Why on earth do we need to mortgage our grandchildren's future to get high-speed internet, when the solution to the problem was shown at the beginning of this article?
"they banded together, signed a petition and presented it to their telephone provider, Frontier Communications. In response, the company provided them with broadband Internet service."
Getting the government involved will only delay the process and add more unnecessary cost.
Children were not meant to be corralled and isolated to learn from (and be pressured by) their peers. They were meant to learn from a variety of generations, primarily the parents whose responsibility there are.
The answer to most every problem in the public "schools" is homeschooling or a private school chosen by the parents.
As Obama tries to expand the "education" system to 3 and 4 year-olds, this becomes even more important. As he said in his recent address to Congress,
"We have dramatically expanded early childhood education and will continue to improve its quality, because we know that the most formative learning comes in those first years of life."
And the state sure doesn't want the little buggers influenced by their parents.
For more information on getting your kids out of the brainwashing system, go here: www.exodusmandate.org
The real problem with "Eddie the Electrician" is that someday he, and other innocent Americans, will indeed have something to hide. As the federal government remains unchecked by the people, the local laws that now exist here and there throughout our country will become the law of the land.
It will be illegal to: protect yourself in your own home, own a gun, eat in a restaurant if you're fat, and own a Bible (hate speech), among other ridiculous legislation.
By the time the government gets to Eddie's particular fancy, there will no one left to defend his rights.
I'm glad Mark Lyman feels vindicated, but I think a suspended sentence is little better than a slap on the hand. I guess that collar works in court, too.
I strongly disagree. When taxpayers are struggling to put food on the table and gas in the car to get to work, why on earth is it their responsibility to provide a select few with expensive winter entertainment???
If snowmobilers can afford expensive machines and the gas to keep them running, let them pay for their own trail maintenance.
I don't know if it's legal, but I say, "Go ahead and raid it!" Why on earth is it the taxpayers responsibility to pay for somebody else to have fun? The money would be better left in our pockets to buy gas to get to work. If snowmobilers can pay outrageous prices for machines and the gas to run them, let THEM pay for trail maintenance. Not my job, man.
I live in a wonderful, huge Victorian house that was built around 1860, and have for the past 18 years. We have toiled and paid, and paid and toiled for this house all that time, but there are still a million things that should be done.
We're getting older, and can't do all the things we used to do, so we're planning to sell. But with the housing market the way it is, and oil prices through the roof, who in their right minds wants to buy a house that costs literally thousands of dollars to heat and maintain?
Frankly, I think your attitude is a bit hypocritical. If you're going to condemn business people for wanting to make money, then why don't you donote your services to the Gazette? Or better yet, if you're so fond of the Newberry building, YOU buy it and maintain it.
Give the guy in Cobleskill a break. You'll be old one day, too - and you still won't be playing 2nd base for the Sox.
I've been doing some reading lately - sources that are apparently informed suggest that it's not production, nor supply and demand, nor oil company profits, nor taxes that have driven up the costs - it's commodities traders.
Where once oil futures were purchased by refineries etc. to ensure they got enough of their raw materials, now people who never expect to take delivery are getting into this. Wall Street traders and retirement funds are bidding prices up like it was Microsoft stock.
I'm no expert on this - check it out for yourself. It might be worth a look.
Posted on March 10 at 2:55 p.m. (Suggest removal)
It's nice to see the Gazette covering an alternative to the "republocrats." Keep it coming.
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