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Published Friday, November 20, 2009 in Opinion

Sound Off comment a disgrace

For some strange reason, I have always enjoyed reading the Sound Off column. The depth and breadth of the misinformation and, at times, the sheer ignorance exhibited by writers are absolutely astounding.

Most of the time I just forget about them and go on, but the one in Saturday's edition I simply could not overlook. You remember the one that blamed our first president, George Washington, for the current state of the union. This writer's blatant lack of knowledge of American history is on parade for all to see and is an absolute disgrace.

George Washington and the other long list of founders sacrificed their very lives, the lives of their families, their property and their sacred honor to give the likes of this writer the constitutional right to speak their mind, and I use the term loosely.

As just one example, on the night of Dec. 25, 1776, General Washington and his army of a mere 2,500 men crossed the ice laden Delaware River in a horrific storm and marched nine miles south. All of them were exhausted from months of defeat, most of them without boots, and deathly ill, leaving a trail of blood from their feet behind them, to fight and win the Battle of Trenton and thus save the revolution and hence this country.

That would be the country in which you now enjoy all of the luxuries of freedom, like the right to free speech. I suggest you get on your knees and thank God almighty that men and women like them and the ones that continue to sacrifice for us today saw fit to make the ultimate sacrifice. I would also suggest you get a history book and read it, because you are dooming us all to repeat it if you don't.

Kenneth W. Tharpe

Newnan