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WE NEED THE WEED
Hey, you want this opioid scourge to end? Legalize marijuana. Seriously, I’ve been to places like Denver – some of the cleanest cities ever with pretty much next to no real crime, no real homeless epidemic, and no real drug problem. It’s ridiculous that a plant that helps people is illegal. It just breaks my brain and breaks my heart.
CHANGE THE LAW
Well, once again the sky hasn’t fallen despite the left claiming that would be the immediate consequence of Jeff Sessions’ reversing the Obama-era marijuana directives. As someone who supports marijuana legalization and the rule of law, here’s an idea: Stop whining about Trump and Sessions, and start calling your federal legislators to fix the Controlled Substances Act.
SEEING THINGS
I see that the two new Democratic members of the Delaware County Council are already stirring the pot a little bit. I feel a big tax increase coming – that’s for sure. CONCORD RESIDENT
WONDERING
Hi, I was wondering if anybody happens to know when the hot dog stand on MacDade Boulevard is going to open up. It looks like it’s all done and I was just wondering if anybody knew. Also, does anybody knows what they’re building in the Pathmark spot on MacDade? CURIOUS RESIDENT
PICTURE THAT
I just wanted to say great calendar in the Jan. 4 paper. I bet the children and grandchildren and possibly great-grandchildren were amazed to see how their older family members were at work when they were young. Old photos are so rare. Thanks again, you made my day.
DEAL WITH THE DEALERS
I see by the headline on a front page last week that the governor declared war on drugs. Well, in war, people die. Does that means that he’s going to ask for the death penalty for drug dealers? The only people who are going to get rich in this are the drug companies and health care providers. They’re going make to bundle because this is what people want.
LISTEN UP
To “Words: Bad,” I’m looking forward to the day Trump’s Oval Office recordings are released. They are the only contender for toppling LBJ from the top spot on the “Most Hilarious” presidential tape list.
BIG WHOOP
Walmart is crediting the Republican tax bill for now starting their employees off at $11 an hour, and this is a joke. Before this abomination of a bill, Walmart could easily have started their employees off at $15 an hour because they make so much money. And after this bill, they can very easily start the employees off $20 an hour, they’re going to make so much money. And yet the truly stupid this country will cite this move by Walmart as a reason why this tax bill is so wonderful, and this just shows they’re complete idiots. So Walmart should be commended for giving their employees 11 lousy dollars an hour? They’re a multibillion dollar a year corporation.
NOTHING BUT BLATHER
I’d like to send a few darts to Thursday’s Sound Off. Are these real folks calling in? I’m reading “Get Dimensional,” “Happy Day, Elvis,” and “Snark To The Dems” and my jaw is on the floor. Is this what we’ve become? It’s really a sad, a sad statement about citizens themselves. Their arguments don’t know even make sense. There are no facts behind anything. It’s just opinions. Get with the program. It’s not about us versus you, you versus them, or whatever you think in your little minds. Eventually the rights that we’re supposed to be guaranteed are going to get revoked while you’re not paying attention and arguing about this nonsense. VIOLET FROM RIDLEY PARK
BY GEORGE
To “Hear Us Out,” George Stephanopoulos was a Clinton staffer and is a current member of the elite NYC-L.A. national media apparatchiks. Therefore, he is smarter and more enlightened than you, and so it is his job to explain to you what you just heard yourself. Don’t you know how this works by now?