Cover Story: Obama In WV
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Posted: 7:03 PM May 9, 2008
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HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) Behind the scenes, he's preparing for the general election. But Senator Barack Obama's next contest is here in West Virginia. The presidential primary is Tuesday May 13. And despite his national success, winning the mountain state will be tough for the Illinois senator.

Despite the calls for her to end her campaign, Hillary Clinton is full speed ahead. Even Barack Obama apparently thinks she'll win big.

"Senator Clinton is a formidable candidate, she is very likely to win West Virginia and Kentucky, those are two states where she's got insurmountable leads,” Obama said.
But is Obama throwing in the towel on West Virginia? His campaign: says no.

The latest polls in the mountain state give Clinton a nearly 40 point lead over Obama.
His best poll performance is just 27 percent.

In a one-on-one with WSAZ, Clinton said this swing state could tip the general election.

"No democrat has been elected president without winning West Virginia since 1916, and I think that the voters of West Virginia have a keen eye about what they want and what kind of president they expect to have,” Clinton said.

The Obama campaign is hoping a 9th inning rally could put him back in the game. WSAZ doesn't know any specific details yet about Senator Obama's visit Monday, but he's expected to make several stops in West Virginia.

Polls open Tuesday, May 13, at 6:30 in the morning until 7:30 in the evening.
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Posted by: Cheryl on May 15, 2008 at 12:24 PM
I grew up in WV and I am proud of my heritage and the college education I received in WV. West Virginians know what it's like to work hard for what they get in life and they can recognize an inexperienced candidate when they see one. In the world we live in today, we cannot afford to elect an inexperienced president to the white house. Although we don't know a lot about Obama --because the media has not scrutinized him the way they have every other candidate running for president, the more we learn about him, the more worrisome the idea of him becoming president gets. When a man is assertive, he is seen as strong. When a woman is assertive, she is a B*&*@.
Posted by: Dave on May 13, 2008 at 04:21 AM
WV Loves Hillary! VOTE AGAINST ROCKEFELLER TODAY!
Posted by: Dee on May 12, 2008 at 08:23 PM
No wonder everyone around the country talks bad about WV...there are more uneducated hillbillies running around these hills that don't know their a$$ from a hole in the ground. WV loves playing the race card..I'm so glad and proud of the people in WV that ARE voting for Obama...proves all West Virginians aren't bad.
Posted by: Keith on May 12, 2008 at 08:14 PM
Michelle at least doesn't post anonymously. She has been lying about Obama being a Muslim now for many months. She hasn't bothered to notice that this myth was proven false many months back as well. Her favorite publication is probably the national enquirer. Good place to get your news if you have trouble reading big words I guess.
Posted by: Bob on May 12, 2008 at 08:12 PM
Wow, Justine can't even spell Obama. He shouldn't be allowed to vote.
Posted by: Justin on May 12, 2008 at 04:48 PM
I think that neither Hillary or Osama have what it takes to striaghten up this country. We do not need the extra burden of having to cope with a woman president, or especially the history that would relive itself if Osama is elected, yes all of that stuff was 40 years ago, but alot of people still live in the past. This in my opinion would upset the economy more than the recession that Goerge Bush has put us in. Neither of these people do not need to be president right now!!! Ralph Nader all the way!
Posted by: mIKE on May 12, 2008 at 03:01 PM
To Ellis you are without a dout up on your political canidates. However the people u say endorce Obama are politicans themself. Whick means they are not to be trusted.In my opinion Obama has a smuch chance of being president as Charles Manson.
Posted by: Michelle on May 12, 2008 at 01:31 PM
Ray-I'm tired of bad OH drivers invading WV....but that's another issue. I can't believe how you guys keep playing the race card on this....no one cares that Obama is black. They do care that he may be leaning towards being a muslim! Some people are so blind. I'm glad I'm a republican....but quite frankly, I don't like any of the 3 candidates that much.
Posted by: James on May 12, 2008 at 01:19 PM
I'm thoroughly convinced that members of Hillary's campaign come here to post lies about Obama that the ignorant masses are so eager to lap up like the sheep they are. The Muslim rumor has been busted, his inexperience is not a reality since he has been involved in politics more than Hillary and not as a cheerleader for her hubby Bill.
Posted by: judgers on May 12, 2008 at 01:16 PM
Fran, Obama has more political experience. Since when does being a first lady count as any type of political experience. She got to watch Bill run the country so she got experience that way? The only initiative she began as first lady was a short-lived stint heading a study on free healthcare. She failed miserably at that and was stuck for the last few years as first lady reading to kids in an American Reads literacy promotion. All the while Obama was making a difference in poor communities in Chicago. It's not that she's a female, it's that she is a Clinton. I don't know how anyone could ever vote for a Bush or Clinton. Political families are the downfall of this country.
Posted by: WV on May 12, 2008 at 01:13 PM
To Ray, We are tired of you Buckeyes, coming over here too. There ain't a one of you that can drive. Maybe instead of a fence between the US and Mexico, we need one between WV and OH.
Posted by: Bell on May 12, 2008 at 11:58 AM
If race is the reason - and there are hundreds of anecdotal reports that it is - then it's not Obama's problem, it's West Virginia's problem, it's a Kentucty and it's America's problem. Political leaders (Clinton included!) and the media need to combat the ignorance that breeds racism with correctional information. Entertaining destructive prejudices as possibly true is not fair and balanced, it is permitting the institutionalization of racism. Obama is in no way responsible for his being born to parents of certain ethnic backgrounds and being given a name many Americans irrationally hate. All he can do is offset the animosity his skin color and his name ignite with his own self-confidence and optimism, as he's been doing his whole life. Beyond that, it's up to the pundits, the political leaders, the community organizers, and the advertisers to treat this hatred with the same flat-out dismissal that we accord neo-Nazism and other repugnant manifestations of the human spirit.
Posted by: Sam on May 12, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Lets see...most white people I know, that are actually registered to vote say they have no problem with voting for Obama. That being said...the naysayers must be very old, and yes very racist white folks. No that cant be true because I am the 2nd youngest person on my block (47 yrs) and I know without doubt my neighbors are not racist. So the naysayers must be white women that have not flipped for the black men in my town...dont think so because they have sons just like Obama. Maybe its the meth heads...naw they are most likely convicted felons (and can only post here)...so who are they and are they really the majority of WV voters? I think not. PS: I work in Charleston but reside in a much smaller community.
Posted by: Sam on May 12, 2008 at 09:01 AM
To Fran...I doubt that you are as "black" as Obama...maybe not as "female" as hillary.
Posted by: Ray on May 11, 2008 at 10:37 PM
Some of the comments by ignorant people here show why the economy is so bad in WV and why most West Virginians come to my state (Ohio) for jobs when they grow up. If they had more smarts, they would improve their own economy and stay put where they are. Tired of illiterate, racist illegals from WV invading OH.
Posted by: Cancel it on May 11, 2008 at 09:26 PM
Cancel election day in wva please after reading some of these post please do not hold an election and show how stupid some of the people of wva are we are already the laughing stock of the US and now it will be proven that it is a state full of ignorant people that dont know a single thing about the issues some of these post are so absurd that it makes me want to puke and embarasses me at the same time come on people dont be fooled by scare tactics go to the web sites use your heads and just a bit of common sense stop and think then decide dont believe everything you read in the Globe or that some inbreed water head says he heerd from his uncle bubba that graduated from the third grade step out of the profile for once and prove to the country that we have a small clue of what is going on outside of our own area what is so hard about that if your such great americans then do yourself justice and educate yourselves dont be played the fools by lies and fear tactics it the least you can do
Posted by: Fran on May 11, 2008 at 08:11 PM
This is for Judgers..I am Fran.. I am Black as Obama..I will not vote for him because of his inexperience and he has no good answers for America..Black or White doesn't make the president..It's thr true God feelong ..God Bless America person who will care for the people.I will vote for Hillary...Just as you and everyone else ..if you could be truthfull..She is the best canidate!!She has the most exoerience ..or could it be you are Bias to A woman running the Countyr?
Posted by: Chris on May 11, 2008 at 05:47 PM
He is mixed, how can he hate white people? No, we'd rather have Hillary who has already admitted that we WILL go to war in Iran if she is President...thats much better. She will say whatever it takes to win, and has done Bush style attacks on Obama. As for McCain, he wants to stay at war in Iraq for 100 years and also believes that the Bush financial policies are working. Everyone can see we are in a recession yet he wants to keep things going the way they were under Bush. Yeah, that sounds like a real winner. Although I actually believe that if Bush were able to run for re-election, WV (and maybe KY) would be the only states that would vote for a third term for him, so maybe thats why everyone wants McCain or Hillary.
Posted by: Janus on May 11, 2008 at 04:36 PM
Its just like what I have read in other blogs. Some WV and Kentucky folk just wouldn't vote for a black man. That's how it goes and that's how they think. They are entitled to their opinion. At least there are 27% that would consider the possibility
Posted by: Christi on May 11, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Uppity Obama will not win WV or KY,we have values.Go Hillary or McCain
Posted by: Anonymous on May 11, 2008 at 01:20 PM
I will never vote for Obama. If by chance he does get the nomanation then I will vote Republican. I rather put up with another 4 years of them then to take a stupid chance on 4 years of him. His wife leads him around and tells him what to do, he has to check with her to see if this or that is ok. I don't believe he will do anything good for this country. Why play russian roulette with such a high office and such a wonderful country. I want someone who has experience and future sight for the bettering of this country and that is no way Obama.
Posted by: judgers on May 11, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Fran and anonymous on may 10 are obviously both Hillary supporters with their conflicting views of Obama's behavior. One complains that he's coming because he has no chance of winning. The other complains that he's already given up in both WV and KY. If he could make himself white maybe he'd be okay in your eyes.
Posted by: Jed on May 11, 2008 at 11:39 AM
anonymous on may 10, the white race, unlike blacks, haven't ever been considered less of a person by their own govt. Check out the Constitution a black male was considered 1/3 of a white male. Also check out the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. They were passed exclusively for the "slave race." I fail to see how any of the quotes you used have anything to do with Islam. Perhaps Hooked on Phonics will work for you. Your reading comprehension is abysmal. Wow, she should move out of her suburban New York City mansion and move to Appalachia so she can be among her own- hard-working white people- and she can run for the Senate from there. Billary made $109 MILLION!! She has nothing in common with you!
Posted by: green on May 11, 2008 at 10:47 AM
You know what kind of change I would like? Nominees that actually say what they think instead of what the public wants to hear. People don't vote for who they think will do the best job, they vote for who they "like." We have reasons such as "well, at least he/she is not this person, anyone is better then that," "he/she is a really good speaker," "I agree with him/her on one to two issues that are very important to me," "she's a woman," "he's non-white," "he was a POW," and my favorite "he's hot." While these may be good qualities for a president to have, should they really be the basis for your vote? Do any of them demonstrate that they have the ability to be president? I don't think all voters are like this, and the ones who are I don't think they do it intentionally. But it scares me that we don't know a lot about who we are putting in office because they are too afraid of public opinion to say what they want to do.
Posted by: Hey McPander on May 11, 2008 at 09:30 AM
I am sure Obama is going to help the white people he has been taught in church to hate. You may be educated but like most highly educated people, you have no common sense...
Posted by: McCain_in_08 on May 11, 2008 at 08:47 AM
Wait a minute! I finally get it! since i am not pro-obama i am a racist. since i am white i am supposed to have white guilt about slavery and want to see him succeed. my people didn't own slaves. in fact my people came to america and built the railroads. boy, that was a walk in the park compared to being a plantation slave. obama is an aclu lawyer which means he has spent his life going in circles. go to court to fight a battle for one side and then the next week disputing the judgement for the other. spinning his wheels. check out the web site obamanation.com. sure it helps to go to the websites of the candidates, but i can also go to david hasselhoff's website and find out that he is greater than the beatles. do some research and dont buy the glossed over version. it is easy for obama to postulate on what he is going to do, but universal health care and other proposals are flawed. they dont work in other countries and they wont work here.
Posted by: john on May 11, 2008 at 06:37 AM
Obama will lose WVA by a very large margin.. He got the support of Senator John Jay but the man that he help to win re-election is on the side line. Could it be that Senator Bird KKK past refuse to allow him to support a man who is the product of an inter-racial marriage? How many more people in W.Va. think the same way? Hillary is right, "Obama can not get the white, un-educated, poor working class vote" not because of his progressive agenda but because so many of us whites have the same KKK mentality of Robert Bird...God Help us. http://husaria.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/barack-obama-supports-robert-byrd-kkk-wv/
Posted by: McPander on May 11, 2008 at 04:03 AM
I feel sorry for you people. Go sell your food stamps so you can buy some more cigarettes and beer, then complain about the government. Have you ever looked around and felt the world is leaving you behind? Well surprise surprise Gomer Pile, it has. Your educated children will grow up and leave your state, because they see there is no future in WV. Guess what you are left, a bunch of un-educated bitter people. Oops. looks like that has already happened. There is change coming in America, hope you don't miss the boat for a brighter future.
Posted by: Ellis on May 11, 2008 at 02:32 AM
West Virginia state senators, delegates, sheriffs and Democratic party chairs joined Senator Jay Rockefeller and the state's only member of Congress to endorse, Nick Rahall, in supporting Barack Obama. Obama has also received the endorsement of West Virginia State Auditor Glen Gainer III. "I have chosen to endorse Barack Obama because he has inspired our nation and will unify the country," said West Virginia State Senator Jeffrey Kessler (D-Marshall). "We need a leader who will finally deliver on the challenges facing our nation, including affordable health care for all, quality education and restoring our nation's standing in the world. That leader is Barack Obama." "Barack Obama understands the needs of West Virginians," said Delegate John Doyle. "He has a solid plan to revitalize our nation's economy and as a member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, he has been a strong advocate for our nation's veterans." Below is the list of West Virginia leaders Endorsing Barack O
Posted by: SamJones on May 11, 2008 at 01:02 AM
After reading these comments, I agree with Hillary - she really does have the illiterate white trash vote.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 10, 2008 at 11:09 PM
DID Y'ALL FORGET THIS?? obama is also an ex pimp, hard drug user and illegal drug dealer. HE SAID SO HIMSELF IN HIS BOOK. wright is just another exposure of obama's true self.
Posted by: anonyous on May 10, 2008 at 11:07 PM
From Dreams Of My Father: “That hate hadn’t gone away,” he wrote, blaming “white people — some cruel, some ignorant, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives.” From Dreams Of My Father; “There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs,” he wrote. “It remained necessary to prove which side you were on,to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names” From Dreams Of My Father, “I had grown accustomed, everywhere, to suspicions between the races.” . . . Just how clear does Obama have to make his disdain for the white race and his admiration for Islam?? Imagine if Hillary or Romney had said: ” I FOUND A SOLACE IN NURSING A PERVASIVE SENSE OF GRIEVANCE AND ANIMOSITY AGAINST THE BLACK RACE”. “The emotion between the races could never be pure…..
Posted by: Jennifer on May 10, 2008 at 10:46 PM
There are 50 something states and territories that are voting (Guam, Puerto Rico,etc.) Jeff. Frank, he didn't say anything about race until the Clinton and McCain brought up the irrelevant (because it has nothing to do with major issues) Wright situation. If you think Wright is bad, look at McCain's spiritual adviser, Rod Parsley. No wonder muslims hate us. Clinton and McCain played the race card, not Obama. Goldie, if the FBI found an issue with Obama then he would have been disqualified already. Quit grasping at air. So what if he experimented with drugs when he was younger that is in the past. At least he isn't doing it now. Besides Bill Clinton smoked a little and admitted it. Go to Obama's website. I've been to Hillary's. I was going to vote for her but then she started to sling mud and the more I heard from Obama and the more I read his plans on issues and the more I heard his rebuttal on Hillary's gas tax the more I liked him. So here's a vote for you Obama!
Posted by: Marc on May 10, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Just visiting the area on business. I would never want to move here and subject my children to a state and its people that are so closed minded. No one could do worse then Bush has for the last 8 years, then again I think WV was one state that gave him the chance. With Hillary as my senator I know how much she promises things and never follows through. Can't wait until her and Bill are back in the Whitehouse and all lies start again and Bill's wondering eye. Just what our country needs more of the same.
Posted by: Deward Bowles on May 10, 2008 at 10:38 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/us/politics/11chicago.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp http://www.barackobama.com/issues/ I urge all of you to learn more about Senator Obama. Senator Obama has my vote.
Posted by: kaye on May 10, 2008 at 10:30 PM
Welcome to West Virginia Senator Obama! This country needs your leadership and your vision. What has Hillary done for us lately? Anyway she is done, too bad WV and Kentucky can't see the good Obama will do like the other states have. Come on folks quit believing what the Republicans are telling you about Obama, they know he can beat McCain. Stop falling for crap that is sent out on the internet and the lies the GOP is spreading because they know people of sick of the mess that the Republicans have us in. Obama is what we need to put us back where we were before ignorant Bush and his criminal friends took over. Go Obama Go Obama Go!!!
Posted by: Mike on May 10, 2008 at 10:28 PM
I am sick to death of Obamas Race Card Playing. Vote for me I am Black. I dont care if he is Pink and Green. He dont have a Snowballs chance against McCain. He may get the Nonination but there surley is not Enough fools in this country to elect this Idiot. The Man dont know how many states are even in the U.S. And people are gonna vot for him .I dont think so.....
Posted by: Anonymous on May 10, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Okay, so you print "give him a 40 oz." But you won't print "give Hillary a copy of the Kama Sutra!"? Are we a little(lot) biased?
Posted by: Jeff on May 10, 2008 at 07:55 PM
OBAMA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY STATES THAT WE HAVE. HE SAID HE HAS VISITED FIFTY-SEVEN, AND STILL HASN'T VISITED HAWAII OR ALASKA. THIS SHOWS WHAT A MORON HE REALLY IS. AND PEOPLE WANT THIS NUT TO BE PRESIDENT OF OUR UNITED STATES. I DON'T THINK SO.WE DON'T EVEN WANT HIM IN OUR BEAUTIFUL STATE. HE CARES NOTHING ABOUT WVA OR KY. SO OBAMA GO AWAY, AND DON'T COME HERE EVER.
Posted by: Cindy on May 10, 2008 at 07:37 PM
obama says CHANGE oh there will be change---remember change can be for the worse too
Posted by: Isaac on May 10, 2008 at 04:21 PM
Listen all you people who just want to vote for Obama because he is black!! It is not about race or the fact that he is black, it is simply because he is not experienced enough to run this country. You guys and girls just think ," well he is black and should not be held in contempt of being a minority" I have news for you in that frame of mind, who you pick to run this country could "with one wrong move" put us in war, end the world as we know it or a whole slew of other possibilities!! You must be smarter about picking a president.Obama is young and not ready to lead! Mrs Clinton however is a person who has been in the white house and under her husbands rule of office this country has seen some of the best years of it's life, there is no doubt that she can get the job done!! You who say Hillary and Bill messed this or that up just simply does not know your history! Look it up and you will see the % of unemployment and the deficet plus welfare reform that they brought about,think first!
Posted by: Frank on May 10, 2008 at 12:32 PM
Obama has played the Race Card from the beginning - falsely accusing the "first Black president" and Hillary of racism! It was the only way he could get blacks to vote for him. And what's to stop him in the WH from using that tactic against other opponents? Like with Rove - there would be no fingerprints. And innocent people would be smeared as racists! Obama is a media creation! Go Hillary!
Posted by: Pablo on May 10, 2008 at 11:54 AM
Obama can visit West Virginia all he wants, I will not vote for him. Anyone can say, "Change, hope, and believe." I do it every Wednesday and Saturday as I purchase my Powerball lottery ticket. And you know what? I've never won. Its going to take more than words to change this mess Bush/Cheney has gotten us into. Obama can't do it. Hillary can. One more comment and its directed to "John." You are a pathetic piece of &%#*. Where do you get off labeling me and other West Virginians with the "KKK mentality" simply because we choose to back another canidate? You are simply making up excuses for Obama's loss in West Virginia. Rather than tell the truth, that Obama is not right for America, you play the race card and try to blame it on uneducated, racist, hillbillies. But, I shouldn't be shocked. I've heard Obama's minister preach the very same thing. What a mess our beloved country will be in if Obama does get elected president. I will pray it doesn't happen.
Posted by: Heather on May 10, 2008 at 11:34 AM
Remind me again why I am supposed to care??? Obama is FOR partial birth abortion! This outrages and disgusts me! How could any mother or father vote for a person that is willing to kill a fetus! Look up partial birth abortion for yourself to see how repulsive it is.
Posted by: anonymous on May 10, 2008 at 10:54 AM
If he's threw the towel in during campaigning..what will he do if he's elected president..goodbye wv and Ky in his book..we will be the forgotten states..so do you want him as your president...I sure don't...
Posted by: Fran on May 10, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Obama is wasting his time here..we don't want him as president..after all he has already gave Hillary the victory here..and has said in not so may words ..that she is fav. to win..at least he's using this in campaining for national tv..makes him look good? don't think so..We the people of wv..Believe in God and Family..And America...Go Hillary!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 10, 2008 at 10:35 AM
For the life of me I don't know how America can put a man in the White house with the Name Of OBAMA?I don't care for his Charismatic attitude..He comes across as Too good for his own shoes..He really don't have the Knowledge that he needs to be President..nor the experence that Hillary has for the American people..I am not talking about the Rich here..I am talking about the hard working person who is trying to make a living for their families..to put food on the table..to have decent medical care for those family members who are sick..to put a $70.)0 tank of Gas in their cars or pay that Bill. These problems Obama hasn't addresed and he has no answers..why? He doesn't or hasn't experenced them to adress them corectively..He can't do anything because he does'nt understand these problems..
Posted by: Goldie on May 10, 2008 at 10:33 AM
I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE IS IS AN EX COKE-HEAD, BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, AND WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER BRAIN-DEAD PRESIDENT IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. I have looked into the Law regarding this and have even contacted the local FBI Office. Senator Obama has had associations with undesirable individuals such as Louis Ferrakhan( a Communist and anti-American individual), Odinga, Wm. Ayers etc. He has supported and campaigned for Odinga a known Terrorist and others of questionable character. In accordance with the Law and guidelines followed in hiring State and Federal Officials in "ANY" capacity.....such a background found in the profile of a person would disqualify the individual for the position they sought. In accordance with the Law, Senator Obama would not qualify for a position as a Police Officer much less a Senator and even less so as President of the United States. ANYONE CAN CHECK WITH THEIR OWN FBI HEAD QUARTERS, AND THEY WILL TELL YOU THE SAME THING.
Posted by: Sean on May 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM
WV is not a bunch of dumb, poor hillbilly's. We are smart enough to know you can't run a campaign on change when you belong to a church and pastor that preaches on the way things use to be(before and during civil rights movements) and how terrible America is. To stay in a church like that as long as he had means he believes the same way. We know you can't change the future if your stuck in the past. Preach on what we need to do not what has been done close to half a century ago. What kind of change does he really want?
Posted by: karla on May 10, 2008 at 09:52 AM
Despite differences in race,religion and culture. Obama is the only democrat that has the ability to strengthen the country. Hillary is built on old politics and false pretenses. You can't trust her, that's for sure. She feels entitled, no matter how dirty she plays the game.
Posted by: Jim on May 10, 2008 at 09:09 AM
Wonder if he can over come the lies and stupidity of people who believe the lies? Did you know that Hillary dodged snipper bullets and never was in favor of NAFTA and Never in favor of the Iraq war and never in favor of drivers license for illegals and never knew Bill was a $80,000.paid lobbyist for the South American NAFTA fast-track agreement that she's SO strong against!We have a liar in office now,do we need a bigger one??
Posted by: john on May 10, 2008 at 08:52 AM
Obama will lose WVA by a very large margin.. He got the support of Senator John Jay but the man that he help to win re-election is on the side line. Could it be that Senator Bird KKK past refuse to allow him to support a man who is the product of an inter-racial marriage? How many more people W.Va. think the same way? Hillary is right, "Obama can not get the white, un-educated, poor working class vote" not because of his progressive agenda but because so many of us whites have the same KKK mentality of Robert Bird...God Help us. http://husaria.wordpress.com/2007/05/19/barack-obama-supports-robert-byrd-kkk-wv/
Posted by: Vicky on May 10, 2008 at 06:59 AM
He is wasting his time here. The people of WV know that he is not their choice. We are "small town people who cling to their guns and religion." We do not live in mansions and we are proud to wave the American Flag. We believe in God and family. So Mr. Wrong for America, you can count on us not voting for you. We are proud people in this state and hard workers. GO HILLARY!
Posted by: dS on May 10, 2008 at 01:01 AM
Yes We Can West Virginia!! Welcome back future President Obama!!
Posted by: Doug on May 9, 2008 at 11:01 PM
Obama and Rockefeller both should be running on the republican ticket. This would give the right, something worth while to do. They surely don't qualify to be a democrat and aren't of the left. They are just trying to fool a bunch of old Appalachian hillbillys.. They both have to much of an apathetic disposition to fit in here..! ! Especially Southern WV.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 9, 2008 at 09:07 PM
someone give him a cold 40oz
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  • 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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