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"For those who don't know the difference, people in the US have opportunity. The people of Hati have none. That's why we send aid."
Woman from Guilford
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"WFOCC: They can get charged her also. The point is when adult you are responsible for your action, you choose to drink to much, so man up and dont blame it all on the bartender becuase you decide to drink and drive."
Woman from New Berlin
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"MfSher Oh if we could only hear you and the rightwing echo chamber carry on if President O used notes scribbled on his hand to answer questions from folks that were planted in an audience? "
Man from Norwich
4 0
"This whole world would be a better place if everyone took personal responsibility for their own actions."
Man from Sherburne
2 1
"The MFN must be blind. Palin did not hide the palm of her hand. Many times it was open - facing the crowd and the cameras. "
Man from South New Berlin
2 3
"Who is most intelligent, the person who has half-dozen crib notes on the hand, or the person who has a teleprompter with the whole speach, and even then can't properly pronounce corpsmen (Obama pronounced it "courps men" over and over)"
Man from South New Berlin
3 5
"Here in our state the bartender can and will be held responsable"
Woman from Outside Chenango
2 4
"I agree MfNN,it is ridulous that the Courts must get involved in silly civil disputes because of how laws are interpreted. "But what we really mean is..." Yes looking at it that way perhaps, but that is not what it says..."
Man from Oxford
10 2
"Woman from Norwich, if that same man murdered your entire family would you only blame the person who sold him the gun?"
Man from Sherburne
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""Palin was hiding her crib note answers on her hand for pre- screened questions that were going to be presented to her by her tea party crowd. Sounds like she never got over her school test days and beauty contest answering techniques. Its also obvious by her intellect she never learned anything either. "
Man from Norwich
2 8
"You’re being a bit hypocritical when you lampoon Obama for teleprompter use, when the Republican’s hero, Ronald Reagan used a dual screen teleprompter for his speeches, but you label it a weakness when Obama uses one. You’re just parroting Limbaugh, FOX noise etc. It’s almost comical. "
Man from Norwich
2 8
"MFS there was no teleprompter during Obama’s Q&A between the Republican house members that took place, and he didn’t need crib notes for random unrehearsed questions that were presented either. Watch Palin’s speech (@ cspan archives) to her tea party fans, it was visibly obvious she was reading from a script. Prove me wrong. "
Man from Norwich
2 7
"And the markets going down down, down and it's all george w bush's fault again."
Man from Outside Chenango
12 1
"WFN: Get your head out of the sand, if you go out drinking, you should either make sure you have someone to drive you home or dont drink so much, he is as much to blame if not more so then the person who served him. Quit blaming everyone else and take responsiblity for your actions."
Woman from New Berlin
5 6
"MFSNB: Yes the Children of Hsiti deserve help, and so do the people, but 3 years ago our government sent them 300 million and now they are getting hundreds of millions more. Yet we have people hungry and homeless here, what about them? "
Woman from New Berlin
8 4
"The difference between Palin"s few words on her hand to be sure she covers all the issue's and Obama's teleprompter is he's reading it word for word because he can't speak without it.."
Man from Sherburne
8 3
"Don't go over 55 mph if you're passing... the State Police are waiting for you. This is particularly true in North Norwich on Route 12"
Man from North Norwich
7 4
"I sit here wondering what would happen if business and jobs came back to Norwich. Imagine a REAL infrastructure not based on the Court System collecting revenue from surcharges for things that people are railroaded into because laws are interpreted and not understood"
Man from North Norwich
Monday, February 8th
5 5
"I like cars they get me from point a to b.I have nothing to prove I'm already a man. even old ladies can go fast if they push harder on the gas. wooptedoooo."
Man from Smyrna
2 7
"Actually WFC, Gore did win the popular vote only to have Judge Rehnquist give the win to his buddy’s son. Bet you were one of those jokers that laughed up Gore’s “lock box” idea. So yeah, just think where we might if be if one was used in place of the squandered BILLIONS that took place. Remember? “deficits don’t matter” "
Man from Norwich
4 7
"Palin was hiding her crib note answers on her hand for prescreened questions that were going to be presented to her by her tea party crowd. When she has to write "taxes" on her hand, it seems to me she might be just a wee bit out of her league. I hope she does become 2012 republican presidential candidate, the debate would be fascinating. "
Man from Norwich
4 13
"The corrections officer was not at fault. The person or person that served him all those drinks Knew before he left he was not able to drive"
Woman from Norwich
6 3
"UVCS tax payers wise up! Who do you think will be paying for this new proposed building project? Not the State but us taxpayers. VOTE NO!"
Man from Columbus
5 9
"Obama, I can't get these Dems to do anything. So now he wants to meet with the Reps so he blame them for his mess. "
Woman from Greene
8 6
"MFN, how classless can you be to celebrate the death of a senator because he's a democrat? is this how low it goes these days?"
Man from Sherburne
4 8
"Just imagine how high the unemployment rate would have climed if Gore or Kerry had won. Horrible thought aint it?"
Woman from Coventry
4 8
"Did the print version of the paper have any writeup about the SE wrestling team winning the Class C section III title this weekend? "
Man from Sherburne
8 5
"A misdemeanor for the officer... Thats really setting a good example.. Why practice what they preach, when there buddies will cover for them"
Man from Oxford
7 3
"Man from Plymoth: You should know a call means nothing, a registered letter puts you on record. This way if someone gets hurt, they are directly to blame. I bet a letter will have he tree come down immediately"
Man from Guilford
3 7
"MFS basically if you like car's you like car racing."
Man from Norwich
8 3
"Why does everyone have to think little children in Haiti don't deserve help. They are the innocent ones, and they are suffering the most. It is not their fault that their government is a wreck."
Man from South New Berlin
6 7
"Typical of MFN. Calling Palin a "school girl". Well, should we call Obama a filing school boy since he repeatedly pronounced "corpsmen" as "courps men". I didn't see the media pick up on that one, but I heard him repeatedly get it wrong - even with his teleprompter. A school girl would try to hide notes, Palin didn't, so that blows your theory."
Man from South New Berlin
7 4
"Reading from a written script that lampoons Obama’s teleprompter use. Precious. A debate b/t Palin and Obama would be quite entertaining. "
Man from Norwich
7 3
"Sara came down here to endorse Rick Perry.She's a hottie!Them boots are made for walkin,and that's just what they'll do.One of these days those boots are gonna walk all over you...Are ya ready Rick?"
Man from Outside Chenango
5 15
"After 9/11, there were ALOT of people from Haiti in NYC... all contributing to the NEED but none to the SOLUTION! Let Haiti rebuild themselves! Take the money donated and feed our own people first!"
Man from Norwich
4 15
"Just went out and bought a $150.00 Drew Brees Jersey. I'm going downtown tonight and pretend I'm him. Of course Brees isnt my real last name.But he had a good game and he is now my hereo."
Man from Smithville
16 4
"NFL season is over,and that's a drag.So I guess it is icefishing w/the kids from now till ice out.It is great fun for the whole family."
Man from Sherburne
10 10
"What is so entertaining about watching a bunch of cars driving around in a circle for hours?"
Man from Sherburne
3 15
"And your opinion means nothing!"
Man from Oxford
7 13
"Oh Better fill that seat quick Obama! Another democrapic Senator bites the dust."
Man from Norwich
12 7
"Palin bashes Obama for teleprompters yet she writes notes on the palm of her hand like a schoolgirl."
Man from Norwich
7 14
"Cheers, Cheers and more Cheer's Footballs over and NASCAR is here."
Man from Earlville
5 13
"Norwich is the best town"
Woman from Norwich
5 11
"Frank & Dodd? SNB in 02 Paul O'Neill, raised objections to Bush’s new round of tax cuts & wanted to combat corporate crime after a string of accounting scandals, GW dismissed it & Cheney told him "you know, Paul, Reagan proved deficits don't matter," "We won the midterms (congressionl elections) this is our due." 1 month later, O’Neil was fired. "
Man from Norwich
11 9
"With such a bad economy during the Bush years I have two question? is, "Who was in control of the Senate and House during the last 2 years of Bush?" How much did Barney Frank & Chris Dodd contribute to our economic mess?"
Man from South New Berlin
18 7
"Maybe the drunken correctional officer can do community service.and practice what they preach Dont drink and Drive"
Man from Smithville
9 9
"To Man from Norwich. The Republicans laugh at their base & think you're all schmucks while they enjoy National Health Care that YOU'RE paying for. The Irony. LOL!"
Man from Outside Chenango
16 4
"way to go UV wrestlers... You should be very proud to be Class D Champions!!!!!!"
Woman from South New Berlin
15 5
"all the insurance companies will be raising the rates. they want to make sure they have it high enough to weather the storm"
Man from Outside Chenango
15 6
"We don't need any snow. I hope the towns don't spend the left over money. it should be put towards next years snow budget. Thus holding down taxes next year."
Man from Norwich
15 5
"Global warming or let me rephrase global change! The globe has been changing for years, 10,000's of years. People are worrying about glaciers melting, but it is the ice age ending (did cars and factories cause that) resulted with glaciers melting right here in NY to create the finger lakes, and Niagara Falls. HMMMMM????? "
Man from Outside Chenango
7 15
"The largest health care insurance company in California is raising their rates by 39% this year. I'd like to thank the republican party for keeping the status-quo. It's working out great for everyone."
Man from Norwich
13 8
"Where were all these teabaggers when Bush was turning a budget surplus into a trillion dollar deficit? "
Man from Norwich
15 5
"On the country club Rd there is a dead tree that every time the wind blows drops limbs in the road. I talked to the Highway dept 3 times, once to the big guy with no satisfaction, The tree is still there, someone is going to get hurt! "
Man from Plymouth
14 10
"Keep your fingers crossed snowmobilers. Tuesday and Wednesday may be your days. "
Man from Norwich
7 12
"That is funny MFS. All in one 30 second post you were able to fit, "the dumber he appears” “he has his head in the sand” and “stupid does as stupid is”. Sounds like something the guy from SNB might post under an alias. You must be proud of the five votes up you received for your intellectual rudeness. "
Man from Norwich
7 14
"I watched quite a bit of the tea party show on the cspan channel. I didn’t see any minorities, but I did see a lot of white overweights’ bashing democrats. Palin’s speech was rather elementary with a lot of silly jabs at Obama/Biden that received repeated standing ovations from her fans. "
Man from Norwich
11 11
"Great to see Mr Cocky and Perfect isn't so perfect. Sorry Payne for throwing the interception ion the super bowl that cost your team the win. Now maybe everyone will stopp bragging and putting the Manning brothers on a pillars as perfect. Way to go Saints!!"
Man from Norwich
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