The school board's request
Forsyth County Commissioner Debra Conrad's statement about the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School Board's request for a school-bond referendum — "totally on another planet from where we are" ("County says no to bonds," June 22) — was infuriating to me as a parent of school-age children. Perhaps she should visit that planet.
On that planet there are old school buildings that are falling apart, with outdated, poorly running heating and air conditioning. Children attending school in these old buildings spend most of the school year either freezing or burning up.
If Conrad or the other commissioners had to work day-in and day-out in these conditions, they would be requesting (or demanding) a plan for improvement as well.
Schools are not optional, they are required. If we are unable to maintain our city's schools due to a debt limit, then we need to get busy reducing debt by eliminating projects that are optional.
The school board's request for a school-bond referendum is not frivolous. I have seen Superintendent Don Martin's presentation of improvements that would be made as a result of this school bond, and they are sorely needed.
I am so tired of our schools, our teachers and our children coming last. Winston-Salem has come a long way in the last 15-20 years, growing and improving in so many ways. Now it is time to focus on our school system and do what is needed to help our city's schools become the best they can be.
JAN HIERSTEINER
Winston-Salem
Help with problem
No doubt I will need one of my open-minded liberal friends to help me with this problem. As it is commonly known, if I disagree with the political position and politics of President Obama, I am a diehard racist. However, since I voted for Alan Keyes, Vernon Robinson and Herman Cain, am I still a racist or just an uninformed Southern redneck?
DONALD R. CREWS
Winston-Salem
It's worth protecting
Recently I asked several neighbors, "If you were looking for a local site to build a football stadium, would Hanes Park come to mind?" The responses ranged from a quizzical frown to an emphatic, "Of course not. That's obscene!" Only one person cited "home school loyalty" as justification for the proposed Reynolds High School stadium, with no other rationale for surrendering Hanes Park.
As the mother of Reynolds graduates and a proponent of vigorous lifestyles, environmental responsibility and social-capital building, I respect the roles of team sports and athletics for any age. My college major was Physical Education, and I appreciate the attraction of a convenient stadium. However, over 40 years ago the residents of this city (not just West Enders) rose up against building a U.S. 52-to-I-40 bypass through Hanes Park. It was worth protecting then, and it is worth protecting now.
Every day of every year, Hanes Park enhances Winston-Salem. From sweaty runners to bench-sitters to drivers passing by the green scene — we thrive on our wide public use of Hanes Park. It is not necessary to cite environmental effects, stretched school budgets, or even the fact that Reynolds is not a neighborhood school to find the stadium proposal far short of the value that will be lost if the current park resources are sacrificed.
If — without prejudice — we were to seek a suitable place for a stadium, Hanes Park would not top the list. It would not even be on the list.
ELLEN S. YARBOROUGH
CO-INITIATOR OF THE WEST END ASSOCIATION, 1969
Winston-Salem
Montana convention
Montana Republications brought an outhouse to their state convention recently. The outhouse had a sign on its side that said "OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY." I find this display shameful and disgusting. I suggest that the GOP be ashamed of what the Montana GOP did.
ROBERT C. MARCH
Winston-Salem
Sum It Up
Do you think President Obama is abusing his executive privilege?
Letters: Ignoring the sterilization victims
Ignoring the sterilization victims
State Rep. Earline Parmon stated that she was ashamed and appalled that the North Carolina Senate took no action to compensate the victims of the state's sterilization program" ("Senate rejects paying victims," June 21). I am likewise appalled at this decision. This was a political decision, not a moral or caring or just decision. It appears that only the numbers of voters and the amount of contributions matter to our state representatives and senators, not noble ideas and actions and not the estimated 1,350 to 1,800 living victims.
This is certainly a blight on our state's reputation.
ANTHONY POLICELLI
Winston Salem
LTE #2...Help with Problem
ReplyDeleteHmm, if those are the only two choices you give yourself, either one will do.
Mr. Crews:
DeleteLiberals are the biggest hypocrites in the country. They preach tolerance and diversity, yet they hate everybody that disagrees with their views and are different from them.
I say, who cares what liberals think. What is right, is 'right'.
We like Mike. We like Mike. We like Mike.
DeleteI like IKE and Mike.
Delete“Nonviolence means avoiding not only external physical violence but also internal violence of spirit. You not only refuse to shoot a man, but you refuse to hate him.” Martin Luther King, Jr.
Delete"However, since I voted for Alan Keyes, Vernon Robinson and Herman Cain, am I still a racist or just an uninformed Southern (sic)* redneck?"
DeletePhargo, I'm going to say that anyone who admits to voting for the three crackpots named has to be behind door #2, "...uninformed southern redneck."
As my black friends say "Vernon is as black as the ace of Oreos."
* The word "southern" is not capitalized unless it is part of a name or title.
Bucky July 1, 2012 7:38 AM
DeleteMr. Crews:
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I say, who cares what liberals think. What is right, is 'right'.
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"The wiretap applications are under court seal, and releasing such information to the public would ordinarily be illegal. But Issa appears to be protected by the Speech or Debate Clause in the Constitution, which offers immunity for Congressional speech, especially on a chamber’s floor.
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"Sadly, it looks like Mr. Issa is continuing his string of desperate and unsubstantiated claims, while hiding key information from the very same documents," a Democratic committee staffer said. "His actions demonstrate a lack of concern for the facts, as well as a reckless disregard for our nation’s courts and federal prosecutors who are trying to bring criminals to justice. We’re not going to stoop to his level. Obviously, we are going to honor the court’s seal and the prosecutors’ requests. But if Mr. Issa won’t tell you what he is hiding from the wiretaps, you should ask him why."
Issa may be "protected"on this, but that doesn't make violating a court seal right. Typical of the craven tactics of the Tea Party.
Reminds me of Cheney's treasonous outing of a CIA agent, which our intelligence net in Saudi has never recovered from. He and Issa are both fools.
When I read Mr Crews letter, my first thought was to Hamlet, Act III, scene II, Queen Gertrude:
Delete"The lady doth protest too much, methinks."
"Reminds me of Cheney's treasonous outing of a CIA agent, which our intelligence net in Saudi has never recovered from. He and Issa are both fools."
DeleteRush
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Any fool (except Rush apparently) in the world knows that people that work in U.S. Embassies are associated with the U.S. government, and could be a covert operative. Valarie Plame was also married to a U.S. Ambassador. So if there was an 'outing' of her identity, it was hardly some revelation as liberals want to call it.
Of course, liberals like the fool, Rush, wanted to make a big deal out of it and do a big investigation.
Now, when we've got a dead federal agent, and who knows how many dead Mexicans, as a result of a botched gun trafficking operation led by AG Eric Holder, the liberal Democrats want to cover it up.
It would be strange to most people on its face. But one has to remember how utterly perverted a Democrat's mind is in order to put into context. Then it becomes completely outrageous.
As always and so on and so on...
DeleteValerie Plame did not work in an embassy. She worked for several consulting companies that had no visible connection with the US government.
The case was serious enough to send Scooter Libby to prison...Cheney should have joined him.
And, of course, the whole purpose of the treasonous act was to get us involved in yet another stupid war. No doubt, the Bushites will go down in history as one of the greatest presidential administrations ever, almost as good as the Harding administration.
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DeleteAgain......, you obviously don't know what you're talking about. She only worked for those companies for a few years.
DeleteYou just love having your foot in your mouth don't you Rush?
Stupidity is, fortunately, not communicable
When she was outed in 2003, Valerie Plame was "working" as an "energy consultant" for Brewster Jennings & Associates, a CIA front company established in 1994. She had no connection with any embassy. In fact, her employment by the government was classified above top secret. She was considered to be one of the CIA's most valuable assets.
DeleteThen along came Dickless Cheney and his personal vendetta.
She got married to a U.S. Ambassador in 1998, you flaming fool! What foreign intelligence community would be stupid enough not to know she was connected to the U.S. government?
DeleteHere's his prior employment history:
1976–1978: General Services Officer, Niamey, Niger
1978–1979: Administrative Office, Lomé, Togo
1979–1981: Administrative Officer, US State Department, Washington, D.C.
1981–1982: Administrative Officer, Pretoria, South Africa
1982–1985: Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM), Bujumbura, Burundi
1985–1986: Congressional Fellow, offices of Senator Al Gore and Representative Tom Foley
1986–1988: DCM, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo
1988–1991: DCM, Baghdad, Iraq
1992–1995: Ambassador to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe
1995–1997: Political Advisor (POLAD) to the Commander in Chief of US Armed Forces, Europe (EUCOM), Stuttgart, Germany
1997–1998: Special Assistant to President Bill Clinton and Senior Director for African Affairs, United States National Security Council, Washington
Why don't limit your useless babble to something you know about-like-how to be a complete and utter fool!?
By the way, the Supreme Court also thought her civil suit was nonsense, and they refused to hear it in 2009.
DeleteWhy don't you get together with them? They sound like your kind of people. Dumb as a box of rocks.
As always, living in the past and irrelevant. Wilson's resume is meaningless because:
DeleteShe was a senior analyst at Langley and ran operations overseas under her cover job and name. Fewer than a dozen people worldwide knew who she was and they all worked for the US government.
If you think that the CIA runs operations using people who are "obvious" agents, you are even dumber than you seem to be.
Then along came your kind of dickheads and blew the whole show.
LTE #1: Thank you for your letter, Ms. Hiersteiner. My only question right now to our local AND state politicians is "Where's the educational funding from our state lottery?"
ReplyDeleteLTE #2: voting for Alan Keyes and Vernon Robinson, two PERENNIAL candidates, (I voted unaffiliated in our primaries so I'm unaware if Herman Cain was still on the NC ballots after his withdrawal) reveals to this readership a very lax approach to a citizen's voting responsibilities . . . AND his contemptuous views on race.
Mr. Crews: if we were to cross paths on the streets you MIGHT consider me an acquaintance, at best, but I certainly would not be one of your Liberal friends. I'm very discerning of who I bring into my circle of friends.
LTE #4: I agree, it IS shameful AND theatrical.
To Sum It Up: I believe executive privilege is just that - - - a privilege, nothing like the 5th Amendment but in comparison. To put it in another perspective: REPUBLICAN President Ronald Reagan evoked executive PRIVILEGE during the Iran-Contra hearings in the "arms-for-hostages" fiasco; REPUBLICAN President George W. Bush also evoked executive privilege SIX TIMES.
I always encourage people to 'Google' these left-wing-nut-cases that write into the Journal.
DeleteBased on where JAN HIERSTEINER lives (near Reynold and Kent), it's clear she could easily afford to send her children to private schools. A lot of people don't have the money to incur more and more taxes every year Ms. Hiersteiner. Do you understand?
However, I will give you credit for your running activities. It adds to one's health, and leads to lower healthcare costs. That's something we should encourage all people to do.
Yet another incoherent rant from the usual suspect.
DeleteWhether or not Ms. Hiersteiner can afford private schools has nothing to do with anything.
I know Rob and Jan Hiersteiner. They are fine people and fine citizens.
Their garbage cans are smarter than the Dunce.
As to "executive privilege", George Washington used it twice, Reagan 3 times, Bush I once, Bush II 6, Clinton 14 times.
DeleteThe most notorious attempt to use the privilege was by Nixon, who was attempting to hide outright criminal activity. When his attempt was slapped down by SCOTUS, his resignation became inevitable.
Let's hope Obama's use of 'executive privilege' is handled in the same manner as Nixon's and he steps down.
DeleteAnother matter that the Dunce knows nothing about.
DeleteLet's hope that SCOTUS finds Buck boy to be a non-human and deports him to the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
It's a penalty, no it's a tax...no it's a penalty.
DeleteLies.....Lies....and more lies! The liberals just can't help making fools out of themselves.
And Rush is the leader of the band, at least in here.
Bucky
ReplyDeleteTo do a Bucky is to adopt a false persona in order to conceal one's homosexuality. Named after the fictitious, gay cowboy H. C. G. J. Bucky who believed that raising a ruckus would divert attention from his true nature.
Bob
The most awe inspiring name in existence. Think of any historical feat in existence and he's done it. The first name that pops into your head, for obvious reasons. All hail he who is known as Bob.
Me: "Hey Bob! You rock!"
Bob: "I know, I know"
Knew this guy in the Navy. Whenever the bo'sun asked him to do something he didn't want to do, he'd say "Let Bob do it." Since we didn't have a Bob, the bo'sun took that as a "No, thank you."
DeleteYeah, I'm a latent homosexual, and you guys are heterosexual porn stars. Puleaaaz!
Deleteob·ses·sion [uhb-sesh-uhn]
Deletethe domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
Example sentence:
We shall know him by his obsessions.
Smokin........! Erin Andrews may be headed to Fox.
ReplyDeleteIf you're a BD, better head to CNN.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/richard_deitsch/06/28/erinandrews.fox/index.html?hpt=hp_c3
Smokin'?
Deletebucky
a system developed to increase the amount of THC contained in a single toke.
Or MSNBC
DeleteMSNBC, one of the only networks that didn't mess up the SCOTUS decision. Chris Hays rocks. Melissa Harris-Perry rocks. She went to Wake Forest and Duke.
DeleteThe network Sunday morning shows really, REALY suck compared to them. I mean, how many times do I need to see John McCain interviewed?
DeleteNotice Rachel Maddow's wrinkled forehead, obviously denoting a confused state of mind when faced with reality.
Deletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W7BpPnCw4M&feature=related
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DeleteIf it weren't for FoxNews, we wouldn't have a clue about what's going on.
DeleteIt's obvious from the ratings numbers, quite a few liberals are watching Fox too.
I'll admit it. I watch CNN and MSNBC sometimes when I'm in the mood for comedy. Who doesn't like a good chuckle.
Yet another classic "trivial mistake".
DeleteThe vast majority of people who get their news from TV get it from the big three broadcast network news shows.
The lowest rated of those has about 4 times the number of viewers of Fox's cable news show. In total, they have about 15 times as many viewers.
Fox News Lies
DeleteA great link. It will save Dunce a lot of time, because now instead of having to surf the sewers, he can just go there to find all the lies in one place.
DeleteSo do I care if a gay guy sees me naked? Uh, not really. As I said, gays have plenty of opportunities for that, if they are so inclined. What’s next? Separate restrooms for gays and lesbians? Separate showers at the local racquet club?
DeleteYou tell me. Does anyone really think this is a big deal?
Read more: http://www.lineofdeparture.com/2010/12/31/separate-showers-for-gays/#ixzz1zOgHL5Ly
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I didn't find this on the FoxNews website.
You tell me. Does anyone really think this is a big deal?
DeleteThank you for voting!
Yes, I care. 24.56% (28 votes)
No, I don't. 46.49% (53 votes)
Read more: http://www.lineofdeparture.com/2010/12/31/separate-showers-for-gays/#ixzz1zOiCKA9f
Ha, ha! The poll has been up 2 1/2 years and they've got something over 100 total votes.
DeleteThis must be a really hot issue in the military.
hehehe, yep
DeleteThere will be civil suits going forward in the not too distant future asking for 'privacy' in public showers and bathrooms from leering gay eyes.
DeleteTrust me.
Probably in the military too.
DeleteWhen you see all these little pieces of toilet paper on a public bathroom floor. Be forewarned, that is a clear indication that the bathroom you are in, is used as a rendezvous point for gay members of the community.
DeleteGay party requirement: Have plenty of toilet paper.
Malvern Hill: Then & Now
ReplyDeleteToday being the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Malvern Hill
our good friend Wordly is there today.
We can be sure that the Confederate soldiers celebrated the end of that battle, because almost 6,000 of them died during the Seven Days.
DeleteThe entire series of battles were a total eff-up on the part of the Confederates. At one point the great Stonewall Jackson was misdirected by Lee's guides and found himself marching away from the battle. D.H. Hill later said that it "...wasn't war, it was murder."
Despite his victory, General McClellan timidly withdrew to the cover of his gunboats. McClellan's overall lack of aggression prompted one of my favorite Lincoln quotes:
"If General McClellan isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time."
The best book on Lincoln's desperate search for a general who would fight is Lincoln and His Generals by T. Harry Williams.
thanks O.T., I just put it on reserve
DeleteIt's a great story.
DeleteNo one loves irony more than I do. And Grant's story...sent home in shame from Shiloh...is one of the great ironies of history.
The other folks celebrating 150 years ago were the Poindexter family, whose farm was the focus of the battle.
DeleteI'll bet that as the soldiers were leaving, the whole Poindexter clan was out by the road waving and saying "Ya'll come see us now, y'hear!"
First time Army bugle call Taps played: July 1862, by bugler Oliver W. Norton; the melody was written at Harrison's Landing on Berkeley Plantation by General Daniel Butterfield.
DeleteBele Chere
ReplyDelete“Bele Chere” means beautiful living. That’s what you’ll find in Asheville at the largest FREE arts and music street festival in the Southeast. Great art, music, food, and beer come to the streets of downtown Asheville each summer. Discover a cool new band, find the perfect piece of art, sample some local cuisine, enjoy a microbrew – find your own way to celebrate Bele Chere. July 27th-29th
Let's hope the temp has dropped a bit by then.
DeleteThe beer isn't free, but it will be plentiful and very, very good. Asheville is the world capitol of microbrew. When the great Colorado based Oscar Blue's Brewery opens its new east coast branch in Brevard in December, that will be the 10th microbrewery in the Asheville area.
That will also be a day to celebrate, because the price of Dale's Pale Ale and Deviant Dale's imperial IPA will drop locally.
Bele Chere, indeed!
Brevard Summer Music Festival
DeleteAn Impressive line-up this summer including Andre Watts.
The Barber of Seville
La Boheme
Peer Gynt
Death and Transfiguration
Beethoven Symphony #2
Brahms Symphony #4
Mozart Concerto for Two Pianos
Shostakovich Symphony #5
HMS Penafore
Peter and the Wolf
Prokofiev Symphony #5
Mahler Symphony #6
Some music trivia: The first four notes in the last movement of Mozart's last Symphony #41 "The Jupiter" are CDFE, which also happens to be the keys of Brahms 4 symphonies in order.
DeletePlaylist looks OK, but could use more Renaissance and Baroque.
DeleteThere is also a lot of chamber music that I didn't include but is on tap. It's seven weeks of something every night. This is the 76th year.
DeleteAnd don't forget the Eastern Music Festival, which started this week and runs through July 28...classical, blues/jazz and other.
DeleteIt used to be just at Guilford College, but since Gerard Schwarz took over as music director in 2005, it has expanded greatly to many area venues, even some at App State.
EMF 2012
(CBS News) Chief Justice John Roberts initially sided with the Supreme Court's four conservative justices to strike down the heart of President Obama's health care reform law, the Affordable Care Act, but later changed his position and formed an alliance with liberals to uphold the bulk of the law, according to two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations.
ReplyDelete___________
Kennedy tried to bring Roberts back to his senses, and join the conservative justices, but to no avail.
It's clear that Roberts' decision will go down in history as one of the most 'odd' decisions in U.S. Supreme Court History.
It'll probably be considered like the Dred Scott case, utterly nonsensical, and a violation of basic human rights in the future.
The Supreme Court expert speaks:
Delete"It'll probably be considered like the Dred Scott case, utterly nonsensical, and a violation of basic human rights in the future."
Copied and pasted like a true parrot.
There is no comparison between Scott and the current case.
Bet the Dunce could not name three other SCOTUS cases without looking them up online. Same for what the Scott case was about.
I know one other good one. George Bush v. Al Gore. That's the one where the Republicans rammed one up the liberals' loose kazzzzooooo!
DeleteTake a look at this video if you dare. Although pieced together, it has our president saying some disturbing things about Muslims, and his beliefs.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=tCAffMSWSzY#t=28
Sick and stupid is a really bad combination.
DeleteGood video, huh? I'll bet some liberals are about to have a heart attack over this one.
DeleteIt's supposed to be aired soon. I think the American people will be in for a shock.
DeleteFrom yesterday:
ReplyDelete. T. Rush June 30, 2012 11:56 PM
Bucky June 30, 2012 10:14 PM
By the way Bob, is that lady Mary Guinca, reporter for the Journal, lesbian?
BuckyJune 30, 2012 10:17 PM
I figured she was/is because of all of her articles about gayness.
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As always, stupid is as stupid does.
I have known Mary Giunca for almost 30 years.
First, her name is spelled Giunca, not Guinca.
Second, she has not worked at the Journal for over a year.
Third, she is quite happily married to a fine, decent heterosexual man...just the opposite of Sewer Boy.
Fourth, her quite elegant toenail polish ranks well above Dunce's "brain" on the IQ scale.
The verb "figure" implies use of logical mental processes. Dunce should never use that word when referring to himself.
Thanks for the info Rush.
DeleteNow, tell us how 'stupid' your comments were concerning the Zimmerman case, and how you made up the 'facts' you quoted.
I am happy to post my comment for the fourth time, unedited by the Dunce:
Delete"If you look at the crime scene pictures, you will find that there is no concrete available for pounding heads into. Martin was shot 8-10 feet from the nearest sidewalk."
The source is the Sanford, FL police department crime scene photos. Please note also that it is not dark there, nor are there any bushes big enough to hide in.
I guess the Dunce requires more explanation of my two very simple sentences: If Martin had been pounding Zimmerman's head on the sidewalk as Killer claims, then how did Martin, shot dead, manage to leap 8-10 feet to his final resting place.
I'm sure that Killer's jury will be interested in his answer to that one, along with all the rest of his many bullshit stories.
If Giunca is gay because she wrote a few articles...what does that make you, when it's all you talk about?
DeleteThat and Zimmerman, but I can see your affinity for him.
Martin was shot 8-10 feet from the nearest sidewalk."
DeleteRush
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Yet another lie, you don't know where he was shot.
You love being a fool, don't you Rush?
Rush, where's the picture you posted earlier that documents that you are a fool? Decided to the leave that out, huh?
DeleteTo Arthur:
DeleteI don't write articles in the Journal promoting the gay agenda, she does.
No only that, I asked if she was lesbian. I didn't state that she was.
Geez! I think Rush is starting to rub off on people in here.
Pathetic.
DeleteDunce doesn't like me because I point out the stream of lies that he vomits daily.
DeleteI posted the link to the crime scene pictures once. Let him find them for himself this time.
They're all over the web, just not the sewer part that he lives in.
Most people don't realize that Google studies each individual's preferences, so that the same search term provides different results based on an individuals past visits to websites.
For example, I type in "party" and up pops New York.
Dunce types in "party" and up pop a bunch of gay websites.
Google knows Dunce better than he himself does.
DeleteSpeaking of parties, Winston-Salem's biggest annual party is coming up this weekend...Heavy Rebel Weekender, 12th edition.
Over 90 bands on 4 stages Fri-Sun at the Millennium Center. Several thousand cool people from all over the country.
And most important for folks like me, the Saturday car show, which has grown exponentially over the years. Last year 500 cars and motorcycles stretching along Trade Street and byways from Fifth Street to Ziggy's. I'm told that many more will be here this time.
And immediately afterward, the mud rasslin' behind the Millennium Center, all free.
If you like to see people having fun, don't miss it. Unfortunately, that leaves Dunce out. Maybe they could add a torture show in the old federal jail in the basement.
Good PM, folks!
ReplyDeleteRe Mr. Crews' LTE: can't say if he's a redneck, but I will say he's a trifle ill-informed if he has missed the fact that all three of the worthies for whom he voted suffer from varying degrees of crackpottery.
I agree with the implication that the accusation of racism flies all too readily from the lips of liberals who are affronted by opposition to their agenda.
It would be nice if some right leaning people would call out dog whistle politics when it happens.
DeleteI'm thinking of the old message board..."unproductive neighborhoods" "B. Hussein Obama", birtherism, "Obama is a Muslim". Stuff like that.
Reasonable. Same goes for immaturies like "Repugnicans" as posted on the old board. Of course, I see the same idiocy on a right-leaning news aggregation site that I scan for news articles: "Dumbocrat," "Demonrat" (which I regard as surpassingly stupid), "Democrap," and of course "lieberal."
DeleteShould have spelled "immaturities," don't know if that is really a word. If not, it should be.
DeletePerfectly good word.
DeleteThe NYT magazine has a feature called "That Should Be A Word". One recent one was "clogin":
1. One who blocks an entrance or exit while checking a smartphone.
"A crowd of clogins at the 72nd Street station made Anna miss her train."
See also mailingerers, (those who pretend to have messages); e-ander (to walk slowly or erratically while checking messages); sentropy (the tendency to come to a stop to see if a message has been sent).
Excellent words. I believe a couple are or come close to being portmanteaux.
DeleteFracking bill vetoed.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to go with the veto. Too much unknown about the process and its consequences.
DeleteInteresting that Stokes County, usually only known for its flag controversies, has become the epicenter of the fracking controversy.
DeleteI had a tour of Walnut Cove's water system a couple of years ago. The entire water supply comes from town wells. And they have a wonderful natural sewage treatment system that uses paddy-like lagoons to cleanse wastewater. Brilliant use of science, but lack of science on fracking endangers the entire system.
We've been 'fracked' enough since Obama took over. I vote no on fracking too.
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