Sound Off: Call 484-521-3180
NAMING NAMES
I see a caller complaining about someone from the “Coalition for a Prosperous America.” Gee, they are really running out of names for these think tanks. CALLER FOR A READABLE SOUND OFF
BRANCHING OUT
To “Keep Watching The Sky,” I also noticed some trees swaying hard when stuck in traffic during the storms. I remember reading a Sound Off in the last couple of years from one of these angry people who hate current cars and technology where they claimed that if a plane fell out of the sky on them they had a fighting chance in their Lincoln Town Car. Maybe we should all look into used Lincolns to keep around for when a storm comes. YEAH RIGHT
HE’S A HIT
I’ll say one thing about Daily Times Editor Phil Heron: After reading his latest column this week on Miccarelli, it seems like he gets slammed from both sides. I’ll tell you, those nuns, the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, really did a good job on him out there in St. Mary’s in West Grove. REALIST IN RIDLEY PARK
HEAVY METAL
I see they have recalls on high chairs now. Well, they’re all plastic and junk. They ought to go back to make them high chairs and other things out of metal again like they used to. We all had metal high chairs. We never had accidents because they were made good and sturdy. It’s the same thing as I’ve said about cars … IF IT AIN’T STEEL, IT AIN’T REAL
BOTTOM’S UP
To “Drown Your Sorrows,” being a teetotaler and a billionaire, Trump is pretty far removed from having to think about the impact of aluminum tariffs on the beer industry.
WHAT IF
To “Rotted Flowers,” what if these kids were marching for better protection in schools that included everyone, including students, being armed, and was being sponsored by the NRA and National Right to Life? You would be screaming that they were too young, recently traumatized, and were being backed by groups with an agenda, and you would probably be right. Go get ’em, Christine!
IT’S A PITY
To “Seeing Red,” I don’t know that Jimmy Kimmel and his family have to go to communist China; I think eventually he’ll just crack under the pressure of being a hate-filled, spiteful leftist mouthpiece. It’s a shame, because 20 years ago he was a funny entertainer. Now he’s sold himself out to the Hollywood elite, taking his child on the set as human shield to try to prevent people from calling him out on the inaccurate nonsense spewing out of his mouth. I have a hard time being angry at these people anymore. I feel bad for them, being that insecure and shallow that they have to demonize huge swaths of the population to try to make themselves feel superior.
AGE OF CONSENT
Florida legislators sent a bill to the governor in which among the suggested guidelines is one that would raise the minimum age from 18 to 21 to buy a rifle. Will they also create a bill to make the same age requirement for an individual to enlist in the National Guard of Florida? You’re 18 years old or over and right now you can join a military branch of your choice, provided you meet the other qualifications of enlistment. You could also receive a draft notice letter. You could be asked to serve and protect. You’re not old enough to purchase a beer but you are old enough to die for your country. What’s next? Of course, 21 to get your drivers’ license. Cars kill a lot of people each year.
AND NOW A WORD FROM THE NRA
When is a firearm a weapon? It’s a weapon when it is used to defend you, your family or others. When is a rifle an “assault” rifle? When it is used to assault others. When you put lipstick on a pig it is still a pig. If you put a ventilated hand guard over the barrel of a semiautomatic target rifle, it is still a target rifle – not a military style assault rifle. Rifles don’t assault people, people assault people. ROADKILL