Barack Obama, our 44th President of the United States of America, will be sworn in on January 20, 2009. This will be history in the making. 

Mr. James Rippe’s Nov. 1 letter to editor is an unacceptable example of hate speech that attacks Obama and his supporters and mirrors similar attacks at the highest levels of the Virginia and National Republican party.

The local success of the Democratic Party in Prince William County this year was in large part thanks to our dedicated volunteers. This was a long, tough election cycle, but due to the energy and commitment from the thousands of local volunteers, it was a tremendous and historic success!

I would like to thank Mr. Joe Novak for revealing the true character of his ilk — be it liberal, Democrat or both. 

I awoke on Wednesday morning to a very monumental day in political history. I went outside to pick up my paper, anxious to see your headline. I have to say it was clever, but maybe not too original. 
That’s acceptable. 

I am writing regarding Math Investigations. There are many parents against it, but many of us are for it. 

The Manassas City school system has experienced sudden and tragic losses over the past month. 

As we celebrate the conclusion of the most intense presidential campaign of our lifetimes, I am sitting in stunned gratitude at the overwhelming response of our country to the inspiring young man who will be our next president.

I would really like to know whether those who supported and voted for Sen. Barack Obama ever considered the full ramifications of him being elected? 

As an attorney who has actually litigated a defamation suit in a Virginia federal court, I respectfully suggest that Mr. Jacobsen’s editorial about libel was incorrect, misleading and written to “scare” those with whom he differs in opinion and/or fact. 

I couldn’t help but notice articles in the Washington Post and the News & Messenger about the recent Planning Commission Hearing on land use in regards to community focused centers. 

The ladies of the Forest Park High School Girls Basketball team would like to thank everyone who gave a donation during our fundraising drive in Montclair the weekend of Oct. 4 and 5. 

I recently saw “No Country for Old Men” whose main protagonist Chigurh is a diabolical psychopath; a character who is not valued for traditional or archtypical qualities such as bravery but precisely because he lacks these.

Your Oct. 30, “Our View” column was directed to those of us who write to your paper with our concerns and with information that is not common knowledge. 

In his letter on Nov. 5, Mr. Harry Wiggins highlighted the inability of his former boss, Del. Paul Nichols, to enact any legislation to stop the Interstate 95/Interstate 395 HOT lanes in the General Assembly. This is unfortunate. 

The Board of Supervisors has passed a resolution demanding that state transportation officials appear before the board to answer questions about HOT lanes on Interstates 95 and 395. 

I would like to thank my fellow citizens of Manassas Park who voted to keep our elected treasurer. 

Now we’ve done it. We’ve gone and elected a socialist who pals around with terrorists. A guy who sits in church for 20 years and roots for a reverend who hates America — that must mean that he hates America too. 

It takes a long time to clean up many years of a failed government.

Thanks to Cheryl Chumley for coverage of the Prince William County budget meeting. 

I read with interest the article titled “Turning up the heat on HOT lanes.” I guess I am most upset with the placement on page four and not on the front page. 

As the presidential campaign grinds to an end, I am thoroughly outraged and disgusted by the slanted views we received from TV and newspaper coverage.

It is amazing how the discussion on the merits or demerits of voting machines and whether they are going to be scrapped or replaced at great cost seems to take place outside the context of modern technology and how we all live and function.

This is in response to the article, “There is no such thing as unselfish concern,” written by Michael Ragland and printed on Oct. 4.

This is in reference to Cheryl Chumley’s report of Oct. 25, “Turning up heat on HOT lanes.”

As I walk in the entrance to school, I just look around to count the number of people with Starbucks, McDonald’s even Denny’s, and it’s always quite a number! Since we consume so much on the road, we have to make up for our fast food habits at the gym. 

The illegal immigrant crack-down in Prince William County continues. 

The youth at Saint Mark’s United Methodist Church (UMC) in Manassas will be joining the global United Nations effort to remove landmines and unexploded ordinance in 29 countries by participating in the Schonstedt Humanitarian Demining Initiative. 

I have lived a relatively long time — long enough to see many complex and diversified developments occur. However, nothing compares to the recent federal government bailout situation. 

We all know that a national health care system will be a disaster. There are two major issues at play when it comes to health care.