As I quickly approach the age of 70, I have the highest respect for medical science and medical communities. Over the years they have contributed to fighting diseases such as polio, smallpox, influenza and now COVID-19. My entire family and close friends have been inoculated with three shots to fight infection from this virus. I strongly encourage everyone to get the vaccine after consulting with their doctors.
At the insistence of the Biden administration, the entire American population is being told to get the vaccine. But, at the same time, I scratch my head and wonder why this urgent request is going out from the federal government only to American citizens and legal residents.
In 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that it encountered 1.7 million undocumented immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, with an unknown number shuttled to various states within our country. Some have been tested for COVID-19, but only about 90,000 had vaccines administered while they were in federal custody.
Is the administration’s goal to protect us from fellow Americans or from unauthorized immigrants from scores of countries that are among us?
Ken Seigle, Turnersville
Ward off threat of godless communism
America, as the hymn “City of God” states “Awake from your slumber; arise from your sleep.”
The country’s traditional Judeo-Christian culture is under assault and in danger. This great nation has no foundation without it.
Marxism, communism, and totalitarianism do not announce their presence. Rather, they’re a cancer that seeps into our system and poisons us.
With these systems that claim that there is no God, and the loss of a shared value system, we see disorder everywhere with little or no respect for authority. Everywhere in our culture we see decency and respect replaced by vulgarity and crudeness.
We have seen in the past 100 years what communism has done to the rich cultures of Russia and China. Communism rules through intimidation, terror, and brute force. There is no room for an individual’s God-given talent and freedom to make his or her own decisions. Under communism, the state is God and the sole arbiter of truth.
I quote Jessica Castleberry, a state senator from South Dakota, who said this after viewing a Shen Yun troupe performance billed as depicting China before communism: “…it’s really easy to decide to be a communist when you live in a free country, but it’s impossible to decide that you want to be free when you live in a communist country.”
Joe Hegarty, Mullica Hill
One year down, three to go
President Joe Biden just completed his first year in office as the leader of the free world on Jan. 20.
There’s no need in detailing here the damage he has done to our country. Unless you are hibernating for the winter, you know what I am referencing.
There is good news and bad news. The good news is that Biden has completed one year in the White House. The bad news is that he still has three more years to continue his failing agenda.
David M. Levin, Vineland
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