Posted by Had E. Nuff on April 18, 2005 at 14:12:13 (PST):
In Reply to: Re: why?? posted by Speaking Just For Me on April 16, 2005 at 18:02:30 (PST):
: : : : i dont understand why a lot of the people here bash kittanning...i have lived here for only a couple years and i think it is a nice place to live....my job requires me to work in a lot of small towns in western pa and let me tell you...all of them are worse than us....Mckees rocks....wilkinsburg....homestead.......i can go on and on...you walk through the street there and u see smashed up cars on the street ..lots and lots of garbadge,,,the only problem here is not enough jobs
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: : : It is the nature of people to complain , some complaints are reasonable others aren't.It just isn't the nature of people to get on here and say I love Kittanning because..... . The most famous military commanders always said the troops aren't happy unless they are bitching about something.And a lot of people aren't aware of how other people in other areas live.
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: : Have you ever considered that the reason this town ISN'T like McKees Rocks or Wilkinsburg or Homestead is because we DO bitch about things, and WON"T let things happen here, like have happened there. It is when people STOP complaining that towns begin to go downhill. However, it is when the LIBERALS begin to complain that a town TRULY goes to Hell. When a town begins to cater to the dregs of humanity, who are given homes, who's bills are paid and who's crimes are allowed to go virtually unpunished... when a town begins to do more for these people than it is willing to do for decent citizens... that is when a town becomes a McKees Rocks or a Wilkinsburgh or a Homestead. The people who do not complain are the people who do not care.
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: I agree with most everything you said, but to put the blame on "the liberals" just ruined your whole debate. The conservatives has equally participated in the decline of this once great economy. Start thinking outide the box of "right" versus "left" and things may get accomplished. Catering to one side or believing that one side is more responsible is the problem facing this whole nation. Take the topic of immigration. Look around Armstrong County with immigration. This was once labeled a "liberal" issue, but now we one of the most supposedly conservative Presidents who will not set any restrictions on the borders, but instead wants to naturalize all the ones in this country and allow them to collect government benefits.
: Start thinking outside the box...it is way bigger than conservatives versus liberls, much bigger. Try Corporate America versus the commono folk, and I will agree with you.
I am not speaking ONLY of those in office when I speak of "Liberals". I am speaking of all those who think that the answer to all the problems of the world are for those who HAVE to GIVE to those who HAVE NOT. This country is supposed to be the "Land of Opportunity" not the "Land of Charity". For those who truly need help, I am all for it, but this has become a country where decent working people must give up much of what they earn to support those who simply refuse to help themselves. The "Liberals" I speak of are the people who are not only okay with this, but are more than happy to find some reason why these people deserve to be supported by the rest of us. On the idea that little has been done by the Conservatives....maybe that's because they are not the "Religious Nuts" you have been told they are. If the "Liberals" had 8 years with this kind of control we would be living in a nationwide "slum" by 2020.
Let's also remember that it's the "Liberals" who have been pulling this "filibuster" crap for 4 years now, thus keeping the senate from VOTING on Supreme Court Justices.