Sound Off for April 30, 2024

Border problems

I guess Republicans have forgotten what President Trump did to handle the border issue. He separated families willy-nilly and kept no records. One child torn from its mother’s arms was 4 months old. Many of these children will never see their patents again. Yet, some of you have the nerve to criticize President Biden’s border policy. How dare you. Why don’t you use your energy to help some of these still-separated families?

Border chaos

It is truly amazing that some people and some news outlets can read a candidate’s mind. Donald Trump wanting chaos at the border is an opinion. Not a news fact.

Just words

Day after day those of us who support Donald Trump are called names and I am here to tell you, you don’t bother me. You criticize any conservative news source, while worshiping at the liberal altar, and I don’t care. At the end of the day, all you can do is offer personal attacks against those who believe differently than you.

I stand corrected

We used to read the National Enquirer, along with MAD magazine, out loud for laughs when I was a kid. It was too absurd for most people to believe, and mostly laughable. I thought for a long time that the Enquirer had changed its name to FOX News, but a recent criminal trial just cleared that up.

Keeping count

Is anyone paying attention to the number of domestic violence incidents that are occurring in our state? Men killing women seems to be on the increase and is under-reported. By that, I mean the media is not categorizing them and reporting as such.

Surplus dump

The money sent to Ukraine is probably in the form of military supplies that we have already manufactured via the jobs creator named the National Defense Fund.

Ezell’s vote

I helped put Congressman Ezell in office, and have been so disappointed in his ability to think independently and see the big picture. His vote against funding for Ukraine demonstrates this concern; as well as looking at who in Congress he has aligned himself with. In my opinion, his vote was purely political, and not based on considering the benefit to the American people. It has long been an American policy to help democratic nations stand up to evil forces; Vladimir Putin in this case. If Putin is allowed to rape and pillage at will, someday we will have to fight him closer to our border. Let’s help Ukraine fight him on their soil, and help preserve their democracy. Next, most of the support we provide Ukraine is in the way of weapons and products manufactured in the U.S. These weapons are manufactured in high-tech industries that provide income to hard working Americans who feed that money right back into our economy; and there is the added benefit that it refreshes our own aging stock of weapons. While I hate that we are having to export weapons, in this particular case, I see it as a win-win situation for the U.S.

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