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Dont be upset at corporate fat-cats, we all lie all the time anyway

I’m sure everyone is sick of reading columns on the Pledge of Allegiance by now, so today I’m going to talk about something else that has ties to religion - ethics. I know that sounds like a boring subject, but given recent headlines showcasing shady accounting practices, and now a lawsuit, against Vice President Dick Cheney and the oil company he ran for five years, I think it’s worth some discussion. President George W.

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Research before voting necessary

Kristofer Karol, in his column “Being patriotic means more than buying a flag; public displays infuriating,” (SN 7/11), raises an excellent point about “false” patriots.

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Minimum mess

Mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes haven’t solved the drug problem we face. It’s time Michigan began to use a more balanced system to reform drug users. Many times, incarceration has been the only option for these drug-related crimes, and treatment is not given enough consideration, possibly sending people to prison when rehabilitation would be much better suited to their case.

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Motives suspicious for alcohol council

Does anyone else find the East Lansing Responsible Hospitality Council’s latest proposal to curb binge-drinking in the downtown area a bit fishy?

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Butterfly House will be a sad loss

It was with sadness that I read about the closing of the Butterfly House. These kinds of choices by MSU administration will come back to bite them in the rear end when future MSU alumni have fewer and fewer special extracurricular moments to look back on, as they hold pen and checkbook in hand, trying to justify their contribution to the annual fund-raising campaign.

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Flown butterflies

It is undeniable: MSU’s campus is beautiful. On any given summer day, students can wander through numerous gardens, listen to the bells toll from Beaumont Tower or sit under the shade of a mighty tree. All of these aesthetic extras are important to our campus.

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Students have good reasons for apathy

I do agree there is a real passiveness among our young people when it comes to voting. In spite of this, I must disagree with Kristofer Karol’s column “Being patriotic means more than buying a flag; public displays infuriating” (SN 7/11), that this is because of pure laziness.

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Being patriotic means more than buying a flag; public displays infuriating

I don’t get stomachaches much anymore, except from the occasional “scrumptious” dorm meal, but the pain in my abdomen grew larger than a water-laden shrinky-dink when I was at Lansing’s 2002 Fourth of July parade. Now, I’m not a commie, but seeing all of the proud citizens waving their little flags and watching the parade with admiration made me sick to my stomach.

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Consumer beware, gadgets all designed to raid pockets

Blah blah blah, the Pledge of Allegiance and so forth. I’m sure every other columnist over the last couple of weeks has more than addressed every possible viewpoint that you’d care to read, so I’m going to bring up something just as insightful.

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Lost lifeguarding

One drowning and another near drowning in the span of three days is more than enough turn the heads of area residents and park commissioners - and rightfully it has. An 11-year-old boy drowned Saturday at the Grand River’s Bunker Road Landing, and Mohammad Sohaib Fida, 13, nearly drowned July 4 at Lake Lansing Park South.

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Valid Concerns

Michigan voters may soon have the opportunity to voice their opinion on where the remainder of Michigan’s $8 billion portion of the tobacco settlement money goes.

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Binge barriers

The Responsible Hospitality Council’s efforts to curb binge drinking in East Lansing are likely well-intentioned, but sadly, they are quite misdirected. As a college town, East Lansing is populated by a large number of citizens who routinely enjoy consuming alcohol.

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Religious behavior shows true feelings

The past weeks have shown the passionate efforts of individuals bent on honoring God and country by mentioning him in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Israel occupation has led to problems

To understand the crisis in the Middle East, you must not underestimate the importance of Israel’s military occupation and the suffering it causes the Palestinian people.

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Pledge debate a long time coming, religion and patriotism both have their place in U.S.

Have you ever wondered what exactly our legislators in Washington think about when they propose legislation?

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Last-minuet land

The debate between East Lansing and Meridian Township rages on as East Lansing approved yet another revision to a nearly 100-acre plot-sharing deal. The fourth proposal was approved by the East Lansing city council last Wednesday, only days after Meridian Township rejected the city’s previous revisions.

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Plenty of evil done in name of religion

Perhaps it’s letter-writer Jake Harris (“Pledge fine as is, love it or leave it,” SN 7/3) who should leave if they don’t like living in a country with constitutional checks and balances.

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Real U.S. patriots always get to polls

I have a problem with the headline, “Patriots pass up polls,” which appeared on the front page of The State News (SN 7/8). If you check your Webster’s dictionary, you will see that a patriot is “one who loves his country and zealously supports its authority and interests.” Thus, one could not “pass up the polls” and still be a patriot, in the correct sense of the word. Bill Nurnberger Haslett resident

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Land dealings come from bad motives

What really irks me about the annexation/land sharing situation between Bath Township and the city of East Lansing is not so much the flawed state law that allows such municipal bullying, but the greed of the city government, and its affiliates, the Melrose Apartments residents who initially started the whole thing.

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Vapid Voting

A note to college students: You are lazy and apathetic. That statement may sound mean and accusatory, but the numbers speak for themselves.