Readers' voice: Nov. 27, 2012
I just left Mount Vernon Baptist Church and witnessed the best sermon ever.
The shape of the bipartisan agreement on the debt is coming into focus. Looks like a heavy dose of smoke and mirrors, accounting gimmicks, the waving of the magic budget wand, all ending with the promise to deal with the big issues next year.
Quit listening to Fox News blaming the unions and check this out: The real reasons Hostess Bakeries went bankrupt were the private-equity owners had loaded the company down with debt, the CEO had tripled his pay, the union had previously taken a big, big pay cut, and economists said the company would have went bankrupt in another eighteen months anyway.
To the caller who spoke of his wife being pulled over for no inspection sticker who wonders about the lack of arrests on drug dealers. There is no money to be made by arresting drug dealers, murderers, thieves and the like. They pull over cars and trump up charges regardless if the driver did nothing wrong. Especially the working poor because there is no chance that they can afford a lawyer and always have to just pay the fine.
Why does it always surprise people that teachers unions are interested in the betterment of their members? And to find that Sen. Manchin has some long-standing grudge against teachers because of some rules he wanted passed not being supported by legislators being responsible to the people who elected them. Now Dr. Marple has paid the price.
Charter schools have proven to be no better than public schools and are a drain on public school funds. Math and science teachers should not be paid more and every teacher I know is evaluated every year at least once. A school board full of political cronies and wives has no business running the school system in this state. No wonder we are so far behind.
Governor Tomblin should ask for the resignation of the five BOE members for their sneak attack on Jorea Marple. They have dishonored West Virginia, making us look like a bunch of rubes.
To the person upset because his wife was stopped for no inspection stickers on a "brand new car" with temp tags. Where did you purchase your "brand new car"? I have never seen a "brand new car" dealer who did not place an inspection sticker on all their new vehicles. I would not have purchased a "brand new car" without a sticker on the windshield.
OK, Republicans, during the George W. Bush administration: In 2002 the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan was attacked and 10 killed, In 2004 the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan was attacked and 2 killed, in 2004 the U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia was attacked and 8 killed, in 2006 the U.S. Embassy in Syria was attacked and 1 killed, and in 2008 the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was attacked and 10 killed. What's the big deal about the Benghazi attack? Is it because a Democrat is president?
Charleston police has had a cruiser and uniformed cop sitting at Patrick Plaza for a month to deter drug activity. All they've done besides waste tax dollars is push the activity to another location. Why don't they use undercover cops and unmarked cars to actually catch the people and get them off the street? The war on drugs is a joke.
Foreign countries couldn't care less about our respect for Obama. They see Obama for what he is. A very weak world power leader. He's dropped the ball protecting his own home country. Slow to react to events around the globe. Why would a foreign country have any faith in his ability to protect the world?
Wade Linger, in his Sunday column, says the educational culture and environment has remained stagnant for years. How many years has he served as president of the state Board Of Education? Maybe HE is the one who is stagnant?
If Obama should be impeached for Benghazi, then Bush and Cheney should be tried for war crimes against the people of Iraq. The reason you don't hear anything from Bush and Cheney is because they know they committed war crimes and they are in hiding. The two of them created more damage to the USA than any Democrat or Republican president can fix for years to come.
To the reader requesting one specific time when Mitt Romney lied. He lied when he said he could reduce the deficit, and at the same time reduce everyone's taxes 20 percent. He lied saying Chrysler was moving Jeep production to China. He lied when he said Obama was cutting the work requirements from welfare. He lied when he said he supported the auto industry and the middle class. He lied about Benghazi. These are only a few examples. I could probably fill this entire page.
To the jealous Marshall fan who in the 11/26 Readers' Voice thanked every team who beat WVU this year: It must be sad to live vicariously through other teams who got the job done that you never could get done. Remember this: 0-12. Oh, and what bowl game are you going to this year?
In light of the BOE's firing of Jorea Marple, I would like to take back the vote I cast for Joe Manchin, as well as the one I cast for Earl Ray Tomblin. I must have been given a drink of the Obama Kool-Aid. I was on the fence about Manchin, I sure wish the BOE had done their dirty deed before the election. The outcome may have been considerable different. Earl Ray needs to remove the Manchin gang from their little BOE clubhouse.
Somewhere close to $7 million is being spent in Morgantown on head coach and assistant salaries for football and basketball. We used to get much better results for a whole lot less. Maybe it will take $10 million before we finally hit bottom.
Re: Phil Kabler's comment regarding state employees and five-day workweeks. For someone who manages to compose only two columns per week for the newspaper, it appears that he only manages one day per week and then some weeks we see a message that he is on vacation and will return.
It appears as if our two major athletic programs at WVU have rapidly sunk into a new era of mediocrity. With all of the expensive long-term coaching contracts we may be there for a very long time. Great job Ollie.
Segregation was struck down by the 1954 Brown decision. Now we have an out-of-touch state Board of Education open to segregation. It is time we had an elected West Virginia Board of Education that represents the students and people of West Virginia instead of the Manchin agenda of what the Manchin family feels is best for us.
What is with the immaturity that grown women constantly show these days? A 30-year-old woman had her photo taken giving the middle finger to a sign in Arlington Cemetery that asked for silence and respect. Then she proudly posted it on her Facebook page. Grow up, ladies.
I just left Mount Vernon Baptist Church and witnessed the best sermon ever.
The shape of the bipartisan agreement on the debt is coming into focus. Looks like a heavy dose of smoke and mirrors, accounting gimmicks, the waving of the magic budget wand, all ending with the promise to deal with the big issues next year.
Quit listening to Fox News blaming the unions and check this out: The real reasons Hostess Bakeries went bankrupt were the private-equity owners had loaded the company down with debt, the CEO had tripled his pay, the union had previously taken a big, big pay cut, and economists said the company would have went bankrupt in another eighteen months anyway.
To the caller who spoke of his wife being pulled over for no inspection sticker who wonders about the lack of arrests on drug dealers. There is no money to be made by arresting drug dealers, murderers, thieves and the like. They pull over cars and trump up charges regardless if the driver did nothing wrong. Especially the working poor because there is no chance that they can afford a lawyer and always have to just pay the fine.
Why does it always surprise people that teachers unions are interested in the betterment of their members? And to find that Sen. Manchin has some long-standing grudge against teachers because of some rules he wanted passed not being supported by legislators being responsible to the people who elected them. Now Dr. Marple has paid the price.
Charter schools have proven to be no better than public schools and are a drain on public school funds. Math and science teachers should not be paid more and every teacher I know is evaluated every year at least once. A school board full of political cronies and wives has no business running the school system in this state. No wonder we are so far behind.
Governor Tomblin should ask for the resignation of the five BOE members for their sneak attack on Jorea Marple. They have dishonored West Virginia, making us look like a bunch of rubes.
To the person upset because his wife was stopped for no inspection stickers on a "brand new car" with temp tags. Where did you purchase your "brand new car"? I have never seen a "brand new car" dealer who did not place an inspection sticker on all their new vehicles. I would not have purchased a "brand new car" without a sticker on the windshield.
OK, Republicans, during the George W. Bush administration: In 2002 the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan was attacked and 10 killed, In 2004 the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan was attacked and 2 killed, in 2004 the U.S. Consulate in Saudi Arabia was attacked and 8 killed, in 2006 the U.S. Embassy in Syria was attacked and 1 killed, and in 2008 the U.S. Embassy in Yemen was attacked and 10 killed. What's the big deal about the Benghazi attack? Is it because a Democrat is president?
Charleston police has had a cruiser and uniformed cop sitting at Patrick Plaza for a month to deter drug activity. All they've done besides waste tax dollars is push the activity to another location. Why don't they use undercover cops and unmarked cars to actually catch the people and get them off the street? The war on drugs is a joke.
Foreign countries couldn't care less about our respect for Obama. They see Obama for what he is. A very weak world power leader. He's dropped the ball protecting his own home country. Slow to react to events around the globe. Why would a foreign country have any faith in his ability to protect the world?
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