Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has meetings at his hotel that he owns, or his golf course that he owns, and flies his airplane that he owns. He charges the campaign money for the use of these facilities. He doubles and triples the price of what he’s charging for these facilities at will in order to make more money that he can stick in his pocket, and he calls Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton dishonest? He hasn’t shown his tax returns because he doesn’t pay taxes. Many of his businesses are out of the United States and he cheats on the things that he has here. He just says, “Well, in the hotel business you take all the advantages you can.”
The U.S. Department of Justice must have spaghetti for brains. John Hinckley Jr. shoots then-President Ronald Reagan at point-blank range, wounding police officer Thomas Delahanty and Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and critically wounding press secretary James Brady. We don’t execute this moron. Instead, we give him room and board for X amount of years. Then, to take the cake, we are releasing this moron from prison after he shot President Reagan and those guarding him. Our country’s judicial system stinks and the moron is making the department officials all look nuts.
Joe, Alsip
Conservative Christians are always accusing liberal atheists of using circular reasoning, but here is the most classic case of circular reasoning ever invented: “The Bible is the word of God.” Really? How do you know? Answer: “Because the Bible says so.” Amen.
Dave, Oak Lawn
I’m so fed up with the Chicago Teachers Union and President Karen Lewis. She doesn’t care about the taxpayers. She is the one that helped put the Chicago Public Schools debt to $1 billion. She did it. What does she want? Another property tax increase? They had what, two, three, five, eight of them? It’s ridiculous. Go on strike. Stay on strike for about three years. It would be great.
On Sept. 25, I had the privilege of walking with hundreds of people and their children and pets for Walking for a Cure for Alzheimer’s. Thank you everyone who supported this walk as we know what a horrific disease this is, and as of today there is no cure. So, please keep up the support. Right now there are almost 2 million people with this disease, and age is not an issue. God bless all of you for your support.
Patti, Blue Island
Everyone is staying away from Chicago due to the extremely high number of shootings, 3,000 thousand plus in six months. Stop and frisk would put all gangbangers on notice that the police could stop them and search them if the circumstances are appropriate. It’s not about racial bias as everyone is so fast to say. All passengers at major airports get searched or go home. At all sports events, you get scanned before you’re allowed to enter. And, if you enter a federal or state court building, you empty out your pockets and walk through a scanner. So, why is everyone OK with these searches? Oh yea, safety.
Hillary proposed that college be free for all. Does that mean that I will get a refund with interest on the tuition I paid decades ago to get my college diploma at a state university? Seems only fair.
Tom, Evergreen Park
Trump is wrong with one thing — His insistence on building a wall. I’ll refer to what Gen. Patton once said, “Permanent fortifications are monuments to man’s stupidity,” adding that there’ll always be a way to get over, under or around them. I believe a cheaper, more common sense way is to have masses of razor wire along its length, with enough personnel to patrol it and strict laws to enforce it.
RHS
So Hillary thinks there are a lot of “deplorables” out here, and our president is out there extolling the virtues of Hillary. I always thought that the president is the president of all the people. The president said he will be “disappointed” in anyone who doesn’t vote for Hillary. A president who says that shows just how divisive he really is. He doesn’t care if Hillary is a liar, manipulator for personal benefit, etc., simply because it takes one to know one. I guess I’m glad to be a “deplorable” because I’m not going to vote for Hillary. So there, Mr. President. I respect all presidents, but blatant bias shows everyone that you are first a Democrat and second a president. It should be just the reverse.
PJ, Lansing
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