Opinion Line (Jan. 22)

Americans don’t want to view their neighbors’ successes as their misfortune, but our president does.

The State of the Union address was a lot of applause by Democrats interrupted occasionally by Obama. What a joke. He thinks climate change is a threat to our national security. Hey, pal, how about parking that gas-guzzling Air Force One you ride around in?

After watching the State of the Union address, I am firmly convinced that Barack Obama is living proof that marijuana use in adolescents results in mental deficiencies in adult life.

If the Democrats wouldn’t clap after every sentence Obama reads on the teleprompter at the State of the Union address, we could get the lies – I mean his speech over within an hour or less.

I cannot believe how very disrespectful the Republicans were to a sitting president during his State of the Union speech.

Really? Did House Speaker John Boehner not hear one thing the president said that could change his mad face to a smile?

I am so disappointed in the Republican response to the State of the Union address. I thought Sen. Joni Ernst would show a video clip of her only claim to fame – castrating hogs.

The pit-bull image Sarah Palin portrayed has been replaced by the very articulate and attractive Joni Ernst spreading the same old GOP manure.

It looks like Sam Brownback has finally hit on the correct method of creating jobs – increase the tax on cigarettes and liquor, where it will make it profitable for some enterprising individuals to bootleg. What a way to create jobs.

Smokers and drinkers already pay way more than their fair share of taxes. The poor who smoke and drink will continue. How dare the government take food out of the mouths of children? Maybe it’s time to tax people who stuff themselves with pop, french fries and doughnuts.

Candidates for Wichita mayor and City Council: If you want to cut the city budget, then give details and specifics, and not generalities.

Who said cheating doesn’t pay? Just look at the New England Patriots.

Surely it’s time to review the comics so we can get rid of a few of the awful ones. “Frazz” is terrible. “Dilbert” needs to be thrown off a bridge. And “WuMo” is a waste of ink. Bring back “Shoe” and “Hagar the Horrible,” and “Get Fuzzy” in reruns.

The two ladies dressed in red singing and praising on The Eagle’s Jan. 20 front page were just beautiful in their joy.

This story was originally published January 21, 2015 at 6:04 PM with the headline "Opinion Line (Jan. 22)."