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Opinion Line Extra (April 22)

Is it possible for someone to get through to Obama and explain that Obamacare is the real threat to everyone’s health, and not the fantasy of “global warming”?


After Richard Nixon lied about a “secret plan” to end the Vietnam War, Americans should have learned that conservatives are only good at lying.


ISIS is a subhuman army from hell. With them, depravity and murdering Christians are routine. James Foley is a testament to their butchery.


The state is not telling people on assistance how to spend their money. The state is telling them how not to spend our money.


How will the state monitor welfare recipients’ spending without violating confidentiality? If a child presents money to swim at a public pool, how will the person in charge know whether it is welfare dollars or money from his grandmother or from mowing lawns?


Because the laws in Wichita are not being enforced for dumping trash and having trash services, we need to ask our mayor, city manager and our City Council: Do we really need a trash transfer station?


Do I have this right? If a criminal runs from the police, he is home free because the police officer cannot shoot him while he is running away? Commit a crime but just don’t face the officer. Run like crazy.


In my opinion another guilty person found not guilty: Amanda Knox.


If marriage is only for procreation, would someone who has had a vasectomy be banned from marriage? If he had a vasectomy after marriage, would the marriage then be null?


Why does it take a law? For those of you who don’t want to serve homosexuals, please make a sign and place it where your customers can see it today.


Gun nuts have a savior complex.


Membership to my organization is open to everyone, except people who are small-minded and/or if your name is Sam Brownback.


It is right to be dignified and magnanimous in victory, but how we respond to the bitterness of defeat is often what defines us. Words spoken in times of stress can be indicative of our real self, what is hidden in our hearts.


Know the difference between men and women? Women have the most tattoos.


If each of the 19 Duggar children have 19 kids each, that’s 361 grandchildren for Michelle and Jim Bob.


It appears that the cartoons are descending into the world of smut. What a shame that the really good ones seem to be following that path.


When are they going to open the records on what really happened when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated? I was 7 years old. It had an impact on me, and I want the truth be told before I pass on.

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This story was originally published April 21, 2015 at 7:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (April 22)."

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