[Vision2020] St. John Wenders

[Sue Hovey]

Am I sorry he is dead?  No.  I would think he did not live his life to his 
best potential, for he contributed very little to this community with his 
rancor and divisive attitude.  I do not know whether one appropriately views 
his behavior as a mistake. I think it derived from his inflated sense of 
himself as an authority on tax policy.  He told me a few years ago the 
education monies expended on my disabled daughter's education were, "a 
monumental waste of taxpayer funds."  That is his direct quote, and no, I 
will never forget his words.  I can say with certainty, my daughter, despite 
her disabilites, has made a more positive contribution to this community and 
the people who live here, than Jack Wenders ever did.

Sue Hovey
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Decker" <mattd2107 at hotmail.com>
To: <nielsen at uidaho.edu>; <Vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] St. John Wenders


> Ralph,
>
> Gee Ralph, what you and Sue have said, almost makes me believe you both 
> are
> glad he has passed.
> Let's not forget that we all live life to our fullest and to our best
> potential. We all make mistakes but those little mistakes that you don't
> agree with shouldn't be a downer on his life right?
>
> Matt
>
>
>>From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
>>To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
>>Subject: [Vision2020] St. John Wenders
>>Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 19:47:15 -0800
>>
>>Let us not forget what a saintly man John Wenders was. Although he
>>was only on half-time appointment as a professor at the University of
>>Idaho, he made a deal with then President Richard Gibb for full-time
>>retirement benefits. All this from a government school at the
>>taxpayers' expense.
>>
>>Ralph Nielsen
>>
>>
>> > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 1999 21:42:05 -0700
>> > To: letters at lmtribune.com
>> > From: Ralph Nielsen <nielsen at uidaho.edu>
>> > Subject: Religion of Wenders
>> >
>> > The article in Turnabout (Sunday, Aug. 1) "Majority spends money of
>> > all on immoral pool" by John Wenders, should have appeared on
>> > Saturday's Religion page. Like most other profit-seeking prophets
>> > in the market-place of wishful thinking, the Rev. Dr. Wenders
>> > pretends that he is saving us from sin--the sin of taxation for the
>> > common good of our fellow citizens. Taxing the citizens of Moscow
>> > for a public swimming pool is immoral, he says. Besides, swimming
>> > is not all that good for young people anyway, at least not for his
>> > sonny boy, whose daddy happens to be wealthy enough to send him to
>> > a private academic summer program.
>> >
>> > Religion thrives on persecution, real or imaginary. Thus our latter-
>> > day St. John has also been ridiculed for preaching that if we will
>> > only believe in what he says, we will all be saved. Saved from the
>> > hell of taxation for the good of others besides ourselves.
>> >
>> > Another hallmark of organized religion is the hypocrisy of many of
>> > its preachers. According to the  prophet Wenders, tax subsidies for
>> > public swimming pools are immoral. But churches pay not a penny of
>> > taxes while they enjoy public services paid for by all taxpayers.
>> > Are they not immoral, too? And aren't subsidies and tax write-offs
>> > for large corporations also sinful?
>> >
>> > Let me quote from the gospel according to St. Wenders: "That is
>> > redistribution, pure and simple, something that is antithetical to
>> > every ethical standard." So when will Wenders, our new anointed
>> > one, drive the evil money redistributors from his father's house?
>> > Don't hold your breath, folks. I have a feeling that his
>> > predecessor will show up first.
>> >
>> >
>>
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