Opinion Line (Dec. 13)

Listening to a progressive complain about the high cost of Obamacare is like listening to a burglar who got his leg caught in a chimney.

The case for progressive taxation is found in regressive taxation.

People who whine about political correctness just want an excuse to be rude so that their behavior appears to be normal. It’s not. It is still rude, classless behavior.

“Safe spaces.” Is that a politically correct place for people to go cringe in the corner and suck their thumbs? A lot of people seem to be doing that lately. Given what passes for government, that might not be such a bad idea.

Message to ISIS and all terrorists: Your despicable acts do not “scare” me. They only infuriate me and fill me “with a terrible resolve.” Notice has been served.

How many mass shootings on American soil have been done by Muslims? How many by angry, mentally disturbed, young, white, middle- and upper-class males? We’re all afraid. Scapegoating and hatred aren’t going to help. We’ve got to stick together. We’re a nation of immigrants. Always have been.

All DCF practices should be audited, not just those involving discrimination against same-sex foster parents. DCF should be audited especially on its policies and practices regarding the removal of children from their families and reintegration into their homes.

Where are all the voter fraud cases against illegal immigrants that Kris Kobach promised us? How is making everyone produce a birth certificates going to keep legal voters from voting in two states? The only fraud here is what Kobach has perpetrated on the citizens of Kansas.

Like it or not, County Commissioners Jim Howell, Richard Ranzau and Karl Peterjohn are doing what the voters elected them to do – cut spending.

Why did we need to vote whether to raise the city sales tax when there was more than enough money to give CEO-grade raises to the City Council members? They must be using Gov. Sam Brownback’s financial advisers: Two plus two equals 22.

The City Council should not be able to raise its own wages. That should strictly come from a vote of Wichita’s citizens.

So water rates will rise and more money will be spent paying the bills of the needy. You are killing the middle class. Stop giving away our money and maybe you will have enough to repair the system. We are tired of it.

The public has every right to see video from police body cameras without delay. The ugly and often illegal behavior of the rogue officers won’t stop until they face the reality of instant exposure.

My father loved me enough to teach me to respect authority of the law. He said I should address an officer with “sir” and we could deal with it later. Right or wrong, it was not worth the risk to argue. I am 76, retired and happy.

This story was originally published December 12, 2015 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Dec. 13)."