TalkBacks for June 30

Blue laws

I've been reading the Aiken Standard and I see that the blue law subject has taken over the news again. You know forcing people to go to church on Sunday sounds very much like the Inquisition and that didn't work out too well. So they should leave people a little freedom with choices. That's what this country is all about.

If a person doesn't want to shop in South Carolina in the mornings, that's their privilege, but I should have the right to shop on Sunday morning if I feel like it.

Suspending blue laws won't generate revenue. No one wastes gas to drive to Augusta to buy things they can wait until 1:30 to purchase. The manufacturing plants will also have to stop paying double time on Sundays because it is only paid because of the blue laws.

Fireworks

Think of all the wasted time, effort, man hours, money and aggravation that the police must go through every single holiday with this fireworks thing, responding to calls of people shooting fireworks that are in illegal places. Wouldn't it be better if we just had a legal Fourth of July fireworks show in a public place where everyone could go and enjoy it? It's so important, and this is so ridiculous that we don't have it. Let's figure out how do get it done for this Fourth of July.

Oil vs. gas prices

Will somebody explain to me why oil prices go up half a dollar, and gas goes up seven to 10 cents a gallon, but when oil goes down $2 a barrel, gas goes down a penny a gallon.

Gay Pride Day

This is a TalkBack against the Savannah River Site. Y'all won't print it, but right as you go into Aiken barricade, there is a big sign Come Celebrate National Gay Pride Day with Us. Is the Savannah River Site taking taxpayers' money and paying for a gay pride celebration? Gives you a serious case of road rage to go in the barricade to work and this sign glaring you in the face. I challenge you to take a picture of this and put it in the a paper and run a survey and ask the employees that have helped to build this country's security and defense system about it being a slap in their face. Challenge you, Aiken Standard. We'll see if you print it.