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Posted on Sun, Oct. 25, 2009

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Opinion Line (Oct. 25)

Only in Wichita would anyone think to criticize the president for attending his child's parent-teacher conference. Give me a break.

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President Obama is a father and has every right to attend his children's conferences and spend time with his family. More men should follow his lead.

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I remember the good old days when I'd hear from the president once a month. Not this one. He has to be in the news every day.

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President Obama has some beautiful suits. Too bad they are empty. Perhaps he could donate them to a member of the armed services who could fill them.

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Jesus told the stoners to lay off the adulteress, and Obama tells the Department of Justice to lay off the stoners.

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The majority of the people feel like they overcorrected in 2008 and now there's an imbalance of power in Washington, D.C.

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Some of the letters to the editor must be written on a Big Chief tablet with an orange crayon. Come on, conservatives — get an education, grow up and join the real world.

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What about Dan Glickman for governor? We can hope.

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The real problem with the so-called H1N1 flu vaccine is that its manufacturing has been outsourced to foreign companies. Message to U.S. companies: Thanks for caring.

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Shortage of H1N1 vaccine? Must be George Bush's fault.

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Sure, women don't get paid as much as men. They don't do the same jobs as men. That's like comparing apples to oranges.

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After reading Thursday's paper, I have come around to agree that there was torture at Guantanamo Bay. If prisoners were made to listen to Britney Spears, Marilyn Manson, etc., they were indeed tortured.

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I would say the people in northeast Wichita who are opposing the Lord's Diner are not very good Christians.

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There are many crime problems around the Lord's Diner downtown. Are they trying to solve a problem only to compound another? Are they really thinking about the hungry? What else is on their agenda?

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Before the next three years are over, we're all going to be hoping we have a Lord's Diner on our block.

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Now the city only has to lay off seven people. But if we had the $500,000 that's going to Boston for a downtown plan, we wouldn't have to lay off any employees.

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What a way to get tourism in Wichita. We finally get an aviation convention, a technical convention and "Wicked," and what do we do? Our local yokels start putting parking tickets on out-of-town vehicles. Pretty bright.