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WHO is guiding our president? Since Barack Obama was running for president it was clear that he was reading from a teleprompter and somebody else was writing the speech. I want to know who was approving the speech and setting the agenda. It is clear that somebody else is telling our president what to say.
THIS is to all sons and daughters about meth. Back in the 1980s I was going to Southeast Missouri State University to better myself for my family. In the middle of trying to get a better education, my wife got on meth. I tried many different things to help but to no avail. We finally got a bitter divorce. My daughter is in the Army somewhere in Iraq, and my son was wounded in Iraq were he served as a Marine. He was a great soccer player when he was young, and now he is going to Southeast. I am proud of both of them and miss them very much. I haven't talked to them or heard from them in years and want to so badly. My heart has some big holes, and only they can fill them. For all of those who miss their children on Father's Day and for all of those children who have fathers: Family is more important than life itself.
AS the wife of an AmerenUE lineman, I would like to ask that people not give linemen such a hard time when they don't get electricity back on right away. I didn't realize until I saw firsthand how long it takes to go house by house. The linemen deserve appreciation for all their hard work. They get paid well, but they earn every penny and more. I have seen my husband sick from the heat and freezing cold, working in dangerous situations, hungry and exhausted from working almost round the clock. He misses holidays with his family and has to cancel plans often. These men work their tail off to provide the fastest service they can and deserve more respect than they get.
WHY isn't Cape Girardeau smoke-free? Where's the person who will stand up and lead this charge? I can't do it, because I'd be fired. My boss smokes. She thinks smoking is a God-given expression of liberty. I'd get a new job, but it's tough to find a job and I need this one.
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Puppet president --- WHO is guiding our president?...illegal UFO aliens , errr , New World Order and Globalists and such..
Broken family --- sorry to hear...blood is thicker than mud..
Praise for linemen --- i bet you sure like that paycheck tho !...perhaps your hubby oughtta find work somewhere else and give someone who wants the job a chance at it..
Lead the battle --- are you fat ? ..i bet you are...
'rick', I went back and read where you lost your father as a child, I'm sorry this happened and I agree with your comment. Thanks, have a great day and keep expressing your opinions, you always (mostly) make great common sense.
Linemen are highly trained and educated skilled labor. They know what they are doing in very dangerous situations at times. They deserve the pay they receive every single penny of it.
Rick; I bet you got a brain the size of a bird.
newman90
what kinda bird ?
Lead the Battle:
When you start paying everyones bills then you can start telling everyone what they can do. You whine about your boss and everyone else that smokes but say you can't afford to speak out or get another job. News alert: There are other communities that fit you need. MOVE.
I don't smoke...nor does the marjority of my family. But to DEMAND that someone else lead the way because YOU want smoke free is the height of ignorance. If you aren't willing to make a stand, keep sitting and keep your mouth shut.
Not to mention you're probably a conservative republican aren't you?? You people make me sick with your "oh, big government is terrible, we need less government in our lives telling us what to do, we need less government regulation on business, etc...blah, blah, blah.
Until it comes to smoking, drinking, gambeling, abortions and every other moral thing you can think of. Why don't you make up your mind?! quit saying you're a conservative and want small government and then say you want the government to tell me what I can and can't do!!
jpclippard , good mornin' sunshine !
Your right to smoke, just like your right to flail your arms violently, ends at my nose.
If you can't go a few hours without your drug, any drug, then you need help.
The "puppet President" is guided by his loyalty to Islam. He does not like Israel, he is pro-Palestinian. He is anti-business, anti-small government, and pro open borders.
He recently admitted to being Muslim. Obama, in a one-on-one meeting earlier this year with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, told Gheit that he was still a Muslim, the son of a Muslim father, and the step-son of a Muslim step-father; that his half brothers in Kenya are Muslims; and that he was sympathetic towards the Muslim agenda.
Foreign Prime Minister Gheit on Nile Television...said that, in confidence, Obama told him that he was a Muslim, and that after he straightened out domestic issues would show the Muslim world how to handle Israel."
Do you think we will survive long enough as the country we have known and loved to boot the blighter out of office at our first opportunity in 2012? We can block him in 2010 but that's not getting rid of him...permanently.
If you REALLY want to clean up the air, outlaw perfumes and colognes. At least you can see smoke and not walk into it or walk a different way from smokers. Get behind someone who uses a lot perfume/cologne to cover up any smell they may want to hide and its hard to catch your breath.
So, until the 'clean air' advocates want to go after the perfume/cologne industry, quit making smokers the bad guys. Consideration and respect for others should be the unwritten law of the land. We shouldn't need ANY group/person claiming they have top priority in this town/land.
As far as the 'nose' is concerned, some are more sensitive then others. Does that mean everyone has to adjust to you?
Just wanted to ask whatever happened to Bob and Callie's weekly column?? I sure do miss reading about their little family and all the antics....just wondered??
Smokers aren't the bad guys, just radical smokers that insist on smoking in public. To say that your smoke should be okay because some people wear too much cologne is bizarre.
I guess people should be allowed to shoplift from Walmart because some other people play their music too loud. Makes about as much sense as your silly argument.
countrygirl, I've been wondering the same thing. I enjoyed their columns as well.
I do not smoke, but why do people really believe in their hearts that they should be able to tell what they can do and what they can't do? If someobody did it to you, you'd be having a fit. Don't step onj others toes and yours won't be stepped on either!!
Hey booby62914, I don't smoke. Stated that in my first post. But unlike so many, I believe I can avoid smokers. I don't go to bars or anyplace else where there is heavy smoking. I don't believe you, me or anyone else should be telling a business owner what they can do in their business establishment. I use the cologne/perfume example because there are those that go into asthma attacks (a grandchild has asthma) and die because of things other then smoke. Even without asthma, sometimes it takes your breath away.
As far as silly arguments, doesn't yours cross the line? The example I used is valid since they both are elements in the air, yours teters on.....
Oh, sorry...I meant bobby62914
Re: Smoking
People should be allowed to hurt themselves any way they see fit. The issue, I believe, is when people choose to hurt others. I think most of us can agree on that. Put toxins in your lungs if you want, but don't put them in other people's lungs. Each person should have a right to smoke. They don't, however, have a right to make others inhale that smoke. I think that should apply to all things, including air pollution or anything else. It is the purest form of individual liberty to also respect the rights of others. But don't forget that just because you exercise a right, does not mean that it is without repercussions. I am smoke free because I want to live longer, but that is my choice.
Ahhh. Smoking! I have been forced to "smoke" for way too many years. Someone says you can avoid it. WRONG!!! The thought process, of a smoker, is that the smoker has the right to smoke anywhere, anytime. The place where I worked finally outlawed smoking in the breakrooms. My headaches went away. Thank you, thank you!!
Then I was working at a place that allowed smoking around the equipment. 2 of the 8 people smoked around the equipment. The others, who smoked, smoked away from the equipment. The day after it was mentioned that us non-smokers would like some fresh air, everyone came with cigars and lit up all day long. I was awake most of the night coughing. I had taken a shower and washed my clothes. I could not wash the smoke out of my lungs. Months later, one of the people and I were talking about the smoking at that work place. He said, "I didn't know it bothered you. I would not have smoked around you." That was sad. He knew and smoked cigar after cigar.
I lost family and friends to cancer because of cigarette smoke. Yes and some didn't smoke themselves, but, were forced to smoke because smokers have the right to light up anywhere, anytime.