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Is Bush's Patience
Wearing Thinner?
President Bush has com-
mented over and over that his
patience is wearing thin. It
must be thinner than a sheet
of paper by now.
Last Thursday, the Bush
administration provided its
most detailed evidence yet
that Iraq still retains illicit
weapons of mass destruction
and is hiding the evidence.
A document has been pre-
sented that indicates the
United Nations officials have
concluded that Iraq has not
adequately accounted for
more than 2.38 tons of bio-
logical agents it formerly
possessed, among other
chemicals.
, If in fact that is the case,
then those items should be
destroyed. However, we all
know what it would be Like to
prove they do exist, and if so,
where they art hidden.
Wile Bush's patience is
wearing thin, I think so is the
patience of most Americans.
Our children go to bed
every night with the threat
of war looming over their
heads like the cold weather
we have experienced recent-
ly. Every American is won-
dering what's going-to hap-
pen, when it's going to hap-
pen and what the outcome
will be.
We have seen our econo-
my, which was already
stressed, continue to slide.
The gas of price continues to
increase.
What about all the fami-
lies that have been separat-
ed because of this? All the
deployments have wives,
husbands and children won-
dering ff their loved one will
come home and if so, when.
I'm not talking about just
the ones who have been
deployed overseas, either.
Here in our office, one of our
pressmen has been deployed
to North Carolina. He has left
behind his wife and two sons,
ages five and seven•
I could go on, but I'm sure
everyone gets the message.
It's a simple one: sometimes
the threat of war can be dev-
astating, especially when it
lingers as longas this one has.
SECRETARY OF STATE
Colin Powell says he is con-
vinced that even without
approval of the United
Nations, the United States
will have plenty of other
countries join in the fight
should war break out. I'm not
so sure that is the case.
Russian Foreign Minister
Igor Ivanov says no evidence
has been presented that jus-
tifieg an attack on Iraq and
has urged the United States
not to launch a war without
international approval.
The Bush administration
may be right, but it could be
wrong. It would be a tragedy
for the United States to enter
such a war and not have allies
fighting it with them.
I'm not saying that war
might not be justified, I'm
simply saying that it is a fight
that the United States should
not have to fight alone.
THE SAD PART of all of
this is that the United States
had an opportunity to end this
thing once and for all back
during the Gulf War. We had
already invaded, we had them
on their knees and chose not
to finish it.
Had we finished it then,
and shown that we will not
tolerate such action, things
might have be different
"day. The tragedy of
September 11 might have
even been avoided. That's
hypothetical, of course, and
I have no way to prove it
would or wouldn't. I'm sim-
ply saying that had we shown
we mefint business all those
years ago, terrorists and
countries like Iraq would
probably view us much dif-
ferently today, and honestly
be afraid of the conse-
quences.
I remember during the
Gulf War how America gave
to the people of Iraq. We sent
food and supplies to them. We
all knew the people of Iraq
were not our enemies, only
that crazed maniac that we
allowed to walk away with-
out even a paper cut•
We showed that we were
sympathetic and a caring
nation and what did it get us?
The same people who were
eating our food was alsoburn-
ing our flag.
I PERSONALLY think it's
time for the United States to
stop fighting the wars of the
world. We need to take care
of our own. If we go to war
because our nation is at risk,
or because of an incident like
September 11, then I'm all for
it. I agree that allowing a
country with a crazy man in
leadership, like Iraq,
deserves it, but what price
are the American people sup-
posed to pay when the world
doesr't want to B get
involved?
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PAGE 4 - HOGANSVILLE HOME NEWS - JAN. 30, 2003
Having a IS-Year Class Reunioira00t00:
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Written in 1978 head librarian. CA smudge on We'll listen to the *de A.
The fellow who was pres-
ident of my high school sen-
ior class called the other day
to ask a favor. He wants me
to write something witty and
clever to be used as an invi-
tation to our 1S-year class
reunion next summer.
We never had a 10-year
reunion, which was probably
just as well with me. The prin-
cipal's office statute of limi-
tations probably doesn't run
out in 10 years. They might
still have had something on
me.
Like there was the book I
never got around to return-
ing to the school library. The
posse didn't come back until
around the early 70s. Our
librarian was also the princi-
pal's wife, and she ran the
library with an iron hand.
Nuclear power plants are
maintained with less regi-
mentation.
I WAS remembering
some of the library rules at
my high school:
--Thou shalt not touch a
book unless your hands have
been scrubbed clean and
thoroughly inspected by the
a book is an insult to litera-
ture.")
-- Thou shalt not wear
wristwatches or bracelets
into the library because a
wristwatch or bracelet could
make a scratch on one of the
library tables, God forbid.
(I am convinced anybody
caught scratching a library
table at my high school would
have been dragged out behind
the auditorium and shot, not
to mention having his or her
library privileges taken
away.
--Thou shalt not talk
while in the library, nor gig-
gle, nor grunt nor pull a chair
from under a table so as to
make the noise a chair being
pulled frdm under a table will
inevitably make.
Irregardless -- which
isn't a word but was used a
hundred times a day by one
of the coaches -- I still look
back on my high school years
with favor.
I was on the baseball team
and the basketball team, and
I was in the Key Club and I
had a steady girlfriend, which
is another reason I wasn't par-
ticularly disturbed when we
had no 10-year reunion.
The last time I saw my
steady girlfriend, who later
became much more than that,
she was loading our living
room furniture, my stereo,
the bed and the washer and
dryer into the back of a truck.
Who knows what she
might still have been in the
market for?
FRANKLY, I am puzzled
as to what to write witty and
clever for the invitation.
I can say we'll all drink a
few beers, likely, and we
won't have to hide behind
Robert's and Alf's drive-in to
doit.
We'll take a look at one
another and say thihgs like,
"You haven't changed a bit"
when what we really mean is
"I wouldn't have known you
in a million years because the
last time I saw you, you had
hair. tl
songs and tell a lie or two.i Reve
And maybe for old tired in Mc
sake I'll even have a da
with my steady girlfridVIr. W
• who later became much mS resi
than that while someboansvi
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COME TO THINK of!
15 years later is a perfect turvi
to have a high school reuni daugl
It's short enough period , Bill
the good memories to be frder, Ca
and the ravages of age to hr-in-l
taken only a soft toll. ece, I
And long enough to h Hunt
forgiven an overdue librdrhe (
book, a punch in the belly ansvi
even the night I walked i#
an empty house and found
for the first time adultha
isn't all it was cracked up!
be. No
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Can There Ever Be a Lasting Peace00s0000
A good while ago, while
the early morning news was
on, the anchor of CNN's
Headline News was giving
the headlines of the latest
overnight happenings.
During the telecast, the lat-
est innovation in newscasting
was streaming across the bot-
tom of the screen. While the
anchor was speaking, a con-
tinuous line of news ran
across the bottom of the
scan. On,'Of those lines
gav, e a statement by
Secretary of State Colin
Powell in regards to the
recent and escalating vio-
lence in Israel an_d Palestine.
The statement said some-
thing to the effect that he
hoped the latest events would
be the beginning of the end
to the violence in the Middle
East.
Along with the reports of
our military operations in
Afghanistan and the buildup
of troops in relation to Iraq,
the news media has found
much to report on the fight-
ing between Israel and
Palestine. We have seen pic-
tures and heard reports of the
bloodshed in Israel, and like
Colin Powell, most of the
world hopes that with each
breaking story that will
indeed be the beginning of
the end to the violence. There
have been many schooled and
experienced individuals who
have tried to settle the dis-
putes that so often arise in
that part of the world. We
want to see the fighting end,
but will it ever? I will be the
first to admit that I am no
diplomat at settling disputes,
nor am I an expert O foreign
affairs. HoWever, I believe i
have the answer to the Middle
East peace question. Yes,
there can be and yes, there
will be lasting peace in the
Middle East.
Before you throw me off
as a Miss Cleo disciple, my
answer is not from my own
future visions or some
prophetical wisdom. The
source of my information is
not unnamed, restricted or of
any private nature. The
source of my information and
the basis for my statement is
found in the Bible. The Bible
has much to say about the fate
and future of Israel. It is good
Bible tells us in Matthew 5,
"Blessed are the peacemak-
ers•" We may be able to cur-
tail and promote periods of
peac m that r $oa=!mt onkv
one, will be ab'l et> establish
a lasImg peace and"put the
fighting to an ultimate end.
The one is the Prince of Peace,
the Lord Jesus Christ.
It will take more than
armies, treaties, and promis-
es to finally bring peace to
the Middle East. War has been
waging there since Bible
times and no human govern-
ment can finally stop it. It will
not be until Jesus himself
comes again, sets up his king-
dom, and rules from
Jerusalem on the throne of
David that this world will
ever see lasting peace in the
Middle East. The Bible says
that we as Americans send
envoys to the Middle East to
try to stop the violence. The
_ebr,e brc
rebel against his autholeWilli.
Yes, peace is possible, I Car++
only Jesus can bring pea nepll
Likewise, many readTh e (
today could probably C.%ansx
tbr- -
less if there is peace in , "
Middle East, you would
like peace in your heart.
wonder ff you can ever
rience a lasting sense of
and contentment The
is again a resounding yes'
one man has stated,
is not in th:absnce of tff
ble, but in t ps/fie o' +"°'
Savior." Just as there will+,+ A !
no lasting peace in the Mi " "
East until Jesus comes, tM
can be no lasting peace inI10"
hearts of men until Je
comes into their hearts. I t
not saying there will be "-"
more troubles in your life,
I am saying there will I I
lasting calm in the midst
the storm. Today, if you 1
that deep sense 0f abiding
and peace that you so m
long for, bow your head, r
ize your need of a Savi+
repent of sin, believe Je
died, was buried, rose ag
put your trust in him for S + I
that Jesus will rule with a rod .
vation, ask him to save y
of iron and will break in andbelieve that he will. Je
pieces all those that would is truly the Prince of Pea( /
l[
_** 5o IL
Ago...
00th,
In the
Hogansville Herald
Predecessor to the Hogansville Home Ne Comrm
• BIG EVENT: "Natural gas was o
cially turned into The City of Hogansvi
distribution system at 11 a.m. on TuesdaP,
Jan. 27th (1953.) The ceremony
place at the City Odorizing Station adj
cent to the Southern Natural G 70(
Company sub-station about 2 miles fr
the city on Lone Oak Road."
. I
• BIGGER SCHOOL: Bids for t .
construction of the 13-room addition / 9
the Hogansville High School are bei I
sought by the Hogansv e City Board
Education. The building, which will co
prise 16,000 square feet in area, Wf {04
include classrooms, a large library, coc+
ing and sewing rooms for
ics."
*MOTHERS'MARCH: "The
March on Polio will l
on Thursday, Jan. 29. Approximately
ladies will begin a
of Hogansville. The siren at the city
will be used to remind everyone
hour has come to turn on'
if you care to make a contribution to tff
March of Dimes."
• MINISTER MISHAP: "Dr.
Willis Howard were on their way
Carabele, Fla. for a short vacation
they had a slight tangle with another
cle."
