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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 2008
Page
2
In Our View reflects on Christmas gift giving grounded in Christian faith. It contrasts worldly abundance with the unearned, selfless gift of Jesus Christ offering salvation through his death and the call to imitate generosity, quoting John 3 16 and other biblical lines.
List of U S representatives and senators with office addresses in Washington and Texas local offices in Odessa Midland and Amarillo includes U S Rep Mike Conaway Midland contact Odessa and Midland offices phone numbers and emails along with U S Sen John Cornyn Kay Bailey Hutchison Tryon Lewis Tom Craddick and Sen Kel Seliger.
Ken Brodnax editorial page editor proclaims the paper’s mission to inform readers so they may promote and preserve their own freedom. He anchors the piece in moral guides like the Coveting Commandment and the Golden Rule as guiding principles.
The piece argues that the White House seeks a short term mechanism under TARP to prop up GM and Chrysler after Congress rejected a loan plan. It criticizes executive overreach, notes GMAC and Chrysler Financial ownership changes, and warns that Obama must avoid unilateral action that would betray promises of change.
The readable lines cite a garbled list from a Christmas carol with twelve drummers drumming eleven pipers piping ten lords a leaping nine ladies dancing and a note about maids a milking attributed to Jimmy Margulies, indicating a dialect or transcription issue.
Ron Hart argues against Christmas gift excess in a personal column. He recounts opting out of gifts, urges charitable giving, critiques consumerism and ads, and calls for focusing on basic needs, with mentions of debt, Katrina, and social critique. He notes cultural pressures and regional libertarian stance.
The Odessa American invites readers to submit thumbs up or thumbs down letters on current topics. Readers may email onletters oapa com and indicate a thumbs nomination. The paper notes belief in Santa Claus and welcomes diverse ideas for future discussions.
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