Opinion Line Extra (Dec. 16)

Hey, Gov. Sam Brownback, have you noticed the sun has not been shining in Kansas since the election?

So Brownback didn’t know the state budget would be in the red, and his commission investigating whether our earthquakes are associated with fracking has no definitive evidence. Do these people even know the sun comes up in the east?

The Washington lawmakers are so concerned about how we got information from terrorists because we were mean and cruel to them. I don’t hear too much from the lawmakers about how the terrorists cut off Americans’ heads. I guess that isn’t mean enough, but waterboarding is?

Two reasons for Democrats to publicly release the “torture report” are to disgrace America, as always, and to inflame the Muslim world. Meanwhile, we are saving thousands of African Muslim lives from Ebola.

We’re finally getting over the Bush recession. I sure don’t want another one.

I would think it is time to recognize that the Democrats should think twice about Republican objections to Obamacare. Jonathan Gruber made it clear the Democrats were the “stupid” people who believe the lies used by Obama and Kathleen Sebelius.

Obama’s executive order will result in more illegal immigration, and American communities and taxpayers will continue to be burdened by this problem.

I’ll take the law-abiding illegal aliens who are living here over the native residents who don’t think they need to obey the laws.

I would donate to charity if they can prove none of my donations will go to illegal aliens.

Every negative police action has become daily headlines in the national press. How about showing some of positive aspects from the other 100,000 interactions that happen every day? The next time one of these reporters is robbed, let them call one of the criminals they are promoting daily.

There is a disturbing trend among some of today’s young parents. They get angry at or try to manipulate their own parents and withhold the grandchildren, cutting off all contact. This is so hurtful and cruel for the children, as well as the grandparents.

Humans have always been prone to addictions of all kinds. It seems like we have to be addicted to something or we can’t function. But we have invented another addiction, the smartphone.

We live in ZIP code 67206. On Dec. 8 our mail was delivered to our home at 7:21 p.m. Delivery is usually around 6 p.m. What will delivery time be when the Christmas rush arrives?

I don’t understand the mean-spirited remarks the readers make about some of the Kansas sports teams. I am a Kansan, and I cheer for all of the Kansas teams and want them to do well.

This story was originally published December 15, 2014 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Dec. 16)."