On Health care reform has further polarized Democrats and Republicans. Are you:
Posted on March 24 at 11:41 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
No party affiliation in favor of health care reform, but not the way it is happening. I think some of the ways it is being obtained are wrong.
On Sidewalk permit fee back before council
Posted on March 8 at 10:11 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
This hits home a little because I bought my house a couple years ago and I wasn't even in it three months and I got a letter from the city saying I had to pay almost nine hundred dollars to repair my sidewalk. Thank you for your purchase and welcome to the neighborhood. So I am with jterry1955 because I am still confused about how it is right to charge someone to maintain YOUR property. If it is not my property I should not have to pay for repairs, unless the city of Janesville is going to pay for the repairs to my truck. I am also frustrated that they want to fine me for trying to save money by hiring someone else to do it. Not to mention that most of the people who do work like that are smaller businesses and they need work too.
On Mother mourning overdose death of her 13-year-old son
Posted on February 11 at 10:31 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Being a mother of two, this hurts my heart to read. I cannot imagine what burying your own child is like. No pointing blame, it gets no one anywhere anyway. It takes away from the focus. Kids are daring and developmentally lack the ability to realize the true consequences of some of their actions, or sometimes they ,sadly, just don't care. What is the cure? I wish I knew since my child is right around the corner from this age and these temptations. All we can do is hope we have given them what they need to do better and make good choices. That being said, sometimes it seems like there is nothing we can do to protect them from themselves. I only hope this family finds and keeps the strength to get past this and become stronger. Good luck to all parents...
Posted on February 1 at 10:32 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
TommyRay: I do not recall seeing anyone say anything about "bad people". Regardless if a person is bad I still stand by smoking period is bad FOR people and I do not think anyone will debate that point and if they do they should probably take third grade health again. But if you are going to ban smoking because it is bad for anyone then you should ban other things that are bad for people; like SwissChick said supper sized value meals are bad for us too so by the "bad for us" standard that should be banned too. Ppsshht!
Posted on February 1 at 1:10 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Smoking outside is no different than driving an old car or driving a car at all. Even those electric cars have their faults, does anyone realize how bad the battery is for the environment? If a smoker is outside and is being respectable about discarding of the "butts" I do not see the issue. If it is that big of a deal they should do something about alcohol, all smokestacks, cars, and ANYTHING that puts chemicals into the air...including aerosol cans. You cannot fairly enforce one set of rules and call it "for the good of others" without attacking the other groups that are "bad for others".
On Evansville pom pon uniform debate continues
Posted on January 19 at 6:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
My concern is not the uniform. I have not seen it in person but from the picture it looks like tights and a spaghetti strap tank top. I see nothing inappropriate with a tank top. My concern is that some think that changing the way a teen or anyone else dresses will change their morals or weather they value themselves and others. I understand the concern for the girls sending the wrong message but it is not like they are doing the routines in see through clothing. Jeans and a T-shirt can be sexy so does that mean those should be banned too? Besides don't you think we have better things to argue about when our children are concerned? Really?? The spaghetti strap shirts are a big issue right now? I could think of more pressing issues the teens could be facing.
On Janesville homicide suspect pleads guilty
Posted on January 12 at 10:01 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I agree with most. What he did was a despicable act. I mean shoot someone because they rejected you IN FRONT OF THEIR CHILD!!!??? We, as tax payers, should not have to pay for people who commit this caliber of a crime to continue to live only to die in a cell. I have worked in a prison so I know first hand that it is not easy or all fun and games (yes you have three free meals, free health care, and a bed) but there is more that goes on and you only see it if you are inside those walls. Knowing that I still don't think prison is a worthy punishment for him-it may be bad but nothing compared to what her son will have to go through or what he will have to deal with for the rest of his life. Sorry for the harshness but I have no sympathy for this guy. Millions of people get rejected and they don't pull out a gun and shoot someone.
On Janesville woman pleads not guilty in Walworth crash
Posted on September 22 at 8:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh I know that it wasn't all directed at just me. And I agree too many people jump to the take the kid agrument. When parents screw up it is just easier for everyone to say take the kid instead of someone working with the parent to correct the flawed thinking that got them into the position they are in. With that being said some situations really do warrant a "get the kid the heck out of there" approach. I took it a little personal and I know it was probably a little premature but one person in particular made the comment in all caps "YEAH I AM POSITIVE YOU ARE ALL WRONG IN EVERY SINGLE WAY. ESPECIALLY YOU!!!" after I said "...not every single one in every single way...". And that was one of my points because that person did what they accused me of doing by assuming what I said had no validity when in fact what I said was based on common sense and personal experience. It just annoys me when someone underestimates someone else's personal experiences. Question me if you must; I will answer them; but DO NOT assume that I make it common practice to assume something about situations that I have never had a dealing in.
On Janesville woman pleads not guilty in Walworth crash
Posted on September 22 at 6:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
ihavealife: No that is not what I am saying. I don't know if she flipped or rolled her car on Center avenue. If that is true I was not aware of it. All I was saying was that I am being told by friends of her's that she is changing and that I have no idea what I am talking about (even though they don't know if I do or not) whether she is or not I do not know because I do not talk to her. I hope she is, you would think that she would after all of this. I am not pretending to know what she is or isn't doing or how she feels about it. That is why I did not make character attacks to her because I am sure there is a lot about her I don't know and I try not to go after people I don't know very well. If I make a comment about them it is their action I am talking about not what kind of person they are outside of the action. If that happened on Center avenue was she drunk or was it just a "regular" accident? Excuse me for saying if but I don't want to sound like I assume it happened if I have never heard about it. And yes if you have one drunk driving accident one would hope you learned a lesson the first time but fact of the matter is some people don't. And once again before anyone tries to jump down my monitor I am not assuming ANYTHING.
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On Health care reform has further polarized Democrats and Republicans. Are you:
Posted on April 1 at 11:55 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I posted my comment about health care and I should have left it there and never came back. No I couldn't do that for some stupid reason so now I have another opinion that I just want to put out there. I am not one to bash people (I am not going to argue either) so I am not doing that, but it irritates me when someone responds and another person finds excuse after excuse to refute it. Even if the refutation is based on hard bias or some close mindedness. I am not taking "parties" or sides either. I am just seeing things I do not like and I think if some people would open their eyes and stop worrying
about what "side" someone is on maybe they would also see that IF YOUR CHECKBOOK IS IN THE RED YOU CANNOT WRITE ANOTHER CHECK, for ANY reason. Wait, unless you are the government. Yay.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=2...
Say what you will about that source, but I am having a hard time finding anything that says Obama's spending is NOT worse than Bush's. I am not a supporter of either (I have no affiliation) so don't even try to say, in any way, that my view is based on support of either of them. I am a supporter of people period, point blank, and the WORKING MAN'S (or woman's) wallet. -That is all, goodbye-