Is there anyone who thinks Pottstown is headed in the right direction? The other day I saw a blacktopping crew paving the parking lot where the old Arcade building once stood. Why? There are usually only a handful of cars there. Chestnut Street and some of the other streets are almost impassable. Where are the priorities? Pottstown doesn’t have the leadership Boyertown and Phoenixville have. It’s such a shame.
Thanks to an anonymous comment for reminding me about Michael Stern’s excellent Sound Off contribution about how long it takes to get election results. Michael Stern correctly points to France and Canada as exemplary countries for vote counting and election integrity. France long ago banned mail-in voting due to fraud. There is something wrong with our system since we can’t get results within 24 hours.
Richard Paladino
Hezbollah has fired more than 9,000 rockets into Israel from Lebanon. Now Israel is launching wave after wave of responses. First, the pagers and walkie-talkies exploded and killed Hezbollah terrorists. Then targeted military strikes killed more terrorists. Today we got the excellent news that an airstrike killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. I love it when Israel wins.
Jane “The Real Moderate” Batdorf
Why are we going to have drop boxes for mail-in ballots? I thought that’s why there are mailboxes. If you can get to a drop box, you can get to a mailbox.
Dennis A. Biggs
Please understand that Project 2025 is a radical playbook that presents a profound threat to the American people, our freedom, and our democracy. We don’t need “projects”, we need a democracy that works for all. So, I encourage everyone to become familiar with Project 2025 as we approach November 5th. Project 2025 presents a grim outlook for American families and the fundamental values and freedoms that exist today.
Dr. Ross
Great quote from future president Kamala Harris: “Donald Trump is the architect of this crisis. He brags about overturning Roe v. Wade. In his own words, ‘I did it, and I’m proud to have done it.’ He says he is proud. Proud that women are dying? Proud that doctors and nurses could be thrown in prison for administering care? Proud that young women today have fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers? How dare he.”
Patriot54
Joe Biden said, “The border is secure.” Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security Secretary said, “The border is secure.” Border Czar and VP Kamala Harris said, “The Border is secure.” Now Kamala Harris after 4 years of saying the border is secure, is now blaming Trump for 700,000 illegal immigrant criminals crossing the border on her watch. And the mainstream media ignores the lie.
Rhea
In June 2023 Trump posted Obama’s address on Truth Social. A Jan 6th, perpetrator and Trump supporter who saw the post was later arrested, with guns and ammunition in his van, searching for Obama in his neighborhood. Tell me why Trump would do such a thing. He’s seen violence before. He’s aware of threats a former POTUS faces. It’s indefensible, but so what? No, for God’s sake people, it’s disqualifying poor judgment.
KC
If America had an objective, unbiased, fair and balanced news media, they would have enough material to fillet Kamala Harris like a fish and send her away crying! She’s such an easy target for a functional news media based on having no history of political success, no workable answers for the economy, no idea how to step up to the escalating war in Ukraine and the Middle East, and her miserable job as border czar.
Greg Levengood
Fact: In 2020 there were 133 million registered voters. 74 million for Trump and 81 million for Biden. 74 million plus 81 million = 155 million. My elementary child can do that math. How can we trust this election to be any different? Nothing is ever done to fix the cheating even though there is overwhelming evidence.
We now have a negative balance of trade in of all things, farm products. Thanks to the Harris and Biden economic policies we are importing more agricultural products than we export. Remember when we used to be the breadbasket of the world? No longer thanks to Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. For Kamala and Biden, importing more illegal aliens is more important than the health of our agriculture industry.
Dan Fields
It’s refreshing to hear there will be someone in government going after the food and drug companies. Finally, major investigations into the causes of the influx of ADHD and Autism among American children. We’re being poisoned by chemicals and GMOs in food and vaccines. Europe bans half the crap that’s in our processed foods. RFK Jr. is determined to get to the root cause and hold companies accountable. Take heed to what’s happening.
Vote Red for Health
Border Czar Kamala Harris’ ICE Director released the following statistics for the Biden-Harris years. There are 650,000 illegal migrant criminals in the USA. Among those, there are at least 13,000 murderers and 16,000 sexual assault convicts. Of those that we have any accounting of. All illegal immigrants by definition have committed a felony by crossing our border illegally. Many thanks to Biden voters.
Michael Stern
Jim Fitch keep up the good work at the end of Sound Off. Your humor is very much needed. I always finish reading with a laugh!
Dot
Trump held a town hall meeting in Harrisburg. The crowd was huge and the crowd was enthusiastic. So far, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are hiding from the voters. They won’t talk to reporters or even do a Town Hall. What are they afraid of? If you don’t talk to reporters, you are a loser.
Craig
I just read that Kamala Harris skipped the Al Smith benefit dinner because her Catholic accent wasn’t ready yet.
Billy G.
How come Harris has all these solutions for the border and let 425,000 criminals into our country already? Never mentioned how many illegals would be let in under the border bill she keeps talking about. What a mental idiot.
Mike S
I just suddenly realized I’ve never had an epiphany.
Bill Wilson
Life is so ironic. It takes sadness to appreciate happiness, noise to appreciate silence, and absence to appreciate the loss of a loved one.
Jim Fitch
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