Speak out 2/23/16

No one qualified

In Mike Jensen's recent column he said he could not vote for Hillary Clinton because she was a liar. It was such an abrupt outburst that it reminded me of a first-grade schoolyard chant. You know: Liar, liar, pants on fire! Thing is, Mrs. Clinton is a politician and so, yes, she does lie, same as all the Republican candidates. To go along with that, a recent survey showed that by a conservative estimate all of us tell a lie approximately twice a day. Therefore, according to Mr. Jensen's highly restrictive standards, no man, woman or child in the United States, living or dead, could ever be president. That's scary, as we certainly need one to rein in the present majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate.

Top story

You know you're not a sophisticated and steeped-in-culture-and-tradition community when a dominant news story is the coming and grand opening of Dunkin Donuts.

Filling vacancy

The Republicans in Washington say that the Supreme Court vacancy should be decided by the winner of the election in November, but their argument is easily refuted by their own reasoning. Barack Obama beat Mitt Romney by 5 million votes in 2012, so, using those folks' very own logic, the guy who won the election was approved by the majority of voters to make decisions within the limits of his term. The only way around that conclusion is to live under the delusion that there was no election in 2012. Also, Al Gore got more of the popular vote in 2000, leaving Bush to be elected by the very same Supreme Court. Using Mitch McConnell's argument that the one to do the picking must have the majority of the votes of the American people, Bush should not have been allowed to fill a single court vacancy.

A letter

Dear President Obama, Thank you for ignoring Republican senators who suggest you forfeit your constitutional duty to nominate someone for the Supreme Court vacancy. I suggest you give serious consideration to bringing back Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. Thank you for taking time from your busy schedule to read Speak Out.

Limbaugh vote

I vote for David Limbaugh for the next U.S. Supreme Court justice.

King on Cruz

I loved horrormeister Stephen King's assessment of Ted Cruz. He said it would be like electing "... an analog of an imam."

An everyone issue

Ms. Adrienne Ross' column Feb. 16 really nailed it. Only thing she may have left out is the monthly, if not weekly, violent crime of black on black, all while protests continue under the guise of Black Lives Matter, which is an honorable cause by itself. But this is not just a black issue. Just look around and you can't help but see a lack of a work ethic and many people perfectly satisfied with very early retirements, satisfied with what the government will hand out. Just the way I see it. Thanks.