Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 11)

None of us would wish our president to fail doing the right things. Upholding our Constitution, protecting America, securing our borders and bolstering our economy are the right things. Robin Hood ideals of wealth redistribution are not. God save the working class. President Obama will not.

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George Bush was a liberal, but at least he had enough brains to cut taxes and get America back to work.

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Saying that Democrats have a 70-year history of creating and defending programs like Social Security and Medicare doesn't mean much, considering that both programs are going bankrupt.

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The House has disregarded the will of the people and passed its health care bill. Let's vote all the bill's supporters out of office at the next election. It is past time. We are no longer listened to by our elected officials.

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Independents and liberals: It is time we spoke out in favor of health care reform and showed the "tea party" nuts that we are serious.

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Hooray for "Selfish protesters" (Nov. 8 Letter to the Editor). The letter writer was so right that we complain about the government but don't stop to think about what the government does and means to all of us. Maybe the tea party groups could stay home and use the money to stimulate their local economy.

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Thank you to the writer of "Real work" (Nov. 6 Letters to the Editor) for telling anyone who thinks professors "have never had a real job" that in fact they do. I am a blue-collar worker, but my son, a teacher, works a whole lot harder than I do teaching 125 kids in six classes of high school English every day. As my dad used to say, "All work in honorable."

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If you have lost confidence in our youth today, the two Blakes have to restore it. That was a wonderful story by The Eagle on the two high school football players ("Two Blakes at top of game," Nov. 6 Sports).

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The Holiday Tables event at the Wichita Center for the Arts was disappointing this year. It seemed like more retail stores than individuals did tables. Holiday Tables didn't start out that way. I'd rather see what individuals can do. I can go to a retail store any day of the week.