Out of Work and Out of Favor
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Updated: 12:37 AM Nov 23, 2008
Out of Work and Out of Favor
Hundreds of steel workers knew it was coming, today they worked their last shift, and are now temporarily laid off.
Posted: 12:25 AM Nov 23, 2008
Reporter: Amanda Goodman
Email Address: Amanda.Goodman@wsaz.com
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ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- Hundreds of steel workers knew it was coming, today they worked their last shift, and they are now temporarily laid off.

But what AK Steel employees didn’t know was how much flack they would get because of the help that has poured in for them.

So what was meant to be a helpful gesture has sort of backfired.

AK Steel employee John Akin says he is going to be able make it through the holidays thanks to the contracts the Union negotiated, and as he drives away from a job that may or may not may not be there in a few months he is heading into a community that cares.

But food drives, shopping deals, and even fast food discounts offered up to employees of AK Steel have others spitting mad.

“It’s a terrible situation and I read it on your blog, people say hey you know they deserve it, ya know no one deserves it,” said Steelworkers Union President Mike Hewlett.

Some feel these union men and women don't need the help because of their pay and benefits.

In fact wsaz.com has been over run by comments, mostly negative about the outpouring of support for laid off AK workers.

One posting by "hurting too" asks why only AK Steelworkers are benefiting from the food drive.

She says her husband was laid off from his job a year ago, but they did not get any discounts.

Another comment posted by "tired of it" points out that people have been on the streets for years but they are not being helped.

Hewlett says he understands their frustrations but that this in not the time to be critical because everyone is feeling the pinch.

“They're hurting, it’s Christmas time they don’t think that they've got much of a chance either but I would tell them we’re here for them too,” Hewlett said.

All of the more than 500 workers that were laid off will retain their healthcare benefits through February First.

AK Steel announced on November 11th they would be putting the blast furnaces at the Ashland Works Plant on “hot-idle” which means the furnaces will keep going although they are not producing steel.

The company says it plans to keep the plant closed until early to mid-January and says the slumping economy lead them to this decision.

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Posted by: PR on Nov 27, 2008 at 11:40 AM

Nikki, you are right. If the Auto industry gets a bailout, AK steel will benefit but AK Steel workers will have to pay those same taxes too. My husband works for AK Steel here in OHIO we lived through the lockout, we lived modestly before it and now live very frugaly after it. All we want is to be able to afford our ONE car payment and our very modest little ranch which is home for our son and new baby. Yes the workers and families in Ashland will survive, those that don't will move out of state to make ends meet, families will split and local businesses will suffer. We're still recovering here from the 13 month lockout. Ashland may recover faster but only time will tell. All I can say is at this time prayers need to be said for everyone. The AK Steel workers, families and people of Ashland.
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Posted by: james on Nov 27, 2008 at 08:06 AM

just put in for your bail out and the check will be in the mail.
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Posted by: Nikki on Nov 26, 2008 at 08:08 AM

The auto industry bail out will help AK workers. The price we will pay for all of the bail outs will come to tax payers. Just remember that as time goes on.
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  • Posted By: I bet: 10 will make you 100 that Keith will say the words "Rush Limbaugh", "Liberal" and "Obama" at least 20 more times before this week is over. Your keystrokes will save America Keith and you only have (3) three more years to moan and complain, dont stop now.
  • Posted By: Keith...sorry Roane Co....: My confusion, that was meant for another post. Tell me though, which one of Rush's ideas do you disagree with-Lower taxes? More freedom? Strong defense? Opportunity? I am curious. So what do you guys think about the elections? Two things I hope for-most of all the Republicans got the message to quit running RINOs like DD Scuzzaphobia in the 23rd NY race. An unknown, 3rd party guy comes from out of nowhere and loses by 3%; not a bad showing, but Republicans beware, I don't think the faithful are going to be content with the same old same ole RINOs like McCain and Lindsey Gramnesty anymore. Second-people are now paying attention to the fringe radical they elected president last year, and his policies. Two Blue states, won handily by Obama in 2008, with 20 point swing in VA and 10 in NJ, millions of voters I hope sending a message. Will Obama have Clinton's skill, and "Triangulate?" I really doubt it, he is a committed radical who doesn't like the USA. I hope this kills "health care" too
  • Posted By: to Kentucky girl: Seriously, cheaper is not better.. Have you ever been on welfare? I grew up on the medical card, and it was the biggest mess, you have to have approval for anything major ( which includes having wisdom teeth removed). I waited 2 years, to the point I had stopped eating for 3 days, then finally got "emergency" approval to have my wisdom teeth taken out.. I am thankfull that I have a choice in my healthcare now, I would never use any government program for my healthcare ever again. If they can not handle peolpe with medical cards how can they possibly handle a government run option? I also have multiple providers to choose from, so on only having BC/BS I know nothing about. But I do know we all have choices from big to small, they are ours to make, including where we live!! Even under one federal government different states offer different possibilities.Well for now anyways.
  • Posted By: Tina: Well, we've had 3 more deaths these are in KY, They are older people with underlying health problems. The kids are healthy. What are trying to do get rid of all the elderly so you can let young people run this state, whether it's OH, KY, or WV,
  • Posted By: Keith...sorry RC, that was for COT: The public option will not increase competition, because no private entity can compete with the govt., explained earlier. You will eventually end up with one option, the govt., because private companies will be out of business. Speaking to the SEIU, Obama stated his goal was the elimination of private insurance, even if it took 10 or 15 years. So where is the competition? He is simply not telling the truth about his plans. He says you can keep your private insurance, but never tells you his goal is to destroy private insurance companies. That leaves you with one provider, the govt., and look at their track record. They promise the moon and deliver nothing. "Soch-scurity" is bankrupt; Medicare is bankrupt; Medicaid is bankrupting states; where is the record of govt. performance that would give anyone confidence they can manage a takeover of our HC? It is simply not there, to trust without evidence and performance is sheer folly.
  • Posted By: thursday...: if any one goes to washington,be sure you let us know what goes on.i m sure there wont be anything on obama news.keep us,the conservatves informed.thank you.
  • Posted By: Lee: TOWN HALL MEETINGS-BAD IDEA.....Stay home so you don't spread or catch the flu. Same as keeping kids out of school so they can go to WAL-MART and spread the germs. I'm sure people are interested in information on H1N1. START A WEB SITE!!!!!!
  • Posted By: Kentucky Girl: The public option would allow those of us who are forced to utilize BC/BS the choice of another provider. Competition would elicit competitive pricing. Surely you two did not miss that part of economics. How easy it is to blame Obama for this mess. Are you kidding? This mess began years ago. You ask if I have investigated anything? I challenge you to investigate the Federal Reserve and their role in the problems facing this country. Go back to when the currency was backed by the government. Tossing around terms like liberals and conservatives is a smoke screen. The true problem here is the wealthy and the desire for power. This problem knows no political party per se. It exists within them both, so quit referring to me as a vested liberal. I am an American, and according to the history which I learned from, all Americans should be treated equally, and that my friend, has ceased to exist. Unless you are a millionaire, some day you will understand.
  • Posted By: Kentucky Girl: I have worked in the health care industry for many years. Medicare and insurance companies negotiate with providers what is acceptable. If the charge to you is 100.00, Medicare may approve 40.00. Private insurance may approve 65.00. However, if you do not have insurance 100.00 is the cost to you unless the provider is willing to accept a lower amount. Example: BCBS allowed 65.00. Your insurance pays 80%, 52.00. They can bill you the remaining 13.00. People with no insurance pay 100.00. These big pharmaceutical companies visit providers daily. They offer big bonuses for prescribing their products, vacations, dinners, and other perks. I have seen it happen routinely. All the while, the consumer is gouged with increasing prices. Unsure of your age Keith, but if you were in Kentucky, your health insurance cost could raise whatever percentage the company chose. Just a few years ago, I was paying a little over 300.00, now close to 700.00, and I pay my own way, thank you!
  • Posted By: Ashley: Kentucky girl>> Yes, in an ideal world healthcare would be much cheaper. I'm single, 25, and in good health. I pay 50% of my premium.... $300 a month!!! Which, for me, is quite expensive. However, have you read the healthcare bill? I highly doubt it, seeing as how no one has. Quite frankly, my political involvement and study has lead me to distrust our politicians at their word. So "Obama says it will make health care cheaper" is simply not good enough. Ask yourself this: when has any legislation reduced the true cost of any commodity or service??? 1913. So ask yourself this, do you really trust a government that has failed to do as promised for nearly 96 years? I just can't believe anyone to be that naive.
  • Posted By: algore: did any one see dianne sawyers interview with a.gore,the sky is falling,the earth is burning up,the oceans are going to flood the earth, minister of doom?at last someone from liberal news asked animportant question.cows polute more than many things are you going to be a vegan?this is a man who sees doom now if we dont do thing his way but guess what, hes still going to eat meat.only peons and peasants must be mandated to sacrific and coal,gas and petrolum should be done away with not his steak and lifestyle.and people still think hes credible.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello again good coal miner people of WV this is the coal miners friend Big Earl and well people Election Day has done come and went it was not to much fun around here this year no hot races to bet on and no extra curricular activities either and no you hippies I am not talking about a basketball game but Charlie Daniels cousin there is nothing no more fun than a good old fashioned Boone Co. election full of picnics and slinging mud and name calling to the other bunch anyway did any of you people out there read that story on this very news channel that the people in the state of Maine is letting the longhairs vote to make there dope legal well thankfully that don’t go on around here all you have to do is tell the State Police to go down to the hardware store and watch the lightbulb rack anybody buying them funny lights is up to something in there hippie greenhouses if you people in Maine let this bunch in next thing you know the tree huggers and PETA types will be right behind them there dope plants will grow so high you will need Paul Bunyon to chop them down and that big blue steer of his to drag them down to the bonfire.
  • Posted By: No Easy Answers: Ky. Girl, you are right about the medical field raising prices to get more from Medicare. But that is only a small part of it. In today's computer world it has become easy to cheat the government out of money as well. Medicare has been billed for billions of dollars it did not owe. This will only get worse. Add more plans and there are more ways to fraud. And they have already stated that the public option would cover very few people. Yet those will be enough to cause our taxes to become so high we cannot pay. And think of all the employees that will add to government payrolls. Keep adding to that and soon there will not be enough of us taxpayers left working our tails off to support them all. It has to stop! And what will happen when you give the government the chance to withdraw from your checking account if you get in a bind and cannot afford the fees. Where will it end? I just do not trust them. They get richer-we still hurt. And pay more, and more....No easy answers...corruption.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Keith how can I be "wrong about Obama" when I have not even mentioned him? Actually, I have not been pleased with some of the actions taken by President Obama. I would say the one thing he has done that I agree with was the unemployment extension. Although I feel this is only a Band Aid, atleast the working class were thrown a bone. But the man was handed a country in economic shambles and what he does with it over the course of his term has yet to be seen. Do I think President Obama can turn our country around? I doubt it. Do I think the likes of Rush Limbaugh can turn this country around? NO! Lets be honest, we do not have a government for the people anymore. Our govenment is controlled by big business, religious organizations and special interest groups. As the old question goes, what would you do if you were President? Well I would put my foot down on big business, throw all lobbyists out of Washington and pull the tax exempt status of the church.
  • Posted By: facts: ky.girl do you investigate any thing?nothing is free.some one has to pay for it.the gov.decides how much of your hard earned money you deserve to take home.the clue word is your.evidently your father has more than his pension to live on.if he is paying 800 now voluntarly the gov.will make that mandatory and maybe even more.in case people have forgotten bidens solution for retirees during the elections heres a reminder.biden said the gov.will take peoples pensions,not s.s.the money they and their company saved for a retirement fund and mandate the gov.take it and distribute it as the gov.sees fit.ifgov.health care is the right thing to do then since i didnt save for an extra pension and live on s.s.i guess you think im entitled to your fathers pension.same difference.its someone elses money.dosome investigating,dont listen to the gov.propaganda.so long comrades.
  • Posted By: Keith: Good post on the gold Gandalf. I would ask though, on matters of national defense, aren't there times when you have to spend money to defend yourself? Health care, historically, never became a "right" until the union contracts of the 1940s, when it was used as a benefit in lieu of higher wages, frozen by the govt. That change, i.e., inserting a middleman between the consumer and the provider, was the beginning of the downfall. KY Girl, My insurance is just under $600.00 per month. As for your figures, can you include a source? Specifically, the bit about "greedy HC industry raised the office visits..." It is unbelievably absurd to suggest a govt. option will increase competition. How can any private entity compete with the govt., which, as the past proves, has no accountability, no responsibility, no success stories; can print money at will to cover losses; how can any private company compete with that? They cannot. Govt.'s goal is to put private insurance out of business, O said it.
  • Posted By: J: Obama's stimulus bill was supposed to cap unemployment at 8.5 - now it's close to 10, with true unemployment (those who are no longer drawing unemployment benefits and who are not working) closer to 17 pct. The measley 3.8 pct GDP growth was gov't spending. NO PRIVATE SECTOR JOBS WERE CREATED. Cash for clunkers simply moved 4th qtr purchases to the third qtr. The 4th qtr will see a steep decline. Stocks are up - yeah, right? - except it's commodities driving up the stock market. Commodities like oil (have you been spending more at the gas pump lately), copper, gold and other finite items are hedges against inflation. Inflation? Yeah, it happens when the gov't spends money like a drunken sailor with no means to pay for it. So yeah, Obama has done plenty for our country in the last 10 months.
  • Posted By: Bluebird: No, Roane Co., I don't expect you will. And Kentucky girl, you think you are paying now, wait until you see your taxes IF the health care bill passes. Can people not understand we can't afford any more big programs? Where are we going to get all this money they are spending? And do you actually want someone sitting in an office, with no health training, deciding if you are sick enough to get the treatment you are requesting? Have you ever applied in a government office for anything? Those employees act like you are asking for money right out of THEIR pocket instead of the money YOU have paid in. This would be no different. If it would not decimate us all, I almost wish you could get what you are screaming for. And there would be so much red tape to get through you may be buried before treatment was approved. Our government is too big! Less government, more money in your pocket.
  • Posted By: Kentucky Girl: So you want to talk now about the cost of Medicare? You wonder why it has astronomical cost? Physicians, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, do I need say more. Medicare was designed to assure our seniors would have health care. Now what happened is that when physicians were charging 20.00 for a visit, Medicare was approving 12.00. Likewise were the charges in the hospitals. Therefore, the greedy health care industry could not do without that 8.00, so they raised office visits to 40.00 so Medicare would now pay 20.00. Do you see how that works? When Medicare was instituted, there should have been price control for the health care industry. There should have also been a public option for health care put into place because as long as there is no competition there will be skyrocketing premiums. Women face astronomical premiums if in childbearing age, and this changes to men when approaching the heart disease age. FAIR? Who are you kidding? If you pay 100% of your premium, what is it?
  • Posted By: Keith...Roane Co. you are one snide dude...: Actually I speak plainly with common sense; it is the way of conservatism. Bush made many mistakes, which I have written about numerous times; no need to re-hash. As for good, lets take the economy: most of his years saw unemployment <5%, which under Clinton was regarded as full employment; record low interest rates and low inflation; successful tax cuts, which spurred economic growth; and record highs in the stock market. At the end he wavered from his conservatism and regrettably caused much harm. You are wrong about Obama. Who is in charge right now? Who can affect our lives, right now? Who can help or hurt, right now? Not Bush, no matter how hard Obama cries. Carter left Reagan a huge mess; Reagan solved it. Clinton's economy was going into recession in late 2000; Bush's tax cuts revived it. Roane Co., put up or shut up. Tell us all, what is Obama doing, right now, to make anything better, even in a year's time? I will make it easy for you, just name one thing. Just one.
  • Posted By: AFT Members: Where do your dues go? I guess we don't really care until we need assistance! Shame on us. We pay over $300 dollars a year in dues and we never ask to see where it goes until its decided that our personal legal needs are unimportant to the MIGHTY Judy Hale. Well, its time to ask her WHERE the money goes...GAY RIGHTS, bribes, her outragous salary,... yes, these are some of the ways our money is spent. Who knows what we would find out if we really tried. You know the truth is that AFT-WV can refuse to help you if you are suspended or terminated. Those things aren't included on the insurance agreement. Are we really given any rights on what AFT endorsing in the political area. Its time to ask our union questions! P.S. Have you ever noticed that your county representative is overly friendly with administration. Who's to say they aren't members too. Just because they tell us we don't protect adminstrators doesn't mean its really gospel.
  • Posted By: Gandalf: Price of one ounce of gold in 1965: $35.00. Todays market price: $1084.00. Inflation? What will your dollar be worth tomorrow?
  • Posted By: Have A Little Faith: "All that is needed for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." Edmund Burke
  • Posted By: Gandalf: 1965 projection for medicare in 1980; $10 billion. What effect has inflation had on these costs. Military incursions in Vietnam, Nicaragua, Bosnia, Afganistan, Iraq, and who knows where else has cost US taxpayers trillions of dollars.What kind of healthcare would we have if this money had been spent for our good instead of for the benefit of the military industrial complex?
  • Posted By: : Health care should just be the beginning,unfettered capitalism is the problem with our country.The idea that greed is alright is crazy,prices go up,wages stay the same or go lower,all in the name of bigger profit each year.We need regulations to protect us from unethical business practices,and laws that really punish persons who will do anything to get rich.Also when these people are found out every dime and possession they have should be confiscated and divided among thier victims.Yes health reform should just be the beginning.
  • Posted By: RoaneCo.: Keith will need time to confer with the all knowing God and savior... Rush Limbaugh. And I am sure he will return with an answer of such great intellect that we the common man will not be able to comprehend it.
  • Posted By: To kentucky girl: Wow!!! And you seriously think this bill will lighten the load!! What health insurance companies throw at you? Medical law suits, low income people who can just write off their hospiltal bills, people who just do not pay their medical bills, have nothing to do with medical cost I guess.. My husband and I have health insurance, and pay our medical bills, and we have family on medicare so we do know what we are talking about. THIS HEALTHCARE BILL IS NOT THE REFORM NEEDED.
  • Posted By: food for thought: Sherman Tide Rollin' ....google it ..check it out on youtube. These guys need a recored deal.If anyone knows where to get a AA playoff bracket, direct me please. Thanks
  • Posted By: Keith...to Ky Girl: That one is a softball. I do pay for my own medical insurance. Ironically, steep cuts in Medicare will be used to pay for Obamacare. Show me one govt. program that has done what it says. Lets start with Medicare-in 1965 it was projected to cost $10 Billion by 1980; instead it cost $120 Billion; today, it runs well over $400 Billion. Can we afford another big government ran program that will CREATE 111 NEW FEDERAL BUREAUCRACIES? Taxpayer, can you afford this? If this bill was about health, it would go into effect before 2013. Can you explain why it doesn't? True cost control could be accomplished by serious tort reform-Obama will never do that; interstate competition among insurance companies; again, no luck in this bill; we will end up just like every other country that has tried this-shortage of providers, rationing, govt. boards that decide who gets what, and when, just like in England; nobody has read this, nobody understands it, only a class A sucker would support it.
  • Posted By: To Kentucky Girl...: Well said, and so true! The former Canadian president stated on NPR that Obama would have to be willing to "walk thru fire" to get this health bill passed. It's all about money, you know, and the powerful lobbyists of the insurance and medical establishment holding onto what they have. Obama is about change, and people fear it...
  • Posted By: robert a: I am griping about the goverment bail-out. You know, the common everyday person who tries to hold down an honest job, go home, raise the kids, etc. , who's helping us? My spouse is recovering from open heart surgery, hernia operation, has sleep apena, bad knees, etc to name a few things wrong and we can't get any help because we make to much money (minium wage, ha! Who's going to help us with our bills? Since the taxpayers are the ones paying for these bail outs, why dont the goverment help us more with our bills. If we didn't have to pay so much in taxes, etc. we'd have money to pay our bills. Oh well. God's going to take care of all of it before long. Just wait and see.
  • Posted By: TO KEITH: Hey Keith, do me a favor will you? Please tell me what good President Bush (W) did for this country? I mean, you get on here every day and talk about how Obama has ran this country in the ground but yet, you just can't seem to be honest with yourself and admit that it was already there, thanks to Bush. The unemployment rate can still not be blamed on Obama, it was heading that way long before Obama started his run. So please, tell me...what did George W. do that was so great? Thank you.
  • Posted By: annonymous: what do you think of our preisdent who said put a tax on coke to fight obesity,why why is it always the poor man that gets the taxes what about your resturant likes mcdonalds greasey fattie foods could that be obesity problem not the poor man coke tax them they can afford it,really i guess it dosnt matter how much we are taxed they are just going to give it away without our approval and well never see any of it anyway ,we can send a rocket to the moon but in thirty years no one has figured out how fix social security, hey i got it,, put the rocket money in there mistrmy solved,,,,,,,
  • Posted By: Mike: Isn't it funny that WSAZ does a story about how restaurants in dry towns need to sell alcohol to make any money then turn around and say smoking should be banned in public places including restaurants? Smoking is bad for you but so is drinking and driving.
  • Posted By: Kentucky Girl: All of you who complain about the health bill, you have not a clue what it costs to provide your own health care. My parents are in their 80s and on Medicare. They have now had their BC/BS increased 66%. They now pay a little over $800.00 monthly which is all of my dad's retirement. My husband and I pay almost $700.00 monthly. Now you have the audacity to sit there and act like this health care bill is a bad idea. There are 2000 pages because people just exactly like you do not want equal health care for ALL. In Kentucky you have BC/BS or you do not have anything and that is why the premiums are out the roof. Public option is a must. Until you start paying for your own health care and have to pay whatever price the health insurance companies throw at you, keep your mouth shut because you know absolutely nothing about what you speak of! The way you toss your terminology around about liberals is disgusting. Equal care for ALL!!!
  • Posted By: druggie celebs: did any one see the arrest of the magistrates daughe or who ever the politican was?some one said she should go to arizona like rush limbaugh did to get rehabilitated.i got a better idea,,,why doesnt she find out how barak hussein obama rehabilitated himself from illegal weed and cocaine,i think he was proud to admit to.free speech,p.c.wsaz?
  • Posted By: j.wright agenda: worldnet daily has a video speech by jeremiah wright,about half hour in length.let him tell you in his own words what he and other people have planned for this country and who they want to emulate and make policy.he makes very plain the uselessness of the constitution.
  • Posted By: health bill: almost 2000pages in liberal so called health bill,almost 1100words like...penalty,surcharge,tax,fees,impose,require,mandate,obligation,license,regulation.if its free then why are these words in the bill?duh.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello good people of WV and especially coal mining people this is Big Earl and do any of you people remember that movie Matewan where that preacher with the slicked back hair rared back and said Here me now listen to me The Prince of Darkness is upon the land and no you hippies settle down put out your dope cigarette it is not time for the Ozzy Osburne show to come on well I seen on the TV 3 news where this blue sky bunch and there rain forrest friends of the monkeys is running around with signs screaming and yelling saying the sky is falling the sky is falling the coal miners is polluting the air and killing off the people and polar bears and penguins even I know them kind of bears don’t live in no rain forrest they live in WV forests right beside the coal mines and tipples and coal miners and there is plenty of them to I say the coal miner aint no more of a threat to a bear than goldeylocks was keep an eye out people for anybody up a tree bothering a bear call the game warden.
  • Posted By: Lynn: Nova, PBS, "The Evolutionary Arc of Humans" will be broadcast at 8:00 p.m. on Tues., Nov. 9. Watch and comment.
  • Posted By: Keith...get ready for tomorrow: I do hope it will be the beginning of the way back for the country, with governor's seats up in VA and NJ and a special, non-primary house seat in 23rd NY. I hope folks like Nick Rahall and Jay are watching this closely, because if they continue their support of this newer and even worse version of "health care" I can only hope the fury of the voters come down on them so hard they won't know what hit them next year at the polls. Have you seen the tax increases in this new bill? The rationing boards are still there; the mandatory purchase requirement is still there; what a disaster. Folks, call your congressman and senators. Unemployment figures for October will be out this Friday; how bad can it get? Much worse; here is why. This joke of a "stimulus" bill that was passed, that Obama and Biden promised if passed would keep the jobless rate under 8%, have you been reading about the stupid stuff the money was wasted on? Incredible. Nothing is being done, right now, to make it better. Sad.
  • Posted By: concerned parent: To all you parents who are having partys for middle school kids and not supervising them they are having oral sex behind your back in your home!!!!! and also check their cell phones they dont need and look at the text they are sending each other!!!! time to wake up mom and dads or your little girls are going to pregnant at 12 13 or 14! by a little boy whos 12 13 or 14! its not cool to try and be your child best friend be their guide instead! GW Middle School parents!
  • Posted By: Who Knew It?: I saw someone on here complaining a while back about Welfare recipients always seem to have a cell phone. I figured this was just a typical gripe. However, I found out that if you are on government assistance, you can get a free cell phone with apprx. 70 minutes of free air time a month. Yes, taxpayers, you are providing that too. And how much are you paying for your own phone? Great country we live in now, huh?
  • Posted By: frustrated: im tired of the silly pranks as well we woke up yesterday morning to find our car windows had been smashed in and it will be a hefty penny to fix them as well
  • Posted By: geithner the tax cheat is: obamas geithner,the tax cheat is excited to anounce there will be more job losses in the private sector,asked about a tax increase,he declined to say.i think that would be a resounding yes,yes yes.a crisis too good to waste.
  • Posted By: : Do you think it is a coincidence that everytime you mention oil or gas prices on the news that gas prices in the region raise at least by 5 cents on the gallon? I dont think it is. Maybe you could find something else to talk about that doesnt thin my wallet.
  • Posted By: Charles: What is it with teens and eggs? This morning I woke and started to go get gas in my car when I saw shells and yolk all over my car! They had to have hit it with at least a dozen eggs. I tried wiping it off hoping that it would work, but it didn't. I had to go to a car wash and clean my car at 7 in the morning. Luckily none of the paint came off, so I got over it.
  • Posted By: Enough Already: How many more seasons are we going to have to suffer watching talented players at Marshall lose another game under Snyder's poor decision making. After watching the game tonight, hasn't he been around football long enough to know that prevent defense only prevents wins? He needs to be fired and we need to get someone in here who knows what it takes to win.
  • Posted By: Big Earl: Hello again good working coal miner people of WV did any of you people ever watch that show on TV the Waltons starring WV adopted son John Boy seems like every year there was some plage like out of the bible hit it was during the Great depression seems like when the cow died that was a real disaster the cow gave milk butter cheese everything but eggs none of them people ever counted on the VCR being invented now you can rewind and see that same cow every time it died they walked down the road to another farm to trade some fenceposts for another cow and there it was again well if people in this state don’t wake up real quick our cow is going to kick the bucket that cow being our cash cow the coal miner and his job and this time there aint no fancy hi definition or tin foil or rabbit ears on the TV going to bring it back to life again I seen these hippies and tree huggers from the Chunky monkey Rain Forrest crunch bunch is at it again bothering the coal mines and trying to run off jobs well good coal miners will be working hard until the cows come home and I for one am glad of it.
  • Posted By: FED UP: I would just like to tell people about another case of stupidity and child neglect in Altizer. A grown man hit his 5 year old son with a four wheeler this afternoon. This child is still in the hospital this evening. Would like to see WSAZ check into this story.
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