Only liberals
defend Bill Clinton
Regarding Lynda Kirkpatrick’s April 5 letter offering her objections to M.M. Judy’s observations of Bill Clinton:
Bill Clinton unfortunately deserves little if any respect, having lied to his wife, his supporters, his party and then to millions on TV. He was impeached in the U.S. House for lying, but almost every Democrat in Congress voted no. I feel sure if L. Kirkpatrick had been a member of Congress, she would have voted no also. The actions of Bill Clinton have absolutely nothing to do with whether someone’s family is perfect or never makes mistakes. The question is, is Bill Clinton a sociopath or not? Concerning his dalliances with other women, he most certainly was.
Do you think Richard Nixon would have left office under threat of impeachment if he were assured that Republican members of Congress would have stood behind him and voted no to impeach? He would have served out his term.
Freedom is not free. It has been paid for by many, many young men and women willing to sacrifice their limbs, and yes, even their lives so that you are free to criticize your president.
Liberal Democrats seem to believe that someone else is supposed to pay for their gas, their medical care, single mothers’ mistakes. L. Kirkpatrick, like most liberals, believes that government is the answer to all problems we face in life. Government’s primary responsibility is to protect the country first and foremost and give everyone the freedom to be all that they can be and not dependent upon politicians.
Democrats have become notorious for not protecting the country. What would you give to protect your freedom from those who want to kill you because you’re an infidel, that is, not a Muslim? Freedom once lost is lost forever; don’t think for a minute it couldn’t happen.
ó Richard Roberts
Kannapolis
Protect our children
I’m having a very hard time writing a letter about prevention of child abuse and neglect this year. I need to thank all of you for reporting suspected child abuse or neglect.
Mostly, we think of child abuse as being committed by parents. But we know that others abuse children, too. It’s child abuse when someone hits a child, but the Department of Social Services gets involved when it’s a parent or caretaker. When the person hurting a child is someone other than a parent or caretaker, then our law enforcement officials get involved.
DSS gets some of those calls also but must refer the case to our law enforcement personnel.
The best thing you can do for a child is to believe what that child tells you. Be kind to everyone’s children.
There are lots of things that you can say to encourage a child, just as there are lots of things that you can say to children to belittle them or make them feel bad about themselves. Just remember that words can hurt as badly as hitting. We all know how to encourage, and some know how to hurt a child with words.
Some things that you can say to encourage a child are: You’re a winner, you’re important to me, you brighten my day, awesome, A+ job, how smart, I knew you could do it, I’m proud of you, fantastic job, bravo.
On the other hand, some hurtful things are words like: Are you stupid? Can’t you do anything right? Stop doing that right now.
Please be kind to our little ones. They need all of us to keep them safe.
ó Joyce Weant
Salisbury
Joyce Weant works for the Rowan County Department of Social Services.