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Proof of ID needed for all >> Letters to the Editor	allison
To the editor: In all the hub-bub of asking the common folks to provide proof of ID, we are failing to ask that of every single person that has run and been elected for positions in our ...more

Canadian seeks end to war in Middle East >> Letters to the Editor	pkokoski
To the editor: I wish to encourage the America government to end its war in the Middle East. Bishop Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979), one of the most remarkable Americans of the 20th century once ...more

Voter citicizes use of party ballots >> Letters to the Editor	amenda
To the Editor, I am writing this letter concerning the voting process in the state of Missouri. Therefore, I am writing to the people of Missouri and every state in the United States, if your ...more

Nodler refutes Long's allegations >> Letters to the Editor	bhobbs
To the editor: During the last few days candidate Billy Long has abandoned both honesty and decency. He is running a totally false attack ad accusing me of two things that are untrue. First he ...more

Right to Life endorsement is questioned >> Letters to the Editor	holc
To the editor: I question the endorsement of a Missouri 7th district Congressional representative by the Missouri Right to Life (MRL). I am wondering why the candidate was selected when his ...more

Several meanings for BP >> Letters to the Editor	tanthony
To the editor: The initials BP stand for "British Petroleum." May I suggest several others? How about, "Bigger Prices" since BP gas stations are usually five to ten cents higher per gallon than ...more

Columbia, MO raid is found completely unjustified >> Letters to the Editor	niandra
To the editor: Regarding the SWAT team raid on the Columbia, MO home: Yes, the warrant was issued as a result of informants. The video came from a head mounted police camera. More info ...more

Opposition to HB 1551 is expressed >> Letters to the Editor	t-harmon
To the editor: The Jasper County Libertarian Party expresses its strong opposition to HB 1551, which proposes new regulations for "adult "businesses. We regard this as a crude and cynical attempt ...more

Rep. Emery, CWIP is a mistake >> Letters to the Editor	klsmi
To the editor: There are books to be written on why CWIP is a mistake but here's a condensed version in response to Ed Emery's piece: Thank you for the opportunity to air this issue where ...more

Off-shore drilling is an anathema >> Letters to the Editor	midgep
To the editor: President Obama should be ashamed of himself for pushing a policy that moves America backward in our quest for energy independence. Instead of calling for more off shore drilling, ...more

Fulton resident wants HJR56 put on calendar >> Letters to the Editor	ssweeney
To the editor: On April 22, The Missouri Jobs and Prosperity Act (House Bill HJR56) passed through the House Ways and Means Committee, but it has not yet been put on the calendar for further ...more

Government pensions are unsustainable >> Letters to the Editor	cgoodwin
To the editor: Like many Americans, I am concerned about the effect that government pensions are having on the economy. And this is not necessarily a matter of whether or not the pensions are ...more

Keeping an eye on environmental measures >> Letters to the Editor	liz-f
To the editor: Now that Missouri lawmakers have returned from spring break, things are heating up in the legislature. That spells good news and bad news on the environmental front. On the ...more

Dear John... >> Letters to the Editor	jasmith
To the editor: Poor John Boehner! So bitterly you wept as you bemoaned the Democrats ramming health care through Congress, and so pitifully you sob that they've violated the will of the American ...more

More taxes... >> Letters to the Editor	r-stout
To the editor: It was recently brought to my attention by Curtis Dubay of the Heritage Foundation that some additional taxes in the budget were proposed by President Obama. The president says that ...more

Going nuclear >> Letters to the Editor	donald
To the editor: Oil is a diminishing and expensive source of energy, and coal is dirty. Alternative energy sources, including solar and wind power, can only provide 10% to 20% of our energy ...more

Christian conservative comments on Obamacare >> Letters to the Editor	oharward
To the editor: President Obama is presenting another proposal following another likewise rejected American national health care plan. May I propose that President Obama and all liberal ...more

Obama, get your priorities straight >> Letters to the Editor	donald
To the editor: President Obama stated in news conferences in early 2009 the stimulus program will CREATE an estimated 3.5 million new jobs by the end of 2010 and unemployment should stay below ...more

Plea is made to join Lifesharers >> Letters to the Editor	d-undis
To the editor: Your story about Organ Donation for older patients highlighted the tragic shortage of human organs for transplant operations. Over 50% of the people on the national transplant ...more

Statement by Peaceful Tomorrows >> Letters to the Editor	rmyers
To the editor: Members of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows went to the Department of Justice on June 16, 2009 and listened with hope to Attorney General Holder's plans to close ...more

Obama, nuclear isn't safe and clean >> Letters to the Editor	midgep
To the editor: On Friday, President Obama announced plans to triple federal loan guarantees for constructing new nuclear power plants in America to 54 billion dollars, and to form a "blue ribbon" ...more

Obama is not "sincere" >> Letters to the Editor	midgep
To the editor: President Obama announced on Thursday that he would pursue legislation to fix America's broken financial system. Why have the President and Congress waited so long to introduce a ...more

Greetings from the Neosho Forums >> Letters to the Editor	jackd
To the editor: We would like to thank the thousands of people who have supported our efforts to bring to light the good and not so good about our little community. The emails we recieve daily show ...more

Politics as usual passing healthcare >> Letters to the Editor	donald
To the editor: When President Obama was campaigning for President he made a solemn pledge he would eliminate or reduce earmarks. He broke that promise during the push to implement the new ...more

Naivete of nuclear disarmament >> Letters to the Editor	donald
To the editor: President Obama naively suggests the world can be free of nuclear weapons if the U.S. and Russia commit to arms reduction. Obama is negotiating a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ...more

Lieberman lambasted for health care industry ties >> Letters to the Editor	midgep
To the editor: Thursday morning in the Dirksen Senate office building, nine peaceful protesters refused to leave Joseph Lieberman's office until the senator agreed that he would stop taking ...more

Changing role of "the Church" >> Letters to the Editor	mstapp
To the editor: I just finished reading a book which presents the picture of outreach fellowships which we shall call "the Church." In our land it stated that 85 % of these churches have plateaued ...more

Military strategy weakened by political influence >> Letters to the Editor	donald-m
To the editor: President Obama is trying to decide our military strategy in Afghanistan. He is mulling over input from his civilian and military advisers, and members of Congress, but he cannot ...more

Reckless health care changes are proposed >> Letters to the Editor	donald
To the editor: President Obama continues to pitch his reckless and unrealistic health care initiative to the public. “Big Brother“ Obama wants Congress to pass a bill quickly before Congress and ...more

Rep. Skelton: Don't speak! >> Letters to the Editor	c-lacy
The Missouri Sons of Union Veterans plan to place a monument on September 26, 2009, to honor the men of Colonel James A. Mulligan's "Irish Brigade" at the Battle of Lexington State Historic Site. ...more

Typical Republican hypocrisy >> Letters to the Editor	ja-smith
To the editor: Notice this: During Bush's Iraq war (of choice), Republicans said, "Support the President!," while Democrats asked, "How to pay for this?" Now during Obama's recovery (of ...more

Support Obama's healthcare program >> Letters to the Editor	ddavison
To the editor: We all know the contentious nature of those opposed to President Obama on any subject and how loud and raucous, rude, and objectionist they are being on the national issues, ...more

Obama's judgment questioned >> Letters to the Editor	david
To the editor: President Obama has confirmed my fear of having a president with terrible judgment. His recent accusation that the Cambridge, MA police “acted stupidly” in the arrest of a black ...more

Worker's rights are not redressed >> Letters to the Editor	e-vaughn
To the editor: My son was recently fired without cause. He told one of two new bosses he needed off the next day and was given the okay. the next day he went in to get his check and the other new ...more

Obama enables adversaries >> Letters to the Editor	donald
To the editor: President Obama damaged the CIA when he released memos describing the “enhanced interrogation techniques” used on high level terrorists. He weakened the CIA when he said he would ...more

Make-A-Wish® Foundation appeals for volunteers >> Letters to the Editor	staff
To the editor: I am with Make-A-Wish® Foundation of Missouri in Springfield. We are looking for potential volunteers or organizations in the 41 counties we serve (including Jasper) that are ...more

Dr. Tiller's senseless murder >> Letters to the Editor	e-meyer
To the editor: I, along with the entire staff of Planned Parenthood of Southwest Missouri, am shocked and saddened by the tragic and senseless murder of Dr. George Tiller. Dr. Tiller was shot ...more

Taxing Moark >> Letters to the Editor	dwayne
To the editor: It just dawned on me. Did anyone in Newton County ever inquire on what and how much the property taxes are/were on the new Moark facility? It seems it would be very high with the ...more

Godless society >> Letters to the Editor	staff
To the editor: We outlawed verbal daily prayers in our public schools in the early 1960s. Consider our Godlessness since: the drug culture; legalized abortion; the teaching of evolution and ...more

Anti-choice redefined >> Letters to the Editor	staff
To the editor: Upon reading your article “2009 Missouri Legislature: successes and failures,” I wanted to bring a particular point to your attention. Your use of the term “anti-choice” is very ...more

Vets of the 96th Infantry Division to hold reunion >> Letters to the Editor	marvin-m
To the editor: The veterans of the 96th Infantry Division. nicknamed the "Deadeyes," will have their annual reunion in Branson, MO, July 23 to 27, 2009. It is our fifth reunion in Missouri, ...more

Better screening needed for immigrants >> Letters to the Editor	cgoodwin
To the editor: The recent killings of 13 people by Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Voong in Binghamton points to the need to more stringent screening of those who would live in our country. When ...more

Massacre Madoff et. al. slowly >> Letters to the Editor	jasmith
To the editor: Society deserves something back from Bernie Madoff, and all those other finance crooks. Enslave them in hard labor camps. Test all drugs, tortures and surgical techniques on them ...more

Eli Lilly Zyprexa claims being stonewalled >> Letters to the Editor	dhaszard
To the editor: Where is the $1.42 billion Eli Lily Zyprexa settlement going as many victim claimants haven't been paid yet? It's the largest pharma-fraud-whistleblower case in US history. Eli ...more

Union salaries helped destroy US automaking >> Letters to the Editor	oharward
To the editor: Bailing Out this Capitol Hill and UAW plan is socialistic insanity. Dr. Mark J. Perry, professor of economics and finance in the School of Management at the Flint campus of the ...more

Regarding the Eckersley e-mail affair >> Letters to the Editor	robinson
To the editor: As you may or may not be aware The Associated Press, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the Kansas City Star had a litigation interest in lawsuits about e-mail. Further, there are fact ...more

A letter to Obama >> Letters to the Editor	margaret
To the editor: (For Sen. Obama) I have had my eye on you since you were a keynote speaker in the 2004 Democratic Convention. I saw then that you would be bursting on the scene; however, I was ...more

McCain's record on vet's affairs is dismal >> Letters to the Editor	hershelk
To the editor: Thank you for running the essay by K. Dimon – “OK, Missouri, Show Me”. Now, how about running a story on veteran's issues? I mean, I nearly fell out of my chair when John ...more

Pay the taxpayers, not Wall Street >> Letters to the Editor	aball
To the editor: I have written e-mails and made phone calls to the White House and to Congress. I would like to know why our government continues to exclude the average American citizen instead of ...more

Just who's the big spender? >> Letters to the Editor	cford
To the Editor: If you think of Democrats as “tax and spend," just remember that Clinton handed the Republican administration a $236 billion surplus which they turned into a $482 billion deficit, ...more

Sad facts regarding America's children >> Letters to the Editor	cschulze
To the editor: In this election year, one important constituency is being overlooked: children. Millions of American children are in serious jeopardy today. It's a shameful fact that should be ...more

Compliments to Joplin and two friends there >> Letters to the Editor	tharpole
To the editor: I am 65 years old, and I live in Maben, Mississippi, Oktibbeha County, 18 miles west of Starkville, home of Mississippi State University. I live alone, since my ...more

Disapproval for Sheriff Copeland >> Letters to the Editor	lesbrand
To the editor: What Lonny Steele said about Copeland's report card: In reference to a report in the August 6, 2008 addition of the Neosho Daily News Sheriff Ken Copeland said it was time ...more

Circle of Hope keeps meth family kids at home >> Letters to the Editor	joanne-c
To the editor: As your recent stories depicted, methamphetamine abuse is a major problem in Missouri. Statewide, methamphetamine involvement accounts for one of every eight foster care ...more

Readers asked to join We Campaign >> Letters to the Editor	jean-b
To the editor: I've signed up for the We Campaign because I believe that by working together, we can solve the climate crisis. Will you join me? Just click on the link below to sign up and add ...more

Student seeks local peace activists >> Letters to the Editor	cthomas
To the editor: I am a local (Joplin Area) student, with strong opinions against the current war, and war in general. I heard your name in conjunction with the "Joplin Independent" (very nice) ...more

Bible justifies marijuana legalization >> Letters to the Editor	swhite
To the editor: Re: Push on for Marijuana Legalization, March 5, 2008. If Missouri had a ballot initiative process like Colorado, legalized use of the relatively safe God-given plant cannabis ...more

What a deal! >> Letters to the Editor	mambo
To the editor: The Bush Administration and House Leadership have reached a deal on a package of incentives to stimulate the economy. The package will reportedly include a temporary tax cut and ...more

Cutting health care benefits is not good business >> Letters to the Editor	fpreiss
To the editor: I am a small business owner and believe in the free market. Successes and failures of businesses can be attributed to market forces, societal trends, individual ingenuity and ...more

Blunt vs. Nixon: stalking charge alleged >> Letters to the Editor	jfry
To the editor: I was at the roundtable discussion about health care and the effects of the Medicaid cuts that Jay Nixon attended in Columbia. I was there to assist one of the gentlemen in a ...more

CAFOs: the complacent smell of money >> Letters to the Editor	aholtz
To the editor: It's wishful thinking to hope there will be a national moratorium on factory farms. On the editorial page of the Omaha World Herald Ann Marie Kuehler from Hartington wrote ...more

Writer wants highway put back into MSHP >> Letters to the Editor	mariwinn
The JI received anonymous comments postmarked "Cape Girardeau, MO" in which the writer attempts to quote Col. James F. Keathley's September 2006 acceptance speech after being named head of the ...more

Streets near schools aren't parking lots >> Letters to the Editor	jmfon
To the editor: I drive by Joplin High School nearly every day on my way to work. I can change my route; I don't have children to drop at the school. But driving the full distance of Indiana Ave. ...more

Funds needed for Bush monument >> Letters to the Editor	imblue
To the editor: We have the honor of raising $5,000,000 for a monument to George W. Bush. I am contacting you in hopes your readers will be willing to contribute to this noble cause. But first, a ...more

It's not the judges; it's the law >> Letters to the Editor	wright
To the editor: As a loyal Conservative Republican, I proudly helped return my party to majority status in the Missouri House in 2002 after a long 48 year absence. As the asst. majority leader I ...more

Are stay orders in Missouri meaningless? >> Letters to the Editor	bevswe
To the editor: There are factory chicken houses being built near Roaring River State Park, Roaring River, Table Rock Lake and Mark Twin National Forest. Over 60 people wrote letters to ...more

Lawyer members' position defined >> Letters to the Editor	blippert
To the editor: In the ongoing media coverage of the process for evaluating and selecting the three judicial candidates for the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Missouri, about half of all media ...more

Hog & cattle farms with no smell >> Letters to the Editor	dtroeh
To the editor: From the Kansas City Star [Joplin Independent article is here], I just became aware of the question of Dennis and Chrissy Gessling's proposal to build a hog farm near Arrow Rock, ...more

Shake-up in Branson >> Letters to the Editor	dapprich
To the editor: I would like to thank you for your previous article regarding the "Branson" name issue in December. It has been a long eight months of never missing a single alderman meeting, but ...more

Rising gas prices must be stopped >> Letters to the Editor	j-clark
To the editor: Okay, enough is enough. I urge every citizen to contact our Missouri State Legislators and the Governor and Lieutenant Governor and demand that State, County and City petroleum ...more

Defeat of Missouri HB 978 lauded >> Letters to the Editor	jbushart
To the editor: On behalf of the Missouri Chapter of the National Association of Certified Home Inspectors, I would like to extend our gratitude to the many citizens who recognized and acted upon ...more

Tourism boost justified in Taum Sauk devastation >> Letters to the Editor	gsuntrup
To the editor: I am writing to express my personal opinion about the article in the April 7th Independent by: mariwinn While in full agreement with most everything else expressed in the article, ...more

Worried family is looking for Roby Brady >> Letters to the Editor	mbrady
To the editor: We are trying to find someone in your area that may know the whereabouts of Roby Brady. He is 50 years old, was married, and has a daughter who is about 18. Last known address was ...more

Republicans, support the GOP platform >> Letters to the Editor	oharward
To the editor: Our “GOP Plan of Organization” is assembled by elected Republicans starting from our local precincts, local county, Congressional districts, state, and our National ...more

Blunt robs SSDI recipients to aid the rich >> Letters to the Editor	bob-pund
To the editor: Matt Blunt says he wants to help people on Social Security who make more than $132,000 a year by lowering their taxes. The problem is he is robbing from a very poor group on social ...more

Returned home and appalled >> Letters to the Editor	nailknot
To rhe editor: I have watched the Wal-Mart mentality pretty much ruin Southwest Missouri. I grew up here, left the area and recently came home. I was appalled at the condition of the rivers, ...more

Beware of buying from a puppy mill >> Letters to the Editor	m-cardin
To the editor: I’d like to help educate your readers about cruel puppy mills that are throughout the State of Missouri and how they can avoid supporting them. It’s the holiday season ...more

Plea to save our State Schools >> Letters to the Editor	cbyrd
To the editor: In six days my daughter will turn 14 years old. When I was pregnant and learned I was having a girl, naturally I dreamed of all the things little girls love to do: dolls, tea ...more

Plea to keep open state schools for handicapped >> Letters to the Editor	schlng
To the editor: I am writing this letter as a concerned taxpayer and registered voter. Recently, I discovered that the state commissioned a study to examine the future of the State Schools for ...more

Saddam's fate >> Letters to the Editor	mambo
To the editor: Man, did this ever come out of nowhere. Who could have never seen this one coming. Un-freaking believable. The media will be awash with this 'til election day and we have known ...more

A plea for a yes vote for stem cell research >> Letters to the Editor	judd
To the editor: I am the California parent of an 11-year old boy diagnosed as autistic at 2. I never expected to write to a Missouri paper, asking you to vote for a Senator. But, the words of ...more

Will you continue the insanity? >> Letters to the Editor	ajournet
To the editor: In 1997 oil industry and media right-wingers formed the Project for the New American Century (Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, etc). They immediately proposed military action to depose ...more

Death penalty is questioned >> Letters to the Editor	krista-o
To the editor: Hello my name is Krista Odaffer. I am a social worker at Missouri State University in Springfield. For a policy analysis class at Missouri State, I and several students are ...more

Constituent wants senators to be accountable >> Letters to the Editor	rl-moore
Dear Editor, On 3-14-06 the United States Senate voted down and killed the Conrad 3013 "pay as you go" bill. The bill would have kept the Senate from spending money that it does not have. The ...more

Supporting cures is a no-brainer >> Letters to the Editor	t-loudis
In Response to Missouri Rep. Ed Emery's "Will You Be Supporting Cures or Clones" found here. Dear Editor, Scare tactics and unsubstantiated rhetoric are unfortunate facts of politics in this ...more

Oops, I'm sorry... >> Letters to the Editor	joeclark
To the editor: Republican candidates across the entire nation are struggling desperately to distance themselves from George W. Bush and the kakistorcratic [society governed by its worst citizens] ...more

Gay marriage and the downfall of mankind >> Letters to the Editor	s-snapp
To the editor: This week I watched the Senate debate what was called by some, the most important issue facing Americans today, amending our Constitution so gays will never be able to marry and ...more

U.S. needs Kreider >> Letters to the Editor	noblunt
To the Editor: I live in Wisconsin, and have been closely following how the 7th District’s U.S. Congressman, interim Majority Leader Roy Blunt, was recently named one of the nation’s ...more

Free jails of non-deviant >> Letters to the Editor	niandra
To the editor: Police have arrested an estimated 771,608 persons for marijuana violations in 2004, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Report, released in ...more

Supporting troops...more than a car magnet >> Letters to the Editor	debby
To the editor: As Operation Iraqi Freedom continues it appears more people are concerned and wondering what they at home can do; how they can become involved and how they can support our many ...more

SUV owner? There's blood in your tank >> Letters to the Editor	don-g
To the Editor: September 21st was World Peace Day and in over 100 countries millions of people and their governments participated in programs, concerts, dances and speeches to celebrate the ...more

Global warming linked to precautionary principle >> Letters to the Editor	ajournet
To the editor: The Precautionary Principle argues that if the consequences of a course of action are unknown but suspected to be serious, it is better to avoid that course of action even if the ...more

Please excuse Minister Trittin >> Letters to the Editor	beatrice
To the editor: I just found the shameful statement of our minister Trittin concerning the catastrophe in south USA. In the name of every respectable German I ask everyone in America and all over ...more

Bob Dylan revisited >> Letters to the Editor	ajournet
To the editor: A generation ago Bob Dylan asked, "How many deaths will it take 'til they know that too many people have died?" Dylan's question, resonating through America, helped support our ...more

Consitutent attacks government rationale >> Letters to the Editor	ronm
Dear Editor: Notices were mailed out to Medicaid recipients notifying them of changes in eligibility requirements. The next day, the paper work specifically outlining these changes was mailed ...more

Republican values gone amok >> Letters to the Editor	emma
To the editor: Since the Bush-Cheney team was elected last November and the Republicans increased control of Congress, GOP objectives have become increasingly clear. In the few months that they ...more

Thanks! >> Letters to the Editor	s-linds
To the editor: Thank you so much for your recent story on my Missouri Easter Egg at the White House. It was great! I especially appreciated your e-mail letting me know of the story's posting. ...more

Vote against CAFO is vote for animal welfare >> Letters to the Editor	jbalk
To the editor: Thanks to Mark Adams for bringing to light the devastating impact that factory farms pose to our environment ("The CAFO bill - legislation gone awry," April 16). Not only is ...more

Gulf widens between wealthy elite and common man >> Letters to the Editor	earthpax
To the editor: I am shocked that our senators and representatives in Jefferson City are even considering passing a bill that would allow CAFOs to buy property next to your farm without even a ...more

Animal welfare sacrificed with environment >> Letters to the Editor	emeier
Dear Editor: In reference to the unregulated expansion of pollution-spewing factory farms, Mari Winn stated "The environment is easily sacrificed in the name of the almighty dollar" (Neosho CAFO ...more

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