CHARLESTON, W.Va. --  For those of you so down on AEP and getting electric restored. I have been waiting more than two months to get a new light bulb in a streetlight. If they can't change a light bulb how they do anything else?

I read in the Gazette about two of the state BOE [members] resigning over the Marple brouhaha.

Whenever the Gazette refuses to give hunters and sportsmen a voice in the current anti-gun hysteria it drives them to join the NRA.

Shelley Capito and her Republican friends talk about how reinstating the income-tax rates that existed under President Clinton will destroy jobs. If you check the record, there were more jobs created and the economy was better than at any time since. Under G.W. Bush and his boss Tricky Dick, the economy tanked and we watched the stock market lose 40 percent of its value. ... Ask Shelly the true reason that she opposes these tax rates.

After issuing an executive order giving Congress and federal workers pay raises, Obama goes on NBC and says it's the GOP that's messing up the budget negotiations. The guy is unbelievable and his supporters don't see a thing wrong with what he does or says.

All the talk about turning schools into armed fortresses but not a word has been said about the time students spend on school buses or at ballgames. If a nutcase decides to do the unthinkable, he'll find a way to do it.

I am a senior and I have hunted since I was a young boy. I own many guns, shotguns, high-powered rifles, and handguns. None of these will fire more than six times without re-loading. Perhaps some of you NRA nuts can explain to me why any clip that holds more than five rounds should be legal?

Webster's Dictionary gives the definition of bipartisan as two separate parties. Our wonderful congressional leaders have assured us this is a true definition of the word. Their adhesion to party lines as opposed to solving problems tells us it will be forever this way.  Heavens, if my job had no more of an approval rating than the House and Senate, I would not be able to sleep at night. They evidently have no such problem.

A few years back the big money donors to WVU, upset with the hiring of Bill Stewart, threatened to cut donations if changes weren't made. Changes were made and now we're being embarrassed every week on national TV. Why aren't the big donors saying anything now?

Hypocrites. Same people quoting the Constitution to defend Piers Morgan's freedom of speech are ignoring the very same Constitution that gives me the right to bear arms.

Thank God the Christmas season is over at the malls. All those women and children.  All the screaming and crying: I want this! I want that!

You pay $20 million to escape the inferior Big East. Your record is 7-6 in your first year in the Big 12. You have to play in a snowstorm in your bowl game and get blown out by a team from the Big East. ... Priceless.

America has been living an economic lie for quite some time. When the truth hits us between the eyes it will be a shock to our feeling of entitlement and the well being of us all.

Well, Mr. Luck, this is a real fine mess you have gotten us into. Hope you are happy with your brilliant decisions.

The Decision Maker show on Channel 13 is nothing more than a GOP propaganda machine. One after another they line up on this show skewing the truth. Everything mentioned was something they want to take away. The right to work is the right to work for nothing.

Our state Republican representative wants to raise your Social Security age and that behind the smoke screen is taking away your Social Security because you will most likely die before you can reach that age. They are out to destroy this country and have done a good job at it so far.

They are my Mounties and I love 'em, but for heaven's sake, let us try and hire the defensive coordinator from Syracuse. They spent more time in our backfield the last few years than Geno Smith.

My heart goes out to the lady whose son was turned gay by the military. Doing manly things with other men is a huge rainbow flag that every mother should watch for. Hunting, fishing, football, truck pulls, etc., are all activities that draw men to other men.

A lot of people need to apologize posthumously to Bill Stewart.

Seems like our politicians spend more time in front of cameras and microphones than they do in session working. Let's pull the news media out of D.C. until congress gets something done.

Don't sue the United States military for your son's homosexuality. Sue his wife! While he was with honor serving his country and protecting his family and home, his wife was without honor to their marriage vows and aided and abetted the enemy by destroying his morale and that of his unit by her shameful conduct. Most service members away from home sometimes worry about the faithfulness of their beloved.

The future of our country concerns me a whole lot more than whether the middle class has a few more dollars a week to buy toys with.

Now the Tea Party is the Bellwether of the Republicans in Congress. I feel sorry for House Speaker John Boehner trying to control that motley crew. It must be like herding cats.

It's absolutely despicable how some folks, who had no love for children before Sandy Hook, now politicize those poor 20 dead children to promote their pre-planned gun control agenda.

If your representative or senator is willing to sacrifice our entire economy just to appease Grover Norquist, that person needs to be replaced.

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