OpinionSeptember 9, 2020
Speak Out 9/9/20
Fact: The chemical Roundup causes cancer! Yes, it causes cancer! Question everyone asks: Why are farmers still spraying it on the crops? Then if it wasn't any worse, seed companies for the farmers are genetically putting the chemicals in the seed itself and in return that chemical is in the produced seed or crop. ...
Need watchdogs
Fact: The chemical Roundup causes cancer! Yes, it causes cancer! Question everyone asks: Why are farmers still spraying it on the crops? Then if it wasn't any worse, seed companies for the farmers are genetically putting the chemicals in the seed itself and in return that chemical is in the produced seed or crop. And all Americans eat it. (It's in cereal, bread, granola bars, etc.) Where are the environment and human health "watchdogs"? Americans can live longer if our government watchdogs are back! And then our government would have to pay Social Security longer because people would live longer!
Music copyright
Every four years during the national primaries, eventually some left-wing musician will go to the news networks screaming about the RNC using one of their songs without permission. They go on TV, beat on their chest and holler at the top of their lungs that they told the RNC not to use their song and they are going to sue. Neil Young, Heart, John Mellencamp and now Leonard Cohen have all jumped on this bandwagon. They get lots of news coverage but then when the case doesn't even get past discovery and is thrown out, not a peep out of the media. All of these artists accept money from ASCAP (American Society of Artists And Composers). Fees are collected from venues and distributed among artists so the venues can then play snippets of copyrighted songs at public events, such as "We Will Rock You" and "Rock 'n' Roll Part 1" which you cannot go to a basketball game without hearing, without having to cut a check for each individual artist. The RNC did not play "Hallelujah" the other night. The venue did and very legally and rightfully so. The artists know this, they are just so deeply infected by TDS they can't help themselves.
Democrat's view
I am for border control but in an informed, legal, humane manner. I am for funding police departments but with an emphasis on informed, legal, humane approaches. I am for mail in ballots as an informed, legal, humane approach to voting. I am for law and order but with an informed, legal, humane approach. I am for the right to demonstrate opposition to governmental policies and societal norms, but in a peaceful, thoughtful, lawful, manner. I am a Democrat and find offensive the distortions, misinformation disseminated regarding Democratic positioning/policies. This is not a political commercial but a statement of facts about the current political environment in our country where Democrats are demonized. We are all better than that in evaluating our political choices/options in the upcoming election.
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No Halloween
Because of COVID-19: Trick or Treating is not safe. Haunted Houses are not safe. Hayrides are not safe. Parties are not safe. It is time to realize there will be no Halloween this year and move on.
Gas stations
Local gas stations adding nonstop advertising at their pumps is annoying. Not having a mute button is really annoying. New pumps where the talk to attendant button doesn't work? That means get gas somewhere else.
Online school
The sad truth about online learning and if it is the way of the future: There will be one thing missing from the future generations of children and that will be the concept of friendship. School is where kids meet other kids, without in-person schooling children will never meet other children. And never have the chance to make friends.
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