OpinionAugust 28, 2014
Speak Out 8/28/14
Recently, I've been reading and hearing a lot about the price of gas being $1.87 when President Bush left office. I think people need to be reminded, at that time our country was in a recession. Everything was cheap, especially real estate at that time. That's nice to say, but you need to take everything into the same context...
Recession, prices
Recently, I've been reading and hearing a lot about the price of gas being $1.87 when President Bush left office. I think people need to be reminded, at that time our country was in a recession. Everything was cheap, especially real estate at that time. That's nice to say, but you need to take everything into the same context.
Poor roundabout
The new round-about on Mount Auburn Road is poorly designed. The entrance from Kingsway Dr. is offset from the center of the circle so much to the left that you have to watch for traffic to your left and almost straight ahead. There have been several accidents there.
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ISIS
Whiny, right-wing journalists can spin it like whirling dervishes, but it will never refute the truism that the rise of ISIS or ISIL would have never occurred had it not been for the woefully unjustified initial invasion of Iraq by the Bush-Cheney administration.
Boots on the ground
No, David Limbaugh, I don't think the U.S. should consider putting boots on the ground in Iraq.
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