Sound Off for Dec. 16, 2023
Legal bills
What makes someone believe they are entitled to know who is paying Hunter Biden’s (or anyone else’s) legal bills? I notice the writer wasn’t asking about Rudy Giuliani’s payment plan.
Sports insanity
“That is just incredible,” said ABC News Sunday night in response to reports that tickets to see a 19-year-old basketball player sold for up to $17,000. No, that’s not “incredible,” that is “insanity.“ Priorities in this country are completely upside down.
A response
Well, the writer of the “Republican weapon” Sound Off missed the boat a tad. Republicans are not afraid of clean energy or electric cars. We just aren’t so ready to accept the party line. Clean energy is not actually clean if you look at the entire production cycle and life cycle of that energy. Electric cars are a novel toy right now, but they are nowhere near ready to be a realistic replacement for fossil fuel vehicles. They have short range, even shorter when used under load, are expensive to operate, have a short battery life, and use fossil fuel-powered charging stations. No, Republicans aren’t afraid of clean energy; we are waiting for the realistic fossil fuel alternatives.
Bird deaths
Two guys are arrested for a “bird killing spree” of 3,600 birds. Huh? In a 2021 article by Joel Merriman, for the American Bird Conservancy, he addressed studies published from 2013 and 2014 showing average bird deaths of 234,000 to more than 573,000. “Adjusting for this industry’s growth, we can project that approximately 538,000 wind turbine-caused bird deaths occur in the U.S. alone each year.” But we arrest the little guys?
Really?
Trump is selling items with his mugshot face on it and has made over $7 million in three days. Now he is selling pieces of the suit he wore. You can’t make this stuff up.
Difference of opinion
Just because someone disagrees with you doesn’t make them liberal, to your left, more aware, or less aware. Some people act out in frustration, others are frustrated by bad actors, but all of us will face our truths and untruths at our life’s end.
Abortion rights
Every woman has the right to do whatever she wants to her own body. No one is telling a man what to do to his body, so why can’t it be up to the woman to choose what she decides is right for her personal situation? Pro choice.
Tell me
I want to address he Sound Off about people with blinders on who can’t see what’s happening these last few years. I’m one of those blind people. Please tell me what has been happening. Also the gas tax goes toward road maintenance. Fooled me there too.
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This story was originally published December 15, 2023 at 8:08 AM.