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6 3
"I applaud the NHS school board for unanimously voting to change the leadership of the Honor Society program. Less than half the kids eligible have made it in the last few years and it was time for a new teacher to get a chance to lead it. Great job board!"
Man from Norwich
1 5
"I wonder if the war protestors will come out of hiding now?"
Man from Otselic
2 6
"Unemployment has reached 9.5%, highest since 1983. How is that“stimulus” working out? (I know,blame Bush.) "
Woman from Greene
3 4
"Man from Guilford: Crows are beautiful!"
Man from Oxford
7 1
"MFN: Have you ever took the time to think that maybe them being overweigt might alo have a medical illness that keeps them from walking a great distance, als there are so medications that cause people to gain weight, try to be a little kinder if you have any heart in you."
Woman from New Berlin
3 5
"I can see why the emergency staff people need to work on July 4 but why does the chen.county transfer and landfill need to be open ? I know my garbage is not going the fourth I have better things to do"
Man from Smithville
4 4
"Sorry MFN, I know you keep trying to defend yourself but you happen to be the culprit who continually insults us. You always end your post with a sarcastic retort. "
Woman from Plymouth
4 3
"MFG: I do walk, am not over weight, but yes I eat fast food maybe once or twice a month But there are people who cant walk far, and the hadicap parking places are always taken 90% of the time from people who dont have plaques or plates. Sorry you think I have a big mouth just because I voiced my opinion."
Woman from New Berlin
6 2
"Sorry to burst your bubble but kids aren't kept out of the honor society because the parents "refuse to kiss butt"."
Man from Sherburne
2 5
"I didn't realize Jeff ran with such a rough crowd."
Man from Norwich
5 3
"Sorry you don't like it, MFN, but folks on here sometimes call a spade a spade. That is what you get for calling other people all kinds of names. You have an apparent tendency to call names rather than to face the facts."
Man from South New Berlin
2 18
"I commend Jeff on keeping the paper fair an balanced in every way makes me an avid reader. But if Jeff knocked back a six pack (uh, I mean six martinis) and did 70MPH on Broad St -- providing he gets apprehended by police and is over the legal limit, would his name be in the paper? Simply food for thought."
Man from Greene
If I got arrested, absolutely. We've had several employees, friends and relatives in the blotter over the years, unfortunately.
-Ed.
5 11
"I think it is a shame that kids deserve to make the Honor Society do not. This happened to my son because we refused as parents to kiss the necessary but at our school "
Woman from Outside Chenango
3 15
"I’d much rather post on pertinent issues but, who was the first person today that posted “MFN - You are so "out of it" that it is pathetic”? and who later posted” the mfn definitely is arrogant"? I’ll give you a hint; he posts from south of New Berlin. A bit hypocritical I’d say."
Man from Norwich
18 1
"I think we all should start minding our own business and stop tell strangers to “get a life.”"
Man from Norwich
20 2
"If you have a question for the Norwich school board then why are you asking it here?"
Man from Sherburne
13 3
"MFN, if worrying about the needs of my family first and foremost makes me self-absorbed and self-serving to you then I can live with that."
Man from Sherburne
21 2
"In the 30s to the 50s we didn't have welfare, big retirements, large benefits packages, health insurance and all the other things people seem to think they are entitled to these days. Not sure how we ever survived unless, just maybe, it was by hard work and helping each other as friends."
Man from Columbus
6 15
"talk about double dipping= retire with pension- then come back to work"
Woman from Norwich
14 1
"MFN, it takes more than just good grades to get into the national honor society."
Man from Sherburne
6 10
"It's easy to spot the owners of cars who park in firelanes. Just walk in the store and find the ones that weight over 300lbs. I saw two people park in firelane and waddle into GHS credit union today.They looked like a good walk would kill them."
Man from Norwich
4 8
"All those people who call the MFN "arrogant" are not arrogant - they are only voicing the opinion of many about a historical fact -- the mfn definitely is arrogant"
Man from South New Berlin
6 7
"I see that even Mayor Joseph Maiurano, is getting tired of Hoping & Waiting! Problem is Joe, Goldman Sachs has all the cash & NYS is nearly bankrupt. "
Man from Outside Chenango
2 11
"Man from Norwich - the reason my lawyer would lose is because I DID get a good education. Your lawyer would win because you didn't. Remember, you are the one who said mine would lose and your's win :-)"
Man from South New Berlin
13 3
"Happy Birtday America!233 years old on the 4th,and many more *****"
Man from Outside Chenango
10 12
"I heard through the grapevine that an Eve. Sun reporter got a DWI but it's not in the police blotter. I thought ALL arrests were listed, as they are public information. Not fair, guys."
Woman from Norwich
It WAS in the police blotter, on Monday. Your grapevine is mistaken ... try actually reading the paper instead!
-Ed.
12 2
"Happy 4th Everybody. Lets all remember our founding fathers who swore to stand up to put their names down on the Declaratin and risked their lives and families for us to be free and pursue happiness and to thank those who defend our nation today,,,,smile and pass down our history to the ones coming up"
Woman from Outside Chenango
2 11
"I love the crows in norwich!"
Man from Guilford
3 9
"MFN: You certainly are "mean" spirited gentleman"...FYI: unless you carry Medicare "B", (which by the way is not "free") there would be no reason to buy other Medical Ins, as they wouldn't pay any of the bills, and that's the only reason I carry Medicare "B", as they are the primary carrier, and they pay very little, I checked."
Woman from Sherburne
16 7
"If you think Dr. Cleveland is going to be able to change things at the High School, think again. The change needs to be made at the top and the Board. I think Dr. Cleveland should take the Superintendent’s job back over."
Man from Norwich
10 13
"I would like the Norwich Board to explain how they can put a person on the Board that did not run in May? People voted for other people that didn't make the Board, why would they not have been given the choice to sit on the Board? Oh that's right they aren't the puppets that are on there now."
Woman from Norwich
12 4
"I think MFN needs to get a life and stop spending all of his day reading, writing and insulting people on 30 seconds. "
Woman from New Berlin
15 5
"To the 28 NHS seniors who graduated with honors but did not make National Honor Society...a new advisor was approved by the BOE last night."
Man from Norwich
7 7
"Oh, MFN, you are just so mature. We all value your posts with the upmost respect."
Woman from Plymouth
7 8
"I don’t understand, wouldn’t telling someone how foolish their posts are and insinuate they are arrogant, be arrogant and foolish itself? "
Man from Norwich
10 8
"I don't call people who work hard self-serving or self-absorbed. Without our taxes the poor would have nothing. For every hour I work overtime, more money comes out of my pay. "
Woman from Norwich
2 12
"Oohh women from Plym and Norwich you’re just jealous that no one told you how “pathetic’ and ‘out of it” you are. "
Man from Norwich
8 6
"WFOCC if you reread my posts you'll notice I never made a generalization about city people like you and the other big city poster did of upstate residentsa. I referred to one person with a bad attitude. You are the only one making a mountain of a molehill. "
Man from Norwich
3 10
"MFN - The administrator probably couldn't take looking at your awful grammar. "
Man from Columbus
6 8
"Hey, I adore that “pathetic” and “out of it” slur. A real sign of intelligence it is. The guy who posts things like that surely deserves an up vote (at least on 30secs anyway) on his belittling posts. "
Man from Norwich
4 11
"It’s not hard to see which submitters are concerned with and understand the country as a whole, and which are completely self-absorbed and self-serving. There are many more people that have been put in need, throughout the country recently, and your comments stereotype them with the degenerates. "
Man from Norwich
10 5
"MFN: Yes, you should be LOL about how foolish most of your posts are. Can you ever make a statement without being rude?"
Woman from Plymouth
11 5
"MFN: Speaking of arrogance..."
Woman from Norwich
9 6
"MFN - Right back at you - if the shoe fits. You make me appreciate the fact that I left Chenango County . We relocated to CC when I was young and were always called city folk and treated like outsiders just because of that fact. So talk about people being small minded. "
Woman from Outside Chenango
11 5
"One more administrator gone. Wha is wrong ?????????????????"
Man from Norwich
15 2
"MFN: Assuming that everyone from a big city is arrogant is just as bad as refering to small town people as closed-minded and stupid. "
Woman from Norwich
8 7
"WFOCC If someone from a "major city" is going to call upstate residents "small minded rural town locals" I think I have the right to accuse that big city fathead of having an attitude. As for you, if the shoe fits..."
Man from Norwich
13 4
"I completely agree about the clothing store in Norwich where they act like vultures - are they that afraid of shoplifters, or what is the problem? It's going to drive business away, because it's annoying!"
Woman from Norwich
11 4
"MFN: I am not "from" Chenango County and just happen to live here. If you would expand your brain alittle beyond the berating lobe you might develop a little insight and realize that I am only talking about the welfare abusers(which happen to be many)."
Woman from Norwich
17 1
"last nights Board of Education was the beginning of change. The negative regulars were given voice, but nothing came out- Here's to those individuals who will bring POSITIVE narration to both Norwich's community and our schools. Our students will be all the better for it and so will we- "
Man from Norwich
18 1
"Americans have the right to strive for a better life. They are not guaranteed a better life at the expense of others."
Man from McDonough
10 6
"MFN - It always kills me when ignorant people like you accuse people in the city of having an attitude. Most city people would give you the shirt off there back. Maybe if you left Chenango County once in a while you would realize that sheltered people like you are the ones with the attitude. "
Woman from Outside Chenango
11 7
"O.K. Everybody !! Its group HUG time ! hahah you all need to live not BLA BLA BLA Remember the 4th is here ! Happy 4th"
Man from Greene
10 6
"I would be happy to recommend the lawyer you used man from South New Berlin. Maybe he wouldn't lose this time. This time there would be evidence of an education."
Man from Norwich
11 6
"Enjoyment of the human right to health is vital to all aspects of a person's life and well-being, and is crucial to the realization of many other fundamental human rights and freedoms. "
Man from Norwich
10 8
"How about we talk about the HUMAN right to equal access to adequate health care and health-related services, regardless of sex, race, or other status. "
Man from Norwich
10 7
"I would love to be able to go into a certain clothing shop, here in Norwich, without a bunch of old crows waiting to pounce on me. Feels like I'm in Hitchcocks's movie, "The Birds"!"
Woman from Norwich
10 5
"MfOCC ya think the American worker is asking too much, when requesting fair wages, job security, a reasonable benefit package and retirement, now that so much of that has evaporated? "
Man from Norwich
16 3
"Get on your bikes and ride!"
Man from Guilford
9 7
"Even being pathetically “out of it” I realize bicyclers have traffic laws they R suppose to abide by & have as much right to travel as autos do. Also, being pathetically “out of it”, I still understand “fighting war”, is part of our government’s management of the military. Now someone (WfPym-N etc) will post how rude I am toward you. LOL."
Man from Norwich
8 12
""The reading comprehension skills are so poor among some of the contributors of "30 seconds" I think they should sue the school system for malpractice." --- I wonder what lawyer the man from Norwich is going to hire in his law suit agains the school?"
Man from South New Berlin
12 7
"MFN - You are so "out of it" that it is pathetic. No one said anything about bikes and "rights". But it is against the law to zig-zag all over between cars - riding against the traffic, and doing "wheelies" and stopping traffic in the middle of a busy steet."
Man from South New Berlin
9 11
"MFN:"Our government...the greatest military... but it could never manage health care competently. LOL" -- There is a big difference between fighting a war and insurance. For one thing the military is ordinary, plain citizens doing a great job. Govt. Insurance would be a bunch of bureaucrats who couldn't even tie their shoes w/o Pelosi's permission."
Man from South New Berlin
12 7
"New Berlin man that moved to a major city seems to have acquired that big city arrogance that makes dealing with simialr fat heads in this area so pleasant! "
Man from Norwich
11 10
"Where in the Constitution does it say people are entitled to health care? Or that the government can own banks and other industries? obama still uses wire tapping, there are still two wars, and everyone but democraps are on government watch lists. Bush may have used it as a tissue, obama uses it as Toilet Paper."
Man from McDonough
4 13
"The reading comprehension skills are so poor among some of the contributors of "30 seconds" I think they should sue the school system for malpractice."
Man from Norwich
8 10
"The average unemployment rate was lower under Bush than Clinton. The GDP was more under Bush than Clinton. The average Income was more under Bush than Clinton. But the good news is everything now is worse now than under Bush or Clinton."
Man from Norwich
14 6
"Stop complaining about Obama.As you recall he is the pied piper who is going to lead us to the promise land.That is why you elected him . You wanted "Change" you are getting,Enjoy it."
Man from Oxford
12 5
"The fight to keep Camp Pharsalia open has been going on for years now. Must be you don't ready or listen to the news very often. Then news now Camp Georgetown will be done within the next 6 months."
Man from Norwich
11 6
"Man from South New Berlin. Bicycles and rider have just as much a right to be on the streets , as you do with your car. Maybe you need to get out and peddle more. I know you do much peddling on 30 secs."
Man from Norwich
14 5
"If we stopped handing out welfare, people here would start taking jobs in the fields and service industries. Thus companies would not have to bring in Latin Americans. We have enough people here in America to do these jobs. "
Man from Outside Chenango
13 8
"Our government administers the “greatest military in the world”, but it could never manage health care competently. LOL "
Man from Norwich
9 13
"How come there hasn't been anything about Camp Pharsalia being closed?"
Woman from Norwich
We ran the story months ago that it would be closed by July.
-Ed.
14 8
"There should be more bicycles used for travel and less autos."
Man from Norwich
11 6
"Can’t help it MFN, every time I reminisce the peaceful, prospers days of the 1990s and the job security we had for me and my children, I snap into the reality of Y2K and I immediately come down with what you GW lovers call “Bush derangement syndrome”. "
Man from Norwich
8 8
"Gal fN separate yourself from the Chenango County state of mind for more than a nanosecond and realize how many hard working people have lost their jobs and means to feed, cloth and provide medical care for their families, nationwide over the past couple of years."
Man from Norwich
15 6
"With all this rain we been getting we and now develop some rice paddies. "
Man from Norwich
14 6
"I moved out of New Berlin a few years ago to a major city. I try to keep up with the local news, but when I read the petty things you small minded rural town locals complain about, I am absolutely baffled. Try living in the real world and not your sheltered time capsule. "
Man from New Berlin
Wednesday, July 1st
19 2
"Thank You Mr. O'Sullivan and certain school board members for finally standing up and taking control of the school district, you finally showed your abilities by taking a stand against the negativity, its been long overdue but it appears the school district may finally be heading in a positive direction."
Woman from Norwich
13 4
"The Problem is.......Nobody is ever happy!!!!!! You think?????? What a place to live ha??"
Man from Norwich
18 2
"Driving with the seat totally reclined, I don't think so."
Man from Sherburne
4 14
"Bush derangement syndrome is still eating the libs alive.It's amusing to observe isn't it?"
Man from Norwich
9 10
"Obama's energy bill will force more factories to close and layoff more middle income workers. China will love it!"
Man from Smithville
5 13
"FOX is the only news that criticizes Obama when he deserves it. What's wrong with that?"
Man from Bainbridge
4 14
"WFNB Maybe a few of you should walk to go shopping in New Berlin it won't hurt ya walk off some of that bad mouth of yours! Yeeaaaaaaaaaaaa 4th of july is here !!! Happy 4th everybody"
Man from Greene
4 13
"When fox "news" promotes terrorism with ex-CIA Michael Scheuer & Glenn Beck it ceases to be entertainment. It's promoting terrorism which is treason & criminal!"
Man from Outside Chenango
12 6
" I work 50 hours a week, raise 3 children and everything that it entails. I'm supposed to worry (be concerned) about people who choose not to work? I wonder if they are worrying about me when I am grocery shopping, cleaning and helping with homework at 9:00 pm. Gov. does all the worrying for me by supplying them with all their needs. "
Woman from Norwich
8 8
"Yes, overweight MFN, (I am assuming your chubby by the order you placed)I would love to serve you in my spare time. My point was that in America you have the freedom to be ambitious and successful without the government intruding. I already pay for everyone on welfare. I can't take care of everyone. "
Woman from Norwich
7 13
"I must have seen a half dozen people driving while lying down in Binghamton today (driver's seat totally reclined). Talk about foolish. The owner's manual of your vehicle explains how this can increase the likelihood of injury in a crash. Duh!"
Man from Greene
6 15
"The guy from Sherburne and the dude from Norwich should stop whining on the computer and settle it the ol' fashioned way. Some people are such pansies nowadays."
Man from Greene
5 12
"Joke for ya'll. Walmart says all big bussines should offer health care. "offer being the key word" Now who can afford to buy it?"
Man from Earlville
3 13
"I hope Iraq remembers not to shoot at our soldiers. They will still shoot back"
Man from Earlville
10 5
"In front of the bank, the corner to go to the parking lot behind the pharmacy and in front of big M."
Woman from New Berlin
5 12
"MFS: They make you have it on your car, or if you re caught with out it your license is suspended, and you need to turn in your plates or be fined for every day you dont have insurance and didn't turn in oyur plates."
Woman from New Berlin
8 12
"MFN: No the law is the law, and the law enforement officers try to do the right thing by arresting the illegals but yu have bleeding heart liberals that say we are violating their right, I'm sorry if you arenot a legal citizen of the Us you have no rights here."
Woman from New Berlin
4 13
"MFN: They get them nowin California and other states, whil US citizens with real health issues cant get it or make 2 or 3 dollars to much to get it. Wake up and smell the coffee. I want them to put in it tat illegals are automatically unqualified to recieve any benefits until the becoe citizens. P.S. Sorry if I miss spelled any words."
Woman from New Berlin
10 9
"For your info. MFN, I have PAID IN more to Part "B" than I will ever get out of it. The law requires us to pay Social Security. I had no choice, so I have Part "B""
Man from South New Berlin
5 13
""Now it’s bicyclers, one thing after another. Seems like the only thing you’re happy with is ??? help me out here." OK - here for one, I am happy enjoying my American right to enjoy FOX news most of the time. I will be even happier as long as you keep your bicycle off the streets of Norwich."
Man from South New Berlin
4 15
""the FOX network is owned by News Corp’s conservative Murdoch & FOX News Channel is presided over by Roger Ailes chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group,who was a media consultant for Nixon, Reagan, & G H.W. Bush, as well as Rudy Giuliani’s 1st mayoral campaign in 89"- SO WHAT! BIG DEAL! FOX reporting is more accurate than most of the others."
Man from South New Berlin
1 18
""Yes, in this world you are insignificant. If I work 2 jobs so I can eat filet mignon tonight...Your wonderful, I wish you'd work 3 jobs and buy me some fillet mignon, too. I like mine med/well with fried onions, a baked potato with blue cheese. "
Man from Norwich
12 6
"Some people don’t worry (have concern) about others ever. Never. At all."
Man from Norwich
6 9
"Not when you have children MfSher."
Man from Norwich
1 13
"In early summer 08, a "tentative truce" was brokered during a secret meeting between Obama, Murdoch & Roger Ailes @ the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NY.Obama had initially resisted Murdoch's propositions, despite senior News Corp executives having recruited the Kennedys to act as go-betweens "
Man from Norwich
2 13
"Obama resented Fox News's portrayal of him "as suspicious, foreign, fearsome just short of a terrorist," while Ailes said "it might not have been this way if Obama had more willingly come on the air instead of so often giving Fox the back of his hand.A "tentative truce" was agreed upon "
Man from Norwich
18 1
"Where are these no parking signs located in downtown New Berlin?"
Man from Sherburne
17 2
"Lets face it, most of us are gonna worry about ourselves first and everyone else second."
Man from Sherburne
18 2
"MFN with the flashing blue light story, you need to work on your fiction."
Man from Sherburne
13 8
"America should have revolted when Bush was tearing up our Constitution and using it as kleenex."
Man from Sherburne
18 2
"If your insurance has gone up over 400% then its time for you to find a new carrier."
Man from Sherburne
14 6
"What does the government have to do with car insurance?"
Man from Sherburne
12 3
"From the owner of Fox News - In a 2008 interview with Walt Mossberg, Murdoch was asked whether he had "anything to do with the New York Post’s endorsement of Obama." Without hesitating, Murdoch replied, "Yeah. He is a rock star. It's fantastic. I don't think he will win Florida... but he will win in Ohio and the election. I am anxious to meet him. "
Man from McDonough
14 7
"Ever notice that many of life's problems are to a large extent self induced? NYS is no exception. It's destroying itself -- its businesses and people through outlandish taxes, fees, and overly stringent regulations. And don't get me started on social services."
Man from Greene
7 13
"I've taken over nearly all the dish washing and laundry at my house. Results in my wife breaking fewer nails! Besides, makes me feel like I'm a nice person."
Man from Greene
14 9
"What Norwich Ambulance didn't do it all? They wern't right there for you poor people of Sherburne? The taxpayers of NORWICH are paying ALOT of money for OUR ambulance.100K per yr per man! The people of Sherburne should do the same; stop using ours!"
Man from Norwich
16 4
"I read the paper edition 30 seconds regarding the guy on Locust Street. I also see him doing that to every car that drives by. Just give him the f@4*$#! He should mind his own business!"
Woman from Norwich
5 13
"MfSNB: Yes, your right. The media has been brainwashing the public for years with their liberal jargon. They think the liberal are for freedom and choice and they are just for entitlements and control. When Obama sucks up all our money, then they will be crying. "
Woman from Norwich
6 11
"Good, I will watch Fox even more now that I know it is run by conservatives. I liked Giuliani and really liked Pataki. I guess all the CNN watchers love the new blind guy. He only wants to cut jobs left and right and give more money to the lazy. Yeah, he's a gem!"
Woman from Norwich
5 12
"This President has a Czar for absolutely everything! This basically renders Congress useless, so why not disband them? Obama is tearing up our Constitution and using it as kleenex!! America will revolt, and i fear civil unrest is on its way! Attend yourTea Party saturday, learn the FACTS!"
Man from Norwich
12 5
"My medical insurance has gone up 468% since 1996. Makes your 50% and 30% increases over a longer period look kind of silly now doesn't it?"
Man from Norwich
6 10
"So Mr. I don't want government running health care, you don't seem to have any problem taking advantage of medicare part B. If you were true to you're word you'd give it up and buy all your insurance on your own. Hypocrite! "
Man from Norwich
16 2
"There is a big difference between stated as fact and proven facts. "
Man from Norwich
5 11
"Man from New Berlin we are not talking about winter parking,we are talking about the new no parking signs. ( No parking no shopping here too.) "
Woman from New Berlin
17 0
"Glad to see Oxford restoring the bank.Hopefully they will find the money to restore the old academy school on Fort Hill.I can remember when they tore down the old firehouse-sad day for me."
Man from Outside Chenango
14 3
"Now it’s bicyclers, one thing after another. Seems like the only thing you’re happy with is ??? help me out here. "
Man from Norwich
7 10
"My car insurance has gone up 50% in 17 years. I shop frequently and have noticed that in the last year, some of the items I buy have gone up 30%. What is the gov. going to do about it? I used to pay 59 cents for gas."
Woman from Norwich
9 7
"None of those flashy “news” shows are “all liberal democrats”. But the FOX network is owned by News Corp’s conservative Murdoch & FOX News Channel is presided over by Roger Ailes chairman of the Fox Television Stations Group,who was a media consultant for Nixon, Reagan, & G H.W. Bush, as well as Rudy Giuliani’s 1st mayoral campaign in 89 "
Man from Norwich
10 8
"Yes, in this world you are insignificant. If I work 2 jobs so I can eat filet mignon tonight, I have to feel bad about people who "choose" to not work and are eating hot dogs?! I don't want communism or a gov. that wants an egalitarian society."
Woman from Norwich
4 13
"Facts are just that "FACTS". They are not MY facts, YOUR facts, FOX facts, ABC facts, NBC facts, CNN facts, or whatever. A fact is a fact, period, regardless of which one is quoted."
Man from South New Berlin
3 15
"Woman from Norwich - you are right about FOX. The problem is other people are so afraid of the truth and facts they believe everything on the liberal medias and refuse to beliefe the truth on FOX. They are hung up with "FOXphobia", "BUSHphobia", "PALINphobia", etc. "
Man from South New Berlin
15 4
"Court today proved that Chenango County's latest touting of zero tolerence for Domestic Violence is a joke. What's a women's worth? Only 1 year probation for a near death choking and a broken jaw? Hmmmm..."
Woman from Norwich
4 12
"No - The only government help I have is Medicare "B" (basic) my major ins. is with BC/BS."
Man from South New Berlin
9 7
"Am I unhappy about some of Obama’s, Harry Reid’s & Nancy Pelosi’s policies and practices? Yes! Would I want McCain/Palin, Mitchell McConnell, and John Boehner as alternatives? No way! "
Man from Norwich
10 5
"I bet if your car insurance went up 10% to 20% every year and your deductible was doubled you would have know problem complaining to the government."
Man from Norwich
20 0
"NB Village parking: For those interested in the facts, the sign says no parking from Dec 1st - April 1st from 2am to 6am. I doubt that affects many people..."
Man from New Berlin
13 4
"For every horror story that can be found regarding other countries’ health care systems another, and maybe more, can be found regarding our health care system. I have friends in Canada that praise their system & friends in Malone NY who buy prescriptions cheaper in Canada. "
Man from Norwich
6 12
"What would make you believe I get any reliable info from any of the major corporate run infotainment? Now I challenge you to find those stats in any their info sources, including your beloved FOX that you so often parrot. "
Man from Norwich
4 15
"FOX News is about the only news program that isn't all liberal democrats. Most of Hollywood and the Media are all liberal. I want less government and the way it is going now, there will be laws telling you how to brush your teeth. "
Woman from Norwich
2 16
"Exactly the point, if your medical care serves you well, that’s all that concerns you. Tuff for anybody else, we’re insignificant. "
Man from Norwich
6 18
"The other day isaw a car with a flashing blue light on it just to see what was going on i gave chase it went to mickey ds to eat."
Man from Norwich
7 12
"MFOC: I know what Single Payer is and I just don't want it. It doesn't make me Greedy or Miserable. I vote it down because I don't agree with that system. I am not happy with the high premiums I pay for car insurance but I am not expecting the government to pay for it!"
Woman from Plymouth
9 6
"If you can watch two or three networks at a time, why can't someone else?"
Man from Norwich
8 8
"If you are over 70 you are on some form of government provided health care. That's why you have no problem. We'd all like to be able to say that."
Man from Norwich
16 4
"Norwich bikers do not care about the law. No helmets, zig-zaging across Rt. 12 w/o looking to see where the cars are coming from, and even doing "wheelies" in the street beside the courthouse, causing cars to have to stop and wait. "
Man from South New Berlin
5 12
"Man from Norwich - how do you know that FOX didn't report those stats?? You don't like FOX, so I assume you don't watch it. Or do you watch 2 or 3 networks at the same time?"
Man from South New Berlin
6 17
"Jeff - you nailed it on the head. Someone posts a factual quotation and people vote it down. Are they voting down the posting of a fact because they don't like the poster, or are the voting down the fact? Something needs to be changed to make it more clear."
Man from South New Berlin
I never said anything in '30 Seconds' HAD to make sense.
-Ed.
14 6
"Some squad members are only first aid qualified, some Basic Life Support, some Advanced Life Support, and others Para-Medics. Your level of training determins whether or not you can treat heart patients. So, if you don't know these facts, then SHUT UP!!!!"
Woman from South New Berlin
7 12
"Man from Oxford -- If you can't trust your own relatives in Canada when they come to the US for medical help, who can you trust? It isn't a lie."
Man from South New Berlin
18 1
"MFN - I am over 70 and have no problem with my health insurance - it pays off with no problem - even with major medical it was only $200 co-pay."
Man from South New Berlin
11 6
"Example?? MFS you set an example on how to be an online bully.My kids are happy I found relief,and its not discussed or used in thier presence.At least I didn't lie to them."
Man from Sherburne