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It is unbelievable that a multimillion-dollar facility has a terrible audio system. You cannot hear the PA announcer at all during a game. Maybe the Friends of Coal can spring for a new audio system for the Charleston Civic Center.

So, "God allows things to happen that are not his will." What a bunch of baloney. If that's so, then God lacks a sense of direction. The Christian religion has more wiggle-room than a barrel of worms.

The only way to actually fix the financial crisis is a comprehensive and an everything-on-the-table approach. It is just flat wrong to politicize it. Fifty-one percent of Americans voted for Obama and 49 percent didn't. That means that any real solution has to be a mutual solution. I would rather see the country go off the cliff than bow down to all of Obama's ideas.

I see the Gazette only supports Big Coal because you have not published any of my comments regarding how easily miners are manipulated into blaming President Obama for all of their problems.

Who says the conservatives don't think Obama knows what he is doing? Obama knows exactly what he's doing. With conscience and planned methods taking the United States into the land of European socialistic policy. So welcome to the land of high unemployment, slow stagnant economic growth, increasing debt, high inflation, insolvency, decreasing population, and future austerity programs.

As waves crashed across the East Coast, American taxpayer dollars were still being funneled as foreign aid around the globe. While families watched, Sandy, the horrible storm -- washed away their homes and livelihoods. And, over 158 countries were still busy cashing checks from America.

Shelley loves Grover.

All you people screaming about gun control, how about doing this little thing right here. Take the place that has the highest murder rate, has the highest rate of minority population, has the most restrictive gun laws. If you do that, I'll bet you any amount of money you want to bet that all three will be on the same list.

If anybody in the vicinity of Cedar Grove needs a place to dump their trash, just bring it to the streets of Cedar Grove or the yards. Nobody will ever notice it.

Folks, if you want to see the slime in politics, look at the no-bid contracts that were given under Joe Manchin as governor. It's a way of life with them that we go with no big contracts. It's a disgrace what they've done to Dr. Marple.

As a parent, I'm appalled at the accusation and the statement that came out in the paper from Clinton Giles, the principal of Capital School. Principal Giles is an honorable man, and we as parents should get behind him and support him.

Hello. This is today's driving lesson. If you're going down a four lane highway and you are in the passing lane driving like a snail and someone is one inch off of your bumper, that means they would like you to get over and get out of the way and quit blocking the 416 cars behind you. Thank you. This has been a public service message.

Speaking of the brine from the oil wells put on the highway to melt the snow and ice, don't people realize that stuff will run into the streams, kill the fish and poison the drinking water and everything else? I mean, wake up, America. Look alive.

I think it's a dirty shame that before 3 today I have already got four telephone calls trying to sell me Medicare.

Something really has to be done about this Board of Education. It's not only a local embarrassment, it's a statewide embarrassment, and if the governor won't step up and get it straightened out, the Legislature should. They ought to remove every board member and start from scratch and bring Mrs. Marple back as superintendent and we might have a chance.

So, we didn't get the bowl that we wanted, but look on the bright side. We get to play Syracuse to try to avenge the loss from last year and the year before. We're close to home. More fans get to go to the game. Then after the game a couple days later you can celebrate hopefully in Times Square New Year's Eve night. Let's go Mountaineers.

My son applied before Judge Watkins for a divorce. When he tried to speak, the judge yelled at him several times and told him to shut up. Therefore, he was unable to speak. This marriage was about one year, no children involved. He definitely does not need to be a judge in or around the courthouse at any time.

The city of St. Albans posted one date for the lighting of the candles in the cemetery in St. Albans and then had it on another date. A lot of people waited all year for that. They missed the opportunities to visit the graves and help light the candles. The city needs to do it over again on the day that they posted.