The Mercury’s Sound Off for Tuesday, Nov. 7

Shootings across the US over the weekend before Halloween left at least 12 people dead and more than 70 people injured. Unfortunately, this happens every weekend in Democrat-controlled cities across the country, and the leftist mainstream media won’t report on it. The Democrats in charge keep pushing to ban guns, while at the same time refusing to hold their criminal constituents accountable. This crisis will get worse as long as Democrats keep getting elected.

Barney

A cease-fire in Gaza? Here’s the quick solution for all those suffering there. Give up Hamas. These people entered Israel and butchered men, women, and children. Hamas has promised to repeat that act. Since these cowards are using women, children, hostages and Palestinians as human shields, there will be casualties. Give up these cowards and it’s over.

Tony Smith

Israel will consider a ceasefire against the Palestinian Hamas terrorists no more than the United States considered a ceasefire against the Japanese after Pearl Harbor. Let the Hamas supporters in the Democrat congress go to Gaza and fight with Hamas. Please.

Patriot45

Since the Phillies were more popular than the Diamondbacks during the NLCS, I guess The Moderate believes the Phillies should have been declared the winner and allowed to move on to the World Series. The Moderate is a landslide loser, just like his gal Hillary.

Peaches

Joe Biden has spent 40% of his time in office being on vacation — more than any other president. And record the number of lies — more than any other president.

Fact Jack

“It’s pretty obvious that the American people love and adore President Donald Trump. … The Donald will resume his rightful position as President of the United States.” And the Earth is flat, the moon is made of green cheese, and the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy are real. I think this person has stopped taking their meds.

I cannot imagine the quantities of Alzheimer’s drugs that Joe Biden is taking. When my mother-in-law was being treated, I noticed that for about two years the meds would periodically bring her back, but the effect diminished, and at a point, they just stopped working altogether. Her decline was quite rapid after that. That appears to be what we are witnessing with Joe Biden.

Lola

Not seen in the radical republican echo chamber: For the first time in decades, inequality of wealth has declined. Wage growth is now faster among the lower-income brackets than the upper-income brackets. That’s Bidenomics at work.

Patriot54

I just love how Dot and the rest of the MAGA BDS sufferers on this page blame everything on JB. Is he responsible for your hangnail too? Sure, inflation is at its highest level in 40 years, but corporate profits are at a 70-year high, If you think that DJT is going to fix this, then you probably think that he has “keen sensibilities, a selfless attitude, humility and charm” like Righty Tighty said today. HAH!

RealAmerica

The bumbling Biden administration admitted in testimony to Congress that there were 600,000 known illegal border crossing “gotaways” in the last year alone. These are people who were spotted illegally crossing the border, but they evaded capture by the Border Patrol. President Biden has the Border Patrol so busy helping illegal immigrants enter the country, they don’t have time to pursue the really dangerous ones. It’s beyond incompetence.

Robert Minninger

MC923,.Another movie worth seeing is “White Boy Rick.” Based on true events, and on some cable channels now. The corruption of the FBI and what they did to this kid is unbelievable! Corruption and manipulation! “White Boy Rick” paid the price!

Just the facts!

Post-COVID salaries are inflated and unpredictable. This week we learned that Eric Trump’s job in the corporate structure is “pouring concrete” and that his salary is $2 million/year. That is his explanation for being ignorant of fraud. More to come.

Jay Miller

One consequence of multiculturalism has been on display in pro-Hamas rallies where chants of “from river to sea,” synonymous with Jewish extermination, have been common. For the unaware, multiculturalism and associated diversity, equity & inclusion are antithetical to the American “melting pot” experience. Divisive in nature, they are being woven into our education system and workplace by those with evil intent. So-called diversity has proven anything but inclusive by virtue of the discrimination it advances.

M. Furlong

Kudos to the Republicans in the US House for passing an aid package for Israel that doesn’t add to our annual budget deficit or raise the national debt. They used a novel concept that is necessarily part of most families’ budgeting. They used money allocated for another purpose, in this case, the hiring of 87,000 unnecessary IRS agents to offset the spending. Democrats Madeleine Dean and Chrissy Houlahan voted against supporting Israel.

Michael Stern

Remember to do your homework before you vote. TV does not always tell the whole truth. The spoken word and the written word can have opposite meanings.

Night Light

Regarding job creation, Biden recently was heard to blow off: We’ve created more jobs in 2 years than any administration has in a single 4-year term. However, he failed to mention that more than 70% of all job gains since 2021 were jobs recovered from the pandemic. What’s worse, job growth has yet to reach pre-pandemic levels. This is Democratic propaganda.

Stinger

Really Well Armed? You’re talking about squirrel hunting in your youth while Second Amendment hero Robert Card is shooting up Lewiston, Maine. Eighteen people were killed but nothing from our Second Amendment zealots. They don’t care who dies and they never will. So sad!

Lefty

It is getting quicker to read Sound Off. Today was a great example of people giving comments about which they know nothing, just giving very poor guesses. They don’t know facts; that’s terribly evident; in other words, ignorance. but you challenge each other. Name-calling just like juveniles. I read the first sentence, look at the contributor, and move on.

Actually, Brandon, I support 2A and really strong universal background checks, storage, and red flag laws. New Zealand and Australia allow guns with these restrictions having much, much lower rates of mass shootings, gun accidents and homicides. Considering the ERA Amendment hasn’t passed in 50 yrs, those saying stronger gun laws are an attempt to abolish 2A don’t understand two-thirds of states would never agree. Thinking stronger laws wouldn’t help IMO is ridiculous.

KC

Recently I had a dream about being reprimanded by my third-grade teacher, where she grabbed me from behind and ripped both my ears from my head. I woke up terrified! I can only describe it as a “near-deaf experience!”

Jim Fitch

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