Rant & Rave for Jan. 2
Published 9:48 am Wednesday, January 1, 2014
“In response to the ranter in Sunday’s paper about military pay cuts, I’d like to add that the Senate Republicans put forth an amendment that would have exempted the military from these cuts. However, the Senate Democrats voted in lockstep to kill that amendment and it did not pass.”
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“I don’t think it’s very prosperous when a person has to start the new year looking for a job.”
“People matter.”
“Is it just me paying 10 times as much for light bulbs that don’t seem to last any longer than the old style?”
“It is just my opinion, but rarely do I read a line or verse so quotable as the one I read in this newspaper the other day; ‘The grievance culture of the chronically unhappy has become like a rat that won’t stop gnawing.’ Also, a great one from the Moultrie Observer: ‘Thank you, fellow Christian, for your comments on our faith. Neither have I ever experienced persecution for being a Christian. I also agree that we have plenty of opportunities to express and apply our faith and likely we don’t even scratch the surface. These so-called Christians who constantly moan and groan about being persecuted or put down …well, I think they are victims of ‘they say.’”
“Obamacare forces responsible citizens to chuck responsibility for their families’ livelihood and buy into a program that will wreck all of their planned care for their own lives.”