Decide carefully, vote accordingly

The choice is ours. 

Life or death.

Freedom of religion or suppression of religion.

Borders or no borders.

Liberty or socialism/ ­Marxism/communism.

The American Dream or rampant inflation.

Constitutional republic or tyranny.

Respected by the world powers or laughed at and used. 

Rule of law or lawlessness.

Protection of our innocent children or brain washing our children in America’s schools and colleges. 

Respect for the Supreme Court or challenging the authority of the Supreme Court.

Peace in our country or criminal chaos in our cities and streets. 

Affordable food, housing, gasoline, etc. or continued inflation and economic demise.

Nancy Burlison

Shelter Bay

Kamala, the tale of a post turtle

Examining a 75-year-old farmer, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man.

Eventually the topic turned to Kamala Harris and her role as Democrat nominee for ­president.

The farmer said, “ Well, as I see it, Kamala Harris is like a ‘Post Turtle’.’’

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old farmer said, “When you’re driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle.”

The old farmer saw the puzzled look on the doctor’s face so he continued to explain.

“You know she didn’t get up there by herself, she doesn’t belong up there, she doesn’t know what to do while she’s up there, she’s elevated beyond her ability to function and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.”

Jacqui Brown

Shelter Bay