Opinion Line Extra (July 9)

If you have hundreds of fireworks complaints and very few citations, what’s the use of a call-in line? Someone should sue the city for failing to enforce the laws. Make it a class action and you will have hundreds of people join.

Fire all the fireworks you want, but when the clock says 10 p.m. they must stop. Stop being rude and a nuisance.

People, if you have dogs and they are scared out of their wits hearing fireworks going off, take them in the house. It’s a no-brainer.

For anyone with a pit bull problem: You live in Kansas. You have the right to carry, the right to defend yourself and your family, and the right to stand your ground. You take it from there.

So I’m going to presume that Westar Energy is going to propose a huge rate decrease since the Supreme Court decision lets it off the hook on clean air from its coal plants, right?

Secretary of State Kris Kobach must stop wasting taxpayers’ money on fighting for laws that are unduly burdensome.

Of course there is voter fraud in Kansas. That is the only possible way Kobach and Brownback could have gotten re-elected.

Are you aware how much Obama is quietly decimating our military, its readiness, its abilities and its personnel?

To the person who said the president’s rendition of “Amazing Grace” was the worst ever: My prayer for you is that you will experience the grace that the president spoke of and sang about.

The tea party platform only says that government should pay its bills. All tea party haters ought to relish a place like Greece, where the government handouts in excess of revenues are a classic example of what the haters envy.

You say you hate socialism? Then prove it. Don’t avail yourself of any municipal offerings like roads, water, sewer, fire protection, police protection, parks. And don’t buy insurance of any kind because that’s socialism, too.

No, Social Security and Medicare are not government assistance. You paid for them.

What will our delegates in Washington say to their constituents who have finally been able to get health insurance coverage? How will they be helped if they lose their insurance? The GOP has no replacement plan in place.

I think it’s OK to proudly fly the Confederate flag – wait a minute. Weren’t they the ones who enslaved humans? And didn’t they assassinate Abraham Lincoln, our greatest president? Have they ever really apologized for any of this? There’s nothing connected with that flag to be proud of.

Southern politicians aren’t showing courage by calling for the removal of the Confederate battle flag. Quite the opposite. I believe it’s called “pandering” or, more to the point, gutlessness.

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