Opinion Line Extra (June 19)

Many Kansans want to know where the jobs are that were promised by the Brownback tax cut plan. Barack Obama said his stimulus plan “created or saved millions of jobs.” The big lie worked for Obama. Maybe it will work in Kansas.

The budget hole was created when Gov. Sam Brownback eliminated taxes on the wealthy and small-business owners. Now his Legislature fixes the budget hole by raising taxes on everyone except the wealthy and small-business owners. What happened to the Midwestern values of honesty and fairness?

Now we know our governor would take money from medical programs needed for the elderly and do more drastic cuts to our schools before making his wealthy business buddies pay their fair share of income taxes. Just how deep is the moral abyss that makes up Sam Brownback?

Why do Republicans keep voting against their own best interests? Today’s Republican voters will cast their ballot for the person who does not represent their true needs or even their true desires.

Listening in on the Internet to the Kansas House last week showed me how hard our legislators were working. After a few minutes in session, they’d adjourn for hours or until the next day. This is how a do-nothing, outrageously expensive legislative body works while wasting taxpayer dollars.

Every time I see Sen. Michael O’Donnell on TV, why does Howdy Doody pop into my head?

Hey, Republicans: Perhaps the defeat of the 1 percent citywide sales tax has something to do with what a letter to the editor called the “disappointing” conditions at the Keeper of the Plains. Just saying.

George W. Bush and his administration should be recognized as the biggest con artists in history. Bigger than Bernie Madoff.

You “believe it is morally wrong to give medals to soldiers for killing people”? What “people” are you referring to? Would you rather give medals to ISIS or the like for killing us?

So John Kerry breaks a leg and is flown back to the U.S. in a huge military transport plane. How many tens of thousands of dollars did this cost the American taxpayers? No commercial flights available?

Why are you still seeing George Stephanopoulos on TV? Why am I still seeing Karl Rove and Oliver North? Because their presidents gave them a pass to save their own skins.

I predict the name Caitlyn will drastically drop in popularity as a given name for a newborn.

Country music is about people who have committed adultery, are committing adultery or want to commit adultery, and/or people who abuse alcohol.

Regarding the plot of the upcoming film “Pixels”: Space aliens would be too smart to take over this warring world.

This story was originally published June 18, 2015 at 7:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (June 19)."