Topic: Rants

Schools and school zones

By Bill Larson | July 6, 2006 |

I was reading the Leaf Chronicle today and saw an announcement about a city council vote to place a school zone warning light at the intersection of Tiny Town Road and Little Bobcat Lane tonight.

Does the new school not have sufficient access to Little Bobcat Lane in order to remove the necessity of slowing down such a critical traffic artery during some of the busiest traffic flow times. If not, then the question which must be answered is why? «Read the rest of this article»

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Charter Sucks!

By Tom Paine | July 4, 2006 |

It’s not often that I vent on a business — I know how hard it can be in this competitive world to satisfy ever more demanding customers. But I am about over Charter Communications. For over a month now, we have had missing channels and bad reception. We made an appointment and they never showed up, which doesn’t leave you feeling particularly good about having wasted a day to be there for them. Nor were they particularly apologetic about not showing up.

And every time you try to get a response from them, you are back to square one: you have to navigate a phone menu that resembles chinese water torture more than anything else. If and when you do get a human being, it’s a whole new world — you have to explain all over again what the problem is. And they will want you to make yet another appointment. «Read the rest of this article»

Sections: Business, Opinion | 6 Comments

This is my ribbon rant

By Tom Paine | June 11, 2006 |

This is my ribbon rant.

You know, those yellow “support our troops” ribbons plastered on the ass-end of just about every SUV you drive behind.

Don’t get me wrong, I agree with the sentiment of the ribbons: “Support our troops”. What makes me mad about the ribbons is that most people who decorate their SUVs with those ribbons have given little, if any thought to what “supporting the troops” means. «Read the rest of this article»

Sections: Opinion, Politics | 1 Comment »

Just what are we “protecting?”

By David W. Shelton | June 8, 2006 |

The swords have rattled once again in the US Senate over the “Marriage protection amendment.” In yet another election-year ploy, Republican leaders have pushed an amendment to the US Constitution into debate that would define marriage as “between a man and a woman.”

After three days of sound-byte producing debate on the Senate floor, the final result was a little surprising to conservatives. The measure failed with 48 votes for and 49 votes against. The reason it was a little surprising is simple: conservatives actually lost a vote when they were assured they’d at least have a majority vote. There was little hope of victory for the Republicans on this amendment. But leaders said they “wanted to get people on record” for the upcoming mid-term elections.

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Sections: Issues, Politics, Spirituality | 2 Comments