I love this country for many

reasons.

First of all I love it for

our constitutional freedoms. Isn't it interesting that the very first

item in the Bill of Rights is freedom of religion?

We go down the list and come

to freedom of speech. This may seem like an any-country God-given right;

however, history has proven that this is not the case.

I was watching the news in

Afghanistan where the Northern Alliance troops, with coalition support,

had just drivenout the Taliban rulers from Kabul. The news report was

showing how life was changing immediately after the cruel rulers departed.

The reporter was indicating that a soccer game was being played in the

soccer field for the first time in quite a while.

One would think that the citizens

of Kabul have been playing soccer for years and what would be so newsworthy

about a soccer game? The reporter indicated that under the rule of the

Taliban, during a public soccer game they would often stop the game and

drag some citizen into the arena and execute them in public.

It was alleged on the news

that Time magazine is considering placing bin Laden on its cover as Man

of the Year, if they haven't already done it.

Along with our constitutional

freedoms is freedom of the press, which I spent 30 years of my life defending

in the military. I also realize that the magazine is approaching this

from a media standpoint and has the right to print what they want to print.

I also realize that by printing his picture on the cover of the magazine,

it will give bin Laden credibility in the eyes of other murdering dogs

that will fly planes into buildings during rush hour to inflict the maximum

damage on American citizens.

I picked up a copy of Time

magazine at the barber shop and read an article about Colin Powell and

his relationship with President Bush. The article was attempting to "poison

the well" as it indicated that President Bush was holding Powell

back in some way as he served as our secretary of state.

I served under Colin Powell

and in myopinion there is not a finer and more capable American for the

job then he.

If you have a subscription

to Time magazine, it might just be time to CANCEL it. That is another

right I love in this country, the right to NOT give them my business.

I must confess that a copy

of Time magazine will not be bought or brought into my house if bin Laden

is given the title Man of the Year. This flies in the face of the thousands

of Americans who lost their lives on 9/11.

And while we are on this subject,

I wish the media when they speak of the lives lost on 9/11, will quit

omitting the Americans at the Pentagon, both military and civilian, who

also lost their loved ones on that terrible day. All were heroes. All

were living their lives because of the constitutional freedoms that make

America great!

The Rev. Dr. Knox Herndon is

the pastor of His House Community Church (SBC). The Rev. Greg Mausz is

senior associate pastor. The Rev. Dr. Lydia Herndon is the Sunday School

superintendent, Bible study coordinator and teacher. The is below Senoia

on Ga. Highway 85 a mile south of Ga. Highway 16 on the right just below

the fire station. Visitors welcome. Church office and prayer line 770-719-2365;

e-mail [email protected].

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