The Angry Citizen ©

I wrote the following letter to the Macon Telegraph on May first. Like most of my letters it was not published. I believe that there is a dire need to address quality of life issues in Bibb county and BOOM Cars are very high on that list. It is time to lower the BOOM in Bibb county and that can start by lowering the boom on Jerry Modena our highly ineffective sheriff who has consistently refused to enforce Georgia state law.  He has two announced candidates running against him.  However, the Macon Telegraph seems to be reluctant to allow any disscussion of them or their qualifications. 

Editors,

I note, with great anticipation, that Jerry Modena is up for re-election and actually has two opponents. This is a great day for Bibb county. Perhaps we citizens can become united enough to send Jerry packing. For more than five years I have been providing the Bibb county sheriffs office with tag numbers, descriptions, and addresses of the rampant Boomcars that plague Lake Wildwood at all hours. I have spoken with several Lieutenants and Captain Davis as well as many deputies. I have volunteered to go to court as a witness or complainant. To my knowledge not once has BSO written a single ticket for loud car stereos in Lake Wildwood; when I asked they could not cite a single one. The same individuals still boom through my neighborhood with impunity because Jerry Modena does not want his officers tied up in court. I want a sheriff who really believes the motto on the door of the patrol cars. I want a sheriff who believes that the quality of life of citizens is more important than the revenue from writing speeding tickets for out of town drivers on the interstate. I look forward to your detailed coverage of the candidates.

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The Angry Citizen

“It’s about confidence-building”
Mohamed ElBaradei

Sir,

Given the rhetoric from Iran’s leaders it seems clear to any rational person that the only thing that one can be confident about is that Iran will use a nuclear weapon once they succeed in building it.

I learned in political science class that confidence building must begin with the expectation that the parties desire to reach a peaceful solution. I ask where is the evidence of this in Iran’s action?

Words are cheap it is actions that speak the truth.

Iran’s actions belie their rhetoric.

The international community must not wait until this gathering storm reaches its peak. The world must act and soon if a catastrophic downward spiral is to be avoided. Once a rogue state uses or provides a nuclear device to a terror group for use against the west the genie will be out of the bottle forever and the world will become a battlefield of wasted cities.

Will the world simply wring its hands when one or more of these cities is obliterated?

London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, New York, Tokyo, Moscow.

I don’t think so. I think vengeance will win out and many cities will be destroyed in retaliation. Indeed, I don’t think it beyond the realm of possibility that entire nations may be wiped from the face of the earth.

You, Mr. Baradei are the primary individual who may be able prevent this. History will judge your actions. Will you be seen as a fool who waited too long or as a bold leader who recognized danger and acted?

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How many people really believe this will happen? The west is now faced with its greatest nightmare. A democratically elected rogue quasi state. The Palestinian people have made their bed and now the world must let them lie in it.

All aid should be stopped immediately and the resumption made conditional on the end of attacks on Israel and recognition of the state of Israel.
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