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DRUNK ON TAXES
To “We’ll Drink To That,” saying that the LCB hasn’t raised prices since the 1990s. Well, I don’t know what they were raising, but maybe you can explain to me why a fifth of Dewar’s only costs $18.99 in the state of Delaware, and when you get done buying it in the state of Pennsylvania costs $28.26. Why is there a $10 difference? It must be taxes.
POND OF DREAMS
I agree with “Room For Improvements” that the White House and public monuments in D.C. need to be cleaned up, but I had to laugh when they referred to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool by saying “they should go over to the Lincoln Memorial and look at the pond in front of it.” That has to be the most blunt talking Yankee thing I’ve heard in a while.
GOOD QUESTION
There is a whole litany of issues with what “Blame The Insurers” is saying, but that’s start with the obvious. Insurance companies are going to start raising premiums when they’re forced to defy the basic idea of insurance and start taking people with pre-existing conditions. What do you think would happen to car insurance if everybody could buy a new policy on a car while it’s sitting ready for the scrap yard after you wrecked it without insurance?
LOOK AROUND YOU
“Rules Are Rules” asks what deregulation occurred with the Internet and GPS and says they can’t think of any. Considering that the Internet was solely in the hands of the military and research universities, and GPS was available only to the military, I’d say a ton of deregulation went on.
SEA-ING THINGS
I saw last week that the city of Margate is suing the Army Corps of Engineers to stop their project and come up with a fix for ponding water on a dune renewal project. You know, these are the same Jersey Shore towns that when there’s a hurricane or Super Storm Sandy and all want beach renewal where they pump sand in from the ocean through big hoses. The American taxpayers bail them out after time after time, storm after storm, and on top of that beachgoers pay to use the beach. I have unique idea – tell the Army Corps of Engineers to stop the project and never go back to the beach again. And when God and nature reclaim their houses, the homeowner can talk to their insurance agent. DISGUSTED BEACH TAG BUYER
SIGN THEM UP
Have all the hippies who want to reduce carbon emissions ever thought of training an army of raccoons to take care of municipal garbage services? If I’m not mistaken there has a big increase around the country in non-union garbage workers over the last couple of decades, so this would kill two birds for our leftist friends in their fight against fossil fuels and scabs. CYNICAL VOTER
SOME FREE ADVICE
To all musicians: Please sing your songs without making personal or political comments. People go to hear you sing to get away from the problems of the day. Also, if you’re going to promote a new album at a concert, please charge a lot less. CLASSIC ROCKER
DON’T BLAME TRUMP
I heard people complaining about Trump making that “fire and fury” comment on the anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki. This is what’s so messed up about the regressive American left today. I will throw money down that it never even crossed their minds to say that North Korea shouldn’t be threatening to nuke Guam over the course of the three days corresponding to the anniversaries of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki attacks.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
Trump is a micromanager. If you work for Trump and you don’t produce, he tells you about it. Since “Made Man In Morton” wants to bring up “The Godfather,” remember – “It’s not personal. It’s business.”
GET CLEAN
To “Union Guy On Union Ave.,” no, we don’t want these things shipped by rail. We also don’t want them shipped in the pipeline either. We want to get rid of them and go to alternative, clean energy like the rest of the world is doing. ONE WHO KNOWS