Sound Off: August 11, 2024
Not again
The headline says, ““Amtrak finally gets approved. What’s next?” I’ll tell you exactly what’s next, because, unlike politicians who didn’t learn from history, I remember that taxpayers’ dollars were wasted and the program went belly up because not enough people would ride it.
What is a vote?
A vote is not a valentine. You aren’t professing your love for the candidate. It’s a chess move for the world you want to live in.
It’s one or the other
Either President Biden was removed from the Democratic ticket because he is mentally unfit to run,which means he is unfit to be president, or Barack Obama, Vice President Harris and others performed a coup to remove a candidate who received 14 million votes for a person who received 0 votes.
Running scared
It should come as no surprise that Donald Trump does not want to debate under previous established rules and scheduled date on ABC. He now says he wants to debate only on FOX with a live audience of his fans. If you recall, FOX News was forced to pay over $700 Million in fines to settle a lawsuit from promoting Trump’s voter machine lies. He doesn’t want a serious debate, as he is outclassed. He wants a joke TV reality show.
Billionaire buddies
What happened when Vice President Harris announced that Gov. Tim Walz was her pick for vice president and that they would be campaigning in the “rust belt” states, seeking middle class support? Donald Trump immediately announced that he would be doing an interview with Elton Musk. One multi billionaire interviewing another multi billionaire — how weird is that?
Leave the Court alone
It is completely wrong and overtly political for President Biden and Vice President Harris to spin up Democrats and try to influence Americans to “reform” or otherwise jiggle with the U.S. Supreme Court, regardless of the euphemistic adjectives they try to hide behind. The Court is an equal and separate branch of government, and other than nominating replacement justices at appropriate times, the other two branches should have no oversight or interference whatsoever.
If it’s so easy ...
Why hasn’t Donald Trump made the phone calls to end two wars with his magic touch? It would surely show up his mortal enemy President Biden, and almost assure his victory in November. Could it be that he’s not so concerned that “people are dying” but more concerned with what will make Donald Trump look the best? The most plausible explanation is that he’s just full of it.
Tough choice
This will be the third consecutive presidential election cycle I’ve had to hold my nose to vote. Where are the statesmen? Where are the diplomats?
Now it’s a problem?
Donald Trump’s campaign is hoping to get traction on Vice President Harris’ husband’s cheating on his first wife. Are they forgetting Trump did the same thing twice? Go sit down somewhere.
Ride the rails
So, we are getting Amtrak train service. As someone whose love of train travel extends back almost to my birth, I’m very, very happy. Indeed, after three of my airplanes nearly crashed after being shot up, and having voluntarily searched for downed pilots while flying low over the jungle, I only travel by train. Sure, it’s a bit slow, but the adventure. Seeing America roll by while sitting at a white tablecloth dining car table, sipping coffee and nibbling on warm apple pie and ice cream is priceless. Now, they only need to add Orlando and Anaheim to the schedule and it’d be perfect.
Nothing is free
Do you think free lunch is free? Do you think post high school
education is free or college education loans forgiven free? Is child care free? Do you think Welfare and illegal immigration with free medical care is free? It’s the taxpayers paying for free. It’s not free.
A question
U.S. Sen. Kennedy from Louisiana aptly posed this question in Senate hearings revolving around electric vehicles. If electric cars are so swell, how come the government has to pay to get people to buy them?
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