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Comments by GARRISONJHALL

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Posted on March 26 at 2:11 p.m.

WHILE I DO BELIEVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SHOULD BE STOPPED, A THOUGHT DID ENTER MY MIND.

SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND...AS ANOTHER REMINDER THAT PEOPLE NEARLY ALWAYS ARE A "DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO."

SPECIFICALLY...WHEN EARLY SHIPS BROUGHT "ILLEGALS?" TO THE SHORES OF AMERICA FROM ENGLAND, ALSO...FROM FRANCE, SPAIN, AND LIKELY OTHER PLACES---I DON'T BELEIVE ANYBODY WAS CHECKING IN WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ALREADY HERE---PEOPLE REFERRED TO THEN, AS NOW: INDIANS, AKA--NATIVE AMERICANS.

SETTLERS ALSO TOOK LAND...KEPT TAKING LAND, WITHOUT REGARD OR RESPECT FROM THOSE "ALREADY HERE".

YES, THESE ARE DIFFERENT TIMES, BUT, LET'S NOT ALL GET SO UPPITY, SO "HIGH & MIGHTY". AFTER ALL, OUR "FOREFATHERS & MOTHERS" CAME TO THIS LAND...FOR OPPORTUNITY THEY DIDN'T HAVE "BACK HOME". THEY ARE SIMILAR TO SALES PEOPLE AND POLITICANS...FINDING A WAY TO GET WHAT THEY WANT--WHICH IS PREACHED SO MUCH IN OUR COUNTRY TODAY!

IT IS INTERESTING THAT MOST OF THE SHARP COMMENT ON ILLEGALS, MOSTLY OF MEXICAN DESCENT...COME FROM REPUBLICANS. YET, THE "TOPIC" AT HAND...COULD HAVE BEEN LONG SOLVED, HAD NOT THE CURRENT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT...WANTED TO FIX IT. THE REPUBLICANS HAVE HELD CONGRESS FOR 12 OF 14 YEARS (COME NOVEMBER...(HOUSE 12 OF 14, SENATE 11 OF 14).

THE SITUATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOLVED...DURING THE FIRST 6 YEARS OF THE BUSH HAUNTA...AS BUSHIE HAD A REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FOR 6 YEARS!

On A perspective on illegal immigrant invasion

Posted on March 17 at 10:55 a.m.

I BELIEVE THE ISSUE IS...THAT THE SCORE WASN'T BEING GIVEN, AND IT WAS LIKE NORTHERN HEIGHTS HAD PLAYED...THAT KVOE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT NORTHERN HEIGHTS. AM SURE MOST OF THE "POSTINGS" ARE FROM PEOPLE WHO COULDN'T CARE LESS ABOUT NORTHERN HEIGHTS...AND PROBABLY HOPED NORTHERN HEIGHTS LOST!
DOES SEEM LIKE THE NORTHERN HEIGHTS SCORE AND SUMMARY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON AP...AND KVOE HAS (OR, AT LEAST...USED TO HAVE) AP WIRE.

On Sports injustice?

Posted on February 8 at 10 p.m.

I DO NOT SEE HOW A SHOT LIKE THAT CAN BE OVERULED...UNLESS THE TIME CLOCK IS ALSO ON THE SAME SCREEN WITH THE SHOT.
SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE OFFICIALS DID NOT WANT EMPORIA TO WIN; OR, ELSE, THE OFFICIALS DID WANT NW MISSOURI TO WIN.
IF I AM THE EMPORIA COACH, I WOULD NOT ALLOW MY PLAYERS ON ANY COURT WITH ANY OF THE OFFICIALS INVOLVED.
HOPEFULLY, ESU WILL STRONGLY PROTEST THE RULING.
ALSO...THEY NEED TO TELL THE OFFICIALS THEY NEEDN'T EVER RETURN TO EMPORIA.
KIND OF SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THE GOLD MEDAL GAME IN 1968 (I THINK THAT'S THE YEAR) THAT THE U.S TEAM HAD THE GOLD MEDAL STOLEN FROM THEM.
HOPEFULLY, THIS "METHOD" WILL BE OUTLAWED BY THE MIAA, WHICH...IF THEY LET THAT THEFT STAND...IS NOTHING MORE THAN SCUM. AND, I TRULY MEAN IT.

On Victory Erased

Posted on February 8 at 9:49 p.m.

DAN SMOOTS! BLESS YOU! IT IS GREAT TO HEAR A BUSINESS PERSON RESPOND WITH SO MUCH CARE!

On Hiring to help

Posted on February 8 at 9:46 p.m.

I HAVE LIVED IN EMPORIA FOR 20 YEARS...AM SADDEND JIM BELL & SON IS CLOSING. THE STORE IS A LINK TO THE PAST...REALLY SAD.
FOR ANYONE POSTING NASTY "GLAD YOU'RE GONE" TYPE OF COMMENTS, SORRY...BUT, THIS NOT THE TIME, NOR PLACE.
....UNLESS, AND ESPECIALLY...IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN IN BUSINESS YOURSELF, OR HAVE NEVER RUN A BUSINESS (WHICH I HAVE...MANAGED A BUSINESS).

LONG LIVE THE MEMORY OF JIM BELL & SON CLOTHING!

On Landmark store lost

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