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Re: Garbage In, Garbage Out

“I worked directly with President Donald Trump for four years: 1976-1980, while in charge of New York real estate matters for the A&P Tea Company. He was one of four developers in New York with whom I could shake hands and still count all my fingers. He is honest, forthright, certainly direct, and, above all, fair. Some of this current criticism may be warranted. But you need to recognize the level of his frustration. That does not take away from the fact that President Trump cares only about the welfare of the citizens of this country, primarily and with no hesitation.” —Massachusetts

“In fact, Americans stay pretty silent on this kind of stuff. They let people get away with all kinds of garbage because they don’t want to be involved. Well, Trump is involved, he wants to be involved, he wants this country to succeed, and he wants to succeed. But he can’t succeed with all the garbage Biden let in. And he can’t succeed without the people on his side. People who come here and become citizens, those who really hate America, should have their citizenship revoked, and they should be removed; they are not Americans, citizenship or not. If they cannot assimilate, they do not belong here. Period. I served my country for 30 years; I earned the right to want them removed.” —Washington

Re: Why Trump Pardoned One of Congress’s Most Corrupt Members

“You must be kidding. Corruption is the most evil part of politics and those in power. Who is going to stop it? Someone who draws the line — regardless of loyalties — left, right, or center, supporter or opponent. This is a MASSIVE mistake. He pardoned the former Illinois governor and the crooked congressman with cash in his walls. These characters are parodies of silly movies, not ‘public servants’ or ‘representatives of the people.’ Only crooks act like this. The fact that they were elected is not a part of the puzzle. What parent is going to tell their child, ‘Well, yes, it is okay to be a crook, as long as you are a supporter of someone who can pardon you’?” —Georgia

Re: A College Student Gets Failed for Her Faith

“Every civilization throughout history has recognized, from multiple generations of experience, that bonding a man and woman together to raise their offspring produces the best overall long-term results for the children. Marriage never was about ‘who you love.’ It was about the continuation of the species. I don’t have empirical evidence for that statement. It’s just obvious when you spend some time thinking on it.” —Idaho

Re: America’s Military Men and Women More Faithful

“When I was in boot camp in 1965 for the PLC Program of the USMC, day one included filling out forms. The Col. giving instructions said in the box marked Religion to check your church; if you had none, check no preference. He concluded with, ‘There better not be any atheists here.’ How times have changed.” —Minnesota

“A major event in a person’s life is the acceptance of one’s own mortality. This is one of life’s core points. Here, either you accept or deny the existence of an ‘existence beyond this realm.’ As a military member, you have willingly placed your body and life at risk for the good of the greater society. This is not to be confused as part of a ‘suicide pact,’ but as a demonstration of love of family, of country, self, for you are willing to die that it may continue. This requires a ‘superior’ strength that comes only when you realize that something is greater than self. A belief, and faith, in a Superior Being is the foundation of such a realization. The military members face this ‘event’ each day, never knowing when it will come to pass.” —Texas

Re: To Move, or Not to Move?

“It’s only natural that people want to move to areas they perceive as more in line with their own mindsets. But there could be consequences. I’d argue that our nation is more philosophically divided now than it was before the Civil War. But because the political sentiments are less geographically distinct than in the 1860s, there’s been little effort to make that division formal, aside from angry talk on internet forums, and a few abortive efforts by red areas to secede from greater California. That could change should this trend of ‘sorting’ ourselves continue.” —Georgia

“Nostradamus, I’m not, but I foresee a great division for this country. Generations of ‘government-nanny-raised’ will not willingly forsake the ‘public tit,’ while the other side of the coin, the self-reliant adventurers (both social and financial), will demand cessation of the public dole. The two CANNOT long exist side-by-side. The ‘nanny-raised’ will demand more and more of whatever they can get, while the workers will respond, ‘Earn it!’ R.A. Heinlein, in his short story ‘Coventry,’ described the separation of ‘habitual criminals’ and the law-abiding society. It is a small step to transpose ‘the entitled vs. the earners’ into a foreboding scenario.” —Texas

Re: ‘Kill Them All’? It’s Complicated

“‘Kill them all’ was never ordered. However, in a war, you kill everyone who does not show signs of surrender. And I wonder why our Democrat friends and press are so concerned about the people poisoning hundreds of thousands of Americans.” —Florida