Posted on Tue, Nov. 24, 2009

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Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 24)

If you have a need to blast ex-President Carter, at least get your facts straight. The 1970s inflation began during Richard Nixon's second term and continued through Gerald Ford's one term. It wasn't until Carter appointed Paul Volcker to head up the Federal Reserve, in the late 1970s, that inflation was finally brought under control. Also, gas lines were the result of the OPEC oil embargo in 1973, when Nixon was still in office.

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Is Sarah Palin qualified to be president? Not really, but neither were any of the other Republican candidates except perhaps Mitt Romney. Republicans do not need to be qualified — because the lobbyists and corporations will continue to do their job for them, tell them what to think, how to vote, etc. Is this what Republicans send their representatives to Washington for?

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Why do businesses and individuals live within their means, but government's first response is to want to raise taxes? Enough is enough. Get off our backs with your tax burdens. You are killing our economy. Look at California.

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Thank God for Kmart. It still believes in families by providing us with the layaway plan.

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Getting treatment for drug problems is a great idea, if people actually want to be treated.

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Texting while driving and impeding the flow of traffic ought to be worth about a week in jail.

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Many thanks to the two ladies for their help and support after our dog was run over last Sunday. You are both Earth angels, and we will never forget your kindness.

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Agreed: Thanks a million to the Navajo "wind talkers" of World War II. However, American industry, ingenuity, military might, outstanding leadership and the inexhaustible American fighting spirit also may have had something to do with defeating the Japanese.

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Engineers do lack communication skills. Come to the firm I work at, and you'll find idiots galore.

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