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Meaningful conversation gives hope
There is a group of us from opposite ends of the political spectrum who have met now for the second time. We don’t debate the issues, we speak our own truth and everyone listens.
While this time it was clear that people were more comfortable with one another, we did have a new participant who said, “I am just so relieved to see that no one is wearing horns!”
The topic was ‘Government and how can we take it back’. There were some recurring themes in comments such as the challenge of media propaganda, taking personal responsibility, getting past personal blind spots, and how to wake people up.
Other comments mentioned the principles of Christianity, the need to rein in private equity and the plan to control all the resources in the world.
Then things really started coming together. We agreed that one of our most important tools is to simply be genuine and make it a practice to have meaningful conversations. That we can talk to one another and be in community together.
And most importantly, as we were winding down, one participant said it best “This meeting gives me hope.”
Stacy Cossey Priest River
Whoa!
Remember when the FBI raided the election office in Fulton County Georgia (GA) recently?
The GA AG sued DOJ for the return of the ballots from the 2020 election. A judge just ruled that DOJ can keep the 600+ boxes of ballots. A grand jury was convened and now wants the names, addresses, phone numbers and email for all 3,000 election workers. What are they finding in GA? The FBI also raided the Maricopa AZ election office. A grand jury was convened there as well.
We are still waiting for that outcome.
What if they find fraud in one or both of those counties? I can hardly imagine wanting personal information on every election worker in the county. They seem to be finding something though.
Everyone that gave an order or carried one out, if it was tipping towards fraud, must be a little nervous about now.
The only thing I can remember about 2020 is that they were counting ballots in the middle of the night in GA (maybe that’s normal) and in AZ they had trouble with some of their voting machines and ‘Sharpies’ bleeding through ballots. Only time will tell.
Glen Pierce Spokane/Cusick
Democracy vs Republic
A letter writer in last week’s Miner incorrectly stated that the United States is not a democracy, because we are a republic.
Of course we are a democracy, a representative democracy just as are France, Germany, Italy, etc.
There is no country in the world that is a direct democracy – only representative versions (look up the word “democracy” in Wikipedia).
So why do conservatives like to state that we are not a democracy? It’s because they are trying to deflect criticism of their own political positions that are anti-democratic, such as support for a President intent on autocratic rule. That said, we do have a Congress that has become dysfunctional and a Supreme Court that is only partially willing to support our Constitution. But we are still a democracy, albeit one that is very ill.
Sandy Nichols Newport
Money for war could be better spent
Our poor rural community needs around $100,000,000 for public schools and the hospital.
Our congressman isn’t going to help us. Instead, he is going to give the Department of War another $1.5 trillion to attack and bomb more countries. If you are tired of Iran, then Cuba is next.
Does Cuba have Soviet nukes left over from the 1963 missile crisis? What about those Cuban boat people that we took into our country in 1980? They could be elderly communist sleeper terrorists ready to attack us.
Let the bombing start and demand unconditional surrender by Cuba. They need to have their schools and hospitals rebuilt just like our community. Bombing civilians living in opposing countries is now our foreign policy.
These countries are supposed to fear American military might and become our economic slaves because we have lethal military power that gives us the right to rule over them.
Federal government money is the path to rebuilding schools and our hospital. Paint murals of Trump on Newport buildings.
Then ask Trump for the $100 million. He could be our savior.
Otherwise, fire Baumgartner and vote for a congressman that will vote against wars and for our schools and hospital.
Pete Scobby Newport
