Don’t Hate on Billy
The article “Billy Graham and the Chamber of Secrets” (by John Grooms, Aug. 29) caught my attention as I have always admired this man as a man who was passionate about sharing the gospel of Jesus Christ with as many of his fellow men as possible. I found the article to be offensive as it essentially ridiculed a man and the museum that was created to honor him, and more so than honor the man, but present the gospel he so fervently preached. Notice I said “the man,” as he is just that. No man can claim to be sinless (that is why we need the Savior) and we all have said or done things we regret. Why do President Clinton, JFK and the Rev. Martin Luther King get a pass when it comes to their skeletons? Could it have anything to do with their political leanings? Or is it because their sins where of a “private nature,” yet well-known by the public and overlooked by their supporters?
I am new to this area and was not aware of the nature of Creative Loafing. I just thought it was a non-biased magazine to find out what is happening in the community. I was wrong and will avoid picking up further copies.
P.S. You should have a warning label (beware of vulgar language) in regards to Dan Savage.
— Carol C., Huntersville
It’s the Anti-War Liberals’ Fault
If only President Bush would have listened to the anti-war liberals (Boomer With Attitude: “Juvenile-In-Chief ‘Kicks Ass'” by John Grooms, Sept. 12) before sending troops to foreign lands to fight thousands — if not hundreds of thousands or millions — or Islamic fanatic terrorists, we would not have angered the entire chicken-shit world.
Yeah, it’s great the German intelligence community and their police stopped a terrorist cell, but those combined forces will never put the type of dent that a military does.
We should never wait for the enemy to be on our soil planning to do us harm before we launch an investigation and arrest them. War means killing the enemy abroad as well as at home. It’s a multi-faceted approach using the intelligence, law enforcement and the military working in unison just like in World War II.
The problem we have today is that politicians care more about staying in power than in doing what is right. If FDR were president today, he would have issued a caution to those opposed to the war to either lower the rhetoric or stay at the local penitentiary for the duration of the war.
Enough of the bitter anti-Bush partisanship. Our nation is divided, not because of Bush, but because today’s Democrat party is, and I’ll say it loudly, unpatriotic in the eyes of most Americans. Rather than blame Bush, blame Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and their friends at MoveOn and DailyKos for not getting on board in the name of national unity. They are the problem.
— Lee Anthony Nieves, Charlotte
This article appears in Sep 19-25, 2007.
