Since Auburn is interested in tourism and the revenue associated with out-of-town visitors, why aren't there more RV campgrounds located within five miles of the city's limits? The land that was allocated for the hotel by the mall would be a perfect spot for a campground/resort.
Great president we have; bows down to Arabs like a wimp. Doesn't surprise me -- he wouldn't last one week in the service.
We don't really need a hotel downtown, or a theater at the old Kalet Building. I agree it should be torn down.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, is saying we are less safe under President Obama. Recently a small plane entered our air space, fighter planes were scrambled and the plane was escorted to a safe landing while under Cheney, we couldn't get any planes in the air on 9/11.
Lets all thank the NRA and the Republican Party for all the automatic weapons and armor piercing bullets on the streets today. Clinton fought to keep them off the streets and add more police at the time.
In the Saturday, April 4th paper, the DA compares the thought of an Indian reservation to that of the possibility of a red snow shower, clearly a racist comment. Certainly he can't be that ignorant.
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091951 wrote on Apr 16, 2009 7:38 PM:
CamperKeith wrote on Apr 15, 2009 8:26 PM:
excnyer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 1:43 PM:
Yes, I know of these 2 campgrounds. However, one charges you $2 for EVERY VISITOR that may come to see you (and not staying the night with you). The other did not have good reviews. We happen to be RV-ers and not campers (those who make smokey fires). " "
excnyer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 8:23 PM:
excnyer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 8:15 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 15, 2009 5:24 PM:
Because the "force" used with the pirates has NOTHING to do with the illegal war started for profit by Cheney and Bush. Furthermore, I am 110% AGAINST Obama's expansion of the war in "The Graveyard of Empires". I think it's his Viet Nam--thanks to Bush's not-finishing it, and going into Iraq instead. For profit.
And look at what the "force" did--caused more retribution and "pay back" today with more attacks on US ships, and vows to go after US ships.
At least when Obama approved the use of force, he did it quietly and without a lot of swagger and bluster.
Secondarily, I will not say that the economy is great--you'd have to go to Chris for that--but the cable networks have all said that most major economists believe that the Depression will be over by September. Are they right? I have no clue, honestly. But YOUR side is just blathering on, blah, blah, blah about how nothing that Obama is trying to do is working--without having ANY other solution but "CUT TAXES!"
PFFFFAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!
Puhleeeeeze. "
daviddelker wrote on Apr 15, 2009 3:16 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 15, 2009 2:32 PM:
They're out there calling the President "Fascist" (when the reporter asked "Why do you call him that", the numbskull's response was "Well because he IS?!" LOL!) and basically just proving that these crowds are 99% Hannity-acolytes and dittoheads out there to get a day off of work and to get paid for it.
What a buncha loooosers. "
wassup wrote on Apr 15, 2009 2:22 PM:
Organizers say they're steamed at government spending and are planning their own mini-revolts. The rallies are designed to echo the original Boston Tea Party more than 235 years ago.
The demonstrations are being held everywhere from Kentucky, which just passed tax increases on cigarettes and alcohol, to South Carolina, where the governor has repeatedly criticized the stimulus package. Large protests also are expected in California, New York and Atlanta.
GWB raised our national debt significantly, and people are rebelling against accelerating this trend. It's a valid protest. We may need health care reform, but to approve a massive amount of money without a plan, would be ridiculus. Banks that received bailout money are not allowed to pay back the loans. The protests ARE valid. "
excnyer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 1:45 PM:
I took all my clothing to the drop box at Sacred Heart Church on Melrose. "
excnyer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 1:43 PM:
" As to campgrounds...there is a very big Campground in Weedsport..7miles and one on the road to Union Springs about 5 miles. They rarely are too busy to take visitors.
Yes, I know of these 2 campgrounds. However, one charges you $2 for EVERY VISITOR that may come to see you (and not staying the night with you). The other did not have good reviews. We happen to be RV-ers and not campers (those who make smokey fires). "
CayCntyLifer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 1:30 PM:
chris van note wrote on Apr 15, 2009 1:11 PM:
If you’re a 50-year old-with a college degree, you will pay approximately $81,000 over your working life just to pay the interest on the debt in the Obama budget.
If you’re a 40-year-old, you’ll pay $132,000.
And if you’re a 20-year-old, just starting out after college, you will pay a whopping $114,000 just to service the interest on the debt created by the Obama budget. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 15, 2009 1:05 PM:
If someone had posted a photo or reference to two men walking down the street in America holding hands, you'd probably be the FIRST one to call it "perverted" and call for a ban on it!
Oh man, I'm dyin' ovah here! LOL! "
chris van note wrote on Apr 15, 2009 12:52 PM:
" To the person who wrote above, "Great president we have; bows down to Arabs like a wimp. Doesn't surprise me -- he wouldn't last one week in the service.", apparently you forgot about the photographs of Bush 2 holding hands with that oil sheik. Or is that a case of selective memory??? "
Hey Unknown, there is thing called Google, maybe you should try it out sometime...
Walking hand in hand by two males is common place in the Arab world. A considerable number of Arabs touch more between the same sex, to show liking–not sex. They hold hands, hug each other, kiss if close friends. As Arab customs and behavior condones the outward display of affection between male friends, one may see Arab men, even officials and military officers, holding hands as they walk together or otherwise converse with one another. If an individual Arab does not touch you, he does not like you–or he may be trying to restrain himself because you are not used to being touched. "
Unknown... wrote on Apr 15, 2009 12:11 PM:
showpeople wrote on Apr 15, 2009 12:08 PM:
As to not needing a Hotel or a Theatre. Those that are interested in the progress of Auburns economy would want any possible industry to relieve our joblessness situation. The current planned Music Theatre Festival project is estimated to bring in 120,000 additional tourists to Auburn as early as 2011. We will need that Hotel and the theatre planned for the Kalet area will be only one of 5 or so that will be used to house local musical productions and those "trying out" for their Broadway openings. It is no longer possible to think big factories for this city. The City of Auburn is correct to back Musical Theatre Festival, Inc., the Stardust Foundation, the Auburn Public Theatre, the Auburn Players, Merry Go Round and the Cayuga County Arts Council will bring the necessary jobs and visitors to the city that we are lacking. "
aubres wrote on Apr 15, 2009 10:47 AM:
mb wrote on Apr 15, 2009 10:12 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 15, 2009 9:39 AM:
Lipton and Bigelow's stock just went up by $10.00, so I guess there's one positive effect of it, but that's about all I can see. "
daydreamer wrote on Apr 15, 2009 7:03 AM:
brew1234 wrote on Apr 15, 2009 2:28 AM:
sick of it wrote on Apr 14, 2009 10:18 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 14, 2009 8:47 PM:
The eonomy and the market--from last I heard---is making progress slowly but surely.
Didn't we just have 4 weeks of good stock market days?
Obama kicked a$$ with the pirate situation--and the Conservatives all have egg on their face! He showed the way to handle it--quietly, effectively, no swagger or strut. Just the facts, ma'am.
Naive" Ha ha--no sir; I sincerely think you were looking in the mirror when you wrote that! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 14, 2009 5:30 PM:
Poor John Demjanjuk -- a young Ukrainian guy was drafted and conscripted to serve and ends up a guard at Treblinka (or was it Sobibor?) He endures years of persecution, including several in an Israeli jail where he is tortured and stripped of the most basic human rights until they finally figure out that the "evidence" against him was FAKED. Old and broken, in terrible health and mentally broken from unjust treatment, they finally return him to the United States -- where we are just as ready to send him to Germany to suffer some more.
We are NOT talking about a Nazi Party member. We are NOT talking about a volunteer or a war criminal -- only in the sick and twisted dreams of those who need a scapegoat to stick with the punishment deserved by others because it still serves a political purpose today. Makes me SICK. "
daviddelker wrote on Apr 14, 2009 4:36 PM:
Do you think it'll have a better effect than his communication with our dear friends in the middle east? He is so naive. I am also captivated on the apprehension of the Nazi war criminal today---what a waste of our resources. The guy will be lucky if he makes it to Gerany for trial. This administration, not unlike Bush, is a tremendous waste. REPEAL THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX----IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nothing they are doing now is working!!!!! It was supposed to be an instant punch in the arm people. I am still missing 50% of my paycheck, make too much to get any aid for my son going to school, and not enough to pay for it. "
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 14, 2009 4:28 PM:
After all, you could afford to pick up the slack with your money, guffaw, chuckle, chuckle...
Baaaaaaaaaaaaa...... "
theking wrote on Apr 14, 2009 2:48 PM:
GiveMeLiberty wrote on Apr 14, 2009 1:21 PM:
They are against overburdening government in all its forms. When President Bush was in office they were just as vehement in their disapproval of the government as they are today.
Unfortunately, because they oppose actions taken by certain politicians whom you favor, you have decided that they belong to the "Republiscums", a group apparently defined as "anyone who disagrees with Karl". "
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 14, 2009 11:11 AM:
I would ask of you--where the hell were you when Bush and Cheney were running up our deficit to record levels?
Don't like the taxes NECESSARY to bring them back in line? You might as well be blaming your credit card company for the huge bills that you or your wife ran up!
AND HERE'S THE FUNNIEST THING!!!--This boolship "Tea Party" canard is a silly temper-tantrum drummed up by Faux News and Newt Ginrich to try to give some impression of a "Grass roots' movement against what are STILL GEORGE W. BUSH'S POLICIES!!!
The policies that are i place now are NOT--I repeat, NOT OBAMA'S!!! They are STILL George Bush's!!
How about that? A protest orchestrated by crybaby Republiscums that is protesting THEIR OWN POLICIES!!!
What a riot! "
bassistlearningdrums wrote on Apr 14, 2009 10:06 AM:
Hasn't been too bad here in Cleveland. Kind of wet, but temps have been mild. I am planning on visiting AUBURN at the end of the month. It will be a short visit. I have to check in with the family and make sure my friends are doing well. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 14, 2009 10:04 AM:
I am all for penalizing any American-owned company which moves any part of its production outside our borders OR who hires a significant number of immigrant workers who send most of their wages out of the country (slight variation with nearly the same effect). "
daydreamer wrote on Apr 14, 2009 7:14 AM:
The Bone wrote on Apr 14, 2009 6:14 AM:
excnyer wrote on Apr 13, 2009 8:23 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 13, 2009 7:47 PM:
He is a anti-Gay, antiSemite bigot---something that people like me have always known--and now he's caught in his own lies.
He got caught lying on Larry King Live, where he said one thing-that he never supported Prop 8, and then actual video surfaces showing him saying "Make no mistake about it; I SUPPORT Prop 8..."
LOL! OH, it's DELICIOUS!!!
And the funniest thing is, his own Fundangelicals are the ones who are going to rip him apart for trying to explain away his statements and "make it all better" for a mainstream audience.
Who's got the popcorn?! "
brew1234 wrote on Apr 13, 2009 6:50 PM:
daviddelker wrote on Apr 13, 2009 5:31 PM:
Unknown... wrote on Apr 13, 2009 9:10 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 13, 2009 8:17 AM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 13, 2009 8:16 AM:
I'm hoping that with good weather, my muse will return and I can go back to my art as well. It's been some time since I was inspired to draw, paint to put down chalk on a sidewalk.
All that means is that I am well-rounded and not one-dimensional. It also means we have evolved enough that "even women" can have wide-ranging interests and pursuits -- intellectual, business, social, spiritual, home, garden, athletic, and artistic. "
daydreamer wrote on Apr 13, 2009 7:19 AM:
sick of it wrote on Apr 12, 2009 11:33 PM:
camperkeith wrote on Apr 12, 2009 11:10 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 12, 2009 8:37 PM:
Nothing sweeter than the rumble of a well-tuned engine and those moments just before the flag drops!
WAHOOOOO!! "
The Bone wrote on Apr 12, 2009 6:46 PM:
anonymous wrote on Apr 12, 2009 6:26 PM:
LOVE AND RESPECT YOUR PETS. KEEP THEM SECURED AND SAFE.
AND REMEMBER, ONLY A MORON WOULD SAY A KNIFE IS NOT A WEAPON. DONT USE YOUR OWN IGNORANCE TO EXCUSE YOUR KIN'S CRIMINALITY. "
mamimbe wrote on Apr 12, 2009 6:20 PM:
One week from today Cayuga County Fair Speedway comes to life. The smell of race fuel, the rumble of a pack of 467 cubic inch Big Block Modifieds shaking the ground as they go by and flying clay.
It was a long winter, welcome to spring and the DIRTcar Northeast racing season. And of course Karl's Motocross season. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 12, 2009 3:38 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 12, 2009 3:37 PM:
This week I am teaching a topic (Institutional Repositories) about which I knew very little -- I had to agree to include it if I wanted to teach this class -- so I am as much a learner as my students; this week, we are peers. Since most of them are in their 30s and 40s and have been working in libraries, they are my peers anyway. I love learning from them as much as I enjoy sharing my experience and knowledge with them, and as much as I will be relieved to have the obligation and time-consumer behind me, I will also miss this class.
Enjoy AZ, excnyer! If you pass by Tucson, give a shout of Hello to my buddy, Larry, who is a super with the Phoenix Opera (which plays in both Phoenix and Tucson) -- he doesn't sing, but he gets a kick out of the super roles he's playing in his retirement -- something very different from spending most of his life as a parole officer in Manhattan! "
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 12, 2009 3:09 PM:
bbrrRRRAAAPP!!! Ahhh, the smell of premix!
Praise the Lord! ;) "
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 12, 2009 1:23 PM:
excnyer wrote on Apr 12, 2009 12:58 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 12, 2009 12:14 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 12, 2009 12:03 PM:
Enjoy the meal, Angmom and Angdad, hope you find and fix the cause of your leak, Karl, and may everyone enjoy whatever kind of music they like best. "
scouty wrote on Apr 12, 2009 11:27 AM:
scouty wrote on Apr 12, 2009 10:54 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 12, 2009 10:37 AM:
(cue Aerosmiff music here) "
ANGMOM3 wrote on Apr 12, 2009 10:32 AM:
I hope the rest of you enjoy as well. "
scouty wrote on Apr 12, 2009 9:51 AM:
scouty wrote on Apr 12, 2009 9:48 AM:
PARTY ON GARTH and play that funky music "
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 12, 2009 9:31 AM:
Those of you who have killed any pets these year and not stopped to apologize to the heartbroken owners, remember that these animals don't rise again after three days, so "do the Christian thang" and apologize. "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 12, 2009 5:24 AM:
Say, I think nature is due back from her vacation soon -- maybe later today even. "
anonymous wrote on Apr 11, 2009 11:11 PM:
The ignorant ones that perform and listen to Devil Worship music and deny the existance of God should know that a knife is a weapon. "
sick of it wrote on Apr 11, 2009 9:32 PM:
daviddelker wrote on Apr 11, 2009 8:53 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 11, 2009 6:43 PM:
I'll be taking apart my race bike tomorrow, looking for a leak in the cooling system, which I suspect is a tiny rupture in the hose. If that's all it is, then that's a cheap fix--I'll celebrate that! "
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 11, 2009 3:59 PM:
Farmer's Gal wrote on Apr 11, 2009 3:58 PM:
There will be no hope of any form of peace or even truce in the Middle East until WE learn to have a more even-handed approach to diplomacy and aid to ALL PARTIES fairly. "
scouty wrote on Apr 11, 2009 2:55 PM:
excnyer wrote on Apr 11, 2009 1:36 PM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 11, 2009 10:10 AM:
karl the 2nd wrote on Apr 11, 2009 10:07 AM:
What--did the Citizen editors remove all the religious discussion here for the sake of the Easter Holiday?!
A little bit of fresh air would have been just the thing for Bunny day. "
The Bone wrote on Apr 11, 2009 7:34 AM:
daydreamer wrote on Apr 11, 2009 6:47 AM:
pentangelli wrote on Apr 11, 2009 6:03 AM: