The Mercury’s Sound Off for Sunday, May 26

Not only do certain Sound Off commenters need basic economics classes, but they also need to listen better. The Moderate needs to listen to Joe Biden. Joe Biden has said repeatedly that he wants to eliminate petroleum use. How is he doing that? By forcing prices up. By canceling pipelines and leases, increasing regulations, and canceling lease sales, Biden reduced current and future supplies. Listen better in class and to Biden.

Realist

You can tell it is getting closer to Election Day. Most every day there is another giveaway announced by the Biden administration. What a cheap way to buy votes from the ever-available takers. Biden just announced the release of a Million Gallons of gas from the gas reserve along with his other free goods because Memorial Day drivers will surely see this as a Biden winner.

In a speech Biden said, “After I signed the pacandlpacatlackack into law, I handed the pen and I signed it with a wiszzfschuna.”  Yeah, I don’t know what a “pacandlpacatlackack” or a “wiszzfschuna” is either. Maybe one of the Biden cult members can tell us.

Evan Morse

The prior NY DA tried hard but found no evidence of any crime. The DOJ tried hard but found no evidence of any crime. The FEC tried hard but found no evidence of any crime. Alvin Bragg, who campaigned on getting Trump, waited until the election cycle was in full swing before bringing charges. He has no more evidence than the other entities had. But this isn’t political persecution, right?

Tippy

President Biden’s mental decline is worsening at an alarming rate. He recently said in a speech to the NAACP that he was Vice President during the COVID-19 pandemic, which occurred a full 3 years after he left office. This reinforces the severe memory issues Biden exhibited in his interviews regarding his mishandling of classified documents. The man is not fit to be president of the United States.

Robert Minninger

I’m glad to hear that Don the Con has the day off from his felony trial to attend his son’s graduation. I’m sure there will be photos. Has anyone seen the pictures from his other children’s graduations? I have. The Con is nowhere to be found. He has barely been in his son’s life, but now he needs to show us what a great father he is. Such a vile, despicable person. Sad.

RealAmerica

If Joe Biden was manipulating the Justice Department his son wouldn’t be facing gun charges. Joe Biden was VP and oversaw the peaceful transfer of power to Trump in 2017. Trump continually tries to flip the script. It doesn’t matter how many Fox personalities and right-wing pundits (who aren’t journalists) tell lies, slant the truth or say otherwise.

KC

Joe Biden’s Democrat “prosecution” put its last witness on the stand in the NY show trial. The witness was convicted perjurer Michael Cohen. And most people don’t care. What people do care about is the price of eggs, soda, hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, bread, sugar, gasoline, etc.. They also care about their paychecks being smaller. That is why Trump is up in the polls, and Biden is in the tank.

Michael Stern

I tried to buy a vase in an antique shop but it turned out to be the negative space between the faces of two other customers.

Bill Wilson

Who weaponized the government? Biden sent his FBI to harass his critics and those who thought differently than he did. Trump didn’t open that Pandora’s box, Biden did. Sounds exactly like what a dictator would do!

Dot

Sam Tasik: Want to knock another commenter? Get your facts straight. Alyssa Farah Griffin was the White House Director of Strategic Communications and Assistant to Trump. KC may not have gotten the name right, but she’s not fictional. Does it matter if powerful White House insiders calling Trump a “threat” are cabinet members, appointees, or staffers? They were picked by, knew, and worked for Trump. Oh yeah, Republicans (as were most Jan. 6 committee witnesses).

Now we learn that Pfizer made special Covid-19 mRNA vaccine batches for their employees and others that were “distinct” from the injections Pfizer sold globally. I think I always knew there had to be some safe stuff for important people, for their “show and tell” promotions. There were 7 different numbered batches reserved for the right people. Our gov’t protected Pfizer from liability so any problem you acquire, you are totally S.O.L.

Anti-Vaxxer

Typical low IQ radical republican reaction from Justice Alito/Alito’s wife: Most people’s reaction when they have a problem with their neighbor is to hang an American flag upside down. Totally believable. Nothing to do with Trump losing.

Patriot54

Politics is so educational — a TV ad said one guy will remove 100 million people from insurance — the other guy says not true. I was not aware that 100 million Americans almost 33% of our citizens are so unhealthy. What will I learn in the coming months?

Ole Farmer 2

Is anybody really surprised the World Health Organization is now warning Americans of an impending global pandemic far worse than Fauci’s 2020 China Virus? How coincidental. Just in time for Democrats to justify manipulating the 2024 presidential election like they did in 2020. Sorry, but this time Americans are smarter than they were four years ago and they won’t stand for a compromised election or Democrat-sponsored voting irregularities. Dems be tripp’n!

Butch

During a 10-minute speech, Biden made 9 gaffes (lies, incoherent phrases, factual errors) that were corrected in the transcript by the White House. That is about 1 a minute (not including other lies that weren’t corrected). It is time for the 25th Amendment to be invoked. Good Gosh.

Twenty-twenty

There is no news unless someone is killed or injured. Americans seem to want violence.

Night Light

In regards to Butker’s speech, I don’t understand the uproar. He has the right to say as he feels. You don’t agree? That’s your choice. Move on! What I have a problem with is the NFL getting involved. Why did they feel the need to make a disclaimer? Why do these organizations feel that they must pander to these small groups of people? Roger Goodell is such a weak clown!

Puggy

In the kangaroo court trial of Donald Trump, the judge threw out the news media denying Donald Trump of a public trial — just one of his many highly questionable acts. Consequently, the only reliable reports are from those people who were actually there. One of those was Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz who said, “This is the weakest case I have seen in 60 years of teaching, practicing, and writing about criminal law.”

Greg Levengood

The Mercury’s article on Target and “Pride Month” is perplexing. I didn’t know that “gay” people had to wear different clothing or buy different things. I thought the whole thing was that we were all the same. I thought we weren’t supposed to be interested in what was going on behind closed doors. But now we are supposed to celebrate? Very hard to keep up and it is hard for me to shop at Target.

Sue W.

Another Retired Person, US senators serve 6 years, House members serve 2-year terms. At retirement age, you should know that.

The Moderate

Michael Cohen looks like the guy in a zombie movie who doesn’t tell the group that he has been bit.

Billy G.

Another reason radical Marxist Democrats will lose again in November: Most intelligent voters reject the notion that J6 was an insurrection and oppose radical calls to keep those protesters in prison. They correctly believe Democrats manipulated the 2020 election and Biden was not legitimately elected. The proof is clearly evident today. Nobody believes 81 million Americans voted for what we have now with Biden.

Biggly

Some introspection is in order. It is not difficult to connect the dots between progressive Jewish Americans, progressive Jewish organizations e.g. The ADL and the events of October 7. Support from them was critical to the installation of regimes e.g. Obama, Biden which, through billions in unfrozen assets and unenforced sanctions, provided Iran with the wherewithal to bankroll atrocities. Steven Spielberg? Reportedly remains a Biden “messaging” consultant. Jeffrey Katzenberg? Biden Campaign Co-chairman.

M. Furlong

Can one of the Democrats on this forum (Moderate, KC, Jay Miller, Lefty, RealAmerica, JB Limerick, Patriot54) explain the difference between the Hamas terrorists killing Jewish babies during a terrorist attack, and the Democrat’s lust for killing babies via abortion?

Missy Miss

I’ll bet when former President Jimmy Carter at 99 years old looks at the current presidential candidates he thinks, ” I could do this!”

Jim Fitch

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