Sound Off

Sound Off: Sept. 19, 2024

By Sun Herald readers

September 19, 2024 3:00 AM

Lack of federal enforcement and confusion in the marketplace opened the floodgates for illegal disposable vapes from China to wash over the nation, targeting kids with candy and dessert flavors.

Corporate greed

Smoking has been down significantly since it was banned from most restaurants and public places. What did the tobacco companies do? They created vaping. Now it is used at epidemic levels especially by kids. It still contains tobacco and comes in flavors. This is why we need regulations. Corporations are only interested in making money

Protect Trump

Why does the Biden administration have unlimited funds for illegal immigrants, but can’t protect a presidential nominee?

Enlighten me

An open question to those suffering an acute case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. You keep screaming that Donald Trump wants to destroy democracy. He has already served four years in the Oval Office. Why did he not destroy democracy then?

Now it’s the Dems?

After all the mass killings, the blame was placed on mental illness or a lone gunman. Donald Trump has two attempted assassinations, and now Trump blames the Democrats. He takes no responsibility for his constant rhetoric about non-White people. Also, both of the gunmen were White.

Drop in the bucket

Oregon found 300 non-citizens who were registered to vote. Oregon has 3 million registered voters.

What could go wrong?

In From the Wires: “The US Naval Academy says race-based admissions necessary.” Well, of course we need more DEI officers in charge of nuclear submarines. I mean, what could go wrong with a minimally proficient Captain being responsible for the lives of a crew on his ship? Carrying a nuclear launch key? No problem. The important thing is the staff photos on the wall looking like we care. This is a load of road apples. I never checked the Huey driver’s skin color when he was taking me to or from harm’s way. Nope, they were all angels to me. All deserved respect for their courage and qualifications. Maybe there should be an effort to upgrade the education system rather than just continuing social promotions into positions of serious responsibility.

No more

Why do WLOX meteorologists continually make reference to Facebook weather prediction “chatter?“ We viewers are not interested in the uninformed opinions of weather laymen and, if we were, we would go to Facebook for that.

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