Comments on: Trickle Down Economy Costs County Jobs

By: cathy

cathy — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:13:16 +0000

OK, that explains a lot about the youth in Boise.

By: cathy

cathy — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:32:02 +0000

Is it true that the land where is Columbia Village use to be the county dump?

EDITOR NOTE–Not only true, but MICRON in more recent years used the effluent from its chemical process to irrigate the soccer fields. Pipe runs beneath Gowen Rd. City of Boise drilled wells and claimed that “salts” were clogging the sprinkler heads. Despite years of requests, GUARDIAN coul;d never get any agency to test the soil for contamination on the fields where kids play. Would love to know today that it is now safe.

By: dog

dog — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:19:58 +0000

I think that saying should say “Join the military! Visit exotic lands, meet interesting mostly not white people, and kill them.”

Cyclops, guess it’s too bad brownish people got what we want.

By: TJ

TJ — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:51:06 +0000

Well, Gordon, I have spent a lot of time on military bases visiting my children, from Hawaii, to Alaska to Virginia and Kentucky. I probably heard that paragraph but I am old and have forgotten a lot.

I sure agree with your last paragraph. Perhaps we can now that we have a president with a working brain.

By: Gordon

Gordon — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:30:38 +0000

Where ya been, TJ? That saying became common during the Vietnam war and has been thrown around a lot since.
Besides, you wouldn’t think it was funny if you were one of those interesting people — say if some other country had decided to “save” us from our government.

Besides, if everybody who is unemployed or underemployed now due to downsizing, mergers, mismanagement etc., we’d have a bigger military than the next six or eight combined.
So we’d have to find more interesting people to kill. Of course, we’d probably have to kill them with rocks or something, since we couldn’t afford rifles and ammunition for that many people.

Maybe someday we’ll figure out how to make friends with people without blowing them up first, ya reckon?

By: TJ

TJ — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:35:40 +0000

“Join the military! Visit exotic lands, meet interesting people and kill them.”

That’s hysterical.

By: cathy

cathy — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:29:04 +0000

If the DMV is cutting back because fewer cars are being registered, then it could be plausable that there is a net migration out of the area. Can you the stats to see if fewer cars are just not being registered or being transferred out of state?

By: Cyclops

Cyclops — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 05:07:20 +0000

You are absolutely right Tom. It is partially about protecting our access to oil. It is also partially about attracting our enemies to a battleground of our choosing. So, your point is?? If every war throughout history was fought for either, land, religion, or access to natural resources, why would this be any different?
Why do you find it necessary to “lash out” at the messenger? The military fills a vital function in our society!
Resign yourself to that fact. Their blood for our common good was shed long before you were here, and they will continue to shed it, if necessary, long after your gone! If a battleground ever comes to your neighborhood, instead of “over there somewhere”, you will be on your knees crying like a child for the “warriors” to come save your rear end! Some people amaze me with their perceived self importance!

By: Tom Anderson

Tom Anderson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:12:03 +0000

Join the military! Visit exotic lands, meet interesting people and kill them.

I would like to write a 30 page rant against a ‘military recruitment ad’ appearing in a blog about Boise issues, but fear the Guardian might find it off topic…

Suffice it to say that anybody with even a tiny scap of intelligence would think twice before joining the military at a time where they would throw you straight to the front line of a very bloody war of highly questionable merit.

If your circumstances are so dire that you would need the job of mercenary, just know that you will be fighting to keep the SUV’s gassed up and the consumer consumption orgy in full swing. It is not abou protecting liberty, freedom, heroism, mom, or apple pie. It is about protecting access to oil.

By: Rod in SE Boise

Rod in SE Boise — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:29:50 +0000

Paul makes the case very well for universal health insurance (and note that I didn’t say socialized medicine – which are two drastically different things), whether he intended to or not. Group insurance is cheaper than individual insurance (which virtually nobody can afford).