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Name: Rodeo
Date: 8/17/2010 3:42:23 PM
Message:
Please don't go to the Rodeo! How disgusting and abusive. Please don't support this abuse!

Anyone with a heart knows it's wrong to clothesline a baby animal, body slam it to the ground, tie its legs so it can’t move, and drag it by the neck. If this were done to a puppy or kitten, the offender would understandably be charged with a crime, and likely be jailed. In rodeos, however, it's called calf roping, and supporters claim it’s a sport. But the abuse of baby cows is just one of rodeo’s cruelties.

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Name: Rob
Date: 8/19/2010 6:38:43 PM
Message:
I'm going! I'm quite sure there is no genocide occurring in the rodeo business. No more than is involved in the process of placing ribeyes on my grill, liberal.

Name: jeep
Date: 8/20/2010 1:23:44 PM
Message:
Ellison....now you've opened up a can of worms. Referring to kittens and puppies as useless. I predict the animal lovers are gonna come after that statement. Guess I'll go grill a steak, you all have made me hungry with all this talk about cows.

Name: R. Ellison
Date: 8/23/2010 1:01:38 PM
Message:
Jeep,

I meant it! Cats and dogs are useless compared to other creatures and animals.


A cow produces food for us.

A chicken ditto

A pig ditto

A sheep ditto

A fish ditto

Bear, deer, boar, elk, snake, possum, raccoon, etc. ditto


But what does a cat or dog produce? other than poop on my lawn! NOTHING!

Name: jeep
Date: 8/23/2010 1:49:36 PM
Message:
Ellison....I somewhat agree with you. I'm not personally an animal person but I get that animals can provide companionship to some people. I was serious about animal lovers. They get very fanatical! Refer to them as their children.

Weren't you the one who claimed to eat dog in Korea? You might want to rephrase that to dogs and cats are useless in the USA. As for cows, I like them. They give me food, shoes, purses, jackets, etc.

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Name: Rob
Date: 8/15/2010 6:44:29 PM
Message:
webmaster:

Thank you for your efforts.

Please note that in the 1st gen. message board we had to search back several posts to see what was current. Now we have to search back through pages and pages to see what is current. It has become absolutely out of control and almost unusable. Unless one writes a new post, every one of the previous replies wind up buried in the archives. Most people won't take that kind of time to flip back, and back, and further back.

This kind of discussion venue can benefit the newspaper as it does other news media. PLEASE let us know you are hearing these cries to make this board more comprehensive.

[Editor's Note: We hear you and looking at options.]

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/16/2010 11:06:59 AM
Message:
webmaster: I prefer the new format. some people there's no cure for their incompetence. you can make a perfect message board, and they'll complain because it doesn't send someone over to their house to wipe their butt for them...

Name: Bob Hayles
Date: 8/16/2010 12:56:26 PM
Message:
consider a check box beside the submit button where a someone who comments on a post gets an automated email notification of new comments on a post. The email notification usually has two clickable links in it...to the particular comment thread and to the site in general.

You can include as many automated links as you wish in the email notification, but those two seem to be the norm, at least at the sites I visit that have commenting.

You might also consider a FREE plugin called CommentLuv...your readers will appreciate it and it will drive traffic both to this site and to your readers sites...a win-win thing...unusual.

Name: Rob
Date: 8/16/2010 7:43:42 PM
Message:
Pinto, save your normal bullsnot for something you understand and pertains to you. The post was directed to the staff. Bad form... as usual.

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Name: LocalParent
Date: 8/13/2010 5:00:00 PM
Message:
I was hoping we were past all the school board posts....and then I read Mr Mittons letter to the editor. He was concerned with Mr Toney posing all of the questions. I attended one of these meetings and watched the last one on knowpickens.com. Mr Toney simply read the questions that the audience submitted in advance. Many questions intended to make Mr Mitton look good I might add. What DID bother me in the last debate was how Mr Trammell and Mr Easterwood acted. I felt as if these two were attacking Mr Fincher which I found extremely unproffessional.

As for asking the superintendant questions, some of the questions had information the superintendant should have been able to verify. So why not ask? This board was responsible for hiring Mr Ballew.

My favorite statement from Mr Mitton was his concern over how the system is "portrayed". Hiding the problems doesn't make them go away! The best was to be portrayed as a GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEM is to BE a good school system.

I do agree with Mr Mittons statement "Pickens County deserves better!"
Yes we do! That's why Pickens County voted in new board members!

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL 3 NEW BOARD MEMBERS!!!!!!

Name: jack
Date: 8/16/2010 9:57:37 AM
Message:
To: Pickens County Parent and all others interested:

This method of question and answers has long been a method for the politicals to get asked what THEY want instead of all that could be asked. This way the moderator, Toney in this case, gets to pick and choose whatever suits him and any candidate he might favor. This leaves the tough ones unanswered totally at the discretion of the moderator.

The only way to have a public forum that amounts to a hill of beans is to have questions ONLY from the floor with NO advance question knowledge by whoever is going to respond.

It is time to outlaw this preprogrammed questions that are submitted which may or may not get asked.

Name: Double Check
Date: 8/16/2010 10:55:19 AM
Message:
I do hope the new board members are able to push our school system forward or at least keep the status quo. Given our economy and future outlook it doesn't look like they'll have an abundance of funds to work with so I wonder where they'll start making cuts. I guess we'll see if all the hype surrounding them is BS or not.

As an observer of the debates or whatever they called them on the knowpickens website I did pick up a bit of bias from the moderator towards the current board members but that might stand from him being on the commissioner's payroll and we all know how the commish feels about the board of education members.....ha ha ha. Also I had heard around town that the moderator was one of a group (other local and state politicians)of people at a meeting near Big Canoe when Fincher was asked to run? Surely he wouldn't put himself in the middle of his "moderators" job and try and help his canidate....nah he wouldn't do that. ha ha ha Doesn't the Moderator get a boat load of our tax payers money for being an advisor to the Commish and then serves as the leader of a political party? Seems like a conflict to me.

Name: jeep
Date: 8/16/2010 11:27:37 AM
Message:
Since Mitton was concerned with "perception" here's how I perceived his letter. He knew he was going to lose and it was nothing more than trying to put it off on someone else. What he should have done is waited till he lost and then written a nice proffessional letter congratulating Fincher and thanking Pickens County for the chance the work with the schools the last couple of years. Neighbors should have done the same thing. Just my opinion.

Name: Glad to see them go
Date: 8/16/2010 1:28:35 PM
Message:
Jack you just described how the board requires the public to speak at meetings!!!!! Funny how Mitton didn't like it!!

Double Check I think Toney is friends with Trammell who sure seemed to back Mitton. Conflicts are what Pickens County is about! It's called the GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM! The voters must be tired of it because the Good old boys just got disbanded!!! HAAA HAAA HAAA!!!! Ba Bye...Good Riddings...Don't let the new administration building door hit ya in the rear Mr Mitton and Mr Neighbors!!!!! Chastain seems to be the smart one. He got out on his own!!!! HAAAA HAAAAA

Name: Big Easy
Date: 8/16/2010 7:57:20 PM
Message:
Glad to see them go....I can assure Trammell and Toney are NOT friends. I just hope we get a board of commissioners that will get rid of Toney and his "Advisor" salary.

C'ya

Name: Rob
Date: 8/17/2010 8:58:10 AM
Message:
Chastain is a true "class act" among board members. He always strived for common sense actions and often went unsupported in his views. I believe he was planning his retirement for quite some time. Great man, with a fantastic family.

Name: Satisfied Parent
Date: 8/17/2010 7:30:11 PM
Message:
You are right on target by saying Jerry Chastain is a gentleman. He has always done what he feels is right for the students. He will be missed.

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/18/2010 4:10:59 PM
Message:
Robot I dont think you've attended the same board meetings I have. In my perception, Chastain has always wholeheartedly agreed with whatever the trammell/mitton/easterwood/neighbors faction has said and done. I'm sure Chastain is a decent family man who has solid ethics - in the situations he knows what the word means. the problem is in school business, the board members (especially Chastain) are lay people and rely on the school staff to tell them what's ethical. there is no attempt on the part of board members to dig deeper and gain a more profound understanding of what it is they SHOULD be doing. Aside from that, Chastain is a largely unremarkable person who is afraid, like most Republicans and school board members, to break with the fat/white majority...

Name: jeep
Date: 8/19/2010 9:01:54 AM
Message:
As much as I hate to say this....I have to agree with Pinto. Chastain might have a great family but as far as his role with the board, I just don't see it.

Name: Big Easy
Date: 8/19/2010 9:27:40 AM
Message:
Pinto...you're wrong on the lay person thing. Trammell was a teacher and coach for ten or so years and his wife retired from teaching so I think he knows how the system works, Chastain is an engineer by trade so he's educated and his wife retired from teaching so I think he knows how the system works, Neighbors is a computer science guy who's educated and his wife is a teacher so I think he knows how the system works. I'm not familiar with Mitton or Easterwood enough to know their specifics. Therefore your premise about being a lay person and not knowing how the system works is false. The board discusses multiple topics and depending on the specific issue they all might agree or disagree with each other. I'm assuming you attended every meeting and know how they voted based off of your statement but I dare say you're wrong.

Good Luck to the new board!!

C'ya

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/19/2010 11:50:12 AM
Message:
I used to attend every meeting but admittedly I haven't been to one in a couple years. remember this is Jasper, so I highly doubt they are any different than they used to be: board members ask the same questions every meeting because they can't remember/understand the answer the staff or parents gave them to the EXACT SAME question the previous meeting, they spend about an hour before each meeting praising a couple students for their accomplishments in underwater basket weaving just to lull the crowd to sleep or out the door and to give themselves good publicity, they can never make up their minds, their voices (yes, ALL FIVE of them) have an eery resemblance to that of Gomer Pyle, etc.
and I still think the board are all lay people - being educated in engineering or computer science or bus driving doesn't translate into knowledge of how to run a school. being a teacher only gives you experience in sticking to the union line, not in doing what's right for the children...

Name: jeep
Date: 8/19/2010 12:39:56 PM
Message:
BigEasy.....you do know the meetings are video taped. You don't actually have to attend the meetings to see how they voted. In fact I think it was Mr Chastain who said at one of the debates that we should just allow the High School Kids to smoke. With that logic maybe we should put cot's in a room with a bowl of condoms for the kids as well. After all kids will be kids.

Name: Big Easy
Date: 8/19/2010 2:02:58 PM
Message:
Jeep.......that wasn't Jerry the board member it was his brother John and he was trying to make a point that years ago when he was in school they had a smoking section and perhaps they might look at that if its such a problem at the high school. He wasn't advocating smoking just offering a possible solution.

C'ya

Name: Justice
Date: 8/19/2010 3:58:48 PM
Message:
Jeep,
Your mentally sick!!!! You have big problems.

Name: Sally
Date: 8/19/2010 6:00:50 PM
Message:
BigEasy my husbands a surgeon! Can I take out your appendix. Or better yet, I give Brazilian waxes for a living. Maybe my husband can give you a brazilian wax.

Name: jeep
Date: 8/20/2010 9:23:37 AM
Message:
Justice....I may be! After all I'm siding more with Pinto on this...and well that is disturbing.

Name: Big Easy
Date: 8/20/2010 1:00:53 PM
Message:
Ole Sally...obviously you didn't get the gist of the statements and that was that the current board members know more about the workings of the school system than Joe Blow off of the street.....I did stay at a Holiday Inn once and I'll pass on the waxing, I'll stick with a razor and some nair!!

C'ya

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/23/2010 11:05:17 AM
Message:
so was it Jerry or John who said the kids should be allowed to smoke at school??? If it was Jerry, then I'll admit that's pretty cool, and he has become a lot cooler in the last couple years. like he's mellowed out a little as he's gotten older. smoking in high school should absolutely be allowed as it was back in the good old days when teen pregnancy was almost zero, more kids went to college, and teachers cared...

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Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/11/2010 1:00:09 PM
Message:
While I think Nathan Deal is about as worthless a representative as Pickens County has had since lazy old [deleted]. (neither one EVER did anything positive for the county or the district, and both actually helped set us back about 120 years behind the rest of the modern world) I am glad he beat Karen Handel in the governor primary. Handle was endorsed by Sarah Palin, and her loss provides even more clear evidence that the support of this Alaskan weather-girl is a curse to GOPers and Tea Baggers everywhere...

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/13/2010 7:10:46 PM
Message:
sorry cletus. we can't all be long haired hippy flower children like yourself who just looooooove everybody...

Name: Cletus Tubbs
Date: 8/16/2010 10:42:29 AM
Message:
don't sell yourself short pinto, your an incredible hippy idiot.

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/16/2010 4:30:44 PM
Message:
cletus you will rot in hell for absolutely massacring a classic Ty Webb line that has no discernable application to the current situation...

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Name: jeep
Date: 8/10/2010 5:31:19 PM
Message:
Ellison....why I don't agree with everything you say, I do think our education system is going to be a huge contributing factor to the county's failure. We are not keeping up with other countries when it comes to education.

Name: jeep
Date: 8/11/2010 10:19:50 AM
Message:
I mis-typed, I meant to put "country's failure" not county.

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Name: Stop the madness
Date: 8/10/2010 1:20:56 PM
Message:
Not that it really matters but I won't be posting on this board anymore. It seems to me that you die hard republicans are all about slamming anything against your own point of view and I feel it would be a waste of time to expect anything different from you.


Your so set in your ways of I love my wallet screw everyone else that you are going to be the end of any kind of humanity and decency left in The united states. and I don't think it would be appropriate to even read the nonsense you spout because I don't want to lose the little human kindness left in this country so good luck with your Obama bashing and you racist views have nice life guys.

Name: Cletus Tubbs
Date: 8/11/2010 8:29:18 AM
Message:
good

Name: GoodBye!
Date: 8/11/2010 5:48:04 PM
Message:
So long, farewell, don't let the mouse byte ya on the way out! You are a very negative contributer anyhow.

Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Date: 8/12/2010 4:19:52 PM
Message:
Seeeee You.., wouldn't want to be you !

Name: Rob
Date: 8/14/2010 6:04:52 PM
Message:
My earlier response seems to have disappeared.

Boo hoo, bye bye Mr. no-name liberal. And just when I was starting to like you!

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Name: LocalParent
Date: 8/9/2010 12:44:48 PM
Message:
Let's see how we compare to surrounding counties.

2010 Graduation rates (This is the only statistic I remember Mitton mentioning)

Rabun 90.7% EconDisad 59%
Fannin 90.3% 47%
Gilmer 86.6% 49%
Dawson 84.8% 44%
Bartow 81.6% 37%
Pickens 80.9% 43%

The reason I showed the Economically Disadvantaged is this is one of the things that Mitton says they have to contend with. Looks to me like we are better off finacially than most of the surrounding counties of our size.

We CAN do better! Vote George Fincher!!!!

Name: LocalParent
Date: 8/9/2010 1:37:28 PM
Message:
Clarification of above post:
The economically disadvantaged number is the percent of all students that are classified as economically disadvantaged that graduated in 2010. To sum it up the poorer counties are actually doing BETTER than us!

Name: Rob
Date: 8/9/2010 8:18:58 PM
Message:
The graduation rate used to be in the 40's. Pickens is actually the 7th most prosperous county in GA, but ONLY due to the biosphere that is Big Canoe and Bent Tree. It is by God's grace and the dedication of our teaching staff that we are at 80%.

Name: LocalParent
Date: 8/10/2010 9:40:28 AM
Message:
Rob
The economically disadvantaged number only pertains to that graduating class. We really are in better shape finacially than many surrounding counties. I'm with you on the teachers or at least most of them. We need a board of education making sure that our teachers are given what they need to succeed. Furloughing teachers is BAD for education. Increasing class size is BAD for education.

Don't forget to vote!
VOTE DAN FINCHER!!!!

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Name: Rosie
Date: 8/7/2010 10:26:18 AM
Message:
It has been 2 wks since the FDIC closed Crescent Bank and Renasant took over. So far, I haven't received any communication from the new owners. A "Welcome to our bank" letter would be greatly appreciated. I would like to know about Renasant's services so I will know if I want to change banks. This non-communication is not helping Renansant's business! This is making me lean more toward changing banks.

Name: Bob Hayles
Date: 8/9/2010 2:25:07 PM
Message:
Be careful which other local bank you choose (for the purpose of this post, I'm considering local to include both Pickens and Gilmer counties).

The FDIC compiles a list, quarterly I believe, that shows tells how many banks nationally, and broken down by state, are in grave danger of failing. They do not name the banks to prevent depositors from making a "run" on the banks...but the method used to determine which banks should be on the list is known.

The method is the "Texas Ratio".

What does this have with choosing a bank in Pickens or Gilmer counties?

As of June 9, 2010, on the list of 377 banks most likely to fail in the US, 4 were in either Pickens or Gilmer county, and one of those was in the top ten most likely to fail nationwide (that one hasn't failed...yet...but I'll bet there is news soon that it does.

Crescent Bank was on the list...and remember, the list came out June 9, so they are correct on that one.

Be careful where you put your money. Of the other three on the likely to fail list from Pickens and Gilmer, one is in Jasper and the other two are in Gilmer. I think you'd be shocked at which Jasper bank is on the list. I know I was.

Bob Hayles

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/9/2010 4:47:53 PM
Message:
Bob! Why don't you tell us who it is for crying out loud! If you're so concerned about public service and all... you remind me of the elitist politicians you complain about all the time. and by the way you said we will be "shocked" at which jasper bank is on the list - I know I won't be, because I have been paying attention to the news, etc. I wouldn't be surprised if every bank in Jasper crumbled...

Name: jeep
Date: 8/10/2010 12:03:52 PM
Message:
here's a link for the Banks in trouble

http://www.amateur-investor.net/TexasRatio.htm

Name: Bob Hayles
Date: 8/10/2010 12:10:41 PM
Message:
In the interest of not getting my ass sued off, I'll just provide the link...dig it out...it's an easy list to scroll and see for yourself.

http://www.investinganswers.com/next-banks-that-could-fail

I wish this would show as a clickable link, but you can cut/paste (editor...you listenin'?)

Bob Hayles

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/10/2010 3:36:45 PM
Message:
good grief Bob. A)you're not that important and B) you don't know anything about the law because saying that Jasper Banking Company is going to fail is not enough to get sued. that's right, Jasper Banking Company is going to fail, fall, die, etc. Bob you would make a good Republican or Democratic Senator - afraid to tell it like it is...

Name: Banking
Date: 8/11/2010 5:40:10 PM
Message:
Not to mention all the bitties working in the banks here in town talk about who bounced what, and how much is in their neighbors account, or that they were denied a mortgage or other kinds of loans. It seems that the 20 minute ride into Canton to use a NATIONALLY known bank is worth it. We left a local bank when we over heard the woman making fun of a man who had an overdrawn bank account calling him a lousy poor man who cannot manage his money. Or the other bank on the corner by the courthouse that point blank told a woman her money was not enough for them to open an account for her daughter look elsewhere. This county is rediculous! Wake up people and get with the times. With any luck, WalMart will bring in some REAL businesses we can use, and have a NATIONAL bank inside of it!

Name: Love Shopping locally
Date: 8/12/2010 9:33:19 AM
Message:
Banking
GET A GRIP. Even if a mega bank comes in they are going to hire the same people as our local banks do. Go in Ingles. Not locally owned but local people work there. Local businesses keep MORE of the money local than mega companies. The best thing we can do to help Pickens County is to shop Pickens County whenever possible.

Name: Big Easy
Date: 8/12/2010 1:30:39 PM
Message:
I haven't been in the Jasper Ingles in quite a few months but I thought JBC was in there, are they not anymore?

As for the local banks being in trouble I wouldn't worry about your accounts I'd be worrying about your stock because that's where a takeover is going to hurt you. The FDIC insures your deposits and I don't see that as an issue unless the good ole USA is collapsing...possible but very doubtful. The Texas Ratio BB is talking about is a good tool to look at and you could almost "Bank on It" as it being soon to be closed list.

C'ya

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Name: Ed Jones Jr.
Date: 8/6/2010 4:00:31 PM
Message:
TO: FYI...You know folks , you just can't make this stuff up....I was channel surfing last week when I saw on CNN one of Obama's goons spouting off about the deal our " great leader " had pulled off at BP's expense . It seems a miracle that our " beloved leader " was able to convince BP to establish a $ 20 Billion slush ( oops,escrow ) fund to compensate those hurt by the oil plume in the Gulf of Mexico .


Really ? To bad this " Lefty " didn't read what was printed a couple of weeks ago in the Savannah Morning News , so lets take a close look at BP's finances . For those that know accounting , you will understand . For those that don't , do a little research . For those like Pinto , feel free to skip this post .


1) BP will establish a $20 bilion fund , but will pay only $7 billion into it during
2010.

2) By generally accepted accounting principles , BP must book the entire $20 billion
expense in the year accrued . Therefore , they will book a $20 billion expense in
2010 , reducing their U.S. tax liability by $7 billion.

3) Our " dear leader " also convinced BP to show their concern for the " small
people " by withholding dividends to their shareholders for the last three
quarters of 2010 . This reduces their outward cash flow by about $7.5 billion
, including approximately 40% of that amount to U.S. citizens . Assuming the
Bush tax cuts survive through 2010 , the U.S. Treasury will lose another
$450 million in taxes on that amount . We won't even discuss the effect on the
U.S. economy .

So lets review :

BP cash flow :

Escrow funding -$7.00 billion
Dividend saving+$7.50 billion
Tax saving +$7.00 billion
Net cash flow +$7.50 billion

US Treasury Tax Receipts

BP corporate income tax -$7.50 billion
BP shareholders -$0.45 billion
Net unfavorable tax receipts for US Treasury = -$7.95 billion

Thats why I call those on the left " lemmings " , rushing headlong towards the
cliff , still soaking up the propaganda spewing forth from Obama's white house.

Name: pinto colvig
Date: 8/9/2010 1:48:16 PM
Message:
no one should be surprised. i've been saying all this time how the federal govt and big buziness continually find ways to collude with each other to pat each other's azzes. you really think Obama and his negotiators didn't know what Ed just posted before they made the deal with BP? they knew exactly what they were doing and this is not news to anyone who pays attention. Hey Ed, I just got some breaking news! Human beings landed on the Moon! And Tiger Woods cheated on his wife!

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Name: Rob
Date: 8/6/2010 2:38:19 PM
Message:
Did someone mention ABC news as a reference? See what Joe Bite-me told ABC below (brace yourself, Ellison):

Last night, the Senate voted 61-39 in favor of a $26 billion bailout for states and government unions financed in part by an $11 billion tax hike that will kill American jobs at U.S. companies that compete overseas.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703748904575411384086577058.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Morning%2BBell

Worse, before that final vote was taken, the Senate also defeated two amendments by Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), both by 58-42 votes, that would have prevented the largest tax hike in American history. And earlier this month, Vice President Joe Biden told ABC News that the only thing wrong with President Barack Obama's first $862 billion economic stimulus was that it didn't borrow and spend enough.

Speaking of the liar-in chief: He acutally celebrated the unemployment rate of 9.5% this morning, saying everything is great, moving in the right direction, etc. What he didn't tell you was: All told the U.S. economy has now lost 2.4 million jobs since President Barack Obama signed his stimulus bill, and his administration is 7.6 million jobs short of what he promised the American economy would support by 2010.

And just wait for 2011! The $3.2 trillion Obama Tax Hike in January will hit small businesses the hardest, you know the ones who create 2 out of every 3 jobs! On what planet does this make sense?

Name: Stop the madness
Date: 8/6/2010 6:22:09 PM
Message:
Rob,

I think your forgetting the person who used to be president caused this fiasco in the first place.

Name: jeep
Date: 8/9/2010 10:00:06 AM
Message:
Madness....Good liberal respponse! It's all Bush's fault! OBAMA is putting this country in a bigger debt than any other president in history! Obama's promises have NOT panned out. It may be time to start reassessing who to blame. Better yet just vote in someone who actually knows how to fix things.

Name: Stop the madness
Date: 8/9/2010 5:06:31 PM
Message:
Jeep,

I didn't blame Bush, once again another republican trying to twist words what I said is don't forget Bush started this mess.

Name: Rob
Date: 8/9/2010 5:07:45 PM
Message:
To support Jeep's response, Madness please understand the facts- Bush left office with a $440 billion deficit, even with a DEMOCRAT congress. Obama is now running a $1.5 TRILLION deficit, and growing. Still blaming Bush? You have to be smarter than that.

Please entertain this one truth, if nothing else:
Blaming Bush Doesn't Create Jobs!!!!

(Get your search engine revved up, Ellison!)
In January 2009 after it became clear that the leftist majority in Congress would pass President Barack Obama's $862 billion economic stimulus bill without a single vote from a Republican, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended her partisan approach, telling Politico:

"Yes, we wrote the bill. Yes, we won the election."

Last Friday, some 19 months after the stimulus bill became law, the Labor Department issued its monthly jobs report showing the U.S. economy shed 131,000 jobs and unemployment tread water at 9.5% as 181,000 workers left the workforce entirely. These numbers are so terrible that the Federal Reserve is expected to downgrade its assessment of the U.S. economic outlook when it meets tomorrow.

Name: Stop the madness
Date: 8/10/2010 8:58:51 AM
Message:
I'm sorry I am mistaken Jeep I did make it seem like it was all bush's fault but it isn't it is more along the lines that bush made most of the debt Obama is just contributing.

Name: jeep
Date: 8/10/2010 12:16:17 PM
Message:
Madness....Bush made MOST of the debt and Obama is just "contributing". Really? Obama has done a little more than contribute! OBAMA has put the country further in debt than any other president in history! Just think of how high he'll have it before he leaves office! Bush might not have been perfect but he was BETTER than Obama!

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