The Mercury’s Sound Off for Sunday, Oct. 15

Need help paying for eyeglasses or eye exams? Call the Pottstown-Stowe Lions Club at 610-323-3009.  Someone will return your call to see if we can help you.

So far in 2023, there were 151 illegal aliens apprehended at the southern border who just happened to be on the FBI Terrorist Watch List. But even more alarming is the estimated 1.5 million got-aways who have infiltrated our country on Biden’s watch, and we have no idea who they are, or where they are located. Biden’s open border policy is a recipe for disaster, and I can’t help but wonder, are we next?

Greg Levengood

Pro-terrorist rallies are breaking out in Democrat-controlled cities all over our country. Since when does America allow this you may ask? Since the Democrat Party went radical left 15 years ago.

We can’t expect peace or strength from Joe Biden! It’s absolutely terrifying that he’s in charge.

Patriot45

Anyone who votes for Biden or any other liberal Democrat is either ill-informed, doesn’t care, or an idiot. This great country of ours is in shambles. High inflation, open border to millions of illegals and deadly fentanyl, ridiculously high gas prices, and crime running rampant everywhere, and that’s just some lowlights of this corrupt administration. Open your eyes, and realize that conservatism, with Trump or anyone else, is the only answer to save this country.

Doug

Biggly says if you want to put the nail in the coffin of the Democrat party nominee Donald Trump for Speaker of the House. Only one problem with that if you’re up with felony charges you can’t run for speaker of the house. The twice-impeached, quadruple-indicted Trump will have to decline. Good try but no cigar. (Source, Washington Post)

Jay Miller

Knowing that the Democrat Party as a whole, and today’s radical Democrat Squad politicians in particular, have always proudly embraced anti-Israel/anti-Semitic policies, I’ve always been amazed that Jews, as a voting demographic, have always voted overwhelmingly Democrat. Now more than ever, I’m completely dumbfounded as to why anybody with a scintilla of Jewish heritage in their bloodline, would ever vote for any Democrat politician.

Professor Potts

You know it’s bad when even liberal Washington Post columnists are saying that the Democrats’ unprecedented legal warfare on former President Trump has crossed the line. The WaPo’s Ruth Marcus wrote: “The rule of law means not allowing Trump to evade responsibility, criminal or civil, for his behavior. But it also entails not treating Trump more harshly than anyone else in similar circumstances, and I worry that is what is happening here.”

Robert Minninger

Was Freddie Gray to have been George Floyd? The Baltimore felon died in police custody. Despite prejudicing the jury pool with a $6.4 million pre-trial settlement, all officers were acquitted. This outcome, unsatisfactory to those with nefarious intent, may explain why Floyd’s cause of death was revised, after apparent coercion, from a lethal drug concentration. Holding police culpable was critical as it detracted from Democrat policies catastrophic to far too many Grays and Floyds.

M. Furlong

Patriot54, bless your heart! Hunter Biden is prosecuted? LOL! Biden given a deal no one else would get, tax evasion charges slow walked till statutes of limitations expired? Is anyone else getting that deal? Judge Maryellen Noreika said no way! The tax situation is the Holy Grail to the Biden Crime Family! Twenty LLCs, none attached to a physical company! You know this! Do you really don’t believe yourself?

Just the facts!

Not seen in the Fox News echo chamber. Remember, they paid $750M in fines for lying. There was another very strong jobs report showing that the U.S. economy added 336,000 jobs in September, almost twice what economists had predicted. The unemployment rate held steady at 3.8%. Average hourly wages went up 4.2% over the past 12 months; more than the inflation rate of 3.4%.

Patriot54

Jay Miller once again proves he has zero knowledge when it comes to law, banking, or business. Donald Trump was right (as usual) when he stated in court that he doesn’t overvalue his real estate properties. He was 100% right because the owner of a property doesn’t establish the value of his own property, a federally regulated and licensed third-party banking institution establishes the values of real estate properties. Duh again!

May Jiller

The current President’s son is facing Federal charges for lying on a form to buy a gun while under the throws of addiction. A gun he owned for 11 days without further incident. He is also facing potential tax charges for taxes he has now paid. If his father were interfering in the prosecution there wouldn’t be any charges. If he were put in jail some of you would still say his father was saving him.

KC

For 3 straight quarters, the M2 money supply(Checkable deposits) growth rate has been negative, meaning the money available is declining rapidly (Source: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M2SL). In other words, we all have less money in our checking accounts. The only time this has happened in the last 110 years is during the Great Depression. Meanwhile, prices continue to rise. The day of reckoning is coming. Biden created this mess and he says you should like it.

“Dutch”

Finally got to listen to the full one-hour Trump phone call to Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger. (“Give me a break! I just need 11,780 votes!”) https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/c/embed/3f9426f4-7937-4718-8a8e-9d6052001991 Kudos to the Trump staff for bamboozling some Americans into believing this buffoon was competent to be President.

Did you ever notice that when Democrat Climate Cultists can’t refute comments, they name-call or make up quotes? One such Sound Off comment appeared in Friday’s Mercury. The comment attributed words to me that I never wrote. But I will take the word of 1609 Scientists including Nobel Laureates, who wrote that there is no climate change crisis over the Democrat Climate Change Cultists.

Realist

Lefty says the Republicans have had the worst Speakers of the House, namely Gingrich, Hastert, Boehner, Ryan, and McCarthy but they are no match for Pelosi. I guess it depends on how you mean “no match” when it comes to how they act and perform. Not everyone destroys government property in front of millions of citizens after a speech and gets away with it. How about if Trump would have done that?

“Well Armed,” where do you get your information? Semi-auto shotguns (and in some cases for small game, rifles also) are legal to hunt with in Pa. Also, AR-15s can be purchased in almost any caliber available. Comparatively speaking, the .223 caliber has very little recoil and therefore is not considered powerful. Actually, more people are killed by a .22 than any other bullet. Google it.

Still Amazed

Joe Biden just announced the spending of $80,000,000 on building a John McCain Library. As far as I know, he wasn’t a president and even if he was, presidents fundraise to build their libraries. So what gives here? Is this a payoff for his vote supporting Obamacare? Never heard of taxpayer money going to this sort of library. More obscene spending by Democrats.

Sam Tasik

My America: Millions of illegals crossing our border, cities collapsing under crime and homelessness, mothers losing their children to fentanyl, sexually explicit garbage taught in schools, Biden saluting a pride flag, men can get pregnant and other crap shoved down our throats, girls losing their chance with sports and parents losing their rights to speak and raise their kids as they see fit. Even democratic governors admit this is a crisis. Please vote thoughtfully.

American Pie

Watch KJP during a White House news conference, is she trying to be transparent, honest, trying to give the best explanation of things to the American People so we can understand what is going on? Is she trying to tell the truth? There’s a lot of money being spent to produce this with paying journalists, etc. What is the point of it? Being sincere and free of deceit and untruthfulness isn’t on the agenda!

H. John

If you were driving your truck along a deserted road with your 10-year-old son and saw huge bundles of shrink-wrapped $100 bills along the side of the road, what life lesson should you teach the boy? I would say, “Son. Lift and load with your legs and not your back!”

Jim Fitch

Sound Off is an opinion forum for Mercury readers to comment on today’s news. Submissions must be 75 words or less and are subject to editing. Publication of submissions is at the sole discretion of the editor. Email your comment to letters@pottsmerc.com. Use “Sound Off” in the subject line of the email.