Random Comments (RH)

[Locutus]

Would that be Sharon Tate, the murder victim of Charles Manson?

Indeed it is!  You get an A on the test. 

[Bo D]

Still proud of the liberal cesspool called Maryland?

Yet this is the West Virginia that RC hails from and is so proud of ....

WAR, W.Va. (AP) — When school started here in the fall, 1 out of 7 classrooms was without a teacher; leaders couldn't recruit enough educators to this sparsely populated rural area at the southern tip of West Virginia.

When officials turned on the mandatory security cameras at one elementary school, the rest of the building lost its Internet connection; the buildings weren't wired for this century.

And when parent-teacher conferences came around, fewer than half of the biological parents got invitations; the others were long gone, in jail or dead.

This is the reality facing students in McDowell County, a place perpetually ranked among the worst in the state by almost every measure. Twelve people a month die from drug overdoses here, while more than 100 people are on a waiting list to talk to rehab counselors via Skype. Three-quarters of all students live in a home where parents can't find work in this one-time coal hub that has slowed. The county leads the state in teenage pregnancies.


http://bdtonline.com/local/x508495993/In-rural-W-Va-schools-rethink-their-role

[duke jupiter]

Yet this is the West Virginia that RC hails from and is so proud of ....

WAR, W.Va. (AP) — When school started here in the fall, 1 out of 7 classrooms was without a teacher; leaders couldn't recruit enough educators to this sparsely populated rural area at the southern tip of West Virginia.

When officials turned on the mandatory security cameras at one elementary school, the rest of the building lost its Internet connection; the buildings weren't wired for this century.

And when parent-teacher conferences came around, fewer than half of the biological parents got invitations; the others were long gone, in jail or dead.

This is the reality facing students in McDowell County, a place perpetually ranked among the worst in the state by almost every measure. Twelve people a month die from drug overdoses here, while more than 100 people are on a waiting list to talk to rehab counselors via Skype. Three-quarters of all students live in a home where parents can't find work in this one-time coal hub that has slowed. The county leads the state in teenage pregnancies.


http://bdtonline.com/local/x508495993/In-rural-W-Va-schools-rethink-their-role

Now heck Bo D that is true of McDowell County and many of the surroundin' counties in southern WV and sw Virginia. The drug problem and lack of jobs is terrible in that area on both sides of the border. Tazewell County certainly has their share of problems.

Best regards,
Duke (from humble beginnings) Jupiter

[Bo D]

Now heck Bo D that is true of McDowell County and many of the surroundin' counties in southern WV and sw Virginia. The drug problem and lack of jobs is terrible in that area on both sides of the border. Tazewell County certainly has their share of problems.

Best regards,
Duke (from humble beginnings) Jupiter

Duke, I grew up just across the ridge from McDowell County. Wasn't much difference in Tazewell County even back then. I have never forgotten my roots, and in fact, I am very proud to call myself a hillbilly. But when RC bites, this old hillbilly will bite back. 

[me]

Duke, I grew up just across the ridge from McDowell County. Wasn't much difference in Tazewell County even back then. I have never forgotten my roots, and in fact, I am very proud to call myself a hillbilly. But when RC bites, this old hillbilly will bite back. 

And this mountain William will just stay the heck out of the way.   

[RC]

Yet this is the West Virginia that RC hails from and is so proud of ....

WAR, W.Va. (AP) — When school started here in the fall, 1 out of 7 classrooms was without a teacher; leaders couldn't recruit enough educators to this sparsely populated rural area at the southern tip of West Virginia.

When officials turned on the mandatory security cameras at one elementary school, the rest of the building lost its Internet connection; the buildings weren't wired for this century.

And when parent-teacher conferences came around, fewer than half of the biological parents got invitations; the others were long gone, in jail or dead.

This is the reality facing students in McDowell County, a place perpetually ranked among the worst in the state by almost every measure. Twelve people a month die from drug overdoses here, while more than 100 people are on a waiting list to talk to rehab counselors via Skype. Three-quarters of all students live in a home where parents can't find work in this one-time coal hub that has slowed. The county leads the state in teenage pregnancies.


http://bdtonline.com/local/x508495993/In-rural-W-Va-schools-rethink-their-role

Half witted liberals/socialists such as your self are  the reason McDowell and the rest of the country is in such a bad shape.  Before you mean mouth McDowell lets talk about the Maryland cesspool of Baltimore.

[Palehorse]

Half witted liberals/socialists such as your self are  the reason McDowell and the rest of the country is in such a bad shape.  Before you mean mouth McDowell lets talk about the Maryland cesspool of Baltimore.

Why? Because you want to take the light off the detritus feeders your hometown is infested with and that you yourself have become?

Do yourself a favor and try to obtain a real life.  Man up already!

[duke jupiter]

Duke, I grew up just across the ridge from McDowell County. Wasn't much difference in Tazewell County even back then. I have never forgotten my roots, and in fact, I am very proud to call myself a hillbilly. But when RC bites, this old hillbilly will bite back. 

Ole' Duke knows as much but bein' a hillbilly from the free state of McDowell I get a little sensitive at times. Me skin is thick but me dander can get up at times. Heck me thinks we share that same trait Ole' Bo D.


Best regards,
Duke (once a hillbilly always a hillbilly ) Jupiter

[duke jupiter]

And this mountain William will just stay the heck out of the way.   

Heck join right in me and Ole' Bo can banter a bit in a civilized manner without takin' it personal. (Heck besides Ole' Bo D is a big feller standin' 6'4" or better and Ole' Duke knows his limitations 

Best regards,
Duke (Montani Semper Liberi) Jupiter

[me]

Heck join right in me and Ole' Bo can banter a bit in a civilized manner without takin' it personal. (Heck besides Ole' Bo D is a big feller standin' 6'4" or better and Ole' Duke knows his limitations 

Best regards,
Duke (Montani Semper Liberi) Jupiter

But now that he's gone back to the Alfred E. Newman profile pic I'm afraid I can't muster up the courage to banter 'cause I'm too smitten with the pic.   

[Bo D]

Before you mean mouth McDowell lets talk about the Maryland cesspool of Baltimore.

I didn't mean mouth anybody. I posted an article from your own newspaper.

And I don't live in Baltimore. But your original challenge didn't mention Baltimore anyway ....

Still proud of the liberal cesspool called Maryland?

So let's talk about Maryland shall we?

Maryland - best schools in the U.S. for the past five years in a row.
Maryland - richest state in the U.S.
Charles County, Maryland (my county) - 15th richest county in the nation
Waldorf, Maryland (my town) - # 20 on the list of best places to live in the country


Your turn ......

[Bo D]

Heck join right in me and Ole' Bo can banter a bit in a civilized manner without takin' it personal. (Heck besides Ole' Bo D is a big feller standin' 6'4" or better and Ole' Duke knows his limitations 

Best regards,
Duke (Montani Semper Liberi) Jupiter

Duke, it's feller hillbillies like you that make me proud to be from mountain stock. But I never did use my size to try and tower over nobody. But I never backed down either. Us mountain folk know when to stand up for our own.

[Bo D]

But now that he's gone back to the Alfred E. Newman profile pic I'm afraid I can't muster up the courage to banter 'cause I'm too smitten with the pic.   

Oh, come on, me! It's just a stupid, fun picture. If I can't fight with you, I'll have to take it down. 

[me]

Oh, come on, me! It's just a stupid, fun picture. If I can't fight with you, I'll have to take it down. 

Let the fights begin.... 

[Bo D]

Let the fights begin.... 

That's better!