Most recent reader comments at MaineToday.com http://www.mainetoday.com/comments.xml http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297967#begin Nov. 24, 5:19 PM
"Louis says, \"If nuclear is so great, why cannot the industry sustain itself without massive subsidies, government investment and total exemption from liability?\" Facts: Under the Price-Anderson Act, US nuclear facilities are required to pay for their own private liability insurance in two layers that provide a combined..." —fins2right
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7140627&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 5:19 PM
"Amen, mapa. I know the traffic at that time is heavy along Rt. 202 and getting out of Puddledock Road almost impossible. And it was also dark. It would have made more sense for the pickup to make a right and reverse direction at the intersection with the stop n go lights. As you said, drivers often try to do someone a favor,..." —JPK
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297999#begin Nov. 24, 5:17 PM
"""Yet you are all on your knees welcoming the next generation of terrorists to our towns and schools' THIS story is about SCHOOL CHILDREN and immigration NOT terrorism. BIG leap there---going. ANYONE involved in terrorism against the US (no matter what form it takes) should be nailed to the cross." —catsome
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297956#begin Nov. 24, 5:16 PM
"#13 - Randy of Brunswick, Maine" —MainelyJack
Nov. 24, 5:15 PM
"#12 - Riml of East Boothbay, Maine" —MainelyJack
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7116959&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 5:15 PM
"Oh seriously ThomasPaine? What does skin color and sexual orientation have to do with socially redeeming values? What is this a contest? But clearly you think less of your gay and lesbian neighbors if you\'re stretching yourself into asserting that gays and lesbians are not worthy of civil equality. This is not an issue..." —Joseph
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=298059#begin Nov. 24, 5:13 PM
"\"What part of these new taxes could he possibly want?\" He is wealthy. He is probably one of the people who is getting a huge income tax cut from this bill. Most of the income tax cuts will be received by the wealthy. Of course the number of families getting an income tax increase to support their cuts is larger than the..." —SiddFinch
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297373#begin Nov. 24, 5:12 PM
"Nothing gets the Left's diapers in a twist like the little lady from Alaska. (What are they so frightened of?) No wonder they can't handle anything meaningful." —MainelyJack
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297999&#begin Nov. 24, 5:08 PM
""Read the NYT articles on home grown islamic terrorists. " It's the home grown domestic ones that worry me more--like McVeigh. The one's who think the gov'ment's out to get them and can't tolerate differences or the diversity america stands for. There is usually some good and bad people in all "groups' no matter the..." —catsome
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297941#begin Nov. 24, 5:07 PM
"Bob is wonderful! I wish him all the best in retirement, and good luck to the new proprietor." —Johnwilson20
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139397&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 5:07 PM
"Any sane set of conditions that would determine when a trigger ought to be pulled to establish a robust and substantive public plan would inevitably force us to jump in a time machine to squeeze it in 1989 or earlier. Triggers are for political reasons to delay reforms and are never intended to yield sound policy." —BB
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297960#begin Nov. 24, 5:06 PM
"Author is wrong. A permit holder can bring their firearm into a bar, unless the establishment has signage indicating no concealed weapons. A non permit holder can open carry everywhere a permit holder can." —JanJan
Nov. 24, 5:03 PM
"pphreader of gorham, ME Nov 24, 2009 4:14 PM Remember Columbine? No guns in schools ever! ------------------------------------------------ How idiotic! The shooters at Columbine brought the guns from home along with a well thought out plan for mass homicide. If anything Columbine is an argument FOR providing some form..." —SacoSam
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297823#begin Nov. 24, 5:03 PM
"South_Munjoy of Minneapolis, MN Nov 24, 2009 1:59 PM \"I would have serious reservations not about his ability, but his desire and will to offer my child equity in council\" +++ As to counsel, no youth is well served by making reservations to meet with a religious bigot. Mr. Mendell has reinforced the prejudices of..." —SlyME
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139569&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 5:03 PM
"Senator of Waldoboro is 100% right, and the only real solution is to cut spending. This isn\'t rocket science, but the liberals from the Far Left want you to think it is... they need to go!" —Govt2Big
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7116945&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 5:01 PM
"SlyME of Augusta, ME Nov 24, 2009 4:54 PM \"You cannot make \"matter\" into \"non-matter.\" \" Oh really? E=MC squared. Matter converts to energy in an impact high enough. So when its energy dissipates it\'s non-matter. So you lie." —Hipupchuck
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297967#begin Nov. 24, 4:59 PM
"fins2right, You mean like the 4,660 items, totalling 157.5 MB that you can search and find very interesting things in. Like programs, data, and emails." —notyou
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297999#begin Nov. 24, 4:57 PM
"iron ...\"then U call me a white Supremicest\" your own words and post do that." —catsome
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139281&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:56 PM
"maxamiion - \"you got my vote all you cater boys they worked just as hard as anyone else to get where the did. so back off\". Okay, okay we\'re all backing off. Don\'t get upset! I do want to point out though that they\'re the Karter boys not \"cater\" boys. Also, many of us are a wee bit tired of having to employ..." —TheSaint
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7116945&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 4:54 PM
"\"You cannot make \"matter\" into \"non-matter.\" \" +++ Jim, I understand what your intention is, but you should reword this. E = mc2 - transmutation reactions (such as 7Li + p ¨ 2 4He) verify Einstein\'s formula to an accuracy of }0.5%. \" In late 1938, while on the winter walk on which they solved the meaning..." —SlyME
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139569&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:53 PM
"\"MikeH of ME Nov 24, 2009 2:26 PM So you want to have your paycheck taxed without any choice versus being taxed on purchases that you can choose to not make. That doesn\'t make any sense to me. What new additional taxes will you spend $359 on? Thats a lot of movies! Just curious.\" There are choices with income tax. My..." —SiddFinch
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297999#begin Nov. 24, 4:53 PM
"Cat and Co, There is a irony here. This week you were all in a uproar because a woman had an unloaded side arm in her bag at a school. Yet you are all on your knees welcoming the next generation of terrorists to our towns and schools, oh how diverse and foolish you are. Read the NYT articles on home grown islamic terrorists...." —goinbroke
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139569&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:50 PM
"People who don\'t want the state income tax cut are the ones who loop hole out of paying it. If they have to pay tax on services they can\'t use their loop hole. That\'s the only difference." —Hipupchuck
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=298059#begin Nov. 24, 4:49 PM
"This guy who is paying his lawyer to try and delay a vote from the people who will most likely \"reject\" the Dems. massive new taxes, sure hasn\'t much to do with his money. He should have taken that money and donated to the locate food bank since the Maine Democrats are putting most everyone into the poor house now a days:(..." —bishy
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139281&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:49 PM
"Did you notice the photo in the paper that was taken as they were busting into the place..did they call the paper to tag along?" —kkgreene
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297941#begin Nov. 24, 4:47 PM
"Good Luck Bob I am another man who had no one but Bob cut their hair for over 20 years! The hair has gotten scarcer But the great laughs we all shared at Bobs never faded" —brian1244
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297976#begin Nov. 24, 4:43 PM
"You go John!!!" —Shelly1
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=298010#begin Nov. 24, 4:43 PM
"Player of Gray, ME Nov 24, 2009 2:42 PM Good. Tasers are an excellent alternative to deadly force, ie a gun. Glad to see it worked out well. ================= Tasers should be used as an alternative to deadly force, not an alternative to physical force as stated in the article. They were also not designed to be a compliance..." —Shawn
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139281&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:39 PM
"part 2 let me tell you something todd is a good man under all that police stuff and believe or not todd has been my protacter in the pass years in winslow and frankly talking smack about him not smart alot of people repect him so stop your jeolously next time we all came find you and put you in the paper and and call you mr...." —maxamiion
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297960#begin Nov. 24, 4:39 PM
"\"Willful ignorance in the face of overwhelming evidence that the proliferation of handguns does far more harm than good. Sophistry as an art form.\" Amazing that before liberal social policies and gun bans, violence of all kinds was a small fraction of what it is today. With liberal social policies the American inner..." —TomC
Nov. 24, 4:34 PM
"Thanks, MaineCWP\' that\'s very interesting to me. Not, churches, huh? Abortion clinics, huh? Civil rights or corporate management meetings, etc., huh? I can list many more \"huh\'s?\" It seems that people are somewhere along a dichotomous spectrum between atomism and holism. I should talk. I have a PC, and it\'s really bothered..." —MaineHiker
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7121897&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 4:32 PM
"revelation of Waterville, ME Nov 24, 2009 2:21 PM \"He sends many disasters as warnings to wake up people to the very thought that there just might be a being greater than them. \"Still, they sleep and mock God\" ++ Criminy, can\'t he just end an e-mail? You still having trouble sleeping, rev? Try getting out and..." —SlyME
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7116959&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 4:30 PM
"There you go again, as usual you\'re trying to argue an issue off point." —ThomasPaine
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297967#begin Nov. 24, 4:30 PM
"mainerunr, you are clearly so arrogant that it makes you ignorant. You pretend that Maine Yankee was NOT a miserable failure, but you want more of it. The definiton of insane is to keep doing the same thing over and expect a different result. If nuclear is so great, why cannot the industry sustain itself without massive subsidies,..." —louisH2Ovill
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7121897&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 4:27 PM
"Barbara Cripe is correct, Most of us in this state have been gracious in accepting the homosexuals living as our neighbors, and they in return have been gracious to us. Only thing is...the attempt to hijack mainers traditional values in the name of an deviant alt-lifestyle choice is an afront to our good will and an outright..." —goinbroke
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297999#begin Nov. 24, 4:25 PM
"The reason Catholic Charities imports people is that they are Catholics. It is good marketing to bring in dependant 3rd world Catholics. It was never personal. It was only business." —Chinook
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297976#begin Nov. 24, 4:24 PM
"Actually, a self correction, as atmospheric CO2 increases, it incrases aqueous CO2 per Henry's law, the equilibrium shifts to the lower pKA (i.e. more acidic). I get too worked up reading the nonsense of idiots." —John
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7140272&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:23 PM
"CaptBucky, I am on my way to do just that. This \"silent minority\" the selectmen keep refering to, always seem to have the majority of the votes. It\'s a shame that we have to keep voting until the selectmen get a vote they like and then carry on \"business as usual\". Vote No" —DirtDog
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7127885&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:22 PM
"Justice - court records are all public record - as are police reports in almost every state. There is nothing confidential or secret about them. And if you don\'t want to go to the courts, you can purchase criminal records from the State Bureau of Investigation. The only thing you can\'t get is juvenile records. Do your..." —Fabelhaft2
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297976#begin Nov. 24, 4:21 PM
"obamination that shows how much you know about water chemistry, what you can quote from wikipedia. The oceans are not alkaline. All water bodies are buffered by the carbonate complexes, H2CO3, HCO3 and CO3. These are the predominant species. As CO2 increases in the atmosphere, which it has, the equilibrium point shifts..." —John
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297373#begin Nov. 24, 4:19 PM
"\"Are we still on Sarah Palin subject; or tossing BS like first graders?\" After reading a couple of pages of pure back and forth blather, I\'m thinking it\'s the latter.... Makes for amusing reading, though." —RIJim
Nov. 24, 4:18 PM
"Romney 2012.Sara is a fund raiser and the celeb du jour.No substance." —pphreader
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7116959&sec=view/letters#begin Nov. 24, 4:16 PM
"ThomasPaine of in but not of, ME Nov 24, 2009 4:00 PM \"Comparing skin color to sexual behavior is quite the stretch of the imagination.\" +++ Comparing what you\'ve got to what I\'ve got, you\'d have to stretch a lot more than your imagination, little fella. But I\'ll still support your equal rights under the law." —SlyME
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297960#begin Nov. 24, 4:14 PM
"Remember Columbine? No guns in schools ever!" —pphreader
Nov. 24, 4:13 PM
"These arguments get so old. I am going to send a few hundred rounds down range this week to blow off some steam. I am also going to involve my children, and a few others to enjoy in the all American sport of shooting. God Bless America, God Bless this fine State we live in." —HG_athlete
]]> http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7139281&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:12 PM
"The Bob-in? magine that! Never been there but the place looks NASTY !!! Like you might catch more that the H1N1 there!" —Marie
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297373#begin Nov. 24, 4:08 PM
"I think that the Press Herald should print more stories like this one. Seems to keep the repeat offenders occupied all day long." —backwrdstate
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297960#begin Nov. 24, 4:07 PM
"Your November 24th editorial Bringing a gun to school not just an accident was riddled with inaccurate reporting. “There are only a few places that carrying a gun is prohibited, including a courthouse, a bar and a school.” Totally inaccurate statement. Here are a few facts for your readers: Other prohibited locations; Maine..." —MaineCWP
]]> http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/commentsCMN.html?id=7140272&sec=news/local#begin Nov. 24, 4:07 PM
"Reader must be a Monmouth cop. His predictions of doom and gloom are standard for government employees facing extinction. Most Maine towns, Readfield and Manchester are examples, do not have police forces yet have crime rates as low or lower than Monmouth. Property values are higher in those two communities as well. Of course..." —CaptBucky
]]> http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/comments.php?id=297999#begin Nov. 24, 4:04 PM
"C'mon all the Catholics on the board,ya' can't have it both ways! God's charitable work from CC and traditional marriage.They go hand in hand.Listen to the good Bishop!" —pphreader
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