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This little spawn of Satan is shedding everywhere. Need to sweep about daily to keep up with it. Maybe I should take him to a barber…
Well this stinks. I was very much looking forward to that nasty Holiday Inn being gutted and renovated into something nicer. As much of a fixture it is in Charleston and as ‘neat’ as it is, it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the architecture around it. It would fit better in a nautical town somewhere in Florida. At least thats my opinion.
This guy has to be the stupidest criminal I’ve ever had the pleasure about which to read. Darwin Award award anyone?
Apparently, Jesus reads WSAZ and posts comments to their ‘Breaking News’ about last weeks “weather condition”.
Posted by: jesus read revelations… “and the seventh seal will release upon them a mysterious blue mist of unimaginable death. woe are they that face this day.”
oh, it gets better…. including masters of the English language
Posted by: Luann My dogs a barking. Something is wrong big. She don’t never bark.
it also seems the Ron Paul Spammers have taken this opportunity spew their nonsense.
Posted by: Rev. Keith Sunday Yet again another sign from the Almighty. Non beleivers will experience a burning of their eyes in this haze, while those of us that are his true flock see through the fog of deception that our goverment clouding our judgement with. Vote for Ron Paul in 2008. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Jesus.
oh the humanity.
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HAHAHAH!!1!!!11 IRONY!
In reference to the lung-eating chemical spill , I snapped this pic of the Empty Glass while heading to Bluegrass Kitchen for a meal of delicious free range chicken smothered in mayo. I can’t tell if this posted was printed today or if it was for a show the past Thursday. I beg for the latter. I have to admit, it was freaked out at first because I didn’t know how to react, but I’m breathing this morning, so I guess I’m ok.
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Yea, it’s early, but let’s talk Festivall! This should prove to be exciting year for the growing yearly event in Charleston. I have to say that the past two years of Regatta have been flat out disappointing and Festivall seems to be where it’s at (i got two turntables and a microphone. Personally, I’d rather see local art and music complimented with outsider talent. On the schedule this year is American Public Radio’s What D’Ya Know at the Municipal Auditorium, which has me salivating. This year, since we live downtown, I plan to be running around the city all weekend. Bring it Larry Groce!
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Abortion is a very divisive issue. We all know that. Both sides equally passionate about the topic. In the interest of full disclosure, I am very much pro-choice. It’s the conclusion I’ve arrived to, but I understand that others might not feel the same way…and thats ok.
There have been numerous discussions regarding this topic and the public accessibility to the procedure down to who foots the bill for those who can not afford it. Which leads to this.
There is one line from the MetroNews article that really set me off.
“The Governor says taxpayers who are opposed to abortions should not have to pay for them. “I’ve always believed it should be optional, not mandatory,” he said on Wednesday’s MetroNews Talkline.”
I’m sorry, what? There are plenty of tax-funded programs that state government implement that are not universally agreed upon. What about the folks who WANT to pay for those programs? hrm.
A Better West Virginia, an excellent WV resource, poses an interesting question.
I vote for Forward-Thinking. Moving here from Virginia, I was ready for a change. I had visited Charleston over the course of three years and had fallen in love. The people I met, Capitol St, the cocoon-like hills surrounding the city; these are ideas/places I wanted to be a part of; i felt it had so much potential. Richmond had left a bad taste in my mouth and this mountain retreat seemed like a welcome change. So after 18 months of living here, I still love it. Sure, we have shortcomings, but things are changing and it’s very excited to think about Charleston in ten years.
It saddens me that so many residents of this state have such a poor outlook. Given the history of the state, I can understand why some might become negative, distrustful, unwilling to take risks, etc. However, I feel that Jason Keeling said it best here:
Indeed, much of our history is blemished with injustice, but unless we take it upon ourselves to improve conditions and stop blaming everyone else, we’ll always be perceived as “hicks.”
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Cell coverage to improve on Turnpike with tower construction
Who knows which carriers will be able to use these towers. Given the recent CellularOne buyout by AT&T and their big push to fill in gaps between the networks, I’m guessing AT&T coverage will improve in that area. Then again, I’m not sure how these publically funded towers work and how access to that space is licensed.
5 1/2 percent raise too small to lift teachers from 48th, WVEA says
I agree. If you want current West Virginia teachers to stay here and attract new ones, you have to offer some sort of incentive. Last year, teachers received an $813/year pay increase up to a whopping $25,832. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the mean income for all occupations in this state is $31,440. (this might be skewed given the amount of high income earners in the state). I understand that this state isn’t wealthy, but teachers are making almost $6000 less than the state mean. I place education high on the totem pole and if there is any place that inflated income is allowable, it’s in education. Cut corners elsewhere, not in education.
I wish I could say that Spring Hill made it onto CNN for positive reasons but no, we get potty-mouthed gas thieves. Classy, real classy.
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WaPo reports that the White House has no comprehensive email archive; system used by Clinton was done away with.
It astounds me that they are allowed to get away with this. Utterly mind-boggling.
Controversy surrounding the Bush administration’s policies intensified on Thursday, when the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee released details of a briefing by White House special counsel Emmet T. Flood, in which he disclosed that a 2005 White House study had identified 473 separate days in which no electronic messages were stored for one or more component offices.
In the presidential offices, for example, not a single e-mail was archived on Dec. 17, 20 or 21 in 2003 — the week after the capture of Saddam Hussein. According to the study summary that the committee released, e-mails were not archived for Vice President Cheney’s office on four days in early October 2003, coinciding with the start of a Justice Department probe into the leak of a CIA officer’s identity, which later led to criminal charges against Cheney’s chief of staff.
what. the. hell.
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check this thing out! The new Volvo C30.
The West Virginia International Auto Show in Charleston was quite the event. A ton of bland American cars and a few dashing imports. I had seen pictures of the Volvo c30 in print and online, but in person, it’s wild. It brings to mind my first memories of seeing the new Mini Cooper. It’s almost as if Volvo combind their SUV line with a compact VW Golf. The effect is quite nice.
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quite easily, my number one album of 2007.
i still slap myself for not going to the Mountain Stage show with Josh Ritter and Loudon Wainwright. ah well.
i spent the better part of the morning running around South Charleston with Big American Joe. Main Tin for lunch and art browsing for desert. I found a 6′x4′ advert for the Dick Tracy comic series. In a week, it’s mine. A little bit of work followed with a visit to the Charleston Library and the mall, which was quite abnormally packed. spoke to quite possibly the best AT&T rep I’ve ever met who tells me that Charleston is to receive 3G services from AT&T by end of March. WCDMA and HSUPA here we come! Estoy entusiasmado!
