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The difference between wisdom and knowledge
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I was asked by another elderly friend why our knowledge diminishes until age; and what of wisdom. To be brief, we lose many facts and figures; however, the space lost or forgotten is replenished, for example we easily forget that in 1803 we bought the Louisiana Purchase, but we gained knowledge of the computer. There is a story of a professor who visits an old Zen master for a lesson. The Zen ...
Spokesmen for the Grand Obsolete Party
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, From the recent failed attempts to add lipstick to the face of the GOP, we are forced to view the Grand Obsolete Party as just that, obsolete and unchanged. When the American voter asked for change, then cast their vote to get it, the GOP seems to have missed the message completely. First they stoked up Sara Palin, Rush Limbaugh and Glen Beck over the Obama initiative to close GITMO. Not completely ...
City needs to slow traffic on Union Road
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I don't know if you've had the pleasure of trying to make a turn from Wawona Street to Union Road lately, but it can be a scary adventure. After making a stop on Wawona on Thursday, I inched my way out and tried to make a right turn. Only to be met by traffic flying along Union at more than the 35 mile an hour speed limit. After there Wawona, southbound traffic's ...
Help save JROTC at Manteca High
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, On May 18, on a field near Manteca High School, a remarkable thing happened. The Manteca High School JROTC held its annual Sports and Awards Day Ceremony. In any normal year, this would be a memorable event, but would not be particularly remarkable. However, this was not a normal year. You see, in March, the Manteca High School JROTC lost both of its instructors at the same time. So without outside leadership ...
Some questions for Democrats
Editor, Manteca Bulletin I would like our local democRATs to explain the lies about your president, Mr. Community Organizer in Chief. He has spent $800,000 fighting his hidden birth certificate because he was born in Indonesia. We have elected a fraud as president. He is not even an American born citizen. But rules don't apply to democRATS! They change the rules as they go along; but sure are quick to question others. I guess they ...
State should recognize ‘secular marriages’
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, Dennis Wyatt proposed an interesting solution to the gay marriage controversy by suggesting, "the state should only recognize civil unions period." Marriage would then be confined to religious ceremonies only. Although this option would result in equal treatment for heterosexual or same-sex unions by the state (a worthy goal), I find it ironic that those seeking to "defend" or "preserve" marriage, by their unwillingness to share the term, are actually causing it ...
Semantics make great difference in marriage debate
Editor, Manteca Bulletin Yes, semantics make a great difference when you are dealing with this subject. Despite what everyone says, those who are in "civil unions" are not treated the same as those who are "married". I have no problem with churches only "marrying" those they wish, but I do have a problem with any disparity in treatment by governments and others. Until we can get everyone (including other sovereign nations) to treat these groups ...
Rebuild entire state government from ground up
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I am in agreement with Dennis Wyatt's, 'Op Ed "Time to dismantle Sacramento and rebuild from the ground up." However, I would like to see it taken a step further, in which the entire state government be rebuilt from the ground up. All his common sense reasons and points could and should be applied to the rest of Sacramento to include all levels of government. As to the budget, my understanding is, ...
Impressed with Phil Waterford’s gift to a veteran
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I was deeply moved by Mr. Phil Waterford's gift of a car to a fellow veteran. It appears that he really understands how precious life is, after coming so close to losing his. I personally think they threw the mold away when this gentlemen was created. He sure instilled a feeling in the men he was so generous to in believing someone cares. This was an act straight from this man's heart, ...
Try Twittering before trashing it
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I'm responding to Jeff Lund's column on Twitter on Wednesday, May 27. I'm always amazed when people write about what they don't understand. I was skeptical, until I tried it myself. It's amazing how energetic, quick and effective communication can be, once you try to fit your message into 140 characters. I'm perplexed when he hints about not having real communication, that Twitter has somehow replaced authentic relationships. I just came back ...
Maybe we need part-time legislature
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I am one of your avid followers, and I have a suggestion that I would like to see aired for what it's worth. Our legislators are sitting on their butts up in Sacramento for almost a full year figuring how to spend more money that we don't have as well as drawing big salaries and many "PERKS." Why not have them paid on a "NEED" basis? In other words, I don't believe ...
Young people have no idea about Vietnam
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I'm a retired Army sergeant and find this to be the absolute truth. Most of our middle aged and very young people have no idea what we went through during the Vietnam era and Cuban conflict. To them it is just something to read about. They don't believe the true stories that their grand fathers and elderly fathers tell them. (It's only in movies, not real at all.) It's impossible to believe ...
Aquila overlooks one key Social Security issue
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, This is in reference to Mr. Aquila's article on the "Coming collapse of Social Security": He has overlooked one of the main issues that have cause and effect of the failure of the system itself. I feel there is no need to go back to 1935 when the system was started. The system was designed to help those people who found themselves destitute with no money or support. The system was also ...
Takes Elder to task for calling Obama a Marxist
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I'll take the bait even if I do not see any evidence of President Obama being anything like a Marxist. Larry Elders cites how private business built the first subway in New York City. In that case I'll cite how General Motors bought the Red Line transit system in Los Angeles and drove it out of business so that it could force the use of automobiles. What is in the financial interests ...
Worries about safety of people on electric scooters
Editor, Manteca Bulletin, I am writing to encourage the paper to write an article on safety for the summer. This comes from a concern. Recently I was driving down Locust Avenue and found a person in an electric powered assistance chair going down the middle of the street! There was no bright orange flag on the chair to bring attention to the traffic that they were there. My concern is that there are many individuals ...
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