Checkpoints
Checkpoints target impaired drivers and those on the list with revoked licenses ("ACLU is investigating city's checkpoints," Sept. 16). A small percentage of drivers, those who should not be on the road, are responsible for most traffic accidents and deaths. I am happy to see checkpoints in my neighborhood; the result should be safer streets for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.
CHARLES E. WILSON
Winston-Salem
Retirement haven?
Concerning the article "City again ranks high as retirement haven" (Sept. 16) on retiring in Winston-Salem, I read it with some amusement. I am a Winston-Salem native, but since high school, I have lived up and down the East Coast. My wife and I retired and relocated back to Winston-Salem after 23 years in Clearwater, Fla. The choice was due to a host of considerations. However, after five years of being back in Winston-Salem, our reasons to relocate have become moot.
The article spoke directly about the arts scene
and its impact on a retiree's decision process. It would not even be a
consideration for us. But, we have been downtown during the lunch hour and to
the arts district checking out the local restaurants and watering holes, and
found their desirability lacking. While in Florida
and before retirement, there were a host of activities that we participated in
that are virtually non-existent here.
Winston-Salem has a lot going for it, but it is missing the activities that we enjoyed the most and looked forward to when we retired.
GARY VERNON
Winston-Salem
Terms
A friend recently asked me why there is no term for Democrats that is the equivalent of RINO (Republican In Name Only), a term for Republicans who vote against their Republican constituents' wishes. I answered, "That's easy. A RINO is a Republican without integrity, but a Democrat without integrity is still a Democrat."
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JERRY PARSONS
Kernersville
Proper preparation
Peter Sellers and Eddie Murphy each made movies about men elevated to high positions without proper preparation: "Being There" and "Trading Places," respectively. Perhaps America would be better off if Barack Obama had just made a movie.
RICHARD MERLO
Elkin
Party politics
When millions of Americans can't find adequate work, we can't let party politics stand in the way of a solution. Congress needs to stop the political posturing and create the jobs we so desperately need by passing the American Jobs Act.
We need to spread this message through every state, district, and town — because without good jobs for Americans there is no American Dream.
SIMEON BROWN
Clemmons
Discrediting the president
It's evident that the Journal is a Republican newspaper and you only write negative things about Democrats. But you should know that Republicans as well as Democrats are without jobs. We are talking about Americans. Stop trying to discredit President Obama on all the things he's doing for this country and its people. President Obama has put forth a serious jobs plan, and Republicans should not stand in the way.
Nearly all of the proposals in the American Jobs Act have been approved by Republicans in the past — so there's no reason for them not to pass the president's bill, except to play politics with American lives.
CLAUDETTE KELLER
Clemmons
Mr. Vernon,
ReplyDeleteThe best thing Winston Salem has going for it and its retirees is its medical facilities and staff. They are second to none. I know, I've lived in many of the big cities across the United States, where the big bucks roam if you will.
The most negative thing about Winston Salem for retirees is that it has an over abundance of 'nitwits'. They are everywhere. They can cause undue stress,which can cause you to have to use the medical services here.
I suggest you travel back to Florida as often as you can to relieve that stress.
Sincerely,
Bucky
P.S. Please use caution when using public restrooms here, while not as common as in big cities, banging gay bucks can be sighted, and can cause further, more heightened consternation, and stress.
ReplyDeleteidée fixe, bucky, idée fixe
ReplyDeleteThe reality of obsession -- its incessant return to the same few themes, scenarios and questions; its meticulous examination and re-examination of banal minutiae for hidden meanings that simply aren't there; the cancerous way an idee fixe usurps other, more interesting thoughts -- is that it is confining, not rebellious, and not fascinating but maddeningly dull.
ReplyDeletewith an emphasis on "dull"
ReplyDeleteBucky, no one can leer at your ass for the big red bullseye with the words "KICK ME" on it.
ReplyDeleteGood morning Bobby. If gay marriage, and other pro gay and lesbian lifestyle articles weren't being written and pushed in the news media on a daily basis. I would probably move on to other topics.
ReplyDeleteHowever, since the news media is trying to push the gay and lesbian lifestyle and agenda as normal, I think it's only fair that I explain the more horrid and troubling side of some of the issues surrounding the gay world.
I haven't even gotten into my experiences with gays in the workplace, that'll be at least two chapters in the book I'm working on.
ReplyDeletenormal is so dull, I'm proud that I'm not "normal"
ReplyDeleteand it's not normal for a heterosexual to spend so much time conversing with a gay male about gay sex, in fact, it's completely abnormal.
ReplyDeletePerry got trashed on the illegal immigration last night. I know you probably didn't watch it Bobby, but it was ugly.
ReplyDeleteThe other candidates brought up the fact that he passed a law that allows illegal immigrants to go to Texas colleges using in state tuition rates while people from other states have to pay more.
What's up with that? Wow!
You're just like me, Bucky, not normal, it's a fact. Einstein was not normal, Jesus was not normal, we are all unique, that you cannot change.
ReplyDeletePerry's a handsome rascal.
ReplyDeleteBobby...are you in another one of your testy moods today?
ReplyDeleteAmusing, you always resort to "testy" when you can't retort.
ReplyDeletePerry might make a great immigration Czar.
ReplyDeleteBreaking News: Marcus Bachmann just landed the the leading role in the Life and Times of Dom Deluise.
ReplyDeleteLike I said yesterday before the debate, Perry is Texas Toast.
ReplyDeleteSharon...if you wander back here today, would you believe that since I loaded my pellet rifle to do battle with that squirrel, I have not seen his fuzzy butt since! He might be trying to buy some high velocity acorns to defend himself. That over rated rat!
ReplyDeletePerry isn't looking too good. The focus group that Dr. Luntz (FoxNews-naturally) used to evaluate the debate, all said Romney won.
ReplyDeleteI think Romney and Perry are weasels just like Obama. All politicians worry me, because they are pathological liars.
I still think you are in a testy mood today, Bobby. I can sense it through your keyboard.
Wilson students plead to keep blind and deaf school open
ReplyDeleteA sales tax penny saved?
Not really, I just like to do all the talking myself. It saves time and prevents arguments.
ReplyDeleteBobby, why don't we just give the government all of our money and let them decide on everything, and get it over with? That's clearly where we're headed with Obama in charge.
ReplyDeleteHe NEVER comes up with an economic plan that doesn't include higher TAXES.
What a wonderful idea, Bucky, I would have never thought of it.
ReplyDeleteI like the thought of giving my money to some wino on the street so he'll be able to sleep in a $300 sleeping bag bought by the government, don't you?
ReplyDeleteof course, considering most are vets and deserve a good sleeping bag.
ReplyDeleteOne of my old bosses told me that people will be glad to give you all of their problems to solve if they think you'll accept them.
ReplyDeleteThat's what we've gotten to in America with the over use of governmental intervention.
Compassion is all well and good until you get a bunch of nitwitted liberals involved, and then they want to try to save the world with MY money. Screw that!
Buckman: You're responding to Mr. Vernon's LTE but you didn't post it in the Journal's site, where HE can read it. Why?
ReplyDeleteThat's why I always made sure I worked for young bosses.
ReplyDeleteLaSombra....I got bored with the WS Journal's comment section. It was clear to me that they were censoring conservative voices over there. So, I moved on.
ReplyDeleteThey also didn't like the fact that I was ripping some of their writers for their leftist views, based on facts. So they were constantly booting me and my comments.
I like it here better, even though everybody hates me and my conservative views. I just feel more at home.
Of course you did, Buckman. It's a good thing you got bored, otherwise you AND your multiples would have been kicked off ONE MORE TIME.
ReplyDeleteno, you're just chicken, Bucky, they let Harvey Pulliam, Jr. post, and linda diorio, Deb Phillips, they are all conservative, and thems the facts. Everyone knows why you kept getting kicked off the WSJ site, everyone but you apparently.
ReplyDeleteBucky, you get a big "pants on fire"
ReplyDeleteOh I know. A bunch liberals started reporting me everytime I brought up gay bucks a bangin. They also reported me for slamming their lollipop view of the gay and lesbian lifestyle.
ReplyDeletebesides, boredom is just a state experienced by the weak of mind.
ReplyDeleteBoredom is just a sign of intellectual defeat.
ReplyDeleteIf I had no 'personal' knowledge of some of the hateful and horrific behavior of gays and lesbians, I wouldn't comment, but I do.
ReplyDeleteJust because everybody else wants to be politically correct, that doesn't mean they are factually correct.
. . . but instead of standing up for your right to free speech you got bored and let the liberals take over the site? It's not like you to do that, Buckman. What's the REAL reason?
ReplyDeleteBoredom means, bucky, you just have too much time to contemplate your own deficiencies.
ReplyDeleteBobby, I've got a pretty good mind. I feel like PacMan in here. Sometimes, I even feel like Tiger Woods, in his old days, playing on a Putt Putt course.
ReplyDeleteYes, I feel GOOOOOOD! I know that drives you liberals nuts, but since most of you are already nuts, I'm really not hurting anything.
Yes, I'll bet you do feel like Tiger Woods, someone obsessed with his own putter.
ReplyDelete"...even though everybody hates me and my conservative views..."
ReplyDeleteBucky Boy, nobody hates you or your views, because no one even pays attention to your repetitive babble of nonsense.
Bob: Buckman would rather be obsessed with his putter than his pooter.
ReplyDeleteCripes...what is it with righties and martyrdom complexes?
ReplyDelete"Y'ALL LEAVE MY DADDY ALONE!"
ReplyDelete---Knothead Jr.---
que grasioso, La Sombra.
ReplyDeleteWatching the Republican debates is really telling. The audience cheers executions and boos a soldier serving in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteCheer the idea of letting uninsured people die. Boo a soldier serving in Iraq.
ReplyDeleteAgain, it reminds me of why I'm a Democrat.
The kicker is, in both situations, none of the candidates said anything. They're just a bunch of cowards.
ReplyDeleteThe liberals were marching in the streets protesting the execution of a black man that killed a white people officer, but we didn't hear a peep from them when a white supremacist was executed for killing a black man.
ReplyDeleteYet, they say they are against the death penalty? Hmmmmm Maybe, they were just being politically correct as usual. Has anybody thought about that?
Thank goodness those liberal nitwits in Connecticut still have the death penalty. The killers in the Petit murders need to be fried.
Here is Fox's transcript of the exchange between Stephen Hill, USA, and Rick Santorum. Pay particular attention to Santorum's reply, which is reminiscent of the garbled nonsense that we used to see from Caniac Steve. This is a presidential candidate talking?
ReplyDeleteHill: "In 2010, when I was deployed to Iraq, I had to lie about who I was, because I'm a gay soldier, and I didn't want to lose my job.
"My question is, under one of your presidencies, do you intend to circumvent the progress that's been made for gay and lesbian soldiers in the military?"
(BOOING)
Santorum: "Yeah, I — I would say, any type of sexual activity has absolutely no place in the military. And the fact that they're making a point to include it as a provision within the military that we are going to recognize a group of people and give them a special privilege to — to — and removing 'don't ask/don't tell' I think tries to inject social policy into the military. And the military's job is to do one thing, and that is to defend our country.
"We need to give the military, which is all-volunteer, the ability to do so in a way that is most efficient at protecting our men and women in uniform."
(APPLAUSE)
"And I believe this undermines that ability."
(APPLAUSE)
If you're joining the U.S. Military in order to get more gay sex, I think you've got your priorities mixed up. I think I agree with Santorum.
ReplyDeleteAnd people say I bring up badend activities all the time. I think somebody needs to have a word with the Kat.
ReplyDeleteLooks like we may have another government shut down. I say shut her down until Obama is voted out of office. He's done enough damage.
ReplyDeletePresident Hugo Chavez, the socialist leader of Venezuela, gained control of that country by turning the poor and middle class people against the rich. He's now a dictator that can't be voted out of office because of class warfare.
ReplyDeleteIs that where America is headed under Obama's leadership?
Arthur, the reason that the candidates said nothing is they cannot, because they are all pandering to the kind of lowest common denominator barbarians and fools like the one who made the above statement.
ReplyDeleteThat should be "statements".
ReplyDeleteChris Rock used to say there ain't no sex in the champagne room. I tell you what, with the removal of 'don't ask, don't tell', the U.S. Military will become infested with gay and lesbian sex, because that portion of the population is the most promiscuous.
ReplyDeleteTrue. It seems like the lowest common denominator just gets lower and lower.
ReplyDeleteAnd another thing, I doubt a bunch of heterosexual young men are going to rush to U.S. Military recruiters, post repeal of DADT, knowing that they could be entering into a service where they could be ordered around by a bunch of bull dykes.
ReplyDeleteI don't see that happening. But I could be wrong. What do you liberal experts think?
Actually, Bucky, Victim's son objects as Texas sets execution in hate crime death
ReplyDeletea vigil in Huntsville, TX, began at midnight with civil rights activist Dick Gregory.
Dick Gregory. Is he not liberal enough for ya?
ReplyDeleteIn fact, Gregory was interviewed on MSNBC last night. The "liberal" media covered a protest against a white supremacist being executed in Texas.
ReplyDeleteFacts are Facts.
I'd say that qualifies as a peep.
ReplyDeleteGood afternoon folks!
ReplyDeleteLTE 1: A vote for checkpoints. Doesn't surprise me that some neighborhoods get targeted more often than others, but not sure if that raises to the level of a rights violation.
LTE 2: I suppose what makes a haven is up to each individual. Any place that offers the recreational activities and lifestyle desired by a particular person would be a haven to that individual. And of course there's always the tradeoff between lifestyle and affordability.
LTE 3: Hard core, uncompromising political positioning on both sides is why the credit agencies and the markets have lost faith in the US. This LTE is part of the problem.
LTE 4: I'm not sure if there is such a thing as proper preparation for being President. H.W. Bush was as prepared as anyone in history and his results were average.
LTE 5: Congress and the President working together is part of the solution. The country's infrastructure needs updating and many out there need jobs, so this would seem like a natural fit.
LTE 6: I've seen plenty of negative things written about the R's as well in the paper. Ms. Keller's last statement reminds me of a recent article that stated Obama was the best R running for President since everything he has proposed is a rehash of prior R ideas.
@ Bucky 11:02 am
ReplyDeleteSome members the Texas murder victim's family did not want to see the white supremacist executed.
By Karen Brooks
AUSTIN, Texas | Wed Sep 21, 2011 10:45am EDT
(Reuters) - As Texas prepares to execute one of his father's killers, Ross Byrd hopes the state shows the man the mercy his father, James Byrd Jr., never got when he was dragged behind a truck to his death.
Wordly
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/21/us-texas-execution-son-idUSTRE78K35B20110921
Good PM,folks!
ReplyDeleteBusy day catching up on family and personal things that have long been neglected. Much to do still.
LTE1: Checkpoints are fine with me. If they are more prevalent in some neighborhoods, fine with me, as some neighborhoods have higher crime rates. My area has a low crime rate, but I'd be fine with checkpoints here, which might confer some surprises on the indulgent parents out this way.
LTE2: Delta is ready when you are.
LTE3 and LTE4: Neither of these two LTE writers should waste their time trying out at comedy clubs. Again, I'm no fan of President Obama, but looking at his potential opponents, I'm compelled to ask how much integrity does Gringrich have? He is not a RINO. Bachmann's association with the truth is sometimes a bit tenuous. Perry is derisive of proven science. If those three are taken as bastions of integrity, I'll go with the RINO's.
LTE5: The "Journal" is a Republican newspaper? Substance abuse is a sad thing.
Oops,while making a smart-alec comment, I left myself open for a retort, as I missed an LTE.
ReplyDeleteThe real LTE5: I'm fine with the stimulus plan, provided it is not a Marshall Plan for unions. Thus, it should be amended to include provisions to roll back union privileges, which I have previously enumerated.
Touche' again Bobby....I need to be more careful with people like you around.
ReplyDeletehere's why WW couldn't find his nemesis the other day. He was off getting some combat training:
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Pretty lame LTEs today. But this one from some whiner named Gary Vernon, caught my notice:
ReplyDelete"My wife and I retired and relocated back to Winston-Salem after 23 years in Clearwater, Fla."
Now there's a really rockin' town, if you're over 85. It's where the "college" kids from Bob Jones U. go for Spring Break. Of course, it does get pretty exciting surfing those 8" waves.
"The article spoke directly about the arts scene and its impact on a retiree's decision process. It would not even be a consideration for us."
I understand. There is not a single studio in the Arts District that sells Velvet Elvises.
"But, we have been downtown during the lunch hour and to the arts district checking out the local restaurants and watering holes, and found their desirability lacking."
Yep, not a single Hooters downtown.
"While in Florida and before retirement, there were a host of activities that we participated in that are virtually non-existent here."
Well, if you're going to take the trouble to write a LTE, you might want to be more specific. Come on, tell us about those exciting activities that you're missing. If you are looking for the mutual masturbation society, get in touch with Senor Bucky, care of this site.
Perhaps that guy misses his shuffleboard league and the missus pines for mah jongg.
ReplyDeleteOT..that explains why the squirrel has been gone. Looks like I'm going to need more than a pellet gun?
ReplyDeleteYep, Suggest you upgrade to the Exacto. Range so far is about 2000 meters, well outside squirrel boy's range:
ReplyDeleteExacto
Hope your lettuce crop is valuable enough to make it worthwhile. Exacto's estimated production cost, circa 2013-15 is around $55,000 per unit, but it should come down some once Costco gets ahold of it.
Hi WW!
ReplyDeleteIf you can do without the guided bullet technology, a .50-cal. rifle goes for about 10% of that Exacto price.
The Army has had a 155mm laser-guided artillery HEAT round for ca. 20 years, the Copperhead.
To Bob's 10:33AM post:
ReplyDeleteSólo estaba bromeando.
Stab, OT...based on your collective info, I may just pump up the gun a couple more times. I really just want to shoot him in the butt. Then, I will tell Sharon and she can warn those squirrels b othering her. I am "Have (pellet) Gun, Will Travel".
ReplyDeleteYep, Palladin, Palladin...this may be a new career for WW.
ReplyDeleteHaveGunWillTravel
Stab, the Copperhead is pretty cool, but WW is trying to take out a squirrel, not a whole neighborhood. True, the squirrel would be gone, but so would the lettuce.