North Iowa speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of May. 3, 2024
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Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Globe Gazette.
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Recently, I had a memorable experience while out on a bike ride. After loading up and driving down to Ben Butterworth Parkway, I strapped on my helmet, jumped on my bike and headed west. I was immediately met with a strong wind in my face. I thought about turning around, but kept going knowing the wind would be at my back on the return trip.
About 15 minutes into the ride, I came across two waddling geese on the bike path, with a bunch of baby goslings scurrying behind them. I slowed down and navigated carefully around them. Just then, one of the geese started hissing at me, went airborne and body slammed me from behind. As the goose let loose on me, I screamed like a baby, shifted into high gear, and got out of there. It was a minute before my heart rate stabilized.
The big lesson for me is to not ever come between Mother Goose and her goslings again because God set it up for parents to protect their children. The goose and the gander are excellent parents, some of the best in the bird world. Both female and male birds actively participate in brood care by protecting against predators (on bikes) and demonstrating how to find food.
In a similar way, the preborn, and those who have been born, are made in God’s image, and must be protected and cherished by both parents.
Brian Bill
Moline
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Oct. 7, 2023, without warning, Hamas blitzkrieged into Israel from Gaza, raping, mutilating and murdering. The result? About 1,200 Israelis dead, 250 kidnapped, held hostage.
Israel retaliated militarily, invading Gaza. Hamas, experts at exploiting civilian casualties to manipulate world opinion, fought from tunnels below schools, hospitals and homes.
Predictably, the AP starts regularly reporting Gaza's "cumulative death toll," a strategy they'd used to successfully undermine support for "W" Bush's military response after 9/11.
The AP reports Israel suffered 1,200 dead, Gaza: 34,000, insinuating that disparate death totals prove Israel's response is "disproportionate."
Has Israel over-reacted? How might America respond to a murderous sneak-attack?
Dec. 7th, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2,403 Americans.
FDR immediately declared war on Japan. The "Sleeping-Giant" had been awakened. "We" began killing "them."
Doolittle was first with a largely symbolic sea-launched bombing raid on Tokyo. U.S. Navy/Marines started "island-hopping" across the Pacific: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, killing Japanese soldiers, sailors and aviators by the hundreds of thousands. As soon as we constructed airfields within B-29 range of Japan's homeland, we commenced killing Japanese civilians.
In March 1945, we fire-bombed Tokyo, incinerating 100,000. Conventional bombing continued until, "Little-Boy and Fat-Man," vaporized Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in Japan's unconditional surrender.
At Pearl Harbor, Japan killed 2,400 Americans. In response, we killed 2,000,000 Japanese military and 3,000,000 Japanese civilians. "They" started it, and "we" finished it.
Dec. 7, 1941, and Oct. 7, 2023: Two dates "which will live in infamy."
Hamas started it, Israel's entitled to finish it.
Eugene Mattecheck Jr.
Moline
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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you that turned out to welcome back Honor Flight 59. Awe struck is the only way to describe it. You had us in tears. You all made a huge impact on us for the rest of our lives. Just UNBELIEVABLE.
A big thank you to all those behind the scenes that make this possible for all of us veterans. A big thank you to our guardians that made this day possible and forever memorable, Scott Dunkin, Danielle Meister, Cynthia Hammerlink and Paul Jainoff. I recommend if you are a veteran you should take the opportunity to take this Flight.
The welcoming return we received was a huge highlight of the whole experience. That impact will remain with me forever. Again a big thank you to all of you that took the time to come out and say thank us. You are truly amazing people. God bless each and everyone of you. EVERYONE. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Charles Atteberry
Burlington, IA
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Recently, I had a memorable experience while out on a bike ride. After loading up and driving down to Ben Butterworth Parkway, I strapped on my helmet, jumped on my bike and headed west. I was immediately met with a strong wind in my face. I thought about turning around, but kept going knowing the wind would be at my back on the return trip.
About 15 minutes into the ride, I came across two waddling geese on the bike path, with a bunch of baby goslings scurrying behind them. I slowed down and navigated carefully around them. Just then, one of the geese started hissing at me, went airborne and body slammed me from behind. As the goose let loose on me, I screamed like a baby, shifted into high gear, and got out of there. It was a minute before my heart rate stabilized.
The big lesson for me is to not ever come between Mother Goose and her goslings again because God set it up for parents to protect their children. The goose and the gander are excellent parents, some of the best in the bird world. Both female and male birds actively participate in brood care by protecting against predators (on bikes) and demonstrating how to find food.
In a similar way, the preborn, and those who have been born, are made in God’s image, and must be protected and cherished by both parents.
Brian Bill
Moline
Oct. 7, 2023, without warning, Hamas blitzkrieged into Israel from Gaza, raping, mutilating and murdering. The result? About 1,200 Israelis dead, 250 kidnapped, held hostage.
Israel retaliated militarily, invading Gaza. Hamas, experts at exploiting civilian casualties to manipulate world opinion, fought from tunnels below schools, hospitals and homes.
Predictably, the AP starts regularly reporting Gaza's "cumulative death toll," a strategy they'd used to successfully undermine support for "W" Bush's military response after 9/11.
The AP reports Israel suffered 1,200 dead, Gaza: 34,000, insinuating that disparate death totals prove Israel's response is "disproportionate."
Has Israel over-reacted? How might America respond to a murderous sneak-attack?
Dec. 7th, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2,403 Americans.
FDR immediately declared war on Japan. The "Sleeping-Giant" had been awakened. "We" began killing "them."
Doolittle was first with a largely symbolic sea-launched bombing raid on Tokyo. U.S. Navy/Marines started "island-hopping" across the Pacific: Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, killing Japanese soldiers, sailors and aviators by the hundreds of thousands. As soon as we constructed airfields within B-29 range of Japan's homeland, we commenced killing Japanese civilians.
In March 1945, we fire-bombed Tokyo, incinerating 100,000. Conventional bombing continued until, "Little-Boy and Fat-Man," vaporized Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in Japan's unconditional surrender.
At Pearl Harbor, Japan killed 2,400 Americans. In response, we killed 2,000,000 Japanese military and 3,000,000 Japanese civilians. "They" started it, and "we" finished it.
Dec. 7, 1941, and Oct. 7, 2023: Two dates "which will live in infamy."
Hamas started it, Israel's entitled to finish it.
Eugene Mattecheck Jr.
Moline
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you that turned out to welcome back Honor Flight 59. Awe struck is the only way to describe it. You had us in tears. You all made a huge impact on us for the rest of our lives. Just UNBELIEVABLE.
A big thank you to all those behind the scenes that make this possible for all of us veterans. A big thank you to our guardians that made this day possible and forever memorable, Scott Dunkin, Danielle Meister, Cynthia Hammerlink and Paul Jainoff. I recommend if you are a veteran you should take the opportunity to take this Flight.
The welcoming return we received was a huge highlight of the whole experience. That impact will remain with me forever. Again a big thank you to all of you that took the time to come out and say thank us. You are truly amazing people. God bless each and everyone of you. EVERYONE. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
Charles Atteberry
Burlington, IA
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