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Sound Off for September 21, 2017

A lose-lose proposition

Those who erase the past will only purge the wisdom and preserve the evils.

You clearly have too much money

If you are really going to buy a $1,000 telephone, I’ve got some oceanside property in Arizona I sure would like to talk to you about.

Where that money’s needed:

I pulled out $500 from my 401K to help victims of Harvey. I hope others will do the same.

By the feds’ own numbers ...

Sure, blacks are three times more likely than whites to be killed by police. But they're five times more likely to kill police (FBI, 2015). You can't have an argument while ignoring half the picture.

Ask the 1980 Reagan question

Most Republican voters are middle-class to actually poor, living paycheck to paycheck. Get it straight — you vote for people who make you poorer, then force you to buy in the dollar stores they own.

Since we paid for half of it

Charlie Harper: "...the Atlanta Falcons christened their new home for the next thirty years or so..." We can only hope!

This story was originally published September 20, 2017 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Sound Off for September 21, 2017."

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