en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/465049 Comments by zeeknollie http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/funeral.html#IDComment145630967 My sentiments exactly. Our nephew came home from Afghanistan, injured but alive. But he lost two of his buddies over there. God bless all our troops but please bring them home, safe, sound and soon. Which can't be soon enough. Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:33:23 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/funeral.html#IDComment145630967 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/University-Hikes-Staff-Cuts-to-go-Before-Regents-120547309.html#IDComment145609282 Wow, why would you eliminate funding for the School for the Deaf while there is so much other chaff and dead weight they could get rid of? Another example of how out of touch the decision makers are with the real world and real situations. How is it We the People let our government get so out of touch with reality? Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:04:32 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/University-Hikes-Staff-Cuts-to-go-Before-Regents-120547309.html#IDComment145609282 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Union-Files-Two-Grievances-Against-UI-in-Baby-Monitor-Incident-118958404.html#IDComment138829130 Ha! Ha! i was gonna say the same thing but you beat me to it! Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:56:13 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Union-Files-Two-Grievances-Against-UI-in-Baby-Monitor-Incident-118958404.html#IDComment138829130 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Hearing-On-Proposal-For-Another-Nuclear-Plant-Is-Today-118764324.html#IDComment138120809 It bamboozles me as to why anyone would want another nuclear power plant around here after seeing the tragedy taking place at Fukushima. If that is'nt a wake up call to the hazards and dangers of nuclear power then I guess I don't know what is. Is nuclear supposed to be green energy? It looks like its more poison the planet energy. I know we need energy from somewhere, and so far all the conventional sources have their problems but this one seems to have risks that outweigh the benefits. We need more conservation of energy so we don't need new sources. Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:44:37 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Hearing-On-Proposal-For-Another-Nuclear-Plant-Is-Today-118764324.html#IDComment138120809 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Bill-Allowing-Dove-Hunting-May-Pass-In-Iowa-This-Year-118373974.html#IDComment136542045 Geesh don't they have anything better to do? Is this what my property taxes got raised for as well as for a bunch of other B.S. that does'nt do anything for me? Mon, 21 Mar 2011 18:27:26 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Bill-Allowing-Dove-Hunting-May-Pass-In-Iowa-This-Year-118373974.html#IDComment136542045 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Mother-of-Fallen-Iowa-City-Soldier-Starts-Petition-Against-the-US-Supreme-Court-118138444.html#IDComment135564497 I'd like to know where to go to sign her petition. I bet if she just set up a booth somewhere like in Westdale Mall or somewhere she'd have a line ten miles long to sign the petition and I'd be one of them. Maybe the Westboro creeps have a right to say what they want but people like the Sourivongs also have the RIGHT to a respectful ceremony. By the way, my utmost respect and condolences go to the soldiers and their families. Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:49:15 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Mother-of-Fallen-Iowa-City-Soldier-Starts-Petition-Against-the-US-Supreme-Court-118138444.html#IDComment135564497 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Vision-Iowa-Board-Gives-16-million-to-Cedar-Rapids-Riverfront-Amphitheater-Project-117680824.html#IDComment133864309 Well ya gotta have some extra money if you want to do anything and the government and gasoline prices keep taking away all our extra money. So they can have a fancy amphitheater or whatever for all their shows that nobody can afford to go to. Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:12:21 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Vision-Iowa-Board-Gives-16-million-to-Cedar-Rapids-Riverfront-Amphitheater-Project-117680824.html#IDComment133864309 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Council-Quietly-Passes-New-Budget-Property-Taxes-Going-up-for-Homeowners-117630013.html#IDComment133663570 I'll be sure to vote every one of those berries out of office if I'm still here for the next election. Wed, 9 Mar 2011 19:33:08 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Council-Quietly-Passes-New-Budget-Property-Taxes-Going-up-for-Homeowners-117630013.html#IDComment133663570 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-Bill-on-Same-sex-Marriage-Licenses-in-Trouble--116829068.html#IDComment130367116 I'm an older, white, heterosexual male and I don't want to pay taxes anymore. Who cares, right? Thu, 24 Feb 2011 17:06:28 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-Bill-on-Same-sex-Marriage-Licenses-in-Trouble--116829068.html#IDComment130367116 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/After-Nearly-300-Animals-Seized-or-Surrendered-Woman-Will-Be-Charged-116762899.html#IDComment130202280 Lots 'n lots, thanks for asking. By the way, when the owner needs help, you can be sure the animals in her so-called care need it worse. Wed, 23 Feb 2011 23:58:55 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/After-Nearly-300-Animals-Seized-or-Surrendered-Woman-Will-Be-Charged-116762899.html#IDComment130202280 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-Professor-Quits-Had-Been-Under-Investigation-For-Assault-Sex-Abuse-116650959.html#IDComment129854103 He'll probably be getting a nice severance package from the U to top it all off! That would be another good story for KCRG to cover. Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:09:20 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-Professor-Quits-Had-Been-Under-Investigation-For-Assault-Sex-Abuse-116650959.html#IDComment129854103 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Official-Iowa-Will-Learn-from-12-Players-Illness-114650144.html#IDComment123935098 I doubt we'll ever know the real reason. I can hear the Uof I wagons circling now. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:45:12 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Official-Iowa-Will-Learn-from-12-Players-Illness-114650144.html#IDComment123935098 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Business-Owner-Says-Post-Flood-Progress-Slow-114435349.html#IDComment123222791 Nothing wrong with a story about one business owner trying to make it work in downtown CR after the flood. I didn't get the feeling he was whining either. As for concerns about the futility of rebuilding after natural disasters, I agree some locations are always going to be of more concern than others and should never be rebuilt, let alone ever having been populated in the first place. I just don't believe you can count Cedar Rapids in that category. Otherwise, we shouldn't bother settling or rebuilding in ANY area where hurricanes, tornados, forest fires,earthquakes, major sinkholes and mudslides are prone or have even been known to occur, even once. Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:37:32 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Business-Owner-Says-Post-Flood-Progress-Slow-114435349.html#IDComment123222791 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-Tallies-Record-Number-of-Polluted-Waterways--114207829.html#IDComment122329352 Geesh what did I say? The rivers are polluted? Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:56:36 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowa-Tallies-Record-Number-of-Polluted-Waterways--114207829.html#IDComment122329352 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Gov-Branstad-Says-Hundreds-of-State-Layoffs-Necessary--114154629.html#IDComment122143808 Thats funny, the Press-Citizen has an article on this as well but they say 1000+ will get pink slips, not hundreds. "Seems to me what we have here is a failure to communicate." Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:56:01 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Gov-Branstad-Says-Hundreds-of-State-Layoffs-Necessary--114154629.html#IDComment122143808 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Ranks--112839569.html#IDComment119492824 My husband and I were watching TV last night when we heard about this startling statistic. I nearly spilled my gin-and-tonic and he dropped his bottle of Jim Beam! Tue, 4 Jan 2011 17:31:30 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Ranks--112839569.html#IDComment119492824 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Ranks--112839569.html#IDComment119457228 I've been looking for a new place to live. Milwaukee sounds promising! Tue, 4 Jan 2011 13:00:43 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Ranks--112839569.html#IDComment119457228 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Ranks--112839569.html#IDComment119448047 Must be Branstads fault. Tue, 4 Jan 2011 11:39:05 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Cedar-Rapids-Ranks--112839569.html#IDComment119448047 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Obesity-Epidemic-Changing-Funeral-Industry-112791364.html#IDComment119341560 Must be Branstads fault. Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:42:00 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Obesity-Epidemic-Changing-Funeral-Industry-112791364.html#IDComment119341560 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowan-Gets-Three-Years-in-Student-Loan-Scheme--112811824.html#IDComment119341052 So doesn't the student loan organization have a system to protect from fraud and abuse like this? Sounds like maybe somebody dropped the ball somewhere. Mon, 3 Jan 2011 20:37:42 +0000 http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/Iowan-Gets-Three-Years-in-Student-Loan-Scheme--112811824.html#IDComment119341052