This is Viewpoints for Friday, Jan. 29, 2016

Let your vote count

In response to "Wake up America" by Michael Myers, he apparently is testimony that zombies do exist because I am left to assume that his brain has already been eaten. However, I believe most Americans see Clinton as unfit to be president because of her already tested demonstrations, and any person that understands what socialism really is has eliminated Sanders.

I'm not advocating a vote for any particular presidential candidate, but I will say Myers' views of the Republican Party are wrong. If Republicans are "money-grubbing idiots," then I assume Democrats are just lazy and want to rob those idiots who actually worked for everything. In other words, the idiots-sharing-the-wealth-with-the-lazy plan.

I believe the Republican and Democratic parties are pretty much the same. The Republican Party has strayed far left of real conservative morals and values and the Democratic Party abandoned them long ago. Therefore I'm reluctant to ask Myers of his definition of an educated decision. But I'm curious. If Trump is such an "egotistical blowhard with a bad temper," why wouldn't he make every effort to accomplish all he has said he would do? If he couldn't accomplish everything, wouldn't his egotistical behavior be compromised?

America, vote for who you are comfortable with. Let the vote count figure it out. Your vote is really one thing you can call your very own.

— Gary McCall

Warner Robins

Different opinion

I don't agree with Bill Cummings' column on Benghazi. The CIA chief at that time said there was no order to stand down that could have saved the lives of our ambassador and his three security staff.

The staff at the British consulate in Benghazi called our ambassador and told him they were leaving as the security situation was too dangerous. Our ambassador refused to leave Benghazi and it was his fault he and his staff died. After 17 congressional hearings on Benghzi, Bill Cummings learned nothing.

Former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates said in an interview that he would not have sent any of our planes to Benghazi as the terrorists had shoulder-launched missiles that would have shot down our planes.

The tragedy of Benghazi all happened quickly in a few hours on one night. It was similar to Custer's Last Stand. Not the battles of Waterloo or Gettysburg. Cummings is obviously a conservative Republican who doesn't like Hillary Clinton.

Cummings is also a lousy historian who should stick to theology. I was born in Boston and brought up in Quincy, Massachusetts, and I liked Cardinal Law and I am so happy Bill wasn't our cardinal.

— Frank W. Gadbois

Warner Robins

Questionable letters

First, Michael Myers thinks all politicians are liars. To some extent, I agree with him. He then goes on to disparage Donald Trump and then adds that he will be voting for Hillary Clinton because, well, she's a woman. That's the best reason he can think of; no citing her record as First Lady, senator or secretary of state? Why is that? In my opinion, it's because all were failures.

During her tenure as first lady, she wasted millions of dollars trying reinvent health care in the U.S. Her plan was shot down by the Democrats in Congress as unworkable. Her accomplishments as a senator consist of introducing a couple of bills to name buildings. During her State Department term the U.S. suffered a loss of prestige worldwide. These are things you wouldn't want to list as reasons for voting for someone.

Myers decried all politicians as liars but says he will vote for a woman, who in my opinion is a congenital liar. She just doesn't know how to tell the truth. Truth be told, she's also probably on the wrong side of being a pathological liar. She probably taught Billy boy a thing or two about how not to be truthful. But he will still vote for her. Gotta wonder about his reasoning process.

Second, our resident progressive liberal and closet socialist, Frank (I've never voted for a Republican) Gadbois takes the speaker of the House to task for trying to reduce the federal debt and thinks this will increase income inequality. He doesn't explain what he thinks income inequality is. Does he think burger flippers should make as much as the manager? Should all employees get paid as much a CEO?

I agree that everyone should receive the same salary for doing the same work, taking into consideration seniority, education, experience and level of responsibility.

But absolute income equality is the stuff of pipe dreams when the pipe contains something other than tobacco.

— Bert Peters

Warner Robins

School choice

Imagine living in a place where your neighborhood dictates the school your child is supposed to attend next school year. Your visit to this mandatory school produces panic as it isn't clear how it exists in this information/technology age and it doesn't pass the shameful, unspoken appearance test. You leave the school feeling unexcited, sad, scared and wanting more for your child.

This situation is reality for many families. Of course, when we were children, we had to go to schools that we were "zoned" for. Thankfully, the desire to want more than just a mundane education for any child overrules the zoning assignment.

Having the freedom to choose shouldn't just apply to material possessions, religion or spouse. The freedom to choose should also include your children's learning environment. Our online school, Georgia Connections Academy, has made school interesting for our children — they are excited to attend school completely from their home computer.

Because my children are excited, I am more involved with the school. Having the ability to choose a school that takes an innovative and modern approach to teaching is a great reason to celebrate school choice.

— Melanie Creviston

Suwanee

Format change

Sunday's Telegraph, to me, evidences that those who produce our local newspaper have had a productive, possibly exhilarating experience in recent days, as they developed significant change in format. The revision appears excellent in helping to more easily find that which one desires. The Puzzles and Fun Section looks inviting even to one who rarely looks at same. Thanks for substituting the new folded Navicent Health ad replacing the irritating tear sheets. (I know this is picky, but.)

Charles Richardson's column, one of his best, indicates that his week was also excellent. I agree that a new "golden age" is coming and that the government cannot stop it, but it can be impeded by political leadership actions. Our populace, individuals and groups will be the catalyst for the age, something that no government can create, even ours. (USSR's centralized government's abject failure showed this.)

Now the era will be on the way if Frank Gadbois could find that which he has been missing in his life, a Southern lady of congeniality. Who knows how Viewpoints might change?

— Arthur D. Brook.

Macon

This story was originally published January 28, 2016 at 8:45 PM with the headline "This is Viewpoints for Friday, Jan. 29, 2016 ."