Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 10)

With camera at the ready, I’m still patiently waiting to see a bicycler actually putting their life on the line to use one of the new street-narrowing bike lanes.

Want to do something about the Islamic State? Don’t elect a Republican to the White House for the next 50 years.

It’s interesting that some find illegal immigration such a big story. Yet, like illegal drugs, as long as there is a big demand you’ll never stop it. Never.

So now we hear that the Department of Defense spent $43 million on a gas station in Afghanistan that was only supposed to cost $500,000. No one knows where the money went. The people who were in charge of these funds should be arrested, but the Obama administration never holds anyone accountable.

It seems that religion causes all the trouble in the world – Muslims against Christians, and conservative Christians against everyone else.

Google “Ted Cruz biography.” All the hits say he was born in Canada. Please explain how he can be a candidate running for president of the United States.

Be wary of any candidate who speaks of the “end-times.” We don’t need that kind of mumbo jumbo in the running of our government.

The Republicans were united after facing very hostile CNBC debate moderators. They in turn followed by canceling an NBC debate and submitting a blinding list of future demands. They seem to have a unique ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Some TV networks tell you only their point of view, while Fox News presents both sides and lets its viewers decide for themselves.

It’s so funny seeing our president and our former secretary of state making fun of the Republican presidential candidates on their pushback against liberal moderators in the debates. Our president and former secretary of state are afraid of Fox News. Par for the course for those two cowards.

China’s one-child policy has caught up with it. Playing God isn’t working anymore.

Congratulations to the amazing, risk-taking Royals. But I doubt that in past postgame celebrations, a George Brett or Mickey Mantle would have donned goggles to protect himself from the ravages of a bottle of Champagne. It’s nothing compared with a 90 mph fastball.

To the two males pushing an empty cart around Wal-Mart on 53rd Street North Wednesday night around 7:30 while shoplifting: I saw you. The older one had a splint on his leg. You probably needed the food. God still loves you.

Nothing screams “I’m easy” like a tramp stamp. Oh, sure, call it “body art” if that helps you sleep better at night. But it wasn’t dubbed a “tramp stamp” for nothin’ now, was it?

This story was originally published November 9, 2015 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Nov. 10)."