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Sound Off for May 4, 2016

It ‘self-identifies’ as yellow

You may decide tomorrow that the sky is actually yellow, but don't call me a bigot if I continue to believe that it's blue.

Budget measures

City Council must get out of swimming and golf. Also, they need to maximize the attorneys on the city attorney’s staff.

Self-fulfilling division

Protests show that picking Trump as president will be a divisive choice. The political parties should consult with protesters to determine who they recommend as a unifying president. Yeah, that's the ticket.

Or consolidation of old ones

New Commandment for the Bible: Do not do what you shouldn't do.

They’re talking ‘boundaries’?

NRA: "President Obama's obsession with gun control shows no boundaries." All you have to do is look around to see that it's the gun lobby's obsession with insane gun decontrol that truly has no boundaries.

Hedging her bets

Seems Whoopi has changed her mind about leaving the country if Trump wins. Guess she's seeing the handwriting on the wall … that Hillary will lose.

Tomorrow the world

Trump is a national joke. As President, he would be an international joke.

This story was originally published May 3, 2016 at 6:00 AM with the headline "Sound Off for May 4, 2016."

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