Sound Off: Jan. 26, 2025
Bridges and roads
To the workers who went out in snow, ice, and 20-degree weather to salt and bulldoze, clearing roads and bridges all along the Gulf Coast: Thank you so much! We do appreciate you all.
How wonderful
What an incredible experience this snowstorm was. I can’t believe we got this much. Let’s do it again sometime.
The border
It’s nice to see that, finally, the U.S. southern border has been shut down. There will be liberal judges who will try and stop it, but the fact remains that the majority of Americans voted for closure.
Get it right
I disagree. Elon Musk did not give a Hitler salute at President Trump’s inauguration. He gave a Mussolini salute.
Photo op
Violent illegal immigrants were arrested yesterday. Why weren’t they in jail if they were so easy to find? Was there a database or were they already in jail? Something doesn’t add up.
Get to work
For better or worse, President Trump is taking action to protect America and Americans. Which is more than can be said for the last person who held the office.
Gouging
I recall all the recent issues of hidden fees in Ticketmaster and their ilk. Well, we experienced it first hand when we bought tickets for the Irish show at MGCCC. We have been wanting to go there as we’ve heard good things. We ordered two ‘Bob Uecker’ front-row seats for $139 each ($278) and the final total is $362.95. A whopping $84.95 handling fee. Two questions: Why doesn’t MGCCC sell tickets on campus, especially to alumni, like us? How does a public-funded educational campus charge this much in fees? Keep in mind everything about the entire transaction is electronic — ordering, buying and receiving the tickets via cellphone. What’s MGCCC’s cut?
Climate change
Last year was the warmest year on record all over the globe. The facts are that polar ice is melting at a rapid pace and sea levels are rising. Why is it that the stubborn climate change deniers and science pooh-poohers can’t get it through their heads that global warming doesn’t mean there is no such thing as winter or cold weather?
Not Constitutional
In an effort to stomp all over the 14th Amendment to the Constitution and prove he is the king, our president decided he could end birthright citizenship by signing an executive order. It was immediately and rightfully rejected by a judge as unconstitutional, but we’re likely to hear that this judge is crooked, deranged and out to get Trump. Aren’t they all?
Bad choices
This is to all the Republicans who think President Trump got a mandate from the people. This Republican did not vote for Trump, but voted against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. We had no qualified presidential candidate running.
Trump’s words
I don’t agree with any of the pardons by Joe Biden or Donald Trump. For the writer not understanding why President Biden pardoned those not charged with anything, it’s to save them from the weaponization of the DOJ against them, as promised by Trump all campaign long, while out of the other side of his two-faced mouth he says that practice will be stopped immediately.
Back the blue?
If you or anyone in your circle is a member of law enforcement, and you voted for Donald Trump, he would like to thank you for ditching basic common sense and human decency in favor of undying loyalty to the king.
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