x-sender: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com x-receiver: governor.haley@sc.lmhostediq.com Received: from mail pickup service by IQ12 with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:47:31 -0400 thread-index: AdCzO09ldbkoPKJjT/6cCLy/STelkA== Thread-Topic: Confederate Flag From: To: Subject: Confederate Flag Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:47:31 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000 Content-Class: urn:content-classes:message Importance: normal Priority: normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.1.7601.17609 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jun 2015 13:47:31.0227 (UTC) FILETIME=[4F847EB0:01D0B33B] CUSTOM Dr. Lowell Parker 20 Stonecrest Drive Thiells NY 10984-1500 personalparker12@gmail.com 8454295522 8454295522 ETHI Confederate Flag We are long overdue for getting rid of the confederate flag. The suggestion to put it in a museum is much too kind - burned or buried would be more appropriate. While you're at it, what about mandatory background checks for all guns at all points of sale, something that 90% of Americans want? And just for fun, let's remove the words "under God" from the Pledge of Allegiance - it was not in the original, and for many years we did just fine without it. The author's own daughter objected to this insertion, but religious conservatives have no shame. What we need in this country is science and secular humanism - two things that really do make the world a better place to live.