Sound Off for Oct. 24, 2021
Get the shot
Many people have refused to get COVID vaccines because of the many side effects. Actually, there are very few side effects to the vaccines, and none of them are serious. Facebook has admitted that they have allowed posting of negative misinformation on the COVID vaccines. Now that we know that false information has been spread on Facebook, it’s time to get the vaccine. We will not be rid of COVID until we all get vaccinated.
Doesn’t add up
Risking your life’s work to not get a vaccine does not make sense? Here is what doesn’t make sense: people on the front lines, doctors nurses, first responders, teachers and others who have faithfully done their job through 20 months of the pandemic are now told by the government that they will lose their job, retirement and benefits if they don’t get the vaccine. I had the vaccine and the booster, but every case is different. Many have antibodies from having COVID.
Love the country
The question was: Do all you Biden voters like your country now? That’s a very simple answer. Absolutely. Everyone should love their country no matter who the president is. This has been the best country in the entire world for nearly 245 years.
Some q-and-a
Do I like my country now? I wasn’t fond of it before. Are you asking, as a Biden voter, do I approve of the job Biden is doing? On the whole, yes. Do I think America as country is doing well? No, this country is sick, and nothing epitomizes that more than Donald Trump, his political enablers, and deluded supporters who continue their assault on democracy.
The structure
My rules for serving on one’s local school board. First you must have a child in the public school system, and second you must have been a product of public schooling. Once you children have left public school by graduation or entered private school, you’re position on the board should be vacated and filled by another parent.
Nothing new
I too would like to thank the Sun Herald for printing Gerald Richardson’s opinion regarding critical race theory. It is not really anything new. We were taught from day one in school that white people owned slaves in this country and they also took land from the Indians by different means. What I don’t like about CRT is the finger pointing at people of today. I have never owned slaves and have worked hard my entire life to provide for my family. So please forgive me if I am not made to feel guilty about my quality of life. One should also remember that CRT is only a theory and is not a proven fact by definition.
The numbers
Conservative Mississippians complain about the socialistic trajectory of the Democratic Party’s programs, but you don’t hear much complaining about the fact that our state relies on the federal government for a whooping 47.2% of our budget for fiscal year 2022. Can you spell hypocrite?
A little sarcasm
The Democrats are doing a really great job running the country ... into the ground.
Do your duty
It is the duty of Congress to work together to balance our nation’s most critical needs with available revenue, not to draw lines in the sand and refuse to budge, like pig-headed 3-year-olds.
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