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Sound Off for September 16, 2017

They talk funny

People with New York accents should be forced to take a course in Southern English.

Inattendance

Donald Trump’s popularity is improving. There was an anti-Trump rally scheduled in Florida on the 9th and no one showed up.

Catch-22

If you pull up to a police checkpoint and the officer asks for your information and you take your hands off the wheel to get it, is that a violation?

Our invitation

Don’t worry about Nazis crawling into the White House. They were elected.

Numbers anomaly

If your Civil War great grandfather died in 1865 and your grandfather died in WWII (1942), at a minimum he was 77. Check your math, your story or your DNA.

The word matters

I love to talk about “fair taxes,” if we’re talking about the wealthy paying a proportionally fair share.

Crossing a line

Trump keeps on stirring things up with countries that do not like us. Sooner or later someone is going to stir back.

On this point ...

I may not agree with Hillary's blaming others for the loss of the election, but one thing I do agree with: Donald is a creep.

In vino veritas

A drunk man says what a sober man is thinking.

This story was originally published September 15, 2017 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Sound Off for September 16, 2017."

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