Published: November 11, 2009 08:37 am      

Public forum, Nov. 11

No sympathy for terrorists

The al-Qaida terrorist organization, which is reported to be holed up in the mountain regions of Pakistan and which killed 3,000-plus innocent Americans on 9/11 (you still remember that moment in history, don’t you?), is angry with President Obama because he is killing them with our drone aircraft.

What a shame.

For those of you that aren’t aware of the drones, these are small unmanned jets that carry a laser guided missile controlled from Las Vegas military air base by satellite and flies at 50,000 feet and can stay in the air for many hours because there is no pilot on board.  

Due to the fact that al-Qaida has no weaponry to reach 50,000 feet, these drones just keep flying until they see an al-Qaida member slither out of his cave, lock on to him and “poof.” That would upset me, too, if I was an al-Qaida member. Now they know how the 3,000-plus innocent Americans felt just before they died on 9/11. (Note: The last administration had this technology at their disposal but they were more interested in focusing on Saddam Hussein for personal reasons.)

The 3,000-plus families of those innocent Americans who died on 9/11 at the hands of bin Laden’s “drones” can redefine what real anger is. These American drones are the terrioism these low-lifes can even understand and means we are getting the job done finally. Al-Qaeda is now getting shoved around so much that they are attacking the Pakistanis, their host country.  Now, how’s that for gratitude?  

No timetable is necessary to destroy these low-lifes due to the technology we have. We just have to make sure they don’t get their hands on Pakistani’s nuclear arsenal and bin Laden is brought to justice before he dies.

God bless our soldiers and our country. Now we have a mission and a clear objective. Let’s do it right this time.

Michael Smith

Young America



Bowling event needs support

Special Olympics Area 5 hosted its area bowling tournament Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 7 and 8. The event was held at Myers Sport Bowl in Logansport. Special Olympics Area 5 consists of Cass, Fulton, Howard, Kosciusko, Miami, Pulaski, Tipton and Wabash counties. 

This year set a couple of records for Special Olympics Area 5, with the largest participation at 321 registered bowlers and for the first time all 8 counties had athletes participate in the event. The oldest athlete, from Wabash County, was Chester Shenfield at 75 years old. Our youngest athlete was a tie with both Tipton County’s Corey Higgin and Pulaski County’s Claire Conner, both 8 years old. 

Every athlete receives an award; 1st through 3rd receive medals and the rest receive ribbons. The 1st and 2nd place winners in each event will move on to state competition the first Saturday in December in Indianapolis. With that type of participation it takes a lot of volunteers and even more money to be able to fund the events.

If volunteering or making a tax deductible donation interests you, please contact Cinda Milan at 574-722-9314. 

The Myerses say that the Special Olympics Area 5 bowling is one of the largest two-day events they host, and they are very grateful. 

Ed Nason Jr.

Logansport