Instead of on WaterWalk, Jack DeBoer should use the $41 million from city taxpayers to buy business jets. Maybe then we could put some of the laid-off aircraft workers back to work.
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The homeless at the Lord's Diner aren't the ones to worry about. If anything, the homeless should be protected from gangs and harassment.
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I witnessed a cop speeding on Central while texting. If the police can't drive safely, what hope do the rest of us have?
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Twenty years in the Army and another 20 in private industry taught me that when the boss starts talking about ethics, the boss is about to get executed.
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What would the pioneers who crossed the Plains in search of a new beginning think of their heirs if they could see today's generation?
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Goldman Sachs employees deserve large bonuses. It was a lot of work for them to endorse those government bailout checks and deposit them in a bank.
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The people who ridicule President Obama would not appreciate Abraham Lincoln's greatness either if they lived then.
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Former President Bush kept our country safe from terrorist attacks since Sept. 11. It has not even been a year under President Obama, and we have had one already.
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All you enlightened "progressives" should be having second thoughts by now. Your insistence on political correctness and emasculation of the USA Patriot Act helped Nidal Hasan allegedly carry out his murderous attack.
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Obama ordered flags to be flown at half-staff for the men and women who were killed or injured at Fort Hood in a terrorist attack against our military. My opinion is that flags should be flown at half-staff until all our troops are out of the war that will never be won.
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Should our president return his Nobel Peace Prize if he decides to send 30,000 or so troops to Afghanistan?
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I didn't ask for my "value meal" to be downsized to the equivalent of a mint.
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Did I miss something? Did we have a choice of seeing Brad Paisley at the arena or getting our streets fixed? Given the opportunity, I would have voted for the streets.
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People who comment to the Opinion Line are full of complaints but have no solutions. Hypocrites.
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Thank you to the person who turned in my wallet at the Sedgwick County Zoo last week. I was having a great day with my children, and having everything returned to me kept our day bright. Your kindness is so appreciated.
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