Opinion Line (Sept. 22)

Love your Social Security check? Like you unemployment benefits? You are already living in a socialist America, and thank God for it.

We wonder if Obama is paying attention and has learned that countries can close their borders and stop people who are not welcome from coming in.

The intelligence community is asserting that the Obama administration has systematically manipulated data to further the president’s ideological and political objectives. But I am sure it would never do the same thing with regard to global warming.

Marco Rubio is a solid, upstanding man. People need to focus on him and less on the narcissist Donald Trump.

Mike Huckabee said in the debate that he wants to get rid of abortion. If he has such a wand, why not go further and get rid of murder and all killing, including war?

I urge everyone to boycott Lily Tomlin’s new movie, “Grandma.” The plot line of soliciting money for her granddaughter’s abortion is sad and disgusting.

I see former House Speaker Doug Mays, who just became lobbyist for the Legislature’s malfunctioning software vendor, is resorting to the familiar Republican Reagan response for getting caught in the cookie jar of politics. He says he doesn’t remember whether he had anything to do with the purchase.

Rep. Dan Hawkins accepted 41 free meals in five months from the insurance companies he’s “overseeing” on behalf of KanCare’s beneficiaries? Now that they have him trained to eat out of their hands, how long before they teach him to look the other way when they shortchange the state’s most vulnerable citizens?

The fact that ignorance is bliss must explain why the co-hosts of “The View” are such a happy bunch.

I left a funeral wondering where all those who professed to care so much for the old gal have been the past few years. She was confined to her house, and a visit would have benefited everyone.

Those white lines on the road at intersections are not intended to bisect your vehicle. You’re supposed to stop when you see them in front of your hood. Left turners are especially vulnerable when they can’t see ahead.

Customers have grown so lazy. They refuse to look for anything for themselves, refuse to read anything. They treat store associates like doormats and inflate their sense of superiority through constant complaining.

Saturday was global Usher Syndrome Awareness Day. Usher is the most frequent cause of deaf-blindness in humans. Please support the Usher Syndrome Coalition to help find a cure.

This story was originally published September 21, 2015 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Sept. 22)."