Off the Cuff Comment: I think the criticism toward Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is largely due to jealousy. Would you really want to trade places with the families and take on their problems, or are you not entertained because there are no murders, sex scenes or half-exposed bodies on the show? I was privileged to pass out sandwiches and coffee for three days at the scene. I also got to shake Ty Pennington's hand and I didn't wash my hand for a week. I also take my phone off the hook during the show. Thank you ABC for a program filled with compassion, love, respect, humor, and an unbelievable conclusion.
My Comment: Please tell me he shook her hand at the end of day 3 AFTER she passed out all those sandwiches.
Off the Cuff Comment:In the state of Oklahoma there is a law that requires people to have a permit to hunt, and in order to obtain that permit you must first complete a gun safety class. The thought has occurred to me that rather than banning pit bulls in this state, maybe you should be required to have a permit to own one, and a class on responsible pet ownership should be required to obtain it. There are plenty of us who own pit bulls who are responsible and love our dogs and would be willing to take the necessary steps to be able to keep our beloved pets, and to help weed out those irresponsible idiots who give us a bad name, and most importantly, who endanger our community with their ignorance of how to raise their own dogs.
My Comment:Screw this, how about a license to be a parent?
Off the Cuff Comment:I guess I must have missed the numerous articles about Chihuahuas eating toddlers. Let's do an experiment.
My Comment:Are we going to experiment with live chihauahuas?????
Off the Cuff Comment:I am so sick and tired of this newspaper and local businesses catering to the Mexicans who don't speak fluent enough English. I suspect many are here illegally anyway, which I resent as a responsible taxpayer. You are in America, our standard is English. If I was to move to Mexico, I would learn to speak fluent Spanish first. I am part Cherokee and French. I can scream discrimination because your newspaper doesn't cater to those nationalities. Get my drift?
My Comment:I've got it! We need a Spanish version of OTC! It would be MUY BIEN!
Off the Cuff Comment:I am calling about all the (people) calling in all the time wanting a stoplight somewhere - put a stoplight here, put a stop light there, help me, tell me what to do, somebody tell me where to drive, where to go. Somebody wrote in tonight about “Its a wonder you don't come up on a car stopped at the new Silver Lake extension on to Frank Phillips.” Hello! How about if you look up and see break lights. How about if you use your head for something besides a cell phone. I can't believe people are so addicted to stoplights in this town. They are stop light junkies.
My Comment:I just thought this was funny..."stop light junkies"
Off the Cuff Comment:Hillary Clinton is a communist.
My Comment:Sure this gets published, but when I offer a comment about a specific politician, it doesn't.
My rejected Off the Cuff submission from Jan. 31:
It's not a surprise that any politician has their own agenda as a member of the judicial committee, that's true of all politicians. At least the democrats' agenda didn't involve doing the crossword puzzle with C-SPAN cameras right behind them.
Off the Cuff Comment:If you are claiming to be a professional or educated, you might want to check your spelling in grammar before you submit a letter about your killer dog to Readers Roundtable.
My Comment:Doh!
