Instead of trying to find new industries to relocate in Auburn, let's help our existing industries grow and expand. Are we doing everything we can to help present employers survive and thrive ?
Just because Bonca's is owned by a left-wing closet liberal, it's allowed to get away with opening without the proper licenses. Any other business in town would not be allowed to open.
How about giving Harriet Tubman a rest and talking about another great person, giving that person a place in our lives in the city of Auburn. There must be one.
Barack Hussein Obama's past statements that it's less important for immigrants to this country to learn English than it is for Americans to learn Spanish, and it's more important for the Americans to learn the Muslim religion than for the Muslims to understand the Christian religion is very, very disturbing, very insulting and very dangerous that this Marxist should become our next president.
The road work downtown is going so slow and it looks horrible as usual. What's the purpose of all the manhole covers, I've never seen so many manhole covers and never seen anybody go in or out of them?
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AJ wrote on Jul 16, 2008 7:07 PM:
movedsouth wrote on Jul 16, 2008 6:47 PM:
AJ wrote on Jul 16, 2008 5:23 PM:
AJ wrote on Jul 16, 2008 5:22 PM:
" Karl writes: "I don't need to "refute" a Republican talking head".
I think the real issue is that you can't and since most liberals are just emotional children, they lash out with personal attacks due to frustration. "
Ah yes, like your hero Rush Limbaugh, or your alter ego Ann Coulter. These are real grown-ups who never attack anyone, or even distort or even lie about the truth for their own ideological purposes. You really are can be hysterical at times CVC - retardation you can believe in. "
nature lover wrote on Jul 16, 2008 12:49 PM:
...normally I d/n look at links fwd to me in em's but I decided to on this one and was glad I did. Admittedly, the 1st few secs, I was sure something bad was gonna occur but I think u will find it as heartwarming as I did...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U
FG, I find its always best to be informed about potential danger because u nvr know who or what is in your backyard. Was advised by a policeman once to ALLways look behind u even in the bright daylite. Hey wasn't there a serial killer that was a boy scout leader and a code officer in some small town? U NEVER know.... "
movedsouth wrote on Jul 16, 2008 12:00 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 16, 2008 11:35 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 16, 2008 11:31 AM:
Well, at the time, people were muttering things about the judge's son, but then, they muttered a lot of things about that son. He was later snapped up in that big drug bust a couple years ago, so I don't have to worry about implying the guy is a criminal -- he is!
I dunno, Karl -- I tend not to buy most of the Satanists-under-the-bed hysteria either, but there was something that just FELT like something more about that particular group. You know me -- I don't believe in all that Christian stuff, neither the god part nor the devil part, so I don't get worked up that evil is being raised or something.
But there are truly bad people in the world, some who take pains and strive to be bad, people who just give you the creeps in general. That's the vibe I got off that whole business. I could be wrong, and I'd like to think I am not the hysterical type, but I didn't like that bunch.
Somebody did kill a bat and leave it as an offering -- that part I can say from first-hand, FWIW. There was an awful lot of vandalism in the cemetary, and I saw that first-hand too. The incident with the skull was documented in the news, though I don't know it was ever determined if those folks were the same as the other vandals. And I used to be friends with Lydia the crow lady (still am, I suppose, I just don't see her often), who loves that space and took personal offense at the vandalism and particulary the desecration of the grave of the woman, Lydia.
And there was the statuatory rape thing which was declared a mistrial, if I remember correctly. (The girl was 13, if I have the details right). I was just very new to the area back then and don't recall every bit of it -- just that when the prosecutors brought up SOTS, the defense used it as an excuse to declare a mistrial, something to do with not bringing their religion into it. That part is very fuzzy and would be better explained by someone who lived in Auburn at the time and followed the trial.
You could be right -- maybe just immature adult punks -- but I just got a bad vibe off the whole business. "
movedsouth wrote on Jul 16, 2008 11:23 AM:
chris van note wrote on Jul 16, 2008 11:17 AM:
I think the real issue is that you can't and since most liberals are just emotional children, they lash out with personal attacks due to frustration. "
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 16, 2008 11:05 AM:
karl wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:57 AM:
I don't give a %#*& what Lieberman or ANYBODY pulls out of their nether regions to disparage Obama--the alternative is simply 100% untenable. I don't need to "refute" a Republican talking head, because nothing thay say has the ring of credibility or Truth. Do yourself a favor--watch Kieth Olberman and see some of the stupid things Lieberman says--he's another one of these "Save Israel" types--the hell with the rest of the world!
Four more years of Bush, and War, And Fear, and this "STRONG ECONOMY"?!?!
Seriously, Chris--WHAT are you smoking?!?! "
karl wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:52 AM:
A buncha bored ex-highschoolers who have a need for recognition start a rumour, and go around aggrandizing themselves through it. They might as well be dressing up as cowboys and indians.
As far as the Julie Munson disappearance, though I don't know much about it, I can tell you this--nothing more that the perpetrators would love than to whip up some rumour of some alleged shadowy "Satanist"-type cult to use a a scapegoat. Don't feed into it!
Sounds like a lot of ridiculous hogwash to me! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:51 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:50 AM:
Another story of bad news tempered with good: This morning at 2:05 AM, Farmer Guy and I were awakened by the emergency alarms going off outside. It wasn't long before he had a phone call that a neighboring farm had a barn fire. He went right over in case any animals were loose (better to have an experienced dairyman helping get cows out of the road in case they get in the way of firetrucks than someone who doesn't know how to handle cows). There were no cows loose, so he came back, gave me the news, changed clothes and went back to offer a hand getting the 200-and-some animals who survived loaded into trucks to take to other farms to be milked. While the loss of the 40-60 animals in the one barn is very sad, and it's a hard blow that the milking parlor was destroyed, it is encouraging to see neighbors pull together to help out, offering conveyances and spaces and people to get the confused and upset animals settled in new temporary places.
I'll keep an eye out for more untempered good news. "
nature lover wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:47 AM:
chris van note wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:46 AM:
So typical, you can't refute the points Lieberman made so you attack him personally.
And you used another typical liberal debate tactic, changing the subject to deflect the fact that you can't come up with a viable arguement. "
karl wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:16 AM:
Yesterday, not once, but TWICE, John McCain referred to the Czech Republic as "Czechoslovakia"-a country which hasn't existed for 15 years! LOL!
Chris quotes Joe Lieberman, a self-promoting has-done-nothing who's stumping for a VP spot, and thinks he's conferring credibility to his point? Chris you need to learn the difference between kissing a$$ and knowing the facts. You could quote EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN in the USA Chris, who slags Obama and it only makes you look as bitter as they are that they have $crewed this country into the ground--hey, how about that "strong economy", Chris?!?! LOL!
*EDIT*--OOPS! Can't type "$crewed"!! "
interested wrote on Jul 16, 2008 10:04 AM:
Some good new is that Judge Fandrich gave that guy from Weedsport the max penalty for molesting those boys- he didn't give him a slap on the wrist.
Also, a girl in Queens was reunited with her dog that was missing for 5 yrs. Her dog was found all the way in Georgia. The dog turned up in some shelter and it had a chip so it was returned to the little gilr in Queens NY. I thought that was a good story because she is still young enough to appreciate the return of her dog.
My sons (he is 5 and is in sand lot baseball) baseball team won his game last night and he was given a game ball. He absolutely cherishes the game ball.
Hope this brightens up your day a little. "
Andy b wrote on Jul 16, 2008 9:47 AM:
ANGMOM3 wrote on Jul 16, 2008 9:45 AM:
Is there any positive news in the world today?
A good story might be just the ticket.
I am going blind after all. Not throwing a pity party, but maybe all of you posters could make metnion of what nice things that are happening.
Itis a simple request.
REGARDS
ANGMOM9 "
chris van note wrote on Jul 16, 2008 8:46 AM:
This guy is completely clueless and has no business being Commander in Cheif. Joe Leiberman rags on his editorial about strategy in Iraq from the NY Slimes:
Sen. Obama said this morning that he wants a foreign policy that is tough, smart and principled,” said Lieberman. “This afternoon I want to ask my colleague who I respect and like a couple of direct questions: Was it tough when Sen. Obama voted to order U.S. troops to retreat from Iraq on a fixed timeline regardless of the recommendations of our military commanders or conditions on the ground? Was it smart when Sen. Obama opposed the surge and predicted that it would fail to improve our security? … Was it tough and principled when Sen. Obama said he would be open to changing his plan on Iraq after going there and talking to General Petraeus, which I think was the right position, only to change that position hours later after being heatedly criticized by organizations like MoveOn.org? I say respectfully the answer to all those questions is, no.”
Some more critisism of Obama's complete lack of reality regarding the same editorial:
The Times commentary drew a furious response from the McCain campaign, with Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) calling it “an unbelievably brazen effort by a politician to rewrite history.” He accused Obama of building “a political strategy around losing” the war.
Republicans were not alone in that response. Michael E. O’Hanlon, a Democratic defense analyst at the Brookings Institution who has been an outspoken supporter of the war in Iraq, said he could not believe that Obama would put such a definitive timeline into print before a trip to Iraq, where he is to consult with Iraqi leaders and U.S. commanders.
“To say you’re going to get out on a certain schedule — regardless of what the Iraqis do, regardless of what our enemies do, regardless of what is happening on the ground — is the height of absurdity,” said O’Hanlon, who described himself as “livid.” “I’m not going to go to the next level of invective and say he shouldn’t be president. I’ll leave that to someone else.” "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 16, 2008 7:58 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 16, 2008 7:54 AM:
It's a shadowy group, but what little is known isn't on the positive side, and I probably should not have even mentioned them in the first place -- just that they have been linked to a lot of the vandalism and level of danger at night in the cemetary, and they are NOT "just kids" -- that much I can say.
Who is it on here who lives near the cemetary? You have anything to say on the subject? "
eleventoseven wrote on Jul 16, 2008 5:28 AM:
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 15, 2008 9:49 PM:
" QT, I don't know if this what was referred to or not.http://www.thefreedictionary.com/SOTS "
No, Farmer's Girl mentioned it. I think it's a gang or cult in Auburn. Must not be too popular.
Welcome back Karl. How was the show?? I saw that there was False Metal bands there playing. Why is that? "
interested wrote on Jul 15, 2008 9:21 PM:
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 15, 2008 9:20 PM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEwM8BaADV0 "
movedsouth wrote on Jul 15, 2008 8:09 PM:
cm wrote on Jul 15, 2008 7:52 PM:
(the greasy spoon around the corner has the best Tuesday --spaghetti night)
not only has karl returned but the page has changed adding in prime time TV!
Obama still is osama in a suit,now sporting the PIN.
We have had 4 motorcyclists killed in a week, due to lack of helmets and speeding. I would ask what are they thinking but clearly they are NOT!
karl do you really follow them and yell?
wicked storm finally just passed--the frogs should be croaking soon-
I am armed with chlorine!!!! "
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 15, 2008 7:12 PM:
longboard315 wrote on Jul 15, 2008 6:18 PM:
longboard315 wrote on Jul 15, 2008 6:11 PM:
karl wrote on Jul 15, 2008 5:33 PM:
Put your armor back on; the party's over. If the Citizen censors me, then I ain't gonna cry over it. But I'm not gonna pull my punches on people who need a good verbal slap upside the head! "
movedsouth wrote on Jul 15, 2008 5:12 PM:
karl wrote on Jul 15, 2008 4:48 PM:
Vote for Obama and watch the country go down the tubes? Please don't even suggest that that senile fool John McCsin would know what to do with ANYTHING but the War Machine--more trillions wasted, and more abuse heaped on our soldiers, and all of us NO SAFER!
You guys are two stooges, with Chris the third! "
interested wrote on Jul 15, 2008 4:13 PM:
This has to be one of the best posts that I have read in a loooong time! Honestly! "
karl wrote on Jul 15, 2008 4:09 PM:
If I wasn't so tired, I would have followed them and bitched for sure. Dumb kids! "
karl wrote on Jul 15, 2008 4:06 PM:
Still fighting the jet lag, but I will check out that feral cat story--they're the bane of my neighborhood!
Also see that someone wrote a letter quoting me--I'm still trying to comprehend what the heck they were talking about, LOL! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 15, 2008 3:02 PM:
I responded to the feral cats again before I realized I was still on the Chick page. Part of the problem is that in that time period when they were switching from yesterday's news to today's, around noontime, if you clicked on the link to the Chick article from anywhere within the paper, it led not to the Chick article, but to the feral cat article. Some wires got crossed somewhere and it wasn't on account of us.
(Note: I did not say it was "our bad" -- be proud of me!) "
movedsouth wrote on Jul 15, 2008 2:46 PM:
nature lover wrote on Jul 15, 2008 2:22 PM:
karl wrote on Jul 15, 2008 1:57 PM:
karl wrote on Jul 15, 2008 1:55 PM:
THERE'S NO OTHER RATIONAL CANDIDATE TO VOTE FOR--PERIOD.
What?
WHO?!
McSame, you say!
Har hardy har har, LOL! You GOTTA be kidding!
John McCain--thinks that "Czechoslovakia" still exists!!!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!
Just remember--for the last 8 years, the Liberals have been RIGHT--that is, CORRECT--about nearly EVERYTHING that we have warned about.
Vote for John McSame and you are a traitor to your country.
GO OBAMA!!
GO OBAMA!!!!
GOOOO OBAAAAAAAMAAAAA!!! "
cm wrote on Jul 15, 2008 1:50 PM:
My youngest-9-wants to be a VET-if she had it her way we would have a farm on our 1/4 acre! Right now we are down to 3 dogs,4 cats,1 bunny,1 hamster,and 1 gecko and 1 goldfish!
I usually care for the dogs & cats, she MUST care for the rest or they will find a home and there will be no more.
The problem is parents always say YES to he cute little critter then it becomes old and not so cute, yet that doesn't mean the responsibility ends!
Plus the cost of care. She used to say "just write a check or use your credit card" until she has to earn monies to buy pet food and supplies. Her allowance shows pets in a different light.
EVERYONE should have their animals fixed-if they cannot afford that-they cannot afford shots or long term care.
And worse a litter!
I had a neighbor move 2yrs ago leaving behind her 4 cats. Another neighbor seems to have adopted them by way of leaving dog food out for his dog. Recently one of the youngsters has been hanging around my shed-someday I figure it will come thru the doggy door that mine use!
we had a huge feral group around the corner--it was all woods-but everyone strolls around the block at night,many bringing food to them-just before the woods were about to be cut down-an SPCA van showed and was there all day, they received shots and were fixed and released.
They were easy to catch since they were used to humans bringing them food daily.
Many ferals have been retrained and become great house pets.
NL: the problem wont end by killing because tomorrow some parent will dump off or close the door on their next childs whim.....
! "
Brittanicus wrote on Jul 15, 2008 12:09 PM:
So shouldn't McCain do something about this travesty of this laws? How can we trust Obama because his main contention is, that upon being sworn in as President he would sign into law his own path to citizenship. That means another estimated 12 to 30 million already here. Who is going to pay for supporting all those poor people, their children and their elderly. Whose going to pay once they sponsor their extended families from other countries? Does the American people need to escalate the 315 million plus population, the census estimates we have now? To a new total of 435 million? The earthtimes states.
What about the next rush on the border? We cannot even look after our own people? Are we heading for overpopulation like other countries? Where are they going to drive their cars? Are they going to start clearing more farmland to build more houses? Think of the consequences if we pass another AMNESTY? Read unsuppressed facts at NUMBERSUSA. "
Brittanicus wrote on Jul 15, 2008 12:08 PM:
So shouldn't McCain do something about this travesty of this laws? How can we trust Obama because his main contention is, that upon being sworn in as President he would sign into law his own path to citizenship. That means another estimated 12 to 30 million already here. Who is going to pay for supporting all those poor people, their children and their elderly. Whose going to pay once they sponsor their extended families from other countries? Does the American people need to escalate the 315 million plus population, the census estimates we have now? To a new total of 435 million? http://www.earthtimes.org/
What about the next rush on the border? We cannot even look after our own people? Are we heading for overpopulation like other countries?
Where are they going to drive their cars? Are they going to start clearing more farmland to build more houses?
Think of the consequences if we pass another AMNESTY? Read unsuppressed facts at NUMBERSUSA. "
chris van note wrote on Jul 15, 2008 11:04 AM:
CNN's Situation Room played a clip of Obama saying this about his plan for Iraq:
BARACK OBAMA: I'm going to call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and give them a new mission, and that is to bring the war in Iraq to a close. We are going to get out.
There's only one problem. The Joint Chiefs of Staff does not have operational command of U.S. military forces. That authority resides in the commanders of the various Unified Combatant Commands.
Also:
The presumed Democratic nominee replaced his Iraq issue Web page, which had described the surge as a ‘problem’ that had barely reduced violence. ‘The surge is not working,’ Obama's old plan stated, citing a lack of Iraqi political cooperation but crediting Sunni sheiks - not U.S. military muscle - for quelling violence in Anbar Province. …
"Obama's campaign posted a new Iraq plan Sunday night, which cites an "improved security situation" paid for with the blood of U.S. troops since the surge began in February 2007. It praises G.I.s' ‘hard work, improved counterinsurgency tactics and enormous sacrifice.’ Campaign aide Wendy Morigi said Obama is ‘not softening his criticism of the surge. We regularly update the Web site to reflect changes in current events.’ ”
How could anyone, anywhere trust this man to compentently be the Commander In Chief? "
chris van note wrote on Jul 15, 2008 10:52 AM:
Guess what Brew, I don't feel the need to learn a language when I'm going on vacation...I'll bring a whatever language to English dictionary.
I think it would be a little different if I was actually going to live in the country. If I moved to Germany, I would learn German. Get my drift? I've seen these illegals who have been in the US for years and can't even speak English. "
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 15, 2008 10:45 AM:
" And as long as we are going to ignore Harriet Tubman I suppose the new person you want to talk about is white. "
Why would you make that comment?
I don't know who you are, but you sound racist. Keep talking your smack. Your true colors are beginning to shine. "
cm wrote on Jul 15, 2008 10:35 AM:
a fast way to get your foot in the door for other companies! "
cm wrote on Jul 15, 2008 10:32 AM:
Since our wallets are going to pay for the kids one way or another, that leaves foster care or they go back HOME with mom & dad!!! "
brew1234 wrote on Jul 15, 2008 1:02 AM:
brew1234 wrote on Jul 15, 2008 12:55 AM:
brew1234 wrote on Jul 15, 2008 12:53 AM:
As usual you pervert peoples words to serve your heinous motives. Obama said that when he goes to foreign countries many people speak english and few Americans can speak foreign languages. We should learn a foreign language to open up our outlook to the rest of the world. But you have to twist his words for your own political benefit. "
cm wrote on Jul 14, 2008 10:50 PM:
the first place a respective buyer looks is at the police blotters.
the crime.
they do not want to employ druggies, or insure druggies under their business name.
What the city needs to do is clean house! "
mamafour wrote on Jul 14, 2008 10:32 PM:
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 14, 2008 7:07 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Jul 14, 2008 6:41 PM:
Whether those guys were with SOTS or not, I don't know -- don't really want to know who is or is not. ICK! to both. "
quiveringthigh wrote on Jul 14, 2008 5:22 PM:
chris van note wrote on Jul 14, 2008 2:47 PM:
"When communities are terrorized by ICE immigration raids, when nursing mothers are torn from their babies, when children come home from school to find their parents missing, when people are detained without access to legal counsel, when all that is happening, the system just isn’t working, and we need to change it."
So, our immigration agents who are enforcing the law are now terrorists.
Nice. Illegal workers wouldn’t get rounded up and arrested by ICE if they hadn’t entered the country illegally. When people break the law, they’d better be prepared to get arrested.
Obama also recently said that we should learn Spanish...I always thought that if you immigrate to a country, you learn the national language-not the other way around. "
Dave R Ithaca, NY wrote on Jul 14, 2008 2:20 PM:
gh0st wrote on Jul 14, 2008 1:06 PM:
Who cares how many people they hired those same people still wind up on food stamps and medicaid, most are not full time and do not recieve company medical or enough pay to feed their family. "
1234567890p wrote on Jul 14, 2008 11:53 AM:
AJ wrote on Jul 14, 2008 11:44 AM:
Sheesh, and I thought all you neo-con/right-wing whackos liked the idea of less government interference. I guess that doesn't apply to "left-wing closet liberals" You people are so absurd you crack me up. "