The governor wants to raise the cost of my fuel 3 cents to fund the transit authority

[fleetiebelle]

Originally Posted by Honest Bob

Do you watch WTAE News?

I think that Sally Wiggins did the story.

Here is a similar story.
Mom panhandles to pay for son's tuition - Seattle News - MyNorthwest.com
Wash. mom begs for son's tuition money | KBOI CBS 2 - News, Weather and Sports Boise, Idaho | News

No I don't watch local news, mostly because it's padded with non-local fluff pieces like the above. Unless there's a Seattle exit off the Parkway East, you implied that you saw this woman personally.

[jimmyev]

Originally Posted by fleetiebelle

No I don't watch local news, mostly because it's padded with non-local fluff pieces like the above. Unless there's a Seattle exit off the Parkway East, you implied that you saw this woman personally.

I took that exit the other day. It was raining and chilly.

[Honest Bob]

WTAE only keeps their news for so long and then they dump it.

I haven't seen anyone yet here that could dispute that it happened last year.

I was just thinking about how some people on here said that the state should stop taking care of the roads in the northern counties and focus all their efforts on the cities - because that is where the tax base is at.

I guess there is a bunch of city slickers out there that just thinks that all we have to do is sit around the gas well all day playing spin the cousin.

The natural gas that we produce - is what heats your homes in the winter and cooks your food.

The coal we produced runs the steam turbines that turns on your lights at night. Without electricity - you go no where. Yow Yow Yow...

At the same time a story comes to mind about a little old place called Falcon Drilling, where they did something that was never done before. They took a drilling rig out of production, moved it 100 miles and started drilling a hole in the ground, further, faster and better then anyone ever did before.

The drill rod was made in a place called Star Iron Works - Big Run PA and when the bit broke, Star Iron works made a special tool to retrieve the bit.

Those tools and equipment was used to save the miners at QueCreek
Quecreek Mine Rescue - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The drillers and the rescue people didn't have to be there and when their shift was over, they had to be told to leave, because the next crew was coming in to take over. No one gave up and no one wanted to leave.
Everybody wanted to help.

That is something that you never could have in a city with city slickers.
First the company would have to send a engineer out to take a look at the situation and then they would have to send out a controller to figure out how much to charge them for the work and then they would have to send out three accountants to make sure that they got paid for everything that they used and could bill for.
Then they would have to hire someone to physically do the work, because they wouldn't want to get their hands dirty. Isn't technology wonderful?

[raubre]

Originally Posted by Honest Bob

That is something that you never could have in a city with city slickers.

Maybe us city slickers don't want any drilling here (I guess you missed that on WTAE, KDKA and WPXI). Just keep it in the country with 'dem 'dar rednecks.

[creepsinc]

city slickers = coloreds and the people who tolerate tham

[groar]

wtae does not "dump" their old news.

and even if the story is true, so what? is the existence of panhandling some kind of big news? and why do you care what private individuals choose to give to a panhandler? that's their choice. and what on earth does it have to do with the fact that we city slickers, including the losers who ride the bus, support your rural lifestyle with our tax money way more than you would support ours with yours through this proposed tax?

no one is turning this into city folk vs country folk but you. no one is saying that we should stop paving your roads with our tax money. we're just pointing out that you complaining about a small fraction of a proposed gas tax going towards a city service you don't use is extremely hypocritical.

[creepsinc]

Originally Posted by groar

wtae does not "dump" their old news.

and even if the story is true, so what? is the existence of panhandling some kind of big news? and why do you care what private individuals choose to give to a panhandler? that's their choice. and what on earth does it have to do with the fact that we city slickers, including the losers who ride the bus, support your rural lifestyle with our tax money way more than you would support ours with yours through this proposed tax?

no one is turning this into city folk vs country folk but you. no one is saying that we should stop paving your roads with our tax money. we're just pointing out that you complaining about a small fraction of a proposed gas tax going towards a city service you don't use is extremely hypocritical.

Colored, probably.

Keep your government hands off my Medicare!