Sound Off: God and touchdowns
The following is what our readers sounded off about this week:
God and touchdowns
It should be pointed out the cult of demonstrative Christian pro athletes that touchdowns and home runs are not the result of divine interventions and do not require visual communications with the deity.
At times, I feel as though I am watching a revival meeting rather than a sporting event.
These individuals should also be aware that they work in the toy department of life and are well-paid for donning costumes and playing games for entertainment purposes.
It’s not like they’re involved in warfare or battling hunger or disease.
I suggest that they spare us the contrived attention-seeking displays and seriously consider rearranging their priorities. By the way, strikeouts and fumbles are also not the result of demonic intervention.
Do the right thing
I’m glad to read Jan. 7’s paper and articles regarding the Kaneland school system. Unlike Geneva and St. Charles, they are trying to tighten their belt to make the budget work, vs. Geneva and St. Charles, who, by reading the paper, are trying to tax the citizens for frivolous things like iPads and computers and new buses, which are two years old ...
Again, I congratulate Kaneland for trying to do the right thing within their means and not trying to take it out on everyone around them, unlike Geneva and St. Charles.
I hope everybody reads this, and hopefully somebody does something about it.
Teachers aren’t worth the benefits
To the caller of “Poor sap taxpayers,” Dec. 24, you asked why anyone would want to quit such a cushy job. The answer is quite obvious.
Their pension pays just as much or almost as much as when they were actually working.
I’m surprised that, with all the protesting going on in the world, that there hasn’t been a movement against the outrageous spending of taxpayers’ dollars on pensions for public employees, especially teachers. If teachers had to work in the real world at a real job, they wouldn’t survive.
You get the feeling that they feel that they are so above everyone else and deserve special treatment. In all my 80 years, speaking as a former substitute teacher, I haven’t known one teacher who is worth all the benefits and the hoopla that teachers are given.
That teacher of only 33 years will get a pension for the rest of her life, compliments of the poor sap taxpayers. You’re darn right, it’s a ripoff.
Unanswered questions
I think it’s time all politicians answer five questions an average person like me would ask. I bet dollars to doughnuts they would never be able to give a logical answer, if one at all.
1. If minimum wage is determined to be enough to live on, why is base salary for members of the Senate and House $174,000 a year?
2. Do they really believe it to be fair that the average person can be fired on the spot for doing a job poorly, while they have to be voted out of theirs?
3. Considering the state of this country, and their lack of turning it around, do any members of Congress really think they deserve a recess (vacation) at any point in time?
4. Do they really expect the public to have any kind of respect for them when they show none for us?
5. Why do politicians spend millions of dollars for jobs that pay only thousands?
I know I’m not the only person with questions like these, but I would love to be on national television to ask these questions to all the jokes who are eyeing the White House.
I don’t think they could answer any questions along these lines if their lives depended on it.
Buildings too tall
I could understand why there is concern and controversy about the rental apartments vs. condos on the First Street developments in St. Charles.
But could someone please explain to me why no one is complaining that the building that they are planning to put up will be five stories tall?
That’s a story taller than any other building downtown and will totally dwarf any view of the river.
Who is going to take the blame when this goes up and everyone sees how tall this building really is?
There was great talk that we would have a river walk like Naperville.
But it’s obvious that no one who voted on this plan ever walked Naperville’s river walk, where you can actually experience the river.
How to plow snow
I’ve been involved in plowing snow for over 30 years for county and townships, and believe that the best way is to treat your salt and to get out there and put it on the road with items like calcium chloride.
This pre-treating is a waste of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars, and whoever thought of using beet juice made a lot of money for nothing, because it still is no good below 20 degrees and you have to mix it with salt, brine and calcium chloride.
So why not go back to the way it used to be, go out and – when it starts snowing – put some salt out on the roads.
This pre-treating is not going to work.
It’s ridiculous, and it’s not going to work.
Please adopt pets
I’d like to share with you an experience that I had at the Kane County Animal Control. I went there in the fall to pick out a kitten, and I was amazed at how many kittens they had in the kitten room.
I found a beautiful little female, and it had been fully vetted.
I was really surprised by how much work they had put into her.
I took her home, and it turned out that she had an intestinal parasite, and I had kept her separate from the animals that I had at home.
I took her back there to see if they’d be willing to help me with that, and they did all the medications for her, a battery of six medications, they took full responsibility for it, and they are very nice people.
I was very pleased with my experience, and I would recommend it to other people. Please adopt.
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