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Opinion Line (Aug. 30)

  • Published Thursday, August 30, 2012, at 12 a.m.

E-mail comments, 50 words or fewer, to opline@wichitaeagle.com.

Never mind the ethanol mumbo jumbo double-talk. Bottom line: $8-a-bushel corn belongs in the bellies of cows, chickens and pigs, not the gas tank of your Ford or Lexus.


In the America I used to know and love, the ever-rising cost of oil and gasoline would be seen as a threat to our national security.


Speculators love any event that gives them an excuse to raise gas prices. Ever notice how long it takes the price to return to normal after one of their trumped-up shortages? It’s just a slick method to gouge the consumer.


So if I build a home on the side of an active volcano, will the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers build a dike to protect my home from the lava? We should stop building cities below sea level.


Hey, kids – enjoying the school food choices Michelle Obama made for you?


The Republican National Convention is focusing on jobs, the economy and deficit, and saving Medicare. The Democrats’ convention will be about taxing the 1 percent, a “war on women,” free birth control, diversity, gay marriage. Which party is addressing America’s problems?


I vote for the man running for office, not his wife. The Republicans made a big mistake the way they treated Ron Paul. Romney lost about 17 percent of his vote from Ron Paul supporters.


The main reason Obama’s stimulus plan was not more effective is because the Republicans forced him to waste almost half of it on tax cuts instead of measures that would have actually stimulated the economy.


When you vote in November for all pro-life candidates, remember that you are also voting for more tax cuts to the wealthy and eliminating programs for those in need of social and medical services.


The current president is doing about as much good as a wet Wichita Eagle does for me. Both need to change their ways of delivery.


The only thing wrong with America are the Americans: We’re ignorant, lazy, overweight and crybabies.


Where is the petition for stopping the northwest Sam’s Club? I want to sign it. Thank you, Fox Ridge neighbors.


Hey, Sam’s Club – there are stores east and west. Why not come south? We would take one in the Great Panther Nation of Derby.


Labor Day weekend is coming, and my summer clothes are going to start the slow, sad march to storage.

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