Opinion Line (Jan. 9)

Just like when celebrities at award shows receive goodie bags worth thousands of dollars, the city is giving free parking at the airport to privileged people who can afford to pay. Typical.

I’m an entrepreneur, and I have yet to see the local entrepreneurial cheerleaders put their money where their mouths are.

It is unbelievable how many people don’t vote. That is how we get into trouble. Think of the countries where citizens risk their lives and travel great distances to try to vote.

Good for Rep. Mike Pompeo for standing with our military when they are confronted with an unlawful order from Obama to bring terrorists to Kansas.

I will continue to choose hope and change over what the other side has to offer: fear and loathing.

Obama releases two Gitmo detainees and makes it more difficult for Americans to get guns. Whose side is he on?

You know things are getting bad when you notice a new gun purchaser at Gander Mountain getting into his car that sports an Obama bumper sticker.

If you have an issue with a simple background check to buy a firearm, why not have issues with companies conducting background checks before they hire you or apartments before they allow you to rent, or providing a birth certificate to vote? What are you afraid they will find?

Regarding “Can you be pro-Jesus and pro-gun?” (Jan. 3 Opinion): Saying that Jesus never resorted to violence is a lame defense of gun control. Until I can “disappear in their midst,” as Jesus did when threatened before his appointed time to die, I will carry a gun.

A professed Christian who feels the need to have a gun for protection reveals his fear is greater than his faith that God will protect him. A true Christian does not fear his future.

Please quit suggesting that because Jesus hung out with sinners, He condoned sin. Jesus told the adulterous woman, “Go and sin no more.” Jesus would have rightly refused to perform an abortion or participate in a marriage outside God’s stated law, because He would not sin against His Father’s will.

Why is it some misinformed dudes have to wear their caps in restaurants while eating? It’s pretty tacky. And while this state is on a kick to conserve water, why do restaurants serve water in half-gallon glasses?

Thank you to the gentlemen who helped me up after I fell on the ice at Dillons at 37th and Woodlawn. Thanks also to the lady who works in the store. Happy New Year to all of you.

This story was originally published January 8, 2016 at 6:04 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Jan. 9)."