en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/639579 Comments by JoeysDad http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/whitehouse/poll-says-good-marks-for-obama-on-spill-more-drilling-jgr_3357070#IDComment75287777 Can anyone tell me what Obama has done to help the situation? Oil is still pouring into the gulf. BP is trying all they can to stop the flow, and all Obama seems to be doing is threatening them is lawsuits. How productive is that in getting the leak plugged? Thu, 13 May 2010 16:51:15 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/whitehouse/poll-says-good-marks-for-obama-on-spill-more-drilling-jgr_3357070#IDComment75287777 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/climate-bill-has-new-drilling-opt-out_3355155#IDComment75179559 Like the bill is actually going to curb global warming. Iceland's volcano belched out far more than we could ever make up for, we have no idea what the global temperature in part because the data is corrupted, and the "science" has never been properly reviewed. This is just one more reason to vote these clowns out of office. Thu, 13 May 2010 03:09:19 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/climate-bill-has-new-drilling-opt-out_3355155#IDComment75179559 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/south/nasa-clears-atlantis-for-final-liftoff-on-friday-jgr_3354972#IDComment75081556 Look for the Atlantis on e-Bay within the next month. I'll put up an opening bid of $10. Wed, 12 May 2010 16:15:15 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/south/nasa-clears-atlantis-for-final-liftoff-on-friday-jgr_3354972#IDComment75081556 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/entertainment/technology/1-in-4-households-with-cell-phone-no-landline-jgr_3354963#IDComment75080564 We have a land line ... less than $20 a month, but then there is: Zone Service Federal Access Charge 9-1-1 Emergency System Billing Emergency 9-1-1 Operational Assessment Michigan State E911 Federal Universal Service Fee Federal Tax State Tax adding more than 50% to the bill. I get cheesed off every time I look at my bill. Wed, 12 May 2010 16:11:05 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/entertainment/technology/1-in-4-households-with-cell-phone-no-landline-jgr_3354963#IDComment75080564 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/supreme_ct/senators-to-query-kagan-but-dont-expect-answers-jgr_3354492#IDComment75075435 "Unless she breaks the traditional silence of other recent Supreme Court nominees — something the nominee herself called for in 1995 — senators will have to vote on elevating Kagan to the nation's highest court without finding out where she really stands on today's touchy topics." This should have every American up in arms! Obama is trying to stack the court with his cronies and destroying a fundamental principle of our system; three branches of government with checks and balances. The Democrats have both the White House and Congress and now it will have the Supreme Court as well. If this isn't an obvious power grab, I don't know what is! She thinks she can just sit there, smile, avoid answering questions and just get a pass to the bench! Wed, 12 May 2010 15:33:14 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/supreme_ct/senators-to-query-kagan-but-dont-expect-answers-jgr_3354492#IDComment75075435 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/education/GVSU-gets-1m-Science-Foundation-grants#IDComment75074075 Given that teachers are being asked to make cuts, should we be giving a professor a summer vacation in South Africa and another almost a quarter mil to play with numbers for three years? Wed, 12 May 2010 15:27:07 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/education/GVSU-gets-1m-Science-Foundation-grants#IDComment75074075 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/international/un-rights-experts-criticize-arizona-law-jgr_3353484#IDComment74987977 Why doesn't the UN just sanction us ... sanction us with their army. Oh wait, they don't have an army. Then I guess they should just keep quiet. Paraphrased from the Dave Chappelle Show's "Black Bush" skit. Wed, 12 May 2010 01:53:06 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/international/un-rights-experts-criticize-arizona-law-jgr_3353484#IDComment74987977 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/wall_street/stock-futures-fall-as-volatility-remains-jgr_3353416#IDComment74909963 That $1 trillion didn't buy a lot of stability. Tue, 11 May 2010 17:34:42 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/wall_street/stock-futures-fall-as-volatility-remains-jgr_3353416#IDComment74909963 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment74866949 If I have to buy the streetlight, I want mine to be a disco ball! Tue, 11 May 2010 13:58:36 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment74866949 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/wall_street/stocks-rise-in-biggest-gain-since-2009-_3352843#IDComment74866559 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on a global scale: we the taxpayers become the guarantors for loans made to people who can't repay them. This can't be good. Tue, 11 May 2010 13:55:04 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/wall_street/stocks-rise-in-biggest-gain-since-2009-_3352843#IDComment74866559 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/sandbags-to-try-to-block-oil-blobs-in-louisiana-jgr_3352002#IDComment74636921 What is Obama doing? Please tell us! He was all over this mess from day one; at least that is what we are supposed to believe. Sure it is BP's problem, but I'd rather have our nice beaches and such than money from a lawsuit. If we work together, we can have both. Mon, 10 May 2010 22:02:03 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/sandbags-to-try-to-block-oil-blobs-in-louisiana-jgr_3352002#IDComment74636921 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/business_news/fannie-mae-seeks-billions-in-aid-after-1q-loss-jgr_3352161#IDComment74587012 Now here is an organization with maximum federal oversight and yet it is in need of a bailout. It would appear that federal oversight is no guarantee of failure prevention. Mon, 10 May 2010 19:04:16 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/business_news/fannie-mae-seeks-billions-in-aid-after-1q-loss-jgr_3352161#IDComment74587012 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/supreme_ct/elena-kagan-picked-for-supreme-court-jgr_3352233#IDComment74529737 The Supreme Court is too important a position to roll the dice on an unknown. Can you imagine a car company appointing a person to the position of CEO with no proven experience in heading a car company? Oh wait, did Obama do that too? Mon, 10 May 2010 15:25:03 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/supreme_ct/elena-kagan-picked-for-supreme-court-jgr_3352233#IDComment74529737 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/sports/river_bank_run/Fifth-Third-River-Bank-Run-2010#IDComment74200554 I was half expecting a crack about him running from the police. Sat, 8 May 2010 23:32:11 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/sports/river_bank_run/Fifth-Third-River-Bank-Run-2010#IDComment74200554 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/bp%3A-methane-gas-bubble-triggered-oil-rig-blast_3347994#IDComment74086208 Perhaps instead of drilling for oil, we should be drilling for methane. Sat, 8 May 2010 10:34:12 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/bp%3A-methane-gas-bubble-triggered-oil-rig-blast_3347994#IDComment74086208 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/south/hay-hair-among-remedies-for-oil-spill-_3346887#IDComment73846747 Send thousands of blonde spring breakers into the water and tell them that their IQ will go up if they come out of the water a brunette. Fri, 7 May 2010 18:14:41 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/south/hay-hair-among-remedies-for-oil-spill-_3346887#IDComment73846747 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/wall_street/stocks-stabilize-after-wild-day-edge-higher-jgr_3346786#IDComment73791039 I don't like mutual fund investing. Fund managers and computers control so much money that hiccups lead to wild fluctuations. Fri, 7 May 2010 14:52:12 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/your_money/wall_street/stocks-stabilize-after-wild-day-edge-higher-jgr_3346786#IDComment73791039 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/giant-box-close-to-being-over-oil-spewing-well-jgr_3346581#IDComment73790028 It's a shame we can't develop our on-shore oil resources. It's also a shame our president didn't do more to help; other than facilitating the lawsuits. Fri, 7 May 2010 14:47:45 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/living_green/national_green/giant-box-close-to-being-over-oil-spewing-well-jgr_3346581#IDComment73790028 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/congress/ap-sources-say-powerful-house-chairman-obey-to-retire-jgr_3344221#IDComment73748793 Local governments are not the same as the federal government. Local governments are not trying to take away our freedoms, sell our children into slavery to debt, and stealing money to give it to pet political causes. Fri, 7 May 2010 11:34:25 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/politics/congress/ap-sources-say-powerful-house-chairman-obey-to-retire-jgr_3344221#IDComment73748793 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/west/nasa-catapults-new-orion-capsule-into-nm-desert-jgr_3345519#IDComment73552543 If they use rockets to hurl the capsule, I would not call it a catapult. That word brings to mind some mechanical device used to throw stones. Fri, 7 May 2010 00:07:22 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpps/news/national/west/nasa-catapults-new-orion-capsule-into-nm-desert-jgr_3345519#IDComment73552543