The Mercury’s Sound Off for Sunday, Nov. 12

Stunningly, Reps. Madeleine Dean and Chrissy Houlahan voted to support Rashida Tlaib’s pro-terrorism speech when she called for the eradication of Israel at a Hamas Rally on Capitol grounds. Rashida Tlaib repeatedly has made anti-semitic statements and she uses rhetoric that calls for the eradication of Israel. She should be expelled from the US Congress, but Madeleine Dean and Chrissy Houlahan protect her.

“Dutch”

I had an above-ground pool at my Pottstown home since 1993. I got a permit from the borough, put up the pool and that was it. I wanted to replace it due to its age. Now, after getting the permit, it was referred to the Montgomery County Bureau of Assessment. They want to reassess my property due to the pool. This will change all the taxes for the property. What a crime.

Once again Lefty proves he is clueless, which explains his devotion to Dementia Joe Biden. Lefty recently gave credit to Joe Biden for next year’s cost-of-living increase for Social Security. Annual COLA increases for Social Security were signed into law in 1972 by President Richard Nixon! Biden had nothing to do with it. Just like their president, lying comes naturally to Sound Off liberals.

Republicans seem to be out of touch with the majority of Americans and every time we have an election it shows.

Stay Tuned!

I am curious if there are many people out there who would prefer to have our Eastern Standard Time and Daylight Saving Time return to what it was many years ago — 6 months for each time. It seems like a nice compromise.

An ominous economic trend directly attributable to Bidenomics: The National Retail Federation warns retailers that 2023 holiday spending will be “significantly” less than last year. And 2022 holiday spending was more than 12% less than the prior year. And 2021 holiday spending crashed by 7% from 2020 spending when Trump was president. Under the Biden/Harris administration, consumers can’t afford to Christmas shop. Proof that Democrats hate Christmas. Regardless, Happy Holidays and God Save the Queen!

Brandon

There is a news blackout concerning Maui and Acapulco. Both were hit with a phony weather tragedy. Both are desirable areas with poor people living there. Both have the military not letting aid in. Both are not revealing casualty numbers. 2,000 children unaccounted for in Maui. Silence.

Remember we had Osama bin Laden located in the Afghan mountains, then we had a holiday pause and he escaped, and then it took years to locate him again. Just saying.

H. John

JB in Limerick, government spending is the problem. “Term Limits,” “Balanced Budget Amendment” and a “Flat tax” would virtually eliminate the IRS, that’s the answer! Government budgets contain waste! Heated sidewalks, bike lanes, a bridge for birdwatching, monster buses with three passengers, Michelle Obama hiking trail, military pronoun schools and on and on! It’s virtually all of Congress! Visit usdebtclock.org, a non-political site, and observe the insanity!

Just the facts!

A recent New York Times/Siena College poll indicates that 75% of all Americans say Mr. Biden’s policies have personally hurt them. But let’s all sleep easy knowing that Lefty is well off, and struggling Americans be damned.

Peaches

When President Biden was pressed to respond to allegations that he accepted bribes as part of his family’s influence-peddling scheme, Joe smugly responded: “Where’s the money?” Now that House Republicans have meticulously documented how Joe received $240K from just two of his family’s business deals, I hope Biden is using his vacation time at Rehoboth Beach to come up with the documentation for the “loans” that are supposedly being repaid.

Robert Minninger

To the radical Republican Sound Offers, this quote comes to mind: “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Radical Republicans lost big again in state and local elections in Pa. Will you learn? Here is a hint, the culture wars and M4L tactics are not a winning formula for Pa.

Patriot54

GOP presidential debaters inflamed by China’s Tik-Tok having people’s data; little concern about Google and others possessing the same data. They’ve expressed the need to prevent people from being exposed to speech they don’t approve of; “free speech” is bad. People must not hear it. Only approved speech is good. And “Drill, baby, drill!” Oil reserves will last forever. (?!) ( We shouldn’t be burning a core component of modern materials; plastics, chemicals, etc.)

Saw the really useless calculations of how much the sea levels would rise if all the ice on the polar ice caps melted. The problem for the climate cultists is that everything is a big “if” with them. Hurricanes were supposed to be the worst ever this year and yet only one minor one made landfall. Next year we will hear the same predictions and then the same excuses when predictions fail to materialize.

Realist

To Lefty on Social Security raise because of Biden? Biden has nothing to do with the Social Security raise except the inflation he has caused. Social Security is figured on Inflation from year to year, not on a President except for Inflation. Last year he caused 8.9%, and this year 3.2 so we are supposed to praise him for a total of 12.1% in two years? For Biden, everything is paid by our taxes.

The transexual Nashville school shooter’s manifesto has been leaked and the loony lefties are furious about it and are on the hunt for the leaker. Why wasn’t it just published like all of the others are? That’s a rhetorical question. Why isn’t there equal or more fury over the leaking of the SCOTUS abortion decision last year? That’s another rhetorical question.

MC923

Congressional Democrats voted overwhelmingly to NOT censure Democrat Congresswoman Rashida Taliban for her antisemitic statements and actions in support of the radical Islamic terrorists that attacked the Jewish people in Israel. This tells you all you need to know about today’s Democrat party!

Barney

Ah shucks, I see the MAGAs had a tough day on election day. Terrible beatings in Collegeville, Royersford and throughout Montgomery County. Then, add on the New York trial where the Trump Crime Family is being torched and you can see why the Sound Off patriots are miserable. Go Democrats!

Lefty

The big fight on government funding is going to be the border situation. I say the border should be the No. 1 priority and would be so easy to fix. No money to any other country until our own border is secure. What’s wrong with that KC, Jay Miller, Lefty, Patriot54, Moderate?

Bonnie

Trump’s kids were required to testify about the family business in the fraud trial. When questioned about their involvement, Eric and Don Jr. both gave the same response: “I don’t know nothing.”

Despite the president’s claim that Bidenomics is restoring the American Dream, the Pew Research poll reveals that 60% of Americans believe that life is worse today than it was 50 years ago and they’re even more pessimistic about the future. Inflation has already cost the average family $10,000, putting tremendous strain on low and middle-class parents who are working overtime to make ends meet.

Truth Be Told

Since our government just prints money when there’s a deficit, why can’t I do it too, when I need a little cash?

Jim Fitch

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