Opinion Line Extra (Feb. 16)

The Oklahoma attorney general issued an opinion that work messages sent by public officials on their private electronic devices, such as cellphones, BlackBerrys and laptops, are public records. Why should it be different in Kansas?

Perhaps if we lose all those jobs at downsized Fort Riley, our non-listening governor and state Legislature will understand even the Army thinks Kansas is a lost cause and no longer a place troops want to be.

Our state government laments the wasteful use of education dollars on a $47,000 piano, yet it raises no concern over the cost to outfit, equip and transport sports teams.

Secretary of State Kris Kobach never saw a solution he could not create a problem for.

Stop funding the Republican Party until it impeaches Obama.

There is no “contain ISIS.” There is only “exterminate ISIS.” It is now time for our national and state leaders to stand together and legally legislate together, then initiate dramatic ISIS-destroying actions, but with none of our U.S. troops on the ground.

It never ceases to amaze me that people who complain loudest about welfare for the poor have no problem with corporate welfare. Especially, Fox News.

NBC’s suspension of Brian Williams is a joke. If Fox News suspended everyone who lied on its broadcasts, it would have to hire all the journalists it could find. If I were Williams I would tell NBC to kiss my peacock.

The Brian Williams uproar is a tempest in a teapot. Would you as an untrained civilian in the heat of combat know definitely what was going on around you, and what was hitting the helicopter you’re in?

I cannot understand – if honesty is considered a virtue, then why is it no one wants to hear the truth?

Congress has passed legislation on the Keystone pipeline. Now let’s see if Obama will honor his statement to “work with Congress” and sign it, or if he just lied – again.

Attention, “addiction clinics”: The underlying cause of addiction is enjoyment – and you want to “cure” people of that. The truth is that they are addicted to your insurance money.

To have a gun or not to have one – it’s just a matter of luck. Do you tempt fate by exchanging fire? Or hope that if you cooperate the other person doesn’t shoot you?

If high school seniors are required to study the Second Amendment, they’ll discover that it says it is for the right of the people to keep and bear arms.

If you think your God and your religion should be part of the government, move to the Middle East where that lifestyle is followed. The U.S. is a republic of all the people by all the people.

This story was originally published February 15, 2015 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Feb. 16)."