Opinion Line Extra (Dec. 1)

The grand jury got it right. Michael Brown, through his actions, brought his demise at his own hand. And what of the rumor that the people causing the destruction are not even from the area?

Apparently, the Wichita “hands up, don’t shoot” protesters didn’t take time to hear or read the real evidence released by the grand jury of their peers.

If you want to stop looting and burning, all you have to do is give orders to shoot to kill. You won’t have to deal with the scum in the future.

Bottom line: Michael Brown would be alive today if he had simply replied, “Sure, officer,” when he was told to get out of the street. Attitude is everything, but if you are raised to have no respect for authority, this is the result.

This day and age, a black man can marry a white woman and they can live anywhere they want, raise a family and live Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream. Don’t tell me we haven’t made leaps and bounds since 1964. I was there.

If I did not pay my federal taxes, I would be sitting in jail. Why isn’t Al Sharpton, who owes millions in back taxes, sitting in jail instead of inciting riots in Ferguson? Laws in the U.S. should be for all, not just some.

Benjamin Crump should shut his mouth. He has zero credibility.

The media keep force-feeding us so much with gay marriage. Why not just throw it all at us at once by canceling the assigned band and making the Super Bowl halftime show one big mass gay wedding?

Before the election, Gov. Sam Brownback said the sun is shining in Kansas and don’t let anybody tell you different. Seems as though it has clouded over since, and I’m sure it will stay that way under Brownback’s leadership.

If we believe Brownback’s statement that that he didn’t know about the $279 million budget shortfall until after the election, he is incompetent. If we don’t, then he deliberately and consistently lied for months . Either way, he should be subject to recall.

Only in government can you face a $279 million shortfall and the person responsible doesn’t lose his job.

Amazing that folks are more bothered by Ray Merrick’s inconsequential comments than they are the comments of Jonathan Gruber that the government lied to them because they’re so stupid.

Fact: Calling something a fact doesn’t make it a fact.

What a pitiful life you must have when you don’t have the ability or strength to change out of your pajamas, slippers or “lounge” pants before you venture out into the public, or to put on a winter-weight coat in wintertime. Perhaps the authorities need to check your mental state.

This story was originally published November 30, 2014 at 6:05 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Dec. 1)."