We lived in a very small apartment over top of a country grocery store that was owned by an aunt and uncle for several years. We then moved into a small house — five children and our mother. We did not have a very good life as far as money was concerned. My mother did house cleaning and did ironing for other people.
At an early age we learned to work on a farm and we all worked very hard. We would start at sunrise and work until the sunset. Our breakfast consisted of oatmeal, Cream of Wheat and occasionally eggs. We were dirt poor. We never complained because we never knew that there was any other way to live. We just assumed that is how everyone lived.
My mother has gone on to be with the Lord and I am glad she is not here to see how lazy people are in America today. We never were on welfare and we never even thought of getting government assistant. We were a proud people. America is now a nation that thinks our government owes us a living. Let our government take care of us.
Well, folks, you are about to get your wish with the re-election of President Obama. America is on the way to becoming a socialistic country. Obama with his welfare mentality feels that government is the cure for everything. I, like other people, if I could afford it, would move out of the United States. I am proud of this country, but I am not happy with the direction Obama is taking us. There are those who think Obama is our next messiah. Well, those people are in for a rude awakening. I am of the firm belief, if you don’t work, you don’t eat.
Come tell me in four years that you made the right choice by re-electing Obama.
Paul Williams
Cumberland
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Family worked hard, never took government assistance
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Help keep teen drivers safe during the summer months
Memorial Day marks the beginning of the 100 deadliest days of the year on our nation’s roads for teen drivers.
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Walk Smart
Many local residents will be visiting Ocean City this summer, so it is worth noting that the resort has launched a campaign that it hopes will keep pedestrians out of harm’s way.
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Trailer case bound to increase scrutiny on town of Piedmont
This letter is in response to the recent story concerning the guilty plea entered in federal court by Piedmont’s town foreman (“Piedmont town foreman Shingler enters guilty plea,” May 21 Times-News, Page 1A).
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Fixing community’s problems starts with your young people
I am writing this letter to the editor because I think our community really needs to work on plenty of issues. Some of them are:
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High priority
Maryland school officials on Tuesday put an exclamation point on the need to take student-athlete concussions more seriously.
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Why are there no answers to these questions?
We currently have the most corrupt administration in the history of the country. Every day more and more lies come from the Obama administration.
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Roaming dogs prove menace to some residents of LaVale
I am writing to inform your readers and the animal control staff of Allegany about a problem that is dragging on and unresolved, yet.
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These types should look to the Boy Scouts for an example
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NRA will “Never Surrender.”
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The No Tax Group will “Never surrender.”
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Housing project will have bad effect on property in this area
I am writing to you to voice my opposition to a low income housing project that has been proposed for construction on a tract of land on Pine Swamp Road in Mineral County, W.Va. I am a registered voter and resident of Mineral County and live in the New Creek/Pine Swamp area.
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Why have the media been silent all this time?
When I read the Cumberland Times-News Editorial this morning, Friday, May 17, entitled, “Outrageous,” I laughed like a kid at a birthday party!
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Help keep teen drivers safe during the summer months
