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Friday, June 13, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Weeks' comments on Garrison & more
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(June 6, 2008) “Mr. Garrison’s decision to step aside is an important step in correcting the flaws in our government and our typical process of filling important positions within our state. But it is only the first step. Mr. Garrison’s presidency and the resulting scandal involving an unearned diploma being awarded to the daughter of the Governor of West Virginia are only symptoms of a much larger issue.
We must not pretend that Mr. Garrison’s resignation is the conclusion of this chapter in our history. Instead, this episode has afforded us a unique opportunity to focus the public’s attention on the cronyism and corruption prevalent in far too many institutions and organizations that affect West Virginians every day. I challenge all members of the State Legislature to join with those colleagues who have called for an investigation into this scandal. Only by demanding accountability and honesty from the highest levels of state government can we begin the process of restoring integrity to government, and regaining the trust of our citizens.” -- Russ Weeks
(June 6, 2008) “Mr. Garrison’s decision to step aside is an important step in correcting the flaws in our government and our typical process of filling important positions within our state. But it is only the first step. Mr. Garrison’s presidency and the resulting scandal involving an unearned diploma being awarded to the daughter of the Governor of West Virginia are only symptoms of a much larger issue.
Monday, June 9, 2008
MOJO and Kallie Cart from WSAZ - A.K.A. - MY HERO...LOL
This is an AWESOME story, and more of what we need on this guy...typical Joe...GO KALLIE!! I got this from Vic Sprouse's blog page...thanks Vic. JW
The Mojo ran out on WSAZ reporter Kallie Cart March 10, 2008
Who in the world is this Kallie Cart? Has she not received the memo?
Memo to WSAZ leadership - the next time you send a reporter to the Capitol to do a live interview with the Governor, make sure they read the memo.
You know, the memo where reporters aren’t supposed to ask the Governor follow-up questions and RULE NUMERO UNO in West Virginia journalism - if the Governor says its so, well, its so. Never mind that it might not be true, if the Gov says its true, just believe it.
Ms. Cart obviously didn’t read the memo.
In one of the most hysterical interviews I have seen in some time, this new reporter at WSAZ completely beat the daylights out of the Governor and made him look… well, like he was living in his own world apart from the rest of us… which is true, but you just never see the Governor take a beating like this.
Let’s face it, West Virginia reporters for the most part simply accept what Manchin says as if he carried the Word down from God himself.
Even the reporters who do have some backbone seem to get weak-knee’d when Mojo puts on the charm. In fact, I think Gazette reporter Phil Kabler has a mancrush on the Mojo.
So, imagine Manchin’s surprise when this young reporter asked him a question about an AP report that said the Senate session was delayed because the Senators were watching the WVU game that went into overtime.
Mojo brushed it off and said “I didn’t hear any of that” and launched into his talking points.
Mojo had the big smile working and the doughy-eyed stare into the eyes and thought he had swooned this female reporter as he does most others.
OK, NOW, this is the point where most reporters, with Joe turning on all the Mojo he can muster - simply agree with him and move on to some softball question.
Not Kallie.
Since Mojo DIDN’T ANSWER her question, she did the unthinkable.
SHE ASKED IT AGAIN.
“Was the senate session delayed?”
Joe muttered, “not that I know of.”
Cart pressed him… ‘they were saying that because the game went into overtime, lot of missed meetings, fewer late nights than ever… was this session a lackluster session?”
KAPOW!!
The Mojo was stunned. You could see it in his face. It was like Kallie landed one on the champ’s chin and buckled his knees for the first time. And, Mojo knew he was in for a fight.
Joe said, “well, maybe they are working more efficiently, maybe people aren’t used to that, I don’t know.”
That one cracked me up.
The Mojo seemed shocked at her questioning, he threw his head back with this big, fake smile and rattled off how we were going to cut taxes (when the next Governor takes office, of course) and we were adding money to the SBA for new schools and that this session was the most glorious in his entire lifetime (OK, he didn’t say that last part, but you get my drift).
I’m sure in the Mojo’s mind THIS had to finally put this reporter in her place, how dare she ask follow-up questions? So, he went back to the big smile, the hesitation, the look into the reporters eyes, I mean, he was throwing all the Mojo he could muster at her, she just HAD to fall under his spell.
It didn’t work.
So, he blurted out - ”WHO keeps saying all of this?” (about the WVU game and it being a lackluster session.)
Kallie gave a fake laugh and said, “it was just an AP report that was put out today.” Joe threw his head back and gave a fake laugh himself.
Then what?
SHE ASKED HIM ANOTHER TOUGH QUESTION.
She started into the question “it does feel like the sense of urgency here on the final night isn’t really the same…”
And, before she could get the actual question out, Mojo cut her off and went into a diatribe about the calendar not being the same (which I’m sure most average West Virginians thought that maybe we switched from the Gregorian calendar to the Mojoian calendar where every day is a holiday filled with candy canes and lollipops)…
And, he ended his comment with “there are so many positive big things. (and his voice went high-pitched) R-E-A-L big things.”
It was hysterical.
Yes, REAL big things Kallie, if you just listened to me long enough, you would believe everything I say.
So, Kallie was finally coming around. After all, Mojo JUST told her that REAL big things were happening!
Kallie asked… “even though it’s an election year, do you not think an election year played any part of maybe a lackluster session?”
KAPLOWEE!
I thought Mojo’s head was going to explode when she said LACKLUSTER for the third time.
It was as if she landed a one-two-three-four combination and Manchin was on the ropes just trying to get to the end of the round.
Manchin became unhinged and went off about how much better off we are in this state than our surrounding states.
Trust me, if this was Russia and Mojo were the Czar, Kallie would be doing her next report on the latest outbreak of scurvy at a Siberian labor camp.
So, Joe threw a haymaker of his own at Cart and confirmed that he is next in line for the loony bin. I mean, if he actually believes this next statement that he threw out there, then he really is living in an alternative universe.
And, I had to rewind this (the magic of TiVo) and listen to hear if if ACTUALLY said this… but, he did.
“For some reason, people are having a tough time coming to grips with all the prosperity we have had.”
SAY WHAT?
Did he actually say that our state was SO prosperous and that people just didn’t know what to do with all the prosperity?
Holy smokes. He’s off his rocker.
Right, we are all kinda like Jack Whittaker, so flush with money and prosperity that we don’t know what to do with it all.
I know there are people in Campbell’s Creek tonight, so prosperous they are beating their heads against the walls of their houses muttering… “should I get the Mercedes or the Lexus? The Mercedes or the Lexus?”
I’m sure there is a husband in Gilmer County today looking in his fridge and yelling to his wife, “Ethel, dammit woman, we are out of caviar AGAIN, what DO you DO all day?”
I’m sorry, but Mojo has lost it. He has way too many yes people around him telling him what he wants to hear.
The state is so prosperous that people don’t know what to do with it? Wow.
Someone needs to give the Gov a reality check.
The taxcuts he talks about? During his next term we will have a 0.25% reduction in the corporate net. It’s not until 2012, 2013 and 2014 that the tax is actually reduced. When? Right, when the next Governor takes office.
The Mojo reminds me of the Jesus loves me song that children sing… you know, the “Jesus loves me, this I know, ’cause the Bible tells me so.”
Only his version is the one hummed by the vast majority of state reporters, “West Virginia is prosperous, this I know, ’cause the Mojo tells me so.”
Maybe Ms. Cart’s punishment will be to memorize that song - as she packs her long johns for Siberia.
The Mojo ran out on WSAZ reporter Kallie Cart March 10, 2008
Who in the world is this Kallie Cart? Has she not received the memo?
Memo to WSAZ leadership - the next time you send a reporter to the Capitol to do a live interview with the Governor, make sure they read the memo.
You know, the memo where reporters aren’t supposed to ask the Governor follow-up questions and RULE NUMERO UNO in West Virginia journalism - if the Governor says its so, well, its so. Never mind that it might not be true, if the Gov says its true, just believe it.
Ms. Cart obviously didn’t read the memo.
In one of the most hysterical interviews I have seen in some time, this new reporter at WSAZ completely beat the daylights out of the Governor and made him look… well, like he was living in his own world apart from the rest of us… which is true, but you just never see the Governor take a beating like this.
Let’s face it, West Virginia reporters for the most part simply accept what Manchin says as if he carried the Word down from God himself.
Even the reporters who do have some backbone seem to get weak-knee’d when Mojo puts on the charm. In fact, I think Gazette reporter Phil Kabler has a mancrush on the Mojo.
So, imagine Manchin’s surprise when this young reporter asked him a question about an AP report that said the Senate session was delayed because the Senators were watching the WVU game that went into overtime.
Mojo brushed it off and said “I didn’t hear any of that” and launched into his talking points.
Mojo had the big smile working and the doughy-eyed stare into the eyes and thought he had swooned this female reporter as he does most others.
OK, NOW, this is the point where most reporters, with Joe turning on all the Mojo he can muster - simply agree with him and move on to some softball question.
Not Kallie.
Since Mojo DIDN’T ANSWER her question, she did the unthinkable.
SHE ASKED IT AGAIN.
“Was the senate session delayed?”
Joe muttered, “not that I know of.”
Cart pressed him… ‘they were saying that because the game went into overtime, lot of missed meetings, fewer late nights than ever… was this session a lackluster session?”
KAPOW!!
The Mojo was stunned. You could see it in his face. It was like Kallie landed one on the champ’s chin and buckled his knees for the first time. And, Mojo knew he was in for a fight.
Joe said, “well, maybe they are working more efficiently, maybe people aren’t used to that, I don’t know.”
That one cracked me up.
The Mojo seemed shocked at her questioning, he threw his head back with this big, fake smile and rattled off how we were going to cut taxes (when the next Governor takes office, of course) and we were adding money to the SBA for new schools and that this session was the most glorious in his entire lifetime (OK, he didn’t say that last part, but you get my drift).
I’m sure in the Mojo’s mind THIS had to finally put this reporter in her place, how dare she ask follow-up questions? So, he went back to the big smile, the hesitation, the look into the reporters eyes, I mean, he was throwing all the Mojo he could muster at her, she just HAD to fall under his spell.
It didn’t work.
So, he blurted out - ”WHO keeps saying all of this?” (about the WVU game and it being a lackluster session.)
Kallie gave a fake laugh and said, “it was just an AP report that was put out today.” Joe threw his head back and gave a fake laugh himself.
Then what?
SHE ASKED HIM ANOTHER TOUGH QUESTION.
She started into the question “it does feel like the sense of urgency here on the final night isn’t really the same…”
And, before she could get the actual question out, Mojo cut her off and went into a diatribe about the calendar not being the same (which I’m sure most average West Virginians thought that maybe we switched from the Gregorian calendar to the Mojoian calendar where every day is a holiday filled with candy canes and lollipops)…
And, he ended his comment with “there are so many positive big things. (and his voice went high-pitched) R-E-A-L big things.”
It was hysterical.
Yes, REAL big things Kallie, if you just listened to me long enough, you would believe everything I say.
So, Kallie was finally coming around. After all, Mojo JUST told her that REAL big things were happening!
Kallie asked… “even though it’s an election year, do you not think an election year played any part of maybe a lackluster session?”
KAPLOWEE!
I thought Mojo’s head was going to explode when she said LACKLUSTER for the third time.
It was as if she landed a one-two-three-four combination and Manchin was on the ropes just trying to get to the end of the round.
Manchin became unhinged and went off about how much better off we are in this state than our surrounding states.
Trust me, if this was Russia and Mojo were the Czar, Kallie would be doing her next report on the latest outbreak of scurvy at a Siberian labor camp.
So, Joe threw a haymaker of his own at Cart and confirmed that he is next in line for the loony bin. I mean, if he actually believes this next statement that he threw out there, then he really is living in an alternative universe.
And, I had to rewind this (the magic of TiVo) and listen to hear if if ACTUALLY said this… but, he did.
“For some reason, people are having a tough time coming to grips with all the prosperity we have had.”
SAY WHAT?
Did he actually say that our state was SO prosperous and that people just didn’t know what to do with all the prosperity?
Holy smokes. He’s off his rocker.
Right, we are all kinda like Jack Whittaker, so flush with money and prosperity that we don’t know what to do with it all.
I know there are people in Campbell’s Creek tonight, so prosperous they are beating their heads against the walls of their houses muttering… “should I get the Mercedes or the Lexus? The Mercedes or the Lexus?”
I’m sure there is a husband in Gilmer County today looking in his fridge and yelling to his wife, “Ethel, dammit woman, we are out of caviar AGAIN, what DO you DO all day?”
I’m sorry, but Mojo has lost it. He has way too many yes people around him telling him what he wants to hear.
The state is so prosperous that people don’t know what to do with it? Wow.
Someone needs to give the Gov a reality check.
The taxcuts he talks about? During his next term we will have a 0.25% reduction in the corporate net. It’s not until 2012, 2013 and 2014 that the tax is actually reduced. When? Right, when the next Governor takes office.
The Mojo reminds me of the Jesus loves me song that children sing… you know, the “Jesus loves me, this I know, ’cause the Bible tells me so.”
Only his version is the one hummed by the vast majority of state reporters, “West Virginia is prosperous, this I know, ’cause the Mojo tells me so.”
Maybe Ms. Cart’s punishment will be to memorize that song - as she packs her long johns for Siberia.
Sunday, June 8, 2008
HEY JOE...where you goin'...like it matters!!
Joe Manchin MUST GO!! Joe Manchin is from a long line of professional politicians, and that in itself is sad. "Politician" was NEVER meant to be an occupation, NEVER. However, that is one of our worst problems we have in the United States anymore...career politicians. Career politicians WILL NOT rock the boat enough to truly make a difference in peoples lives unless it gives him/her good press.
Joe does NOT TRULY care about State workers. ANYONE who says he does is NOT a State worker, and if you are and you make that statement, then you are NOT a blue collar worker...you are a white collar worker who will flourish no matter who is Governor as long as you and more like you keep your collective mouths shut. I will no longer shut up for Joe, Bob, or whoever wants me to just be a meek and mild little old faithful employee for brother Joe...NOT gonna happen, NOT gonna do it.
SHOW ME...ONE THING...that Joe Manchin has done to TRULY make a difference in rank & file State workers lives...come on...just one. Joe Manchin is concerned about ONE thing and one thing only, and that is securing his spot as the most popular Governor in America, as well as making certain he let's everyone know just how sweet and kind he is. Mike Garrison is typical...the type of crooked behavior he participated in is NOTHING new to Joe, just in all reality...the same ol' same ol'.
People of Wes Virginia...if you like being LAST in EVERYTHING you would want to be first in...KEEP Joe Manchin. If you like to be FIRST in EVERYTHING you should be LAST in...then KEEP Joe Manchin. Joe Manchin not only WANTS all of the people who are now on welfare or receives food stamps or any other government subsidy to STAY on them...he wants more...I GUARANTEE IT!! . He wants more, and more, and more of us to depend on him, that we he can say how much he has done for the 'POOR" people of West Virginia. Instead of working on a TRUE living wage for "HIS" employees, he is too busy working on what our State sign says!!!??? Joe, buddy, you ARE a self-righteous career politician, and you need to retire from your so-called "public service". I know it, and Joe, the good thing about it is that pal, you know it as well.
A vote for Joe Manchin in November is a vote for exactly what he wants, and exactly what EVERY other career politician wants, and that is for me, you, and every citizen, as much as possible, to depend on him as much as possible...think about it..if you no longer had to depend on Joe, and you and your family became self sufficient and your next generation and so forth and so forth needed him LESS AND LESS AND LESS....then him and the likes of him would...guess what people....they would then NEED US!!!
Joe Manchin is OUR EMPLOYEE folks!!! He works FOR US!!! NEVER forget that...he is at OUR beckon call, and should do what the will of the people calls for...nothing more, NOTHING LESS!!!
A lot of people steer clear of me simply because I am controversial...do so...see where NOT being controversial gets you. It WILL get you the same paycheck, with the same "smoke up your ass" and sunny skies attitude that Joe and his kind are so good at sharing with you. I have my name on this blog, I have my picture on this blog...I am PROUD of my opinion, and if anyone gives a damn, I just happen to be correct. Put that in your "smipe and poke it...Joe".
If he and his people were to tell you the truth, they would have ZERO clue as to where to start, NONE. Again, I am controversial, and if you want change, you will jump in and be controversial as well...if you like where you are...then by all means, keep Joe. Yeah, YOU keep him, I can't stand you Joe, it IS PERSONAL, and you MUST GO buddy...UNLESS you comprehend that without US...you are NOTHING pal...NOTHING!!! Just so you idiots who think I am threatening Joe boy...NOTHING could be further from the truth, unless not voting and voicing my opinions are threatening...idiots...anyway...anyone that puts their own personal well-being before the MILLIONS that they could help, then folks, THEY are the REAL threat.
Joe Manchin IS NOT good for this State...NEVER has been...NEVER will be. The truth is a difficult thing to swallow folks, and the truth is that we have been under the same regime here in West Virginia for MANY MANY years, and I have no doubt that it will continue, which means that the lies, deceit, blatant out and out corruption and illegal activities will not cease. They will in fact continue, and become more and more powerful which means that we, the PEOPLE, will get exactly what we have been getting for many years, only the quality of their work will be raised (or lowered, depending on how you look at it) to levels we have not yet experienced. Like the great poet and amazing American Charlie Daniels once said, "I ain't nothin' but a simple man, call me a redneck I reckon that I am, but there's things goin' on got me mad down to the core. There's crooked politicians and crime in the street and I ain't gonna take it no more." Simple, yet 1000000% the truth...and it goes on and on...
Joe does NOT TRULY care about State workers. ANYONE who says he does is NOT a State worker, and if you are and you make that statement, then you are NOT a blue collar worker...you are a white collar worker who will flourish no matter who is Governor as long as you and more like you keep your collective mouths shut. I will no longer shut up for Joe, Bob, or whoever wants me to just be a meek and mild little old faithful employee for brother Joe...NOT gonna happen, NOT gonna do it.
SHOW ME...ONE THING...that Joe Manchin has done to TRULY make a difference in rank & file State workers lives...come on...just one. Joe Manchin is concerned about ONE thing and one thing only, and that is securing his spot as the most popular Governor in America, as well as making certain he let's everyone know just how sweet and kind he is. Mike Garrison is typical...the type of crooked behavior he participated in is NOTHING new to Joe, just in all reality...the same ol' same ol'.
People of Wes Virginia...if you like being LAST in EVERYTHING you would want to be first in...KEEP Joe Manchin. If you like to be FIRST in EVERYTHING you should be LAST in...then KEEP Joe Manchin. Joe Manchin not only WANTS all of the people who are now on welfare or receives food stamps or any other government subsidy to STAY on them...he wants more...I GUARANTEE IT!! . He wants more, and more, and more of us to depend on him, that we he can say how much he has done for the 'POOR" people of West Virginia. Instead of working on a TRUE living wage for "HIS" employees, he is too busy working on what our State sign says!!!??? Joe, buddy, you ARE a self-righteous career politician, and you need to retire from your so-called "public service". I know it, and Joe, the good thing about it is that pal, you know it as well.
A vote for Joe Manchin in November is a vote for exactly what he wants, and exactly what EVERY other career politician wants, and that is for me, you, and every citizen, as much as possible, to depend on him as much as possible...think about it..if you no longer had to depend on Joe, and you and your family became self sufficient and your next generation and so forth and so forth needed him LESS AND LESS AND LESS....then him and the likes of him would...guess what people....they would then NEED US!!!
Joe Manchin is OUR EMPLOYEE folks!!! He works FOR US!!! NEVER forget that...he is at OUR beckon call, and should do what the will of the people calls for...nothing more, NOTHING LESS!!!
A lot of people steer clear of me simply because I am controversial...do so...see where NOT being controversial gets you. It WILL get you the same paycheck, with the same "smoke up your ass" and sunny skies attitude that Joe and his kind are so good at sharing with you. I have my name on this blog, I have my picture on this blog...I am PROUD of my opinion, and if anyone gives a damn, I just happen to be correct. Put that in your "smipe and poke it...Joe".
If he and his people were to tell you the truth, they would have ZERO clue as to where to start, NONE. Again, I am controversial, and if you want change, you will jump in and be controversial as well...if you like where you are...then by all means, keep Joe. Yeah, YOU keep him, I can't stand you Joe, it IS PERSONAL, and you MUST GO buddy...UNLESS you comprehend that without US...you are NOTHING pal...NOTHING!!! Just so you idiots who think I am threatening Joe boy...NOTHING could be further from the truth, unless not voting and voicing my opinions are threatening...idiots...anyway...anyone that puts their own personal well-being before the MILLIONS that they could help, then folks, THEY are the REAL threat.
Joe Manchin IS NOT good for this State...NEVER has been...NEVER will be. The truth is a difficult thing to swallow folks, and the truth is that we have been under the same regime here in West Virginia for MANY MANY years, and I have no doubt that it will continue, which means that the lies, deceit, blatant out and out corruption and illegal activities will not cease. They will in fact continue, and become more and more powerful which means that we, the PEOPLE, will get exactly what we have been getting for many years, only the quality of their work will be raised (or lowered, depending on how you look at it) to levels we have not yet experienced. Like the great poet and amazing American Charlie Daniels once said, "I ain't nothin' but a simple man, call me a redneck I reckon that I am, but there's things goin' on got me mad down to the core. There's crooked politicians and crime in the street and I ain't gonna take it no more." Simple, yet 1000000% the truth...and it goes on and on...
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