Maynardette

In my opinion, what is feeding this downward economic trend is the stupid media. I have been really been reading some atricles online lately (can't garden, its winter) and I am sickened by the constant doom and gloom writeups about world and US economy being on a spiraling downward trend. Most of the time, articles are more editorial than actual statements of facts. People buy into what they read. amd then react. Oh, and the holiday ads on TV? Seems like old times. And the crowd today in Walmart? I could not even find a place to park. Are the doom and gloomers doing news articles in parking lots full of spenders? Helll no.

Coach, when there is no school in your district, are there optional teacher workdays, or do they close down everything? No snow here yet, which is unusual. It is still raining hard, but the temp is in the 40s.

You all are so full of crap.... Here I am, trying to be a respectable member of this cigar bar, and all you do is poke fun of me! You all should at least respect the fact that a temporarily (thank GOD) resident of Roan Mountain should grace this place! /ph34r.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":ph34r:" border="0" alt="ph34r.gif" /> Anyone wanna buy some real estate so I can move to Kannapolis, NC??

HAHA no Roan Mountain doesn't have that many tree farms. It is over in NC and I know the family who grew the FIRST TREE.

It was groomed, cut and loaded by illegals. Too funny, huh?

I thought I read it wrong, but no! The thermometer on my side deck this morning at 7:00 am read ZERO. I blinked, looked again, and it still read "ZERO." The forecast for yesterday morning called for a dusting to one inch of snow. This afternoon, I shoveled 8 inches out of a 110' driveway. Two things here: THe economy says I will not sell this @#*%_#@ HOUSE for another year. If anyone happens to run into Al Gore, would you please punch him in the nose?

Ya know...... with so much crap that is going on in this country that is so much more important that gay marriages.....but think about this: they will have to go through the same divorce procedures as the rest of us.....hehehe

Sol, I am so glad you mom seems to be on the upswing. You and your mom and your family have been through so much. Sounds like she has a very strong son to help her through a very rough time. /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

I will always lean democrat as I always have. But I am no sheep, I voted today for McCain.

I don't know where it came from because this is the sticks up here, but some first grader showed up today in a totally life like Obama mask that was ovbiously store bought... the rest of the outfit could have come from a thrift store, but I am telling you that when I got that kid out of his car this morning I almost choked with laughter!

He Cav, wouldn't it be cool if men were required to undergo an annual ######gram....HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just lay those babies down on that smasher thing, then let the smasher thing do its thing. let them look down at themselves and feel like they are going to faint!! hwheheehehehe.... anyway, have a nice day everybody. I have now contributed to the cigar bar that you guys call the "Political Forum." O M G !!!! CoachT's filters took out the word test i cles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That would be really nice. I don't WANT the government to "take care" of me, I want the federal government to set guidelines for medical costs and how insurance companies handle claims. Right now, most families pay anywhere from $400 - $600 a month for board coverage. The husband of a friend of mine (who pays almost $600 a month) was taken to the hospital last week with a possible stroke. He was in that hospital for almost 7 hours. The cost of his duration was right at $17,000. They will end up paying about $3,000. of it. I was just hoping that this election campaign would put something like this on a front burner, and it is not there from either party.

Totally confused this election is what I am. I saw an ad this morning paid for by Obama. His stand on health care? He is admonishing everyone to "demand better health care from our bosses." OH! Ok, is this his platform? Way to be a champ, there, Obama......That we should "demand" better health care coverage from our employers? Is he crazy???? Should I call and/or email the state department of education and "demand" better health coverage? Yeah right. THen there is McCain's stand on this issue.............he will work with governors to develop a best practice model that states can follow - a Guaranteed Access Plan or GAP - that would reflect the best experience of the states to ensure these patients have access to health coverage. How is he going to do this, especially when the said state governor is a democrat? I can't even get a mammogram without paying through the.........booobs! What I think is we have two imbeciles running for president.

This is interesting, to say the least. I have not even shown my house for 6 months. People, I have been killing myself to try and keep this place up for a sale, and I have been pretty down about it. So. The bailout failed yesterday. I showed the house today. How about that?

That scares me bad, CoachT.