gooseylucy (anonymous) says...

I'm against thieves and 'possum's. LOL

November 10, 2010 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

castaway (anonymous) says...

I think maybe there are some shy deer out there that didn't want to be on camera.

November 10, 2010 at 8:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

"The best laid plans of mice and men."

November 10, 2010 at 9:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

LOL. Oh what fun! Trapped by a possum. There's a nifty story in there somewhere.

"You Can't Shoo a Possum" and other great tales of living on the frontier.

November 10, 2010 at 9:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

Maybe the possum was out having a photo shoot when it noticed a thief running off with the camera. Perhaps the possum had tracked the perpetrator to that door and was holding the occupants for the police. It's too bad that Doctor Doolittle wasn't available to take the possums statement. I guess we will never know. :(

November 10, 2010 at 9:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

neighbor (anonymous) says...

It's a sign of the times when people arent capable of dealing with a possum by themselves. How do they deal with real danger?

November 10, 2010 at 10:59 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

It was probably Pogo the Possum.... from the cartoon strip..... :-)

I think government intervention spending at least $1,000,000,000 of the taxpayer's money is called for here. Followed by lots of flowery speeches on how they saved the town & created jobs.

Or you could call a private citizen trapper who would probably take care of it for a 6-pack.

November 10, 2010 at 11:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

You're not far off on your third statement. For several years, I had to deal with squirrels chewing into the area between the two floors of my house. I tried two different pest control companies to no avail. Finally, I placed an ad in the paper. I immediately received a call from a "private citizen trapper" who took care of the problem for me in less than a week. 28 squirrels. What he did with them is of no interest to me. Main thing is he got rid of them plus their offspring. According to the biologist at K-State, squirrels keep the memory of where they were born and will always try to go back to that area when it gets cold.

Several years later, and some new wood on the penetrated areas, knock on wood, no squirrels. So see, you weren't far off.

November 10, 2010 at 12:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

LOL create, good story - glad a local person was able to help you, and I'm sure, at a reasonable cost. Does basil attract squirrels? :-)

November 10, 2010 at 1:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

sickofitall (anonymous) says...

I am certain the correct spelling is Opossum.

November 10, 2010 at 2:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Yes, it is, sickofitall, just as "Raccoon" is the correct spelling, not "Coon", as back in my hunting days we all referred to our "Coon Dogs", & "Coon Hunting", not "Raccoon Dogs". Even the creator of the comic strip called him "Pogo Possum".

But I think everyone knows what creature we're talking about, and that the spelling is not due to ignorance on anyone's part.... ;-)

November 10, 2010 at 3:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

this is too funny. i love it! i just emailed my son in afg this story he thinks bombs going off around him his bad!! wait till he comes back to 'possums!! : D

November 10, 2010 at 3:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Buffalo_Breath (anonymous) says...

*What he did with them is of no interest to me. *

*Grin*

November 10, 2010 at 4:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

scarlett01_98

Make sure someone from the VFW knows your sons address , maybe we can get him a care package sent pretty soon. The drive is going on now.

November 10, 2010 at 4:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

dj2879 (anonymous) says...

Wonder if this was the same possum who visited my porch recently. When I opened the door it looked at me, but when I shooed it away and made loud noises, it left.
I know that I am partially responsible for it being on my porch. I'm a sucker who feeds the outside cats at my house. And possums love cat food. And knowing there has been a possum on my porch, I still can't stop feeding the cats.

November 10, 2010 at 4:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

Fried squirrel with squirrel gravy on mashed taters. Yummy!

November 10, 2010 at 4:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

hi steve, i haven't given out his addy. he does have a good support system. my son, like me, is private. so if he wants or needs anything, he emails home for it. :) he doesn't ask publicaly for much. thanks for the info tho!

November 10, 2010 at 4:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

rewba, tastes like chicken, right?/ LMAO!

November 10, 2010 at 4:48 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

ok scarlett01_98,

Tell him i thank him for his service.

Steve

November 10, 2010 at 4:54 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

ok i will steve. : )

November 10, 2010 at 4:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

imarun_r2 (anonymous) says...

Seriously? Why the heck is this posted as a HEADLINE...and even worse, more ppl are commenting on this crap than real news!

November 10, 2010 at 6:51 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

imarun, it's mostly for a chuckle. news agencies do that sometimes. don't get your panties in a bunch. i'll bet my son got a smile out of it. you know with ied's and stuff all around....

November 10, 2010 at 7:05 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

life is a choice, you can smile or bi***. i try to smile. : )

November 10, 2010 at 7:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

however, i am "neurologically impaired" . so what do i know..... : P

November 10, 2010 at 7:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

imarun_r2..... if it upsets you.... you can just look the other way and "play possum" while we have our fun.... ;-)

November 10, 2010 at 11:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...

"imarun_r2 (anonymous) says...

Seriously? Why the heck is this posted as a HEADLINE...and even worse, more ppl are commenting on this crap than real news!"

I'm sure I don't know.

Seriously R. Folks

November 11, 2010 at 8:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bnance (anonymous) says...

All in good fun folks. We all need to laugh once in a while!

Brandy Nance
Reporter

November 11, 2010 at 8:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

methusla (anonymous) says...

You can' t " SHOE " a possum either and perhaps the possum was a Gazette photographer, on assignment and forgot his/her own camera and borrowed the trail camera to take photos of the deer and startled home owner !

November 11, 2010 at 8:36 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

methusla (anonymous) says...

Brandy,

You are right. Life is way to serious most of the time and everyone needs a " Chuckle " break every now and again !

November 11, 2010 at 8:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Was the possum... "A Pinhead or a Patriot"? Will it make Olbermann's list of "World's Worst"?

Inquiring minds want to know!!! :-)

November 11, 2010 at 9:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Of course you can "shoe" an 'possum (see how weird that looks?).

You can throw a shoe at him.

You can kick him with your shoes on.

If you're real brave, you can tie a pair of tiny shoes on his feet. Sorry, two pairs.

November 11, 2010 at 11:23 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

.
looks at brandy for pics. emporia gazette HAS to get a pic of a create putting tiny shoes on a 'possum. that should make headline news!!! *grins* : D

November 11, 2010 at 12:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bnance (anonymous) says...

Well, scarlett01_98 , the next time I put tiny shoes on a 'possum, I'll post the pic. :0)

Brandy

November 11, 2010 at 1:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ToxicPink (anonymous) says...

I loved this, I hope you all make it a regular thing to post stories that are just funny, even if they are a couple line highlights. XD

Not that someone getting property stolen is "funny" but its more of a head meet desk moment that still is a good read.

November 11, 2010 at 2:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

brandy, works for me!! giggling is good for the soul....

November 11, 2010 at 2:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

TexasGirl (anonymous) says...

I agree, Brandy, it is so nice to have something lighthearted and funny to banter about for a change!

November 11, 2010 at 3:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

methusla (anonymous) says...

I wonder if there is a store in Emporia that stocks and sells " Possum Nikes, Reeboks, New Balance " shoes ?

Hummm, just think of the possiblities, a set of " Quad Air Possum Nikes " ?

November 11, 2010 at 4:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

hmmmm, maybe a whole new market? 'possum shoes.....hmmmmm

November 11, 2010 at 4:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

baby socks & rubber bands will work in a pinch ;-)

November 11, 2010 at 4:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

LOL open_eyes, i called a crafter i know, she declined the opportunuty. however, i vote for empgazfan to put them on the 'possums. s/he needs to learn some humility.

November 11, 2010 at 5:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

I'm beginning to think empgazfool IS the possum. After all, the report reads similar to: " an (idiot) problem in the city: a (empgazfool) was standing outside a door and wasn't leaving. Police were called to help trapped (posters)"

At least a possum has enough sense to know when to roll over and play dead :-)

November 11, 2010 at 6:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

OMG! open eyes, i just laughed so hard i choked! well if i'm gonna die, might as well die laughing!!!!! thanks for the upside. nite.

November 11, 2010 at 8:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

apierich (anonymous) says...

sickofitall, if you look it up in the Merriam-Webster dictionary either spelling, opossum or possum, is now considered acceptable naming for the animal just as the word trough can be properly pronounced as trof or troth. I only use that as another example because of a disagreement that a supervisor and I had a few years ago about those words that we cleared up with the good old dictionary.

It really cracked me up though, and for anyone wanting to put shoes on a possum, they actually make shoes for tiny dogs that I am sure would fit a possum.

November 11, 2010 at 11:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

marko (anonymous) says...

No self respect'n possum would wear Dog shoes

November 12, 2010 at 7:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

I'm sure you all remember the tune to "She'll be Coming 'Round the Mountain."

Possum at the Back Door

He'll be coming 'round the back door
when he comes,

Ain't gonna let nobody out there
when he comes,

He'll be standin' there so daring,

With his beady eyes a-staring,

Scaring folks to call the cops
to set them free.

November 12, 2010 at 8:51 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

ToxicPink (anonymous) says...

Lol omg, Create I was laughing so hard I had tears. XD

November 12, 2010 at 9:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

create,

i don't want to change the subject or bring you down, have you seen this article?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20101111...

I have heard the Kansas fund is in trouble also.

November 12, 2010 at 9:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Thanks Steve. You rained on my parade!

Yes, that is troubling. However, I can't help but remember that I also sunk extra money every month into a mutual fund thinking I would help to shore up my KPERS. Nearly every bit of it is gone, all the principal and interest, and I never touched it once. Can you blame me if I don't want to touch mutual funds again? Many pension funds across the country also lost to bad investments.

I keep hearing that the Kansas Fund is also in trouble, but the people in Topeka say no. KPERS may be in trouble in some sectors. I only ask about the teachers end of it which I understood was solvent.

November 12, 2010 at 10:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

neighbor (anonymous) says...

Oh but the Asians are driving up the price of oil again in their markets "because it appears the US economy is improving". Of course the pump prices go up the first day, never mind they hadn't went down to match the lower crude oil prices over the summer. Get ready for another recession, perhaps a depression this time if they allow it to happen again.

November 12, 2010 at 10:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Yeah, but they keep telling seniors that we will get no COLA because the price index has not risen. Of course my grocery bill reflects otherwise.

From the sound of things, we'd better get ready to kiss COLA goodbye permanently.

Steve, you curmudgeon, you changed the subject!!!

November 13, 2010 at 7:53 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...

The only COLA raise I've gotten since getting out of the Army was the price of cola being raised in the vending machine at work. As a matter of fact I have brought home less money the last three years than previous years.

November 13, 2010 at 9:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Really? Despite lower federal tax deductions from wages? Then again, you're still working and are still eligible for pay raises. Your income is not limited or set. I hope you've not gone without a pay raise in three years. Holy macaroni!

November 13, 2010 at 11:04 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

I have gone without a pay raise for 5 years straight. I'm just told I should be happy my job hasn't went to India....... yet.

November 13, 2010 at 11:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

seriouslyfolks (anonymous) says...

"Then again, you're still working and are still eligible for pay raises."

Not if the company freezes pay. That and cutting hours and benefits.

"I hope you've not gone without a pay raise in three years."

Coming up to three years but not quite. More like 2 3/4.

My income has declined steadily the last three years. That is with four mouths to feed including my big mouth. Things have gotten so bad we had to eat our pet possum, Chaps.

November 13, 2010 at 11:56 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

I actually make less. In addition to no pay raise for 5 years, bonuses have been cut every year. This despite the company posting record profits for the god-knows-how many (th) year in a row. And, of course, pay & bonuses at the top continue to rise.

November 13, 2010 at 12:08 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

I hear so many people (myself included) talk of making less money now than they did two, three, four, even five years ago. And the decrease did not all just happen, but has been a steady decline over the years.

And yet many of these same people want to continue to rely on the same cures for our ills that has been in place throughout this period. I am reminded of what a friend of mine used to tell me about my choice in women. He said.....Preston, you make the same mistake over and over again....then keep expecting different results.

I think his advice applies here also.

November 13, 2010 at 12:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

During this decline, in the last, say, 5 years, we've had a Repub Pres for 3 and a Dem Pres for 2. We've had a Dem-controlled congress for 4 of those 5. I'm not sure which mistakes to complain the loudest about ;-)

November 13, 2010 at 12:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

The mistakes I am specifically referring to are the continued reliance on further extending tax cuts to the very rich to promote job growth without any demands that those cuts promote job growth......supported by Dems and Repubs alike. Continued demands to slash spending on programs that don't benefit us while fighting tooth and toenail to defend the ones that do.....,supported by both sides of the aisle. And continuing to ignore the real root causes of our problems that the world is a 21st Century place that we keep trying to apply 20th Century solutions to.....ignored by everybody.

November 13, 2010 at 1:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

No open_eyes, You have to look at when the decline began. It was the back when Jeb Bush told the world that his brother won the vote in his state. Immediately, the market began to tank. When Gore demanded a recount, the market paused and began to recover but when the courts appointed Bush at PotUS, the market fell out from under the world and global war broke out across the universe. It all happened under a Republican controlled House and Senate with a republican sitting in the oval office and a republican appointed supreme court to make it all legal. The last time our government was in this much debt was after a twelve year republican reign. It only took eight years with bush jr because he had his daddy to advise him.

OK, You all gave Obama a friendly congress for two years, just like you gave Clinton. The repubs haven't even taken their oath of office yet and they are already talking about making the bush tax cuts on the wealthy permanent and kicking poor children out of the emergency room cause they can't pay.

What do you want to bet that they do nothing about cheap illegal labor?

November 13, 2010 at 1:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

But the decline didn't just start five years ago....in fact the decline was one of the reasons the Dem's took control of Congress when they did.....so that again alters the math. But the point I am trying to make is I don't see a nickel's worth of difference in the two at the moment except in where each side wants to cut spending.

The conservatives want to cut it from the young, the old, and the disadvantaged,,,,,,,where the Liberals want to cut it from the rich and privledged.

November 13, 2010 at 1:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

As we both know by now, I'm totally with you on paring back on tax cuts on the very wealthy.

As for the decline, we were already entering a recession when Bush took office. The dot.com bubble had burst. Markets go up and down every day but we were in a recession. (If ACORN had been exposed before then I doubt the vote would have even been as close as it was). I've also said there is a time & place for both tax cuts & raises. After 9/11, tax cuts I do believe helped. I know people (on the left) like to constantly say we had a horrible 8 years of economy under Bush but the fact is after we recovered from 9/11 we did have steady economic growth & fairly low unemployment. My personal take is that the tax cuts on the very wealthy should have only lasted 3-4 years, not 10.

I'm quite used to folks playing the sympathy card - "kicking poor folks out of the emergency room because they can't pay". Baloney. Doesn't happen now, Federal law gives you the right to emergency care, regardless of your ability to pay. And that isn't going to change. There's some more of that health care "misinformation" goodoleboy was referring to...... but in Mass, emergency rooms are overflowing. People are getting tired of waiting for the average 50+ day wait to see the doctor they now have & just going to the emergency room.

I'll side with you on the bet they won't do anything about cheap illegal labor. Neither side will.

November 13, 2010 at 1:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Wrong - the recession began December, 2007. The main reason the Dems took control of Congress in 2006 was the wars - people's hatred of Bush over those. If you want to put together all the policies that brought about the latest collapse, as has been already detailed many times, some of those are attributable all the way back to Clinton, with both sides sharing blame.

And I disagreee again with the sympathy line that the bad old GOP wants to cut if from the old, sick, and disadvantaged, while the Dems only want to take it from the rich & priveledged. GOP's problem is they want to cut everyone equally - and I disagree with that. Dems problem is that they want to pick and choose which rich and priveledged they cut from - just those who aren't their backers.

November 13, 2010 at 1:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

For some examples of my last statement (you already know where I stand on the GOP not raising taxes on the very rich) - the largest profit margins in all the health care industry belong to the giant Pharma companies - and they cut a deal & got excluded from HCR. And I don't really know any poor lawyers - but, they almost exclusively have Dems in their pockets - hence no tort reform. Not saying the GOP is any better, just giving my examples.

November 13, 2010 at 1:46 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

If you make the rich pay more back in taxes unless they create jobs to earn their tax cuts....I fail to see how that just punishes the rich that don't support the the Democrats. Seems pretty across the board to me. Am I missing some proposal that slaps more taxes on the Koch Brothers and gives Bill Gates a reduction.....LOL

On the other hand cutting spending on the young, the old, and the disadvantaged....without cutting any of the subsidies perks and write offs that go to the middle and upper income brackets hardly seems equal. But I will bet we will come much closer to seeing cuts in Social Security and Medicare than we do in interest deductions, farm subsidies, and tax shelters for off-shore accounts.....Wanna Bet?

November 13, 2010 at 1:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

The republican party handed the rich huge tax cuts and then took money from the poor and handed it to Haliburton to construct concentration camps throughout the united states. Those camps are not for the rich. They are for the poor.

What many people don't realize is that there is a great big war on the horizon. It will be the rich against the poor and the rich know this. They also know that they cannot convince enough poor to side with them so they will just spry us all with viruses, bomb our cities and pretend to help survivors by loading them up onto trains and send them to these camps where plastic coffins are stacked and waiting to be filled. The rich seem to think that America has too many poor people and their solutions are final.

November 13, 2010 at 2 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

For a second there, after reading your first paragraph, REWBA, I thought you were empgazfan posting under another name - LOL.

But back to reality - unless we close alot of tax loopholes, even raising taxes on the rich won't amount to much. John Kerry is the richest member of Congress & he tries to dock his boat elsewhere to avoid taxes. People like that voting to raise taxes don't give me alot of faith.

Example: This, more than anything else, really sums up my dissatisfaction with our tax system:

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/200...

As for who is doing what to who - California is a very Dem-controlled state - anyone catch the student riots over the proposed increases in tuition & spending cuts? Wouldn't that be the Democrats cutting from the poor & disenfranchized? Why don't they consider cutting entitlements & bloated pensions from the fat cat unions instead?

As for your bet that we'll see cuts in SS before interest decuctions & tax shelters - won't bet against ya there.

But don't the Dems still control both the Senate & WH? If they control 2/3 of the power..... who are you going to blame?

And this is an interesting read.... especially paragraphs 3 & 4. Not sure I agree with it, depends on how things are spun....

http://www.american.com/archive/2007/...

Since this thread is supposed to be about possums..... I apologize for hijacking it. I'll play possum for awhile on this thread ;-)

November 13, 2010 at 2:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

I agree that the Bush cuts did do some good early in his presidency.....But after it became clear that the rich had no intention of using their tax cuts or their TARP money to create jobs and stimulate anything but their personal net worth....those cuts should have been replaced with tax increases right then. But now....eight years later....we are still sticking to the same old plan of keeping the tax cuts for the wealthy and hoping...even praying....that they might see it in their benevolent hearts to reinvest it back in America. I don't know about you but I am not holding my breath.

November 13, 2010 at 2:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

Well somebody tried to tell us it was more correctly opossum. I guess when you have nothing of importance to say you can always criticize some body's spelling or grammar. But that is usually a two-way street.

November 13, 2010 at 2:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

I agree completely with your 2:20 post, biscuitboy. Perhaps.... had the tax cuts on the very wealthy expired, in, say, 2005..... we could be looking at another short-term cut (2-4 years) to help jump-start the economy. Conditions on the ground. But as you say... they have shown no intention whatsoever of using their tax cuts or TARP money to create or stimulate anything here other than their own net worth. (I'm not talking about small businesses, I'm talking about the very top, 6 figures +).

Did you follow my ealier link about what sums up my dissatisfaction with our tax system? Gets my blood boiling is more like it......

To keep it on-topic.... I think the very rich out there are doing alot of "playing possum" when it comes to arguing for their tax cuts....... per the link...

November 13, 2010 at 2:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

Actually, the only way to eliminate Americas debt and improve the economy is to eliminate entitlements. The only way to eliminate entitlements is to eliminate the recipients. Convicts locked in prisons will remain locked in but we will simply quit feeding them and shut the water off to their cells. Retirees from federal, state and local government will get the first dose of "vaccine" as they are recalled to duty to cleanse the prisons. They will be happy to accept the extra work since they haven't had a COLA in so long. The one who refuse to accept the recall to duty will join the social security recipients and those on SSI as they are moved into the former prisons that are now re-purposed as "indigent residential centers". Once occupied, the doors will be locked, food and water will be cut off and the "vaccines" will kick. The military will be called in for the clean up where these personnel will become infected and need to be "quarantined". Not to worry, it's a fast acting virus so nobody will suffer in agony. Without the burden of these leaches, the U.S. will have plenty of money to pay off debt and without the welfare scum eating all that food, we will have more to export making America profitable once again.

November 13, 2010 at 3:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

Who I'm going to blame depends on if the cuts come in the next two years...or after that. We'll have to wait and see.....:-)

But who ever I blame will be a dirty, rotten, low down, son of a possum!!!!

November 13, 2010 at 3:25 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

As per your link......the reason the tax on capital gains is lower than regular tax on income is to stimulate long term investment. Just another example of what tax policy is supposed to accomplish not carrying through to what is actually accomplished. But the rich keep getting us to believe that it does, despite all evidence to the contrary.

November 13, 2010 at 3:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

I already blame both/all of them - LOL :-)

Well, I truly do believe that tax cuts can stimulate investment. But everyone else on that curve (from the graph) is working, running businesses, investing, etc...... no reason why it should suddenly taper off at a certain point. I think it does more to stimulate middle-income folks and the somewhat wealthy than the very wealthy. Really, past a certain point, the numbers really don't mean much to them. They'll invest what they want and where regardless of what their tax bracket is (to a point).

They're the lazy low-down son-of-a-possums! LOL

November 13, 2010 at 4:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

goodoleboy (anonymous) says...

Said it before, will say it again. Trickle down trickles out in a global economy, hell it never even trickled down to begin with. Hate to say it but the only way companies are going to reinvest in America is if they are offered incentives or made to.

November 14, 2010 at 6:18 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

The far right has been saying that tax cuts are good for growth and create jobs and stimulate the economy over and over like a scratched record until their followers are programed to repeat that message like brainwashed zombies despite the fact that eight years of tax breaks for billionaires has done exactly the opposite.

Tax cuts implemented by the republican congress and signed into law by bush in 2002 has stifled growth, destroyed jobs and decimated the economy. It is time to reset tax codes back to where they were under Clinton and send billionaires a bill for the back taxes.

November 14, 2010 at 9:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Common usage allows for the spelling of possum. It appears both ways in most dictionaries. So there!

The English language is dynamic. Therefore it allows for such changes. I love it!

What does a possum sound like? Here, have fun with this:

Possums can growl. To mimic the noise they make, open your mouth and blow from your throat. Keep your tongue elevated at the back of your mouth as your expel your lungs. You'll make a growling sound.

Sometimes a possum makes a very loud growl, which can be a bit scary if you aren't familiar with the possum. However, some will make the sound because they are protesting. A good example is a possum that is getting a bath and begins to growl because they are protesting about the bath. Once they are removed from the bath, the growling will instantly stop.

The sound will come out in spurts, sometimes over and over, and can be quite humorous as long as you know the possum is simply protesting rather than expressing anxiety or fear.

And now you know, that a possum can growl. They also click!

So, how do you all sound when you are angry or anxioius or fearful? Huh?

Let the discussion continue...

November 14, 2010 at 10:12 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

When I am angry, anxious, or fearful, I usually sound like I need my mouth washed out with soap. :-)

November 14, 2010 at 10:22 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

Possum Stew
One possum, skinned, pieced
Couple of onions, potatos, other veggies yer
choice ..chop or slice em ....however
1 can of mushroom soup
2 cans of beef gravy
1 can of water
Tbsp each of pepper, garlic salt

Boil the possum meat in a large pot of water
with a half cup of salt for about half a day.
Pour the water out and add all the stuff to it.
Bring to a boil, then simmer covered 4 to 8 hrs.

Serves 8 (or 1 for a week).
Gravy is good sopped up with week-old bread.
You can eat other stuff with it too.
Drink beer
(TIP: 3 day old roadkill is more tender and
easier to skin)

November 14, 2010 at 10:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

To correct REWBA's latest misinformation (or that 90% of what he says that he doesn't believe himself) - after 2002, we did have low unemployment & a growing economy for quite a stretch. Stifling growth, cutting jobs, and destroying the economy really had nothing to do with tax cuts. Had there been ZERO Bush tax cuts in 2002.... our economy probably would have eventually recovered (probably not as fast or as vigorously) - but when the housing bubble crashed, it still would have all came down.

If you just give possums free food whenever they want (trickle-"UP" economics) - when you want them to do something for you, they just roll over and play dead. If you hitch them to the plow and demand they do something for you, (made to) - they just roll over and play dead. But if you offer them INCENTIVES........ ahhh..... there's more than one way to skin a possum.... ;-)

November 14, 2010 at 10:50 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

REWBA

What....no basil?....:-)

November 14, 2010 at 11:02 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

Bush became prez and demanded that Clinton's surplus be returned to it's rightful owners.

When Enron got a five million dollar return and Joe the Plumber got $200. a lot of people were outraged.

Bush explained that the rich payed more so they get more back.

Then Bush signed the tax cuts for billionaires and a lot of people were outraged.

Bush explained that the rich don't pay taxes, they pay lawyers to avoid taxes.

The right loves to point out that poor people bought houses that they couldn't afford. I would like to point out that it was the rich who sold those houses to them.

November 14, 2010 at 11:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

methusla (anonymous) says...

And the Government still paid the Rich for the houses that the Banks they owned, put the poor into , in the first place.

The Wealthy don' t want the government to help out the poor, but yet the wealthy hollar like a stuck pig when they think they may be in danger of loosing some pocket change !

What a nice racket the wealthy have going for them !

November 14, 2010 at 11:49 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

Yeah, they get a taxpayer funded grant to create jobs overseas; they get U.S. tax incentives to close down U.S. production; they get a cheap workforce exempt from U.S. labor laws; and they get to have a U.S. government workforce hold the doors to the largest market in the world wide open for them. I can see why they might cry like spoiled children when they are asked to forfeit some of those profits...

November 14, 2010 at 1:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

I have been trying to buy American but everything I need is made someplace else. When will someone build a computer in the United States? How about a T.V. or a refrigerator or a cook stove? Even my American Standard toilet is made in Mexico.

November 14, 2010 at 1:14 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

For once, REWBA, your 1:09 post was dead on - must have been one of those 10% of what you say you believe ones ;-)

November 14, 2010 at 5:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

open_eyes, I'm worried about you! You seem to be leaning to the left. Please don't fall my way... they will blame your injuries on me! Do you have a large tumor on the left side of your head? I thought I read you type something crazy like you agreed with me...lol

November 14, 2010 at 11:06 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

Well, I've learned to just roll my eyes & chuckle at some of your ramblings, (those 90% you don't even believe yourself) - so when something comes along that makes sense I get a somewhat pleasant shock :-). And what I agreed with it seems both sides treat pretty much the same way, so I didn't see it as partisan as you might have thought.

If there's something on the left side of my head, then it's definitely a tumor - or maybe a possum hanging by his tail from my ear! - LOL

November 15, 2010 at 9:57 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

I can't speak for others, but I have been trying lately (with varying degrees of success) to back away from ideological posturing. I've decided it is counter-productive.

First you can't expect any real dialogue to grow out of an exchange that one or both sides were goaded into. Second, it is very hypocritical for me to accuse another of being blinded by ideological loyalty when I look, sound, and act the same way. But, the best laid plans sometimes are for not.....:-(

November 15, 2010 at 10:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

REWBA (anonymous) says...

I posted a recipe earlier but if it's not a possum hanging on your ear, here's a recipe for brain tumor:

http://www.drinkswap.com/brain-tumor.htm

November 15, 2010 at 10:41 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

True, biscuitboy, true...

Looks interesting, REWBA! If I ever try it, we'll see if it does anything to my political ideology ;-)

I think you already posted recipes if its a possum hanging from my ear - LOL

November 15, 2010 at 11:58 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

open eyes, another new market? 'possum earrings?? hmmmm, maybe to match and / or coordinate the 'possum shoes? hmmmm. however if you really do want a brain "tumor", maybe my neurosurgeon will will part with mine.... don't think there is a market for it tho...

November 15, 2010 at 1:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

oh oppss i ment rewba, sorry open eyes

November 15, 2010 at 1:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

open_eyes (anonymous) says...

That's ok, I guess I'm just modelling REWBA's new fall lineup of fashion accessories..... on the catwalk.... ;-)

November 15, 2010 at 1:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

catwalk? lolol sorry i need something to do. : )

November 15, 2010 at 2:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

just in, several americans killed in fire on afgan base. can i go get hysterical in the bathroom now?

November 15, 2010 at 3 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

scarlett01_98

Just hoping everything is all right.....Hoping no news is good news!

November 16, 2010 at 12:29 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

bb, the news story is not on cnn anymore. no email from son, no visits from pastors. so i'm just waiting for good news. : )
can't we just send in possums????

November 16, 2010 at 1:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could....:-(

November 16, 2010 at 1:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

biscuitboy (anonymous) says...

empgazfan

This is what Veterans Day is about....the angst of mothers and fathers and brothers and sisters and husbands and wives waiting with their hearts in their throats for that knock on the door they hope and pray never comes. Veterans Day is a collective sigh of relief, and the collective shedding of a tear, for those knocks that did or did not ever materialize. It has nothing to do with dictators and policies made by old men.

November 16, 2010 at 1:59 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

amen brother, i mean bb,

November 16, 2010 at 2:15 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

funny.

March 21, 2012 at 10:24 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Good to hear from Biscuit Boy and REWBA once again.

March 22, 2012 at 6:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

wow, that was a trip down memory lane, thank you steve, create....

March 22, 2012 at 2:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

Imma gonna smak a possom.

March 22, 2012 at 3:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

this could be a headline:

Teen drama holds gazette posters hostage.

Cheese and rice people, let it go.

March 22, 2012 at 4:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

scarlett01_98 (anonymous) says...

i still think create should create a line of shoes for possums...

March 22, 2012 at 4:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

tourguide (anonymous) says...

Careful what you say. The grazzett will pull all the comments and allow reddog to spam you.... I guess I will call WIBW & KAKE. All of KS. Should know about Madison..

March 23, 2012 at 9:19 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

...considers tourguide's plans and wonders about the outcome while drafting pattern for tiny shoes...

March 23, 2012 at 10:06 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

tourguide (anonymous) says...

WIBW has had 2 other adults and 2 school aged (?) kids call in and told their story. The lady I spoke to wouldn't elaborate other than the adults lived in Madison and all the stories were almost the same. WIBW will follow up on this story next week/ASAP. KAKE TV told me they have had SEVERAL CALLS, but will not comment until they investigate the story..

March 23, 2012 at 7:10 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

create (anonymous) says...

Good to know, tourguide. Thanks. Will keep an eye out. Gazette has missed an opportunity here for a real investigative piece.

March 25, 2012 at 9:27 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

alfalfa (anonymous) says...

I am at a loss as to why the Gazette ever covered the Madison story to begin with. Once it became obvious there was much more to it than one expulsion, they scrubbed all the comments and went silent, some investigative journalism.

I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for KAKE and WIBW either, just my opinion.

March 25, 2012 at 10:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...

alfalfa, and others,

The Gazette did cover this story originally. What originaly started out as a reasonable forum disscussion turned into a hodge podge of accusations and name calling, something you would expect to see on a teenagers facebook page.

I'm glad the Gazette pulled the comments. Some of them, (most), were in violation of the user agreement. I realize that they don't have time to monitor every comment and remove them individually, so the entire thread was removed.

It did not become "obvious there was much more to it than one expulsion".

It became obvious that there are some people unsatisfied with how things are done at Madison and decided to unload on this social media site. And we got spanked for it.

Anyone see the irony of it?

March 26, 2012 at 6:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

alfalfa (anonymous) says...

I am going to respectfully disagree with you Steve. I saw one post that was probably out of line because it named names. The last post, and the one I figure was what got them all pulled, was from someone who had worked at the school, and seemed pretty well written and within the rules to me. Since you never liked hearing about the issue anyway, I can't see how the comments getting pulled spanked you.

What was the most obvious to me was the double standard some posters have on this site. I don't live in Emporia, yet regularly read how a group of people who think they are better than everyone else run things, often to the detriment of the majority. The "proof" I get of this is people I think I can believe say it, nothing has been through a court of law, it really is all hearsay, but believable hearsay all the same. As I commented, I know several families with kids in the USD 386 school system who have talked about the clique among the teachers, and how it interferes with education for over 2 years, so it is not an unreasonable assumption to make that there is more to this story, I have no problem believing that at all.

The other thing that became obvious is some posters think since it is the Emporia Gazette, all conversation must be about Emporia. I would say if someone doesn't like a thread, don't comment on it or read it, rather than make posts on ancient threads in an effort to put it down far enough no one will see it. The Gazette is read by people who don't live in Emporia, and see it as a regional newspaper, and us outlanders do a considerable trade in Emporia, I'd like to see how much of a town there would be if only people in the Emporia city limits traded there.

The story isn't important to Emporia, but it is important to some people who read the Gazette, because in small towns the school is about all we have left, life centers around it, and we know if not for it our towns will die(because our main streets already have, Emporia's main street is main street for all of us). I guess if folks in Emporia don't want issues in the outlands covered in "their" newspaper, maybe they don't want to see any of our money either???

March 26, 2012 at 6:44 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )