"Just Happen to be the Lucky Guy"; Stewart Named WVU Coach
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Posted: 5:46 AM Jan 3, 2008
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The Cliff Notes version of the 11am announcement.

WVU President Mike Garrison says he's been through a few things, so he thinks it's time to drop the "new" in his title as president of West Virginia University.

Garrison mentions that it's good to have someone who understands "loyalty" on staff. Many questioned Rich Rodriguez's loyalty with his abrupt departure to Michigan.

WVU Athletics Director Ed Pastilong says Bill Stewart earned the job "the old fashioned way. He earned it."

The room is packed with 'Eers fans and alumni who have stuck around after the win in the Fiesta Bowl. WSAZ's Paul Gessler and Adam Cunningham are among them.

"We've been away but never gone (from West Virginia)," Stewart announced.

Stewart says he wants to be a West Virginian for life.

Stewart says it was a joy to work with the team the past couple weeks. He calls them the finest group of student-athletes anywhere in America.

"The people of West Virginia -- this game was for you last night," Stewart said.

"That game for me was for every assistant coach that never had the opportunity to get Gatorade dumped on 'em," Stewart said. "I often wondered what that would be like in the 33 years I've done this." Stewart says he didn't shower last night because he enjoyed it! He says his wife didn't mind.

Stewart says thirty years ago he proposed to his wife at a goal post at Magnolia High School. Before his wife came along, he told her football was number one in her life. He says "am I a great recruiter or what?"

Stewart promises to treat his players right.

"I don't deserve all this attention. I mean that. We're holding up a bus and a plane. Can you imagine that?" Stewart said.

"I just happen to be the lucky guy," Stewart said.

"Ive been interviewing, can I say, for a couple weeks? Longest interview in America," Stewart said.

Stewart says he made the deal last night with Garrison and Pastilong.

Every member of the coaching staff that wants to stay will have the opportunity to stay, according to Stewart.

Stewart says he never thought he'd have a chance to be a head coach again. He says he didn't put a lot of emphasis on it. He thought if it was meant to be, it would be.

Stewart says he told Pastilong he'd like to be considered. He says he never went to any player and asked them to promote him.

"This is my final job. Bar none -- I will never leave West Virginia University. And if I'm not getting it done, they won't have to tell me. I will tell them," Stewart said.

Reporters asked Stewart his biggest weakness. "I'm probably getting soft in my old age. I used to be a lot tougher," Stewart said.

"I told the team that there's times in your life to stop and smell the roses. We don't do that. I'm going to go home and smell the roses," Stewart said. "I told them enjoy this win."

Stewart says if he can get a hold of Governor Manchin, he'll have him call school off to celebrate the WVU victory.

Recruiting begins tonight. Tomorrow, he'll meet with coaches and get it underway.

Original story

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Interim West Virginia football coach Bill Stewart has been named head coach.

Athletic department spokesman Mike Fragale says Stewart will be introduced as head coach at an 11 a.m. Eastern time news conference at the team's hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The announcement follows 11th-ranked West Virginia's 48-28 win over No. 3 Oklahoma in last night's Fiesta Bowl.

Mountaineer quarterback Pat White, who ran for 150 yards and threw for 176 and two touchdowns, began stumping for Stewart on the field after the game.

White called Stewart a great man and a great coach who has the love and respect of all the players.

Stewart came to WVU as quarterback coach in January 2000 after two season as offensive coordinator in the Canadian Football League. The New Martinsville native was promoted from associate head coach to interim coach after former Mountaineer head coach Rich Rodriguez left for Michigan last month.

Stewart was head coach at VMI for three seasons starting in 1994.

His resume also includes stints as an assistant at Fairmont State, where he was a three-year letterman, and at Salem College, North Carolina, Marshall, William & Mary, Navy, Arizona State and Air Force.

The development comes just hours after WVU’s stunning 48-28 victory over Oklahoma in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.

After the Mountaineers win, Pat White announced during the post-game celebration on the field that, "I think I speak for all the players when I say he (Coach Stewart) needs to be our head coach at West Virginia."

The following is Stewart's bio on the official WVU Athletic website.

"Bill Stewart is working with the Mountaineer tight ends this year after spending the last seven coaching the quarterbacks. He added the duties of special teams coordinator and was also promoted to associate head coach under Rich Rodriguez.

Stewart, a native of New Martinsville, W.Va., came to WVU as quarterback coach in January, 2000, from the Canadian Football League, where he served as offensive coordinator of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 1999, tutoring two all-conference receivers and a 1,000-yard rusher. As offensive line coach for the CFL's Montreal Alouettes in 1998, Stewart's line blocked for Mike Pringle, the first 2,000-yard rusher in CFL history (and one of only six in the history of pro football).

A 1975 education graduate of Fairmont State, where he was a three-year letterman and team captain for the WVIAC champions in 1974, Stewart earned a master's degree in health and physical education from WVU in 1977.

Stewart's lengthy coaching resume began at Fairmont, where he was a student assistant coach for a season, before becoming an assistant coach at Sistersville (W.Va.) High School in 1975. In 1977, he moved to Salem College, where he was assistant football and head track coach for two seasons. In 1979, he moved to the University of North Carolina; he was later an assistant at Marshall (1980), William & Mary (1981-83), Navy (1984), North Carolina (1985-87), Arizona State (1988-89) and Air Force (1990-93). In 1994, Stewart became head football coach at VMI, where he was 8-25 over three seasons. His 1995 team was the highest scoring (24.5 ppg) squad in VMI history, and Keydet running back Thomas Haskins set a I-AA rushing record with 5,349 yards.

He and his wife Karen, also a native of New Martinsville, have one son, Blaine. "

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Posted by: We Are Marshall on Jan 5, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Congrats WVU
Posted by: Daryl on Jan 5, 2008 at 09:00 AM
To the Herd fans and to Marshall Universty, thanks to all who gave a thumbs up in our bowl win.
Posted by: jack on Jan 5, 2008 at 05:12 AM
marshall is better than WVU!!!!!!GO HERD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: PAT on Jan 4, 2008 at 05:54 PM
Praise and a HUGE Congratuations to Coach Stewart and His WVU Mountainneers for a Great Victory both on and off the field surrounding everything leading up to and including the Fiesta Bowl. These young men each took it upon themselves to mentally prepare themselves for the challenge of going to Arizona to represent our great state, and to play football against their opponent, and to play to the best of their ability with a big adversity in front of them. Congratuations to the team for a GREAT victory on the football field as a team, and also for a victory for each member of the team off the field, a memory that will stay with each one of them for a lifetime. LET'S GO MOUNTAINNEERS Coach Stewart is a blessing in disguise for WVU in becoming our Head Coach, and I wish him nothing but success.
Posted by: Linda Pritchard on Jan 4, 2008 at 05:21 PM
WVU won, the fans were impressed Teto was neato All the players did their best Assistant Coach Stewart stood up to the test The players all hugged him and the Committee could see They had their new coach Bill Stewart, it would be….
Posted by: Cathy on Jan 4, 2008 at 02:46 PM
I am one of those displaced West Virginians who still call the state my home. I was proud of the team, the fans, and Coach Stewart and his coaches. It was a great day to be a Mountaineer.
Posted by: EC on Jan 4, 2008 at 01:05 PM
LD, I wish WVU well, and I know there are a lot of good students at WVU. However, I also know there are a lot of former students without an education standing on the street corner with broken dreams, and a newspaper article in their hip pocket from years ago telling the readers how good they were. I only hope closing schools was a "joke"! LD, Life Is Good!!
Posted by: dave on Jan 4, 2008 at 12:21 PM
I'm so glad that the Governor supports this new coach... Now that he's happy, and this WVU "crisis" is over, he can get back to doing the little unimportant mundane things; Running the state. Hey Mojo... You're the Governor... Not the AD for WVU. Let them do their thing, you do yours. Maybe you should stop screwing around and do the job people voted for you to do, not weep over Rich Rod for breaking your tender, bleeding heart. Nobody else can put their jobs on hold because their favorite college team lost.
Posted by: Cindy on Jan 4, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Just want everyone to know...this is not "that" Cindy....I wrote this: Posted by: Cindy No Doubt he is the "BEST" man for the job. I am honored to be living in the state affiliated with this team and this coach.I am excited about next season!!!!(((((((Just for the record)))))Go EERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: BOWL_EYED on Jan 4, 2008 at 11:15 AM
I know most of us kid one another about our teams etc.,Ky and WV get more than our share of hillilly jokes etc,but I truly wish WV all the success with this coach.He seems to be a humble man without the giant EGOS of most of these coaches.Ky won their bowl game,and yes it is rare for us,WV got the job done,and lets hope OSU does the same
Posted by: Wally on Jan 4, 2008 at 02:02 AM
I remember Stewart when I was a soph. at Fairmont State. I remember him as a decent felloe and a knock your socks off football player. Only one school hated the WVU more than marshall and that is Fairmont. But I guess I have to root for the eers a bit more now that an old class mate is the head man there. Thinking about it ,,it feels good to hava a Fairmont man and former marshall coach running the show in Morgantown.
Posted by: A MOUNTAINEER on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:24 PM
WTG COACH..........GREAT GAME........I SURE HOPE ALL THOSE NEGATIVE PEOPLE ARE EATING THERE WORDS NOW....... WV IS A GREAT STATE.........GO WVU
Posted by: Psychotic1er2 on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:19 PM
Richie ROD who says you can't come home... We DO! SO LONG....LONG LIVE STEWIE
Posted by: no name on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:04 PM
I, too, along with other viewers was so impressed with the respect that Stewart and the players expressed to one another. If a mistake was done, you did not see Stewart get bent out of shape or yell at the player(s). I have the upmost respect for him and I could feel it through the actions of the players that they were very pleased and proud to be a "by G** West Virginian". So many emotions were expressed and pride was set aside. Tears of joy!!! GO WVU!!! Can't wait for next year. WV is so proud of you!!!
Posted by: LD on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:03 PM
EC, yes you heard it correctly, but i think it was meant to be what some call a "JOKE". Oh my goodness EC, go to a chat room somewhere and talk to Cindy, you two would hit it off very well. Im sure he understands education is important but has a sense of humor unlike you. Some SOOOOO need to get a life. GOOOO EERS!!! ( i do think they should close the schools for "eers Day" heck here, they havent been to school since christmas break, what would one more day hurt? Only EC's wittle feelings.
Posted by: Becky on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:59 PM
I can't wait to see the future ''Billy Stewart Boulivard'' in downtown Morgantown!! Goooo Mountaineers!!
Posted by: Jewell on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:42 PM
Coach Stewart, The Mountaineers and the WV. Fans showed the world what Wild & Wonderful West Virginia is made of!! Go WVU!! We stick together and make it work!!
Posted by: Deb on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:41 PM
No wonder Cindy can't find a good paying job in West Virginia. She can't even spell!! Maybe she should attend WVU, where we have the greatest football team in the country! Way to go EERS!! You and Coach Stewart made us proud!!
Posted by: OHIO on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:11 PM
Great game last night. WVU has a great team. One thing to think about. I see everyone is glad to have Mr. Stewart as the new Head Coach of WVU. I think he is HONEST, Hard working etc. But do you think it was kind of quick. What will everyone thing next season if WVU does not play as good. You will hate him and everything else. Mr. Stewart will be a good Coach he is new
Posted by: Kathy P. on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:20 PM
Congrats to WVU for winning the game and for getting a great coach. Bill Stewart has something that Rich Rod can't buy even if he's now rich....that's class. The game was awesome I loved seeing the Sooners and the naysayers get it shoved in their faces! Goooo Mountaineers!
Posted by: jp on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:01 PM
to Cindy: Welfare checks should be ready for pickup by Friday!!
Posted by: EC on Jan 3, 2008 at 07:37 PM
Did I read the statement correctly? The new coach wants to cancel school. I hope he made the statement in the heat of a moment. I hope he understands that EDUCATION must come first.
Posted by: morgan on Jan 3, 2008 at 07:02 PM
Stewart says if he can get a hold of Governor Manchin, he'll have him call school off to celebrate the WVU victory. He should deffiantley do that. It would make everyone talk for years. It would be awesome !
Posted by: not the mean cindy on Jan 3, 2008 at 06:52 PM
I was so happy for the team especially Owen Schmidt. We can't forget him. He is a great guy with a hard work ethic and team attitude some PRO team will be lucky next year to have him. I hope the "old Coach" was watching, he deserves whatever he gets.
Posted by: A Family of WVU Fans on Jan 3, 2008 at 06:28 PM
Way to go WVU. Great Job Players. Great Job Coach Stewart. Hey Cindy try getting out and enjoying some of the things that the rest of us enjoy in life the Good Lord above our families and WVU Sports. As my son said last night who needs to be "Rich" when you have everything already. Looking for the 2008 Season. LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS.
Posted by: T. J. on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:16 PM
Great choice, WVU! Coach Stewart seems like an honest man with his head and heart in the right place. I cried last night watching him with his players and I cried this morning watching him accept the job he clearly deserves. Way to go WVU players and coaches for a wonderful game. Way to go WVU for choosing the right man for the job!
Posted by: Robert on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:12 PM
COACH STEWART FOR PRESIDENT!!! Actually, I think that's a real good idea!
Posted by: Debbie on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:09 PM
I think its wonderful that they found a Head Coach for the WVU Football team. I watched the game last night and was very pleased with the performance of the team. Usually when WVU goes to a bowl game they are always listed as the underdog maybe that will change now. I think the players had a lot to do also with the decision.
Posted by: Jimmy C. on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:09 PM
Rodriguez who?
Posted by: Bob on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:07 PM
This game by far is one of the best I ever witnessed! The enthusiasm, energy, and emotion were unparalleled! Mr. Stewart is an outstanding example of a coach and person. He is a great leader and example for WVU football players, and most certainly places integrity as a higher priority than pay!
Posted by: ashley on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:57 PM
I am so happy to see Stewart here!! Let's Gooooooooo Mountaineers!!!!! :)
Posted by: Kathy on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:53 PM
CONGRATS COACH STEWART!! So glad to have you as the new head coach. You and your team played a wonderful game last night. Congradulations once again. Oh and by the way Cindy go lay an egg or something.
Posted by: zach on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:44 PM
what a great game and great night to be a mountaineer!! everyone here in palm beach was routing for the mountaineers!! what a great ending to the misery of the past two weeks. lets go mountaineers!!
Posted by: Coach Rod on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:44 PM
shoot shoot shoot! What was anyone thinking leaving WV? leaving such fine young men. Such wonderful athletes. I need my rear end kicked up about my shoulders. What a loser me is.
Posted by: JB on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:39 PM
CONGRADS ON THE WIN WVU , BUT YOU HIRED THE WRONG COACH , SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOC HOLLIDAY'S JOB , 8-25 COACH STEWART D-IAA OLD SCHOOL ,WAY TO GO ED SAVE THE BOOSTERS MONEY , AND NOW YOU MAY LOOSE THEM , WVU WILL BE LOOKIN FOR A NEW COACH IN 3 YRS
Posted by: LD on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Hmm. Looks like Cindy is disgruntled from standing in line at the unemployment office so long. Get over it, we are happy for WVU.Im glad that gov. manchin is attending something that is a good thing, instead of attending a disaster like he did at the Sago Mines. Some would gripe about anything. DONT WORRY, BE HAPPY CINDY. IT WILL ALL WORK OUT IN THE END. YOU WILL FIND THAT JOB YOUR LOOKING FOR!
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:34 PM
Hey Al, I am proud of Gov. Manchin being there with the team, it is his job. You need to get a life!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Al on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:12 PM
Does Joe Manchin have to stick his nose in everybody's business?! I am sick of seeing his face everywhere! Let the team have the glory!
Posted by: Darrin on Jan 3, 2008 at 04:01 PM
Cindy should realize that with the entire nation (84%) ridiculing both the school and the state that football does become the center of attention at times. When WV overcomes some of the prejudices that other states have for WV then maybe more jobs and opportunities will come to the state.
Posted by: Rick on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:58 PM
I think Cindy should understand that the entire nation was ridiculing not only WVU, but the entire state of WV. This win proved the naysayers wrong and brought money to the university so they can give away more scholarships so West Virginia high schoolers can have a better chance to attend college.
Posted by: Terri on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:51 PM
Thank goodness! I was so hoping they would select Coach Stewart and after last nights game it certainly proved he deserved it.
Posted by: Christina on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Wow, Hollywood couldn't have written a better ending! Any coach who hugs their quarterback and looks him in the eye and says, "I love you, Son" is one heck of a man in my book. (I'm not sure how many of you saw him say that to Pat White on the sidelines. He said it during the game, long before we won.) Those kids had an enthusiasm about them that we never saw when "what's-his-name" was coach. Coach Stew is man of integrity. I have never been more proud to call myself a Mountaineer!!!
Posted by: ELIZABETH on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:48 PM
I think that Mr. Stewart is a very Humble man and deserves this chance, he has been given. The game was played as a team, the way it should have been. Congrats ERRS well deserved..
Posted by: Lisa on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:39 PM
HUH? RICH WHO??? AHHH WHO NEEDED HIM? BILL IS THE MAN!!!! HOPE TO SEE HIM STAY AROUND AWHILE, NICE TO SEE A DEDICATED COACH AFTER THE PAST FEW YEARS!!!
Posted by: Rob on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:25 PM
I am so glad to see Coach Stewart get the job. He is truly a CLASS ACT!! It was nice to see him and the players interact. There was so much respect and emotion on the sidelines, it was fantastic!! I would love to watch the game again, It was just that good! Maybe WSAZ will show it again just so we can relive that wonderful game!! To the Players, Coach Stewart, and Coaching Staff THANK YOU for showing the world how Great & Wondeful West Virginia is!
Posted by: Amy on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:11 PM
To Cindy: You are obviously not a sports fan so why are you even reading this article? To complain and spred your negative opinion? Go somewhere else. This is a positive board for WV pride, Coach Stewart and the WV Mountaineers. 58 positive, proud comments and then you--but of course their is always one sour apple in the bunch. I am very proud to be a West Virginian today. I was very proud to see the governor there supporting kids, athletics and our great state. I'm sure it means a lot to the players that they have support of state leaders and not negative souls like you. WVU is very important to West Virginia, the players aren't just football players, they are attending college and will hopefully keep their education and pride in WV. Go Mountaineers and Congrats to Coach Stewart on his new position!!
Posted by: kim on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:06 PM
I have never been prouder to be a West Virginian. Coach Stewart will represent WVU with the class that the players deserve. His best recruiting tool will be his frank talk and believable word. I encourage any recruits to give WVU an honest look. Our boys were a class act last night and now let's move on towards more positive days!
Posted by: Ken on Jan 3, 2008 at 03:03 PM
Good Choice WVU. I think he proved that last night. Next November, you can watch us Buckeyes open up a big can of you know what on Rich. We will enjoy it.
Posted by: kim on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:56 PM
I watched the game last night hoping to see WVU win, of course. What I hadn't counted on was the opportunity to witness a great coach interact with his players with a genuine respect that was obviously mutual. Not only does WVU have a great coach now, but they've also gained a great person and role model. Congrats on the game, guys! More importantly, congrats to Coach Stewart and to the team for the great opportunity to work with such a great role model.
Posted by: Lilly on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Congratulations, Coach Stewart on a job well done and a great performance with your new "family." We applaud you and wish you the best. We will be standing right behind you. Enjoy your success and do stop and smell the roses. Every day is precious. Good luck to you and your family.
Posted by: WVU Fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Hey Cindy, you know Governor Joe is a West Virginia fan too. This isn't about Joe and politics, it's about WV coming together in the national spotlight. Let us Mountaineer fans enjoy the day and lighten up.
Posted by: MSM on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:30 PM
Mr. Stewart, we West Virginia fans are the lucky ones. You have heart and class. Wish you the best of luck in the seasons to come. Congratulations to the players as well. Each and every one of you are our heroes. What a way to start the new year!!!
Posted by: HD on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:15 PM
Coach Stewart is a class act and is an outstanding representative for the State of WV. Congrats Mountaineers for the great win. You made our state proud!
Posted by: ME on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:10 PM
I said last night when I saw the interaction betwwen coach Stewart and the players that I felt he should be the head coach. NEVER have I watched a ball game and seen the respect that I saw last night between players and staff. Coach Stewart showed everyone last night that you dont need to throw things and curse kick dirt whatever when something doesn't go right. I saw more compassion in Mr. Stewarts eyes for his players than I have ever seen. Good job coach at showing these boys there is other ways to get things done. A good pat on the back and a calm voice works just as well if not better that screaming etc.....
Posted by: mags on Jan 3, 2008 at 02:07 PM
THE PLAYER ARE GREAT AND JUST NEEDED A COACH THAT WOULD GUIDE THE AND SUPPORT THEM, WHICH THEY HAD LAST NIGHT. GOOD-BYE ROD YOU ARE THE WEAKEST LINK...
Posted by: Terry on Jan 3, 2008 at 01:45 PM
Good Job. Nicely Done !
Posted by: Lake Pirate on Jan 3, 2008 at 01:42 PM
ATTABOY BILL ! You have our support.
Posted by: TS on Jan 3, 2008 at 01:31 PM
I think its great that WVU won. Congrats!!! Rodriquez really screwed up when he left like he did. To leave just before the Fiesta Bowl. What a putz he is. Just proves who the real coach is, doesn't it? Kudos to COACH STEWART!!!! Let's just see how long he lasts at Michigan. They'll probably be looking for a new coach in a few weeks. I would think they would anyway. Who wants to have someone who quits the team just when he's needed. But then again, Coach Stewart, maybe he wasn't needed all that much. Congratulations WVU.
Posted by: Keith on Jan 3, 2008 at 01:29 PM
All I can say is Rodriquez who!!! Mr. Stewart where lucky to have you. You showed us last night what you and the team can do for WVU!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jeanine on Jan 3, 2008 at 01:27 PM
From Charleston, WV to West Palm Beach and Orlando, FL - - my family was proud to be a West Virginian last night. America finally knows what WV is all about. Great choice for coach!
Posted by: WVUmaninTN on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Thank You EERRS players and fans!! 1. For the BIG win. 2. For showing the world what the GREAT state of WV is made of "Class" and 3. For the University doing the right thing for Coach Stew. It's nice to see someone get something earned and deserved for a "Job Well Done". Looking forward to the 2008 Season. GOOOOOOOOOO EERRSSSSSSSSSS!
Posted by: Tim A on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Way to go Mountaineers, each and every player showed their talents on the field. Coach Stew - you are what West Virginia is all about. I have never been prouder of a WVU coach (30 years of watching)than I was of you for your support of our boys last night. Good or bad you treated them with respect and dignity. You represented football and the great State of West Virginia with the pride that we have lacked for so many years. Nice to have a coach on the sideline that is not swearing cuss words at the players in plain view of the TV cameras. Coach Stew - Your a class A gentleman! Folks remember that Coach Stew has a lot to offer WVU and we have a great team, so for our 2008 season, WIN or LOSE, lets give them our support 100%. Coach Stew will make WV proud and he will get the job done. God Bless WVU Administration for doing the right thing and many thanks goes to the players at WVU for rallying behind Coach Stew for this honor of being named our head coach!
Posted by: D on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Coach Stewart is the man for the job! we are proud of him and the Mountaineers! way to go! a well-deserved win!
Posted by: Tim on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:24 PM
I felt like I was watching a movie last nite. After all that the WVU football program has been through over the last month, it was like a Hollywood ending! Watching the players hoist their interim coach on their shoulders after a HUGE win over a college football power-house like Oklahoma was surreal! What a game and what a story of overcoming adversity! Congratulations to Bill Stewart! He absolutely earned the job and is very deserving. No one else could have stepped in the position facing the adversity that he faced and come out a winner like he did last nite. And what a performance by the defense!! Pat White was a great leader on the field and Noel Devine stepped in and definitely stepped up! I've never been more proud to be a Mountaineer fan! Lets Go!!! Mountaineers!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Congrats Stew!!! I just hope you can continue the tradition of WVU. You got the big win and now go recruit more and makes us a big power house, so we can light up more couches!!!!!
Posted by: LBD on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:21 PM
I couldn't be more proud to be a West Virginian!! There is a brotherhood, a loyalty, a sense of "us against the world" here in WV. So often we are "the butt of the joke", but there is no joke today, only PRIDE. I thank you, Head Coach Bill Stewart for leading by example, with such soft spoken class. You earned this, you deserve this and we are behind you 100%. To Pat White, thank you for returning! To Owen Schmidt, you will be greatly missed. It was awesome to watch you play. Your humble attitude and hard work were a true example to young athletes everywhere. You are a HERO to them for all the right reasons. That is hard to find these days in college and professional sports. We will follow your career, which is destined to be GREAT.
Posted by: Jewell on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Coach Stewart.. You are the best ever!! Coach Stewart, the Mountaineers and the WV. fans shined!! LOVE YOU ALL!!
Posted by: ab on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:13 PM
Congratulations to Coach Stewart!!! He made me proud to be a West-by-God- Virginian last night and they couldn't have picked a better coach!!!
Posted by: Connie on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:08 PM
COACH STEWART...NO ONE DESERVES THIS POSITION MORE THAN YOU!! YOU ARE BRINGING OUR TEAM HOME CHAMPIONS AS MOST OF KNEW THEY WOULD...ALL OF YOU DID IT AND AS A TEAM...CONGRATULATIONS MOUNTAINEERS FOR A GREAT GAME AND SEASON!! ENJOY YOUR BOWL WIN BECAUSE YOU ALL DESERVE IT! LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!! YOU MAKE WV PROUD!!
Posted by: Cindy on Jan 3, 2008 at 12:06 PM
No Doubt he is the "BEST" man for the job. I am honored to be living in the state affiliated with this team and this coach.I am excited about next season!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:56 AM
Im sooo happy for him and the team. They played a wonderful game lastnight! I really hope this shows "Rod" that he can be replaced by someone who RESPECTS West Virginia and will do a MUCH better job of coaching the team! Congrats WVU and Congrats Mr. Stewart!
Posted by: STEPHANIE on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:53 AM
I LOVED THE GAME LAST NIGHT. I CRIED MY EYES OUT WHEN THEY WON. I LOVE IT FOR ALL THE PLAYERS ESPECIALLY THE SENIORS, AND I ALSO LOVED IT FOR COACH BILL STEWART. WHEN THE PLAYERS HAD A BAD CALL, HE SMILED AND WENT RIGHT ON, HE DIDN'T JUMP DOWN THEIR THROATS. I APPRECIATE HIM FOR THAT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOU CANNOT PLAY A FOOTBALL GAME WITHOUT HAVING SOME BAD CALLS. I SAY THAT RICH ROD WATCHED THE GAME LAST NIGHT AND IF HE HAS ANY KIND OF HEART, I BET HE MISSED THE MOUNTAINEERS AND BEING ON THAT SIDELINE, BUT WE DIDN'T NEED HIM, WE FOUND SOMEBODY BETTER FOR THE JOB WHO SHOWS HE HAS HEART AND IT AIN'T ALL ABOUT THE MONEY.
Posted by: CONTINUE UNITED SKILLS on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:50 AM
Great Choice.
Posted by: michelle on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Rod who? We finally have a respectable coach and WV native who understands what the word loyalty means!! I couldn't be happier!! Way to go Mountaineers!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Melanie on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Congradulations to a Coach & Team that conducted themselves through the last few week as a Class Act. You're good, tough and showed the United States we not just a bunch of crying hillbilly's. Looking forward to next year!
Posted by: Gwen on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:40 AM
This was such an important announcement to loyal West Virginians, I believe you could have postponed regular viewing for a few minutes and shown this live on Newschannel 3!
Posted by: debbie on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Coach Stewart, you and your wonderful team proved those "know-it-all" sport commentors WRONG!! During the pre-game show all they talked about was OU's quarterback, Bradford, and that he is a great QB and a"true freshman", yea right, a "true freshman for High School!! Did you all see OU's fans? They looked real pitiful. Reminded me of the Georgia(stunned) fans at the WVU-Georgia "fiesta bowl" in 06. Congrats again on a great season. GOD bless you all!
Posted by: Cindy on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:36 AM
I resent Joe Manchin saying we are a greatful state in regards to the hiring of a WVU football coach. WVU is not the center of the universe. We are talking about a football coach so really Joe Manchin get a grip. I would be greatful if you and your administration had managed to recruit businesses offering good paying jobs to the state or if more people in this state had access to health care. I would be greatful if more young people had the opportunity to attend college and then were able to find a decent paying job in this state. Joe Manchin needs to focus more of his attention on the real business of the state and less of his time involved in WVU football and the affairs of Morgantown.
Posted by: Sharon on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:35 AM
If anyone deserves the head coaching job a WVU it is Bill Stewart. He kept the team together and kept them motivated and their moral up and I think that the guys really appreciated him taking so much interest in the team and him making them understand that they were worth everything that they proved to be in last night's game. It took a lot of courage on Mr. Stewart's part to try and hold things together in such a trying situation. He's one of a kind and I think that was proven by the way the guy spoke of him and the respect that they have for him. Bill is one coach that's not all about himself but he gives the glory to the teammates and the loyal fans which follow the team. I am proud to say that I am a part of the great state of W.V. and hope that things continue to look up for the WVU football team in the coming years ahead. Go Mountaineers.
Posted by: diana on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:24 AM
I am glad Mr Sewart is going to take the job go mountaineers
Posted by: Herd Fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM
I echo "Danny's" comments. Stewart did a great job last night coaching the team and the players really seemed to be respecting him. Having played sports and worked with athletes over 20 years, when the players like the coach, everything goes better. Kudos to WVU for also showing OU they were wrong about wanting to play a better team in a bowl game. You played like champs. We wish you success except when playing Marshall!!
Posted by: Mary on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:13 AM
I am so proud of this Mountaineer football team. They showed what true Mountaineers are made of, no matter where these players of from they have inherited the WV true grit......... Its been a rough past month I know for everyone but your true fans never gave up on you, we knew this team was made of more than just one coach. We knew the talent was there and you could do it and thank goodness you now have that wonderful Head Coach Bill Stewart. The administration finally got it right... We will look for bigger and better things to come. It really nice to know that you guys love us as much as we love you..... Coach Stewart said it right "It was a great night to be a "Mountaineer"..... Thanks so much to each and everyone of you.. You put all the doubts to rest.
Posted by: Michele on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Coach Stewart deserves the head coach postion,he stepped up to help out the team when Rodriguiz betrayed his team and the fans. I am so proud of coach Stewart and our WVU team they are the greatest!! Thanks for making us proud!Go you go guys and coach Stewart.
Posted by: Ohio State Fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Proud to be your neighbor,WVU!Great game and Coach Stewart done a wonderful job for West BY GOD Virginia!
Posted by: Mindi on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Coach Stewart showed class, compassion and true grit last night. I loved how he interacted with his players. He showed them they were the most important component of the game, not the game itself, or the trial they just came through. Pat White said it all when he said they "played as a family". Owen Schmitt gave one heck of a performance and went out on a high note. Congrats WVU and congrats WV citizens, we've proven we are a true force in sports and a class act as well. I want RR to have watched last night in his Mich. home and feel the pain knowing he wasn't needed and the kids did a better job with him gone than when he was there. In fact, the players were more relaxed and in better spirits than I have seen before. They seemed to enjoy the game AND Coach Stewart, who showed them respect, pride in their abilities and anyone could see their devotion for him and their teammates. I guess he brought out the best in those boys and they loved and respected him for it. Again Congrats!!!
Posted by: WVU Fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Thank you players AND Coach Stewart for making WV fans proud. You da man Coach!!
Posted by: Jennifer on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:25 AM
I am not at all surprised that they offered Coach Stewart the position. He did a great job last night and you can tell how much he respects the players and the players respect him. Congratulations!!!
Posted by: Melinda on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:22 AM
AMEN!!!!Last night when our boys took the field,I cried like a baby.When we won,I cried again. We don't need Terry Bowden or anyone else.Coach Stew has the love for the team and the state that our boys deserve.He is the best man for the job!!!!The boys love and respect him.I believe he will stay with WVU.A healing took place in WV last night.One that was much needed.I loved Rich and my heart was broken when he left.Not because he left to better himself, but because of the way it was done.The team deserved better.Football should be about the boys.Last night, our Mountaineers played with heart.When they walked off that field they were met with a genuine smile and hug from a man we have all fell in love with.God Bless the team,school, our beautiful state and Bill Stewart!!!Everything happens for a reason.We saw it last night.I have never been prouder to be from WV!! Congratulations Coach Stew and Mountaineers!!!!!
Posted by: kw on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Congrats to the Mountaineers and Coach Stewart!! I have never seen a coach with more compassion and true love for his team. Way to go and I cannot wait until next season. I feel like WVU has a REAL coach now. It really looked like he was "home" last night with all of those huge smiles he had. ROD who????????????
Posted by: anon on Jan 3, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I love this man...he is a honorable man and a great coach.
Posted by: Marshall Fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:44 AM
Great job! Coach Stewart and Team. Coach Stewart you deserve the head coach position. I think that you will be a great coach for WVU. Again, good job!
Posted by: Pam on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:43 AM
Thank you so much Coach Stewart and Mountaineer football team. I am so proud of the winning attitude that was shown by you guys in spite of recent events. It makes me feel good about college football again.
Posted by: scott on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:36 AM
a week ago all i saw was people downing wv about how bad they were gonna get beat alot of people gave up on them bet they didnt give up after they saw that win. congrads to you coach that was one heck of a job and to you also team we knew you guys could do it lets gooooooo mountaineers
Posted by: Ryan on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:26 AM
WVU has shown the country what it means to play West Virginia Football. They have proven that they do not need Rich Rodriguz, they had each other, and Bill Stewart. Bill, I would like to say that I am rooting for yoy 100% and that all WVU fans should support you. Congratulations! Devine, White, SLaton, see you next year! I would like to also say that Owen Schmitt has given the pro scouts another reason to look at him. Again, great job on the win. "LET'S GO MOUNTAINEERS!!" ;)
Posted by: Victoria on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Great job WVU and The new HEAD COACH, Bill Stewart...You all made the state of WV proud as usual. it still stands in my mind though that OU didn't want to play us in the Bowl Game because we weren't good enough...Hmmmmm, 48-28...Go figure!!! We reap what we sow people...Class act West Virginia!!!
Posted by: Shari on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:17 AM
Congratulations to Coach Stewart! You did a great job last night. You definitely deserve the position after WVU's great win!
Posted by: STEVE ROBINETTE on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:15 AM
Now this what College Football is all about. If ever a person deserves the head coach Position, Truly it is Coach Stewart, Not only did The Mountaineers Beat Oklahoma They beat Rod at his little game. GOOOOOO Mountaineers. You guys showed the whole world what it is to be a team.
Posted by: Elizabeth on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:02 AM
I was impressed with the game, but more impressed with Coach Stewart's demeanor before, during and after the game. High praise goes to the team, and to the decision makers at WVU for doing the right thing by giving Coach Stewart a chance, he most certainly deserves it! It does my heart good to see a fellow West Virginian placed ahead of so called "big name" coaches and given a chance to make his name known after such a long career as support staff. No matter what the eventual outcome I really believe the people of West Virginia will not be disappointed and Coach Stewart will respect this State and all it's proud inhabitants.
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 at 09:00 AM
I SECOND THAT COMMENT---BEST INTERVIEW FOR A JOB THAT I HAVE EVER SEEN! GO COACH STEWART!!!!!!
Posted by: BG on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:38 AM
You deserve the head coaching spot, Mr. Stewart!!! That was the most exciting game yet!!! It just goes to show we didn't let a distraction like Rod bring us down, If anything WVU showed him what he's gonna miss next year @ that!!! Congrats!! We did it!!! LETS GO MOUNTAINEERS!!!!!!!!! ;) BTW, Noel you were off the hook lastnigt!!!! Can't wait until next season!!
Posted by: Ben on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:35 AM
I've never seen such an impressive job interview. Well deserved.
Posted by: Tammy J on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:31 AM
I think it's Fantastic that WVU has hired Coach Stewart. He stepped up to the plate when coach rod betrayed our state and our boy's and I am so proud of all he has done to bring our player's home with a Fiesta Bowl victory ! Way to go ''Coach Stewart "
Posted by: CW on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:14 AM
Amazing job Coach Stewart and the Mountaineers! I cried like a baby I was so happy!
Posted by: Lynn on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:14 AM
I Have Never Been More Proud To Be West Virginian. Bill Stewart Brought This Team And State Back Together Last Night And Gave Us A Championship Moment Will Never Forget. I Look Forward To Many More Championship Moments With Coach Stew And The Mountaineers
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:03 AM
MY VOTE IS FOR BILL
Posted by: Gary on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:02 AM
Great win for the Mountaineers and coach Stewart. He should without question get the coaching position. He showed more compasion and pleasure for his team in one game than the other guy you know the one who went to Michigan did his complete stay at WVU. Coach Stewart and the Mountaineers made me very proud. They brought honor to the Mountain State. If Coach Stewart would have been coaching the complete season they would probably have gone undefeated and would be playing for the national championship. Thanks for a Great Game and the most entertaining game I've seen this year.
Posted by: Floyd on Jan 3, 2008 at 08:00 AM
Thank you so much to the Mountaineers for representing our state really well last night. You pulled together and showed everyone what WV football is all about. Coach Stewart, thank you and welcome aboard as our new head coach.
Posted by: Who needs Rod? on Jan 3, 2008 at 07:55 AM
NO one needs Rod! Lets go Stewart! Awesome job WVU! I have never been proud of WVU like I am today. You guys really did an excellent job. Overcoming adversity is sometimes hard to do. You guys did it with extreme dignity. Glad Rod wasn't apart of it.
Posted by: fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 07:20 AM
FINALLY A TRUE WEST VIRGINIAN!!! COULDNT HAVE MADE A BETTER CHOICE. Congratulations! The better man definitely got the job. By the way, who is rich Rodriquez?
Posted by: ohio footballl fan on Jan 3, 2008 at 07:10 AM
go, WVU!!! Congratulations Bill Stewart desires to be the new coach. He took this team to victory being uncertain if he had a job after the game. He puts the team first. Great game. good luck coach Stewart.
Posted by: Danny on Jan 3, 2008 at 06:45 AM
Being a HERD fan, normally, I do not like it when WVU wins. However, last night I found myself being happy for them. I also found myself liking Bill Stewart for the way he presented himself, and the way the players spoke about him. Congratulations Coach Stewart, I wish you continued success...except when playing THE HERD!
Posted by: Anonymous on Jan 3, 2008 at 06:31 AM
I THINK BILL STEWART DID A GREAT JOB LAST NIGHT COACHING THE BOWL GAME. I JUST HOPE THAT IF BILL STEWART DOES GET THE JOB, HE FINDS REALLY GOOD RECRUITS, WE CAN ALWAYS USE MORE REALLY GOOD PLAYERS.
Posted by: Kathy on Jan 3, 2008 at 06:20 AM
As well he should be! CONGRATS COACH STEWART! HE deserves to be named head coach, he's proven that Unlike the one that just bolted on these kids, Coach Stewart stuck with them, coached them and inspired them through a very very tough time when the coach they HAD trusted, believed in and worshiped walked out and left them cold right before their bowl game Coach Stewart AND these kids showed not only the "previous" coach last night that they don't need HIM to win or even survive, they showed the entire State of WV AND the country. They also showed those doubting "fans" who didn't go to the game because even THEY doubted these kids could beat Oklahoma! Those "fans" also tried to tell the kids they weren't any good by their absence, but those "kids" WERE the adults last night. They kicked OU's backside very soundly AND with class. Something the previous coach NEVER had. Coach Stewart believed in them and he deserves to be the Head Coach! Congrats!
Posted by: C on Jan 3, 2008 at 05:57 AM
AWESOME GAME LAST NIGHT GUYS!!!! GREAT JOB!! YOU ALL GAVE ME CHILLS!!
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  • Posted By: news bias: i saw video of people protesting coal.I DIDNT SEE people protesting being taxed into poverty,THE TEA PARTY.this is why more and more people are realizing the left wing so called news are being found out about their socialist agenda.where would t.v.stations get their power from ,if not coal.they can talk the talk,but can they walk the walk.all talk,no substance.liberal thru and thru...
  • Posted By: nurse: cps says young kids can't use a weed eater or so i hear. so then why can these same kids put on football pads during the summer and have the coaches w/ parents approval run til they puke or get sick from heat exhaustion. and yes if your kid wants to play football then you do have to allow your kid to go through all that or they wont get to play. so why cant the same child weedeat.
  • Posted By: buck: why is it w/ summer sports it seems the parents make it all about them instead of the kids. am i wrong or do alot of these parents seem to want to relive life again through the kids. or even worse make a claim to being so good at whatever the sport the parent did that they push the kid all because of what they did 'or never did'. These parents also seem to be the really high ego type person. funny thing is if the parent was so good then why arent they pro or at least a great college player. what i have noticed is the the kids w/ the parent who did play college or was on the verge of being pro does not press the issue. they allow the kids to play ball. just my opinion
  • Posted By: Kerry: I would just like to give the city of Huntington a great big THANK-YOU!!! for the wonderful fireworks show. Despite the slight drizzle we had a great evening out. Also had an amazing dinner at "5 guys". Thank you!!!!
  • Posted By: ProudAmerica: On this holiday, I want to send out thanks to all the soldiers, veterans and their families. Without your service, this holiday would not be possible. Please know that you are very much appreciated.
  • Posted By: Anonymous: My comment is about the WV Unemployment office. The people who work there must be the most incompetent baffoons imaginable because it seems that they can never get anything right. It is bad enough that you have to wait in line for hours with all the other people who were unfortunate enough to lose their jobs due to the bad economy but when you finally get to see someone, they always manage to completely mess things up. As if to add insult to injury, they also seem to take great pleasure in denying someone because of their mistake which forces you to appeal their "decision" and go through it all over again. These people are far worse than your typical state employee, they are morons.
  • Posted By: Eve: Has anyone had people soliciting at their homes for "Cabell County schools"? Had a female come to the house this morning (on the July 4 holiday) from "University of Georgia" on behalf of Cabell County to talk to local parents. She had no list of student names and made the assumption that we had kids by the toys/bikes in our yard. She had a notebook with "local parents" names that she had talked with, but I didn't recognize any of the names. She asked about the neighborhood and if any other kids lived there. I didn't disclose any info except that lots of kids live in the area. Didn't let her in the house. Just suspicious because of the holiday and local home robberies. Called Huntington Police to inform them. Wanted to post to get more info out to other families. Have a safe holiday and if anyone else has similar info, please call the Huntington Police Dept. @ 696-4470.
  • Posted By: : To By?? Sounds to me like your doing some bashing too. Let's keep our feelings about each other to ourselves.
  • Posted By: : Seems to me the more than one person has too much time on their hands. I don't understand why people get on here and bash each other's comments. Why don't you all get jobs. WOW, don't think I will return to this section of the webpage anymore.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello working people of WV this is Big Earl and people there is nothing wrong with eating good wholesome foods like bacon sausage eggs lard flour and the like all these PETA types are ganging up on our good food like you cant go to a baseball game now and get a hotdog without a PETA nut bothering you boo hooing about the poor little pig that turned out as a hotdog. Now my favorite restaurant in the world Kentucky Fired Chicken has thrown in twith these nuts and is grilling chicken now. Chicken was never meant to be grilled only fried regular or extra crispy. So people I say get busy we have work to do they is two states in front of us we in WV have to reclaim our top spot as best fed in the whole country go down to the foodland or kroger and get a cube of regular mountain dew a sack of Lays chips and some good ball park big red smokeys with a big bowl of chili and have a grill out tomorrow to celebrate the fourth of July in style and may I say God bless the USA and coal miners too.
  • Posted By: food for thought: Yes I am a Christian. I do need to understand the book of Revelation more and the end time prophecy. Like most I have the concept of it. Just to make it short, government dependence(happening more than ever) and is almost being forced for the citizens of this country to rely on. Cap and trade?(sign of the mark of the beast?)I don't know. I am ready. You that believe in science is fine, I do too. I do not go as far as to believe every report they give out. I pose this question. if you are so worried about global warming that means you don't like heat or burning:correct? Hmmm, think on this of what in Revelation I do understand. The lake of fire is where the worm dieth not and the fire is never quenched. Eternity is forever, on this Earth we are just passing through.
  • Posted By: to why: no ,hetrosexuals wont go to hell any slower than gays.adultry fornication,stealing lying murder etc,are all sins.every one sins,it just that you cant say you want to be a christian,and keep on with bad habits or not want to change and expect god to say thats all right.life is a struggle for all of us.we are expected to repent and try our hardest to do whats right.god respects that.you are not in any more danger than any other sinner.i know that homosexuality is a sin but so is adultry.would we tell an adulter that its all right to keep on hurting their marriage and spouse and thats alright,no.i would rather live beside an honest caring,productive gay person than a dishonest evil selfish nosy buissybody any day.we are only responsible for our own sins and actions.you sound stressed,lighten up.but homosexuality is a sin,like adultry and fornication,nobody gets a free pass.
  • Posted By: Patty: Good points, Htiek, but the status quo with coal mining, which is a dirty business, no matter how it is marketed, i.e., "clean coal" (coal is dirty, period), will remain till the resources are depleted, the land and environment of the coal fields are destroyed, which is pretty much the case at present.
  • Posted By: bonn: One more thing and I really will stop. Why does the weather cycle? I do not know everything-no one does. But everything has its purpose. Sometimes, more cold is called for. If we don't have hard winters snakes and mosquitoes thrive, for one. Mosquitoes are a large part of fish diet. And snakes keep rodents in check. But too much cold hurts other things that call for warmer temps. Quail is one thing that comes to mind that suffer in the frigid temps. We just don't understand all of the workings of these things. But it is all to keep a balance-many times in things we ourselves have killed off, such as bear and wolves. Even if we don't like some species, they all serve a purpose and nature helps keep that balance. Our world really was wonderfully made. With all the changes in temperature, we still have seasons. You can know it will be cold in winter and hot in summer. The excesses serve a purpose we sometimes can not see. Strive to learn of all of her wonders, not follow blindly.
  • Posted By: bonn: I would like to apologize if I have been short and critical. I really am sorry. It is no excuse, but I have a very sick child who may be dying and I get so upset at the state of our world. I do have to quit reading these comments. But I hope I have caused a few people at least to think with their own common sense instead of blindly following whatever. Some theories may be correct. But many ARE for monetary purposes. We each were given a mind to think with. Question everything before taking it as it appears. And be sure and thank a veteran for the freedom we celebrate this weekend. Too many have died to protect it to just give it up willingly. And whether or not you are religious, lets try to love one another. Love can fix so many things! Try to keep our world clean, But that doesn't have to bankrupt us. We can all do our part in whatever ways we can. The old saying "Give a hoot, don't pollute" should not have gone out of style. And use your wikipedia to read "Ice Age" to see cycling.
  • Posted By: Follow up on cap and rape: CNSNews.com) – The 1,400-page cap-and-trade legislation pushed through by House Democrats contains a new federal policy that residential, commercial, and government buildings be retrofitted to increase energy efficiency, leaving it up to the states to figure out exactly how to do that. This means that homeowners, for example, could be required to retrofit their homes to meet federal “green” guidelines in order to sell their homes, if the cap-and-trade bill becomes law. The bill, which now goes to the Senate, directs the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to develop and implement a national policy for residential and commercial buildings. The purpose of such a strategy – known as the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) – would be to “facilitate” the retrofitting of existing buildings nationwide.In other words all your appliances-heating-stove -fridge-windows-would have to meet green standards before we sell SOCAILISM HAS ARRIVED YESWEDID
  • Posted By: ANOTHER YES WE CAN: First you paid to insure your car. Soon you may have to add health insurance premiums to that stack of monthly bills as well. In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. The government would provide subsidies for the poor and many middle-class families, but those who still refuse to sign up would face fines of more than $1,000. The details were unveiled Thursday in a health care overhaul bill supported by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.SOCAILISM IS HERE The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines would raise around $36 billion over 10 years. Senate aides said the penalties would be modeled on the approach taken by Massachusetts, which now imposes a fine of about $1,000 a year on individuals who refuse to get coverage. Under the federal legislation, families would pay higher penalties than individuals
  • Posted By: bonn: Good grief! The brain washing has gone so far it will never get better. Some of this way of thinking makes me physically ill in my stomach. All of one mind! Mindless devotion to whatever is contrary to common sense and whatever theory is being passed around. Most families have both parents working, some two jobs, just to make it now. Soon you won't even be able to work enough to carry your family, the government and the ones who won't work. Then you will be disposable and they will start killing you off because you can't give them enough money. But you will blindly keep following. It is easy to see how Hitler took control and how it is being set up for the antichrist to take control. I quit. I will never read another comment. And Kris, did that nut not know the sky has always appeared blue? Hahaha Goodbye. I know you will reply, but I won't be reading it. Never again. Either you believe God or the scientists. I choose God. And freedom!
  • Posted By: cap and trade: world net daily has an informative article on home ownership and all buildings in u.s.it is about total government control of everyone.you will have to answer to the gov.or else.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: To Pearl: Thanks for the comment. I try to be an adult and make the usual comments and complaints, But how would you feel if every time you wrote something, Someone would respond back with their own opinions and say that you are wrong! Just the other day I wrote how my child was injured at Camden Park! Of course RoaneCo. had to write something and attack me about my decision to get angry about the situation. Yes, I agree that I should just turn the other cheek but I was raised to stand up for myself!! Why I'm a target I'll never know but I think that I have a right just like everyone else on here and to say my opinion on things whether people agree or not.
  • Posted By: Why?: EVERYONE SINS! Why is being gay the worst sin that sends you "straight" to HELL? Heterosexuals can do all the "sining" they want and still go to heaven but LGBT can't.
  • Posted By: Justme: Coal mining has been around for years and years. I'm sick of all these nuts that are griping about mining. You nuts are always griping. Maybe you need to get a life. If your so against it.. Then turn your lights out. And stop using the power. Move on, and stop taking jobs away from our miner's.
  • Posted By: Htiek: What always amazes me about people in WV is their slavish devotion to coal mining even though it is killing the planet, costs more jobs than it creates, poisons the water, destroys the mountains, scars the land, kills the snail darter, and other horrible things. Things are all so backwards in this country why dont we switch over to something that lasts and is free like the sun and wind? Even if the president said that stuff and I doubt he did and even if he did you are misquoting him or taking him out of context he is right if there is one sure way to get people to stop turning their air conditioners down to 76 it is to raise the price, just like gasoline. People we can learn to ride bikes and walk again, just like they did in the old days, that will help give us exercise and decrease the obesity rate in WV. Food is another area, the slop that people eat like MacDonalds, trans fats, regular soft drinks, anybody with half a brain knows the intelligent thing to do is tax regular soda pop.
  • Posted By: Gandalf: A tea party? Oh my! I must relay this information to my friend Alice and the Mad Hatter. Door Mouse and Rabbit too. They will be thrilled! Oh my bad, must have picked out the wrong book today. Ta Ta!
  • Posted By: Pearl: Roane Co why dont you and Jane pursue your romance elsewhere the yell is for complaints.
  • Posted By: Kris: Just throwing this out there. I'm sitting on my couch wearing sweat pants and short sleeve shirt. I'm thinking about shuting my windows and turning on my heat. Shouldn't I be turning on the air conditioner instead? It's the 2nd of July. Not saying it's global warming but it doesn't seem right. Haven't heard of any heat warning anywhere is the US so far this summer. Great for us but doesn't feel right.
  • Posted By: Kris: Hi Bonn, it is true that these cycles do occur over time. Scientists have taken core samples from the earth and the ice to show these cycles. However, none of the samples show such a dramatic change in such a short period of time. I am a smoker and I will admit that my second hand smoke can and probably will effect the lungs of a non-smoker. The tons of carbon monoxide and other pollutants that we release into our atmosphere HAS TO have an effect on our atmosphere. True story: there was a scientist that day after day after day couldn't figure out why the sky was so blue and clear. Then it struck him, there hadn't been ANY planes in the air for three days. That was 911. What you put out, is what you get back. If you put love out, you will get love back. If you put out negativity, you will get negativity back. For every action, there is a reaction whether it's good or bad. It's in our hands to do our best not to cause an adverse impact to our planet. Peace to ALL!
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello again good working coal mining people of WV this is the coal miners friend Big Earl with news of yet another hippie plot to stick there big noses further into our business now some of these people in Congress has throwed in with the tree huggers they are trying to make it so you cannot sell your house without some nut from the hippie EPA coming in and inspecting it to make sure you are green enough to suit there tastes. This so called cap and trade bill that these busy body do gooders are pushing on us will destroy our jobs and run up the electric bills so that everybody will have to live like the Waltons with 27 people under one roof just to keep warm. Now the average hippie longhair don’t care noway because they would have us all living in mud huts riding mules wearing sandals and weaving baskets to load down with califlowers and arougalas tofu and alfalfa to take up on some worthless mountaintop as an offering to there windmill god instead of having nice homes, cars, a job and cool air in the summer and heat in the winter ALL THANKS TO THE COAL MINER. Anything to bother people attracts these hippies like flies to a cowpie.
  • Posted By: to hteik: hteik has 2 comment .the global warming one was hillarous.it was june 30.he must not have gotten the same public education i did,he was taught that we had satellites in colonial time.but then again he think algoe is really smart,he doesnt know al didn,t really invent the innernet.i think fox news and conservative talk radio would do him a world of good,he,d be shocked at what he doesn,t know.
  • Posted By: Amy: Hey Keith, I must have missed that interview because I was busy clinging to my guns and religion. No, really, I did see it. It's kind of strange how people become so shocked when this stuff is introduced in the House of Reps. Obama outlined every plan he intended to get pushed through and a lot of people just didn't listen. Next time I hope people vote for the best candidate not the best slogan. Yes we can....bankrupt the nation!
  • Posted By: Patriot1: Tea Party: There will be a tea party in Grayson, Ky on July 4th. It will be held at the City Park from 4:00-6:30PM
  • Posted By: Dave: The seat belt law is no law. Its nothing but a deliberate attempt to extort money off the American people,use communist law and control the populace. THE PEOPLE HAVE NEVER VOTED ON IT, BUT THEY ARE TRYING TO GET YOU BELIEVE THAT IT WILL SAVE LIVES. TELL THEM TO GIVE YOU THE FIGURES ON ACCIDENTAL OPERATIONS.And if that doesn't satisfy you then why are we allowing our young brave soldiers to be killed,and for whom? WHY AREN'T THESE NEWSPAPERS BRINGING THIS INFORMATION TO THE PEOPLE? Because the nations 96% are owned and controled by the WEALTHIEST.
  • Posted By: bonn: I was trying to make a point. Perhaps not in the best way. I get so discouraged seeing what is happening around us. One group of scientists call for us to spread soot on all the snow up north to absorb heat to counter the coming ice age. Another (more popular) group calls for painting our roofs white to reflect the heat that is melting our ice caps. Which group is right? Neither. Our earth is doing exactly as it has been doing all along. Cycling naturally. Did it plan it all on its own? Hardly. But no one wants to hear that. It reminds me of "chicken little" yelling "the sky is falling". Only this is not so funny-this is control. And what is even sadder is-people seem to WANT to be controlled. This earth will continue as always until one preplanned day it all comes to a screeching halt. Then a new earth will be created. I will not be caught off guard. I read The Book. I know where I will be. Do you? And do you really enjoy giving those schemers your money that much? I hope one day...
  • Posted By: Keith: A few questions for the Yell audience: Does anyone remember when Obama gave that interview in SanFran Cisco and said that he would not prevent the construction of a coal fired plant, but his policies would bankrupt anybody that tried to build one? That policy was cap and trade. I heard O say that energy prices, under his administration, would "necessairly skyrocket." Is this the hope and change you guys voted for? How will you afford your electric and gas service under this man who cares so much for the poor? Obama said once that he was not bothered that the price of gas had risen so high, just that it happened so fast. How does everyone feel about the gas price? Obama raked John Pablo McCain over the coals for suggesting health care benefits be taxed as income, now he is going to do the same thing to pay for "free" care to illegal aliens, deadbeats, etc...but union workers will be exempt from this tax. How does that make you feel if you work for a living and are not in a union? H&C
  • Posted By: Amy: Hteik, "all is well" because people like us! Give me a break. If all were well, we would not have the largest unemployment rate in 26 years. The stimulus package would prevent it from going above 8%, remember? How is Iran not our business but Honduras is? The people of Honduras have a Constitution very similar to ours and we should support the people not an extremist who is trying to take over their country. The 22nd Amendment does a great service for our nation. IF it would be reversed that would be O.K too. At the rate Obama is going W. could beat him in 2012. At least I would sleep better at night.
  • Posted By: Just Me: Wow Jane Doe, give it a rest. I really don't think God would be please with this going on and on and on...healthy banter is fine, but this is not healthy banter. Christians absolutely can and do get angry, it's what they do with that anger that counts. It doesn't matter where, when, or even IF you go to church...what matters is that you have accepted Christ into your heart and asked for forgiveness of your sins. God didn't save us to judge others, he saved us to lead others to him. I've said many times...what if the person you just yelled at, told off, or whatever showed up at your church on Sunday? Would you be proud of your behavior?
  • Posted By: Sophie: Roane County is a beautiful place. The country roads snake along past fields, farms and old homes we wish could talk. Looneyville is indeed named after the Looney family, so is Gandeeville. My father was from Roane Co. & graduated from Walton High School in the 40's. He told me tales of his school days, friends, boyish pranks, old cars and the fun they had at the 4-H camp. Spencer was a big place to them. Roane Co. gave us many war veterans and kept distant family & friends together with the annual "Roane County Reunion". I don't even know if they still have it, but we used to go. I remember seeing Sen. Robert Byrd play his fiddle there. The Black Walnut Festival in October(?) is a good time to visit Spencer. They usually have a parade, arts & crafts and a museum. You can enjoy a slice of Americana, along with a slice of homemade pie.
  • Posted By: Craveontruth: The great Dale Carnegie once said "You never win an argument".Most of you know he wrote" How to Win Friends and Influence People'.Some of you should put this on your Christmas List.I think I will dust it off and revisit this old classic.
  • Posted By: cap and trade: welcome to ''before tax and tax'bill going thru the powers that be.look at your electric bills this monthe there is an enviornmental tax at 2.2cents for every kilowatt you use.can we even imagine what our electric bill will be,not to mention every thing we consume,food water ,every necessity that cant be done without.we in easternky have good reps.in washington,every one in surrounding states should put your so called reps a lot of pressure to defeat this tax and tax bill that is being pushed by a few people to make them richer and control every aspects of productive peoples lives.look at your gasbill also,you will see only a very small portion for gas but the rest in fees and taxes.look at your phone bill you will see a 100percent markup in taxes and fees.its time to put pressure on politicans to protect the citizens and not the lobiest.
  • Posted By: justanotherfly: sounds like jane doe is looking for an easy way out ie a lawsuit
  • Posted By: to bonn: i couldn,t have said it better myself.some things have to be explained like you are talking to a 5year old.but like some 5year olds that are stubborn and spoiled rotten they dont listen.wait till the cost of every thing sky rockets and they will be the first to rant and rave that nobody told them.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: To my biggest fan, RoaneCo: Ummm! It's sounds to me like you have a lot of anger. You have to pick on everyone's comments! I think I speak for everyone when I say (Get a Job)!! Cause you obviously have none! You have all this free time on your hands! Why don't you spend this free time helping others instead of puttin them down! You know..WSAZ has job postings...Maybe you could find one on there!!!!I'm not a negative person. Maybe I'm just like everyone else that has a job and three kids and a lot of things to do! I get stressed out, I know that goes way over your head,You don't get stressed. But because you go to church doesn't mean you can't get angry about stuff!!LOL My father-in-law is a Deacon at my church and even he has a temper!! Look out craveontruth! Looks like RoaneCo. has found someone else to pick on!Good Luck!! Have a perfect day ( I know you will)!!
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Yes Craveontruth, there is a place named Looneyville.(no Jane Doe that isn't where I live) It is on Rt.36, nothing there but the Looneyville Post Office, and I am not joking. There is also a Lefthand Post Office on Rt.36, always wondered why there wasn't a Righthand also. Our County seat is located in Spencer, (middle of nowhere) which for years was only known for its State Mental Institution. (no Jane Doe this isn't my Alma mater) It was closed years ago and now a Wal-Mart is on that location. I guess the only other thing to speak of would be the Black Walnut Festival which is held in Spencer every October.
  • Posted By: bonn, the simpleton: Don't we have a smart earth? She formed herself from a dust cloud, they say and planted herself just the right distance from the sun to support the life she would create. She also filled her insides with molten heat to maintain the right temps and if that builds too much she decides to blow some out holes (volcanoes) to keep from exploding. She makes her own rain, knowing whether she needs a gentle soaking rain for her plants, or a gully washer to cleanse the filth. It pours down the mountains, into the rivers and out into the ocean which she just happened to fill with salt (her natural sanitizer). And she knows if she doesn't have ice she will over heat, but too much and she will freeze, killing her life she so carefully made. So she melts some, then as it heats up, she freezes more. All just coincidental happenings? She is brilliant! But not so smart as the humans who are making a fortune controlling the other dumb humans by convincing them THEY are causing her to do these things!!!
  • Posted By: passing by the yell: I met someone from Looneyville once. It's named that after a person's last name from what I was told.
  • Posted By: Hteik: Well it is nice to see that the war in Iraq is ending under President Obama. Who would have thought, it seems the world is backwards right now, huh? Obama gets elected, the world understands our good will, and all is well. Just like history, Republicans start wars, Democrats finish them. Hate to say we told you so but we told you so, I just get fuzzy inside thinking about all the people that love us now that hated us because of that old Bush. Another thing too, leave this Iran thing alone, that is none of our business. I dont recall anybody from Iran coming over here to help us in 1776 so why should we stick our nose in their business? When you get a strong leader like in Honduras, a good strong leader with a military background, everybody goes nuts because the guy takes things over well I support him and Obama. In fact, some people are so needed we better start now to get rid of the 22nd Amendment, it was only put in by jealous radical extremist crazy Republicans to hurt FDR.
  • Posted By: Craveontruth: I don't think I have ever been to Roan County.Nothing against the good people of that neck of the woods.I did enjoy looking it up on wikipedia.Is there really a Looneyville there? If there is then I must visit!Who's with me?
  • Posted By: food for thought: 2-10 years for almost killing a child? Where are our priorities? I know they are nestled in the mountains or wait lying deep in the ocean waiting for anoother person to adopt them and claim rights to the next whale that is proclaimed Shammu or Willy. Get real people lets protest these laws that allow some cook to wanna kill his child and only have to pay his debt of 2 - 10 years. Oh and Kris your right our God won't kill a 1 yr old or a 100 yr old just do to it. He would do it for his glory and maybe take them from being around a half heartened sadistic person that would do this to a child. Oh i love the lights and the A/C and my car, but most of all I love my GOD "Jehovah God" whom i think first and foremost for all I have, then i thank a coal miner and an AEP worker and a so on and so on.
  • Posted By: Kimberly: Raising the WV Toll price? I see a lot of arguments coming from this. Where is all of this money going to? Mansion might be a good governer, but when it comes to things like this, it needs fixed. WV roads are awful and I know after all of these years, surely the toll money has added up to more than enough to fix these roads!!! What an awful awful idea!!
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Bonn, people like you are the very reason I have stated that I respect ones right of freedom of religion. Although I have different views, I have no issues with anyone going to church and trying to live according to their interpretation of the bible. I think that is wonderful. I also thank you Bonn for being open minded and seeing the point I was trying make. And for Anonymous on Jul 1, 2009 at 03:11 PM, no Craveontruth and I are not the same person. We do agree on some issues, and disagree on others. And when we do disagree (speaking for myself of course) we do it without anger. Also, for Bob... sorry, it isn't working. I have a two year old that comes up with better jabs than you. But I respect your right to try.
  • Posted By: Sophie: Just a few comments on current Yells: Big Earl - I just can't read you anymore because it's the same things over & over. Yeah, we're with you - there are a bunch on weed-o's coming around these days trying to shut us down for the sake of some owl...We get it. We all hate it. Roane Co/Jane -It appears Roane has been very hurt in their lifetime by family conflict involving belief. Many people get hurt because of superstition & misinterpretation and overzealousness. It has been this way since time began. I hope Roane can someday get past the hurt & retoric to work out his/her own salvation. Simple belief in Jesus Christ is where it starts, the rest as I put it, is just "gravy". Jane: I'm sorry your child was hurt. This indeed must be reported. I got hurt @ CP one time too on "The Whip". It beat me so hard against the side I had a major bruise on my hip. I strained my arms trying to keep from slamming into the side. A fun thing was not so fun. No rides for me, anymore. Not there.
  • Posted By: : I think RoaneCo. and Craveontruth is the exact same person? Who's with me?
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello good people of WV this is Big Earl and I for one am sick and tired of all these out of state know it all nosey people bothering us if it is not these smelly hippies trying to run our jobs off or rename the WVU mascot now they are calling the good citizens of WV fat. Well people I am here to tell you that this bunch at the so called CSPI and no you hippies I don’t mean the TV show calling us fat should look in the mirror they look like something off night of the living dead pasty faced scarecrows and beanpoles and what is so great about that. WV has some of the best staple foods anywhere in the world I have eaten paotatoes beans meat flour and corn meal all my life cooked in lard and I am not one bit worse off for it and can mine coal with anybody. People all the good foods we eat are natural growed in the garden or on the farm so it should even make a tofu eating hippie type happy. I am more bothered that two states beat us out in the race for the top so I tip my hat to the people of the great states of Alabama home of the best country music band ever and Mississippi but people of WV get busy we have to reclaim our title to best fed in the USA I recommend the Kentucky Fried Chicken with gravy and biscuits as a good place to start our comeback.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Actually Jane Doe, growing up I did attend church and read the bible. Being subjected to religion for many years I would not consider myself "confused" or uneducated. If one looks at organized religion with an open mind it isn't hard to see who is confused. For example, you have one bible yet there are numerous religious groups ( methodists, baptists etc...) that believe their interpretation is the only correct interpretation. This is understandable because the bible itself is very contradictive. In my opinion the the bible and organized religion is nothing more than a tool created to control the masses. Yet this tool has pitted man against man, brother against brother, state against state and country against country, not to mention the wars, death and destruction it has caused. I have witnessed in my lifetime many family fueds, broken marriages and busted churches at the hands of organized religion. I have heard the words of hate spoken by christians. I am not confused.
  • Posted By: To Fat Earl: You're losing! Ha,Ha!
  • Posted By: Kris: God does not control the weather!If so then he would be responsible for killing hundreds of innocent people every year in America alone! If that's your God, you can have it! My GOD is loving and compassionate. He would never take the life of a one year old nor a hundred year old just because he felt like creating a tornado that day or a hurricane the next. Get a brain and use it simpletons!
  • Posted By: bonn: To Jane Doe: I am afraid RoaneCo's common sense is more attractive than your comments. Read your last post at 8:58 and see if it shows the Light you are suppose to give. We are suppose to control our anger. Yes, we are forgiven, but it is not a license to keep repeating our faults. It is mercy so we can improve. Viciousness does not become a child of God. RoaneCo., may God forgive us for driving you and others away from Him with our failure to shine the Light of Love. And Jane Doe, I am the one you called ignorant just because I was showing compassion (another expectation of a Christian). It is scary about your child. But that person was not attacking your child, nor joking about it, only disapproving of your outburst. Not very attractive in anyone, especially one called to set an example for others to follow. If you must get angry, use it to accomplish something good. Christians are hated enough WITHOUT cause. Love is the answer.
  • Posted By: Bob: I think we might need to contact someone in state govt.about inspecting our amusement parks to many in the public simply dont care if kids get hurt this could have been something really really bad but I guess there is always a few who would crack jokes at anything even a child getting injured.
  • Posted By: cap and trade bill: you wont hear on liberal obama mania news reports whats in the cap and tax bill.only conservate talk radio and conservative news are telling the contents of this country destroying bill.liberal dont want you to be informed,it would be to dangerous for their so called news networks.did you know that,as i somewhat understand it,that every house in the country will have to be at gov.standards before it can be sold,they will be allowed to change therules in mid stream if they want.even if you dont like conservative news,remember only a well informed person can try to stop tyranny.look for facts,have you heard 1 liberal news tell you whats in this bill thats detrimental to this country and freedom.i challenge wsaz to look up whats in this bill and report accuratly whats in it.i dont think thats going to happen.
  • Posted By: food for thought: AMEN Bonn I could never have said it any better, being a Boone county coal miner and all. We do no get a very well reputation anyway.
  • Posted By: Craveontruth: RoaneCo.can hurt but often the truth does hurt.I support RoaneCo.To Jane Doe,I believe RoaneCo.does know quite a bit about Christianity and is not confused at all.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: Thank you everyone for your support!!You know RoaneCo. Nobody is perfect, That goes for Christians too! Are we allowed to get mad??Yes! But are we forgiven everyday? Yes!Obviously you don't know much about Christianity! That's why you critize so much!!You're confused!! We are not perfect! I guess you are!!
  • Posted By: VOTE NO ON CAP AND TRADE: I know its a repost but i think its Worthy 'Liberty Or Tyranny?' House Passes Cap-And-Trade Republicans Warn Bill Gives Federal Government 'Virtual Control' Over 'Every Aspect Of The Lives Of The American People. Thank the Dumbocratic controled house as it will raise the average consumers power bill $175.00 This on top of the energy companies already asking for an inctrase will put such a burden on the American people that only the wealthy will survive.Please write or call our Senators they are the only life line we have left and ask them to VOTE NO on cap and trade. Republicans were overwhelmingly against the measure, arguing it would destroy jobs in the midst of a recession while burdening consumers with a new tax in the form of higher energy costs.And there was plenty to work on in a House-passed measure that pointed toward higher electricity bills for the middle class.Budget Office and the other from the Environmental Protection Agency — that suggested average increases would be $175.00 a year.
  • Posted By: cap and trade survey: against cap and tax,85percent.people who work and are productive.15percent for cap and tax,,,people who work for government or live off the fat of the land and dont mind other people being taxed into poverty....
  • Posted By: : If new drivers would slow down and actually pay attention to what they are doing, then maybe WV would'nt have these new laws for teenage drivers. Personally myself I believe that all states should have this law. It would make the roads a little safer to drive on.
  • Posted By: bonn: About global warming- our temperature is (and always has been) constantly changing. GOD controls it. Anyone who thinks we can are puffing themselves up bigger than we are.Are we suppose to believe we are responsible for the Ice Age thawing that is suppose to have happened way back when as well? How did that happen? Certainly not carbon emissions. Use some common sense and realize people are using this to line their pockets and gain support for their pet projects. I know- you don't want to hear this, but it is not realistic. Don't let America be controlled with this, PLEASE!! Let us remain free!
  • Posted By: Bob: Dont worry Jane Doe I have notice RoaneCOs posts are generally always on the rude side I am sorry to hear about your daughter.
  • Posted By: Just wondering: the 3 people that was killed on alt rt 10. 2 being st. joe's students. Did they ever release the cause of the accident?
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: I do care about the safety of our children Anonymous on Jun 30, 2009 at 09:01 AM, no matter where they are or what they are doing. Our children are our future. What I don't care for is someone like Jane Doe on here week after week preaching her little sermons all the while calling people ignorant and showing her hostility toward others. It has always amazed me how most christians will belittle someone else but the minute you catch them being unchristian like they always come up with the old "we christians ain't perfect". Well I know they are not, but by golly they are the first to judge everyone else. These hyporcitical self proclaimed christians are one of the reasons I turned away from organized religion years ago. I just don't agree with these people shoving religion on everyone else. I respect Jane Does right to religion and I would even fight for her to keep that right, but she, like so many others need to keep their religion in their church and their home.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Well hello again good working coal mining families in WV this is Big Earl and I for one am very disappointed that this cap and trade bill got passed into law the other day no thanks to our good representatives from WV. People all I can say is get a woodpile and a bunch of cow chips because your electric is going to get real expensive real quick. These hippies has run up to Washington DC and boo hooed to them tree huggers and longhairs in the EPA until they got even worse done to our jobs but then again what do you expect from a bunch that has a leaf from a dope plant on there sign like the EPA does if you don’t believe me look on this very website I seen a picture of it. Birds of a feather flock together that’s why the good working people were kept out and not allowed to talk at that hearing and the hippies let in. People these hippies has slandered our great state and coal miners first they bring in professor moonbeam from NASA to insult us then he tucks his tail and runs back to NASA and wont debate Mr. DB then they attack our state university mascot the WV mountaineer. Well people I Big Earl have a solution to this lets call WV the “Ivory Soap State,” make our mascot a bathtub that’s a sure fire way to get rid of these smelly hippies and longhairs and keep them out forever.
  • Posted By: ME: We christians are most always judged by our actions and that is to be expected since we are not perfect in any way. We all make mistakes every day,we get angry,we say things we shouldn't and act out our frustrations sometimes to those closest to us and our friends. We try to do better and ask forgiveness when we do stumble from our christian path. Actions speak louder than words at times, good or bad. Yes we adults act like children at times and children try to act like adults all too soon. We never know who we are influenceing with our actions and words so we need to always try to act,say and do what is right. As long as we are on this earth we will stumble but we should strive to be the best we can be and treat people with love and respect no matter how we are treated. I have turned the cheek many times and been slapped alot and will keep on doing it as long as I breath. My time will come soon enough to be judged as to the way I have lived and treated people.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: I love people on the Yell!!! They give me a chance to laugh everyday. Thanks guys!!
  • Posted By: just looking: UMMMM do you people think that christians are perfect??? Do you think we dont get angry?? Only one person is perfect and that is Jesus Christ...And if a christian says they are perfect, then they arnt a very good christian. We all have faults. Alot of you people cant wait to get up and look at the faults of others and criticize what they believe in....
  • Posted By: Patriot1: Tea Party. There will be a "Tea Party" July 4th from 4:00-6:30 PM at the City Park in Grayson,Ky
  • Posted By: Donna: Please! enough of Michael Jackson. He died, now he will appear before God and face his punishment for his sins against children. He was a morally bankrupt person who the media has presented as an icon. It's no wonder children are so messed up today,too much TV and not enough parenting. You too, are responsible for making him appear as a person to be looked up to. He and others in entertainment and sports are not what the children need, they need moral examples to look up to, please stop the glorification of immoral and indecent individuals.
  • Posted By: food for thought: To those of you telling me to watch out for Fox news, please go back and read carefully what I said about the media and the government. I thank each of you for your information. I am not out to attack anyone whether acclaimed or the average joe. I just know what I have read from reports and from different sites. This information is what our scientists, meteorologists and so forth use in reference to report the records of weather and temperatures. Again thank each of you, and at last Fox news was the channel the fine people at our local (American made) dealership had channeled on the tube, personally I just watch WSAZ, at the local level.
  • Posted By: : Roane Co., why are you not concerned about the safety of small children at amusement parks?
  • Posted By: Htiek: Right on Kris you tell em about Fox News. Everyone that watches knows that the dependable networks are ABF, Anyone But Fox. I am just like everyone else in the know, they lie all the time but please dont press me to cite anything specific as I am having coffee right now. I am new to your side, so pardon me if I get something confused. Those photographs of the ice caps are proof positive as far as I am concerned, these flat earth types that dont believe global warming should compare them to the satellite picutres from the colonial period and over the years since for comparison purposes. I once heard the hottest year on record was in the 1930s but what does that prove. And before one of you know it alls talks about Al Gore riding everywhere in a private plane and having such a huge house and running a company that profits from selling carbon credits, some people in life earn their special privileges simply by showing up and enlightening the rest of us, so there.
  • Posted By: polar ice caps: the weather is always changing.sometime it freezes sometimes it melts,thats gods doings,not mans.wasnt it the great mind of ted danson many years ago that explaind that in 15 or 20 years that the oceans were going to raise so many feet that it would destroy and overflo inward to apolipicate level.i guess the people that live on these coast lines dont know they are under water.we americans are so silly.let me explain what a great creator said,it rains but the oceans are never full.ice melts but the oceans never overflo.i think i,ll believe him instead of a.gore or ted danzen.p.b.s last week on a travel show,,i think,,,,the guide said the glacier there had been melting 150years.that was certainly before the industrial revolution.as for fox,world net daily,newsmax,etc.the liberal press has lost it monolopy on liberal so called news.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: After you finish showing your true colors, go back and read my post again Jane Doe. Better yet let me cut and paste it for you. "I do hope your little girl is ok. I have children of my own, I know how precious they are." And just for the record, I would never "make fun" of a child, but don't think for one second that I won't point out an adult being hypocritical. Are you not the same Jane Doe that three weeks ago was preaching about God, then in the same breath calling someone "IGNORANT"? So let me say it one more time, I hope your little girl is ok. As for you, thank you for proving once again how kind, loving, patient and understanding some of you fine christians can be.
  • Posted By: Kris: This respectfully goes out to "food for thought" for what they said about fox news and global warming.FOX has great movies and tv shows but their view when it comes to the "news" is so far on the "right" way of thinking that it totally obscures reality in their opions of the subject at hand. They'll twist their views to make sure that it is opposite of "liberals" or people on the "left" and how they feel about the subject.Asf or global warming, we have actual time lapsed pictures of the polar caps melting at an alarming rate. You can actually see it happening. If things are cooling down, then why are the polar caps and icebergs melting at an alarming rate? The evidence is right in front of our faces. I sure do hope you're right because if I am, our planet is doomed. Sincerely, Kris
  • Posted By: Jethro: WHATS WRONG WITH YOU ALL UPDATE THE YELL!!!!!!!!!!WAKE UP!!!!!!
  • Posted By: Keith: Never thought I'd sit around and miss Bush...well the wrecking ball has appointed a racist to the supreme court, one that is inept and incompetent too. Did you notice her latest ruling was overturned today? The economy is not getting better, those of you out of work have my sympathy because this clown is not doing anything to make it better. He never held a real job, never ran a business, just a rabble rouser and agitator. How do you feel about cap and trade energy tax? All over a phony problem that doesnt even exist; WV will wither away to nothing but hey we can all get jobs in the windmill factory, cant we? How do you feel about having your health benefits taxed to pay for Obamacare? How's the hope and change working out for everyone? What do you think card check is going to do the economy? Check out an article about Obama the African Colonialist on the American Thinker Website, dated June 25th. It explains him to a "T." Obama is a wrecking ball, and he's gonna roll over everyone.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Well hello again good working coal miners of WV this is Big Earl and people I have come to the conclusion that we need some friends in Washington DC that has got some clout. Some people up there has got big names but nobody apparently listens to, that is if they show up at all in court to help you out, those who are sick are excepted. Then there are some people in Charleston who should be in Washington who shall remain unnamed because nobody in Gov. Joes office asked me to say that. But remember who had that bunch from FEMA down here handing out checks before two weeks after the flood water hit and figure out who has clout. You people that went up for the hearing last week should be thanked but the good people never got to say a word but these hippies did, they are apparently now running around the creek with microscopes looking for fish that cant be seen with the eye, something called a microbe, now they are blaming the coal miner for killing off this worthless animal and I sincerely hope Captain D or old Long John will never put some slop like that on my plate when I want good seafood. If you dont see it it cant be of no good use anyway, sort of like a certain US senator with a big rich name who was nowhere to be seen last week.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: To RoaneCo. How dare you critize my comment. This isn't just some fun arguement!! My child is hurt! Do you think that's funny? Do me a favor, Next time I write about my kids, Don't comment! I hope you don't have any kids because you don't see the harm and worry in my comment, You just want to fight and make fun of someone!! This is really serious!! I don't see the humor!!!
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Did any of you people see those PETA nuts on the TV 3 news last night boo hooing about having to tie there dogs up hello again working people of WV this is Big Earl and I don’t know about you but I always thought it was rude and inconsiderate and just being a bad neighbor to let your dogs run wild all over the neighborhood digging up peoples backyards rooting around in garbage cans and doing there business all over the place. Have any of you people in Huntington ever lost a chicken to a wild dog. Even these back to nature types and hippies up here in Boone County tie up there dog to guard there dope patches but they don’t have no sense anyway if they aint going to Washington DC to try and rook us out of our jobs by carrying signs and yelling about some invisible fish that is no good to anybody they are screaming about the coal miner killing polar bears and other animals that don’t even live here. Apparently this bunch had the bright idea to go down to the park on Sunday down in Huntington when people was out with there families trying to walk around and enjoy things and they chained themselves to trees with real dog chains trying to get people to sign a protest petition to of all people a mayor named Wolf now I don’t know about you but that mayor better forget the beware of dog sign he needs to put a beware of the PETA nut sign up in that park.
  • Posted By: The Seeker: @food for thought: It is indeed important to check facts, and it heartens me to see that you're of the type that actively seeks them (even thought I fall on the side of the debate that believes in climate change, as it has solid science behind it). However, I caution you on taking anything from FOX news at face value. This is an organization that in 2000 won a case in Florida appeals court in which the court ruled that FOX has no obligation to tell the truth to it's viewers, and can misinform the public under the first amendment. This is also an organization that has been proven to have an agenda, and frames every bit of it's coverage to favor one political party over the other. My advice is to seek out less obviously biased news sources, especially in cases such as global warming, which is an issue that transcends political parties and affects every being on the planet.
  • Posted By: Hugh: Hey WVa. Checkin out the YELL. Kind of quiet today. Enjoyed my visit there. Met John Henry at the Big Ben Tunnel,saw the big bridge. Stood at Hawk's Nest and viewed the scenery. If I wasn't so old and crippled, I'd bungee jump from the New River Gorge Bridge. Have folks who live in the Talcott area and some around Hinton. Well won't take much of your time today. Just wanted to check in.
  • Posted By: what is foor for thought?: foor?? for thought, you do know Bush made those he commissioned to study it alter their reports when he found out it supported global warming, don't you? Anyone who just sees pictures of the ice caps 30 years ago and now would have to be mentally handicapped not to know there's global warming, the only thing that's possible to debate is the cause of it. Wonder why Fox didn't mention the Bush fiasco? Well I don't really wonder.
  • Posted By: more p.c at wsaz: gays in usa sounds like it was written by a gay person,so it was printed.it was,nt written by a gay person.it was a second thought,after i commented on other sins,such as adultry,but plainly written by a heterosexual person.it was not printed because im straight and not gay.so goes our country and freedom.
  • Posted By: Lou Ann: Ive had a similar bad experience at camden park several years ago. Havent went back since. The pricing is just another deterrent to doing business locally. I love this area but am very discouraged by the lack of pride in our appearance in several of our towns, the prices of doing business, the attitude towards the customer , the lack of merchandise. I could go on. We definately are not tourist friendly in the great ohio valley area.
  • Posted By: foor for thought: Looks like my comment on June 24th may be right. I have done some reading about this Global warming fad the government is putting on. I was sitting in a local car dealership and FOX news was reporting on the government sitting or "burying" studies by two of the highest ranking EPA officials contradicting this myth. Some of the comments from their studies proves the Global temperature if anything has decreased. Although, you should be skeptical about anything the media reports especially when it involves the government these are facts that have been recorded over time. I ask how come when these bozos as Dr. Hansen whom is from NASA(which has done innumerable amounts of damage to our air with their testing) never mention facts as these when trying to prove things they are claiming is a fact. People we in America have became lazy in seeking the truth, I am not disputing anything these scientists and the government tells us, but as we learned in elementary school check facts of both sides.
  • Posted By: gays in u.s.a.: another reflection on gays.if you think god doesn,t care about you because you,re gay ,he must love you more than you can comprehend,if not you could have been born ina muslim country.islam has no homosexuals ,they are not rehabilitate,just beheaded.as a loving and compassionate god says"GO AND SIN NO MORE".that doesnt mean just you it means all of us.yes god allows you to choose,he must really care.
  • Posted By: City of Milton: I'm glad that the City of Milton has so much money to spend and that they spend it wisely. Every time I drive through town on a nice day it never fails that someone is washing their personal vehicle at the VFD. Good to see that they budget personal car washes into the city budget. I think I'll stop in there today and see if I can wash my car as well...should be a nice day!
  • Posted By: Valorie: About four weeks ago, I sent a letter to Camden Park with a friendly suggestion to open the park to the casual visitor again. As of today, I still haven't had a response from them. There used to be a small fee for admission to anyone who just wanted to visit. Once inside the park, a visitor could buy a corn dog or pay to play a few games or ride a few rides. Now people have to pay a full admission price for all day rides, even when they don't plan to stay all day. A lot of people are grandparents who just want to watch their grandchildren ride for an hour or two. Some are young parents with small children who tire easily. As empty nesters, my husband and I would like to drop by to get a bite to eat, play some games or just walk around. Everyone I have spoken to said they would visit Camden Park a whole lot more if they didn't have to pay the full admission price. I challenge everyone to contact Camden Park and ask them to give the people a choice!
  • Posted By: to gay question: god is not a cruel and unfair god.we all have our faults.is homosuxality a bigger sin than adultry,pornography,lying,stealing, and the list goes on.the clue to these behaviors is wanting to make our lives better.we cant blame anyone but ourselves for what we do.if anyone doesnt change its what they want to do.but as long as it doesnt affect me thats between you and god.but it is wrong,just as cheating on your spouse is sin.would we tell the adulterer that its not sin and not to try being a better person,i think not.celibacy would be better than the same old behavior.these have been struggle since creation.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Losing your religion Jane Doe? What happened to "turn the other cheek"? I do hope your little girl is ok. I have children of my own, I know how precious they are. But next time you read of someone else being "furious" or commenting on their personal issues, maybe you should keep your bible quotes to yourself.
  • Posted By: Jane Doe: I recently went with my church and my family to Camden Park this past weekend. Me and my 6 year old daughter rode the Spider, We thought it was going to be lots of fun, we were wrong! It was a nightmare! It went on for 10 minutes and was going way too fast! My daughter was terrified and was screaming! I was furious when the man that helped us off asked if she was okay and I said what do you think and he laughed!! I have rode this ride for many years and loved it, But this time I could tell it was different! But then it gets worse, A friend of mine that stayed at the park longer than us informed me that after we left, The spider closed down and said they had crossed wires and the ride was malfunctioning!!! My daughter can't hardly walk today and has a four inch bruise down her back! I'm taking her to the doctor in the morning. If there is something seriously wrong, I will be speaking to the owner and this situation will be takin care of!!!!!
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