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7.10.08 @ 12:01AM

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And I was just starting to like this state...

But Mr. Horn, you're welcome in my neighborhood. Anytime. America needs more neighbors like you.
-- Charles Campbell
Austin, Texas

It's nice to see that crime is getting to be a high risk line of work in other venues.

It certainly is a risky profession in East Tennessee, where I live.

If the story of Joe Horn story doesn't make you feel good all over, you have a heart of stone.
-- Chris Hall
Knoxville, Tennessee

INDEPENDENCE DAY HIJACKED
Re: Lisa Fabrizio's Independence Forever!:

Well, the July 4th night showing of 1776 on TCM was impossible for me -- I work nights -- so I dug out my own DVD copy and watched that earlier in the day. I enjoyed it so much -- I found the end so emotionally affecting I was in tears -- that I watched it, in starts and stops, twice more over the weekend.

I wish the powers-that-be would show 1776 all day long on July 4th. Instead, they served up Independence Day on 24-hour marathon duty -- even though it has nothing to do with independence or the day.
-- Robert Nowall
Cape Coral, Florida

NOBODY'S JUDGIN'
Re: Mike Dooley's letter (under "Obama and God") in Reader Mail's Medal Performance:

Mr. Dooley, we letter writers were not making judgments on the state of Obama's soul but on his words. We were trying to express the truth of the matter that saying all the right sounding, religious platitudes does not make a man's faith sincere.

But at the risk of being presumptuous, I will say that in my mind Obama is no more a Christian than Osama. Obama believes in a watered down, non-threatening, all-inclusive "Christianity" that makes room for people of any faith to enter the Kingdom of God. If Obama were a true Christian he would know that Jesus declared that He is "...the way, the Truth, and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6 NKJV). The "Christ" Obama claims to worship is only a way to heaven, not the way as Jesus says He is. Based on just that information alone, I have no problem in saying that Obama is not a follower of the Christ, but is adhering to and preaching what Paul called "another Gospel," and it is one that will mislead even the elect if it were possible.

Bible believing Christians have a duty to defend the faith and to point out for all to see when a different Gospel is being preached, and in this case that is what we are doing.
-- Eric Edwards
Walnut Cove, North Carolina

SOCIAL GRACES
Re: Ken Shreve's letter (under "Shreve Port") in Reader Mail's Medal Performance:

I wish to thank Ken Shreve for his kind words. Occasionally I hesitate to write about a subject or event, thinking just because it interests me doesn't mean that it will be worth the space to print it for others.

But this long weekend was devoted to shredding old tax records, medical bills, etc and from one of these folders out fell this tiny article -- about three inches long, brittle around the edges. I printed it in its entirety for your readers because I thought it spoke volumes about both Senator Bill Bradley and Senator Helms. After all, Senator Bradley, in speaking with a sports writer did not have to recount this sweet moment. And the sports writer certainly did not have to write it up. I decided it was a lovely coincidence that I ran onto it on July 4th and so I sent it along.

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