Attacks on media, Trump lies a danger

The letter by Mr. Jim Knowles in Sunday’s paper (2/26) continues the narrative assault by Donald Trump and Steve Bannon to drive a wedge between the public and the media and the press. This demonization of media and press threatens the foundation of our country and its core democratic values.

The media and the free press is not “the enemy of the people.” Cover-up, restrictive control and censorship of the media and the press, and a lack of transparency and truth is “the enemy of the people.”

The above-referenced letter castigates the lady who said Trump was lying when he claimed “he got more electoral votes than any President since President Reagan.” The simple truth: Trump was lying and continues to lie about these votes.

The facts: Trump got 306 electoral votes in 2017. Reagan got 489 electoral votes 1980 and 525 electoral votes in 1984. George H. Bush got 426 in 1988, and Obama got 365 and 332 in 2008 and 2012. Do the math…. These numbers are not “alternative facts.”

Mr. Knowles further claims the news story reporting this obvious lie was “a fake news article to bash President Trump.” When American citizens begin buying this narrative about “fake news” and fall for it “hook, line, and sinker;” when Americans fail to see what Donald Trump is about and the grave danger he poses to the country, then we are indeed in serious trouble.

I for one choose to join those Americans resisting Trump’s game and his devious lies. TRUTH will see us through these next four years.

Raymond E. Komar, Ph.D.

Meridian

Pro-life program inspiring 

Last Saturday, Feb. 18, I was privileged to attend a Ladies’ Day program at the Meridian Church of Christ. I say privileged because I am sure each of the 70+ women in attendance left feeling the same way I did. It was an emotional and uplifting experience.

The speaker was a lovely Christian woman, Mrs. Betty Steward, from Courtland. During her program, she sang a song she wrote from an unborn baby’s perspective, “Mama please choose me!” She sang it for us and you couldn’t help but cry. I am crying as I write this just thinking about the words and their meaning.

Much has been said about a woman’s “right to choose” since 1973 when the Supreme Court upheld the ungodly law known as Roe vs. Wade that resulted in millions of babies not being chosen by their mothers. Yes, a woman has a right to choose. She has the right to choose not to have sex, she has the right to use protection so as not to conceive a child and she has the right to give that baby to parents who will love and care for it if she can’t or won’t!

Yes! It is a baby from the moment of conception with a God given soul and the right to life just like your mother gave you a right to live. It is not a blob of tissue. If it is growing then it has life within it. You DO NOT have the right to deny that baby the right to live. Only God now has that right. Through the pen of the Psalmist David he says, “I am fearfully and wonderfully made” and all His works are marvelous.  (Psalms 139:14), and He has told us in Proverbs 6:17 one of the six things He hates yea, seven that are an abomination to Him are those that shed innocent blood. What could be more innocent than an unborn baby? He also said in the very beginning – on the sixth day of creation (Gen. 1:26) that He was creating man in “our image.” Do we have the right to destroy something that is made in the image of God?

The reader may say I am being “preachy” but I don’t intend to preach to you just maybe cause you to pause and consider the consequences of this sin. Fairly recently I heard someone say they would rather stand with God and be judged by the world that to stand with the world and be judged by God. Consider what Hebrew 10:31 says: “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” I can only say amen to that.

Marilyn Potts

Meridian

Provide support to rural firefighters 

Rural firefighters do great things for their communities and do a great job.

They should be paid. Tax dollars would benefit these firefighters, providing a salary, better equipment and better buildings. They should have the best firetrucks and should be up to date on all laws regarding outside burnings and permits. They should be provided meals when required to be on duty.

Donna Kay Hill-Cook

Lauderdale