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The Weaverville Tribune is a publication of
We’ve all heard not to drink not detect toxic levels of any of
Tribune Papers in association with Mountain
places, and events in North
editor@weavervilletribune.
the water in Mexico. But Weav- those by-products.
Sentinel, Inc.
Buncombe. We hope to help
erville? But here’s the rub. The letter did
Publisher & Sr.Editor Clint Parker
com
further a sense of commu- Editor Matt Tate
www.weavervilletribune.com
Relax, folks. The water is fine not say that. It only said total or-
nity and understanding for
Graphic Design Bob Leary
and it has been fine. ganic carbon was non-threatening
the residents of the area..
Patrick Braswell & Steve Jencks
Mail: P.O. Box 2293 Weaver-
However, while the steps are in but its by-products are. Advertising Pat Starnes
ville, NC 28787
place that has remedied the slight The letter, prepared by DENR,
problem at the treatment plant, skipped over the fact that the po-
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the steps of notifying the public tential dangerous by-products were
Letters to the Editor
may need some refining. missing from the water tests. Had
The letter sent to water users that been included, it likely would
Government vs.
Around the 1900s when liberal- that is precisely the approach the
this week explained that an an- have saved some heartache, not to
ism and modernism swept through President has taken and why none
nual average report from March mention some residents reaching
individual rights the churches of our world, battle of these three problems is likely to
31 and June 30 of this year found out to the Tribune offices.
lines were drawn between people be solved: the economy, health care
above-compliance levels of total The general consensus of the
Dear Editor, who believe God and His word is insurance and the war in Afghani-
organic carbon in the water. concerns was that the town is
the final authority in life and eter- stan.
What’s wrong with that? Don’t small enough to have been given
I am writing this letter because nity and those who believe in any- To solve the financial meltdown,
we want everything to be organ- a personal explanation. Instead of
my recent experiences of conflict thing else. Obama chose to put in charge those
ic? extracting the issue from techni-
between what I consider to be my I write today to real Christians who were largely responsible for cre-
Turns out total organic carbon cal DENR-talk, why couldn’t it
individual rights and the belief of who say they take the word of God ating the problem in the first place.
is completely harmless but it is a have been presented in laymen’s
government that it is their individ- as their authority. In this battle be- Instead of breaking up private
precursor to several dangerous by- terms?
ual rights and the belief of govern- tween God’s truth and the world’s banking institutions that were “too
products that can cause liver and Good point. The DENR-pre-
ment that it is their responsibility to truth, for at least 50 years, Chris- big to fail” and turning them into
kidney problems and increase a pared letter is part of the formal-
control and interpret those rights in tians have in increasing numbers smaller, non-profit corporations
risk in cancer. ity of the process, but a personal
society. only emphasized biblical truths dedicated to doing good for society
Tony Laughter at the Ivy River letter from someone at the water
My burden in this letter is not that are important to them, fail- rather than making enormous prof-
Water Treatment Facility said plant or inside town government
about what has happened to me ing to know or apply all the teach- its for the already well-off, he bailed
water tested during that period, easing concerns would have been
personally, but what is happening ings of Scripture in the practices of them out with borrowed money
which stretched back to 2005, did a nice gesture as well.
and will happen to us all if we do their churches or in their individual that needs to be paid back by U.S.
not address this fundamental ques- lives. taxpayers.
tion of life. Who or what is the final Many today believe that what Instead of saving Main Street,
authority in life? they hear in church has little do to he saved Wall Street. He acted
weaverville
The government, both nationally with their day-to-day lives and the like Robin Hood in reverse: tak-
and locally, claim that they are the decisions of society. Unless Chris- ing taxes, jobs and homes from the
final judge and arbiter of life and tians know and are willing to fol- poor and the middle class to save
society. As a Christian, I recog- low the teachings of the Scripture the wealthy. If he’s trying to prove
nize that the Bible teaches God or- in their personal lives, we will soon that he’s no socialist, he’s doing an
Subscription
dained government as a deterrent to see many of the freedoms we now excellent job of it, although the far-
anarchy and to keep order in soci- have vanish. right is too blinded by their ideol-
ety by punishing evil-doers and by ogy to see it.
making righteous laws. God never Randall Pugh To solve the health care insur-
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established human government as Weaverville, NC ance problem, which is caused by
in Buncombe County
the final judge of right and wrong. the greedy, profit-making health
All of us believe in our individual care insurance and pharmaceuti-
rights; but when our rights conflict cal companies and their overpaid
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Obama is no Einstein
outside Buncombe County
with someone’s supposed rights, executives, it appears that Obama
what is the final authority?
Dear Editor,
will end up signing a law that forces
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I believe that democracy is the most people to purchase expensive
outside North Carolina
best form of human government,
Albert Einstein, who is consid-
private health care insurance, rath-
but the majority opinion of a mob
ered by most to have been pretty
er than legislation which provides a
for one-year subscription
might not lead to a morally right
good at problem-solving, said,
far less expensive, far less bureau-
decision. As many in our world
“We can’t solve problems by using
cratic, single-payer, Medicare-for-
reject absolute truth in favor of a
the same kind of thinking we used
All, non-profit, public option.
Less than 50 an issue deliv
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ered
pragmatic philosophy, we are in
when we created them.”
Americans don’t seem to realize
danger of government and society
And yet when it comes to solving
that we don’t have a health care
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rendering decisions that are not
the three hardest problems inher-
problem in this country, we have
based upon truth.
ited by the Obama administration,
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