Opinion Line Extra (Jan. 19)

More people should eat their foods as medicine so they won’t have to eat medicine as their food.

Now I understand why the city of Wichita never has any money to make improvements. While I was driving home from work, with the top down, 60 degrees outside, I was passed by a city dump truck putting salt down and realized there was only a 20 percent chance of flurries.

Iran just released five American prisoners. That must be frustrating for neo-con chicken hawks and the Israeli radicals who keep ranting that Iran is ruled by irrational radicals, and try to push the U.S. to attack Iran as a pawn for Israel’s politicos.

Some people may have laughed about all the Republican candidates running for president six months ago, but now we see the Democrats with a socialist taking the lead for them. Wow. Enough said.

Bernie Sanders kicked Hillary Clinton’s rear in the Democrat debate.

My service station pumps my gas, washes my windows, checks my oil level, and checks my tire air level and has for years – so America is still great. It will be “truly” great when a Republican is voted in as president.

The French Revolution freed all slaves on French soil while the American Revolution resulted only in the freeing of white men. People should consider this when listening to reactionaries such as Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.

I can think of two benefits for electing a Republican president in November. One, Gov. Sam Brownback and the Legislature will have to look elsewhere to blame the state’s problems. Two, columnist Charles Krauthammer will have to find something new to complain about.

Is it true that Republican legislators have a rubber stamp that reads, “Don’t let the fear of God or better judgment stand in the way of doing what Brownback wants”?

I have a “what if” for the governor: What if you stop being the anti-Robin Hood and quit stealing from the poor and giving to the rich?

WSU professor emeritus John H. Wilson shouldn’t worry (“Brownback’s merit pay plan misunderstands role of teachers,” Jan. 12 Opinion). An equitable merit pay system for teachers can be devised that rewards for class progress relative to each class’ starting point. Such systems are common in the private, nonunion sector.

Attention, all you marketing geniuses out there: I realize you were taught that loud, obnoxious commercials get people’s attention. That was before remotes were developed with mute buttons.

To the person who laughed at the people who spent money on the Powerball and didn’t win: You must have one big inferiority complex to make something as trivial as that a way to feel like you’re better than everybody else.

This story was originally published January 18, 2016 at 6:02 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Jan. 19)."