Why has the term "under

God" been right since 1954 and all of a sudden it is wrong? I believe

the answer is quite simple. We are children to our courts and government

and should have our rights dictated as a child would. Today our government

and court system is becoming even bolder in making their decisions. They

have whittled away many of our guarantees in smaller pieces for so many

years and in such a way that we have taken so very little notice.

Why, we even had a President

who abused his office, showed no moral conscience when caught in a sexually

compromising situation and even tried to rewrite the English language

with his own interpretation of many of the words it contained. The hard

part for me to take was he got away with it!

People, we need to wake up

and understand that there are forces working under it all that want to

take away the very rights our fathers died to provide us. We have become

a nation of lazy, forgetful people who for the most part are secure in

their own lives as long as they can have the food, clothing and shelter

they need to exist each day.

It is time for us to use the

power of the ballot to put those people in office who will stay the course

our nation was steered toward in the first place. Stop excepting the thin

excuses our leaders offer us when they fail to keep promises; quit letting

the "good ol' boys" get reelected year after year because they

act like they are our friends.

It is time to vote these people

out of the offices they have become so fat in and replace them with individuals

whose concern is for our nation, state and community and the moral strengths

and standards that have stood the test of time. We must hold these men

and women accountable each and every day to keep their promises and quit

taking away our God-given rights to satisfy the few in our land who take

offense to the guarantees our fathers fought and died to preserve! Make

your stand today and this election year by making your vote count.

John Nance

Fayetteville