Put Lincoln, slaves on Stone Mountain
Rather than put a monument to Martin Luther King Jr. or a Liberty Bell on top of Stone Mountain, it would make more sense to put a monument there honoring the slaves in the Confederacy and Abe Lincoln’s freeing them. This could be accomplished with a sculpture showing Abraham Lincoln ringing the Liberty Bell and slaves breaking out of their shackles. Since Stone Mountain is designated by state law as a memorial to the Confederacy, this proposal meets that requirement, since slaves were as significant a part of the Confederacy as the Confederate leaders depicted on the mountain.
JERRY WALDBAUM, HOSCHTON
Change 2 things, improve America
The old saying is, “Nothing is for certain, but death and taxes,” but are there more? Though the Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse to limit or control executive abuse from rogue laws or policies, the GOP would never use it. Never. The Democrats only have to say, “The Republicans want to shut down the government,” to immediately drive their opposition into submission. Every time.
And the world knows President Obama will never respond to anything militarily. Never. Someone could have dropped a nuclear bomb on New York yesterday and he would still be hemming and hawing today. He continues to believe his mouth alone can solve all the world’s problems. Red lines and empty promises have only empowered the world’s bad actors.
Removing the inevitability of such policies would improve America and the world.
BILL WEBSTER, PEACHTREE CITY
Young GOP star will learn with age
The article, “Meet the Georgia teen who has GOP buzzing” (News, Oct. 15), on C. J. Pearson, the 13-year-old who thinks he’s smarter than the president of the United States, reminded me of the Mark Twain quotation: “When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” In seven or eight years, C. J. will probably be equally astonished.
RON BROADWAY, CHAMBLEE
