en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/621440 Comments by johnyv http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Youthful-fame-pricey#IDComment75239507 Wow, My kid wants a bicycle maybe I can get a sponsor. This is stupid. I can just imagine going to businesses and asking for sponsors for this. Thu, 13 May 2010 12:48:56 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Youthful-fame-pricey#IDComment75239507 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Youthful-fame-pricey#IDComment75239174 It still is a scam. For that matter the main book of " Who's Who" is the same. People are proud to be in it and so they buy the book. Thu, 13 May 2010 12:47:23 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Youthful-fame-pricey#IDComment75239174 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Should-Holland-ban-discrimination#IDComment75191093 glbt always say " what I do in my bedroom is my business". In fact they go out of their way to rub our face in it. Get rid of the lisp-it's ridiculous. Get rid of the butch haircuts- you B r e a s t give you away. If they didn't throw it up all of the time odds are the landlord won't even know. Thu, 13 May 2010 04:57:39 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Should-Holland-ban-discrimination#IDComment75191093 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Should-Holland-ban-discrimination#IDComment75190421 WHAT ??? Why do people always go there. It is not just Christianity that has a issue with ****sexuality. Also , since you brought it up, I would like you to tell me 1 place in the Bible that even put being gay in a neutral light. This touchy feely version of Christianity is a P.C. religion. Jesus whiped the crooked merchants, scolded those that followed him just to be fed, and even preached against divorce. Apparently your catholic upbringing didn't include actually reading the new teastemant. The problem with the church today isn't that they are to critical. It is that the church doesn't hardly stand for anything anymore. If the church ( you brought it up) doesn't stand up for morality what does it stand for ?? What should discrimination against pedophiles be illegal?? What about rapist?? It would be bigoted to discriminate against child rapist. Thu, 13 May 2010 04:50:25 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Should-Holland-ban-discrimination#IDComment75190421 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Should-Holland-ban-discrimination#IDComment75187564 If I own a duplex and I don't want to condone a gay couple renting my property next to my family that should be my choice. I can say no pets, no waterbeds,no smokers but it should be illegal for me to chose not to share a property with a gay couple? If a Christian college doesn't want openly gay people in the dorms that is their business. Thu, 13 May 2010 04:20:03 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/Should-Holland-ban-discrimination#IDComment75187564 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/MSP-money-missing-from-Muskegon-Hts-PD#IDComment75186846 3 beers in one hour will give the average 150 lb man a blood alcohol content of around .1 This cop was around 190-195 lbs so it would require more like 4 in one hour. 2 beers would give him a BAC of around .05 which I beleive is still under the legal limit. I hung around with him a little maybe 10 years ago or so and the laws were not as strict as they are now and certainly 2 beers was not illegal then. Stats are from bartender training required at a bar I worked at back then. Thu, 13 May 2010 04:12:43 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/MSP-money-missing-from-Muskegon-Hts-PD#IDComment75186846 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment75185929 I went to the web site of the company contracted to operate the waste to energy facility ( covanta kent). According to their web site the facility produces up to 18 megawatts of electricity and/or up to 116,000 lbs/hr of exported steam. The steam heats downtown buildings through a " 7 mile" network of tunnels. As a teenager I explored (without permission) large tunnels with steam pipes in them. Access was easy. There are many steel grates in downtown sidewalks and creative use of a few screwdrivers can pick the rectangular lock. All of these tunnels origionated at the plant on Monroe and Fulton. The steam from the incinerator is sent to that plant and then distributed from there. I did not realize the waste to energy plant also produced electricity. As for the geography lesson, it is a bit hard to miss the gigantic smoke stack of the incinerator. The distribution facility is actualy 2 buildings across Fulton from the BOB. The alley in between has huge rooms under it for storage of salt for water softing in the steam etc.. P.S. The electric network for dowtown is next to these buildings also. Thu, 13 May 2010 04:04:05 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment75185929 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/20-year-fed-sentence-for-Westerlund#IDComment75162141 For the record Mi truth in sentencing law means he has to serve a minimum percentage of his sentence. I believe 80%. 80 % of 15 ( state sentence) is 12 years. He still should have been given life or at least make him serve his state and federal sentences cosecutive. Thu, 13 May 2010 00:40:39 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/20-year-fed-sentence-for-Westerlund#IDComment75162141 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/MSP-money-missing-from-Muskegon-Hts-PD#IDComment75161269 I have known some really faithful cops. One who himself would only have 2 beers if he were driving for instance. He said if he had more and drove he would be a hypocrite even if his fellow officers gave him a deal. I have known some very bad cops. One who was the 1st one busted in Kent County for the date rape drug when it first became illegal. He was a kentwood cop at the time. etc. Over all , as government becomes more and more tyranical and more and more nanny state laws are passed, the police are less and less the good guys. Clearly there are some bad apples in Muskegon. Thu, 13 May 2010 00:33:24 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/MSP-money-missing-from-Muskegon-Hts-PD#IDComment75161269 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/Teen-mother-1-year-old-son-missing#IDComment75159846 Look I have been to the IRS and there is no such thing as a quick trip to the IRS. How long were they left in the car?? Some guardian. Thu, 13 May 2010 00:21:11 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/Teen-mother-1-year-old-son-missing#IDComment75159846 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment75159309 Just FYI I beleive the incinerator is used to heat downtown buildings. A lot of the buildings in the downtown area are heated by a boiler in the building on the S.E corner of monroe and Fulton. I think they tied in steam tunnels from the incinerator when the incinerator was built. Thu, 13 May 2010 00:15:56 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment75159309 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/michigan/Michigan-survey-asks-what-about-those-roundabouts#IDComment75061978 How are they safer when no one uses them correctly? A lot of people seem to longingly say, " They have them in Europe." So What. I have had the unfortunate pleasure of working near eastown lately and I have been driving down Wealthy regularly. I have yet to make it through the 3-4 they have there without someone cutting me off even when I enetered the round about first and they are supposed to yield. Some of them are on minor intersections where Wealthy should have the right of way and the side streets should have a stop sign. These are more costly to install and people don't know how to use them. P.S. I love how the article calls them modern. They had them in ancient Rome. They are archaic Wed, 12 May 2010 13:52:40 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/michigan/Michigan-survey-asks-what-about-those-roundabouts#IDComment75061978 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/michigan/Michigan-survey-asks-what-about-those-roundabouts#IDComment75061130 They spent a lot of money putting them in and what a pain. The busiest one ( 2 blocks east of Division) is outright dangerous. For some reason people heading south will cut infront of me heading west despite the fact they have a yeild sign. Everytime I drive through there I just assume the other people don't know how to use them. It is the only way to avoid an accident. The cost was ridiculous and the results are worse. Wed, 12 May 2010 13:45:39 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/michigan/Michigan-survey-asks-what-about-those-roundabouts#IDComment75061130 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/WMU-student-files-countersuit-vs-T-J#IDComment74976835 I love this. Not that long ago there was little you could do to defend yourself against a company like this. Welcome to the new world T & J. Wed, 12 May 2010 00:02:01 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/WMU-student-files-countersuit-vs-T-J#IDComment74976835 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/groundbreaking-event-for-Wyoming-YMCA#IDComment74866356 It seems hard to beleive there is enough demand for this many YMCAs I don't think this is more than 7-8 minutes drive from the Visser Y. Well it will give us members one more option. Tue, 11 May 2010 13:53:01 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/groundbreaking-event-for-Wyoming-YMCA#IDComment74866356 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/Cops-Man-wielding-meat-cleaver-killed#IDComment74760272 Throwing thing out a 3rd story window and then attacking the police with a meat cleaver? How much alcohol / drugs were involved with this? Good ridance. Tue, 11 May 2010 04:29:38 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kalamazoo_and_battle_creek/Cops-Man-wielding-meat-cleaver-killed#IDComment74760272 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Pond-drownings-spur-little-action#IDComment74759542 I am sorry as a father of 2 young children, I would simply not live that close to a pond. I have compassion for these parents but putting a fence around any water near homes is simply unrealistic. There are plenty of apartments without these ponds nearby. I would love to have a pool but I won't even consider it until my sons get older. These retention ponds are there because for many they make for a more confortable apartment complex. These apartments are not the place for children under 6. Children over 6 should have at least some basic swimming abilities ( again the responsibility of the parents). If there is any law needed ( I don't beleive there is) the law should ban renting to families with small children within a certain distance from these ponds. Tue, 11 May 2010 04:26:44 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/target_8/Pond-drownings-spur-little-action#IDComment74759542 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/911-called-after-courtroom-incident#IDComment74691884 How convenient. His medical emergency interupts the testamony of his accussor. I don't beleive it for a second. Tue, 11 May 2010 00:49:43 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/kent_county/911-called-after-courtroom-incident#IDComment74691884 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/Memorial-markers-stolen-from-Musk-park#IDComment74685531 What kind of trash steals war memorial markers?? If the culprits get caught they should let the veterans beat the he!! out of them. Tue, 11 May 2010 00:28:50 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/muskegon_county/Memorial-markers-stolen-from-Musk-park#IDComment74685531 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment74681030 A few years ago the city negotiated higher electric rates, yes, higher electric rates. They wanted consumers energy to gurantee a certain percentage of the city's electric supply came from renewable energy. They insisted it would not cost the taxpayer anything. I didn't beleive it at the time. Why can't the city leaders pay for the more expensive electricity and leave the taxpayer out of it. Tue, 11 May 2010 00:14:22 +0000 http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/grand_rapids/Want-streetlights-You-may-pay-for-them#IDComment74681030