By originalthought (really?)

March 10, 2011 7:28 AM | Link to this

SEMPER FI, Rick!, I don’t write for a living, my phrasing was for $#!&, & after reading through so much B.S., I got a bit excited to FINALLY read a LOGICAL, well written statement NOT filled w/ regurgitated soundbites!! I have nothing but RESPECT & LOVE for a BROTHER CITIZEN who has enough INTEGRITY to see the LONG VIEW HONESTLY, repeating what was stated by another GREAT BROTHER CITIZEN……”Beware of political party loyalties…they WILL destroy our DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC” George Washington’s farewell address. All the BEST to You & Yours MARINE!! GOOORAAAH!!!

By Rick

March 9, 2011 4:35 PM | Link to this

P.S. Original thought, there is no such thing as an EX-Marine. Being a squid, you should know that

By Rick

March 9, 2011 4:32 PM | Link to this

@originalthought I apologize. When I read that it was late after a very long day and I misinterpreted it as an attack on me. As a man and a Marine, I will be one of the first to admit when I’m wrong and apologize, so that is what I am doing. I hope you accept my apology. I realize we are on the same side now.

By originalthought (really?)

March 9, 2011 8:07 AM | Link to this

Hello Rick…You saw what you wanted to see & believe, you just want an enemy, didn’t learn a THING from Gunny, did you JAFI! I guess I was a D@#N FOOL to think you were any different than the rest of these “good citizens”. I finally saw a comment that was worthy of spotlight & what happens?, I get it rammed up my backside! Thanks a lot, SIR! Now then…go back & read it again…& please extract your head from …I would have thought an ex marine would know better..NOT honorable..& I won’t dignify your PERSONAL ATTACK w/ anything other than this…….GO NAVY!!!

By Rick

March 8, 2011 10:14 PM | Link to this

@Original thought. To begin with, I hope your mindless rant wasn’t directed towards me. I hope you weren’t calling me a racist or having no code of conduct or not caring for my fellow citizens. I would like you to point out in my post where I made any one comment that proves any of those things. All you are is a mindless lemming who resorts to the same old tired arguements. By the way, I am a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. I know more about code of conduct, more about paying for something, more about honor and loyalty than you would ever dare to dream up. Originalthought, you wouldn’t know an original thought if it smacked you in the face with a louiseville slugger.

By xxx

March 8, 2011 12:21 PM | Link to this

FED UP: You are absolutely correct. It will not stop with prison’s.Wait until all the sheeple in that community where these employee’s live and work starts to feel the effects. The uninformed will be informed quickly.

By Fed up

March 8, 2011 10:14 AM | Link to this

We have 50,000+ inmates in Ohio Prisons right now. How is selling prisons going to do anything? What willl happen is we will have to pay to have these inmates housed by the private prisons. If you look at Lake Erie correctional (currently a private prison) You will see that it cost them $46 dollars a day per inmate. If you look at Chillicothe Correctional you will see that they are spending $43.00 dollars a day per inmate. So tell me how these private prisons are saving us as a STATE any money?? If a state ran facility can do it $3.00 dollars a day cheaper why are we paying private prisons?? Also if you don’t know it the biggest part of the operating cost of a prison is wages. Private prisons pay their staff HALF of what state workers make. So these people pay half as much in taxes. Then they take the profits out of our state. Also these Private prisons will receive the benefit of a huge TAX break!!! People you better wake up…

By Perspective

March 8, 2011 8:55 AM | Link to this

So where is their plan to take care of all these priorities? Wasn’t that what the Dems kept asking when the Republicans were voting no on the fiasco of a HC Bill?. Where is the plan? The only plan the Dems have is for staying in power. It’s funny how people think that the Dems aren’t for the rich. If you do a little looking you’ll find the rich bankroll the Dems as much or MORE than they do the Republicans.

By Originalthought (really?)

March 8, 2011 7:54 AM | Link to this

By the way, are you GOOD CITIZENS tired of policy being dictated (lol) by the SLAVES owned by corporate america?, knowing that they have 50% of americans in their pocket, you know, the HALF BREEDS!………HALF SHEEP & HALF PARROT. You WEAK-SMALL minded lemmings who live & feed on POPULISM are LEECHES & a CURSE to our fair land! Thats OK, the TRUTH will come out in the End & in this world or the next…you ALL will receive your JUST REWARDS!! ENJOY!!

By Originalthought (really?)

March 8, 2011 7:42 AM | Link to this

Way 2 go Rick!! Wow, the TRUTH!! What a concept!! Double standards, racism, my god’s right so I HATE you & your’ god, I want the services, but I don’t want to PAY for them, I disagree so $(#u@% you & HOORAY for ME..ME..ME!! NO Honor, NO Loyalty to fellow citizens, NO code of CONDUCT, NO respect of fellow MAN. ALL of this & MORE from the UGLY American….YOU!!

By earl

March 8, 2011 7:16 AM | Link to this

I’ve heard economists say that middle class is more a state of mind than an income bracket. What I hear democrats saying is, “We’ve educated you as socialists over the last several decades…now vote for us damn it.” The dems really don’t like it when people become informed and think for themselves.

By Navin Johnson

March 8, 2011 5:49 AM | Link to this

Same old s^%# from the Dems. The list could be called “All the things we always promised, but have failed to deliver”. Look at the items on this list from a reality based point of view, and its easy to see the Liberal way is the way of failure.

By dale

March 8, 2011 5:49 AM | Link to this

To all you tea baggers or Republicans . If you would stop giving the business community unnecessary tax breaks, and giving the rich more tax breaks ,the govt would have money to fund important programs . Withgas at 3.50 a gal it is hard to justify more money for big oil .

By XXX

March 8, 2011 2:23 AM | Link to this

Ohiodale,then why are almost all the jobs create in the last year in The federal Gov ?? I wonder when Kasuck privitizes everything,he will claim all those jobs as create jobs.Hmm

By KevinBob

March 8, 2011 1:41 AM | Link to this

“Stripping away workers rights” That’s a liberal punchline that has no basis. Notice that they have no way of stating exactly what that means. To the lame it looks like something is being taken away that shouldn’t. This is a good example of deception.

By Paul

March 8, 2011 12:02 AM | Link to this

Hahahahahahahaha… what a lame piece! I hope they didn’t spend to much time on this this extremely predictable list! Just about any politician from any party could put the same list together. These Democrats wouldn’t know how to create a job if their lives depended on it either! Democrats had control of Congress from 2007 until a couple months ago and we didn’t see job creation, did we?

By fantasy land

March 7, 2011 9:15 PM | Link to this

Vote for the Dems and all your wildest dreams will come true.

By DEMS DEFICIT!!

March 7, 2011 9:14 PM | Link to this

Unbelievable….as a middle-class taxpayer, I am outraged by the DEMS plan to spend, spend, spend ….this is exactly why Ohio has this billions dollars deficit. How do they think is paying for all these entitlements. And they want to take taxpayers further in debt. I will be glad when they are all voted out in 2012.

By Rick

March 7, 2011 8:06 PM | Link to this

Beware any office holder, whether they be Republican, democrat or Independent, who makes claims or promises of creating jobs. The government only creates government jobs, the Government CAN NOT create private sector jobs which is where true growth comes from. The only thing the government does is make it a pro-business/pro-growth atmosphere or an anti-business/anti-growth atmosphere. and in recent years, BOTH PARTIES have been very good at the anti-business atmosphere. P.S. One of the leading causes of our national and state problems are you partisan hacks who vote only democrats or only republicans because of their party. If you are voting along party lines instead of evaluating each individual candidate’s record, character and philosophy regardless of party affiliation, then you are doing your fellow citizens and voters a sever dis-service. P.S.S. You are an even bigger idiot if you think taxing the rich more will fix things just like you are an idiot if you think that wiping unions out all-together will help fix things. I know my post will be irritating and probably offensive to some of you, but sometimes the COLD HARD TRUTH hurts. If you are an ignorant party hack who follows the D or follows the R like a brainless lemming, then you should hold yourself personallably to blame for the SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS in our country. If you are one of those mindless partisan party hacks, then please do the rest of us a big favor and restrain from voting or move to another country. Thank you

By Cuz

March 7, 2011 7:24 PM | Link to this

Guess I am just a twinge cynical but the listing sounds/seems to me (1) just the ticket to catch middle income votes come 2012 and then (2) maybe help the middle income folks.

By Aunt Bee

March 7, 2011 7:10 PM | Link to this

karon, Your politics reminds me of the time I ran against Howard Sprague for mayor of Mayberry. My campaign slogan was, “If the people want it,then they shall have it.” It made about as much sense as the Democrat’s press release absent any budget numbers as to how the they will balance the budget and achieve their “priorities”.

By willBill

March 7, 2011 7:09 PM | Link to this

What middle class? The good times are really over for good and so is the middle tax paying class.Balanced budget? With no middle class who’s going to pay taxes?Will the rich pay more?Will the poor pay any?Very unlikely.

By karon

March 7, 2011 6:27 PM | Link to this

Why are the republicans trying to stop the money flow that helps middle classes and the poor, but the rich will be protected by the republicans?????? Start taxing the rich a few more percent and you will see a better economy!

By Ben

March 7, 2011 5:00 PM | Link to this

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help” - scares the heck out of me.

By Robin Hood or Money Tree?

March 7, 2011 4:51 PM | Link to this

Would it be too much to ask the Dems how they intend to pay for this agenda when the state is facing a 2 year budget defict of $8 billion? There are three choices, cut spending, raise taxes, plant money trees. Since the Dems are staking out the middle class moral high ground, the Republicans must be the mean spirited folks who are trying to destroy the middle class…I wish the Dems would work on a plan for turning “clients” into taxpayers.

By ohiodale

March 7, 2011 4:49 PM | Link to this

Middleclass lol, protecting tenure and being agaisnt merit pay is not promoting good quality education. Watch the movie Waiting On Superman” and then come back with a more informed comment. What about protecting the tax payers of america and our economy? Open your eyes. The ONLY thing the democrats care about is protecting their union campaign contributions. BTW the constituents spoke in the last election and voted for change to reduce the size of government!!! Also, do you know the federal government already made all of these same changes years ago?

By Middle Class

March 7, 2011 4:26 PM | Link to this

@ I know what.. So you are against good paying jobs, protecting working people, affordable college,quality education, and the other goals on the outline? Go ahead and live in ignorance if you wish, but I prefer elected officials who set goals to serve their constituents.

By I know what is best for me

March 7, 2011 3:50 PM | Link to this

How about the middle class outlines priorities for Dems?????