Opinion Line Extra (March 9)

Extra, extra, read all about it. Big crime wave in western Kansas. What? Oh, forget it – it’s just a little pot.

With the likes of Sam Brownback, Kris Kobach and their political ilk, Kansas has the perfect state motto: “Ad astra per aspera” (meaning “to the stars through difficulty”). Just about everything with these guys comes with more than a little difficulty.

Everyone’s heard the phrase, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Well, thanks to our governor, Kansas needs some fixing.

The Second Amendment is limited to muskets as much as the First Amendment is limited to quill and parchment.

It’s getting a little tiresome listening to the implication that people who choose to arm themselves are scared little mice. Nuts to you. Let’s see how scared you’re not when an armed intruder breaks into your home and you have no firearms.

The Republican Party no longer represents its base. Moderate and liberal members of Congress should be primaried at every election, to eventually transform the Republicans into a real opposition party.

We got yet-another load of snow. I’m having a real problem trying to remember that global warming is the biggest threat to our nation.

Ah, spring is in the air. Time for everyone to break out their inappropriate attire and expose parts of their skin meant only to be seen by a spouse or physician. That, and to hand me sloppy, wet money out from under a bra. Nice.

Why are there no movies rated G anymore? It’s all PG. Where have all the good ol’ G-rated movies gone?

All that the “animal rights” nuts have accomplished by forcing the removal of elephants from the circus is removing the only opportunity many people have to observe and come in contact with those animals.

Once again the invidious process of daylight saving time is force-fed down our throats. And we accept this utterly useless moronic change like the sponge-spine weaklings the government takes us for.

“Maintain your speed with that of the flow of traffic. It is the law.” Are you serious? Tell that to the highway patrol officer who stops you for going 80 in a 50 mph work zone just because the fool ahead of you was going 80. Have fun in jail.

If you use a cart while shopping and put your purse in the child’s seat, close your purse, wind the child restraint belts through your purse handles, and snap the belt. This will avoid an easy steal by a purse snatcher.

Just outside my window at work, a cowboy rides by on a horse. That takes you back to a simpler time. It is refreshing just to consider.

This story was originally published March 8, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (March 9)."