Sound Off: June 11, 2025
Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.
Greta saves the world
Greta Thunberg, that perpetual teenage looking darling of the climate change ideologues, staged a publicity stunt with a one vessel boat flotilla purportedly trying to break Israel’s maritime blockade of Gaza to bring relief aid. Well, she’s an unemployed young lady now, who trades her infamy for sustenance so it’s vitally important to stay in the public eye. A decade ago she told the world we were all going to die in seven years due to climate change. Instantly, she was the media and greenies public facing patron saint. Oops, we’re still here which is a disastrous blow to her credibility. But a girl’s gotta make a living, so she morphs into a different cause celebre. Go home Greta and plant a tree before we all die seven years from now.
Ship of fools
Greta Thunberg and her selfie yacht has been stopped by the IDF. The Israelis just saved her life. Being allowed to continue was suicide. Hamas would have paraded her for days
Kristi Noem’s words
What Kristi Noem said about presidential use of the National Guard: “If Joe Biden federalizes the National Guard, that would be a direct attack on states’ rights. Over the last several years, we’ve seen Democrats try to take away our Freedoms of religion, assembly, and speech. We can’t let them take away our right to defend ourselves, too. South Dakota defends the Constitution.”
Overreach
An opinion writer expressed concern about district federal judges decision overreach. Why are they not concerned with firings at Consumer Protection Agency, or cutting funds for Public Broadcasting, or cutting funds for cancer research, or firing Inspector Generals or causing economic chaos with absurd tariffs, or on and on. If concerned about judges, reflect on Republican Judge Aileen Cannon’s continuous delays in President Trump’s prosecution and sentencing assuring he’s not in jail but rather running for President. I guess that was OK.
Federalizing the Guard
Hurricane-prone states have declared martial law after devastating hurricanes to federalize the national guard to assist local law enforcement. This drastic move gives the national guard additional powers, and is always done at the state’s (governor’s) request. Today the federal government is deploying and federalizing the national guard to repress protesters in California. The governor has not requested this assistance. Another similar occasion that comes to mind is the use of Storm Troopers and the SS in WWII. This is 2025 and our country is a republic where states have much autonomy. This is not a Nazi-controlled regime
Riots
It’s sad that media and Democrats’ coverage of the 2020, 2024 and now 2025 riots all state how peaceful these protesters are while businesses, buildings, vehicles, and more are being destroyed by fire and police, if allowed to engage, are attacked. Few if any are arrested, and if they are, they are released soon after with no punitive action. It’s time these destructive protesters are stopped, arrested and prosecuted.
Arrest Newsom
The Los Angeles police chief admitted that his police were overwhelmed. The National Guard was deployed. Now 800 Marines are on the way. Governor Newsom should be arrested immediately.
California
Perhaps if we’d treat rioters the way they should be treated, there would be less rioting. Just a thought.
A mess
California is a mess. Californians love the fact that they harbor illegal immigrants and are proud of it. They take in federal dollars yet deny federal authority. It doesn’t work that way.
Flag burning
The rioters in L.A. are burning Old Glory and swinging the Mexican flag, fighting to prevent being deported back to Mexico! Let that sink in. Democrats are pure genius.
Good job
I applaud President Trump for moving to quash the violent protests happening in California. I only wish he had been inclined to do the same when it was his supporters on Jan. 6.
No foreign flags
It’s kind of cute how worked up folks are about people waving the Mexican flag in the L.A. riots. It’s also cute how unconcerned those same folks are when it’s a Nazi or Confederate flag. Can’t imagine why that would be.
Here is your answer
Opinion writer would like to know why Trump keeps giving pardons to his convicted fraudster friends. The answer is very simple. He pardons those who helped him commit his frauds. The list is long, and not just for fraud. Steve Bannon was convicted of embezzling hundreds of thousands from the build-the-fence contributions, plead guilty, and Trump pardoned him before jail time. Washington is now a cesspool with an impotent Congress afraid to stand up to moral responsibility in fear of losing their cherished jobs.
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