Byrd on Race Issues in W.Va.: "Those days are gone. Gone!"
Byrd on Race Issues in W.Va.: "Those days are gone. Gone!" Save Email Print
Posted: 4:56 PM Oct 24, 2008
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - After speaking at a political rally headlined by Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Joe Biden, United States Senator Robert Byrd attended an open house for congressional candidate Anne Barth. Barth is a former aide who worked decades in the senator's office before running for Congress.

WSAZ had the rare opportunity to speak with Senator Byrd Friday afternoon and took the time to ask him about several topics.

"Who's she?" smiled Byrd when asked about Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate. He offered no other comment on the candidate.

Byrd has been a critic of Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's plan to eliminate earmarks from the federal budget. Byrd has used the monetary requests frequently to fund numerous projects in West Virginia.

“I’m for earmarks because they help West Virginia,” Byrd said. "He’d have to adjust to me.”

WSAZ also spoke with Senator Byrd about racism. In the past week, at least three media organizations across the country focused on the race issue in West Virginia.

The Baltimore Sun spoke with voters in Mingo County who identified themselves as Democrats. They wouldn't allow their names to be printed, but the article reports they said the following about Obama.

"He's going to take my gun and then give my money to his own people."

"I'm not voting for that n--, and I ain't no racist when I say that either."

The New York Daily News wrote an article about the race in West Virginia Friday and included this clip:

Mary Gonzalez, an 87-year-old Democrat and former schoolmate of Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), said she fears Obama "is going to pull" a race war as President.

"We don't stand a chance with the black people," she said.

Byrd, who has previously apologized for his one-time membership years ago in the Ku Klux Klan, said racism will not be an issue with voters in West Virginia.

"It’s not good. Those days are gone. Gone!” Byrd said to a cheering group of people in the headquarters for Anne Barth, a candidate for Congress in the 2nd Congressional District.

We also asked Senator Byrd about his support for Barth, an aide in his office for years prior to her run for Congress.

"Why Anne Barth for Congress? She’s pretty, isn’t she?” Byrd asked our reporter. "She’s the best. She is the best. She worked for me for at least twenty years and she knows the people of West Virginia and she will be for the people of West Virginia. She knows what the people of West Virginia need and I will be behind her every step of the way. She will be a great person to represent the people of West Virginia.”
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Posted by: JACKIE BOGGS on Oct 28, 2008 at 07:32 PM
hONEST RACIST I CAN'T STAND BLACK PEOPLE, THEY WANT TO TAKE OVER THIS COUNTRY THAT WAS BUILT BY THE WHITEMAN, IF THE BLACKS VOTE THERE RACE THIS DEMOCRAT WILL VOE HIS(HONEST VOTER) WISH MORE WOULD COME OUT OF THE CLOSET AND YES IM FORM MINGO COUNTY
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 28, 2008 at 03:58 PM
yep,he was in the kkk,but he is NOT aracisit lol
Posted by: Hey Susan on Oct 28, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Hey Brenda, did your Mamma & Daddy also teach you that it is ok to turn your head when others are committing murder on the unborn? That's exactly what Obama and the Democrats protect, the right to "CHOOSE". That means the right to "KILL"!...so go on and stick your head in the sand, keep conviencing yourself it's a woman's "right to kill" and you'll sleep just fine tonight. Ignorance is bliss.
Posted by: k on Oct 28, 2008 at 09:49 AM
Brenda, My point was exactly that. Men did create racism!!!! Obama seems to be pushing the issue even if he isn't saying anything. The black community has finally got a representative and they should be happy. I am happy for them, however, the negatives about his black supremacy ties and other ties are only empowering them in reverse racism. I don't think that it is all of them. That would be totally unfair. Racism isn't just for white people, Rev. Wright is a perfect example. His congregation can believe him or not, but that man seems to be racist than most people I know. People will pick up on this. I don't want to have to pay for something I didn't do. My family wasn't even in the US when slavery was an issue and I wasn't born during the Civil Rights movements either. I feel everyone has the same chance in life. As I said before I am not voting for him for his race, but because I believe everyone has a chance in life and at life...including unborn children. Adoption!!
Posted by: JAMES MCKINNEY on Oct 28, 2008 at 01:56 AM
YOUR CRAZY OLD COOT THE KKK IS THICK AS HE...L IN CLAY ,CALHOUN, AND WEBSTER COUNTIES. TRUST ME MY UNCLES IN THE KLAN. OBAMA SHOULD NOT WASTE A DIME IN THIS RACIST STATE. OH FORGOT LOGAN AND MINGO ECT.
Posted by: george on Oct 27, 2008 at 08:34 PM
Tell us all about it sheets.
Posted by: Brenda on Oct 27, 2008 at 08:28 PM
This is for K..know wonder their is so much rasicm around in the state of Wv it's because of people like you...GOD CREATED US ALL and Blacks and Whites alike are still the same the only difference is God gave us different colored Skin so that doesn't make Whites better than Blacks or Blacks better than Whites were all creations of God. God never intented for whites and blacks to be against each others race of color.. MEN did that many years ago thats why we have rasicm. i was brought up to know that whites and black are different only by the color of our skin and thats all.and i think Obama is the better man for the job because i can't trust mcain he's too much of a BUSHMAN and i refuse to give my god given right to vote too him. people need to sit down and just think about these two men befroe they cast their vote bush has almost destroyed our country so please don't let mcain finish us off.
Posted by: Mr. Magoo on Oct 27, 2008 at 05:27 PM
Why can't people just be honest and except things for the way they are? Genealogy plays a big part of what we are. I haven't seen Byrd do anything so great compaired to the rest of the country. If he's the hot shot a lot of people says he is, then why is WV last in about everything next to Arkansas? Claifornia and other states has big roads and bridges running every direction side by side, they just don't have his name on them! I know I'm not to smart or I wouldn't still be in WV. My ancestors must have been mostly from Norway because I just like to fish and drink beer.
Posted by: Hey Susan on Oct 27, 2008 at 05:22 PM
Hey Susan, they knew better...people back then weren't stupid, no more than our founding Fathers were stupid for allowing slavery. It was just accepted, that's all. Just like we accept your stupidity while not making jokes about you, that would be insensitive of us and we are too civilized now to be insensitive! And as far as Byrd knowing the Constitution, if I had a copy of it in my shirt pocket for the last Century, I'd probably be able to recite it word for word too.
Posted by: Scurred on Oct 27, 2008 at 03:47 PM
k, I think you mean Socialist, not Communist. You know, socialism, like free public education, medicare, medicaid and all those dreadful things. Next thing you know we might get free universal healthcare. I am very scared.
Posted by: Amy on Oct 27, 2008 at 01:05 PM
To ASHANTAY: Last I checked, BHO's mommy was WHITE, so he's just as much white as he is black? What is it w/ you people thinking that if I don't like someone it's because "he's black" which is really an incorrect statement in itself! I voted for McCain/Palin and I am proud of my vote. It's not so much that I like McCain so well, it's that I dislike BHO's stance on social issues. I'm sorry, but anyone who believes it's ok to kill a baby, who didn't die during an abortion, will NEVER get my vote. Lets see if THIS gets posted!
Posted by: Susan on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:55 PM
How dare any of you that live in WV. to not stand up for Senator Byrd!!Yes, he was in the KKK, but that was when people did not know better. If you think he was the only one, go back into history! This man has done so many great things for our state, and all you can say is he is old? He may have a hard time saying want he wants to say, But you better believe he knows the constitution forwards and backwards! We need people like him, and his clout for the state. Please don't show your ignorance!
Posted by: me thinks on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:46 PM
I think palin is a fake of the worst kind!
Posted by: k on Oct 27, 2008 at 11:41 AM
Racism in this country still exists and yes it is deeply rooted in WV. But times have changed and most people respect people for who they are and what they have done over the color of someone's skin. I am a democrat, but I will not vote for Obama. This election has put race into the front because he just happens to be black. It is creating a huge race issue and creating more racism than what there may have been otherwise. My reasoning for not voting for him are on issues other than race. His abortion issues for one. Second, his dealings with unsavory characters black and white. I do however fear the backlash of black voters and nonvoters who support Obama whether he wins this election or not. I fear that this would give a few the idea that blacks are now superior than white people and will make a case on reverse racism. That idea does scare me a little. Also, I don't want to live in a communist country. Obama has ties to communists and holds some communist ideas himself.
Posted by: booger on Oct 27, 2008 at 09:34 AM
Don't care about the race issue. Really don't care what color these people are. I do agree with Byrd on the earmarks. That's more money going to WV. I'll take it anytime, Byrd's name on it or not. I'd rather have a Robert C Byrd bridge, road, or building than to not have one at all. Let Byrd steal from Washington and give it to WV. Fine by me.
Posted by: EC on Oct 26, 2008 at 07:25 PM
If Byrd thinks that race won't be a factor in WV, then Hershey doesn't make chocolate kisses anymore!
Posted by: A on Oct 26, 2008 at 06:55 PM
Little bit of a sad irony that the Baltimore Sun is doiong a race story on West Virginia, when the situation there with racial relations is not so good. Focus on your own issues before trying to portray our state in such a negative manner.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 26, 2008 at 06:08 PM
McCain.Palin's are a jok? What grade are you in mason co.?
Posted by: KYgal on Oct 26, 2008 at 01:29 PM
I lived in WV for over 50 years and I love WV. WV has it's faults but so does every state. Sen Byrd may be old and apparently in ill health but he has done a great deal for WV while in office. Who does WV have to replace him?? Yes, it is sad that in this day and age that racism is still an issue but it is. Instead of running Sen Byrd and WV down, why not ask yourself what you can do to improve things in WV. Better still, ask yourself what you ARE doing to make WV a better place to live and work.
Posted by: coal miner's wife on Oct 26, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Janette, i agree with you that MOST politicians will tell you what you want to hear just to get your vote. Its been that way for too long.
Posted by: mason co on Oct 26, 2008 at 09:46 AM
MCCAIN. PALIN'S ARE A JOK
Posted by: skeered on Oct 26, 2008 at 08:05 AM
senator byrd is skeery
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 26, 2008 at 06:49 AM
WHAT THE HECK IS WRONG WITH SOME OF YOU PEOPLE??YOUR HUBANDS ,WIVES,SONS,AND DAUGHTERS ARE OVER SEAS FIGHTING FOR YOUR COUNTRY AND ALL YOU CAN WRITE ABOUT IS HOW OLD SEN.BYRD IS?,WHAT COLOR OBAMA IS?,WHO CARES?????THAT IS ALL I HEAR; PUTTING DOWN THE COUNTRY OUR FAMILIES ARE FIGHTING SO HARD FOR!!!STOP GRIPING ABOUT THINGS THAT YOU CANNOT CHANGE,AND WORK TOWARD THE THINGS YOU CAN CHANGE...GOD BLESS AND KEEP EACH ONE
Posted by: mama on Oct 26, 2008 at 01:27 AM
well racisim does still exist which is sad because this nation is full of individuals of every race and color and NO ONE is pure white! hate to break that bit of news to those who think they are!! byrd has done alot for WV; but im afraid his "past" does haunt him. but NONE of us are free of skeletons in our closets. but we are a FREE nation!!! and we "SHOULD" be uniting not hating but i seriously doubt that day will ever come because there are NO perfect people! and definitely NO perfect people running our country! whether it be republican or democrat!both sides share alot of fault for what has happenened to our country in the past 60-70 years! and i seriously doubt that will ever change either. but God Bless America and God help America!
Posted by: Annie on Oct 26, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Why do you people still vote for Him? Get over it!
Posted by: JLL on Oct 25, 2008 at 11:44 PM
Janette? "Hold onto your guns" what a ridiculous statement. My eight year old nephew has even come under the stupid assumption that if Obama is elected "we won't be able to hunt anymore because he is going to take away our guns" this statement came from his grandparent which I tried to correct. If you understand anything about our country it is that one person does not make a decision it is an elected group. Alot of people posting on this site really need to take a crash course in American History/Politics. It may just help you to make correct statements/decisions.
Posted by: J on Oct 25, 2008 at 11:04 PM
duh, no Byrd is senile, he really doesn't know who she is. The man is barely functioning. Watch his inane rambling on CSPAN sometime.
Posted by: duh on Oct 25, 2008 at 09:48 PM
sue, you're an idiot. Byrd was joking...sarcasm! McCain insulted women when he picked her thinking we'd vote for ANY woman!
Posted by: MamawS on Oct 25, 2008 at 08:30 PM
Byrd, fly home, you have done enough begging for $$ to put our state to shame. We do not want to be a WELFARE STATE, we want to be properous and have dignity. Again Byrd, it's time to fly. You may want to take a nap first!
Posted by: Stupid West Virginians on Oct 25, 2008 at 08:27 PM
It amazes me that some of the people commenting are downing the very man who has gotten more for WV than any republican could ever do. You people are ignorant. If it wasn't for Sen Byrd, WV would be nothing, or have nothing. Research your senator West Virginians, because when he is gone, you all will then realize how powerful and kind he has been to WV. When lord forbid something happens to senator Byrd, you will start to realize his importance when your state becomes last on the totem poll.
Posted by: Jeff on Oct 25, 2008 at 03:51 PM
My grandma-in-law said some of the same stuff about Obama. I feel sorry for her. Some of the elderly feel that the "blacks" are going to get revenge for slavery and mistreatment in the past when Obama gets in office. They are too old and set in their ways to explain to them otherwise. I hear things like this anytime I travel to the southern part of the state. I live in the north and sometimes cannot believe that these feelings and beliefs still exist. I know it isn't everyone in the south, but the dumbest people are usually the most vocal so they get the most attention.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 25, 2008 at 02:29 PM
if mccain was black i would still vote for him because i like what he stands for and palin she gives the woman of the house hope for tomorrow
Posted by: Janette on Oct 25, 2008 at 01:02 PM
coal miners wife, don't forget who's telling you all these things you want to hear. They are a bunch of life long liers in politics with their pockets full of your hard earned tax money. Now they want to lead you off the deep end. Don't forget things can get a lot worse and will! Obama, Manchin and Rockefeller are NOT democrats, just promising peace and prosperity where there is none nor will be! Hold on to God and your guns you'll need them! The world economy is crashing too like never before, not just here! Help WV and the state workers for now, Vote for Russ Weeks!
Posted by: MIKE on Oct 25, 2008 at 11:21 AM
WE DONT NEED BYRD WE DONT NEED OBAMA,I CAN NOT BELEIVE THE GOOD PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY COULD EVER VOTE OBAMA.EVERYBODY NEEDS TO WAKE UP. PEOPLE YOU KNOW IN YOUR HEART WHATS GOOD WHATS BAD.OBAMA IS BAD.ITS THE FUTURE YOUR VOTING FOR MAKE RATIONAL DECISION DONT VOTE OBAMA.
Posted by: coal miner's wife on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:53 AM
First of all, i want to know WHO they talked to in Mingo Co.? They need to put these people back on the bar stool they plucked them off of. Stop interviewing stupid people just to make a story? Go into the coal fields and interview hard working,tax paying citizens. These are the people who work side by side every day with people of all different races. They trust these people with their lives on a daily basis. When you're 5 miles underground, do you think it matters what color your co-workers skin is???.. For the most part,I think that we very open-minded about this election. I dont think it has ever been an issue of skin color. We are just hoping for some change like everybody else.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Kyle, you are very much allowed not to like Obama for his views and policies. What makes me sick is the numerous people that I have heard say Obama would be a perfect candidate if he was somebody else. Tell me an honest reason why you aren't voting for him and I will never think once about you being a racist, but I have heard numerous people with no other reason than who he is and that is why people are painted racist. Chris, I understand that many West Virginians rely on coal to support their families, but we don't really need anymore coal power plants if we want to leave a planet for our families in the future. We have enough coal power plants and steel mills to support our coal industry. We need to build more nuclear, wind, and other clean plants to preserve the environment for our future generations.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:31 AM
Who cares about Byrd! Who can stand to read these ignorant comments that give horrible representation of this area! OBAMA 08!
Posted by: What on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:18 AM
Who knew who Sara Palin was when McCain pick her for a running mate? The republican party didn't know her. Do you see the republicans supporting McCain/Palin ticket like , the Bush's,the Reagans, or Rep.s Senators or Rep. Congress . No because they want to forget this ticket also. Why should Byrd need to know who she is? A lot of West Virginas and Kentuckians are a lot a like, out touch with the real world. Well you want Byrd out? Why didn't you remove George Bush from office. Well all I see is REDNECKS, HATE, GUNS RACEIST. YOU NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON FACTS. Listen to what all Biden said about the coal. Go back to that enterview with WSAZ. Obama always said he was for coal.(clean). What has the Republican party did for coal in the last 8 years. WVA. and KY. when they both went for Bush the past 2 election? NOT ONE THING. REAL SMART PEOPLE IN WVA.and KY.
Posted by: ASHANTAY on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:18 AM
It's a sad and real fact, but the primary reason people won't vote for Obama is because he's black. Just admit it. Because his policies are to HELP the middle class and people like YOU. If you want to vote against your own interests just because he isn't a white person, then you don't get to complain ever again.
Posted by: To Kyle: on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:05 AM
I think you summed it up so well when you said, "Isnt it funny that your not allowed to not like Obama because of his views and policies? If you dislike him, then you are a racist." I'm afraid that's going to be the trend over the next four years. When someone disagrees with this admin's direction, they'll be branded racists, who probably have roots in WV.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 25, 2008 at 10:01 AM
ROBERT BYRD SHOULD GO HOME. OR TO A HOME.HE IS A DISGRACE FOR THE STATE OF WV. SURE HE HAS MANY OF INSTITUTIONS WITH HIS NAME ON THEM BUT WHERE DO YOU THINK THESE FUNDS CAME FROM.HE IS CAUSING A LOT OF DISTASTFUL REMARKS ABOUT WV.GO HOME A LET A NEW GENERATOIN TAKE OVER.
Posted by: Bob on Oct 25, 2008 at 09:29 AM
Obama=MORE taxes and More hand outs to those who CHOOSE not to work
Posted by: good grief on Oct 25, 2008 at 08:17 AM
I have submitted two comments and neither are posted... Last time... Byrd is a joke. He can barely complete a sentence. It takes him two minutes to say "who's she". Why is Byrd a rep of our state.
Posted by: Chris on Oct 25, 2008 at 07:42 AM
Nobody mentions Obama's racist comments like saying His white grandmother was "A typical white person" and in one of His speeches He said "A white mans greed runs a world in need". Or what of Biden's comments about coal killing us and swears that if He and Obama are elected there will be NO NEW COAL POWERPLANTS!" Why are these things never mentioned?
Posted by: Listening on Oct 25, 2008 at 07:08 AM
The wisdom of the ancient. When he was young and had his health the N word flowed so flippantly between his lips. He reminds me of George Wallace. Toward his end Gov. Wallace had two African American males who took care of him. Too bad these men did not repugicated their behaviors before ill health grasped them.
Posted by: Kyle on Oct 24, 2008 at 10:49 PM
Isnt it funny that your not allowed to not like Obama because of his views and policies? If you dislike him, then you are a racist.
Posted by: Byrd on Oct 24, 2008 at 10:39 PM
actually can move! Eh typical republicans trying to blame someone else for their failed policies. I am not voting for Anne Barth but hope Shelly Moore gets defeated. She took money from the school children across the nation to allow big oil to prosper with their tax credits - even when all fifty five counties in WV wrote her to stop it she voted for the legislation so smoke that Grand Ole Politicians
Posted by: Sue on Oct 24, 2008 at 09:48 PM
If Byrd doesn't know who Sarah Palin is then why is he still in the Senate?
Posted by: MamawSharon on Oct 24, 2008 at 09:44 PM
O Byrd singing the same old tune, give me money and I will do something for WV. Well, here in Southern WV, he has not done anything, that I can see. I guess he is catering to his big buds in Charleston and Morgantown or elsewhere in WV. I guess the good old southern folks in WV will just keep on voting for him and his false promises. He is useless and Ann Barth (Barf) is worse than he is. Now Shelley M is the girl to vote for. She is smart and is for all of WV, especially the coal miners. She will keep the coal mining industry active in our state. She will help develop new jobs with the clean coal initiative. Go McCain,Palin, Go Capito, go to bed all you demos that have not figured out yet that voting for demos does nothing for anyone but those elected. At least in this state. It has never changed anything, Mingo,Logan,Wayne,Lincoln,Mason: get real and quit this merry go round way of voting for demos, it will never help, never has, never will. Down with Manchin and Obama!
Posted by: SUE that remembers on Oct 24, 2008 at 09:32 PM
WSAZ- when you asked him about Sarah, He didn't really know who you were talking about! He just comes and goes, mostly gone. Do you remember about 10 years ago when he was on a live news interview one sunday morning. He said they lived on one side of the tracks and we lived on the other. Most of these n----s wouldn't work then and now we got some white n----s that won't work either. He used the N word on live tv. The news people snached him off and put some pr preson in his place. He was starting to revert back to his early years then. It's past time for the old Byrd to go! Term limits and drug testing would do wonders for WV now. Please don't cover up the truth, print both sides of story.
Posted by: Candace on Oct 24, 2008 at 08:56 PM
It is sad to thinks some people will not vote for Obama simply because of his race. I for one choose to not judge someone based on the color of their skin. I sure hope West Virginia's really vote because of what they have researched and found to be true of a candidate not because of race or lies.
Posted by: Rob on Oct 24, 2008 at 08:42 PM
I think it's time for Mr. Byrd to hang it up. I think it's time for Mr. Byrd to hang it up. He keeps repeating himself. He keeps repeating himself.
Posted by: Buckeye on Oct 24, 2008 at 08:30 PM
Rich Republicans on Wall Street sure aren't against taking hand-outs either. It looks like it's up to the people in the middle to fund both ends. Maybe that's why Obama wants to give US a break.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 24, 2008 at 08:20 PM
When Byrd was asking who are McCain and Palin, I really thought he didn't know. LOL. As far as these media outlets and the racial comments and branding WVians as racists, it is essentially their attempts at creating a story. If they go anywhere in the nation and ask the right people, you'll find someone who is still capable of using the "N" word. I was at dinner in Massachuetts a few weeks ago and heard a well educated guy from Tenn. use the word after a few drinks. I then heard others from California and Georgia laugh about it in the car on the way back to the hotel. I, the resident of racist West Virginia, was the only one who expressed their utter amazement and disgust. The good people of WV are the victims of this stereotyping, which is unconscionable.
Posted by: to don on Oct 24, 2008 at 08:05 PM
your right look at all the hand outs the state has taken that byrd has gained thru pork it time to stop it and let the state disappear all together then they can divide it up with the bordering states if they will take it. See how far byrd is out of touch thinking race is not an issue where has he been during this election i think we should declare ourselves solvent if obama is elected since we dont want him
Posted by: Ky on Oct 24, 2008 at 07:53 PM
LET THE GOOD TIME ROLL. Go OBAMA/BIDEN 2008. GIVE ALL THE MONEY TO NEEDED, SENIORS,DISABLE VETERANS,MIDDLE CLASS AND VETERANS. OH I FORGOT GIVE WELFARE A RAISE. DEMOCRATS GIVE AWAY MONEY TO PEOPLE THAT DON'T DESERVE IT? NO DEMOCRATS OUR NOT WAITING FOR HANDOUT. REMEMBER REAGANCHEESE WAS GIVEN OUT IN THE NINETEEN EIGHTIES THE FIRST IN LINE WAS THE REPUBLICANS. IF THERE ANYTHING FREE THEIR STANDING IN LINE FOR IT.
Posted by: Ray on Oct 24, 2008 at 07:51 PM
Robert Byrd-- - - what a waste, he's nothing but an ole time politician. Tell you what you want to hear and how great he is doing for you but the truth is WVa is behind in education, jobs for our youth, and much more. End this farce PLEASE!!!
Posted by: Lee on Oct 24, 2008 at 07:11 PM
race isn't an issue? what planet is he from? he's a crazy old coot!!
Posted by: omg on Oct 24, 2008 at 06:21 PM
The man can't even hear what she is asking. He can't respond with a sentence longer than three or four words. Why is he still in office?
Posted by: Nick on Oct 24, 2008 at 06:11 PM
Can you say: term limits?
Posted by: jk on Oct 24, 2008 at 06:10 PM
I just watched the whole raw video and OMG………..it’s time for him to retire. I have not lived in WV for over 20 years and I’m not sure of Senator Byrd’s achievements in the past 20 years. I do believe his golden days have officially turned into his olden days.
Posted by: Sad... on Oct 24, 2008 at 06:10 PM
Why would you go to MINGO county for comments on race?! PS-He needs to take your gun...it's too dangerous for ignorant trash like you to have one!
Posted by: Don on Oct 24, 2008 at 05:49 PM
Anne Barth worked for Robert Byrd for twenty years or more? I'll definitely be voting for Shelley. Go, Shelley! Keep voting for West Virginians and against democrats taking our money and giving it to people who don't deserve it!
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 24, 2008 at 05:07 PM
Race isn't an issue, Democrats will take a handout from anyone.
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  • 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: 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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