Youth Baseball Sucker Punch Caught on Tape
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Posted: 5:27 PM May 27, 2008
 Last Updated: 9:51 AM Jun 2, 2008
 Reporter: Jim Forman, KING-TV
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SEATTLE, Wash. (NBC) -- Washington state police are investigating a vicious sucker-punch caught on tape after a youth baseball game.

The incident occurred following a tournament game in Snohomish County over the weekend.

As the teams were shaking hands after the game one player pulls back and strikes another in the face.

The player who was hit and his family don't want to be identified, but said he was given stitches at a nearby hospital after the incident.
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Posted by: John Wilty on Mar 11, 2009 at 09:52 PM
That was not a vicious punch he was provoked and was standing up for himself i commend him for his bravery. The other kid is a weakling.
Posted by: Boots on Jun 5, 2008 at 02:34 PM
I've known this boy for most of his life and he is an extremely talented ball player and has not a mean bone in his body. I commend him for not retaliating and those of you who think otherwise should be ashamed of yourselves. In this day and age I do hope the child who threw this punch is punished severely for his conduct and hopefully be banned from all future sports in his high school career, perhaps that will teach him and all others that violence doesn't solve anything. While officials are at it perhaps his parents should be put through some CPS observation to determine if he has been taught this behavior in anyway. It is obvious that this child has some severe issues that need to be tended to otherwise his parents would not think it acceptable; it is appauling to think that they even find a way to acknowledge it in any way. BTW this was not little league for those of you who dont understand- this was a tournament played by select teams who pay $500 to register.
Posted by: Julie Ann on Jun 5, 2008 at 01:16 PM
Ohioan, you got it right. People don't teach their kids anything these days. Respect, discipline and manners seem like a thing of the past. Only a few strive to instill goodness in their children, the rest are left to fend for themselves and however they can make it. I'm sure the little boy that did the punching was punished and if the boy that got punched did something vindictive to the other boy, I'm sure he'll think about what he's doing next time before something like that can happen again. Parents should not be proud of a bully. If parents don't teach their kids any better they'll never know. If you're raised the wrong way, you'll most likely end up doing the wrong thing, over and over again. I hope proud papa stops to think about the next time his kid bullies some other kid and instead of giving him a pat on the back, give him a swift kick in the rear.
Posted by: Ohioan on Jun 4, 2008 at 03:45 PM
To Ol'Redneck; I'm not an eloquent man, I am a woman, I did play softball, all thru grade school, middle and high school. I never said a thing about the league taking care of the situation, only made a comment to Proud papa, as many others have. He thinks it's grand to let your child beat up and bully other children. I was meerly pointing out his ignorance. It had nothing to do with the sucker punch that took place. I'm sure that's being dealt with. Like everyone else on this site, I don't agree with what proud papa said. He only showed his ignorance by submitting his thoughts here. Maybe you would be proud to have a thug of a son, but the majority of parents who love their children want the best for them. And last time I checked, going to jail or juvie wasn't the best thing for children. People need to raise their children with discipline, manners and respect. It's not taught at school, it's left up to the parents and these days some parents don't bother with it.
Posted by: Ace on Jun 3, 2008 at 11:33 PM
This is the third time i`ve tried to submit my thoughts on how wrong this kid was,but i guess they don`t want to hear it........
Posted by: Football Mom on Jun 3, 2008 at 01:34 AM
Good Lord!!These comments show just how uneducated and ignorant our society has become...The Fathers that left the ignorant comments should be hunted down and there children taken...Im not saying a person should not defend theirselves but try and teach your children right from wrong...
Posted by: Kids repeat their parents on Jun 2, 2008 at 09:14 PM
As a father of a past Little League player - I saw first hand the way some of these kids and parents conducted themselves. Parents could not control their own emotions and yelled hateful things at opposing players. They clearly have no respect for the game or anyone else. The kids repeated their parents actions and attitudes. Now I get to see the kids again as adults. I am in law enforcement. I predicted back then 6 kids that would be in jail before they hit 21. 5 of the 6 are now felons. So yes - parents - go ahead and be proud of your little 'slugger' now. I will see him eventually again - in an orange jumpsuit and handcuffs. Too bad you encouraged him to be just like you. Instead of teaching him courtesy and respect, you sent him to me. Hope you are proud now.
Posted by: JR on Jun 2, 2008 at 08:23 PM
At least it wasn't a baseball bat...
Posted by: Eagle09 on Jun 2, 2008 at 06:54 PM
To Bigmamma, if your child got sucker punched by another player you'd get a little hyped up to!
Posted by: Bev on May 31, 2008 at 10:46 PM
This boy should be punished. I agree with SO CAL DAD. Some of these people need a LOT of education. ALLI: very funny lmao.
Posted by: worried on May 31, 2008 at 09:39 AM
This behavior is not 'standing up for what someone believes in' this is simply an excuse to hurt someone. That's what our society is about these days and this is what we're teaching our children. You do not have to keep self-control, you just hurt others and say whatever when you don't get your way and then make a bunch of excuses why you shouldn't be responsible for your deliberate actions. If you don't like someone saying things or hurting your child or yourself then why do people insist on behaving the exact same way in return. You're suppose to behave differently if you don't like the behavior someone else is doing not copy it and look for reasons why its ok when you do it but not the other person. WE REALLY NEED HELP IN THIS SOCIETY!!!!
Posted by: bigmamma on May 31, 2008 at 03:42 AM
Is this all we have to worry about here is a little league player hitting another kid? Who killed Leah Hickman?
Posted by: Coach on May 31, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Thank you So Cal Dad - just like scouts there are principles invested in little league. All of you promoting hitting, retaliation, violence, better go back and reread the point of playing - if you can read. Pro (paid) players are suspended and/or fined all the time for hurting others or violating their rights. As a coach I can guarantee you any player on my team with unsportsmanship attitude or behavior will be severely punished by physical activity but no game time - If they do it twice their gone no questions. I will not tolerate this absolute foolishness nor parents who promote it - no matter who starts it. I teach the kids if they loose control of themselves then they loose their chance to play. That's how it should be not this violent, trashy, dirty, foolishness.
Posted by: Jewell on May 30, 2008 at 11:36 PM
To: Proud Papa... You don't have enough sense to raise a child.. Your child needs to be removed from your home..
Posted by: Ol' Redneck on May 30, 2008 at 08:06 PM
What's the matter, Ohioan? Didn't make the team as a kid? Or, maybe you were bullied and lost your lunch money every? In any case eloquence doesn't make the man. The league has rules to deal with this situation. Little League Baseball has a great history and is rich in tradition, however this is not the first time this has happened, nor will it be the last. Now, everyone have a Zoloft, let the League Officers do their job, and get back to running your own lives... Jeez.
Posted by: Alli on May 30, 2008 at 07:56 PM
My guess is that Proud Papa and Proud Dad are the same person because surely God did not create 2 identical idiots!How bout teaching your boy how to smash a beer can on his head!Now thats bonding!
Posted by: So Cal Dad on May 30, 2008 at 05:13 PM
Wow, seems to me like a little reading is in order. Maybe you knuckleheads who think this was acceptable behavior need to read what Little League stands for and the tenents it was based on. A little education goes a long way and by the attitudes, grammer and spelling below, it would NOT be wasted!
Posted by: Sorry for your son on May 30, 2008 at 04:15 PM
Hey Proud Papa, maybe you should change your name to "Proud Papa of a future convict." Wonderful life lessons you are teaching your child. (SARCASM ALERT)
Posted by: booger on May 30, 2008 at 02:01 PM
Proud dad and proud poppa: Keep this in mind. The kid that your kid beat up, has a dad too. I just hope that the kids dad is 6'9" 300 lbs of anger management flunkie that will find you and show you a REAL beating..
Posted by: Amazed on May 30, 2008 at 12:57 PM
Proud Papa/Proud Dad, what a horrible thing to teach your child...You should be ashamed of yourself. Your line of thinking sickens me.
Posted by: mom on May 30, 2008 at 12:26 PM
What an idiot that Proud Papa is. If his child ends up like him, he'll be destined to a life of ignorance. From the father's grammar I'd say the son had better not miss a day of school or he'll end up just like his father. What a shame.
Posted by: PARKSIDE 52 on May 30, 2008 at 12:21 PM
WHAT HAPPENED PRIOR? IT WAS'NT A SUCKER PUNCH; HE SAW IT COMING, BEING BIGGER THAN THE KID THAT SOCKED HIM WHY DID'NT HE RETALIATE? CLAN RECRUIT
Posted by: Chad on May 30, 2008 at 11:20 AM
What the kid did was clearly wrong. Sucker punching is gutless and everybody knows it. I'm sure that kid will get his in due time. What I find so interesting are the pathetic "adult" responses I read here. Proud Papa, you're obviously of limited intellect so I won't waste my time explaining why sucker punching someone in the face is wrong. I just feel sorry for that son of yours who is receiving such shotty guidance. I get the feeling someone tore into you as a kid and now you feel the need to compensate by rewarding your kid for being a punk. Hmmm I wonder why the other kid never got a punch in when he got into a fight with your boy. Maybe because the apple doesn't fall too far from the tree. He's just emulating his father, a simple-minded neanderthal.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 30, 2008 at 11:04 AM
My kid would've hopped in my truck, driven over that little punk, all the while screaming out, "Don't vote for Obama! Haven't you had enough of Husseins?!" That's good parenting. You have no idea how hard it is to teach ignorance.
Posted by: booger on May 30, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I hope you parents who are proud of your kids for fighting have enough money saved up to bail out your kids. Your kids are going to grow up to be stupid, uneducated, rednecks who think sucker punching people is fun. Nobody likes those people.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 30, 2008 at 10:03 AM
And here we have a prime example of the problems our society faces. Way to go, proud papa! Lead by example! "As soon as my boy came home I said thats my boy and patted him on the back. I was off for a few days so me and him went fishing during his suspension. Thats my boy!"
Posted by: Baseball Mom on May 30, 2008 at 08:34 AM
With comments like these "Proud Papas" are making, it's now wonder why things like this happen. It's definitely a result on parenting, obviously. God, I hope their wives have more sense than they do about how to raise their sons. If they act like this now, how are they gonna be able to function in the real world. All they know now is to throw a punch and you get to go fishing with "daddy". GOOD LESSON TO BE TAUGHT EINSTEIN!!
Posted by: Ohioan on May 30, 2008 at 08:19 AM
Proud Papa, what a loser you must be, promoting your son to fight. No wonder things are the way they are now. We can see your intelligency level isn't very high according to your wording. "I dealed with it alright". Did you not go to school? The correct terminology is "dealt" with it. Poor kid for having you as a dad. What a waste of life.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 30, 2008 at 02:42 AM
THE KID WAS SHAKING HANDS WHEN HE WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE. HE GETS RIDICULED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HIT BACK...HE WAS THE MATURE ONE IN THE SITUATION. AS FOR CALLING HIM A WHIMP...HE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN HE WAS HIT IN THE FACE, AND HE DIDN'T EVEN FALL. HE JUST WALKED AWAY, HIS PARENTS SHOULD BE PROUD.
Posted by: Michael on May 30, 2008 at 02:01 AM
Whatever happened to sportsmanship? That thug should be kicked off the team and out of the league. What if he had done worse damage, or worse yet nailed the kid in the eye and left permanant damage. There is no excuse to what he did and no room for that kind of behavior in sports at any level. If that kid was wronged on the field, he should have been the better person and left it on the field, not stoop to such a low-class action. I'm embarrassed to be an American, let alone a human being for some of the absolute stupidity that some people in this nation and world display. There are animals that are more civil out there than some of us. Shame, shame, and more shame on this kid and I pray to God that he is taught a lesson for his action.
Posted by: Proud Papa on May 30, 2008 at 12:56 AM
My kid beat up another, and so what! I was proud of him. Told him he better win his battles or not come home. You know? I mean I want my kids to be good but I want them to stand up for what they believe in. I posted a comment before, and it wasnt posted. True story. My son got into a fight and the principle called me at work. I asked if he won and was told that the other kid never got a punch in. I told my boys principle that it would be dealed with. I dealed with it alright! As soon as my boy came home I said thats my boy and patted him on the back. I was off for a few days so me and him went fishing during his suspension. Thats my boy!
Posted by: Bill on May 29, 2008 at 11:12 PM
The kid who got hit should have gone after the punk with a bat. This type of stuff needs to be dealt with right away. The punk who threw the punch is most likley going to end up in prison or worse if he keeps it up.
Posted by: Proud Dad on May 29, 2008 at 10:30 PM
I can only hope my kids will take matters in to their own hands when something goes down. My motto to them is, "if you start it, finish it. If he starts it, and you dont finish it... dont come home!" My kid got into a fight the other day and when the princple at Midland called, I asked "Did he win the fight?" The principle said "The other kid didnt get a punch in." I told him I would deal with it. When my boy got home I said "I'm proud of you son" and patted him on the back. My boy knows that he better be the one who finishes it. He did, and I love my boy.
Posted by: Lori on May 29, 2008 at 09:32 PM
Typical sports dad comments here. Kids will grow up to be idiots, but man they can throw a round object.
Posted by: Richard on May 29, 2008 at 09:01 PM
I think the kid should be removed from the team and never be allowed to play in the league again , because he is not a sportsman, he is a punk !!!! , it is a game for fun and should be treated like a game , parnets are to blame for the poor sportsmanship .
Posted by: perry on May 29, 2008 at 07:17 PM
this looks like a rerun, i seen before. are you sure this didnt happen a long time ago.looks the same. ive been looking for old video havnt found it yet ill keep looking. thats all folks
Posted by: What a Shame.. on May 29, 2008 at 06:01 PM
To you "Little Daddy", I pray you don't have children.
Posted by: Philip on May 29, 2008 at 05:01 PM
right on Big daddy!!
Posted by: concerned on May 29, 2008 at 04:48 PM
The incident doesnt shock me, though I do think he sould be punished. Thats how you teach children not to act this way. What does in fact shock me is the comments adults make on this site. All the negativity! What a shame! It is up to the adults to teach the children right from wrong and I can assure you that most comments on here are mearly to start trouble. What a pitty!
Posted by: Lola on May 29, 2008 at 04:23 PM
How ashamed most of y'all should be. You make character judgements on a young kid that you DO NOT KNOW, saying "he probably deserved it" or other such nonsense. How would you like people halfway across the country posting such things about your child? And for grown people to say such things about a kid anyway.... if y'all had any common sense or decency, you would be ashamed, but somehow I think that'll never happen.
Posted by: momma of 3 boys on May 29, 2008 at 04:16 PM
I agree on teaching sportsmanship but, I also feel you should teach your kids stand up when they believe some one is in the wrong. The court has NO place in any of this, the kid that got punched must be just like his parents. Tattle tales get it in the end, or in their mouth in this case!!
Posted by: Christian Segura on May 29, 2008 at 03:47 PM
The player who threw the punch should be suspended for one year from baseball.
Posted by: Big Daddy on May 29, 2008 at 02:44 PM
From reviewing everyone's comments it is clear why our society has turned into what it has. When we grew up and you had a problem even in baseball you settled it on or off the field... not in the court room. People need to stop trying to "charge" or "imprison" every person for every little thing and go back in time when kids like this one had B@LL$ and handled it right at the timea it happened... or shortly after. Forget the wheat grass, suspensions, and charges and get back to kicking someone's @$$ when they need it! If the other kid couldn't stick up for himself it is obvious how much of a man he will grow up to be... most likely JUST LIKE DAD!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 29, 2008 at 02:39 PM
I say this child done such a horrible crime, he should be put on trial as an adult and given the death penalty. We all know he is going to grow up and be a mass murderer !!!!
Posted by: LMAO on May 29, 2008 at 01:42 PM
It was a fight between teenage boys. Get over it. From some of the comments here I can tell that the wussification of America is clearly underway....SISSIES!
Posted by: Hero on May 29, 2008 at 01:37 PM
Ha this is great. The pansy shoulda went after him but no he didnt. Why, cause that punk deserved it. I hope my kids will do the same if a punk runs his mouth during the game. If you cant keep your mouth shut, you deserve to be decked!
Posted by: Nadine on May 29, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Come on folks, it was one hit. There were plenty of boys' fights when I was in school, especially in sporting events, and those boys grew up just fine. I'm sure there had to be some reason behind it. That doesn't make it right, but understandable. It was between 2 boys and no weapons were involved. The only reason we are hearing about this incident is because it was caught on tape.
Posted by: kat on May 29, 2008 at 10:57 AM
What happened to the good old days? You get into a little scuffle, you go home and take your punishment. It's over. Things today get blown out of porportion!!!!!
Posted by: Shari on May 29, 2008 at 09:43 AM
I can't believe some of the comments here. The kid that got punched had to have stitches. That's horrible! And you all condone that?! God help your kids. It's behavior like this that causes kids to grow up to be hoodlums, thieves, murderers, and end up in jail. The kid that threw the punch should definitely be punished, and his parents should pay the hospital bills for the kid that was punched. I don't care if the kid was mouthing off or not, he didn't deserve to get hit like that.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 29, 2008 at 09:29 AM
You're all idiots who are saying big deal here. Teach your children sportsmanship and that it's not OK to walk through the line that is supposed to be teaching them sportsmanship and punch another kid in the face. You are the kind of people who are raising children who end up violent criminals.
Posted by: Mom on May 29, 2008 at 09:19 AM
I've had kids playing in Little League for 16 yrs. Its hard to believe that the kid doing the hitting just did it randomly. I'm not saying that he should have hit anyone...we just don't know the entire story. At this age, boys are very passionate about sports, winning and doing their best. I think the boy was wrong for putting his hands on anyone, he should be punished and then let it go. This is the kind of thing that gets the parents involved and people go to jail. I had a coach throw an bat through the dugout and bounce it off the fence 2 ft from a group of kids heads...it took all of 3 seconds for all the moms(including me) to clear the stands and corner the idiot. Needless to say, he was informed HIS head would be in danger if he did that again! He was mad because they weren't winning! Pathetic!
Posted by: Percy on May 29, 2008 at 08:59 AM
Why show repeated footage of something that happened 2000 miles away!There is no connection to the Tri State area?Lets not promote bad sportsmanship!
Posted by: Ryan on May 29, 2008 at 06:48 AM
If parents would be parents, kids would be kids.
Posted by: ryan on May 29, 2008 at 01:16 AM
big deal. some kid go hit. didnt look like a sucker punch to me. looked straight on. seems to me the sissy that got hit need to toughen up a lil. we have troops getting killed everyday but this stupid stuff is in the news.
Posted by: Me! on May 29, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Wow I am suprised that the parents aren't the ones who are fighting!
Posted by: Praise the Kid on May 28, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Fighting's been part of baseball for its entire lifetime. Kid just wants to be like his heroes. Shame on his teammates for turning their backs on him after it all, and not joining in!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 09:15 PM
w/o knowing the full story u can't say anything, but he probally should of gotten hit.he could of hit anyone of those guys but he wanted him
Posted by: tom on May 28, 2008 at 08:35 PM
what is going on u think it was funny that kid got hit well wait till someone bigger comes along and gets the one hitting also may have to fight later in prison if that btemper keeps up teach this kid some manners if u can not control your temper stay home with mom and dad they may be able to teach u some self disclipne
Posted by: chris on May 28, 2008 at 08:10 PM
If I was that kid and I would have got sucker punched like that, I would've knock the f*** out of that that kid. that is just unsportsmen like
Posted by: Peter on May 28, 2008 at 07:33 PM
I think that the young gentleman throwing the punch should be suspended or kicked out of the league entirely. Given community service for 1 yr that involves learning the meaning of good sportmanship.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 07:11 PM
put the kid in jail till hes 21
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 06:30 PM
The boy probably knew that the other boy wouldn't do anything and that's why he hit him.
Posted by: jim on May 28, 2008 at 06:05 PM
kid got what he deserved, alls fair in love and war. he prob ran his mouth during the game or cheated.
Posted by: not surprised on May 28, 2008 at 03:59 PM
Is it any wonder that the kids behave this way in Little League? Just watch a College game or a Professional game...any sport...you will see the same type of behavior by so-called "role-models."
Posted by: AnonymousII on May 28, 2008 at 03:51 PM
Its really a sad thing that's happened here. Its actions like this that lead to someone getting killed. Whatever happened to a friendly game and sportsmanship? There should be serious consequences for the one who threw the punch. That's no way to support the team. It gives every kid that does want to play a bad name. What a shame!
Posted by: Likely Story on May 28, 2008 at 03:23 PM
I wonder what the kid did to deserve the punch. The fact they did not want to be identified means that their son most likely instigated the whole situation.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 03:18 PM
HAHAHA! GOOD JOB LITTLE BUDDY, WAY TO SHOW THEM WHOSE BOSS. :) ALL DAY BABYY. THE KID NEEDS TO STICK UP FOR HIS SELF OR HE'S GONNA BE A WUSSY ALL HIS LIFE.
Posted by: Mike on May 28, 2008 at 03:02 PM
ou're talking to mu kid all wrong... It's the wrong tone. You do it again and I'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron. Yea Kid!
Posted by: Disgusted Parent on May 28, 2008 at 02:52 PM
How barbarous! I'm not talking about the children, I'm speaking of parents who would allow these boys to participate in such unenlightened activities. Organized sports just festers violence in our society. This boy is a victim of bad parenting! Yes, this boy should be punished. Perhaps a few envigorating anger management counseling sessions, but the parents also need to be taught more progressive parenting techniques. The ways of the past simply won't do any longer. I would also submit that the comissioner of this "league" also be incarcerated. In my opinion all juvenile sports should be banned. Imagine, it's easy if you try. Besides if the parents aren't driving their kids to these events they could reduce their co2 footprints. Less violence and a cleaner environment, It's a win-win if you ask me. Perhaps activities such as jogging would be appropriate after which a nice glass of wheat grass juice would be quite refreshing! Ah yes, life is good!
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 02:25 PM
the boy who threw the punch needs to be taught more self-control. if the boy who was punched did say or do something in the game that still does not give the puncher the right to resort to violence. the temptation to use violence as an equalizer is in every person but it does not make it acceptable behavior in most situations. it is up to the puncher's parents to decide what is acceptable but i think what he did should have some consequences. standing up for yourself does not necessarily mean punching someone in the face because you are mad and fustrated.
Posted by: Stan on May 28, 2008 at 02:21 PM
What a little Brat. This kid needs to get charged and pulled off the team right away.
Posted by: Philip on May 28, 2008 at 01:55 PM
The kid that got punched must be a real wimp or he would have hit back.I would rather my child be kicked off for holding his own and earning some R-E-S-P-E-C-T.That sissy boy will grow up to be a girlie man. If my child got hit like that and didn't retaliate,they would surely get a butt busted when they got home.
Posted by: L L Mom on May 28, 2008 at 01:42 PM
To yeah_Bill...... I wish more people thought like you did. We wouldn't be discussing this right now.
Posted by: JJ on May 28, 2008 at 01:20 PM
I echo Jason's thought...The boy who done the punching needs to be punished, more then likly the boy who got punched asked for some of what he got. A return to the old days would likly cure this. Today a big deal will made of this probably a law suite, adults fighting, if either boy has to take a trip to the wood shed the parent will be investigated for child abuse and it go's on and on. The boy who punched needs to publicly apologize for handeling this wrong then let the boys alone, they will work it out on their own. Most likly being good friends one day.
Posted by: Thumbs Up on May 28, 2008 at 12:59 PM
kid's just learnin' how to survive in the real world...put the punks in their place....holla atcha boy!!!
Posted by: yeah_Bill on May 28, 2008 at 12:22 PM
Yeah Bill, why don't we just kick that boy off the team and out of school? Well, ok, let's let him sit around the house all day, angry, feeling mistreated, thinking of ways to get back at his tormentors. Then, as he gets older and has no schooling, he'll have a hard time getting a job that pays anything, so, he'll resort to crime. How about this instead? The boy that threw the punch gets to go to ball practice everyday and run laps around the fenceline until he feels like dropping? Also, for the next 3 or 4 games he will not play but must sit on the bench? If the team loses, the other team mates can bring up how they were weakened by the loss of one player. If they win, they can comment on how they won without anyone having a bad attitude and throwing a punch. Either way, punishment from the ones that this boy seeks acceptance from, his team mates would be far more effective than the judicial system.
Posted by: Debbie on May 28, 2008 at 12:16 PM
anonymous, you are ridiculous. I played ball as a kid and yeah trash talk goes on, but this brat needs put off the team. people who try to justify this behavior are the reason it goes on.Kids are suppose to learn sportsmanship. The brat needs his rear kicked.
Posted by: Ben on May 28, 2008 at 11:32 AM
What the kid did was wrong. However my questions is what did the kid who got punched say or do during the game or at another location. I observed on the video that the puncher was smaller than the punchee. Was there verbal taunting from the punchee or any type of bullying that led to this incident. There usually is.Sometimes physical retaliation settles a riff quickly. Having said that the puncher will still have to face punishment of sorts including medical bills unpaid by insurance.
Posted by: David on May 28, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Good one Anonymous. You go on thinking that the next time someone socks you in the teeth. It's going to happen as you say so don't cry when it happens to you. Change tires for a living do you? Grow up.
Posted by: sambo on May 28, 2008 at 10:57 AM
I had a combination coach/ parent/ umpire screaming at my son to "dry-up" because he showed emotion (cried) after he struck-out during an All-Star game last year. We figured it was best to keep him out of organized sports than to have to deal with abusive idiots. Parents that can't control their own kids shouldn't be coaching some one else's kids.
Posted by: Jason on May 28, 2008 at 10:34 AM
The player that got hit was probably mouthing off. Or this was a way to get back at him for something he did in the game. Everything has become so competitive and even sometimes dangerous. What happened to the days where Little League games were fun? Yes, you wanted to win but we didn't knock someone out and parents weren't yelling at the coaches.
Posted by: WOW! on May 28, 2008 at 10:04 AM
After reading some of the comments on here I am appalled!! What kind of parents are you saying that it is okay for your children to fight? I know the old saying that kids will be kids but kids can also be given other options if the parents are responsible enough to teach them other options. Shame on all of you barbarians!
Posted by: me on May 28, 2008 at 09:52 AM
To proud parent...I have never seen anyone bring a couch to the ball field. Usually just a lawn chair. Ha Ha
Posted by: Beth on May 28, 2008 at 08:40 AM
I don't see how some of you can sit there and call this boy a sissy or whatever. Let me say this, my son got jumped a while back in school, and he didn't have a choice, but to hit back. He got 3 days suspension for it, because he hit back. Even when the other kids said the other kid started hitting my son first. So this kid probably didn't want to get kicked off the team or whatever. How dare you all call him names like that.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 08:09 AM
I have read all the comments and as a parent of a little league player I see kids get upset all the time. 99% of the time words are exchanged and the game goes on. Of course this doesn't make the news, it doesn't get talked about. Only the ones who fight are newsworthy. Unfortuneatley boys will be boys and they are probably playing a game today and the parents are the only ones upset. Do any of you remember being a kid and getting caught up in the moment? I don't condone the action, but it is going to happen. We have become a society of wimps and scream jail time any time something happens. Get over it. They are kids.
Posted by: Joe on May 28, 2008 at 08:09 AM
The rest of his teamate's should have cleaned house on the punk.
Posted by: proud parent of 2 on May 28, 2008 at 07:11 AM
if my kid gets picked on them my kid has every right to sucker punch the other, now if they start it that is wrong and mine will be punished for it, we need the whole story not just part of it. alot of PARENTS are out of control at these games as well as the couches. example the couch will pout and throw a fit if his team losses. great sportsmanship
Posted by: DIRTY on May 28, 2008 at 12:55 AM
I THINK ITS GREAT.AT LEAST HE STANDS FOR WHAT HE THINKS IS RIGHT.DID YOU SEE THE YOUNG MAN THAT GOT HIT?HE WAS READY TO RUN AND CRY LIKE A SISSY.WAY TO GO SLUGGER!
Posted by: Al on May 28, 2008 at 12:52 AM
have any of you been to a little league game lately? some of the parents act worse then the kids do, i don't condone kids doing this but it is a part of playing sports it will happen no matter how much you teach your kid not to or they wouldn't be playing, however most if not all is started when the parents get into the mess, for example my brother plays little league and at a game he threw a wild ball and the person that was supposed to catch it didn't and it hit a car window and busted it and the owner of the car showed their a$$ wanting my parents to pay for the window and trying to get her son to start a fight with my brother over this thing, so it's not always the kids starting stuff like this the parents have a lot to do about it
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 12:38 AM
I say we let the kid that got hit take a bat to the other one. THAT'S some news.
Posted by: Mike on May 28, 2008 at 12:37 AM
I have to admit I did something similar as a kid. I was suspended for a week, in witch i had to run at every practice, and every game that week. I also had to apologize to my team,and to the other player. Then I got to visit the ole wood shed with dad. Even though I thought the other guy gave me a cheap shot earlier, I learned that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle situations. These are in fact kids just like I was, and an approriate punishment is not condoning, but don't go to extremes. Any parent that says they would go to jail if another kid hit them really bothers me. If we are talking about an adult hitting a kid thats one thing. Are you going to fight your childs battle all of your life.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 12:27 AM
this is behavior is uncalled for! this kid should not be allowed to play any sport and should spend alittle time in jail
Posted by: Anonymous on May 28, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Nothing will prob. be done at all. If anything he will be banned from a couple of games if not the rest of the season (the season is about over) So once again a slap on the wrist. This little deliquent needs to be used to set an example. There is no room for stupidity like this in sports. It will keep getting more dangerous. What if the punk had a ball bat?
Posted by: Christi on May 27, 2008 at 11:53 PM
circumstances we might not know...did the kid beam him? if he did he had it coming.Did the kid run his mouth?if so he had it coming,so lets not rush to judgement..."if the fist didn't fit,we must aquit"
Posted by: Austin B on May 27, 2008 at 11:50 PM
hmmmm, your such a brave soul,how about teaching your kid to hold his ground and fight back,gosh,is your child still nursing the teet or what?
Posted by: Anonymous on May 27, 2008 at 11:43 PM
first off the kid is probably a spoiled brat but definately a delinquent in the makeing second why would this even make our local news i only care about seeing what happens around our communities who cares about washington
Posted by: self control on May 27, 2008 at 10:18 PM
I am so tired of 'kids will be kids'! They believe doing this type of behavior is ok because we as adults either condone the behavior or choose to not really teach against it. Kids and especially boys need repeatedly taught if they want to be accepted in a group, on a team, in their family then the violence has to stop. Our indifference to it sends the message that this behavior is ok. The only way this type of behavior should ever be ok is if you want your son or daughter locked up behind bars or completely unable to participate in families, schools, or later work places. If you don't like that idea then teach them and make them understand they MUST have self -control including physically and verbally to survive life.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 27, 2008 at 10:03 PM
That was low and no class what so ever but it was kids no need to an investigation or charges. You know it was thrown for some reason. We have enough cases in the justice system already we don't need a fight no matter how guttless in the court system.
Posted by: hmmm on May 27, 2008 at 09:44 PM
Let any kid hit my kid like that and I'd be in jail...
Posted by: Beth Ann on May 27, 2008 at 09:34 PM
That is awful. That boy should be kicked off the team and never allowed to play for that school again. I think his parents should have to pay for his doctor bills also.
Posted by: j on May 27, 2008 at 09:23 PM
the little brat should be banned from all sports, I am sure this is a learned behavior, product of his homelife.
Posted by: hunter on May 27, 2008 at 09:05 PM
He gave 5 the wrong way.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 27, 2008 at 08:32 PM
boy got jacked!! lol
Posted by: TIM on May 27, 2008 at 08:16 PM
Why is this on Local News? A man is injured in a mining accident, And i have to search toward the bottom of the page, but a kid getting hit in WASHINGTON is at the top. Surprised it was "Breaking News"
Posted by: Anonymous on May 27, 2008 at 08:14 PM
BAM! AHAHAHAHAHa
Posted by: Emily on May 27, 2008 at 08:05 PM
This is ridiculous. I think the child that threw the punch should have some kind of punishment.
Posted by: bill on May 27, 2008 at 07:56 PM
kick him off the team and kick him out of school. permanently. then, he will find out about being a s--- head.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 27, 2008 at 07:48 PM
It's clips like this that show that media outlets are only concerned with rating$. How does society benefit from watching these types of video clips over and over again? Why do we glorify these actions? I have heard that the media used to be more responsible.
Posted by: annoymous on May 27, 2008 at 06:51 PM
Only a punk would throw a sucker punch. There are at least nine guys on a baseball team. At least nine people should have been beating the crap out of this kid. He'll probably get some "time out" and be required to get counseling.
Posted by: Anonymous on May 27, 2008 at 06:45 PM
they are kids. things happen. maybe they shouldn't...... however they do.
Posted by: coach on May 27, 2008 at 06:30 PM
This is awful. I coach 6-8 year olds and you'd be surprised at the mean things boys do and say even at this age. While our team was shaking hands after a game last week a little boy kept telling our team, "You suck". I've heard baserunners call other players "loser" if they miss a ball. The one that surprised me,though was they boy making a slashing motion across his throat towards other boys and nobody said anything to him. I guess this stuff doesn't really "surprise" me in this day and age but it's a shame that children are already acting this way at such a young age.
Posted by: kathleen on May 27, 2008 at 06:13 PM
This child seems to have no self control and is displaying poor sports manship. This kid needs to be ban from all sports until graduation. Also, the parents need to pay for the medical bills of the injured kid.
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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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