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But can you tell me WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED if changes weren't made all those years ago? I guess you can't, huh? How many kids WOULD have died if they didn't remove lead from paint? Numbers please.
You are asking for numbers but yet you probably can't give any yourself.
Wouldn't the average person think that the people that decide what these numbers should be are smarter than yourself? Or why don't you have their job then? And numbers change ALL the time no matter what you are discussing since times and CONDITIONS change, don't they? Oh that's right, nature doesn't change anything either does it (for the good or bad). But then again, you did say nature does change things. So which is it??

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You go Tommy!! What a melon indeed! Hope you decide to take one of those big boys to the State Fair! Good luck!

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Comprehension, interpretation, analysis and coherent written expression are vital, critical thinking skills that foster meaningful exchange of relevant ideas, basic concepts, and timely information. To listen to one who gets everything confused, who professes to be much brighter than the collective wisdom of hundreds of specialists leaves me bewildered. I have to say, I don’t know how so much confusion can be generated over the most basic premises of 'don't eat or drink poison; it is not good for you'.

Reading a Tin Foil Hat argument is like living inside an M.C. Escher drawing — fantastical illusions that defy logic and strain the brain to comprehend their meaning.

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Trying to salvage that old wreck is to compound the first error of buying it. Sell it, and get out of the historical renovation trade.
There seams to be a sense of tunnel vision when it comes to erecting public buildings in this town. They have to be connected together like chains, until everything is becoming one big building. The town is growing and should look to the future. I suggested in an earlier comment that maybe the town would consider building a substation near Rt.81 on Rt.11 to house some of the Police,Rescue,and Fire Departments, Thus taking some of the building pressure off down town, and expand the safety coverage. With a little cooperation from the Fire and Rescue Departments, the vacate space made by the substation could be used by the remainder of the Police Force. That $132,500.00 for the Brill building would go a long way in building for new substation. I know this is just wasted words, but I had my say.
thank you

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The problem with Wolf supporters making political waves is that they generate misleading momentum and exaggerated ideological confidence. Republicans tend to interpret shapeless public discontent as the endorsement of their fondest ambitions. It is clear that any Democratic candidate for any local office will face total opposition from a frothy mouthed Republican Party that is completely dominated by right-wing extremists. This extremism is best demonstrated when attacking their opponents with innuendo instead of hard facts. Today the GOP is a political party in which paranoid fantasies about the other side — Obama is a socialist, Democrats have totalitarian ambitions — are mainstream. And, as a result, it’s a party that fundamentally doesn’t accept anyone else’s right to govern. In the short run, Republican extremism may be good for Democrats, to the extent that it prompts a voter backlash. But in the long run, it’s a very bad thing for America. We need to have two reasonable, rational parties in this country. And right now we don’t.

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I never said fish weren't dying. I said most of fish kills were non native species of bass, so I don't consider that dangerous to the native life in the river.

I also did not say anything about mercury poisioning, I said the results of what are killing the fish and how it getting there is not conclusive.

If wacko would read the reports and the CONCLUSIONS he would see that it's the scientists, not the Bishop family, that said the evidence was not conclusive for the problems in the river.

BTW, I don't know how dangerous mercury is, considering back a few years before Wacko was born young people used to actually play with the pretty, silver substance that came out of thermometers and dare I say it...LIVED. As did people who lived around lead and other 'scary' , 'toxic' substances. How, oh how has the human raced survived without all the government help for so long?

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Democrats remind me of a herd of cattle!!

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thanks and may god bless the members of the shenandoah volunteer fire and rescue squad, and all those who gave their thoughts and prayers for charlie and manda

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Two things that he kept saying about his military service bother me. First, he kept saying his military service qualifies him with leadership, but according to his website he never served as a Commander of any squadron or wing.

Then he kept repeating that he has 26 years in the military. The military gives you full retirement after 30 years and partial retirement after 20. Someone who is only four years away from full retirement and then leaves raises suspicions. From what I saw in the military it usually means they were asked to leave, or somehow were not getting along.

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If you read deep into the polls, you find the public is upset not because one party or the other is in power. But because the peoples’ business does not get done. Could this be traced to not finding any weapons of mass destruction?

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I hereby offer to catch fish from the North and South fork (where scientists producing random statistics don't have any conclusive evidence of mercury pollution) and donate those fish to feed the Bishop family. All you can eat. No charge. Clean your plate or you can't have any dessert. After you eat your fill, I promise you will not glow in the dark or grow extra fingers.

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Oops, I just checked Georgetown vs. Holy Cross. Looks like Georgetown does have much higher SATs and lower % accepted.

Guess that means Wolf wins again. :)

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While I'm glad this project will have bicycle lanes for the convenience of motorists, bicyclists using the roadway *are* "vehicle traffic" and thus may legally use the "vehicle lanes".

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P.S. I'm thinking the state Democrat party will be spending far more money on other races. Periello, Connolly, Nye, Boucher -- all in the toss-up or likely red category per Real Clear Politics. I doubt they'll want to waste too much money losing to Wolf again.

Check out the last Gallup generic poll -- Republicans nationwide up by 10%. First time in something like 48 years.

It's not gonna be pretty for Dems.

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So Booz Allen and Toffler Associates (an international executive advisory firm--per Barnett's website) count as a "small business"?

He will be ready to continue to grow government, what with all his government contracts experience.

And I guess Massachusetts' College of the Holy Cross does not count as an "elite" school but Georgetown does. Hmmm. Both pretty competitive Catholic universities considered by most as "elite".

I contend he does not have enough knowledge of District 10. Apparently, he even called Shenandoah University a "community college". He has spent the last ten years in McLean and in an "inside the beltway" government contractor mentality. The last thing we need.

Oh well, all the political experts have this race in the "solidly red" category but y'all have fun.

And, of course, he did get a rowdy crowd of 60 people -- is that more than Judy, Judy, ah, what was her name? Oh, yeah, Feder.

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wow....those crazy scientists and all their high-falooting facts and stuff....lol...with their crazy research and them fancy numbers and data. Its a gosh darned good thing we have them republicans to tell us what to really believe.

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Mr. Barnett, thank you for your service and the service of your family. You are true patriots.

Frank Wolf has not served in the military, yet since getting his law degree from the elite Georgetown University, Mr. Wolf has been a bureaucrat, living off of the public dime.

Mr. Barnett had a distinguished career in the military, has written books, and has worked in the private sector at a couple of respected firms in Virginia.

Mr. Barnett will provide a breath of fresh air and a multifaceted perspective that is much broader and more informed than Wolf's Washington-insider, good-ole-boy approach.

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Please, Ryank, you read the literature and tell me who comes up with the info and how. Committees, scientists, environmentalist, etc, sure they decide but how and why? I look back to the past 20 years and remember all the poisons, toxins, cholesterol, protien, etc., etc. that were going to kill us all and they change their minds. I remember when you couldn't eat eggs or drink coffee or drink wine. Then there was don't eat fish and cows "toots" are causing global warming. YIKES!!! My question is why can't they pick a number and leave it alone? Every year the amount of allowable "pollutants" change. Do you believe everything a politician tells you? Do you believe everything the media tells you? I doubt it, so why do you and others just blindly follow what the scientific community tells you. I think they're full of it.

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In fact, Barnett has extensive business experience. After almost thirty years in the military, Barnett spent a decade as a business advisor. As an employee in a small business himself, Jeff worked with Fortune 500 companies and large government agencies to innovate for the changing economic climate of the 21st Century and the information age. That's pretty significant experience, I'd say.

Jeff's years of first-hand experience gives him a unique perspective into the issues that small business owners face. That's why he has proposed detailed plans to make it easier for small businesses to compete for government contracts. In our area, contracts are a significant economic force. He also knows that, without access to capital, small businesses cannot grow. That's why Barnett has proposed measures to promote the kind of small banks that lend to small businesses.

Jeff supports keeping the tax cuts in place for everyone making less than $250,000 a year - that's 98% of all Americans, and the vast majority of small business owners.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the movie theater they demolished over 18 feet? What does a Walgreens care about a Best Buy bringing customers within sight of it?

Something seems fishy here. What am I missing?