Opinion Line Extra (Sept. 25)

It’s odd how the GOP screams about giving poor people food stamps but has no problem giving oil companies $38 billion or Wall Street banks $70 billion in subsidies.

We actually pay into the Social Security system. We, and our employers, actually pay into unemployment benefits. That is not socialism. Moochers who do neither of these things but expect others to foot their bill in life abuse the rest of us through their unearned entitlements. That is socialism.

The government-run retirement fund called Social Security may be socialistic, but I was forced by the government to pay into it all my working life and that small check I get monthly is nothing more than them paying me a pittance compared with what I originally paid them.

The world is allowing an evil to become war victors without firing a single shot. Our grandchildren will hate us for this action.

It’s OK for Americans to hate war, but Americans should never hate our warriors.

Bill Clinton had the opportunity to arrest Osama bin Laden in 1997 and send him to prison. Clinton did nothing. The Sept. 11 attack in 2001 is on him.

I notice people only trot out “What would Jesus do?” when it suits them. As for accepting Syrian refugees, I think we should accept as many as Saudi Arabia does.

I would ask Democrats if they would want an evangelical Christian for president.

Has there ever been a presidential candidate as thin-skinned as Donald Trump? The man has absolutely no idea how to turn the other cheek.

It’s amazing how the leftist Democrats who regularly shout out against separation of church and state have no voice when embracing the pope to parade him around Washington, D.C., while spurring him to push their political issues. Evidence of the true hypocrisy in play.

When that little girl rushed out to greet Pope Francis with a message about her parents being held for illegal immigration, she was that anchor baby that Trump and so many Republicans scornfully speak of.

If the pope can arrive in a Fiat, why can our senators and congressmen not do the same?

I am sure glad the pope is in the U.S. so I have something to watch on TV.

Voters need to always keep in mind whether a candidate will vote for giving the people more freedom, or less. Too often, politicians pass laws taking freedoms away from people. I thought this was America. Pay attention to your candidate on that point.

If Terri Moses didn’t have the right “skill set,” then why was she one of two finalists for police chief? And the city wonders why we don’t trust its leadership decisions.

The two best things about McDonald’s are the french fries and the restrooms.

This story was originally published September 24, 2015 at 7:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Sept. 25)."