It never ceases to amaze me

at the responses I hear from people who say that the presidential candidates

are so close in their platforms that we don't have a clear choice.

I wonder which planet they

have lived on for the last eight years. I don't believe it has been the

United States. Or possibly a serious case of amnesia has suddenly beset

them.

I provided the prayer at Fort

Gillem last year for the National Prayer Breakfast and heard General Fisher

speak. He and I were in the Berlin Brigade together from 1977 - 1980.

During his talk at the prayer

breakfast he was praising our gallant men and women who are serving in

our Armed Forces and was also giving us a breakdown of the size of our

current military strength. Hold on to your accolades for our fighting

strength, because we heard that we are now number eight in the size of

armies of the world. Now I realize that technology is very important but

size is also.

Did you know that at today's

troop strength levels, we could not field another Desert Storm? Did you

also know that in many areas of the Armed Forces that we are relying totally

on National Guard and Reserve forces?

This all happened under the

Clinton /Gore administration. If this trend were to continue under four

more years of a Gore administration, life in the United States as you

and I know it today would be no more. In my opinion, there would be a

rise in the number of rogue nations that would try to take us on, and

there would be a continuation of the lack of any deceit values coming

from the White House.

For Al Gore to stand before

TV cameras and say that President Clinton was the greatest president of

our time spoke volumes about his own values. If however he would have

resigned and showed some character, even I would have thought of voting

for him.

I strongly feel if Gore is

elected, you will see a rise in the homosexual agenda throughout America

and we know that the abortionists will continue to gain strength and continue

their murder campaign of the unborn.

For those of us who own a firearm

and use it for hunting, sporting purposes and the protection of our homes,

we will probably see that Constitutional right go down the liberal tubes.

I have served my country for

thirty years and have never seen an election that was more important than

this one.

If you care at all about this

country and your future in living here, get out and vote your convictions

in November. It has been said over and over that this election will probably

be won by one of the closest margins in history.

Dr. Knox Herndon is the pastor

of "His House Community Church" (SBC) and a substitute school

teacher in the Fayette County school system, and a former Army Chaplain.

The church is currently meeting in the American Legion Log Cabin across

from the fountain on the Square in Fayetteville, but not for long. We

will be moving to our new land location near Senoia in late October. Prayer

line number is 770-719-2365. E-mail address is [email protected] .