Opinion Line Extra (Jan. 19)

If everyone drove the exact speed limit, not 1 mph over and not 1 mph under, hardly anyone would ever be in anyone else’s way.

People are criticizing Liam Neeson for his comment about the ridiculous number of guns in America, in contrast to his use of weapons in his movies. My statement: One is reality, one is fiction.

Interesting how leftists vilify the NRA, which has done more than anyone else to protect our constitutionally guaranteed right to bear arms and to teach and promote gun safety, yet they support every Constitution-undermining action of the current president.

A lot of people are advocating having all police wear body cameras. If that were reciprocal, meaning the advocates also had to wear body cameras, no one would ever mention it again.

Why don’t NOAA and the global warming community stop the nonsense and just declare every future year the hottest on record right now?

Mr. President: You can’t be nice to terrorists and expect a good outcome. Secure our borders now.

I shake my head in disbelief. The U.S. economy is finally recovering from the Bush/Republican recession, and people actually voted to put them back in power.

Gov. Sam Brownback’s State of the State address reminded me of the colon cleanse I took the other day – bland, tasteless and nasty results.

Brownback should not be able to take money away from schools.

Too few voters today know enough about all of the candidates to make a knowledgeable vote, and thus either skip that part of the ballot or vote for their party’s candidate. Secretary of State Kris Kobach wants to eliminate even that thought process. And no one is surprised.

Kansas: Evil people taking advantage of stupid people.

The biggest waste in the state budget are the governor’s and legislators’ salaries and benefits.

Kansas is No. 9 in most regressive state and local sales taxes. Kansas is aiming for No. 1 with increases in state and local sales taxes.

No, the state government does not need to get its hands on more tax money. We are not indentured servants whose role it is to work for funding the government. The government will just take the stolen money and give it to freeloaders.

When a taxpayer has a total of $1,700 withheld from paychecks for taxes but then receives a $5,800 tax refund, something is wrong. No wonder the government is broke.

I received an invitation in the mail to attend Mayor Carl Brewer’s State of the City address. How much did all this cost taxpayers in terms of printing and postage? How many invites were mailed?

People should realize the harm they do to people when they bully them.

Tacos are good. Doughnuts are good.

This story was originally published January 18, 2015 at 6:03 PM with the headline "Opinion Line Extra (Jan. 19)."