Opinion Line Extra (May 25)

Giving Kris Kobach prosecutorial powers for election fraud is like putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

We pay politicians overtime to drag their heels in figuring out how to tax us more after giving themselves and their friends a sweetheart deal that none of them understood. Such a sweet life being a sucker – I mean a Kansan.

Punishing schools, the poor and the middle class to protect tax breaks for rich and small businesses is not the way to correct a devastating financial blunder by Gov. Sam Brownback. Finally some of the legislators are standing up for the majority of Kansans.

Stop and think for a moment about the huge amount of money we pay in taxes. And now they want to raise the sales tax? We should have seen that coming when Wichita tried to get voters to pass it.

Now our “sun is always shining” governor says he’ll “fix” the assistance program where recipients can only withdraw $25 a day so Kansas won’t lose $102 million in federal funding. If he fixes that like he did the state budget, the recipients won’t get $1 a day.

Local government has given away so many incentives that businesses know where the “Taxpayers’ Bank” is located. Now businesses can blackmail their way into incentives with promises of new jobs or threats to leave town.

The Philadelphia Amtrak engineer who doesn’t remember is like Hillary Clinton not remembering her scandalous acts.

There is nothing positive written in The Eagle about Republicans because there is nothing positive about Republicans.

As if voting for Obama wasn’t stupid enough, now we have idiots who actually believe Hillary Clinton would make a good candidate for the office. What is wrong with this country? Oh, yeah – Democrats. That would explain it.

With bikers in Texas having exercised their “right to bear arms” with their pistols and high-powered assault rifles, you can expect it to happen again – maybe in Kansas next time.

Lately it seems more soldiers die in helicopter crashes than do fighting. If these were civilian helicopters that were crashing, the FAA would shut them down.

Realtors: Spring Parade of Homes is over. Pick up your signs.

Isn’t it strange how a person like Kim Jong Un can be so filled with hate? If he were to say he’s tired of being separated from the rest of the world and wants to reunite Korea, he would go down as one of the greatest leaders of all time.

Life can be beautiful. David Letterman is off the air and “American Idol” will soon be idle.

A great big “thank you” to the Opinion Line contributor who used the word “tomfoolery.” I hadn’t heard that for years and it gave me a great big smile.

This story was originally published May 24, 2015 at 6:58 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (May 25)."