Recent Comments

1. over 6 years ago on Steve Breen

   When the hell did the “extreme left of the Democratic Party” ever align itself with the Communist Party? You are using extreme Nazi propaganda.

2. over 6 years ago on Non Sequitur

   They tried, but couldn’t get through the exit gate because Rush Limbaugh got stuck there trying to leave for Costa Rica when “Obamacare” was enacted.

3. over 6 years ago on Gary Varvel

   Oprah was born in Mississippi

4. over 6 years ago on Two Party Opera

   County lines just won’t do it because district populations are supposed to be relatively equal. A better method is to divide between urban, suburban and rural. That way, everyone has a say.

5. over 6 years ago on Two Party Opera

   In the former Soviet Union voters had more say who won an election than do voters in many United States locations.

   Soviet voters had a choice between the old communist or the young communist. They could choose between the fat communist or the skinny communist. Even could select the male communist of the female communist.

   See, it was totally diff… oh, wait; it was the same, the preferred party always won and had power.

   So, never mind.

6. over 6 years ago on Mike Lester

   Those of us who do think know the wealthy pay some taxes. They pay the income tax on income not protected by special-interest loop holes. We also know the working Americans pay the payroll tax that most wealthy don’t pay. Last I heard, government collects both and the taxes collected by government differ by one percentage point. Working Americans in the middle class with a decent income pay both the income tax and the payroll tax. So who is burdened most?

   An example: Mitt Romney released tax returns for one year when he was running for president. He paid 13.9 percent, which you can be assured was the highest amount he ever paid. The last year I worked before retiring to live off investment income was 32% because I paid both income and payroll tax. Does this show the wealthy are overtaxed?

7. over 6 years ago on Tim Campbell

   So what?

   Oregon, Washington and Colorado have been lighting up for years and nothing about day-to-day life has changed.

   As an Oregonian living in Washington who worked for years in Colorado and got his degree in California, I welcome all you ’Fornians to the good times.

8. over 6 years ago on Non Sequitur

   If the Democrats love it so much why do they keep reducing it when in power and after the Republicans increased it?

9. over 6 years ago on Tom Stiglich

   Which election?The one in Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey?

10. over 6 years ago on Jeff Danziger

    It’s easy to understand.

    The Russian people have never lived under any system of government other than totalitarianism. From Rurik to Putin, they have been led by tyrants. So no mystery why they like Putin.