en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/558655 Comments by pdxjustinw http://www.katu.com/news/local/98709614.html#IDComment87389073 Well then...next time perhaps you should shoot the transient and not worry about the dog. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:45:23 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/98709614.html#IDComment87389073 http://northportland.katu.com/content/pickup-hits-school-bus-head-police-say-driver-was-intoxicated#IDComment85855017 Alcoholism is far from a disease. These people have the option of not getting behind the wheel of a car after saucing themselves at the local pub. These people also have the option of choosing not to put the rim of a filled glass of alcohol to their lips and drinking. These people do not have a disease. And do you really think Jesus is going to help these people? What has Jesus done for anyone lately...if ever? Jesus can't save anyone, God can't save anyone. In order for one to be saved, they must save themselves. Why don't you put down the Bible (which is a work of fiction) for one minute, take a look around and realize that people are in charge of their own lives. Not Jesus, not God, not a book that can be found freely in the sleaziest of places...but YOU! Honestly, Jesus has done nothing for anyone lately...if ever...and he's not going to stop the thousands of idiots that drink and drive every day. And if you say that it takes something like this for people to "come to Jesus" then you're as sad as all of them. Fri, 9 Jul 2010 20:54:14 +0000 http://northportland.katu.com/content/pickup-hits-school-bus-head-police-say-driver-was-intoxicated#IDComment85855017 http://www.katu.com/news/95916864.html#IDComment79230151 I agree...that it will be 88 degrees...sometime. Wed, 9 Jun 2010 04:47:12 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/95916864.html#IDComment79230151 http://www.katu.com/news/local/95669809.html#IDComment78733135 Did you read the story? "...the stepmother saw the boy walking toward his classroom as she left the building but officials with Portland Public Schools said Horman’s teacher never saw him in class which started at 10 a.m. The teacher marked him absent." "...Horman didn’t get off the bus in the afternoon" If he was marked as absent there wouldn't really be any need to monitor him in the bus area, would there? And it sounds as though he regularly took the bus if his parents were waiting for him to get off of it. Obviously he disappeared shortly after his stepmother saw him walking towards his classroom which would suggest that someone inside the school...possibly his birth mother...was waiting for him and took him. It is sad that, even today in 2010, schools aren't as safe as they should be. Is there anyone that can be trusted to completely ensure the safety of other people's children? I hope he is found soon and is found unharmed. Sat, 5 Jun 2010 23:24:05 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/95669809.html#IDComment78733135 http://portlandcitycenter.katu.com/content/police-call-alleged-attack-gay-men-bias-crime#IDComment78625049 Well said. Sat, 5 Jun 2010 04:16:26 +0000 http://portlandcitycenter.katu.com/content/police-call-alleged-attack-gay-men-bias-crime#IDComment78625049 http://www.katu.com/news/weird/95335209.html#IDComment78135400 So, if I Google some directions right now, walk them and get hit by a car, bitten by a dog, harassed by bigots, mistaken for someone else and beaten up, or any number of random acts of what-have-you, I can just sue Google? Is this woman serious? I'd like to know where she works and how much debt she has because in most cases such as this, people only sue to make money that they don't have. Sure...I can understand her being upset about being injured by an automobile, but really, lady...REALLY? Is the money going to afford you some common sense as to not walk where you don't think it's safe? I guess I'm going to walk around SE Portland in the middle of the night with cash hanging out of my pocket and then sue the city when I get robbed (not really). STUPID, STUPID, STUPID!!! Wed, 2 Jun 2010 02:00:07 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/weird/95335209.html#IDComment78135400 http://www.katu.com/news/local/94741849.html#IDComment76946596 This sounds like a nice idea and all, but I seriously doubt anyone in Portland is going to drop loose change into a meter after being hit up by a dozen "homeless" people on every corner downtown asking for a handout. Not to mention the number of people that don't even pay to park their cars on the street. Again...nice idea and in a perfect world would go over quite well, but not here...not not...probably not any time soon. Sorry...just being honest. Mon, 24 May 2010 20:50:52 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/94741849.html#IDComment76946596 http://www.katu.com/news/79554062.html#IDComment47990991 I don't EVEN know where to start with this one. All I'm going to say is that I am so, so sorry for the young girl and her family. What they must be feeling right now...hmm... Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:26:17 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/79554062.html#IDComment47990991 http://www.katu.com/news/63636867.html#IDComment37790265 Well said. I don't think I've ever seen this much awesome in one place in my life. Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:14:45 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/63636867.html#IDComment37790265 http://www.katu.com/news/63636867.html#IDComment37790033 Well, there's already the single-wide trailer and the broken down cars in the yard... Sure sounds like a good place to raise a thieving little so and so like him. Oh...wait...already done, huh? I will thank God every day that this woman is not my mother and that I am not a part of this family. Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:11:58 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/63636867.html#IDComment37790033 http://www.katu.com/news/63636867.html#IDComment37789398 You've got to be kidding me. If I were pulling this kind of crap and my mother knew about it, she would be the first person to turn me in. In my world, that makes her a good...no, GREAT parent. It's called caring enough to do what is right whether it makes you feel good or not. Honestly, this Pam Kohler woman probably needs as much help as her son. The first time I read about this kid I was slightly in awe that he had gotten away with as much as he had. But reading this story...and hearing what his mother has to say about all of it...oh my. I just don't know what to think about it anymore. I'm sorry about his poor upbringing and lack of a positive role model...I guess. I don't know...all I can say is at least m mom loves me enough to turn me in if I ever pulled this kind of crap. Wow...I think I may just call my mom now and tell her how much I appreciate and love her. Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:03:15 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/63636867.html#IDComment37789398 http://www.katu.com/news/national/58494917.html#IDComment34249325 I'm not trying to sound harsh, but technically, these women were on a reality show. It sucks that they got duped into something much less glamorous than they probably expected, but still, it was a reality show of sorts. I hope the people involved in the "production" of said "show" suffer some sort of backlash and, as well, that the women who participated will someday soon recover from the...embarrassment (?) of the situation. In the end, I fear that it will all come to an end that it was actually a reality show and they did sign on for a reality show. It's sad, but true. Unfortunately. Sun, 13 Sep 2009 08:32:07 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/national/58494917.html#IDComment34249325 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53842217.html#IDComment31502299 I agree. And good luck with the backlash of "It's not about race", or "damn illegals" replies you will likely receive. Everyone here would like to convince themselves that it's not about race, but I guarantee whether or not the ICE was involved or had that fact been omitted from the story, it still would have been a racial issue for most people commenting and the fact that they are Hispanic would lead to the assumption that they were in this country illegally. And sadly, for the many foreigners living in this country LEGALLY who follow the law and are good human beings, they will always have a permanent strike against them just for being different. Some things will never change and that is sad. And some people will never change. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:18:57 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53842217.html#IDComment31502299 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53842217.html#IDComment31499231 I agree that they are human trash for what they have done. I do not agree (unlike nearly everyone commenting on this story) that just because someone is Hispanic or what have you that they are automatically bad, evil and illegally in this country. There are plenty of white people committing the same, and even worse, crimes in Portland and when those stories are posted, nobody fills up the comment boards with hatred for white people, instantly chastising them for their race. Again, anyone who commits an act such as these two men have is certainly human trash. But no one is human trash based solely on the color of their skin or what country their family may be from. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:37:06 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53842217.html#IDComment31499231 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53842217.html#IDComment31457801 You can hardly blame a news station for "allowing this to go on". It's not their job to make sure things like this don't happen. It's their job to report it and that is exactly what they are doing. REPORTING IT!!! If you think otherwise, then why don't you get an education, become a news anchor and become personally responsible for every little thing that goes wrong in Portland. That's what you expect KATU to do, so you'd better be prepared for the same to be expected of you. Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:38:10 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53842217.html#IDComment31457801 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53537782.html#IDComment31158693 Well said. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:11:39 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53537782.html#IDComment31158693 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53537782.html#IDComment31158299 If only everyone posting on this story would or could do the same as what you have offered. Congratulations to you for showing that there are still kind people in this city of so many bad people with only hurtful things to say. You are a true human being. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:10:05 +0000 http://www.katu.com/news/local/53537782.html#IDComment31158299 http://thebananablog.com/blog1/2008/11/20/amateur-college-couple/#IDComment30717698 This is why I love straight guys. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:13:54 +0000 http://thebananablog.com/blog1/2008/11/20/amateur-college-couple/#IDComment30717698 http://thebananablog.com/blog1/2008/05/26/duke-frat-boy/#IDComment30717563 OK...someone here has to be able to fuck me like that. I'm down for it. Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:11:54 +0000 http://thebananablog.com/blog1/2008/05/26/duke-frat-boy/#IDComment30717563 http://thebananablog.com/blog1/2008/09/18/the-hand-job/#IDComment30717415 Holy crap. Send this kid to my house! Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:09:21 +0000 http://thebananablog.com/blog1/2008/09/18/the-hand-job/#IDComment30717415