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The Yell: Comments for the Week of 3/1
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Posted by: Stephen on Mar 9, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Since when is America a Democracy? If you read your history and the Constitution, you will find that America is a Republic
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Posted by: Jeannie on Mar 8, 2009 at 10:36 PM
I don't understand how a tax decrease on poor, working poor and Middle Class isn't socialism but a tax increase on the wealthy is. I suppose because it affects the rich, we have to give it the label of redistributing the wealth, but again, it isn't redistribution as long as the rich are taking from the poor. Capital gains have a 15% tax rate, far less than nearly everyone right now. Capital gains are unearned income - money made by shuffling around other people's money. Some say because it's riskier, they deserve better tax rate. However, there is obviously NO RISK of losing money on capital gains because of the bailouts, but the world will collapse if we don't. How is moving money around on a computer worth more than someone building a house or running a cash register? We've been socialist for quite some time, but now that the poor may get back some of their money, all of the sudden this has gotta stop? Bull****! The poor DO pay tax! FICA FACT - poor pay more than the rich as %income
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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 8, 2009 at 10:23 PM
anon: and this surprises you? if the left hand ever figures out what the right hand is doing..huntington might once again be a nice play to live and work!
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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 8, 2009 at 09:04 PM
Before raising the user fee to an extra dollar, why not make sure all employed in the city are paying their fee. The company I am employed with is not taking it out on all employees and when you call to report it, no one seems to know who is in charge of that area at city hall.
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Posted by: graydon on Mar 8, 2009 at 08:10 PM
Yes ,it never fails to amaze me how many comments are directed at me,and I have no idea what in the world they are talking about,or what they mean,some even think I use another sign in,I don,t,but it is kind of amusing reading some of them.Oh by the way,I always try and be sure of my statements,I don,t let ideology or mythology rule them.
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Posted by: reply to waiting on Mar 8, 2009 at 04:47 PM
I agree! I love this comment board. They should advertise it better so that more opinions are on here. It's like topix . . adictive! lol!
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Posted by: Pam-Ky on Mar 8, 2009 at 03:33 PM
All I see on here is mostly self centered know it alls,You all know there is a lot of things that "WE ARE ALL FACING",but how can you complain about the president, when he has been in office for only 2 months and you think he can straighten out 8 years of the former president who caused this mess,in a short time, its not logical,or possible. I dont agree on every thing he does but that does not mean I am going to bash him because he hasnt changed the economy it takes time.If he was in there a year and nothings changing or seeing a change then I would complain.My mother before she died use to have a saying, " I see people running their mouth but doing nothing to change it". Not all people on public assistance is using it as an excuse but as a fall back when money is tight,but you all think were all bad, the governemnt allows drug addicts and alcholics to have ssi so who is to blame for that?
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Posted by: newspaper reader on Mar 8, 2009 at 03:23 PM
does wsaz look into news that local papers wont report on.if so do u have an e mail address to contact.we;re being left out of the loop when it comes to criminal reporting,as if its not the citizens buisness..
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Posted by: "BO" William D. Mullins on Mar 8, 2009 at 12:43 PM
TV sound going sky high for chimericals. What can be done? BO"
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Posted by: to brian on Mar 8, 2009 at 12:15 PM
of course there are still people supporting obama,they;re the people, ,living off your hard earned money.they;re already in the food line after squandering their welfare,ssi,foodstamps,hud ,wic,etc.you can never give enough.when its time for us to stand in the food line there;ll not b any,we;re the ones supporting the food line.as we go,so goes the food line.
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Posted by: politically correct on Mar 8, 2009 at 09:41 AM
obamas agenda isnt for democracy and freedom,and the constitution,give me a pollitically correct word.but my oppinion of his agenda to destroy the founding fathers laws seems almost treasoness.marxism,socialism,communism certainly not democracy....
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Posted by: to big earl on Mar 8, 2009 at 09:30 AM
is obama going to outlaw road kill?what will we do then after he outlaws guns and ammo?maybe graydon can come up with a solution.
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Posted by: to noelle on Mar 8, 2009 at 09:24 AM
u have said in one short sentence to kathy what a million words couldnt say.god bless you.i wish i were so articulate'
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Posted by: ann on Mar 8, 2009 at 09:14 AM
I love the yell I now know for sure I am not as dumb as I thought!!!!
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Posted by: 2 different people on Mar 8, 2009 at 08:04 AM
i realize that some of u are getting mixed up as to who are writing certain comments,i sometimes have to go back to see if the comments are made to,or from certain people.there are 2 different types of people on here,u can tell what side of life theyre on .one side looks for facts and numbers,the other can only name call and offer no facts or figures.i challenge u to go back and compare the from and to differences of oppinion.for instance from helen to helen.to helen starts off by name calling,,,,,from helen states facts about obama,,,,from graydon, has no facts and has nothing but name calling,,,to graydon ,will have facts and figures and tries to get facts from him but only name calling..there are several different examples like these so please know the difference.thank you...
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Posted by: Waiting and waiting and waiting... on Mar 7, 2009 at 07:31 PM
Why does it take WSAZ 3 days to update The Yell? This is the best thing on the website but I think everybody forgets it from Friday until Monday morning. Waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting....
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Posted by: Carol on Mar 7, 2009 at 08:42 AM
I would like to know how a man can sexually abuse his own 4 year old twins, is then sentenced to home confinement, without ever spending a day in jail. He walked around able to prey on any other child until he was sentenced 9 months later. It was never in the news, it was all very hush hush. He lives in Barboursville, WV and works in Hurricane where his employers/friends don't even let their clients he works with know the truth.
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Posted by: Noelle on Mar 7, 2009 at 05:15 AM
Kathy, the problem with the 9/11 terrorists is that they do have religious beliefs. Their ideology about heaven and hell is what drove them to murder innocent people.
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Posted by: Brian on Mar 7, 2009 at 01:28 AM
Icant believe that there are people out there that still support Obama...good luck!!!!see you in the food line.....
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Posted by: Kathy on Mar 6, 2009 at 09:08 PM
This is for Graydon o his Feb19 comment on Medical errors taking peoples lives! what about people that Don't believe in God or Heaven and then take it on thereselfs to end someones surffering? like on Sept. 12 2001? I think you would have a hard time sleeping maybe not BUT mom always said what goes over your back will come back under your belly!So I believe you will go a long nasty suffering way! let the people know just what you are really like brother!
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Posted by: dr senile on Mar 6, 2009 at 08:49 PM
Freedom of speech is a wonderful right. It even allows ignorant, self-righteous, self-promoting egomaniacs to orate and opine until they develop their own cult of even more ignorant adherents. Ah, but I see you have already heard of Rush of Limbaugh, a king in his own mind.
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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 6, 2009 at 07:49 PM
Let's go Outback tonight!
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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 6, 2009 at 07:48 PM
I'm so tired I think I will go to bed soon.
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Posted by: Big Earl on Mar 6, 2009 at 07:45 PM
Okay people heres how I see it. 1. Road kill is delicious. Some of the best deer meat I ever had came from some poor bambi that got ran down by a coal truck hauling strip mine coal. Add a pinch of pepper, a dash of salt and yum yum yum. 2. Waterboarding is not torture. In fact these people have been cuddled up to goats and sheep and camels somewhere in a cave in Afganistan they could use a little water. Mr. CIA man, please, when you get the water hose fired up, toss in some tide and clorox too. They need it. 3. IF you can read your bible, didnt Jesus say his kingdom was not of this world? And if he was a socialist, commie, long hair that never took a bath, why would he want a country where they always live 200 years behind the rest of the world? Did you all see where Castro was bragging the other day about Cuba getting color TVs? What a paradise! Hey comrade Fidel, thats a great edsel you are driving around in, love that chrome. I think that car used to be an extra from the batcave.
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Posted by: Jeannie on Mar 6, 2009 at 07:23 PM
Many of you are confusing Socialism with Totalitarianism/Communism/Dictatorships. Germany has Socialism with elected leaders.
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Posted by: To Helen on Mar 6, 2009 at 07:21 PM
I can only imagine your face would launch a thousand ships in fear. You don't like the Obama's name? WTF? Please move to a nation like Saudi Arabia where they share all of your beliefs, except, of course, the name thing but hey, life is a compromise. You can take part in stoning gays and women who have been raped. Please take everyone like you along-as the Lily Allen song says, we hate what you do, we hate your whole crew so please don't stay in touch.....Google the lyrics and find out what I really want to say.
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 6, 2009 at 06:58 PM
All hail the messiah, Obama, Obama! Our hero speaks, the stock market dives! 3000 points lost, that is people's 401k's, their retirement money, going down the drain, since election day. But, rest easy folks, the messiah has not forgotten you! He knows you are out there, he feels your pain! Yes we can! It doesn't matter that Obama says nothing and does nothing, he says it really good and he really cares. And by the way, the reason we listen to Rush is because we need balance. When I want the liberal viewpoint, I tune in to NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CNBC, etc...you guys are right, Rush's monopoly of the airwaves must end. At least Rush is man enough to challenge Obama to a debate, but Obama is too much of a coward to accept. He does not have the intellect to debate Rush. Get him off the tele prompter and it is "uuh, uuuuh, duuuh, er, duuuh, uuuuh, uuummm," but that is just being thoughtful, right? So great to have a president that can speak the English language.
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Posted by: Steven on Mar 6, 2009 at 06:35 PM
How much do you people who want to drug test everyone who recieves government assistance want to pay for these tests? Do you realize that it would cost millions a year to do so? And why would you want to invade the privacy of these people? I understand that there will always be those who will abuse the system if they can. The people who really deserve to recieve benefits have a hard enough time getting them to begin with. I have a job and have worked for 38 years paying into the system. If something happened to disable me the last thing I would want is to have to pee in a bottle to get my check!
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Posted by: Buddy on Mar 6, 2009 at 06:02 PM
Here's an idea, not new but worth exploring. Put those on welfare to work...Cleaning city streets, paving, there is enough work for all of them. If their kids are not in school during work hours some of them can watch the youngest while others work around the city...You are paid when you work. There is no shame in working for a living.
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Posted by: Question on Mar 6, 2009 at 05:48 PM
I have one question for you people that keep saying that Obama is gonna turn our country into a socialist or marxist state. How many of you can define socialism or marxisim? WITHOUT looking it up on the internet. Because if you already knew the definition of them you would know that would be impossible short of a Coup d'état (often simply called a coup, the sudden unconstitutional overthrow of a government by a typically small part of the state establishment – usually the military – to replace the branch of the stricken government, either with another civil government or with a military government)I thought I would save you all the trouble of looking that one up.
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Posted by: graydon on Mar 6, 2009 at 03:46 PM
OK you have convinced me rush is the leader of republican party,and all of you believe the things he and the other ultra-conservative talk show hosts say, I see that no amount of facts can change the way you and your kind see the world.It is obvious you all think if you say something enough it becomes truth,I guess it's like the old phrase I've heard"they've told the lie so much they believe it their self".Yes you have convinced me.I hope this post isn't to rough for you,my last one must have been,they wouldn't put it up.Hope everyone can enjoy this beautiful weather!
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Posted by: Paul on Mar 6, 2009 at 03:23 PM
amen KEN i couldn't agree with you more.
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Posted by: Jll on Mar 6, 2009 at 02:33 PM
Joe Mama, I'll bet you're a complete delight to be around.
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Posted by: to ken on Mar 6, 2009 at 02:23 PM
every one deserves a hand up but not a hand out.most or a lot of people have been so called poor,but when you get right down to the final annalyse moral people manage their money,they wouldnt parade their children,dirty and snotty nosed in front of a t.v.camera to get someone to feel sorry for them.they have no pride,its easier to beg than get up off their dead ends to take care of their own children and most of these people are down into that behavior now into 3and 4 generation.its time to break this cycle by taking these children away from people like that.after all if they cant or wont put their own children first why do we tx payers have to help keep up their destructive behavior while short changing our own children?people who wont help themselves cant be changed for the better.
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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 6, 2009 at 01:51 PM
IF PAPA JOE DOSEN'T LIKE US BEAR FOTT ROAD KILLEN HILLEBILLIES HE SHOULD GO BACK TO Ohier, WITH HIS LIBEL BUDDEIES.
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Posted by: helen on Mar 6, 2009 at 01:47 PM
i disagree with obama on abortion, homosexuality, gun control and spending our money like a drunken sailor and ruining our economy and i don't care for his middle name, besides this obama is likeable and doing a fine job.
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Posted by: raymond on Mar 6, 2009 at 01:26 PM
if it wasnt for the poor and needy then a lot of people would be out of work. i think all state workers and public officials should be drug tested at least once a month. teachers spend as much time with our children as we do, would you want them teaching your child while using drugs? public officials making decisions about our state while drunk or using drugs, it happens everyday. funny thing about drug testing, the people know about it two wks. in advance. i say leave the poor and needy people alone they have enough to deal with.
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Posted by: hey raymond on Mar 6, 2009 at 01:04 PM
as far as i know rush hasnt done drugs in years,believe me if he was,obama would put him in jail just to shut him up.but if you;re saying that doing drugs in the past makes u still a druggie maybe u have a point.at least his were legal and he realized he had a problem and solved it..what illegal drugs did you say obama did and by your own theory still does...
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Posted by: EDIE on Mar 6, 2009 at 12:49 PM
DOES ANYONE ON HERE HAVE A REAL JOB? DOES ANYONE HAVE A REAL EDUCATION? YOU WORRY ABOUT SPELLING AND GRAMMAR. OH I GET IT YOU ARE ALL ON WELFARE. SO I GET TO PAY FOR YOU TO LIVE. AND YOU GET TO PARTY. HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT???
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Posted by: wiley on Mar 6, 2009 at 12:17 PM
What do you mean no? Yes, public employees should get a pay raise. Do you relize some of your public employes are on food stamps, wic , because they can't afford to buy food for there families. Some offices in Charleston don't even keep the heat on, and the air conditioner on. Trade jobs with them and see how well you like it.
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Posted by: raymond on Mar 6, 2009 at 11:40 AM
joe mama, you called me a stupid idiot, i think you are a big blow hard like rush and john boy and billy. record collections? who has records ,i believe records went out with the eight tracks. theres a difference between listening to music and listening to some blowhard preaching his radical BS. so you have a six figure income, most people i know who are wealthy are either drug dealers or crooks. me a stupid idiot? my six yr. old is smarter than you!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: Anonymous on Mar 6, 2009 at 11:24 AM
When you are counting your income by the number of numeral places,you are not suppose to count the two on the right side of the decimal point.
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Posted by: neigborhood crime watch on Mar 6, 2009 at 09:43 AM
i opened my local newspaper every day to find out what is going on.so many thing are going on locally that the paper doesnt report,its not gossip im intrested in,its the crimes not being reported.one day this week a car load of police,ambulance,police looking in their yard for something.was it a gun,a knife drugs what.the neigborhood doesnt know if criminals are involved,family ,we dont know.but we are intitled to know ,so that we can b more vigilant if its a stranger.there have been far to many of these crimes not being reported.i dont know if we are allowed to set up on this web site to report like a neighborhood watch or not.my phylosophy is ,if you dont take care of yourself,nobody will.but if youre kept in the dark by powers that b weve got to come up with something.not a gossip column,but an information column .give me some feed back.thank you.
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Posted by: Sophie on Mar 6, 2009 at 09:31 AM
Current Topics: Policeman shot - I'm glad he is recovering & the shooter is in jail. 2. Kids left @ rest stop - Stupid Move. If I would have been a teacher/principal, that bus would not have moved until the kids were in parental custody. Parents - ever heard of dramamine for car sickness?? 3. TSRT - Build the CASINO or PAY UP. 4. Octomom - We are sick of hearing about you. The doc who did this trick should be made to pay child support, all med bills & college for all your children. 5. Artsy smartzies stay out of WV if you have nothing better to do than pull Jesco back into the spot light. Second thought, the man probably needs your money. 6.Exxon should be the ones giving the American people a stimulus check. 7."Spelling Police" complaints annoy me. 8. Ten digit dialing should only have been required for those getting the new area code. 9. Fight the battle on economic terrorism - BUY AMERICAN. 10. Tell your boss today that you appreciate your job (no matter how bad it is).
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Posted by: huh on Mar 6, 2009 at 08:56 AM
the smart investors that have their pension fund in exxon are thrilled with their intelligence,not sitting arround whining for gov,txpayers to bail them out.i wonder how many of the politicans have their money in these failing co,s and therefore taking care of themselves instead of the ecconomy.rush limbaugh had a save the ecconomy purposal,made to much sense for the socialist,who seem to want this country to fail ,what better way to get this country on a faster track to pure socialism,marxism.if the moneys put into this wealth destroying reid,pelosi,obama ,package were to b given to the workers and txpayers the ecconomy would instantly pick up.but to socialist workers money is the gov,s money to waste the txpayer b d.....
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Posted by: ann on Mar 6, 2009 at 08:44 AM
Yes to drug testing for the bums and dont waste anymore time on barbie thing
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Posted by: NoBama on Mar 6, 2009 at 08:26 AM
Has anyone else noticed how creepy Obama is? All this stuff about not forgetting us, all the idolatry, the little kids singing to him, etc...he reminds me of noble leader in North Korea when he comes out on the palace ledge for an appearance. The grateful masses line up and cheer, adoring their messiah. Seems like we have a lot of people like that in this country.
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Posted by: pearl,pearl,pearl on Mar 6, 2009 at 08:23 AM
u cant hide graydon,.and to other people who say christ was a socialist it only points out that your minister has failed u .any minister who thinks christ was the cruel teacher does not know him,they cant.the slaughter of unborn babies,that not only is socialist,but in gods eyes premeditated murder.gov.mandated stealing.i.e .txs.that are taken from working people being txed into poverty.even god only required 10 percent,and we know he owns 100percent.but the socialist gov requires far more than that.god allows indivual freedom to prosper or fail.he even allows u to buy a barbie doll if u want too.only big brother is socialist.i dont need big bro.to tell me how to live.i guess when big bro.comes to take your guns away you;ll say it is with gods approval caus u think god is a socialist.preachers you;d better speak up or people will think u are as intelligent as politicans banning barbie.
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Posted by: Berean on Mar 6, 2009 at 07:58 AM
To suggest that Jesus was a socialist in the mold of depraved monsters like Castro, Guevara, Stalin, etc...is absurd. I remember this from last fall. Only those illiterate in the scriptures would suggest that. Do you mean to suggest Christ would have presided over places like North Korea, Cuba, Vietnam, China, etc...and NOT changed the government? These countries persecute Christians and do not allow the bible to be read or owned. Socialism concentrates the power into an elite group by confiscating the money people earn and redistributing it as they see fit. This is a sin. Charity is to be from the heart, not from an overbearing, overreaching, thieving government that robs from people who work hard. The bible presents a strong work ethic as a virtue; socialism rewards lazy, slovenly people who know they will get the same wage no matter what they do. Be a Berean, read the scriptures. The Democrat party obviously does not know the scriptures or they wouldn't say false things like that.
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Posted by: Things that make you go Huh? on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Has anyone other than myself noticed that the largest profit in recorded history (Exxon/Mobil) has been followed recently by the largest loss in history (AIG)? Ever wonder where all that money IS now? It should be moving around in our economy, but it is not. Swiss banks?????
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Posted by: Ken on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:19 PM
I think the ideal of random drug testing for people on public assistance is an excellent ideal, that way you find the root of the problem and you can get rid of the whole tree. If you find a parent who is getting help from the state is taking drugs then take away their food stamps and their checks then that way you can put them in jail and hopefully in the process you can take away the only means of keeping their family alive and that way you can kill all of them out and that will take care of the problem. Afterall that is what they are after is to kill out anyone who would dare to be poor or at least anyone who would even think about expecting any help from our system. I would say I hope the ones sponsoring this would never get to the point where they would need some kind of help but honestly I do hope they do.
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Posted by: Joe Mama on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Yes, you are correct that should be and instead of an. The difference is that I know better, and the rest of you inbreeders don't have a clue. Also, I have a good job making six figures, and I am in no danger of it ever going anywhere. I don't care about the rest of you. The best thing that could happen is for some of you to be weeded out of the gene pool.
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Posted by: Ryan on Mar 5, 2009 at 08:37 PM
I think many Americans are less versed on history and more informed by political rhetoric. Historically, governments that provide more (big government) allow more personal freedoms (like Europe). Governments traditionally considered "small" actually control more personal freedoms (e.g. Roman Empire, Bush Administration). So many locals disagree with President Obama for religous views (abortion, etc) and damn him for what they perceive as socialism. They should read their Bible--Jesus was a socialist, and politically quite liberal--not morally, but politically. Don't take radio and tv seriously--Think for yourself.
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Posted by: Louise on Mar 5, 2009 at 07:29 PM
Jesus was a Socialist!
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Posted by: Edith on Mar 5, 2009 at 07:22 PM
Thank god Obama is working on health care policy. It's about time a president is concerned with what ordinary people really need, tax cuts and affordable health care.
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Posted by: Hey Joe Mama on Mar 5, 2009 at 06:50 PM
From a FELLOW ILLITERATE WVA HILLBILLY: When all is collapsing before our very eyes - the economy, jobs, and health care, etc. - I'm glad for people like Joe Mama who can focus on "real issues" like GRAMMAR and SPELLING. Furthermore Joe Mama, you are missing an "e" is sterotype. It's actually spelled "stereotype."
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Posted by: Hey Joe Mama on Mar 5, 2009 at 06:35 PM
Hey Joe Mama, shouldn't that be "and" instead of a "an"? You should go to school in Ohio, and you would know better! Those who live in glass houses......
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Posted by: Joe Mama on Mar 5, 2009 at 03:51 PM
Hey Raymond! You are an idiot! You would not listen to anyone on pills or drugs? Go check your record collection. All those guys were really into pills and drugs. Also, while I am here I want to address a few of my pet peeves with the rest of you illiterate hillbillies. The opposite of find is lose. The opposite of tight is loose. "Noone" is not a word. It is no one. Check your dictionary. Try not to come on here an further the sterotype of the illiterate West Virginian.
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Posted by: Dee on Mar 5, 2009 at 03:02 PM
With thousands of children in WV without health care and dental care, one idiot wants to focus on a TOY. GREAT!!!
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Posted by: Cathy on Mar 5, 2009 at 02:53 PM
I HATE having to dial 10 digits to make a call!! It makes me want to move to Ohio where at least they know how to implement a change in area code. This is stupid!! So what if it costs businesses a few dollars to have their stationery printed with a different number, assigning area codes by region is a much more intelligent option. What were our lawmakers thinking? Obviously they listened to the wrong people!
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Posted by: raymond on Mar 5, 2009 at 01:21 PM
tell me why would anyone waste their time listening to rush limbaugh? i would not listen to anyone whos on pills or drugs. if anybody else had done what he did they would still be locked up! by the way i think more important things are at hand, concerning the asteroid that was as close as some of our stationary satelites. did they warn the public about a near miss? no! not til it already happened. my advice, live each day like its your last! because it might well be. love your spouse, family and friends, hug and tell your children on a daily basis that you love them because you might not get a chance later. hey big earl, keep up the good work.
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Posted by: Chris on Mar 5, 2009 at 12:27 PM
To Mother Earth: I have disagreed with you on several ways that you have presented yourself,but your last comment was true and I'll give credit for it. It's not that all of us are just trying to make you mad, but like you, trying to make a point.As far as the windmill or even solar panels, I wouldn't care to have one to save on money and pollution. The problem is the cost of them. As far as people throwing trash out, I am 100% behind throwing them in jail. My neihbors constantly are throwing trash out and wish they would get caught.
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Posted by: obamas appointments on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:49 AM
the new appointment of h.h.s. almost rounds out obamas radical agenda.tax cheats ,now a radical pro death appointee to reinstate the partial birth slaughter of almost born babies.i guess he should appoint jane fonda to run the military,that would round out his radical democrap agenda.this h.h.s. apointee will make josyln elders seem like mary poppins.
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Posted by: hope on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:31 AM
why don't people worry about the volince in the video games and quit worring about a toy that makes kids happy why don't they take away the GIjoe dolls for boys they might want to go in to the army.come people get real everybody needs to go to the governor and tell him and have him to take it to the whitehouse kids have been playing with dolls for years and they are allright if the governor won'tdo nothing then people need to get togther in west virgina and take it in their own hands and stopmaking west virgina a laughing stock all the time no wonder people are leaving the state they don't want to be made fun of and i don't blame them one bit
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Posted by: Rita on Mar 5, 2009 at 10:08 AM
To: John on Mar 4, 2009 at 08:01 AM You nailed it!
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Posted by: a rush fan on Mar 5, 2009 at 09:47 AM
are you saying hooked on drugs once,,always on drugs???? you;re right about people calling us ignorant uneducated hillbillies,but it isnt rush, its the local as well as fed.democraps that are calling us that,unionjackgraydon,case in point,have you destroyed your barbie dolls you bought your daughter yet,imsure u might not think this isnt socialism,marxist,communist,to require big brother to micromanage your toy buying.but i believe in the constintution.first,last and always.thank goodness for world net daily,newsmax local a.m.conservative talk radio and last but not least rush limbaugh.im waiting for your barrage of name calling.ive never gotten any facts yet,what did u say obamas illegal drug of choice was.let the name calling begin.....
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Posted by: taxes on Mar 5, 2009 at 08:31 AM
not on my dollar.com
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Posted by: law makers on Mar 5, 2009 at 06:44 AM
the law makers really think the voters are stupid.sometimes i almost believe them,,almost.otherwise why are some of them still there.we;ve got a left winger who wants to take away your choice of dolls.now we have one saying the tx payers dont mind being drug tested but dont want people living off the fat of the land,txpayer moneys to b drug tested.not only do i want these people b drug tested but i also believe politicans should b too.of course that aint gonna happen..speak up people,loud and clear,now that u know how stupid they think u are..
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Posted by: Little Pearl on Mar 5, 2009 at 03:00 AM
This is for you Are We There Yet, well that's what I'm going to call you, since you type so many things under so many names but your poor grammar and punctuation give you away every time. Please come up with some thoughts of your own. Please stop riding the Big Earl/Keith Express. If Rush makes you blush and get all tingly inside, more power to you! I know the feeling, knowing that there is no longer a Republican in the White House I am all tingly too! And before some idiot tries to make a stupid comment about why I am awake at this time (as if it's any of your business) oh wait, that's right, it is none of your business! Are We There Yet, the Shift key is there for a reason, no really, it is. Use it.
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Posted by: Big Earl on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:43 PM
You know people I have been giving some more thought to this slander against American troops, that Newsweek did. I have also noticed several references on this site that say 911 was an inside job, that Bush snuck into NYC that day and pushed the plunger that brought down the towers, etc..this is dumber than a box of rocks. If you want to talk about torture and what we should do once we close that resort down in Cuba, where those bums get 3 squares a day, a bath for probably the first time in their adult lives, and all the chicken they can eat, I say we put 'em all in a room and force them to watch Rosie Odonnell reruns nonstop 24 hours a day. Talk about true confession time...wouldnt need a water hose then for sure. Anyway this genius Rosie went on TV to tell everyone that fire could not melt steel, then that tanker truck exploded under that bridge out in CA and lo and behold the steel melted! Instead of Rosie the riviter we get Rosie the structural engineer! Geez!
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Posted by: concerned about KDMC on Mar 4, 2009 at 09:52 PM
Wow, I've been reading all of the comments about KDMC adding the 80 new beds. Sounds like they need to hire more people rather than add more patients. The comments are very eye opening...
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Posted by: Ann on Mar 4, 2009 at 07:44 PM
It is pretty bad when you lose everything in a fire like my family did and someone comes in a steals everything that you had left just so someone could feed there drug habit. I hope these people are brought to justice.
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Posted by: Rush is an ignorant pig on Mar 4, 2009 at 06:46 PM
Seems that so many have decided not to read their history lessons, or have any clue what a capitalist economy needs during times of recession. The Great Depression was made far worse because Hoover pandered to the conservatives of the time and balanced the budget. Without government spending, things will far worse. Rush only makes sense to people who can't think and who haven't bothered to educate themselves. Someone should sew his mouth shut; I'm guessing carbon emissions and global warming would both improve without his hot air bull#$&t.
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Posted by: to unionjackgraydon on Mar 4, 2009 at 06:35 PM
still cant do a conversation on fact just same old name calling.if u read earl,keith ,rush listeners you only see intelligent numbers and facts,not ranting,raving name calling.but i still dont see u telling anyone what obamas illegal drugs of choice was.u know every one elses why dont u address obamas...are we there yet,are we there yet...
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Posted by: Matt on Mar 4, 2009 at 06:24 PM
I just have one question. Why would someone spend millions on campaigning to get elected to a $100,000 dollar job? They are all crooks and I have no faith in the politics of Wv or the nation as far as that goes. It doesn't matter what party either.
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 4, 2009 at 06:07 PM
The longest running war in American history is the war on poverty. LBJ determined to eliminate poverty through a new deal like tax and spend program beginning in 1964-65. You see the results everywhere. As far as a solution, yes we do have one, one that has been tried and worked several times. Study the depression of 1920. Yes, 1920. You may not have heard of it, because it was ended rather quickly by an agressive program of tax cuts that spurred growth, sparked investment and hiring, raised the tax rate on the wealthy and lowered it on the poor. More revenue comes into the treasury after tax cuts than after tax increases. Fact is fact, experience and history prove it. The only answer liberals have is raise taxes higher, which takes productive money out of circulation and chokes the economy. If you listen closely to Obama he does not follow the stock market nor is he doing anything to alleviate the problems facing us. He profits from them. R. Emmanuel said crises are useful. To whom?
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Posted by: Denise on Mar 4, 2009 at 05:52 PM
This is just about the stupidest thing I've heard yet. It repulses me to think our hard earned tax dollars will be used on this. Wake up West Virginia!!
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Posted by: Imogen on Mar 4, 2009 at 05:46 PM
I've been reading comments on the yell for a few minutes, and I was surprised to see someone talk about 911 being an inside job, for anyone who is interested in seeing facts about your government, search for the documentary Zeitgeist in Google. It will play right on your browser, no downloading needed.
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Posted by: Randy on Mar 4, 2009 at 04:40 PM
What a crappy time we are living in!! Obama says he has all the answers but he does not have a clue what it is like to struggle payday to payday. None of these rich politicians do!!!! Obama will sound like he had a tough life growing up but it is a lie!!!! If he did have it tough he wouldn't be president today!!! All politicians are rich when they get there!!! If they weren't rich they would not even run for office! Hey Joe Manchin you say u care about wv? Then if u do why do u accept the peoples money as salary? You were rich your whole life with never a struggle and u know it. Do not take our money IF YOU REALLY CARE about us and our state!!! You have more money than u will ever spend already!!!! Do u know how it is to struggle from month to month? I think not!!!! If u care about west virginia then give up your high salary!!! How many flatscreens did we the people buy you when u revamped the governors mansion?!!! What a joke all these politicians are!!!! They are in it for THEM not us
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Posted by: barbie on Mar 4, 2009 at 03:51 PM
i couldnt read the article,must have had to many people tring to see it but ican guess what it said...so heres national news headline will probably say...brother and sister wed in w.va ceremony.a baby boy born to them 3 months later to become prominent w.va.democrat law maker.he proposes a bill to protect his stupid parent from choice in buying dolls since only big brother knows best for families....the politican seem to promote this hillbilly stereotype....
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Posted by: Debbie on Mar 4, 2009 at 01:43 PM
Why is it obvious Jeannie doesn't work? Since you're up at 3:28 a.m. posting, seems more likely you don't work. Jeanne is correct in saying the "trickle down" theory doesn't work, it didn't under Reagan either. In 87 we had a huge market crash in October, now the worst one since. You keep acting like the tax cuts for the wealthiest works, well it doesn't and it hasn't because they are too greedy. You find corporate CEOs getting multimillion dollar bonuses yearly hiring lobbyist to encourage politicians not to increase the minimum wage and begging for their own tax breaks. News flash guys if middle American workers keep taking concessions they can't buy, if they can't buy there comes the recession because they are the bulk of the people. What's hard to understand about that? I pay a certain percent of tax on every dollar I make, all I'm asking is they do the same. What's socialistic about that?
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Posted by: matt on Mar 4, 2009 at 01:07 PM
alex is right we can't trust our government. Just look how they covered up 911 and want us to fear them. now the next stooge obama is delibertly screwing our economy up to set his one world government in place. Wake up america before its to late. I don't trust any politican i would put my trust in a used car dealer before ide put my trust in either party right now.
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Posted by: UNIONJACK on Mar 4, 2009 at 01:07 PM
As i sit here reading comments from big? earl,keith aka mr to,rush fan,nebchaneezer,,,,,i`m reminded of the comment by joseph k,,he really hit it home,the comments of a few ignorant, uneducated ,rush limbaugh,idolizing fanatics ,indeed have people all over our great land laughing at us here in W VA,calling us rednecks, inbreds, unwashed, uneducated, hillbillies. Its a sad day for all of us.
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Posted by: Sophie on Mar 4, 2009 at 11:16 AM
Todays Topics 1. Barbie Bashing: Is there no better way to get your point across about academics? Leave Barbie out of it. I had eight Barbies and survived. Lincoln Co. needs you for more constructive things. 2. Obama - I've not heard ONE civil suggestion from anyone - Rep or Dem that can dig us outta this eco hole. Unless you are smart enough to solve the downturn, shutta you moutha & cooperate. 3. The creeps that murdered Samantha Burns have finally given a clue as to her whereabouts. Pray she & the other lady are found & returned to their families. 4. Manchin...why do you not hear the cries of your people? They're not begging for bread, just some of your crumbs. A little raise would go a long way.... 5. After comparison, we've tried to quit grocery shopping @ Walmart because we buy more junk & less actual food than if we shop @ Kroger. Kroger sends me coupons on what I buy & that helps. We also get good deals on produce at Aldi. WalMart is a good place to walk & browse.
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Posted by: not a rino on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:39 AM
at last a few real conseavative on here.its good to hear sane intelligent conversation,instead of name calling and whining.why people dont listen to facts and numbers ,i dont understand.but they dont lead by example,like people who dont see the ecconomical value of coal and the reasonable elec.it brings.they refuse to unplug.and blame others for wanting a decent living that they are willing to work for.dont these people realize that china has more polution than probably any place on earth,do they think china is going to listen to the tree huggers of this country?or do they think that chinas pollution is unimportant.destroying the u.s.ecconomy is marxist and socialist.ive never seen a socialist,marxist,communist president or their legislators living in the poverty they have impossed on their productive peoples.they exert total power over the masses to keep themselves in total power.
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Posted by: TO RUSH FANS on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:12 AM
You all keep on listening to Rush (the true Messiah) 'cause he needs the money to buy his Oxycontin.
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Posted by: Edith on Mar 4, 2009 at 10:07 AM
My wages have been redistributed to the wealthy. Please, President Obama, re-redistribute my wealth back to me. I really don't care if people want to call that socialism. All of you should have been yelling socialism for the past 8 years when my wages were being funneled to those who already had plenty.
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Posted by: Jeannie on Mar 4, 2009 at 09:57 AM
I have been in the workforce for 20 years. I feel I should be able to afford to survive - food, a car, and a roof over my head. Full-time minimum wage is only about $15,000/year, can't even afford to go to the doctor when you're sick. In order to get paid a sick day, you have to go to the doctor to PROVE you're sick. A working person receiving a tax break is not a handout. You people seem to forget that there are also FICA and MEDICARE taxes withheld in additional to payroll taxes. A bigger percentage of my income is taken for taxes than it is for the wealthy because you must also consider what I must pay in order to survive - sales tax, property tax, car insurance, gas tax, etc. There are many, many taxes that come out of the income of the poor. So don't give me that I/they don't pay taxes. Keep listening to Rush, he needs the money. Rush = Messiah. Rewriting history of the New Deal and Great Depression is the newest task you've been ordered to carry out by Rush. Orwell had it right.
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Posted by: Mother Earth on Mar 4, 2009 at 09:04 AM
First, I give my respect to coal miners who perform a very dangerous job on a daily basis. With that being said, it is the coal company CEO's who need to dip into their billion dollar pockets to pay for the increased tax. I'm sure it won't happen that way though and with that point Coal you are right. No, I haven't "unplugged" yet. I have looked into purchasing one of those windmills that earl seems to hate. Hopefully, in the next few years, we can do that, that way the electric company can pay me back for generating electricity for them. The next thing I would like to address is that I'm tired of people throwing their trash out their car windows. You should be ashamed. I would like to point out one car I saw last night who through their trash out the passenger side window-green cavalier, OH license plate NAB 9161. It's really disgusting all the garbage that is being thrown or dumped on the side of the road, including old tires and appliance.
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Posted by: new deal on Mar 4, 2009 at 08:26 AM
you are very wrong to think that every one thought the new deal was a success.my parents lived thru it.the negative things my father said about it didnt register untill r.l. brought it up.dad was out of work during that time,so he knew what he was talking about.we;ve been told all these years that it did work,with no alternative information,so we didnt question it.facts and numbers dont change.i really wonder how many generations have clung to the notion that tx payers o them from womb to tomb.nobody can deny the so called war on poverty is bankrupting this country,nothing gets better,only worse.the gov.is determined to drag the txpayers down by bringing the welfare system up.hasnt worked.the propaganda that these people are owed is socialist,marxist.it has never worked,it never will,it only destroys indivigual freedom and earned wealth.and thats a fact.my life is based on facts and numbers not propaganda.hope, without action is a lie that too many people believe.
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Posted by: John on Mar 4, 2009 at 08:01 AM
Another round of money for AIG, give me a break....want a sure way to stimulate the economy and ensure banks get their money, boost the housing market, and the auto industry...send every working American that makes less than $150,000 a year (inclding all laid off or misplaced workers), $1 million dollars. Then we would pay off our debt, buy homes,cars,investments for the future. Use some common sense and stop sending all the money to the already rich. Let the working man prosper for once. This would be a sure way for economic stimulus.
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Posted by: to jeannie on Mar 4, 2009 at 03:28 AM
it is obious you dont work but 1 day a month,rushing to spend all your freebees .this is not the gov.money.believe it or not it belong to hard working families.other peoples money is not rightfully yours.the stock market aren;t just rich peoples money,probably most is workers pentsion plans.the disparity of so called rich and poor is caused ,by people who think its their god given right to some one elses money they;ve worked for every day.if a person wont work he should;nt eat,gods words not mine.the disparity of wealth is caused by greed.not of productive people but the lazy who ,s bad habits put them there.we have just come out of 8 years robust ecconomy and lowest unemployment rate in many years.in a short6 weeks the stock market has droped almost 50percent.every time obama speaks it goes down.only rich people make jobs.only lazy people takes working peoples wealth away.
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Posted by: coal on Mar 4, 2009 at 02:57 AM
mother earth sure is busy.full time job,goes to school full time,children,also a full time job,husband.after she finishes school she can then work 2 full time jobs to help her pay her huge electric bills.obama and his democrat administration are going to start out with a 12dollar a ton coal tax.as biden said,we wont do away with coal we;ll just make it so expensive they cant afford to stay in buisness.thhey will not drill for oil.they will not build nuclear electric.if you think only electric will go up think again.every thing depends on electric.if u are not willing to unplug now to make your point,u may have to then ,you wont b able to pay your bill.then you;ll curse the wicked coal co.blaming them instead of this socialist taxing gov.
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Posted by: alex jones on Mar 4, 2009 at 01:29 AM
i dont trust our government one bit, 911 was an inside job by the republicrats to over throw we the people. now we have a government thet wants to micro chip everybuddy and take our guns away. we need politicans like are fore fathers rather than this obama stooge, wake up wva and america. the us government antichrist and the new world order have been installed by lying about 911 and delibertly screwing up the stock market and our economy. the sheeple of this country need to wake up and smell the roses, and quit believing the lies by our government.
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Posted by: Rush Fan on Mar 3, 2009 at 11:27 PM
It is stupid to offer the suffering of poor people during the depression as proof the new deal worked. Why do you think these people were eating govt. cheese for ten years? The rest of the world had recovered long before we did. Yes poverty is horrible but what Roosevelt and his advisors did prolonged the suffering. Roosevelt had the same underconsumptionist theories that you two are talking about, so he launched a war on business people, the very ones who could hire and turn things around. Foolishness! When you scare business into pulling back, who creates the jobs? Look at the peoples republic of Cale-for-neia. What a mess! Look at New York City. Mayor Bloomberg finally realized that taxing the producers to the point of them leaving will wreck that town. 40,000 taxpayers in NYC carry the other 8 million. Tax cuts do work, study the 1980s under Reagan, who inherited a mess ten times worse (from Jimmy Clinton) than Obama constantly whines about and Reagan reversed it within a year.
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 3, 2009 at 11:09 PM
Whether or not Amity Schlaes, author of The Forgotten Man, or Burton Folsom, author of New Deal or Raw Deal are Rush fans I don't know. But it is great to get folks talking about the topic of what an utter and complete failure the New Deal was in ending the Great Depression which raged on for 8 years under FDR with nearly 20% unemployment in 1940. Sounds successful, doesn't it? But I suppose it all depends upon how one defines success. Yes, I have read many oral histories of the Great Depression, but this does not change the fact that FDR had no clue what he was doing. Sounds eerily familiar...redistribution of income, i.e., taking it from people who work for it and earn it, and giving it to people who don't, is a marxist idea. Example: Income tax refunds to people who don't pay income taxes. If you don't pay, how do you get a refund? Yes, unfortunately, Mr. Bush and many RINOs strayed from the conservative path, to their and the country's detriment, here's hoping to get back in 2010.
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Posted by: Louise on Mar 3, 2009 at 08:42 PM
I don't think you'll find many people (other than Limbaugh devotees) that believe the New Deal didn't work. I'll recommend Keith reads a book based on true accounts by people alive during the Great Depression. Hard Times by Studs Terkel. Verbatim oral histories from people who were there. You are going to have to present more evidence that the words Socialism and Marxism are consistent with Obama's policies. Raising taxes does not equal socialism. Helping citizens afford health care is not socialism. There are far better examples or Marxism and Socialism currently in our society. How about the VA system? How about mandatory car insurance? How about a draft? How about CIA destroying torture tapes? Road blocks? Drug testing? and legal memos giving the Bush admin. justification for ignoring the constitution? Don't tell me my govt is looking out for me by wiretapping my phone and illegally searching my home! That's what Fidel Castro does/did!
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Posted by: Jesse on Mar 3, 2009 at 08:34 PM
To Walmart at 6:37pm. I am also one of those shoppers that will bypass Walmart and go to Kroger or Dollar General at times. Which brings up a complaint. The last several times I have been to Walmart, the lines are horrible. Lines backed up to the Jewelry counter and they will only have 2 regulars lines open and 2 self check outs open. While I stood in the non moving line, I watched 5 people leave their packed cart and walk out. You also see workers walking all over the store but not one single one of them can help you find what you need, much less get something off the top shelf for you. Did they layoff people, make cuts or something?
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Posted by: Jeannie on Mar 3, 2009 at 08:26 PM
I did not hear Cons.'s/Repub's calling Bush a Socialist when he enacted his own redistribution of wealth policies. If lowering taxes on one income bracket is socialism, and raising taxes on another is also socialism, then exactly how can any tax policy not be defined as socialism? You can't win an argument that's illogical. It's like flippin' a quarter & tails I win, heads you lose. We need a re-re-distribution of wealth. The rich got to keep my money for a while & gambled it all away in the stock market & investment banks. Now Obama's policies are going to give me back what was rightfully mine to begin with. At no time in history has the disparity between rich and poor grown at such a rate as it has in the past eight years. Tax cuts to the wealthy do not increase jobs. Just look around you. Where are all these jobs that the tax cuts created over the past 8 years? If the poor and middle class have money to spend, everyone wins! I can't buy your product if I don't have any $$.
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Posted by: Mike on Mar 3, 2009 at 07:05 PM
No. Neewsweek published thetrue story about flushing the Koran. Allegations that Newsweek's reporting sparked violence are the untruths.
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Posted by: walmart on Mar 3, 2009 at 06:37 PM
My husband and I work hard everyday, and go to Walmart once a week for groceries and other things we need around the house. I can't help but notice how they jack up their prices at the beginning of the month and they stay up for about two weeks to rip off the elderly and people on welfare. It makes no sense to me that the chips I pay $2 for two weeks out of the month raise to $2.88 when the checks fly. I am with the person who skips Walmart and shops at dollar general or Kroger. I am tired of being taken advantage of by Walmart. The workers there are even too lazy to put your groceries in your cart, let alone help you load your car like Kroger!
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 3, 2009 at 05:15 PM
Sorry, I should have written "Reverse Robin Hood." The point is, history has taught us what life under socialism is like. Yes, both parties are guilty, but that does not make right, preferable, or a good system of government. Rush is righ, liberalism is a cruel philosophy that has resulted in untold suffering wherever it has gained a foothold. I would love to send it all back to Washington, we would be much better off with much smaller government. Check out New Deal or Raw Deal the new book about our closest encounter thus far with Marxist/socialist policies. See what it got us? 8 years of the GREAT Depression. After 8 long years of FDRs New Deal Socialism, unemployment stood at 20%. Why would anyone have tolerated this nonsense for 8 years? Democrats do tax the rich, which then pass along to consumers, it they are a business, or they shelter their money, stop taking risks, expanding, hiring, spending, etc..because they are punished for trying. Sounds like a real formula for success.
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Posted by: Big Earl on Mar 3, 2009 at 04:51 PM
Well, maybe I dont think too much of Newsweek. Werent they the ones who published the phony story about pages of the Koran being flushed down the toilet by our great American servicepersonnel, sparking riots and no doubt resulting in the deaths of innocent civilians and American military folks? Great magazine, Newsweek is. Nothing like responsible journalism, huh? Besides, there is nothing wrong with roadkill. Some of the best deer I have ever eaten came off the side of the road, when some poor Bambi got wiped out by an 18 wheeler coal truck that just rolled off a strip mine hauling black gold to market. It does take all the fun out of it though, from a hunter's perspective. Anyway, those tree huggers with that giant banner that read "SAY NO TO COAL" were at a global warming rally-I am not really surprised, birds of a feather flock together as they say-but this global warming rally was in the middle of a snow storm! And these geniuses are the bright people among us? Give me a break.
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 3, 2009 at 04:44 PM
One of the biggest myths in the history of the country is the Robin Hood doctrine advanced below. (Republicans rob the poor and give to the rich) I won't and don't try to defend Republicans, because RINOs are no better than liberal democrats. So I will write about conservatism. The philosophy is so simple, yet missed by so many. Poor people do not hire people, pay most of the taxes, start most of the businesses, etc..people with wealth drive the economy. The best way to get wealth to the most people is to cut the tax rates of the wealthy. Then they can keep more of their money, reinvest it in the economy, create jobs, expand the tax base, etc... Historically, look back to the early 1920s, the early 1980s, and again the earlyl 2000s to see examples of tax cutting bringing back an economy wrecked by liberal policies. Anyone remember the misery index of Jimmy Carter? Stagflation, anyone? Just the facts, please. Obama is a full blown marxist intent on confiscation and redistribution.
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Posted by: nebchaneezer on Mar 3, 2009 at 03:11 PM
the hand writing is on the wall.it seems that only a few people on this site have read the hand writting on the wall.big earl,keith,kristy are seeing our country turning socialist.we see an administration making tens of thousands of gov.jobs with txpayrs money,tx cheats making policy.he is a man who believes in slaughter of innocent babies and infanticide,he believes parents have no rights unless big brother says so.he believes that kindergarteners should be taught that deviant sexual behavior is alright,the list goes on and on and nobody sees the hand writting on the wall....
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Posted by: To Rheta K on Mar 3, 2009 at 03:01 PM
I'm an insurance agent and they are not LIABLE for your car. Everything is an act of God when it comes to insurance. Your auto insurance is responsible for it. Just like if your neighbors car port or siding or shingles landed on your car during that storm. He would not be liable for it either. How do you know it wasn't bolted down properly? You do realize that the wind gusts were around 74 mph right? I had customers that had carports that were bolted into concrete end up in their neighbors yard up against their house or fence. Guess who's responsible if they have damage to the house? Not my customers. The neighbors homeowners coverage would pay for it. Can't blame Wal-mart as much as you'd like to, that's not the way insurance works. Just be glad it's under your comprehensive coverage. Try for a lawsuit, you'll only be out your own money.
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Posted by: @raymond on Mar 3, 2009 at 01:50 PM
Her mind was made up. It was her decision and she must now live with it. What could you do but offer suggestions. Don't blame yourself since it wasn't your decision to make. I'm sure all the bible thumpers out there will have some smart remark to make, but in the end, you did what you thought was right at the time and that's okay.
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Posted by: Juan Chin on Mar 3, 2009 at 12:31 PM
Socialism is around the corner??? Hmmm. It seems to me that its been here for a long time. Administration after administration has redistributed the wealth. Republicans take from the poor and give to the rich while the Democrats tax the rich. President Eisenhower (what a Republican should be) initiated the interstate system. This sounds like socialism to me. So, why not take a hammer and chip away @ I-64. There is socialism all around us, so you all best get busy! Turn in your social security check, ssi check, food stamps, etc. Ever been on workers comp?? Disability?? Unemployment?? Sounds like socialism to me. You best send it ALL back to Washington! It would be great for all of you expert know it alls to go back in time and live under Stalin and Marx. You have no idea! This is America where the red, white and blue will never fade! Period.
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Posted by: JosephK on Mar 3, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Ya'll need to read the article in Newsweek about our state of West Virginia. By reading some of these comments (Big Earl) it's no wonder we are all laughed at and made fun of.
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Posted by: raymond on Mar 3, 2009 at 10:58 AM
first of all im totally against abortion, except to save the life of the mother. i mentioned earlier that i prevented a mother from getting an abortion. last tues. a very good friend of mine, 18 yrs. old came to me and asked me what i thought about the idea of her getting an abortion, she was 5 wks. pregnant. she said she knew it was wrong and didnt want to have it done, but it would ruin her life to have a child. she was on the pill, but ended up pregnant anyway. she wanted my opinion. i wanted her to keep the child, but like a coward i told her it was her decision, and noone had the right to decide for her, it was her choice. i told her i would not judge her for any choice she made, i would still be her friend. the next day she had the procedure done, that night i talked with her, she seemed all right but in a little pain. she said everything was fine. the next morning she tried to take her life! thank god they found her in time. should i have done more to stop her? was i wrong?
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Posted by: thanks keith on Mar 3, 2009 at 10:10 AM
it is always so good to hear someone so informed.facts are to often ignored and just name calling put in as fact.people are so unhappy and most of them seem to b obama voters.i see that obama has confirmed another cabinet member.i think and i admit im not sure but is this the same post as clintons jossyln elders.if it is u will remember her doctrine on sex.obama has said that he wants to start with kindergarden to indoctrinate about alternative sexual behavior.i seem to remember the age 3years of age as being the starting age of conpulsory starting age.is she the person that wants to shut down free speech?there is so many negative people he is involved with i cant keep up.thank u for being so well informed.i respect r.l.also his agenda is to save america from socialism,markism ,to keep a true democracy and educate people how freedom works.
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Posted by: Mother Earth on Mar 3, 2009 at 09:34 AM
Acting big & bad? What are you talking about? Nothing has backfired on me. I have not attacked any hardworking miners. Growing up & living in KY, WV, & now Ohio, I do understand the heritage of the area. The people of the appalachia of been treated like crap for over a hundred years. I have also watched the air quality get worse in just the past ten years. Whoever was the one who responded to me below: We all need to be open to change, including the people of our tri-state area. I do have a life, including working a full time job, going to school full time, and raising my children with my husband. Simply ignoring the problem is not the answer. If I have made at least one person more aware of the situation, I have helped in some way. There are many jobs to be had by helping to improving our air quality. I never said shut down the coal mines. Once again, you're changing my words around. Check out the New Source Review.
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Posted by: state worker on Mar 3, 2009 at 09:14 AM
Dear joe--I don't make 55,000.00 a year let alone get that much of a raise. How can you justify that? We state workers barely get by and then you raise the starting salaries for new people and your tenured workers still qualify for food stamp benefits? New workers are within a couple of hundred dollars of what we make and we are supposed to work harder , mentor them, and take care of an ever rising work load thanks to your leadership causing layoffs and hardships for the elderly. Thank you mr. govenor for making so many proud that you got a raise for yhour extra load of work.
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Posted by: Jane.. Did you know I have an Ilk too? on Mar 3, 2009 at 07:49 AM
Ilk??? LOL Randy. I have never heard anyone called that before. Did you learn that one from scrabble? Someone got lucky in that game, perhaps?.... I thought Randy had a mistype, and was trying to say Elk. I looked it up, and yes it is a word. I gotta use it in a sentence. There is no one here but me and WSAZ, so I will share my sentence with you fellerzzzzz! Okay here goes.. "My ilk's trade is construction." That was fun, I can't wait until I surprise my friends, with my new word. "Who's on the the phone Jane?" "Well I'll be, it is your Ilk from Arkansas!" LOVE IT! LOVE IT!
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Posted by: Hey guys, just curious.... on Mar 3, 2009 at 06:51 AM
Wal Mart... The one on Route 60 Huntington, There is nothing there at night,in the grocery isles. They had two roasts to choose from, about the size of a hand and they had a price tag of over $11.00. Soda, the kind we drink... zero. In every isle, there was shelves that were bare. This happens everytime I am in there, passed 7:00pm. Does your Wal Mart seem as if locust ate the place, past 7:00pm?
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Posted by: to christy on Mar 3, 2009 at 06:32 AM
every productive american feels your pain.but if u think things are going to get better under this administration,hold on.socialism is going to kill this country,your only hope is to keep control of your situation,wont b easy but you can do it.keep informed,know whats arround the corner,b prepared.we will see socialism ,marxism like never before in our great country,we will know how to work around it.many of us havebeen in the grocery store buying whats on sale mostly ,to b behind someone with a buggy pilled high with xpensive food,paid for with foodstamps.druggies who will use their ssi or food stamp allotment for their habits etc.we have it rough but guess what we;re true americans we can,will make it because of our intregity and can do attitude.what doesn;t kill us only makes us stronger....
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Posted by: Randy on Mar 3, 2009 at 01:36 AM
Anyone who would shop at Wal-Mart is a lemming. I stopped several years ago. Terrible service. I go to DG, K-mart, FD, Kroger, for various needs. They do not care about their employees/customers. Sam Walton was a kind and caring businessman. His heirs and their ilk apparently didnt get the message.............
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Posted by: Big Earl on Mar 2, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Speaking of Mother Earth, Father Time, and cousing dirt; I was watching Shawn Hannity just a little while ago and what did I see? A tree hugger, lunatic PETA, nut case squirrel feeding protest with a bunch of long hair hippies that looked like they hadnt seen a shower or a bathtub in quite some time. I figure they had just came from their protest against US policy in Vietnam or something like that. And-not surprisingly at all to Big Earl, they were parading around with a big ole banner, looked like it was a hundred feet across and about 10 feet high in big block black letters, it said "Stop Coal." I hate to say I told you so, but I told you so. These people apparently do not like to have lights, refrigerators, TVs, etc...they certainly are not friends of indoor plumbing and bathing facilities. No doubt these are good friends with Nancy, Harry and Barry; look out people they are coming for your electricity, your grill, and your jobs. These people cannot have real jobs like the rest of us
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Posted by: To Rheta K on Mar 2, 2009 at 08:57 PM
That is aweful! I cannot believe the nerve of those people! I would really push that if I wee you. That cannot be right. I'd get me a good attorney and sue them for a new car, legal fees, and inconvenience that you have suffered by not having your car. If that doesn't work, then you could probably get twice as much for during them for the back injury you suffered helping those men get the thing off your car!!! (if ya know what I mean).
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Posted by: Christy on Mar 2, 2009 at 08:54 PM
Well, once again theifs have taken from our kids here in south point, ohio. As most of you know, the south point band booster treasurer was arrested for stealing $3,400 from the band booster. Money that the band students raised for competitions, new instrumenets, trip to nationals, and maybe even new uniforms. These kids worked hard raising the money only for Sheila to steal it. Read the article in the IRonton Tribune from Sundays paper. The band will not get this money back. I think that greed blocked her vision and she does NOT CARE about the children's feelings that she hurt. She will probably just get a slap on the wrist and i think it is wrong, she should have to pay the money back and then serve time in prison. then when she gets out i think she should have to pick up trash for the rest of her life. Don't worry band students, us parents love you all and support you go South Point Band of Gold!!!! Things will work out.
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Posted by: To Mother Earth on Mar 2, 2009 at 08:51 PM
You try to act all bad and tough, but its backfired on you. You make some good points, but you don't understand the history and backgounds that Wv and KY comes from.They need to be stricter on some things, but some of your solutions aren't the answer. We all need to be more conscience of what we do, but destroying the welfare of miners and others isn't right.You have to remember that these hard workin men and women have done this and it's passed along from generation to generation. I take my hat off to the ones who work hard and risk their lives on a daily bases to provide for their family. Why don't you move to California and see what you can do about the smog.Leave the tri-state alone for doing what they have done for lifetimes.Get a life and butt-out of the hard working ones that earn an HONEST living.
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Posted by: isaiah on Mar 2, 2009 at 08:46 PM
The Governor just got a raise of $55,000 a year. Does it not concern anyone that in a State that is percieved nation wide as having a crooked government that this may reinforce those negative perceptions. Furthermore, we suffer from the perception that we are dirt poor rednecks, and I think the fact that some state workers make so little that one or two dependants qualify them for foodstamps and/or welfare probably reinforces the idea that we are impoverished hillbillies. Come on people, $55,000 a year? Teachers, State Troopers, State Hospital Workers, Social Workers and most of the other workers that do the actual work of keeping this State running do not make $55,000 yearly after 20 years of service. Why should the Governor get it after only four years on the job?
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Posted by: kristy on Mar 2, 2009 at 08:01 PM
My question is simply... Since our economy is basically in a depression at this point, why are the prices of everything still up and rising? Would it not make more sense to lower the prices back to what they were three months ago or six months ago? People are going to buy more if they can afford to do it. We worry about the obesity rate, well guess what.. It is cheaper to eat at Taco Bell than it is to buy the ingredients to make it at home. I can feed my family of six for $13 at Taco Bell. Cheese is $3.00 a bag, Lettuce is almost $2 a head, Hamburger is $2.69 a lb, tomatoes are about $1.50 a lb, taco shells are $2.50 a box, soft shells are $2.50 a package, sour cream is $1.50 a container. I can buy six mc chicken sandwhiches for $6.00 but can't buy six pieces of boneless chicken breast for that. The buns alone are over $2.00. The math pushes many to obesity. If you can't get food stamps and need to pinch pennies, what are you going to do. I don't like feeling helpless.
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 2, 2009 at 06:55 PM
In response to Union Jack, I think Rush is great, he is a hero of mine. Rush, Sean, Ann, etc...I saw Rush at the CPAC conference over the weekend and it sure made me miss Reagan. IF only we had someone with real power, a politician of stature, that would take Rush's ideas and run with them. True conservatism always carries the day when it is used, that is why liberals always deceive the voters and run as conservatives and change once they get into office. Clinton did it, Obama did it, they all have to because very few will vote for such bad ideas as liberals have. Rush is right. Liberalism is one of the most cruel, compassionless, enslaving belief systems in the world. Look at the untold damage they have done to our country, from Appalachia and the so called war on poverty, which has never been won and we are still "fighting" to the current massacre of people's retirement in the market. Obama is destroying the market. Look at it today, down another 300. Obama speaks, market drops.
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Posted by: Big Earl on Mar 2, 2009 at 06:49 PM
I saw Rush Limbaugh on Fox News the other day giving a speech, he can really give a stemwinder! Personally I dont care what kind of pills he was taking when he hurt his back, I love it when I hear somebody really giving it to the PETA crowd, the tree huggers, etc...I love those funny songs on his show and the updates, especially the time he got Al Gore to sing about global warming to the tune of Johnny Cash song Ring of Fire. Hilarious!! He reminds me of old give em he** Harry Truman, he was from Missouri too. One thing about it, old Rush has sure got Obama's goat, and Obama doesnt have a goat to spare-he ought to send one to his brother George who lives in a mud hut in Kenya on a ten dollar a year income. That goat would do him a lot of good. Milk, cheese, etc...or what about his aunt, living illegally in Boston, seems like Obama has a lot of odd relatives in the family tree, being from Africa, Kansas and Hawaii all at the same time. President of the world i guess you could say?
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Posted by: Keith on Mar 2, 2009 at 04:37 PM
Readers should check out a new book called New Deal or Raw Deal by Author Burton Folsom. All you have to do is substitute BHO for FDR in a few passages and you understand where we are at economically. It is a great read and very instructive of the Great Depression, what caused it, what prolonged it, etc...and one is left to ponder why we are doing today the very things that were done then that prolonged the misery so long.
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Posted by: Rheta K. on Mar 2, 2009 at 03:37 PM
I was shopping at Walmart when the windstorm of two weeks ago hit. One of the cart corrals, which was not bolted down properly, totally encased my car. It took 4 men to get it loose and off my car. I gave a report to Wal-Mart and called my insurance. My car is totalled and Wal-Mart calls it an "Act of God" and won't pay for it. Would it had been an "Act of God" if I had been killed? And to top it off, they send me a letter, saying they value me as a customer! Where is the mercy, the justice, Walmart has taken over America and we can't do anything about it! Think again before you shop Wal-Mart!
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Posted by: Mother Earth on Mar 2, 2009 at 03:31 PM
The phrase mother earth is simply an expression. No one is confused about it. Apparently, I have struck a nerve with you that you even have decided to question an expression. At least I got your attention.
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Posted by: to unionjack on Mar 2, 2009 at 03:11 PM
if you are so enthused about obama can u tell us what policies you want to succeed.90percent are socialism.socialism has never worked.when you take from working people to make a marxist,socialist country it tells me you probably dont work or work very little.limbaugh only tells facts with numbers what the other people say or do.i guess hes joe the plumber of theblue collar class.i knew u would respond graydon,u are as transparent as glass.what illegal drugs did u say obama took,are we there yet are we there yet....
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Posted by: Jeannie on Mar 2, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Giving money to residents of states for mining of natural resources: Why do Alaskans receive residual checks from oil companies for the oil that is pumped from the ground, but WVA residents receive nothing from coal companies who are doing the same thing - mining resources from the ground? The Alaskan government also receives money from oil companies that is not shared with Alaskan residents. Why do coal companies only have to pay a very small portion to the state? I believe the natural resource of coal is owned by residents of WVA and should be a resource for which only the state sets a price. Where are WVA's residual checks for coal taken from WVA mountains?
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Posted by: Jess on Mar 2, 2009 at 12:37 PM
After finding out that my GM vehicle needs repairs again, I started to think about MY economy & the nation's too. Once again, GM wants the gov. to give them more $$ to survive. Once again GM says they may have to lay off more workers. See a pattern here!!!! A chain reaction starts. These companies and CEO's (banks too) always threaten job loss if they don't get more $$. Then they restucture according to gov rules and lay off more ppl during the process. When are ALL ppl in this country going to wake up and start holding these corporate "bosses" legally responsible (as they already are according to job description) & start pushing some laws instead of $$ at these jerks? These large corporations still bleed $$ because they don't change the way they practice business. Also commonly known as "excessive greed". I'm not talking about something that happens in a movie either. This is real folks!! Large corporations are holding taxpayers & jobs hostage to keep corporate comfort going.
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Posted by: UNION JACK on Mar 2, 2009 at 09:30 AM
rush limbaugh ,quote I want him to fail! Why dosent someone from the rnc stand up and show some intelligence for once in their life and denounce this raving insolent lunitic ,anti american ,pill head that he really is. And the republican party wonders why younger voters with education and intelligence have swayed from their party. DUH If a Democrat would have made that statement the rnc would lable them anti american liberals for sure.As far as morom limbaugh is concerned,"rush",IT IS FAR BETTER TO REMAIN SILENT AND BE THOUGHT A FOOL,THAN TO OPEN ONE`S MOUTH AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted by: @full speed ahead on Mar 2, 2009 at 08:40 AM
It seems to me you have just described what happened during the GW Bush era. In fact, Republicans love the idea of allowing big business to hire hispanics @ a quarter a day versus paying me or you $10 an hr. I think you best get your facts straight.
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Posted by: Big Earl on Mar 2, 2009 at 07:39 AM
Well, has anyone ever stopped to think about the term "mother earth?" Geez..I know who my mother is, and she is not a tree, a rock, a river, a hill, etc...nor have I ever been confused. On Mothers Day I don't invite a hurricane, (its totally natural) out to dinner. On Sunday I don't have a nice dinner cooked for me by a tornado or an earthquake; I have never taken flowers to an erupting volcano. Point is, "Mother Nature," in all her natural glory, is deadly and vicious. And the same goes for most of "her" creatures: ever try to hug up to a mountain lion? Make friends with a nice coopperhead, or maybe a timber rattler? All you greenies, remember that guy that tried to be buddies with the grizzly bear, and what he got for his trouble? (And no I am not talking about the great Grizzly Adams;)a person needs look no further than that woman who was cuddling up to that stupid monkey. What happened to her when Bonzo when ape on her neighbor? Here Bonzo...nice monkey...want a banana...aaaarrrgh!
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Posted by: si senior on Mar 2, 2009 at 06:55 AM
u forgot social security which is about bankrupt,ssi grants for private schools,college etc.its my understanding that if they do work they get tx breaks for years.it isnt just mexican,it all foreigners.someone told me of houses being bought by foreigners and no one living in them but still mail being delivered.i understand that they dont even have to pay property txs on them,i dont know,but you;d think it would b news worthy.its my understanding that they get buisness grants that dont have to b paid back,i dont know.needs to b investigated so every one can b informed,so long comrades.....
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Posted by: full speed ahead on Mar 2, 2009 at 05:01 AM
if u think you;ve seen a lot of foreign workers,wait till obama lifts the flood gate and makes them legal,and to add insult to injury,they will b eligible for welfare food stamps free medical etc.and guess what they wont even have to work for it.it will b your tx dollars supporting them.and you;ll have to learn spanish,so they wont have to.adios ameigo.
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Posted by: sex offenders on Mar 1, 2009 at 09:53 PM
I do not know why sex offenders are allowed to ever run free again after being covicted. It seems time that our children are endangered to save someone's rights. They shouldn't have rights. They should lose their rights when convicted. Once a pedifile, always a pedifile. They cannot be changed, and they will strike again. I'm sure the judges that let them go wouldn't want them around their children, so why should we have to have them around ours!! I think it should be an automatic death penalty with no 2nd chances. Why should more children have to to through it?
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Posted by: ooh! on Mar 1, 2009 at 09:53 PM
I am one of the first to comment . . . hmmm! What could be started . . the good ol' democrats, republicans, the war, the fetus found, welfare . . . nah! How about something about why people get on here day after day and are able to express themselves. Don't you really love America for being able to do that? Or do you just like to trash talk about everyone who is not like you in order to make yourselves feel better when you go to sleep at night??
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Posted by: foreign workers on Mar 1, 2009 at 09:47 PM
I may be opening a can of worms here, but I can't help notice the large number of Hispanic workers coming to our are. With all the unemployment we are having, I cannot understand why those jobs are not being filled with local people. I know several people who really need a job desparately, and are not able to find one. Why are the jobs going to people who are not from here, and our locals are struggling to put food on our tables. I'm sure this is not the only area having this issue.
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Posted by: Chris on Mar 1, 2009 at 09:18 PM
Charles williams passed away around 7 pm this afternoon. He was the owner of MTS of Ashland. He will sadly be missed by his friends. I personally didn't know him, but my wife was good friends of him and his wife. I know his son, Chuck Williams and our thoughts and prayers are with the Williams family and if you need anything give us a yell,Chris&Edna
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