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Sound Off: Dec. 2, 2024

President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden’s White House have signed a memorandum of understanding.
President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden’s White House have signed a memorandum of understanding. Photo from Donald J. Trump, Facebook

Deportation

Why is Donald Trump such a bad guy for deporting illegal immigrants? What other country in this world can I sneak across the border illegally, ask for government assistance, or take work away from locals? Mexico, Honduras, china, Africa, Brazil, Venezuela all would lock me up.

Only the best

RFK Jr. says heroin made him an excellent student. Great message for young people. Fluoride is the cause of practically every malady known to man, his brain has been half eaten by a worm, his judgment told him the thing to do with a dead baby animal is to dump it in Central Park, and water can cause you to become transgender. This is just a sampling making it crystal clear this man is not fit for any office anywhere at any time, much less in charge of public health. I want to ask what in the world Donald Trump was thinking, but that’s a moot point.

Not qualified

You want to know how unqualified Pam Bondi is? Just listen to her talk. Nothing comes out of her mouth except Donald Trump repeats.

Ocean Springs traffic

If the city of Ocean Springs is unable to provide a three-lane highway on the eastern side of town, then someone from the city’s administration should be on the phone daily with a representative from MDOT until they correctly synchronize the traffic lights. While they’re at it, the current detour through Fort Bayou Estates from Ocean Springs road to Highway 90 could use some policing. The speeding and the failure to obey stop signs is out of hand. I know our Ward 1 Alderwoman is proud of the progress on her “roundabout” but at the cost of this seriously dangerous detour.

The VA

The Veterans Administration, one of the most important places in America, is riddled with DEI hires.

COVID and Trump

It’s laughable that one would post that millions died because of Donald Trump’s handling of COVID, as if no one would have died had someone else been in the saddle.

Fentanyl

Donald Trump and others are raging about criminals importing illegal fentanyl into the United States. Nobody says a word about the ultimate cause of the fentanyl problem. It’s not the producers or the sellers. It’s the people who buy it! If no one bought it we would have no fentanyl problem. Why do so many Americans want it so badly that they risk their freedom, financial security, health and lives for it? That’s what we need to figure out and do something about.

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