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Spread hope, not anger and fear
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To the Editor:
Some say that the best defense is a good offense. Recent partisan letters have been very offensive. I have been accused of lying when all I did was read the newspapers. Our Senator was quoted, “The Senator also said that the state will be looking at the reserve monies of cities and counties and helping slow the deficit by utilizing some of those funds.” The next week I read that she joined Rep. Pelowski in Winona as he sought city and county reserves. A supporter from Harmony claims our Senator would never do that. What is the truth?
I have never demeaned the Senator’s service record or her support of veterans’ issues. The truth is just the opposite. My son is in the National Guard. I am a Legion member and have the utmost respect for those in military service for our country. Veterans deserve all the support we can provide.
To accuse Paul Ibisch or myself of lying and stirring up fear may be an attempt to cover up our Senator’s own activities. Our Senator when visiting a school board focuses her comments on the negatives and offers no solutions. School leaders are left with fear of the future. The truth is that the only legislative group to suggest cuts to K-12 education was our Senator’s DFL Senate caucus. They pushed for a 5 percent cut “across the board,” so that people would be afraid and support significant tax increases. Our Senator’s support for tax increases and legislative mandates have caused businesses and jobs to leave our state.
Paul Ibisch believes vital programs including K-12 education need to be funded. He believes that unnecessary mandates should be eliminated. He has plans to bring investment and real jobs into our communities. Let’s start spreading the hope, not the anger and fear.
Doug Baker
Lanesboro, Minn.
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It is a new decade, 2010
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To the Editor:
Is it time to reexamine our times and what is going on? For some time now, (I would say maybe 50 years or more) we have been doing things our own way and complaining that things go wrong.
There was a saying (I believe it was a commercial) and it went something like this: “Please mother I would rather do it myself.” Well we have been saying that and it does not seem to be working.
Now with all the talk of the recession being the worst since the big depression we should be able to see that we need to reevaluate what we need to do. Some say the politicians are to blame others say differently, it still boils down to the fact something has to be changed from the way we do things.
Now we have let someone allow the Bible taken away (no prayer in school, no prayer in public what so ever they say only maybe silent prayer so we do not make someone feel uncomfortable).
Maybe if we let God do it instead of we trying it would work. We need to accept the fact that we have a maker and He made us to be self-sufficient.
The Bible says {Psalms 139:14- I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.}. This is what we need to look at. God made us and HE wants us to do things to help Glorify HIM and us.
Our leaders need help not criticism. We can get them the help they need by prayer. Prayer is communicating with GOD. We should talk all things over with GOD in prayer before we do anything.
We need to be sure our heart is right before we do anything. The bible is the place to start when one is looking for answers. All our answers are in the book of instructions.
Our heart should be right before we condemn the other person. The King James Bible mentions the heart 765 times and a number of these times are in Proverbs.
You might say we cannot do anything here we are only a small group; I say we start some place and some time.
OK now I would like to suggest that everyone go to a prayer group and have a time of prayer. After all we have tried to do it ourselves and it did not work.
If you need help finding a group feel free to call me or e-mail me at
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Marion Davis
Caledonia, Minn.
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Supporting Paul Thissen
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To the Editor:
Next month I will be attending precinct caucuses where I will be supporting State Representative Paul Thissen. Being a 19 year-old college student, the two issues that affect me most are health care and education. In Minnesota, 240,000 families with insurance pay more than 25 percent of their income on health care. In recent months some of my family’s health benefits have disappeared while our basic insurance premiums have doubled. I am worried that even with a decent job I will not be able to afford health insurance.
As chairman of the House Health and Human Services committee last legislative session, Paul Thissen authored the Children’s Health Security Act, giving 40,000 children the chance to see a nurse or a doctor. He has worked to shift the focus of doctors and hospitals to preventative treatment, accessibility, and portability. Paul also believes that doctors should be paid to keep people healthy, not just cure sicknesses.
Being a first year college student, I also worry about the enormous amount of debt I will be left with once I graduate. Paul Thissen is dedicated to making college more affordable and accessible for all Minnesotans. He recognizes that tomorrow’s success of this state is determined by the success of young people today.
I am especially impressed by Thissen’s proposed legislation that would give graduates of Minnesota colleges and university a tax credit for their loan payments if they stay and work in Minnesota after college graduation.
I am supporting Paul Thissen for governor because I think he has both the understanding of important issues and leadership skills needed to set Minnesota on a path to a better future.
Thomas Trehus
Spring Grove, Minn.
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‘Senate wannabe telling half truths’
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To the Editor:
Republican campaigner Doug Baker writes that Senate wannabe Ibisch is “truthful” and seeks the “truth.” How amusing considering that nearly 100 percent of what Ibisch slings at our successful senator is totally misleading and as far from the truth as possible. Lacking real evidence, Ibisch simply whips up false claims to scare local readers. Or he tells half the story and omits the rest.
For example, Ibisch’s latest twisted truth is this: alerting readers that the senator is telling city councils, county and school boards that the state may take their reserve accounts. Then Ibisch and Baker stop. Why don’t they tell the whole truth? Here’s the rest of the story - she is adamantly opposed to those potential state actions. In fact, she has called it unconscionable and that she would fight any effort by state leaders to raid money from local government. But these two Republicans won’t tell you that!
Here’s another example: Ibisch and Baker targeted veterans last year, trying to whip up their anxiety. Baker predicted that our senator would “cut the guts out of veterans programs”. The senator herself is a veteran, a former Navy officer. The real story is that the senator received top honors from many veteran groups, chaired an important veterans services study group, carried major veteran bills and, oh, did not cut the guts out of veterans programs. But they will not tell you that! The letters of Ibisch and Baker are filled with twisted truths and fear-based attacks.
Perhaps Pastor Ibisch in his quest for political office has misinterpreted the concept of separation of church and state to mean that the politician is free to separate himself from basic teachings of his church.
Kate De Keyrel
Harmony, Minn.
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To give for the benefit of others
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To the Editor:
Whether your name is Melchior, Balthazar, Caspar or something much more common, you can feel good about your giving this holiday season. Your anonymous gifts to others were kind, thoughtful and a blessing to those who received them. You didn’t do it to receive thanks or many would thank you. You did it out of the kindness of your heart. Whether it was to the Houston County Care and Share, the Giving Tree at your church, the Semcac Food Shelf or to the neighbor down the street, you brought joy and encouragement. You are the epitome of “Minnesota nice.” As a result of your kindness, the new year begins with hope. The concern for one another does not end on the twelfth day of Christmas. Americans care about one another and for the well-being of their country. We work and give not just for our own pleasure, but for the benefit of others. This is a type of wisdom not everyone understands. May your new year be filled with blessings!
Paul Ibisch
La Crescent, Minn.
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The peace of Christmas
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Societies lack of understanding of Christmas is overshadowed only by the shallowness of its repetition of the angels message to the shepherds on the fields of Bethlehem. “Peace on earth, good will toward men,” is for the world a vague hope of temporal peace, even while the nations of the earth are continually on the brink of war if not engaged in active war.
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