Sound Off for Nov. 6, 2021
One question
Why do the robo-calls keep calling me about extended warranties for my car? I don’t even drive or own a car.
Tomahawk chop
This is for people wondering why a tomahawk chop is racist. Pretend you are a Native American and a group of white children are taunting you on the playground calling you “redskin.” Do you see now why others might find it offensive? The cheer is not meant to be offensive, but it is for some people. The whole history of native Americans has been distorted in our country.
Thank you
Thank you WXXV-TV anchor Meggan Gray for taking a stand against the tyrannical vaccine mandate. So proud of you. Best wishes for your career in an obviously better company.
Bad choices
Democrats have thrown everything but the kitchen sink into their spending bills. Every liberal wish list item stuffed into this for Christmas. It boils down, however, to offering “free” stuff to make America more dependent on centralized government. That’s the only idea they’ve ever had. Throw money at something and pacify people. In exchange they rule the individual. More control over every single aspect of your life. It’s a devil’s bargain.
Port of Gulfport
To the writer asking about the Port of Gulfport, nearly $1 billion has been committed since Katrina. In 2013, Gulfport was the third busiest container port in the region. Now Mobile has taken that spot as Tampa and Port Manatee threaten to push Gulfport even lower. Has there been any attempt to participate in some of the port capacity opportunities that currently exist?
An apology
Dear President Jimmy Carter. I want to take this opportunity to seriously apologize to you for thinking you were the worst president ever.
What they like
My favorite thing about Joe Biden is not what he’s done but what he didn’t do. He did not try to stop a free and fair election. He did not try to overthrow the U.S. government and destroy the Constitution and he is not continually lying to the American people by telling them if he loses an election then it must be rigged and stolen
Get them ready
There are still approximately 300 Americans in Afghanistan left behind by President Biden. It doesn’t matter if it’s just one. It’s un-American and should be brought up constantly by the public, media and Congress until they are recovered. It’s on the shoulders of President Biden alone and he must resolve it. He should unequivocally tell the Taliban to locate these Americans and have them at the airport by a time certain for departure. Not a hair harmed.
Energy independence
In 2019, Bloomberg Financial reported that the United States produced more ‘primary energy’ (oil, natural gas,coal, biofuels and some electricity) than it consumed. It was the first time the country had done so since 1957. And it’s on this fact that claims of energy independence hang.
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