Comments for For Vermonters, Visitors and Everyone to Enjoy. Welcome to VT! http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress Remembering the way life used to be! Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Vermont Democrats want Taxpayers to buy them Laptops! by Verna Weed http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2009/03/vermont-democrats-want-taxpayers-to-buy-them-laptops/#comment-107071 Verna Weed Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:58:30 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/?p=142#comment-107071 It figures!! Just when I thought the legislature had hit the bottom of the barrel with wanting to pass the "fairies" marriage bill, when they have more important issues to deal with, now they want laptops for everyone under the Gold Dome? They should take their 5% that they refused to have cut from their pay and BUY THEIR own laptops!! Makes you sick that these selfish people were elected into office. Vermont is going to hell in a handbasket!! Glad I don't have 20 years left! It figures!! Just when I thought the legislature had hit the bottom of the barrel with wanting to pass the “fairies” marriage bill, when they have more important issues to deal with, now they want laptops for everyone under the Gold Dome? They should take their 5% that they refused to have cut from their pay and BUY THEIR own laptops!!
Makes you sick that these selfish people were elected into office.
Vermont is going to hell in a handbasket!! Glad I don’t have 20 years left!

]]> Comment on Vermont Fall Foliage by Karen Shepherd http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/08/vermont-fall-foliage/#comment-93472 Karen Shepherd Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:01:31 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/?p=130#comment-93472 Gosh, I beg to differ with your opinions of Vermont's county fairs. I just attended the Orlean's County Fair on opening day and my family had a hoot of a different kind!! We vacationed for 2 wks in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom as we were visiting Grandma and Granpa!! It's so nice to have a fair that my kids can run around in and I feel safe in letting them do so. We had a grand time and my husband enjoyed the tractor pulls!! Keep up the good work! We come from Utah and enjoy everything the county fairs have to offer! Gosh, I beg to differ with your opinions of Vermont’s county fairs. I just attended the Orlean’s County Fair on opening day and my family had a hoot of a different kind!!
We vacationed for 2 wks in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom as we were visiting Grandma and Granpa!! It’s so nice to have a fair that my kids can run around in and I feel safe in letting them do so.
We had a grand time and my husband enjoyed the tractor pulls!!
Keep up the good work! We come from Utah and enjoy everything the county fairs have to offer!

]]> Comment on County Fair Time in Vermont by Charlie Hunter http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/08/county-fair-time-in-vermont/#comment-92533 Charlie Hunter Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:02:52 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/?p=129#comment-92533 I don't know about the fairs that much anymore because it's getting too damn expensive to go. I'm on a fixed income so I haven't been to the fair in over 10 years. I used to go to them hootchy coochie shows back when I was a young buck and full of piss and vinegar. If you haven't gone to one I aint' about to tell you what goes on inside because us old farts all keep it a secret among ourselves. Use your imagination. I sure as heck ain't paying the going rate these days when the only naked females to look at are heifers. I don’t know about the fairs that much anymore because it’s getting too damn expensive to go. I’m on a fixed income so I haven’t been to the fair in over 10 years.
I used to go to them hootchy coochie shows back when I was a young buck and full of piss and vinegar. If you haven’t gone to one I aint’ about to tell you what goes on inside because us old farts all keep it a secret among ourselves. Use your imagination. I sure as heck ain’t paying the going rate these days when the only naked females to look at are heifers.

]]> Comment on Under the Gold Dome – The U.S. Weighs in on the Death of Brooke Bennett by Eddie http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/07/from-under-the-gold-dome-the-us-weighs-in-on-the-death-of-brooke-bennett/#comment-86239 Eddie Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:32:31 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/?p=124#comment-86239 Yeah that was a pretty heinous crime to be sure. This state has always been pretty whacked out as far as I'm concerned. I remember attending high school in Vermont and it was nothing unusual for many of the teachers to be sleeping around with 14 to 16 year old girls. Not just the men but the women teachers too. A friend of mine used to brag about hitting the sack with his female science teacher. Now, some of those teachers are even married to those under aged girls they used to tag. Pretty common thing back a couple decades ago. Everybody knew about it but it was no big deal. I wonder if it's still going on in the schools today. Yeah that was a pretty heinous crime to be sure. This state has always been pretty whacked out as far as I’m concerned.
I remember attending high school in Vermont and it was nothing unusual for many of the teachers to be sleeping around with 14 to 16 year old girls. Not just the men but the women teachers too. A friend of mine used to brag about hitting the sack with his female science teacher. Now, some of those teachers are even married to those under aged girls they used to tag.
Pretty common thing back a couple decades ago. Everybody knew about it but it was no big deal. I wonder if it’s still going on in the schools today.

]]> Comment on Under the Gold Dome – The U.S. Weighs in on the Death of Brooke Bennett by Verna Weed http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/07/from-under-the-gold-dome-the-us-weighs-in-on-the-death-of-brooke-bennett/#comment-85613 Verna Weed Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:12:19 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/?p=124#comment-85613 Golly,gee!! I just can't understand those folks from Chicago and New York making such nasty comments about "wonderful Vermont". I guess they just don't understand that trans-genders and gays and lesbians are more important here! Murderers and child molesters just can't be mistreated, to hell with what they have done to their victims. They are dead and gone, who cares?? As the judge said in our case, we have to look to the future of this young man. He got 10 years to life. He got out in 20,it would have been less if we hadn't gone to parole hearings. Something has to be done to light a fire under some of our legislators. I wonder how fast they would pass Jessica's Law if it were one of there kids????? Golly,gee!! I just can’t understand those folks from Chicago and New York making such nasty comments about “wonderful Vermont”. I guess they just don’t understand that trans-genders and gays and lesbians are more important here! Murderers and child molesters just can’t be mistreated, to hell with what they have done to their victims. They are dead and gone, who cares?? As the judge said in our case, we have to look to the future of this young man. He got 10 years to life. He got out in 20,it would have been less if we hadn’t gone to parole hearings. Something has to be done to light a fire under some of our legislators. I wonder how fast they would pass Jessica’s Law if it were one of there kids?????

]]> Comment on Under the Gold Dome – The U.S. Weighs in on the Death of Brooke Bennett by Vermonter http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/07/from-under-the-gold-dome-the-us-weighs-in-on-the-death-of-brooke-bennett/#comment-85600 Vermonter Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:13:37 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/?p=124#comment-85600 I would have to disagree with the writer from Chicago who refers to Bangkok, Thailand as a child rapist capital. Bangkok has very strict laws concerning sex with minors. The penalty is a very long term stay in a Thai prison (check out the book "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/000-Days-Survival-Bangkok-Prison/dp/0312253648/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215638733&sr=1-1" target="blank" rel="nofollow">4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison</a>"), which makes American prisons look like holiday retreats. Bangkok (and many other countries including Brazil) always have a need for native speaking English teachers. Unfortunately, the jobs don't pay that well. This makes it easy for foreign perverts to infiltrate an elementary school where children are an easy target. People like John Mark Carr and other monsters. Unfortunately, he got a plane escort back to the USA when I'd rather have heard about him wasting away in a Thai prison. The stereotypical view of Thailand and Bangkok in particular is drugs and sex. If you've ever lived there, you would find that it's not a place where you would want to get caught indulging on the illegal side of either one. Anyone with half a brain and a sense of decency wouldn't have to worry about that anyway. If you are a drug addict and a pervert, the USA and Vermont in particular is a MUCH easier place to get by if you get caught. My wife is a Thai woman with a Bachelors degree from the most prestigious university in Thailand. Her friends, relatives and people I have met are the most gracious people I've come to know. Their moral values meet or exceed what I find in Vermont and the USA in general. I can tell you that many Thai people have a stereotypical view of Americans as fat, rich, pushy, drug addicted losers. From their point of view, I'm sure they consider the USA as THE capital of sex perversion and child molestation. It must be so, because it's always Americans and other Westerners who get caught in their country engaging in such acts. No wonder they're suspicious of every foreign tourist that visits their land. I don't recall hearing about many Thai perverts getting caught for such activities in the USA. I would have to disagree with the writer from Chicago who refers to Bangkok, Thailand as a child rapist capital. Bangkok has very strict laws concerning sex with minors. The penalty is a very long term stay in a Thai prison (check out the book “4,000 Days: My Life and Survival in a Bangkok Prison“), which makes American prisons look like holiday retreats.

Bangkok (and many other countries including Brazil) always have a need for native speaking English teachers. Unfortunately, the jobs don’t pay that well. This makes it easy for foreign perverts to infiltrate an elementary school where children are an easy target. People like John Mark Carr and other monsters.
Unfortunately, he got a plane escort back to the USA when I’d rather have heard about him wasting away in a Thai prison.

The stereotypical view of Thailand and Bangkok in particular is drugs and sex. If you’ve ever lived there, you would find that it’s not a place where you would want to get caught indulging on the illegal side of either one. Anyone with half a brain and a sense of decency wouldn’t have to worry about that anyway. If you are a drug addict and a pervert, the USA and Vermont in particular is a MUCH easier place to get by if you get caught.

My wife is a Thai woman with a Bachelors degree from the most prestigious university in Thailand. Her friends, relatives and people I have met are the most gracious people I’ve come to know. Their moral values meet or exceed what I find in Vermont and the USA in general.

I can tell you that many Thai people have a stereotypical view of Americans as fat, rich, pushy, drug addicted losers. From their point of view, I’m sure they consider the USA as THE capital of sex perversion and child molestation. It must be so, because it’s always Americans and other Westerners who get caught in their country engaging in such acts. No wonder they’re suspicious of every foreign tourist that visits their land. I don’t recall hearing about many Thai perverts getting caught for such activities in the USA.

]]> Comment on Hurry up and die already? by Verna Weed http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/06/hurry-up-and-die-already/#comment-82263 Verna Weed Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:27:10 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/index.php/2008/06/05/hurry-up-and-die-already/#comment-82263 Gotta agree with Mary on the nursing homes!! The food in some of these "Hotels" looks like pig slop! They DO NOT have air conditioning and the poor patients and staff are suffering with the heat. You would think that anyone that wants to run a facilty such as these would be able to give the quality and comfort that us "old folks" deserve after working all our lives and raising our families. Oh yeah and pay their help decent wages so that they can keep "good" help!! As for "Spregs" why don't you take Gaye Symington and get the hell out of Vermont? We don't need people like you!! As for the stinky old barns,etc., those old farms supported and raised a lot of families and more than likely brought up the kids a whole lot better than you!! Gotta agree with Mary on the nursing homes!! The food in some of these “Hotels” looks like pig slop! They DO NOT have air conditioning and the poor patients and staff are suffering with the heat. You would think that anyone that wants to run a facilty such as these would be able to give the quality and comfort that us “old folks” deserve after working all our lives and raising our families. Oh yeah and pay their help decent wages so that they can keep “good” help!!

As for “Spregs” why don’t you take Gaye Symington and get the hell out of Vermont? We don’t need people like you!! As for the stinky old barns,etc., those old farms supported and raised a lot of families and more than likely brought up the kids a whole lot better than you!!

]]> Comment on Hurry up and die already? by SpEgs http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/06/hurry-up-and-die-already/#comment-82197 SpEgs Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:52:46 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/index.php/2008/06/05/hurry-up-and-die-already/#comment-82197 Gaye Symington will take Vermont in a whole new direction. Get out of the past and get on with the future. Your stinky old barns and old people are yesterday's news. Get with the new millennium and party hardy!!! Gaye Symington will take Vermont in a whole new direction. Get out of the past and get on with the future. Your stinky old barns and old people are yesterday’s news. Get with the new millennium and party hardy!!!

]]> Comment on Hurry up and die already? by Mary Sequin http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/06/hurry-up-and-die-already/#comment-81995 Mary Sequin Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:00:16 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/index.php/2008/06/05/hurry-up-and-die-already/#comment-81995 Thank you so very much for bringing attention to this. I am very disappointed with Channel 3 and what they choose to report on the news these days. Very National Enquirer-esque. Vermont has changed a lot in the past few decades, some good and some bad. You're right about the need for good quality care for the elderly though. That's one very important thing that does need to change for the better. My mom is in a nursing home but we had to look through some really sad places before finding her a place we could trust. Thank you so very much for bringing attention to this. I am very disappointed with Channel 3 and what they choose to report on the news these days. Very National Enquirer-esque. Vermont has changed a lot in the past few decades, some good and some bad.
You’re right about the need for good quality care for the elderly though. That’s one very important thing that does need to change for the better. My mom is in a nursing home but we had to look through some really sad places before finding her a place we could trust.

]]> Comment on Vermont Gas Prices and the Other BS by Angela http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/2008/05/vermont-gas-prices-and-the-other-bs/#comment-73770 Angela Mon, 19 May 2008 15:51:16 +0000 http://www.vermonter.com/vtpress/index.php/2008/05/16/vermont-gas-prices-and-the-other-bs/#comment-73770 I came across this site on accident and loved your post. I have to add my 2 cents here only one one thing. Before someone buys anything, they know how much their monthly payment will be. If you are paying $500 a month in rent, barely making ends meet and you purchase a house and your mortgage is 3 times as much, is it shame on the lender or shame on the person who signed the papers? I say they are both idiots, again just my opinion here :) I came across this site on accident and loved your post. I have to add my 2 cents here only one one thing. Before someone buys anything, they know how much their monthly payment will be. If you are paying $500 a month in rent, barely making ends meet and you purchase a house and your mortgage is 3 times as much, is it shame on the lender or shame on the person who signed the papers? I say they are both idiots, again just my opinion here :)

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