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It's your call, Nov. 2, 2009

Monday, November 2, 2009

Editor’s note: In keeping with tradition, the News-Press has stopped publishing comments concerning the school levy in advance of Tuesday’s election. We welcome your calls on other matters.

Stop it!

I see in Saturday morning’s paper that the water company wants a raise. The lights went up, the gas went up, the phone went up, the gas for cars went up, the health insurance went up, the meds went up, groceries are astronomical and seniors don’t get a Social Security raise for two years. When is this going to stop? We can’t afford it.

I’ll take U.S.

I’m so tired of hearing the excuse that we don’t want government between a patient and their doctor. What a bunch of garbage that is! For years, we’ve had insurance companies between patients and their doctors. Insurance companies are for profit. I myself have been denied a particular treatment because my insurance would not pay for it. You can give me the government any day.

Money talks

This is to “Unfair, unbalanced.” Haven’t you put together the fact that George Bush had oil connections? Obama owns no oil wells. Figure it out for yourself.

Scary stuff

Why don’t they knock all those houses down going up to Mount Mora Cemetery? It is scary to go up there. I have relatives that come into town and want to see Mount Mora Cemetery. It’s weird to go up that street and see how trashy those homes have gotten. They could knock those houses down and make beautiful scenery going toward that cemetery.

Funny figures

The water company is asking for a 28 percent rate increase, and they say the average bill is $29.59 a month. I live alone and I’m very conservative with water, and my bill is always at least $33. Last month, I was gone two weeks out of the month and it still was $33. I don’t know where they’re getting their figures.

You can’t win

FOX News and those professing lies are trying to make everything our president does seem wrong. They have complained about everything, even silliness like he was wrong for trying to get the Olympics here. Now his daughters got preferential treatment with the H1N1 vaccine, but had they not, FOX would be crying that he put the White House in jeopardy by not protecting them first. Come on, can’t you see FOX is dividing America?

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pops November 2, 2009 at 6:52 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Nope....can't see Fox is dividing anyone. Please show me even ONE "lie" perpetrated on Fox.

Now....in that vein....does "you can't win" remember all the stupid lies told about President Bush? How about the lies against other conservatives...like Rush Limbaugh? They were lies...and those who told them even ADMITED they weren't truthful, after the damage was done, and yet, they don't seem to receive the same outrage from people like you. When the Democrats lie, it seems acceptable. When you perceive lies from the Republican side, you cry "foul". Can't have it both ways, folks!!

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Trixie November 2, 2009 at 7:21 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Scary Stuff - I imagine that whoever owns the houses doesn't want them knocked down. You're right about the need to do so though. There are more than a few neighborhoods in StJ that would be improved by doing a good clearing out. Let's start a grass roots movement called "Citizens for More GreenSpace"!

Seems like FOX has been running a story/commentary about how the H1N1 vaccine is unsafe and that no one should take it. How does that make giving the Obama girls a priority vaccination an advantage?

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10377586 November 2, 2009 at 7:36 a.m. (Suggest removal)

I'll take U.S.

I couldn't agree more, I'd one hell of a lot rather deal with the government than a profit only minded health care insurance company. The insurance companies have zero patient interest beyond net underwriting profit, couldn't care less about patient care, unless it costs too much.

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77cod November 2, 2009 at 7:57 a.m. (Suggest removal)

FOX news is providing a VERY important news alert. The empty suit that you uniformed, media followers, and awe struck mindless followers put in the white house is on the verge of ruining this country with his socialistic programs and all the while the looney main media props him up so you aren't aware of the true happenings. Without Fox we wouldn't know the "anointed ones" real workings (communist czars, tax cheat cabinet members, false numbers on health care and jobs and the great deception of THE STIMULUS. Ask yourself just WHAT has this fraud of a leader done since his election. I can tell you, ZERO, nothing!!! Now go out and lie and hide from the truth.

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Wright_Winger November 2, 2009 at 8:34 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Are you sure it is Fox News that you have heard warning not to get the H1N1 vaccine and not some commentator on a local Fox station? I haven't heard any Fox News employee make any kind of statement warning against the vaccine. They have had some guests who themselves said they weren't getting the vaccine, but they were not Fox newscasters. Running Yahoo and Google news searches does not reveal that Fox News has made derogatory statements about the vaccine in their reporting of H1N1 flu news. Just trying to set the record straight about Fox reportage; I haven't personally decided about getting the H1N1 vaccination although our doctor highly recommends it when available.

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tiger November 2, 2009 at 11:58 a.m. (Suggest removal)

When I read the stupid comments written and phoned in it is no wonder that St. Joe has low pay and the population is not as large as it was in 1900.

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JoeFreedom November 2, 2009 at 12:34 p.m. (Suggest removal)

"I'll take U.S.": thankfully, your views are the minority now. When people wake up and realize the consequences of this massive health care "reform" bill, they wise up in a hurry. I mean, get real, would you really trust your health care to a bunch of politicians who have failed in EVERY program they've created? It's an absolute joke. It will be a thousand-page, trillion-dollar bill that raises premiums, raises taxes and slashes Medicare for our seniors to create new government spending programs. That is NOT reform. Even as some of the final details of the bill do go public, it is likely that lawmakers won't know in advance entirely what it is they are voting on. That's because the legislation the Senate Finance Committee "agreed" to -- all 1,502 pages of it -- is the most massive piece of legislation ever introduced by Congress. Congress has set a new all-time division record for gigantic, unintelligible, unaffordable, over-regulatory, federal legislation. Have you not heard that the "obscene" profits that Obama claims insurance companies are makings only amount to 2 percent? Talk about misinformation!

We need to give this a closer look, especially the younger generation. Did you know that it’s going to cost us all over one trillion dollars out of our pockets to pay for it all – that’s a million TIMES a million! If this thing gets passed into law, your paycheck is going to look like an accounting error. So if you think you’re paying a lot of taxes now, you ain’t seen nohing yet. Young people are going to get hit the hardest from all this.

Let’s put it another way. Let’s say you’re a student trying to get through college. With the President’s plan, you have a choice between paying a $1000 fine, or paying $8,000 for a service you never intend to use. Let’s say you’re a small business fighting hard to survive. You have a choice: pay a $1000 fine, or pay $12,000 for each employee, and then get taxed 40% on top of that $12,000. This isn’t about getting “something for nothing.” This is all about control. Even Senator Barney Frank admitted, the ONLY reason this health care bill is being considered is so the government can seize full control of 1/6th of the economy. This is tyranny pure and simple - utter contempt for the one thing that makes our country the greatest in the world: freedom.

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lbc November 2, 2009 at 4:41 p.m. (Suggest removal)

Trixie........no wonder Fox gets a knock on being fair and balanced. It's people like you that only hear what you choose to hear.

Fox had two physicians with opposite views express their views and opinions and conclusions and the moderator said "you make your choice". If that isn't "fair and balanced" I'll kiss your footise.

Obama obviously has 100% confidence in the vaccine....he has moved the prisioners at GitMo to top priority after his daughters, of course.

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crashdive November 2, 2009 at 10:57 p.m. (Suggest removal)

I watch Fox News exclusively, until a loud-mouth, non-stop ranter from the far left tries to shout down every one who doesn't agree that Barack Obama portends the Second Coming. Then I switch to the Weather Channel.

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grandpacory November 3, 2009 at 9:55 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Money talks:

He doesn't own oil wells, because the oil wells own him.
The Federal Election Commission on July 29, 2008, reported "Through June [2008], Exxon employees have given Obama $42,100 to McCain's $35,166. Chevron favors Obama $35,157 to $28,500, and Obama edges out McCain with BP $16,046 vs. $11,500."

Along with Wall Street.
2008 campaign top contributors
Goldman Sachs $994,795
Harvard University $854,747
Microsoft Corp $833,617
Google Inc $803,436
Citigroup Inc $701,290
JPMorgan Chase & Co $695,132

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grandpacory November 5, 2009 at 9:12 a.m. (Suggest removal)

Pops, ask and you shall receive:

Fox claims Obama watched a documentary about his 08 campaign on HBO instead of the special election coverage.
Christian Science Monitor pointed out the completely false report swallowed hook, line and sinker by FakeNEWS (and newsbusters.org)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlLRNMA6-fs&feature=player_embedded

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