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Sound Off for February 15, 2017

Bush 41 the last to qualify

In order to become a school superintendent, you should have been a teacher first. In order to become Commander-in-Chief, you should have been in the military first.

Emissions come from ... us

Climate change can't be stopped because China and India refuse to reduce emissions. If all nations obeyed identical limits, thus reducing current emission levels, population increases would quickly offset that. Population control is the key.

Eternal conflict

Patriotism and religion (who is god?) will oddly be the demise of all humans. Your god is real. Their god is real. Each in opposition. We are beings on a planet in space. Hello?

Aim high

Alabama Governor Bentley, champion of morals, appoints Luther Strange to the U.S. Senate. Why not appoint your girlfriend, or maybe Mike Hubbard?

‘Information’ a relative value

We live in the information age, yet we're on the precipice of anarchy and civil war because we lack the common sense required to know how to filter, sort, qualify, analyze, and react to information.

This story was originally published February 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Sound Off for February 15, 2017."

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