It’s a sad day in the United States when our kids can’t wave Old
Glory any time of day on any day of the year.
Wave Old Glory any day
Dear Editor,
It’s a sad day in the United States when our kids can’t wave Old Glory any time of day on any day of the year.
When I found out that a high school administrator supported the ill informed and radical Latino students who believed that waving or wearing an American flag on Cinco de Mayo was incendiary and disrespectful (which is NOT our national holiday) I was infuriated. Understand that you are in the U.S. and if a U.S. citizen wants to wave the Stars and Stripes, it is our right as U.S. Citizens to do so, on any day or every day of the year.
Furthermore, this also applies to the parent who allowed her son to wear the Confederate flag T-shirt. This symbol is disrespectful to the Union; that is to say, the United States of America. News flash, there is no confederacy. It failed at its radical attempt to secede from the union. Therefore it is anti-American. The Confederate flag is not our nation’s flag. Stop waving it.
By the way, my family has defended Old Glory in one Civil War, two major World Wars I and II, Korean War, Vietnam and Iraq. So, I take great offense when my country and flag and the blood of my relatives that was spilled in the line of duty for this great nation, is maligned by people who try to prevent the Stars and Stripes from waving or worse yet brandishing a flag (the confederate flag) that represents sedition!
Let me provide a simple civics lesson. We live in the United States of America. The Franca lingua (main language) is English. We have recognized “national” holidays. These holidays pertain to our great nation, hence the term. If you’re going to live here then wave our flag. If you’re going to benefit from our great nation by going to our schools and enjoy our freedoms then bare alliance to the nation that affords you these opportunities. To deny another’s right to wear our national flag is in fact infringing upon our rights as Americans. If you can’t wave your own countries’ flag with pride in your own country, then where pray tell, can you?!
These Latino kids are regurgitating incendiary rhetoric passed down to them from their militant parents who have manipulated the system. They have benefited from the system all the while resenting this great land and its opportunity. Yet they stay and breed hatred for our country. A country which I love and support and live in as an American. Â
I am a hard working American whose ethnic background happens to be Hispanic. I am a United States citizen! So, I say to all of those incendiary students. Pick a side! Know which side your bread is buttered and don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
On a side note, I’d like to point out to the Latino girl on the news. You may have ethnic pride but it’s time to saddle up and support the country in which you benefit from. Furthermore, being Latino is not your “race” but an ethnic background. There are three races: Caucazoid, Negroid and mongoloid. There are however, a multitude of ethnicities. Perhaps if you stayed in school and chose to study and learn the facts you might actually be worth listening to, providing you’re informed and have something worthwhile to say.
Olivia Morales, Hollister
Bowling supports Loe
Dear Editor:
If I get one more telephone call from an out-of-state telemarketer implying that Supervisor Pat Loe is not doing her job, I am going to scream. This is nothing but an attempt to sway voters by using loaded language under a guise of a poll. Again more desperate lies from her opponent, whom astute political watchers know wants to use this election as a stepping stone to other offices.
Everyone in this county knows that Supervisor Pat Loe has and continues to do an exemplary job. All you need to do is see that her supporters include people who have disagreed philosophically with her in the past. Supervisor Pat Loe has continued the work I began. She spends frugally and has seen county reserves grow to $20 million despite this horrible economy.
When she’s not doing the work of the county, she is volunteering to help others volunteering her time at Hazel Hawkins Hospital and Relay for Life.
In this day and age, there aren’t many people in politics we can trust anymore. Pat Loe is someone everyone in this county trusts, and she has the experience to get the job done!
Don’t be fooled by fancy signs, mailers and out-of-state telemarketers.
Join me in re-electing Pat Loe, District 3, Supervisor.
Rita Bowling, former District 3 supervisor
