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<title><![CDATA[Pro-Life]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/06/051955/pro-life/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Some people are voting for Sen. John McCain because they're pro-life. Voting for Sen. Barack Obama is pro-life as well.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:55:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Mary Garber]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/05/042001/mary-garber/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[My family and I were saddened to learn of the passing of Mary Garber. She began writing about my husband, Don Cardwell, when he was a ninth-grade pitcher for the Gray High School baseball team. She continued to watch and write about him throughout his fine high-school career and well afterward in his professional career as well.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:01:09 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Working Together]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/04/032010/working-together/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[It fascinates me that all politicians say they want to work together. A glowing example of this not happening is the Sept. 29 vote of our N.C. delegation regarding the financial-bailout legislation ("Deal and No Deal," Sept. 30).]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:10:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ethical]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/03/030050/ethical/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[In the Sept. 19 <i>Journal</i> Paul Wiles, the president and chief executive of Novant Health, said, "I have never seen an institution lose its moral and ethical compass the way N.C. Baptist Hospital has under the direction of board Chairman Steve Robertson and acting President Donny Lambeth" ("Power Games").]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:50:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Only One]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/02/012000/only-one/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[For a youngish actor fresh out of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, living and working in New York in the 1980s was heady stuff. But there is one vivid memory that stands out far beyond all the others. Tuesday mornings were the days when members of the Actors Studio put on scenes for their fellow actors.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:00:26 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Downfall]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/oct/01/302045/downfall/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[When is the government going to stop borrowing and spending? We have vast loans from abroad and continue to buy from abroad. Our national debt is over $9.7 trillion and will be $11 trillion soon. If our government was a corporation, it would have to declare bankruptcy.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:45:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Major-League Dreams]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/30/292040/major-league-dreams/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Most men who have played high-school baseball dreamed of one day wearing the pinstripes in the major leagues. As a young player at West Forsyth High School, I was no different.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:40:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Banking 101]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/29/290050/banking-101/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Could it be that all of those Wall Street bankers missed the first day of class in Banking 101? As I recall, two statements were on the chalk board:]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:50:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Retrieving Millions]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/28/272015/retrieving-millions/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[John Railey's column, "Davidson leader dedicated to replacing aging bridge" (Sept. 21), made me think:]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 27 Sep 2008 20:15:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Change]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/27/262005/change/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I'm not so much worried that Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin will change America as I worry that America won't change them. How do you change the mind of a 72-year-old ex-fighter pilot whose self-reliance kept him alive in Hanoi? How do you change the mind of a hockey mom who lives near the Arctic Circle and totes moose home to her family of five?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 26 Sep 2008 20:05:17 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inexact]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/26/252105/inexact/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Premier financial institutions are vanishing daily; hurricanes are ravaging our coasts. Carefully observing the TV meteorologists who are reporting the latter may help us understand the former.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:05:15 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin Qualified]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/25/242130/palin-qualified/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Criticism of Gov. Sarah Palin is no surprise, but the depth of hatred and bias, especially from the media, is disturbing. Further, the attack on her whole family by hacking into their e-mail and publishing their e-mail addresses was despicable. (Laudably, Sen. Barack Obama has denounced this.)]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:30:03 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Not Serious]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/24/232105/not-serious/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Democrats are not serious about energy independence. Upon returning to the House of Representatives from their five-week vacation, Speaker Nancy Pelosi put up an energy bill for vote. It was not the bipartisan bill offered by the House Energy Working Group led by Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) and Rep. John Peterson (R-PA) that fairly addressed the energy problems of this country.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:05:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cheap Trick]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/23/222115/cheap-trick/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[The oil-drilling legislation proposed by the Democrats in Congress is another cheap trick ("Carolina coast part of drilling plan," Sept. 17). The current moratorium on offshore drilling is about to expire, so they propose legislation that will allow drilling where there is no oil (100 miles offshore). They will allow some states to move it to 50 miles, but why should they, since, unlike current offshore drilling, this legislation eliminates any revenue-sharing with the states? It also calls for releasing oil from our strategic oil reserves. What part of "strategic" don't they understand?]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:15:02 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[United]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/22/212105/united/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[At one point in life, I'm sure I've wanted equality as a woman, but I've never wanted favoritism. I'm disappointed by people who vote for candidates because of race or gender; that our diligence as a united people has led us to the point that we have put issues on the backburner.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 21 Sep 2008 21:05:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Negative Impact]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/21/202020/negative-impact/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[There have been at least nine developments in America over the past 40 years that are negatively impacting the country:]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 20 Sep 2008 20:20:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Resurrected Bridge]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/20/191905/resurrected-bridge/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Sarah Palin originally vigorously supported the "bridge to nowhere" boondoggle in Alaska, even campaigning for it during her run for governor in 2006. She stopped supporting it when it became untenable for her to do so. Now she's dissembling about her position on it. She did, however, accept the "alternative" pork-barrel transportation package Congress offered Alaska. So the situation continued to be porcine, although it was no longer a poor scene -- once Palin accepted Congress' millions of dollars.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 19 Sep 2008 19:05:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Price Behavior]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/19/182330/price-behavior/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I sure hope that the price behavior at the gas pumps on Sept. 12 was a big wake-up call to those who are in favor of drilling off the coast of North Carolina.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:30:05 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Outraged]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/18/180045/outraged/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[I am insulted, and everyone should feel the same. The current conservative political smear campaign of lies and gross distortions should have all citizens outraged. These advertisements are extremely insulting to the character of all the population of this country. The assumption here is that the citizens are either too stupid or too lazy, or both, to actually investigate the lies and distortions and find the truth. Those who do not feel personally insulted are not paying any attention to what is happening.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:45:04 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Beautiful Day]]></title>

<link><![CDATA[http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/sep/17/162105/beautiful-day/opinion-letters/]]></link>


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<description><![CDATA[Today is a beautiful day, and I'm thankful and happy to be 90 years old. I have been around a long time. I live on a big farm, so I had much practice helping to raise tobacco for a while, but we gave that up long ago. Now where I used to can a lot of vegetables and do a lot of cooking, I am mostly retired from that. Oh, yes, I still eat good food, but my son and I visit nice eating places some of the time.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:05:06 EDT]]></pubDate>
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