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watauga county..in a sad sad state of mind (boone)

im just wondering how the watauga co. gov. has gotten so outa touch with the local ppl of watauga co....i have been a builder here for 20 years and i swear to god it just blows my mind at all the non sense i have to go through to keep a roof over my head anymore...i have a GOOD FRIEND who was a county commisinor and will be again if my vote counts and he explained to me the local gov. now are not interested in keeping the local ppl in watauga co....they want the rich n loaded in here so there slowly but surely gona code the locals out. hoping they will sell off to the rich...now they have went n got the watauga co. health dept. involved in everything to further the communist agenda i think there running...oh how sweet they explain all the bs to ya thinking your stupid...WE ARE NOT STUPID WATAUGA CO...AND I BEG EVERY WATAUGA CO. NATIVE WHO IS SICK AND TIRED OF BEING TOLD WHAT YOU CAN AND CANT DO ON THEIR OWN LAND TO PLZZZ FIND OUT WHO ARE BEHIND THESE PLAINLY DUMB AND IGNORANT LAWS AND VOTE THEM OUT OF OFFICE!!!...i will not go into details now on whats going on , but i fear the watauga co. health dept. will be taking food outa my mouth this winter over a ******. you would laugh if i told ya , but when my permits get turned down, ill explain...so if anyone reads this , you may have a garunteed job this winter sitting in a nice warm office, with no worries of paying ur light bill or eating but some of us dont...we pray every nite that god will bless us with work , but its sad that ur own county will starve a man in hard times over something as stupid as.......................................................................like i said if i get turned down ill spill the beans....i just pray god will allow my permits to go through....maybe he will touch the planning and inspections and the health dept. hearts...if not will they feed me this winter???......so funny how the laughed at state next door hasnt robbed its locals of their rights...sad sad sad.i think 2 words explain it well...POWER STARVED...mr ward..plzzzz come back.

Ski Town Legalizes Pot (Booney)

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Rep. Foxx sounds, acts wackier the longer she stays in office.

Partisanship is one thing, but dumb is so different

Rep. Foxx sounds, acts wackier the longer she stays in office.

Posted: Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009

U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx is a visible reminder of the Forrest Gump saying, "Stupid is as stupid does." Foxx has made so many gaffes since her first election to Congress in 2004 that it's more than just mildly embarrassing for North Carolina. It's find-an-island-to-ship-her-to embarrassing. And it's becoming how-can-voters-keep-electing-her embarrassing.

Don't think so? Here's the latest gaffe, which she made Monday.

Speaking on the floor of the U.S. House, Foxx said Americans should fear Democratic health care legislation more than they do terrorists. "We have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist," she said. No, we don't.

That statement follows one in July on the House floor where she charged that pending legislation would "put seniors in a position of being put to death by their government." No, it wouldn't.

That statement follows one in the spring where, during a House floor debate on a hate crimes bill, Foxx labeled the death of Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay man who was robbed, beaten and left tied to a fence, "a hoax." She later apologized, saying it was a poor choice of words. What would have been the right choice of words?

The list goes on. One time she fumed that a jobs bill was "teaching our people to work for the government. Shame on us." Foxx seemed to forget she has worked for government agencies all her career, including UNC Chapel Hill, Appalachian State University, Mayland Community College, the N.C. Senate and now Congress. Another time she called Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama socialists, then admitted "I don't know the dictionary definition of socialism." In 2005, she voted against help for Hurricane Katrina victims when even conservative N.C. colleague Patrick McHenry called it necessary.

There's also her hypocrisy. In 2006, Foxx railed against wasteful Democrats all the while securing $550,000 in federal money for a proposed teapot museum in her district. The national Citizens Against Government Waste publicized the grant in its 2006 "Pig Book" of pork barrel waste.

Many of her comments and actions are just partisanship run amok. Earlier this year, 100 fellow lawmakers tagged Foxx and McHenry second and fourth among the most partisan Republicans. But you can be partisan without being absurd.

Last year, Foxx told a Charlotte group visiting Washington, "I am trying to scare you to death," when listing her concerns about Democratic spending in Congress.

Her words and actions should scare voters in her 5th District, which stretches from the Piedmont to the mountains. In 2010, they should take that fear to the polls.

The Charlotte Observer