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Post by philunderwood on Jun 20, 2011 6:42:38 GMT -5
Copying the Sun Gazette Letters To The Editor here was started to provide a place to comment on them. This was done before the SG started to allow comments again. Since then there hasn’t been enough participation to make the effort of copying the letters worthwhile.
We’ll leave the board for anyone wanting to comment on a letter here.
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Post by Ritty77 on Jun 23, 2011 16:05:09 GMT -5
Phil, I see you are brushing up on your "arguing with idiots" skills.
How irksome it must be for him to know that those he has deemed racists and bigots and liars and hypocrites and senior citizen killers and a hundred other slanderous insults, are actually winning.
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Post by philunderwood on Jun 23, 2011 17:59:26 GMT -5
It isn’t done for the individuals I’m disagreeing with, I’ve long known a rational discussion with these types is hopeless; it’s for the benefit of the other readers. If you give some people the right opening they’ll make fools of themselves for all to see.
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Post by "Q" on Jun 23, 2011 21:20:44 GMT -5
From what I have read at the Sun Gazette site, some have made the opening (to make fools of themselves) so large that they have knocked the doors off their hinges.
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Post by Ritty77 on Jul 14, 2011 14:52:29 GMT -5
Remember early on when SG LTE's came back and one discussion turned to whining by the usual suspects about being mistreated at the Tea Party forum? Everyone can see the truth now.
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Post by Ritty77 on Jul 21, 2011 18:03:27 GMT -5
I guessing we're due for a "current heat wave=global warming" LTE.
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Post by twinder on Jul 22, 2011 17:05:35 GMT -5
105 today in Virginia Beach. 102 yesterday in Richmond, 100 the day before at King's Dominion amusement park.
We are planning to dive tomorrow and Sunday at Dutch Springs in 45-50 degree water. Gonna be quite a shock to the system.
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Post by Ritty77 on Jul 28, 2011 20:22:46 GMT -5
There is a thread at the SG dealing with able-bodied people collecting SSI/assistance. Does anyone know firsthand of someone who gets government support on a regular basis who could work for a living? Does anyone not know anyone? Personally, I know a few.
One writer asks for proof of that.
I personally know of a guy who collects SSI for COPD. Says he can't get his breath if he works. But there are jobs that he could do that don't require a lot of physical activity. He knows this of course, but why should he work. He has always worked off and on with just enough to get by; now he gets a free ride.
I personally know of two girls in their 20's, both with two kids, and both with husbands who work for construction/roofing "companies" that work one day and go swimming and drinking the next. They keep their hours down and take some pay under the table. These women get the access card and medical assistance. Plus, they brag about the thousands of dollars on their IRS "refund." Gotta love that EIC!
I have seen addicts trade their food stamps for crack (fifty cents on the dollar—they go shopping together), and there's nothing wrong with them but their addiction. Overflowing grocery carts.
Most would be happy to help these people on a short term basis, but if they would just try, they wouldn't need so much help. It's just too easy not to, apparently. But please don't tell me they don't exist and especially don't REQUIRE me to help pay their way and then call me selfish and uncaring.
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Post by twinder on Jul 28, 2011 20:33:26 GMT -5
I know of people who have gone out of their way to be labeled "disabled." For some, it is just too easy to find "help."
I know people who only find work long enough to build up their unemployment benefits and then they just quit. Everyone gets unemployment anymore. I have fired an employee for theft and dereliction of duties and he was given unemployment. We fought his benefits with a hearing. It was just a waste of time. Even if you quit work, you still receive UC benefits. It's amazing.
I also know of people who work and get paid in cash or under the table and they also have the access card. Too many people just get benefits without any real means testing.
I see people all the time abusing the ambulance simply because they have an Access or medical assistance card. It costs them nothing so they don't think twice about calling an ambulance for a toothache. Yes, this really happens and it happens frequently.
I don't have the answer. But, I know the system is severely broken.
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Post by leisuresuitlarry on Jul 29, 2011 4:40:52 GMT -5
Ritty "One writer asks for proof..." You mean He who must not be named? Old crackpot himself? I think if anyone could really prove it and it wouldn't be such a hassle to report it and have the authorities deal with it that we'd be turning folks in left and right who abuse the system. He knows as well as all of us that there are ass holes who, like Todd says, go out of their way to be declared disabled just to get assistance.
I knew a lady several years ago who had 2 or 3 kids and she was "disabled". Fat and lazy more like it, but she was getting money for nothing. The kids had to keep their working hours down too so as to not jeopardize her intake from the system.
The government should totally get out of the charity business. Let it go back to the churches and other good will organizations to take care of.
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Post by Ritty77 on Jul 29, 2011 14:31:25 GMT -5
LOL. Yeah, Larry, "He who must not be named." I can't provide more "PROOF" without naming names.
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Post by mikekerstetter on Aug 14, 2011 6:38:01 GMT -5
11 LTE's yesterday, and none today. Strange.
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Post by Ritty77 on Aug 26, 2011 12:26:11 GMT -5
Looks like there is an actual mentally retarded person posting at the SG, as opposed to the normal delusional lies.
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Post by mikekerstetter on Aug 27, 2011 4:56:29 GMT -5
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Post by Ritty77 on Aug 27, 2011 6:07:45 GMT -5
Mike, I was referring to fecalmatters repeating the same post. In the one thread, he posted like 50 times. fecalmatters is an alias of someone who already posts very regularly at the SG, I believe.
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Post by twinder on Aug 27, 2011 12:50:46 GMT -5
A lot of delusional rants and straw-man arguments at the "letters" comments section. Not much rational debate going on there.
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Post by mikekerstetter on Aug 27, 2011 14:14:43 GMT -5
Got it Ritty. I wasn't quite sure if it was some kind of computer glitch or if he was spamming on purpose. I've noticed a few other duplicate posts, but not like his. I noticed the SG removed them.
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Post by Ritty77 on Nov 15, 2011 17:52:24 GMT -5
I see chayes is once again demanding replies to his questions and is up on his high horse because nobody answers him. I guess he's oblivious to the fact that we have the answers, just no desire to converse with him.
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Post by twinder on Nov 15, 2011 18:32:37 GMT -5
It's mind-numbing reading some of the comments there.
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Post by philunderwood on Nov 15, 2011 19:49:20 GMT -5
I've become a lot more selective about when I comment and who I respond to.
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