Comments on: Not the End of the World Edition http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/ a critical take on Louisville news Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:07:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: davidrc http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50936 davidrc Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:27:38 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50936 It would be a real shame to see Hawpe go...NOT It would be a real shame to see Hawpe go…NOT

]]> By: Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50927 Steve Magruder (I, not D or R) Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:49:39 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50927 David Hawpe getting sacked would be a bubbly-popping kind of event for many of us in Louisville! Mayor Jer's Chief Stenographer and the Rotting Head of the Mayor Jer Protectorate has no credibility left anyway -- he may as well go. His juvenile rants about various politicians won't be missed either. David Hawpe getting sacked would be a bubbly-popping kind of event for many of us in Louisville!

Mayor Jer’s Chief Stenographer and the Rotting Head of the Mayor Jer Protectorate has no credibility left anyway — he may as well go.

His juvenile rants about various politicians won’t be missed either.

]]> By: Larry West http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50911 Larry West Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:27 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50911 In regards to Dec. 21, 2012 being the "end of the world." I wish people would stop mentioning this. Dec. 21st is my anniversary, and I know that if I ever forget it, it will be "the end of the world" for me, just as it would be for most of you. I have yet to forget my anniversary, and I don't plan on forgetting it in 2012. :-) So if the world DOES end that day, feel free to blame me. In regards to Dec. 21, 2012 being the “end of the world.” I wish people would stop mentioning this. Dec. 21st is my anniversary, and I know that if I ever forget it, it will be “the end of the world” for me, just as it would be for most of you. I have yet to forget my anniversary, and I don’t plan on forgetting it in 2012. :-)

So if the world DOES end that day, feel free to blame me.

]]> By: Steve http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50908 Steve Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:45:28 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50908 What a relief to know that I can plan for the world to end. Just when I thought I should start saving for retirement and increasing my activism against global warming, mountaintop removal, etc., I learn that we'll all expire on Dec. 12, 2012. What a relief. I can refuse to pay taxes, cash in my condo and gleefully squander the proceeds. Only during sweeps would crap such as doomsday predictions be permitted to pass as news. They scare the bejesus out of kids surfing the 'net and prompt parents to send "hate mail" to the crackpots who promote the silly myth that we're all going to die in two-and-a-half years. Shame on WHAS-TV for giving these fearmongers a megaphone. The demise of the world and humankind will happen slowly and painfully, largely because of the proliferation of idiots and idiocy -- and because of the misconduct of stupid or greedy gatekeepers. See "Idiocracy." What a relief to know that I can plan for the world to end.

Just when I thought I should start saving for retirement and increasing my activism against global warming, mountaintop removal, etc., I learn that we’ll all expire on Dec. 12, 2012.

What a relief. I can refuse to pay taxes, cash in my condo and gleefully squander the proceeds.

Only during sweeps would crap such as doomsday predictions be permitted to pass as news.

They scare the bejesus out of kids surfing the ‘net and prompt parents to send “hate mail” to the crackpots who promote the silly myth that we’re all going to die in two-and-a-half years.

Shame on WHAS-TV for giving these fearmongers a megaphone.

The demise of the world and humankind will happen slowly and painfully, largely because of the proliferation of idiots and idiocy — and because of the misconduct of stupid or greedy gatekeepers.

See “Idiocracy.”

]]> By: Cantinflas http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50905 Cantinflas Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:42:15 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50905 *chortle* David *chortle* Hawpe? HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW-pe!!! <i>That would be a dream come true!</i> Ta-ta! Adios! Goodbye! HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!! *chortle* David *chortle* Hawpe? HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW-pe!!!

That would be a dream come true! Ta-ta! Adios! Goodbye!

HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW HAW!!!!

]]> By: Bruce Maples http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50902 Bruce Maples Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:19:36 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50902 The Julie Denton story amazes me on two levels -- one, that she couldn't see the obvious conflict of interest herself, and asked the Ethics Commission about it; and two, that the Ethics Commission actually okayed it! If she needs the work, then take the job and quit the committee. Simple. Or, if you really want to stay on the committee, then don't take the job. I'd throw out IOKIYAR, but there are plenty of examples from both sides of the aisle. Apparently, conflicts of interest aren't covered in Legislator Onboarding. The Julie Denton story amazes me on two levels — one, that she couldn’t see the obvious conflict of interest herself, and asked the Ethics Commission about it;

and two, that the Ethics Commission actually okayed it!

If she needs the work, then take the job and quit the committee. Simple. Or, if you really want to stay on the committee, then don’t take the job.

I’d throw out IOKIYAR, but there are plenty of examples from both sides of the aisle. Apparently, conflicts of interest aren’t covered in Legislator Onboarding.

]]> By: Steve Bittenbender http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-50882 Steve Bittenbender Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:35:26 +0000 http://thevillevoice.com/2009/07/09/not-the-end-of-the-world-edition/#comment-50882 The word in Cincinnati is the Enquirer could have about 100 peopleaffected by today's announcement. And that 2012 hoax has been around for years. Hell, half of the History Channel's programming focuses on it. The word in Cincinnati is the Enquirer could have about 100 peopleaffected by today’s announcement.

And that 2012 hoax has been around for years. Hell, half of the History Channel’s programming focuses on it.

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