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Name: NamVet
Email:
Date: 10/15/2009 9:53:50 AM
Message:
Pres. Obama wants to give me and other retired people and vets a check for $250 once again. Why?? I doubt it will do anything but hurt the economy with an additional debt of $13 BILLION.
Why not give anyone who buys a big ticket item a tax deduction for their purchase with the $13 BILLION? The spending from this would cause jobs to improve to make such things as stoves, ref., dish washers etc.
President Obama, your just trying to buy votes with part of my tax dollars! Your really bringing this country to it's knees with your wacko socialist agenda.
Name: NamVet
Email:
Date: 10/15/2009 9:44:46 AM
Message:
I hope Rush Limbaugh sues for slander and damages.
It's simple, if the liberals have a recording or a video of Rush Limbaugh saying the things they say he did, Rush Limbaugh loses $$, as he has already.
On the other hand, if the liberals have no such evidence then they lose $$ big time for telling a lie and costing Rush Limbaugh.
How can you argue with that unless you have a false agenda of some sort?
Is this a great country or what?
Name: Anti Ed
Email:
Date: 10/15/2009 9:32:45 AM
Message:
Marine, I'm not Pinto. The only thing I can see we have in common is a mutual dislike of Ed.
Name: Mtngirl
Email: joaninjasper@hotmail.com
Date: 10/14/2009 7:24:00 PM
Message:
William,
That was a scarie story for sure! You didn't mention if they were ok or not tho. Were they?
Name: jeep
Email: jeep@yahoo
Date: 10/14/2009 7:04:03 PM
Message:
Pinto can't endorse Donny Craig. Donnie won't let him lock up his women or ride ethiopian hookers in the county. LOL
Name: Mtngirl
Email: joaninjasper@hotmail.com
Date: 10/14/2009 5:10:36 PM
Message:
Marine and Old Guard,
I was reading your posts about the improvement in the Sheriff's department and that is good to hear. OG you told a story about a woman being slapped and nothing being done. I've got a story like that too that I feel is as bad. It happened the school year of 05-06.
A freshman, age 14, started acting up at home and her guardian noticed it mostly came on after she started high school at PCH. The young lady had very low self esteem and was soon gaga over a 19 year old Senior who was sweet talking her. One thing came to another and one day I was given permission to look at the young ladies computer because of her acting out. One email she had was sent by a boy who wasn't showing his face only his "full salute". In another section she wrote about how her 19 year old "boyfriend" had stayed late one day with her after school. How he snuck her in the boys gym dressing room and had sex with her.
Needless to say the poop hit the fan at home and the Sheriff was called in. They sent somebody to download her whole computer "to send to the GBI". Nothing ever came of it. We were always told that the GBI was really back logged and so the jerk that sent the email got away with it. The 19 year old said he never had sex with that girl (a future President maybe?) and we were told it was his word against hers. Thankfully she didn't end up pregnant but when all was said and not done the poor girl was left jilted and wounded. Oh one police officer said he went and got tapes from the school to see if he could catch the girl being snuck into the dressing room. He had to admit that his time was limited as he had so many other things to do. So it all just went away as far as they were concerned.
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/14/2009 3:31:16 PM
Message:
Pinto, I'm sorry you feel that way but then again your not endorsing Donnie Craig would probably be a compliment to him...I still enjoy your rhetoric though. Now go put your 'anti Ed helmet on' and be a good boy.
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/14/2009 3:27:59 PM
Message:
Wm. Padgett, What a sad situation for your sister-in-law and her children. I just wish Donnie was Sheriff back then. Ya know, even while he was running for Sheriff, he had not one negative thing to say about his opponents.
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/14/2009 3:24:25 PM
Message:
Old Guard, I'm actually on the floor right now that you agreed with me. But, yes, Sheriff Craig is a class act and we're fortunate to have him. I did some campaigning for him and am so proud I did. Sorry about the problems you had in the past with the old mindset they had back then.
Name: fixit
Email: fixit@jasper
Date: 10/14/2009 3:23:12 PM
Message:
If the county needs something to do, how about thinning out the bushes at the Scenic Overlook park on 515 north. It is not safe when you are completely hidden back there. Supposed to be family environment, or did you forget the place has been busted for homosexual activity before. The last thing they need is to be able to hide behind the bushes!! DUH!!
Another thing, why waste the money on the signs in downtown for all those crosswalks. It looks stupid.
Name: Rob
Email: robnavy1@yahoo.com
Date: 10/14/2009 1:43:26 PM
Message:
Anti-Ed, seems like you have some axe to grind but I'll say this on the child who brought a camping spoon to school: the problem lies with schools' zero tolerance policy on weapons. There are already laws regarding the carry of concealed weapons, this is different. On the surface, these rules seem like a good idea but they have gotten out of control. As society has gone south over the years, the focus has shifted to schools to raise our children. If mommy and her baby daddy can't make Johnny walk straight, then teachers are more and more made to take over those responsibilities.
Now, a few good kids whose parents have done everything right have to pay the price for the scumbags who made such rules necessary. Take the case of the 17-year-old Eagle Scout in upstate New York. "Matthew Whalen, a senior at Lansingburgh Senior High School, says he follows the Boy Scout motto and is always prepared, stocking his car with a sleeping bag, water, a ready-to-eat meal — and the knife, which was given to him by his grandfather, a police chief in a nearby town." He has been barred from stepping foot on school grounds for 20 days — for keeping a 2-inch pocketknife locked in a survival kit in his car.
This kid also just completed Army boot camp (I believe for ROTC) and fears this suspension may ruin his chances to attend West Point where he applied for college.
Meanwhile, the dope heads and gang bangers just hide their tools of the trade a little better. This boy's parents should be proud of their kid's achievements and now must engage in court battles to help restore his chances of success he worked all his life for.
This is fundamentally what is happening at all of our schools. The progressive ideal of focussing on the least common denominator.. no child left behind... ultimately means no child gets ahead and this case is the ultimate example of how that thinking kills individual aspiration.
Name: jeep
Email: jeep@yahoo
Date: 10/14/2009 1:21:53 PM
Message:
I didn't vote for Donnie but he does seem to be doing a good job. My only complaint is I used to be able to get my renters evicted much quicker. If he could fix that he'll get my future votes.
Name: Rob
Email: robnavy1@yahoo.com
Date: 10/14/2009 12:33:28 PM
Message:
Regarding PCSO, I received great service and a lot of genuine help with a recent complaint I had to make with them. A few days later I even got a lengthy, extremely helpful follow up call from the sargeant on duty. I had a thoroughly good experience with everyone I dealt with there.
Name: pinto colvig
Email: not@home
Date: 10/14/2009 12:32:54 PM
Message:
I think sheriff donnie has done a terrible job. he got rid of one of the best law enforcement agents this town has ever seen - kevin osborne, a dedicated and integritous man who clearly follows the intrepid Ed Jones model of law enforcement execution...
Name: Animal Lover
Email: noway@aol.com
Date: 10/14/2009 12:22:06 PM
Message:
PLEASE stop dropping off your unwanted pets on Henderson Mountain Road. Every day I see a new animal on the side of the road and the next day it's dead in the road. If you don't want to care for your pet, please take it to any rescue shelter or there's a rescue shelter in Talking Rock. Do Not abandon your pets on the side of the road, it's cruel! There are at least 8 dogs that I see running around that are very malnutritioned and I can see every vertebrae and bone. It's disgusting! If I could catch them all, I would, but it would help if all you MF's wouldn't leave them for others to deal with.
Name: jeep
Email: jeep@yahoo
Date: 10/14/2009 11:16:59 AM
Message:
Jeep...Our local gov't at work. Not enough people could pay their property taxes last year and the budget is now short. So instead of cutting the budget a little more... they up the milleage rate and make it due earlier. They must be following the Obama plan.
Name: Anti Ed
Email:
Date: 10/14/2009 11:01:54 AM
Message:
Ed, referring to your "the best I can do" comment previously: I don't have to do much - you're too easy.
Fortunately, there was a victory over "Ed minded" people in a recent case involving a six year old boy who brought a scout camping utensil to school and was suspended and ordered to an alternative school for 45 days. Sanity prevailed and the board unanimously allowed the boy to return to school.
Now, I bet Ed would have pounced all over that one if he had been involved....he would have been in full Fife mode, slamming the kid against the wall, slapping the cuffs on him ....maybe roughing him up behind the school out of sight of witnesses. "Listen to me, you little punk, you give me any lip and I'll smack you into next week" ...... When questioned about his use of force on a 6 year old kindergarten student, he'd be like "Andy, you can't be soft on these kids - today it's a camping utensil in the school lunchroom and tomorrow they'll be holding up liquor stores".
Name: Rob
Email: robnavy1@yahoo.com
Date: 10/14/2009 10:58:40 AM
Message:
Speaking on the ridiculous actions of the Nobel prize committee... I thought it was almost criminal that Obama the Great was awarded one (maybe he'll donate the money to Acorn) for absolutely nothing...
And Ghandi was passed over. Ghandi.
Name: dazed and confused
Email: ed
Date: 10/13/2009 9:51:49 PM
Message:
yeah i should buy some depends i suppose, maybe i will call and bitch too, but it proable won't do any good, more of a waste of time, really its the winos that voted to up our millage rate i suppose, faults. yeah school tax is stupid also to have to pay when you don't even have kids in school. gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Name: William Padgett
Email:
Date: 10/13/2009 3:55:15 PM
Message:
Marine,
I'm glad they have better deputies now because when me and my family desperately needed their help looking for my sister-in-law and her 2 kids back in 2006 they were slow, unmotivated and smug. Could not even locate the sheriff and he did not return our desperate calls for help until about a week later!! Some Sheriff!
We performed our own search and found them after 8 hours hanging upside-down in the "valley" at the Nelson Georgia Marble Mine sign on Old Hwy 5. Of course after we found them and such, the sherif's department took total credit for their "investigation" and search. (which I may add lasted about 5 minutes and resembled the keystone cops)
By the way, when are they going to put up the guard rail? We were told it was "on order" back in 2006 and would be up by 2008 at the latest. There's been about 7 deaths there already because of the 30 foot dropoff. Use some of those incentive dollars for it!!?
Name: Old Guard
Email:
Date: 10/13/2009 3:39:05 PM
Message:
Marine,
I agree. Since Sheriff Craig was elected the deputies are better and friendlier. At least they don't walk around with a "chip on their shoulder" like they have for the last 40 years around here.
I remember back in 1995 being in a restraunt around here and a man slapping his wife at the diner table. Outside was a deputy sitting in his car (why?)in the parking lot. I informed him of what a room full of people witnessed and he wouldn't budge from his car to arrest the man. Would not even hear about it and drove off with us still trying to get him to go inside and do his job!
This is what we had for 40 years in this county. Glad to see there is a new sheriff in town!
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/13/2009 3:29:54 PM
Message:
Ed..just pure fact!
Name: NamVet
Email:
Date: 10/13/2009 9:29:11 AM
Message:
Ed, is that a trick question?
Name: melissa gillette
Email: melissagillette07@yahoo.com
Date: 10/13/2009 8:49:52 AM
Message:
Once again the water is out in our area due to a "leak or broke pipe". This is a common problem and instead of the county fixing the problem they put it off and do half ass repairs to try to make it last. Instead of wasting the money on these half assed repaires and the water constantly going out every month they should just fix it right and be done with it. After all we are paying a high price for horrible service. I have learned though and keep no less than 5 gallons of water in our house. When I say this happens every month those who live in the area know this is true. So I guess it will be 12 hours of waiting for us today.
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/12/2009 11:13:24 PM
Message:
Justagirl..That's because Donnie Craig insists his Officers treat people with dignity, as that's what he does. Nice to hear though.
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/12/2009 4:12:26 PM
Message:
As the health care debate rages on , the white house once again today reminds all americans just how good the plan they are supporting will be for us .
So let me get this straight . We're going to pass a health care plan written by a committee whose head says he doesn't understand it , passed by a congress that hasn't read it either but exempts themselves from it , signed by a president that also hasn't read it , and who smokes , with funding administered by a treasury chief who doesn't pay his taxes , overseen by a surgeon general who is obese , and financed by a country that's nearly broke .
What possibly could go wrong ?
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/12/2009 3:44:49 PM
Message:
Ed..That's true. Did you see Pelosi trying to unhitch Sen. Reid's arm from her shoulder? Too funny!
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/12/2009 1:57:45 PM
Message:
TO: Marine ...Thats not really a fair trade , Ann's worth much more that that witch !
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/12/2009 1:53:58 PM
Message:
TO: Pinto Bean....And just when I thought you were coming back from your trips to the darkside and ever so slightly poking your head out to see the sunshine , you slip back into the realm of the absurd :(
Name: NamVet
Email:
Date: 10/12/2009 1:50:54 PM
Message:
David, say what?
Jeep,way to go....
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/12/2009 1:46:34 PM
Message:
TO:Jeep...Well said , as usual .
Name: jeep
Email: jeep@yahoo
Date: 10/12/2009 12:52:46 PM
Message:
David...You should be thanking the Progress for this board. This is America...We have freedom of speech. Glad to know the Progress recognizes this.
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/12/2009 12:27:42 PM
Message:
Pinto..Leave Ann Coulter alone. You give up Pelosi and we'll ignore Coulter.
Name: justagirl
Email: 2cents.com
Date: 10/12/2009 10:48:11 AM
Message:
What a shame they cut the big tree in Hinton! It was a landmark!
I met the most reasonable cop ever yesterday! Red headed man with PCSO. Nice to know cops like that are still around! He was enforcing the law but in a way that didn't make him seem like he was on a power trip.
Name: Marine
Email: marine1
Date: 10/12/2009 10:44:26 AM
Message:
It's just amazing that ONE guy who is trying to find out if John Walsh is looking for him asks about warrants and all this chatter begins..We are an angry, bored bunch..LOL
Name: Wolf12
Email: 3c8l4pnj.@gmail.com
Date: 10/10/2009 7:20:30 PM
Message:
Google has helped change the way we interact with information on the internet, I think they could continue down this path with improvements to their news service. ,
Name: just wondering
Email: liveandlearn@.com
Date: 10/10/2009 4:07:25 AM
Message:
WTF is up with all the UNNESSARY stop signs popping up??? Is this seriously our taxpayer money at work?? or is it something for the city to make money off of because of the Walmart thing? Is this one of those "stimus" things where we say "oh that stop sign cost $1 million to put up? ALL the while lots of real work needs to be done to the pot holes in the streets and roads. Could someone please explain this to me? Thanks...
Name: David
Email: themtnsvoice@yahoo.com
Date: 10/10/2009 12:56:58 AM
Message:
TO: Pickens Progres Moderators / Publisher
I assume since this is a subset of your website, that you are sponsoring this board. I just finished scrolling down through several dozen posts. I honestly think you should ask yourselves exactly what the purpose of this message board is. This is a very poor reflection of our County, that our newspaper condones the type of public back and forth that goes on at this board. It's a shame, and it serves no purpose.
Peace, - david
Name: pinto colvig
Email: not@home
Date: 10/9/2009 5:26:47 PM
Message:
Ed - wait a minute. now that I've read the editorial you refer to, I can only conclude that you are stupid. the editorial is clearly complimenting Ann Coulter, not "attacking" her. the editorialist is saying that Ms./Mr. Coulter deserves the same attention, fate, etc. as one of the bravest heroes in American history...how do you confuse that as an "attack"? only one way - stupidity.
Name: pinto colvig
Email: not@home
Date: 10/9/2009 5:02:22 PM
Message:
hooray for America! US president wins Nobel Peace Prize! We are the greatest! it's a new world where people are free and equal, and you can either accept that and participate, or die in a dead end expressing your comical rage on an internet message board...
Ed - seriously? you are whining about the Progress criticizing Ann Coulter? and you think that means they have a "liberal bias"? by that I suppose you mean to imply that Ann Coulter is a conservative????? again, are you serious? from what I can tell, Ann Coulter is just a satirist and a reactionary - she seems to have no clear belief system, at least not along the lines of "conservative" or "liberal". all the conservatives I know who have a brain dislike her as much as any liberal would. Ed I hope you don't represent all "conservatives," and I really hope you are not serious because this whining about a "personal attack" that hurts no one is a new low...the president is black, he's American, he's getting things done, everyone loves him...I know you hate Americans, but GET OVER IT!!!! at least I got paid to be a clown - why do you do it Ed?
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 4:44:42 PM
Message:
TO: All....A sign of the times ?
1) Hummer has been sold to the Chinese
2) Marge Simpson on the cover of Playboy
3) 57 % of people 20 to 35 support civil unions (same sex )
Whats next ?
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 4:26:39 PM
Message:
TO: Old Fart..Its nice that you are taking a keen interest in my personal history , but your slanted bias was noted . If you must know , many years ago I retired from the Pasco County Sheriff's Office ( north of Clearwater , Fla. ) and moved back to Pickens to help take of my dad , who at the time was in the Grandview nursing home . That duty didn't take up all my time and I became bored , so I decided to apply to the Pickens Sheriff's Office for a part-time position . Then two things happened , almost at once . First , my dad died and second , several people were " let " go at the Sheriff's office , Turning my part-time job into a full-time one . Before I knew it , I had stayed there long enough to retire a second time . My brother didn't run for counry commissioner till years later , back then he was working for Byrd Electric . Anything else I can help you with ?
Name: Old Guard
Email:
Date: 10/9/2009 4:13:14 PM
Message:
Bubba Ed,
Yes, I am happy being me. At least when I talk to people I don't try to find a weakness to exploit and most people find me pleasant to be around. Its just those, like yourself, who bring my worst side out by pushing my buttons.
You kinda remind me of the North Koreans I fought back in the 1950's. They would blend-in to the population and ambush us as we walked along. They were chicken to face us but brave enough to ambush in numbers.
I wish you the best because one day you will need help and no one will help the cranky, opionated and arrogant man you have become. Thats when you will see family just walk away and leave you alone. Shalom
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 4:01:17 PM
Message:
TO: Marine...RE: Anti Ed .....That's the best he could up with . LOL :)
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 3:56:15 PM
Message:
TO: Al...I still think you are missing the points I was trying to make in my other post . A background check and a outstanding arrest warrent check are TWO different things . A background check will list any civil judgements ( bankruptcy , divorces , etc . ) as well as any crimes you have BEEN found guilty of . Pending cases will NOT show up ( arrest warrents ) unless and until you are adjudicated guilty in a court of law . Deputies/officers have been fired for giving out information about outstanding arrest warrents to non-law enforcement entities .
As an aside , I don't take much stock in the validity of background checks . There are many reason but to just list a few :
1) Many small rural law enforcement agencies don't report their crime stats to the national data base -NCIC-that means you could be the town drunk in a small town in Texas but you would never be able to find that out here in Pickens by a simple computer background check .
2) Many states allow you to have your criminal coviction expunged and therefore not show up on a background check . The actor Mel Gibson case in point . He pleaded guilty to DUI , but then entered a diversion program . His record was wiped clean , never to see the light of day .
3) In many states , if you have enough money and the right attorney , you can have all your criminal records " sealed " , for ever !
I prefer what most law enforcement agencies do : Yes , a criminal background , but just as important , a financiel background check along with talking to your neighbors , frieds and family . You would be amazed what one can REALLY find out about a person .
Don't even get me started on polygraphs , just voodoo science and not allowed in any court of law . If you have a choice , never , ever , take one !
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 2:58:00 PM
Message:
TO: Dazed and Confused...I feel the same way . My property tax bill increased over $150.00 compared to last year . Called my brother and bitched , it didn't help . I still think anyone over 65 , like me , should not have to pay a school tax . BTW- this year my portion of the school tax worked out to be 71 % of my total tax bill :( Don't look for any new paved roads anytime soon . Before you pee yourself , buy some depends !
Name: Mtngirl
Email: joaninjasper@hotmail.com
Date: 10/9/2009 1:51:03 PM
Message:
Dear NamVet,
It is sad isn't it? That prize is a joke it seems. I did however learn two important things today:
1. NEVER log into CNN after eating breakfast unless barf bag is handy.
2. Consider buying Depends because it's hard to get to the bathroom quickly after you have been ROTFLMBO.
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 11:24:39 AM
Message:
TO: Moderator ... Regarding this week's editorial ( 10/8)...While I agree with the thrust of the message presented , in a community newspaper I don't like to see personal attacks :RE--Ann Coulter . You can disagree with her politics or her statements , but to suggest that she suffer the same fate as Thomas Paine ( Maligned ,execrated,shunned,and abhorred ) is a little bit much . Did you say anything like that about anyone else on the liberal side , who's still alive , by name ? Fair and balanced ? Or is there a bias a-foot ?
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 11:00:40 AM
Message:
TO: Since this little thread started about arrest warrents , strange that John Doe hasn't posted something about his " real " motives for asking such a question . Following some people's logic , I guess if I asked " does anyone know how to make an Atomic Bomb " , some would think I just wanted to complete a science project at the local high school ! Good grief people !
Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Email: sargon1@windstream.net
Date: 10/9/2009 10:44:34 AM
Message:
TO: NamVet...They don't care . Most of America doesn't care . Some in Congress , known to be corrupt , on both sides of the isle , have been re-elected , not for years but for decades ! Special interest rules , not the regular folks . If someone need ANY indication of how much the world is screwed up , this AM Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize , after only eight months in office . Yeah , I feel safer already , don't you ?
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