UPDATE: Homeowner Shoots Break-in Suspect in Head, Deputies Say
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Posted: 10:49 AM Oct 31, 2008
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UPDATE at 6 p.m.

GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ)--Taking the law into your own hands. That's what a local homeowner did when he caught a thief breaking into his storage shed. Armed with his shotgun, one shot was all it took and the burglary came to an abrupt end.

“I woke up and heard the alarm and came out at 3:30 in the morning,” Ivan Hurt said.

Hurt lives alone in rural northern Gallia County. He has a shed full of equipment he values and fiercely protects it. That's why when two men broke into the building early Friday morning, Ivan was ready.

“I saw him come, and he turned like this and he had a flashlight in one hand and something else in the other, so I shot,” Hurt said.

Mr. Hurt wasted no time, he was barely out of his house when he pulled the trigger from more than 30 yards away.

“You see this spray pattern. That’s what happens when you shoot from so far away. I didn’t want to kill anyone, and it still makes me sick that I even had to wound someone. I’ve been robbed before and that’s when I installed an alarm so I could be ready,” Hurt said.

“There are a lot of thefts because people are stealing to get their drugs,” said Gallia County Sheriff David Martin.

Martin said thefts are up nationally and that includes Gallia County. He said residents are tired of it and they're not going to take it anymore.

“The law protects you if you feel there is imminent danger to you or family members,” said Gallia County Prosecutor Jeff Adkins.

And if there's any doubt about what the man was up to, Hurt said he left an incriminating piece of evidence behind.

“This is a mask he was wearing, and you can even see the blood from where he was hit,” said Hurt.

Ronald J. Johnson was the suspect and shooting victim. He was in fair condition Friday evening at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington. The second suspect got away. Police are still searching for him. Both men will face charges.

There was no word on whether Hurt will be charged with anything. Prosecutors will decide whether he acted negligently or in self defense.

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GALLIA COUNTY, Ohio (WSAZ) -- After catching a suspect breaking into his garage, deputies say a Gallia County man took the law into his own hands.

The Gallia County Sheriff's Department says a homeowner in Raccoon Township, which is in the northern part of Gallia County near Rio Grande, shot a man in the head.

Investigators say the shooting victim is 28-year old Ronald J. Johnson of Vinton in Gallia County. He is listed in fair condtion at St. Mary's Medical Center in Huntington.

Deputies say the homeowner is 63-year-old Ivan Hurt.

According to deputies, around 3 a.m. Friday morning, Hurt heard someone rustling around in his garage, so he grabbed his shotgun and went out to investigate.

After deputies say he shot Johnson, another suspect got away. Sheriff's deputies are still searching for that second man.

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Posted by: mom of 2 on Nov 11, 2008 at 10:46 AM
I do believe that if someone breaks into your home, you have the right to protect yourself and your family, afterall, the broke in! If they get arrested, they get slapped on the hands and turned loose to only do it again, but if they get shot, they may think twice before they steal again!!!
Posted by: Reeski on Nov 10, 2008 at 08:42 PM
Posted by: Charlie on Nov 2, 2008 at 09:21 AM Another thief shot ,that's at least a couple the last few days around here.Must be open season. This is sending the kind of message only they understand. It's close to deer season..everyone has their weapons oiled ;)
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 9, 2008 at 09:45 PM
If you have never been robbed before, you will never know the fear that runs through your body. You have one thing in mind and that is to PROTECT your family. You know that, the intruder is up to no good and you don't know how far they will go. Your body reacts to that fear. What if this man did not shot and the robber killed him?????? WOULD THAT BE OK???? NO. WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROTECT OURSELF.
Posted by: Sue on Nov 6, 2008 at 10:13 PM
I don't like the fact that some of our comments are not being posted i have put in 5 and they none have been posted and that is not right. Thanks alot WSAZ for care what all America's have to say!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 5, 2008 at 09:10 AM
I don't think that its right that the homeowner shot. Yeah the theif was in the wrong but that don't mean you have to shot the guy. The homeowner didn't even know if the guy had a gun or not. If he felt that he needed to shoot he didnt have to shot him in the head. That guy is someones son and probably someones dad. I think that the homeowner was in the wrong and I don't think he was trying to protect himself I think he was trying to kill him.
Posted by: MrLawman on Nov 4, 2008 at 08:21 AM
MrObvious, the only thing obvious is that you don't know what the definition of robbery is. Robbery would mean that the suspect had been armed with a weapon intent upon taking from the shooter by force. Stealing from someone in the night is called burglary, but only if the theif is inside the house. I'm not sure if the suspect was actually charged with burglary, but he will not be prosecuted for it since it was a shed and not a "dwelling" as the statutory definition requires. Unless the homeowner/shooter has a bed in the shed and sleeps there for more than half of the week at a time. It is obvious as well that your only grasp of the law is knowing how to break it by shooting someone illegally. By law, the homeowner shot a "trespasser."
Posted by: confused on Nov 4, 2008 at 05:34 AM
i thought it was against the law to shoot someone? even if u r protecting yourself? i know people that went to jail just getting a gun, while on their own property, just to scare the trouble makers away and the trouble makers filed a complaint and the home owner paid a fine! this is in wv, so maybe its just in wv?
Posted by: taxpayer on Nov 3, 2008 at 07:27 PM
MeAgain, welfare isn't really "working hard." You got what you have from my taxes you moron.
Posted by: MrObvious on Nov 3, 2008 at 06:52 PM
First of all, no one died. The sob story about a child losing his father because of a "bad choice" was silly. A bad choice is going to Taco Bell on your first date, seeing a movie with Ben Affleck in it, or voting for Obama. Stealing from someone while they are in the residence is suicidal. If this man had indeed died and left a son, the lesson would have resonated for the rest of the son's life about what happens when you make a suicidal choice to rob people. I would dare say that the son would have learned something.
Posted by: Rupert on Nov 3, 2008 at 11:21 AM
"Taking the law into your own hands." What else can you do at that time of morning? Call 911 and wait 20 minutes? Also, the property owner was the victim, the alleged thief was the perpetrator. Get it straight next time!
Posted by: MeAgain on Nov 3, 2008 at 09:14 AM
Why do people have to bring politics into every conversation? Good Gosh! As for the shooting...you come on my property trying to take what I worked hard for and I will hurt you too...gun, or anyother means...You will limp away...if you can.
Posted by: I do not know any of these people, but my heart goes out to ALL. on Nov 3, 2008 at 06:45 AM
I posted a comment on NOV.2, 6:29am.. I do feel for the thief's family. I also feel for the shed owner too.. If he is a great man like, you people that know him are saying. He will one day wish things were different. It is true human nature when, not by intention you take another man's life. You have remorse afterward. The comments on here are so negative, you guys do not see the whole picture. A child could have lost thier father, due to a bad choice.There are people hurting on both sides. I am sure at least half of you making these statements, have at least one "Poor descion maker" in your family, that you worry about. I am willing to bet after the shock wears off on Mr. Hurt, if you said such things to his face, he will be 100% disguisted. I pray for the family that lost a member, and I pray that Mr. Hurt leans on the Lord for support, when the time comes that he will go through the "What ifs". It is a total shame BOTH parties have to go through this. I am so sorry to all...
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 3, 2008 at 06:01 AM
Way to go. If people would get some common sense and start shooting theifs, then it would be a safer place. Not just for our belongings but for our personal being. Theives need to know that they are not getting a second chance to steal. The law smacks them on the hand and they are right back stealing again. If we put some buck shot in them, they would not be back.
Posted by: ohio resident on Nov 3, 2008 at 01:22 AM
I think it would be rediculous to prosecute Mr. Hurt for protecting himself and his property. He should not have to let them go and take from him. He could have killed if he would have suprised them armed only with a flashlight instead of a gun. they could have got him down and beat him. i think he done the right thing.
Posted by: Rich on Nov 3, 2008 at 12:56 AM
It is NOT taking the law into one's own hands when you defend yourself. See the comment below to understand just how the media perverts our inalienable RIGHTS into something that only the government can properly perform on our behalf. Wake up WSAZ and report the facts correctly. "This may be considered as the true palladium of liberty .... The right of self defence is the first law of nature: in most governments it has been the study of rulers to confine this right within the narrowest limits possible. Wherever standing armies are kept up, and the right of the people to keep and bear arms is, under any colour or pretext whatsoever, prohibited, liberty, if not already annihilated, is on the brink of destruction" -- St. George Tucker, Judge of the Virginia Supreme Court and U.S. District Court of Virginia in Blackstone Commentaries, 1803
Posted by: Frank on Nov 3, 2008 at 12:11 AM
This a resoonce to the one who calls himself Glock yes you can put copper in you yard if you want to knowing that you was going to sale it but by chance some one whould try to steal it and they had some kind of weapone and you fread for you well being you have the write to protect your self and your protery
Posted by: Rush on Nov 2, 2008 at 10:34 PM
If G.R. seriously thinks guns will be taken even after the Supreme Court ruled that it is an individual right he should not be allowed to vote. He is probably easily influenced.
Posted by: Reeski on Nov 2, 2008 at 08:32 PM
I do not know Eric Whisman/wiseman? or the situation. However I know Ivan & he'd given someone a hand out if they'd ask for it. Ivan said as you see in the video: "He turned this way(away) & then he turned back". "He had a flash light & something else in the other hand & when he turned back I shot him". The man was on his propery @ 3:30 am near his home, what was Ivan to "assume" he had in the other hand candy? Also his choice of ammunition was ( lets just say I'd need something with a lil more umph ). Ivan don't want to hurt nobody. P.s. Ivan made that alarm himself :)
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 2, 2008 at 08:12 PM
hey issac......my family works for what they have, no need to steal. i don't care whose brother, father, sister, etc it is.....i catch u stealing from me and i put one between your eyes, consider this a warning to all criminals
Posted by: blu on Nov 2, 2008 at 07:20 PM
Bout time! the criminals might think twice about breaking into someones property if they thought they might get shot! Dont worry, no one's taking away our guns. Even the gov doesn't want the criminals to be only ones with fire power!
Posted by: Glock on Nov 2, 2008 at 07:02 PM
Are you allowed to bait these theives with a pile of copper?
Posted by: Lisa on Nov 2, 2008 at 04:59 PM
I would of done the same thing. Great Job! I'm so sick of the thiefs around here, they obviously don't know what's its like to earn a living.
Posted by: mse on Nov 2, 2008 at 02:23 PM
I'm surprised to see so much praise and support for this man after so many were condemning Eric Whisman for doing exactly the same thing. No one said "too bad you didn't get the other one" when that happened.
Posted by: Reeski on Nov 2, 2008 at 12:17 PM
I know Ivan...he is a GREAT guy. He did nothing wrong:)
Posted by: ANGRY on Nov 2, 2008 at 10:12 AM
I MADE TWO SEPERATE COMMENTS AND WSAZ WILL NOT POST THEM. ALL I SAID WAS THE TRUTH. NOTHING BAD. I DIDNT EVEN SAY SHOOT EM ALL OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE. SO WSAZ WILL YOU POST THIS COMMENT
Posted by: Charlie on Nov 2, 2008 at 09:21 AM
Another thief shot ,that's at least a couple the last few days around here.Must be open season. This is sending the kind of message only they understand.
Posted by: SON on Nov 2, 2008 at 07:55 AM
IT SURE MAKES ME FEEL GOOD TO KNOW THAT NOONE DIED BUT JUSTICE WAS SERVED. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT MR. HURT HAS MANY SUPPORTERS AND FRIENDS WHO FEEL THAT HE WAS IN THE RIGHT. IF EVERYONE STUCK TOGETHER THESE KIND OF INCIDENTS WOULD DIE OFF. GOOD JOB!
Posted by: To Jillina.. and to ALL involved. Your in my prayers. on Nov 2, 2008 at 06:29 AM
Breaking into ones home is different I think.I would have no chioice if someone was in my house.There is nothing in that shed that could have remotly equaled a human life.Once a person was breaking into my mother's building,we sat on the phone with 911 and watched him enter the building and exit making several trips to his car {Loading up the goods}.We did have knives in our hands in case he decided to enter the house.They caught the guy,and my mother HAD to go to court. When she saw him up close,she realized he had mental issues.They said he would have to pay "X" amount of money.She never again pursed it.That was 6 years ago,and she FORGAVE him.Jillna,that is what the bible tells us to do.I have"Gave it a read." and what my mother done was the correct thing to do.I am sure the building owner will see that every night before he goes to bed, and picture the theif's wife, child and mother crying into their pillow, and will glady hand over the building and all, if he could have a "redue".
Posted by: Isaac on Nov 2, 2008 at 05:47 AM
To me this is so stupid to read you idiots getting on here and writing about how it is alright to kill in order to protect a building full of yard tools! I will tell you now the best way to see if you agree with something is take the thief and put your own brother,sister ,dad whoever you have close to you and put them into the thief's place. See then it will turn you around and you will be saying ," They didn't have to shoot " or you will say he was not stealing or about how he needed an operation and could not afford it ! You know what you would do ! So stop treating others different, who knows what your own family will do tomorrow? Trying to kill as you steal is one thing but to run out of your house and shoot is another.Had this been a white man and black thieves Mr. Sharpton would have been here talking about racists in West Virginia.
Posted by: G.R. on Nov 2, 2008 at 05:35 AM
Criminals won't have to worry about being shot after November 4.
Posted by: fed up! on Nov 2, 2008 at 02:23 AM
for the ones that dont believe in shooting the thieves take this into consideration,lets b like other countries.when u get caught stealing u lose a hand.get caught twice,guess what? u have no hands to steal with,just nubs!!!problem solved,justice served!if i was the "ruler" (not the president) of this country people with sticky fingers would b in trouble..lol.anyone tries to thieve off of me they will get one between the eyes.they definatly wouldnt do it again. i along with others,am sick of hearing about stealing.if more people were like hurt,the trash would b too afraid to steal in fear of what might happen to them!its a shame we have to think like this but eough is enough.if they r gonna do dope they need to GET A JOB!do not steal off of good people.do u think the theives would want to be robbed!? no..it would b the end of the world if that happened and everyone reading this knows that too.this is my opinion..take it or leave it.......thank u mr hurt.i bet that man wont try it again.
Posted by: Shelley on Nov 2, 2008 at 01:15 AM
Amy-at 3 am anyone being woke up out of their sleep by NUMEROUS robbers- the head or leg really doesnt matter! So you suggest shooting a man in the leg so he can take a shot at you and his buddy to be able to as well? Get real! When its dark and you dont know how many people are truly out there you are going to do whatever you have to do to protect yourself. Its pitch black in Racoon township in case you havent been there!! Hes lucky he was even able to hit him in the head in the dark. Ok to the other person sayin its someones family member yeah its someones family member but the theives took it upon theyself to go onto someone elses property and violate them so we should feel sorry for them becuz they are someones family members? These idiots will be lurking on yalls door steps once they heal becuz they need YOUR property to get HIGH off of? Want to hold a rally for them and give them some money to get drugs with? Didnt think so! Why do people always want to ridicule the victim?
Posted by: 44 magnum on Nov 1, 2008 at 05:56 PM
stand up citizens protect what is yours i was robbed and the sheriff said well you know this is a bad neighborhood no finger prints were taken nothing in way of investigation if there is a next time they will investigate because there will be a body to pick up
Posted by: gary on Nov 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM
good job,,shoot all theifs
Posted by: To Jillina on Nov 1, 2008 at 11:13 AM
The Bible also says "THOU SHALT NOT STEAL". It's one of the Ten Commandments....give it a read! It speaks badly about those people!
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 1, 2008 at 11:05 AM
GOOD JOB to bad you didnt get the other one !!!!
Posted by: Daryl on Nov 1, 2008 at 10:15 AM
Now that is what I call gun control, being able to hit your target!
Posted by: Anonymous on Nov 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM
to all of you who feel sorry for the criminals......please give me your address.....i need to steal some stuff for my drugs and since you won't shoot me i'll come to your place to get stuff to sell.
Posted by: red on Nov 1, 2008 at 07:33 AM
Enjoy it, after Nov. 4 the 2nd amend. will be gone. Well starting Jan. 09 Think before you cast your vote on Nov. 4
Posted by: Justme on Nov 1, 2008 at 07:27 AM
He had every right to protect his property.If more people would do the same then maybe the thieves would think twice.
Posted by: Jillina on Nov 1, 2008 at 01:41 AM
30 yards is a long way. I don't see an imminent threat. point the gun, if the person approaches then shoot. Is property worth a person's life to you. The Bible speaks of those who put material things before spiritual things. It speaks badly about those people.
Posted by: allan on Nov 1, 2008 at 01:30 AM
you can't shoot for protecting your property. you can shoot for protecting you physical well being. christie, this was a burglary, not a robbery. a robbery involves a gun from the suspect, not the homeowner.
Posted by: Eric on Nov 1, 2008 at 01:15 AM
some of ur alls comments on here r to funny..When r we going to be able to not be victems all the time? seems the crooks have more rights than the common man?? Why is this? Ppl on here say it was over kill...should have shot him in the leg or sumething?if u r awakened in the middle of the night to a alarm going off,u get up out of a sleep to see whats going on u see some1 its dark ur scared then u see another... how many ppl r here? but the average person is trained to keep there head together right? NO!!! cops train all the time for these types of things NOT HOME OWNERS!!! so no ur scared u shoot...u feel as though ur life is in danger..doesnt matter if its ur house ur garge ur car..the point is dont steal dont go onto someones property and take something thats not urs and think that nothing is going to happen to me..things r changing ppl r getting fed up with the crap that goes on around here.
Posted by: larry on Nov 1, 2008 at 01:01 AM
e=mc2 I bet you gave alot of lunch money to the bullies at school. Alot of times they dont carry guns because it increases their sentence. Also, if they have a gun it has value. Value = drugs. That is why they are stealing. Anything of value goes to drugs.
Posted by: Richard on Nov 1, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Well the people that can sue the shooter you need to know the law before you start running your mouth off youi need to read the HP 184 law and the CASTLE DOCTRINE law it states that a person has the wright to defend his property and his well being and can not be SUED for shoting them and can us deady force if need to if they fell that there life is in danger then it it up to the state to detrmine if it was self defeness withh whould bee hard to do and For you all crookes if you try to rob me or try to do bosdy harme you will be shoot.
Posted by: George on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:26 PM
And people ask me why I carry a concealed weapon. It's because I can't carry a cop. Some of the people who have posted on here better wake up and wake up soon. Someone who commits a crime will not think anything of it to commit a larger crime. The MAJORITY of criminals do carry some kind of weapon.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Mr. Hurt, I wouldn't want to be in that position, but I commend you. It's sad that the second suspect got away. Can we get a description?
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 10:41 PM
why should he be charged for protecting is property. i would have shot too
Posted by: frank on Oct 31, 2008 at 10:27 PM
there is no crime here for shooting these people that are to lazy to work but not to lazy to steal he should get a WSAZ home town hero award
Posted by: chuck on Oct 31, 2008 at 10:15 PM
way to go mr.hurt.its the only way people can stop these outlaws.for those who keep crying for the crooks,they need to find out about the "castle doctrin" that is in effect.here in lawrence co.the sheriff does not even send out a investagator when people are robbed.
Posted by: MrObvious on Oct 31, 2008 at 09:55 PM
All these people on here whining that the burglars were only stealing stuff. Ok, let me tell you something. I work extremely hard for my "stuff". You could say that I put my blood, sweat and tears into all that I have. Most of all, my time is spent at work, away from my family. When some lowlife feels that they can just steal from me, they are stealing part of my life. They deserve whatever they get.
Posted by: Billy Hill on Oct 31, 2008 at 09:38 PM
I fully support Ivan. The robber should be thankful that he was shot with a shotgun. He would have not been as lucky at my house. Heck, give Ivan the Hometown Hero Award.
Posted by: jj on Oct 31, 2008 at 09:37 PM
way to go, shame it has come to this, its time we stop the crime, lawyers and the court system does nothing about it.
Posted by: HAPPY on Oct 31, 2008 at 09:36 PM
This is what happens when you try to take something that does not belong to you. WAY TO GO PAPAW!!!!!!!!! Imbet this guy will think twice before attempting to steal again. These stories make me happy when the good guy wins!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Don P. on Oct 31, 2008 at 09:12 PM
For all of you people who think that this guy didn't deserve to be shot...I hope you're place is the next place to get robbed. This is way out of hand in this area, I have been robbed, over $8,000 worth of "stuff" taken from my garage. Tools, personal property, the very last item that my litle sister ever bought me, as she was killed in an accident 4 months later. So don't set and criticize the homeowners who are tired of this. I am one of them..what about my kids who worried every night for months that they'd come back, as they busted the door up on our house - but luckily the deadbolt held them out. They either got tired of trying or something scrared them away. These people are predators, they feed off of others and it's time for them to realize that there is going to be a price to pay. For the parents of the thieves, I feel sorry for you...if you have a child in this bad of shape, get them help now..because it could be them next. My kids shouldn't have to be afraid to go to bed.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 09:03 PM
"this thief was someone's son"-Grant it I'm pretty sure Judas had a mother to-Guess she forgot ot tell him those thirty pieces of silver aren't always worth it in the end huh? God people are so pathetically ignorant sometimes. Let's see it happen to your family and then see how much sympathy you have for the jacknut on the other side of the fence my friend.
Posted by: christie on Oct 31, 2008 at 08:57 PM
My family or a thief....no contest..Mr. Hurt did the right thing. Who knows, if he had not shot the thief, we may have heard a different story..one that included Mr. Hurt and his family being shot during a robery gone bad.
Posted by: READ POSTED BY:LAWMAN on Oct 31, 2008 at 08:51 PM
To:Posted by: Lawman on Oct.31,2008 at 3:59 AM Thanks for the Comment! It is what I was thinking,stay in your HOME with your GUN if you see someone call the Police! If they break in your HOME?????????????? THIEF or NON-THIEF,getting SHOT could happen to,NICE CITIZENS or NOT! This could be your SONS,DAUGHTERS or REALITIVES, NICE or NOT out at ANY GIVEN TIME IN the NIGHT or EARLY MORNING HOUR'S. If you watch you see the so-called GOOD families, teens out and so-called BAD families, teen's out,including ADULTS! Even well known, teens and relatives, who's familiesin who work in PUBLIC OFFICES! How would you feel and what would you SAY!
Posted by: to lawman on Oct 31, 2008 at 08:17 PM
A garage connected to a home by any means is considered part of that residence according to all insurance companies any thing else is considered a separate building so if a thief is in an attached garage he is considered in the residence and under ohio's new castle doctorine is subject to being shot and the home owner is considered as acting in self defense.It is a good law and it will curb the amount of thefts a whole lot better than calling the police that may not get there in time to arrest the thief.
Posted by: Jimmy on Oct 31, 2008 at 08:08 PM
Score one for the good guys!
Posted by: Donna-Mason County on Oct 31, 2008 at 07:41 PM
Heck Yeah,hope this sends a message....keep your sticky fingers off someone elses property..and get a job..anyone breaks in on me...they are a dead s.o.b
Posted by: Jim on Oct 31, 2008 at 07:36 PM
Self-defense is not "taking the law into your own hands"!
Posted by: Thomas on Oct 31, 2008 at 07:19 PM
the law dont matter to me. If someone is threatning my life, i will blow their f#####@ head off. The cops or court has NO say so about that.
Posted by: Ivan on Oct 31, 2008 at 07:14 PM
Christine, as a former law enforcement officer one would think you would be a little better educated about the law. But I guess not if you are from WV. A police officer could not have shot the man in the same situation. A citizen has only at least the same rights as an officer in shooting someone. The cop has to feel a real threat to this safety in the form of a quick motion in his direction or actually seeing a weapon before he may shoot. Sounds like you would shoot a person as they were crawling away from your property under a fence after having stolen a windchime from your front porch. Trigger happy morons like you are only fodder for the gun control crowd. We need responsible gun owners, not vigilantes.
Posted by: Charity on Oct 31, 2008 at 07:01 PM
I think he acted as most of us these day's would!When my house was shot up it took over an hour and a half for the cop's to respond,due to the lack of enforsement officer's on duty,and I have 3 children of which was where the shot's started 1st,I wish I would have shot back,but they got away and nothing was ever done to find the people who done it.I don't know Ivan very well at all,but I do know the man would help anyone in need,so I feel he shouldn't be charged with anything,he should be given a award!!!
Posted by: moninmygarage on Oct 31, 2008 at 06:31 PM
to lawman{ he says he saw a flashlight in one hand and something in the other hand.} better safe than sorry! better judged by twelve than buried by six.
Posted by: Christina on Oct 31, 2008 at 06:04 PM
If law enforcement would do their job, people in gallia county as well as meigs county wouldn't have to take the law into their own hands. I am a meigs county resident and the local sheriff's office here will not even try to investigate who is breaking into places here. Our garage was broken into about 2 months ago and the idiots who done it left a beer can in our garage. We called the sheriff's office and they absolutely refused to take fingerprints. They said that since there was so much dew that morning, there was no way to get fingerprints. Give me another lame excuse. As for Mr. hunt, my hat is off to you sir. You did what any other homeowner would of done. If law enforcement doesn't want to do what they are paid to do then by all means, take the law in to your own hands. If you don't then who will????? Also, whoever the scum is that broke into our garage, you know who you are. I dare you to come back and try it again that is if you think you are brave enough.
Posted by: jeannie on Oct 31, 2008 at 05:44 PM
I have since found out more of the situation concerning Mr. Ivan Hurt.He has suffered multiple break-ins.Tell me people of Gallia Co. would you stop and ask the burgular do you have a gun? Whenever these people broke in to this mans home do you really think he meant no harm?If someone is bold enough(or stupid and selfish enough)to take something from a man who has done nothing but work and provide for his family can be held accountable for a situation he did not ask for or deserve?He was excercising his constitutional 2nd amendment right.I am a Mother of 5 daughters and my Husband and I have worked our entire life for our home and possessions. One comment posted stated that this man shot for "stuff".Mr. Hurt was not required to play 20 questions with this criminal. That would have endangered his life,home&family.This young man needs help obviously,I am not without compassion for him,There are agencies in Gallia Co. such as mental health,job and family services.Firstly God and prayer.
Posted by: Riley on Oct 31, 2008 at 05:34 PM
C'mon, the man was a thief and in this day and age just because they hadn't broken into the house doesn't mean they weren't going to- maybe they just didn't have the time because they were interrupted with buckshot. Our society in general needs to STOP defending the criminal and START protecting the victims.
Posted by: Mark on Oct 31, 2008 at 05:22 PM
Speaking as a former resident of Raccoon Township and Gallia County it came as no surprise to hear of this incident. The residents of this area have dealt with years of frustration and fear due to the inability of the sheriff's department and county officials to properly patrol and protect this area of the county. It is a shame that a resident had to take measures such as this that may cost a person their life but maybe this will be a wakeup call to county officials that more needs to be done to help protect the residents of Raccoon Township.
Posted by: mer on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:37 PM
way to go paw paw!!
Posted by: Amy on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:35 PM
Steve said it best: "The homeowner did not "take the law into his own hands", but rather protected his family." To: A Mother: You asked WHY he didn't call the police & let them "surprise" the thief...hmmm, MAYBE because the thief would've ALREADY BEEN GONE by the time the police got there! Duh! Also, as a mom myself, I have taught my son that stealing is wrong--people go to jail for stealing. It's also one of the 10 commandments! Maybe this thief didn't read the, because the liberals want them out of public places. Maybe the home owner should've shot him in the head, but good 4 him for standing up for his rights.
Posted by: TO AMY on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:25 PM
AMY, maybe the garage is attached to the home. Even if it is not, he was protecting himself not his property. HOW OLD ARE YOU?
Posted by: E=MC2 on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:06 PM
This will only lead to burglars carrying weapons as well. The reason they are creeping in the night is to not confront any homeowner. The cops will tell you that the majority of burglars are only looking for a quick steal and aren't carrying a weapon. A robber on the other hand carries a gun and kicks down your door.
Posted by: Christine on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Being a single mother of two, if you break into my property, rest assured I will shoot and then call the law. The idiot that was shot, deserved every thing coming to him. Bless Mr. Hunt's heart. AND I AM a retired Law enforcement officer.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:05 PM
Amy, it is not overkill. Think about it they're to rob you of you personal "STUFF" how do you not know that they have a GUN and will kill you to. People needing money for their drugs DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU OR YOUR FAMILY. Shot a couple of them I think you will see the crime rate drop. The sad part about the whole thing is the man who shot the guy will get sued for protecting is "STUFF" and the robber will walk free. I have lived in this county to long.
Posted by: tired of the thieves! on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:01 PM
i'm sick of people defending these thieves! i don't care what they take it still doesn't belong to them..what gives them the right?? they didn't work for it or buy it themselves. i know of 3 friends who all got broken into this past weekend. all living about 30 mins or so apart. it's just getting out of hand. get a job and work for something. mcdonald's is usually always hiring!! these thiefs get what they deserve. yeah they are someones son or whatever and i feel for the families but then thats a chance they take. i can't stand a thief! if/when they get caught by the police nothing happens except a slap on the wrist. i say aim for whatever and finish them off..they deserve it. if they were on my property i would do the same thing. don't think i wouldn't hesitate for a second! and to some people a tool may be just a tool but to that person it could have some sentimental value passed on from grandparents or great grandparents..it's not just "stuff" to everyone.
Posted by: Happy on Oct 31, 2008 at 04:01 PM
Everyone that says Why didn't he call the police and have them surpize them?? ask anyone that has ever called the police in gallia county.... the few officers we have are good but they have way to much going on at one time it might have been 1 hour 3 hours or might have said sorry bout your luck.. and the buglers know this. if your not going to get caught why not. I feel the home owner did right I hope not but if he gets in trouble he did set an example.. For the next person to think about robbing him.. mess with me i become the judge jury and verdict. pow your shot!! i'd done the same thing. No ones going to take my peace of mind if i have any thing to do with it. It might just have been tools but what bout next time stealing is stealing.
Posted by: Lawman on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:59 PM
A garage isn't considered part of the residence. The owner would only have a right to shot if threatened by the burglar. If the man was retreating or very far away the shooter could be jailed. Self-defense refers to personal safety and not the safety of your property.
Posted by: Pablo on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:58 PM
To answer a question asked of me in here, yes I'm a Democart. I'm on the conservative side generally with most topics. But I cannot accept the Republican's anti-Christian veiws on may topics. First, I do not mind paying taxes to help others who need help or are trying to better themselves. I feel Jesus expects this of me. I don't want to be taken advantage of, but my time on this earth is not what I can get for myself but to see the whole human race move forword. Again, I feel this is what Jesus wants. I also want a clean and safe environment. Medical help for everyone, not just those that can afford it. What I'm saying is, my main purpose for me, is to get to Heaven. I feel many of today's Republicans are missing that point when they only feel for the wealthy, corportations, and such. I think murderers need executed but I truly hope that God will forgive them on Judgement Day. I fail much, but I do try to live my life like Jesus would want me to.
Posted by: Jed on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:58 PM
It was a shotgun. The man is in fair condition. I would assume the shooter was far away then. Just some buckshot in his scalp. We used to put saltrock in shells and shoot it at stray dogs. It wouldn't kill them but it would scald the hair off their hind ends.
Posted by: to a mother on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:38 PM
What call the police and when they arrive 2 days later they can suprise him i dont think i called them when my utility trailer was stolen and they said we'll keep an eye out, little good that does if the person leaves the area with it or trades it to someone that lives in another stateso I'm out a $600 trailer and with a $500 deductable on insurance whats the use to file a claim and se primeums go up so next time someone is stealing from me on my property or from inside my home the lead will fly that is the only thing these drugged crazed thieves understand.The working people are tired
Posted by: rick on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:30 PM
If things happened as the article says, then more power to the shooter. We have the right to protect our property. There's a good chance the "victim" would have or will go on to commit more crimes and very possibly kill an innocent person.
Posted by: bill on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:27 PM
AMY Don't you watch tv, if you shoot somebody in the leg, they will be back to shoot you in the head as soon as they get out of the hospital!!
Posted by: Stacy on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:27 PM
ALL THIEVES BEWARE: Times are real tough right now and people will defend what's theirs and protect their family even if it's at the cost of your life. If you're a thief, you better find another profession, cause this one's getting too dangerous. Way to go homeowner. He deserved to be shot. As do all thieves.
Posted by: david on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:25 PM
Of course, this burglar will probably sue the homeowner and win now, although the scumbag had broken into his house. I applaud the homeowner!
Posted by: Amy on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:19 PM
Wonder if he was aiming for his head? If so don't you think that's a bit of overkill for a break in? I can understand shooting someone in the leg or arm or wherever, but shooting to kill is a little over the top for me. Now, having said that, if someone was breaking into my house to harm me or my family I'd shoot to kill. There's a huge difference between being fearful for your life and fearful for your "stuff".
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 03:13 PM
I THINK IT'S ABOUT TIME SOMEONE DID SOMETHING ABOUT ALL OF THESE THEVIES.YOU CAN BET IF SOMEONE BREAKS INTO MY HOME,BUILDING OR ECT,I AM GOING TO SHOOT THEM.I HAVEN'T WORK FOR ALL OF THESE YEARS SO THAT SOME PUNK, THAT DOESN'T WANT TO WORK CAN COME IN AND TAKE WHAT I'VE WORKED SO HARD TO GET.IF I GO TO JAIL THEN OH WELL I HOPE I KILLED THE THEIF.THAT WOULD MAKE MY TIME IN JAIL ALMOST WORTH IT. CONCERNED,WORKING WOMAN.
Posted by: Tim on Oct 31, 2008 at 02:42 PM
I hate this and I am certain the gentleman that shot this robber hates this. However, break into my home, if I am home you will get the same thing. More and more of this will start happening, as it already has begun. Robbers be warned - your fair game and likely to be punished immediately upon entry. Save the courts and taxpayers money and lets protect ourselves!
Posted by: Gallia County Resident on Oct 31, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Yea for Ivan! Maybe some of the other thieves in our area will think twice before robbing people. GET A JOB! Every single day people in our area are being robbed and the culprits get nothing more than a slap on the wrist and a weekend in the county jail....then, come Monday, they are right back at it! Check the county jail website, www.galliasheriff.org. Some of these people have been arrested numerous times. How many times do you have to get arrested for theft before you're sent off to prison? Maybe if more people follow Ivans example residents would stopped being robbed! Again....YEA FOR IVAN!
Posted by: jeannie on Oct 31, 2008 at 02:07 PM
I certainly hope the homeowner suffers no reprocussions,financially or mentally.It would be a horrible thing to have to shoot someone in the head,pretty ugly.He had every right to shoot,too bad he didn't get both of them.There is a mounting problem in Gallia Co.,we even have heroine in the county now.We need a new sheriff in the county who cares about the drug problem and will work tirelessly,I hope we are fortunate enough to get a man like Roger Brandeberry to lead us through these difficult,but not impossible times.He has experience,and so many times in the past I have seen people get elected and then come out owning lots of property and having money they didn't have when they were elected.With Roger at the helm,integrity will not be a problem. I know this man cannot be bought.I am not saying his opponent can be bought,I know very little about him, but I do know from past experience what kind of man Roger is.I hope Gallia Co. gets out & votes for LITERALLY their lives.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 01:56 PM
Unfortunatly, I'm sure the homeowner will be sued by the burglar for the medical bills, pain and suffering, etc. Wish I were on THAT jury!
Posted by: Gallia County Res. Rio Grande on Oct 31, 2008 at 01:52 PM
Way to go. Once Brandberry get in we will have a better county. I would have done the same. I work for my tools, cars, house, everything else why should I let some one else come and take what I worked for.
Posted by: Don on Oct 31, 2008 at 01:15 PM
I've heard in the past that the Sheriff's Department has logged "No deputy available" to burglary reports. If caught the sentence is "community control". This is an example of REAL community control! Why did the other escape? Was it a single shot shotgun?
Posted by: RAY on Oct 31, 2008 at 12:48 PM
I BET BURGLAR #2 FEELS LUCKY RIGHT ABOUT NOW. OH WELL DONT BREAK INTO PEOPLES HOMES AND YOU WONT GET SHOT. I WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING. YOU DONT KNOW IF THESE DRUGGIES HAVE WEAPONS ON THEM OR NOT.
Posted by: sleepy on Oct 31, 2008 at 12:44 PM
I hope this home owner is not charged with any crime. Break in's and burglaries are well on the rise and these criminals need to beware. Good for the homeowner for protecting himself and his family.
Posted by: Debbie on Oct 31, 2008 at 12:41 PM
While I certainly think people have a right to defend themself, I do hope police fully investigate to make sure none of these shootings are people luring others to their house to kill them on the guise of a burglary, that has happened before you know.
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 12:39 PM
50 years ago (when I was 5) I had walked around the block and was dragged by a teenage boy into a garage where no one was living in the home. Our house was right across the alley. God was with me, and when things got bad I was able to grab some pruning shears that someone left in that garage and whacked him in the head. Believe it or not, he ran out through the alley and into our yard where my dad happened to have a pitchfork and asked him what he thought he was doing. Not realizing the connection he let the guy go because he heard me screaming and headed for home. When the police were notified NOTHING was done and I mean nothing. My parents even asked if they had to wait for me to be raped or murdered for there to be justice and the cops wouldn't answer. If it was that bad 50 years ago, God help the innocent people today cause it sure isn't any better. Everyone please watch your back and your neighbors backs...you don't know just who the next victim will be.
Posted by: dolly on Oct 31, 2008 at 12:24 PM
There is another story on here about a guy doing that and everyone is telling him he is a murder. I am with you people if they are taking you stuff then they knew what could happen. Its a chance they wanted to take. Its about time people are aloud to deffend there things.
Posted by: Wild west? on Oct 31, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Oh, yes!! This is SO GREAT!! Is this the wild west or what? If your life is in danger, then yes, shoot them. But killing someone over tools, or a car, or other tangible property?
Posted by: A MOTHER on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:59 AM
BREAKING IN SOMEONE'S HOME IS WRONG. I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE TO PROTECT OURSELF,BUT WHY DIDNT HE JUST CALL THE POLICE AND LET THEM SUPRISE THE THEIF? MAYBE THE SHOOTER WAS TRIGGER HAPPY. THAT THIEF IS SOMEONE'S SON,,I FEEL SORRY FOR BOTH SIDES.
Posted by: Milton on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:58 AM
To bad it has come to this but I say way-to-go! If more people started letting the scum (that fills its worth stealing for) have a bullet then maybe some of the scum would learn to get an honest job (even if it is slinging burgers) and quit the thieving. You know there is no shame in putting in an honest days work. The shame is when you can work an won't! Barbaric as it seems maybe we need to go back a few years to when crime was dealt with on the spot. Then maybe the crime rate really would go down. Again way-to-go!!!
Posted by: Anonymous on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:55 AM
IF YOU DO PROTECT YOURSELF KIL THEM OR THEY WILL SUE YOU AND YOU WILL PAY THIER BILLS THE REST OF THIER USELESS LIVES !!!
Posted by: Ty on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:54 AM
I would have done the exact same thing! But undoubtedly, it will be turned around on the homeowner. Funny how the law protects the scum, and not the hard working tax payers, huh?!
Posted by: JOHN on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Good job, this is the way it should be !Give the homeowner a medal !
Posted by: ??? on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:46 AM
I wish names would be released soon.
Posted by: To Pablo on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:38 AM
I agree 100% with your post, but I am confused. You have been on these threads for quite some time, and in many of your posts, you are a conservative by nature. Why then do you support Obama for President. How can you be so conservative on so many issues, and still align yourself with the Democratic party. By definition, and their own admission, they stand for the opposite of your postings. Just asking.
Posted by: David on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:37 AM
Was the burglar carrying a gun himself? If he wasn't then shooting him in the head was a little excessive. They make pellet and beanbag shotguns as non-lethal alternatives for this type of situation you know.
Posted by: Steve on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:34 AM
The homeowner did not "take the law into his own hands", but rather protected his family. The use of the phrase suggests that the act was vigilante in nature, when, based on the above story, it was an act of protection. The use of words is a powerful thing, sometimes, and the phrasing chosen to describe the event fosters a sense that this man did something wrong. I know I would not WANT to kill someone in my home, but to suggest that I should not, choosing instead to HOPE the police get there in time,is as wrong as a person entering my home uninvited. Let's be careful who we villify in these situations. The poor man who was forced to kill another didn't ask for any of it.
Posted by: Jack on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:31 AM
Good for the homeowner. We work hard for what we own and should have the right to protect it.
Posted by: anon on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:24 AM
That's what the suspect gets...
Posted by: Pablo on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:22 AM
This is great. It's time some of these low-life thieving scums are given what they deserve from homeowners who are only trying to protect their lives, their family lives and their property. Gallia County has many find deputies (Joe Browning is one of the best) but they can't be in every part of the county at all times. We as homeowners have the right to protect ourselves and our families. I hope they catch the other thief. Lesson to learn here, don't be a thief or robber and your chances of getting shot will be close to zero.
Posted by: Melissa on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:20 AM
GOOD FOR THEM ~!!~!!~ IF this happened EVERYTIME someone broke in a house, car ANYTHING the thieves would think before doing it and we would have less crime !!! TO THE HOMEOWNER --- you get a ADA BOY !!!
Posted by: anon on Oct 31, 2008 at 11:19 AM
Goog job. Keep shooting them it does away with repeat offenders.
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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!!!!
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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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
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  • 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!
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  • 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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