health, a place to call home, and the many friends and acquaintances I’ve made over the years.
All of us have plenty to be thankful for; please try to remember that. Be thankful each and every day.
With that said, it’s time to check the mailbag. Let’s hear it from The Roiling Hundreds!
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n Rants to a certain elected county official for playing favorites.
n “The word is celebrate, not celibate!” sobbed the head monk, after years of researching old manuscripts.
n Why does the county care if people hunt or trap?
n Good idea on the audit. All government entities should get audited on a regular basis to make sure mistakes are not made and hanky panky is kept to a minimum. How long has it been since the other ambulance operators, including RMH, have been audited?
n Let's fill the stands this year for both girls and boys. It has appeared to me the last few years that Hoosier Hysteria has left the building, along with our fans. Show these young athletes that we fully support them. Make us proud, Lions!
n I think it’s stupid to go after the people who are doing marijuana. All across the nation it’s being decriminalized left and right. California is going to put it on their 2010 ballot to get it legalized. Even our own president has told the DEA not to go after the people who comply with state laws. Go after the idiots who do meth, cocaine, heroine, and who abuse prescription drugs.
n "The indifference, callousness and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering in animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of the human spirit."— Ashley Montagu
n Drugs lead to crime, whether it's marijuana or meth. If you've ever read the police blotter, most of the people who recently were arrested have a criminal history.
n I have to agree that there are too many parents around this area who don't stress education to their children and who don't discipline their children. That's why we have all of these high school dropouts, teen pregnancies, and vandalism. Our problems with our local children all lead back to irresponsible parents.
n Our children are all we have. Your house and car will not take care of you when you are old. Teach your children well.
n This could be the best Rushville team since the ‘70s. I look forward to watching them play all year and bringing home a state title. GO LIONS!
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Don’t forget to write down your rants, raves, and/or random thoughts and to send them to me. You can do so via the U.S. Postal Service (Rushville Republican, Rants and Raves, P.O. Box 189, Rushville, IN 46173), fax (765-932-4358), e-mail (kevin.green@indianamediagroup.com), through our Web site (www.rushvillerepublican.com – just “add a comment” to any posted story and it’s fair game), or drop your legibly written comments off here at the office (126 S. Main Street, Rushville).
Until the next time, I’ll leave you with this:
"He who thanks but with the lips
Thanks but in part;
The full, the true Thanksgiving
Comes from the heart."
— J.A. Shedd
Be good. kg
Kevin L. Green is the managing editor of the Rushville Republican.
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