Comment history for ohio11pm

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

Melissa is from Canfield - not Salem

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

While most of the traffic police do a good job, there are still some who play super cop and end up creating more problems. On 46 and Fairground Blvd, I have encountered traffic cops who stand in the middle of the road talking and don't care if they hold up traffic. I heard people make similar comments about police at Leffingwell and Tippecanoe.

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

I would love to see figures of how many actual riders they have versus their spending. I am so tired of seeing completely empty buses all over the county and knowing this is where our tax money is going. No sane people continue to fund a busing endeavor that has virtually no riders.

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

Why won't the Vindicator have real journalists investigate a story and see what truly is behind all of this?

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

When private sector jobs decrease so much, who do they think is going to pay their salaries?

From the CATO Institute:
As of 2008, the average federal salary was $119,982, compared with $59,909 for the average private sector employee. In other words, the average federal bureaucrat makes twice as much as the average working taxpayer.

We are in deep trouble!!!

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

These churches in Campbell and Struthers were started in a different time and place. There were no paved streets - if there were streets they were brick. These people did not go to church on Sunday and Holidays - they walked to church every day. They started these churches to worship God everyday with their entire families (that included Grandma who hardly walked and they had to help her along for 10 blocks). They also worshipped in their native languages.

I challenge you to walk to church on a cold winter morning with 14 inches of snow, before you walk to work (remember you walked home from work the night before) - and remember they went out in the morning and took care of their chickens and rabbits and fueled the fireplaces too.

As for the flags - those were not allegiance to a foreign country, but a remembrance of where they had come from and why they had come to this country. Many of them came for religious freedom and to escape persecution. Let us not forget the sacrifices of our forefathers (both the founding fathers of this country and our real grandfathers who left their homelands to come here).

I am deeply saddened by this because this is not just the closing of buildings, but the forgetting of our past.

People go to New York and San Francisco and see Little Italy and China Town and yet within the confines of a small community, you had Slovaks, Italians, Polish, Greeks, etc. maintaining their heritage while joining the "melting pot" that is our great country.

The fact that they sustained so many churches is a testament to their faith and the fact that church and worship was a part of their daily lives and not just Sundays - before you throw stones at people who just worship on Holidays, remember God calls you to turn to him everyday and these people who built these wonderful churches did just that.

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

This bill takes from the not so rich ($44,000 is not rich in my book) and gives to the people who don't work/or don't want to work. It doesn't give you incentive to work hard and live the American dream - the Dream where anyone can be a success.

IT IS TIME TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT WE ARE BEING CHANGED TO A COUNTRY THAT IS NOT FREE. Tim Ryan, speaking on the floor, redefined freedom. He said "In 2009, we need to re-define freedom. And freedom in America in 2009 means being healthy and having access to a health care system that isn't just for the elite, but it's for everybody". Tell that to a veteran that gave their life fighting for freedom from countries that force people to do things their way.

This is a sad day for America and unless the sheeple wake up and quit voting for the "elite" who think they can control every aspect of your life, we will soon look like a communist nation.

FREEDOM to me means living in a land where there is exemption from external control, interference, regulation. We are not free anymore!

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

If you had not read the bill, you need to. You also need to wake up and look around at the Democratic regions that are all sinking further and further into poverty. The "rich" which include our congress and senate keep getting richer off our backs. The big companies that already pay for benefits can continue right along. This bill will hurt small companies the most.

Companies that employ 10 or more and have a payroll of $500,000 or more are going to be affected by this monster of a bill that is loading with restrictions and will be a paperwork nightmare for more companies.

As a small business person who is already saddled with too much government paperwork to actually be productive as a business, this will add to my burden. Finanacially, I will not be able to compete with the fines and/or requirements in this. My family has already taken pay cuts in this economy and drained our savings to keep going. This will be the nail in the coffin for many small businesses.
In addition, please be aware that if you don't want insurance, you will be forced to get it - however, your congressman is not forced to be on this plan.

The bill puts restrictions on your doctor. Faced with those restrictions, certain diagnoses will not be able to find doctors to treat them because doctors will not want to treat a patient and not get paid. If you have congestive heart failure, diabetes, or a host of other problems, doctors will see you as too big of a risk. Would you see a patient if you knew you would not be paid?

There are provisions for student loan forgiveness for veterinarians. Was your student loan just written off?

On Nov. 2, the Congressional Budget Office estimated what the plans will likely cost. An individual earning $44,000 before taxes who purchases his own insurance will have to pay a $5,300 premium and an estimated $2,000 in out-of-pocket expenses, for a total of $7,300 a year, which is 17% of his pre-tax income. A family earning $102,100 a year before taxes will have to pay a $15,000 premium plus an estimated $5,300 out-of-pocket, for a $20,300 total, or 20% of its pre-tax income. Individuals and families earning less than these amounts will be eligible for subsidies paid directly to their insurer.

Sec. 59b (pp. 297-299) says that when you file your taxes, you must include proof that you are in a qualified plan. If not, you will be fined thousands of dollars. Illegal immigrants are exempt from this requirement.

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

Could we assume that he is innocent until proven guilty?

ohio11pm  (anonymous) says...

I was at a church where Fr. Crum served. As I read through the list of where he was and for how long I wondered if he was moved so often because of allegations at the time? Did he take a personal leave in 1994 on his own or was he forced to take a personal leave because of allegations? Did our Dioceses already know of allegations years ago and cover them up? While I would hope and pray that this isn't the case, my gut reaction is that there was a cover-up going on for years.
I applaud the Bishop's stand and how he has handled this current situation, but I still feel there is way more to this story and I would hope that all darkness is exposed.