Opinion Line Extra (July 15)

If corporations aren’t allowed to make political campaign contributions, then labor unions shouldn’t be allowed to make them. There’s no appreciable difference between the two.

Donald Trump is right. Now a family mourns a young woman in San Francisco killed by an illegal immigrant who should have been removed by our sorry government and wasn’t. Pray it’s not your daughter next time. There will be a next time.

All presidents and all representatives since the birth of the nation bear responsibility for Mexicans crossing the border illegally. Yes, it’s been going on that long. They all talk the talk, but with no results.

Obama’s idea of immigration is to let all illegal immigrants in and then use local police to chase the criminals among them around the country and fill the prisons. American lives lost are just Obama’s collateral damage.

Want to know why health care premiums are on the rise? Look at the astronomical salaries of the health care executives, not Obamacare. Always follow the money when looking for corruption.

New reports warn that health insurance premiums will increase dramatically this year. No surprise there. Obamacare was planned to eventually make it so painfully expensive and inconvenient that the public would cry out for relief. The cure-all? Single-payer plan.

A leader in U.S. policy said on TV that the Iran agreement is the worst treaty ever negotiated by an American president. Maybe it’s time to look at impeachment.

Is John Kerry the reincarnation of Neville Chamberlain?

One question that dawned on me recently: Why is it that we fly the rebel flag and make a big deal out of it, but I don’t ever recall seeing a Union battle flag? It’s all history.

If you cannot see how gay marriage affects freedom of religion, you must not have any religion in you.

The emergency line for the Fourth is a great big joke. The city does not care that people are breaking the law. If it did, my whole neighborhood would be given a ticket.

Maggie Gyllenhaal being considered too old at 37 for a 55-year-old man reminds me of a line in “The First Wives Club.” Goldie Hawn plays an actress who says, “There are only three ages for women in Hollywood: babe, district attorney and ‘Driving Miss Daisy.’”

We were sick of cable prices. We joined some friends in ordering antennas off the Internet and now have free TV. We get the local stations and all the old shows of the ’70s and before – Carol Burnett, “Columbo,” “Rockford Files,” “Quincy,” old Westerns and many others. Hardly a commercial.

Word to the wise: When you install the new Cox “mini boxes,” your $200 TV remote will be worthless.

This story was originally published July 14, 2015 at 7:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (July 15)."