Opinion Line (Aug. 31)

You may have heard the term “military industrial complex,” but how about “entitlement industrial complex”?

Too bad our vets don’t get the same medical care as our prisoners. No waiting in line for treatment there.

Of course we need reasonable voter ID laws. With 11 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S., that should be obvious.

Beware – Kris Kobach is the Donald Trump of Kansas.

Donald Trump: I can build airplanes. However, I can’t build spaceships. You can build 95-story buildings, but you can’t reconstruct our government.

Anyone who could approve of Trump simply even taking a public tour of the White House, let alone being president, is a total chump.

Vester Flanagan – murderer, racist, coward.

A gay black male kills two straight white people on live TV trying to start a “race war.” Can we start a Straight Lives Matter and White Lives Matter movement? No, because that would be racist and homophobic. Wow – gotta love America.

Let’s treat guns like cars. Owners should have a license that proves competency, registration and insurance. Then institute education for misdemeanor offenses, suspension of license for multiple offenses, and jail time for weapons used while under the influence.

Would those who think the picture of Christ should have stayed in the Chanute school have argued to keep a picture of Muhammad, a Buddha or a Wiccan symbol? If one religion gets a display, all will insist on equal treatment. So it’s best to leave all religious symbols at home.

If American schools, such as the one in Chanute, have to remove any religious artifacts or a picture of Jesus Christ due to “freedom from religion,” then I don’t ever want to have to respect any other religion in this country. Ever.

If public school teachers would dress professionally, it would give them and the important job they do more credibility and respect. Parochial schools have employee dress codes, as do most corporations.

If I crash an airplane, they won’t put me in charge of training new pilots. But here we have Sen. Ty Masterson, R-Andover, who filed bankruptcy related to a failed business, lecturing school districts on how to spend their money.

What ivory tower genius decided the final comma in a series is no longer necessary? Its omission leads to confusion, rereading, and loss of clarity. Bring back that comma.

This story was originally published August 30, 2015 at 7:05 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Aug. 31)."