I’m amazed at the way people try to defend Trump after many of his own inner circle have given very damaging information. Many of his backers are blind to the facts but in the end the truth will be exposed.
Proven and backed up by Trump’s own attorney general Bill Barr it was none other than Trump himself trying to steal the election. If you need proof watch Trump’s televised phone conversation with Secretary of State Raffenberger from Georgia asking him to find 11,000 plus votes. Trump’s backers actually did a recount of the ballots in Arizona and Biden won by more than the original count.
The select committee was appointed after McCarthy refused to go along with a bi-partisan committee and tried to name two members who chose to vote against Biden’s Certification.
Trump never called the National Guard to the Capitol in fact he watched with pleasure for over three hours on television as several police officers were injured severely. Some later died or committed suicide. This is a fact backed up by staff members.
If anyone deserves recognition after all of this, it is Liz Cheney and Adam Kinsinger, they are the patriots, not Republican haters of Trump, but real Republicans and either or both should run for President in 2024.
Glenn Hoffman
Huntley Resident
I have found the hill that I am willing to die on. My cause is the American flag. When Francis Scott key penned the Star-Spangled Banner as he observed the British bombardment of
Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812, the flag became a symbol, a symbol of honor, perseverance and courage. That same flag still flies because of those attributes. I was introduced to our flag at the age of 5 or 6. While watching the dilapidated television set that a police officer with a wife, three children, and a mortgage, could afford; when that flag
was flown at the end of the broadcast, I was taught to stand and place my right hand over my heart. I was taught to respect not only that piece of cloth, but everything it symbolized.
Sixty years later, whenever I see that pennant soaring in the wind, I visualize my grandfather riding his horse while his Calvary unit charged a German machine gun position in
World War I. I visualize my father flying his P-47 fighter over the German skies eliminating military targets in World War II. I visualize my cousin standing his ground in the jungles of Viet
Nam while surrounded and outnumbered fighting for his life and of those around him. As you see, the flag is not just a pretty piece of cloth, it is a majestic symbol.
I don’t ask much from people: all I request is a modicum of respect for a symbol that I revere, or possibly, simply the suppression of the disrespect from those individuals who hate our flag. I invite the same level of respect that they so callously demand from me. Disagreements in politics, social agendas, and religion can be discussed at a responsible level. Why can’t a person like me be afforded the same luxury as others demand from me? Those brave souls I have mentioned, along with millions of others, have made the ultimate sacrifice. They have offered their lives to protect Old Glory and asked nothing in return. I stand with those brave men and women.
I am closer to the end of my life than the beginning. I have not a lot more to lose. This is the hill I am willing to die on to protect and defend the memories of those who have made this
flag a symbol of pride, honor and freedom throughout this world.
Larry Casey
Sun City resident
This is in response to Larry Casey’s opinion published in MY SUN DAY NEWS “HANGYOURHAT” JULY 20 – AUGUST 10, 2022
Dear Professor Casey,
My wife Ev and I have lived in Sun City, Huntley since April, 2004. We read your opinion in “Hangyourhat” – My Sun Day News July 20 – August 10, 2022 and are, as we suspect, among millions of Fair Minded Americans of Good Will who are in total agreement with your well-articulated statement based on documented facts.
FYI: Mike is our son, who is a Deputy Sheriff Officer for Cook County, and is also currently on active duty in the U.S. Navy Reserve, and we have a personal appreciation for those “who serve and protect.”
Sincerely,
Steve and Ev Fornek
Huntley residents
