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I and now others have noted quite a few articles that complete comment threads have been deleted. These threads had many statements in which a group was making accusational threats. Only to be silenced by the facts or by another party maybe telling them to quit commenting.
Matt, would you be kind enough to clarify, are you being pressured by the advertisers, or certain people to do this? You have seemed to sensor or not even write about issues involving the continued accusations. What has set you aside from other media is the open forum in which people are allowed to express. I hope it remains that way.
Matt is that “little Anny Fanny” as the mascot for rants and raves? looks suspicious.
hey everyone. post “WTF” if you dont know what im talking about
anyone else have the problem with accidentlly clicking on the clasified ads link instead of the rants and raves link when pulling it down?? I have to time it just right on my computer. also Matt… any way of putting seperate pages on this page (rants and raves). this page is getting v e r y…l o n g.
Could the stop light in this town be anymore screwed up. Only car at the intersection and a green turn arrow for on comming traffic lights up.
Emanresu you are not kidding look what some of them do both the farmer & there wifes both get checks, looks like they split there land so both can collect, check out CG county looks like almost a million for each for the top dogs shit you could build a nice new house with that
I just checked out the Globe Gazette website… looks like the generic brand of NIToday. When they start charging to read articles on there it’ll be really funny.
Went to Burger King in Mason City the other day and they got my order wrong for like the 4th time in a row….is it really that hard for the minimum wage ppl at Burger King to get the order right? idk if i will ever go back there again.
Who is this Peter Children that writes all the opinionated articles for NIT…I heard he owns Universal Products in mason city? Does he also work for NIT? He seems like kind of a jesus freak.
a world without war. PEACE!
wish i could get a city job……….. talk about doing nothing getting paid big $$$$ for sitting in a truck all day……. in the union, yet most of them vote republicant,,,,,, STUPID!!!!!!!!!! they wont hire anybody with a brain!!!!!
Farmers that complain about people who collect welfare. A farm subsidy is the same thing as welfare only a softer name. The amount a single farmer collects would equal 10 welfare recipients or more, yet farmer live a much better life at tax payer’s expense.
I think NIT needs to add approve/disapprove or agree/disagree buttons on the articles and on the comments.
When someone passes away I understand putting the surviving relatives in the obit, but what gets me is putting someone like a fiancee who isn’t family yet in there. The other day I was reading an obit of a gentleman and they listed the daughter and her husband and one of her sons and his wife then they put her other son and his fiancees name. to me the fiancee should not of been listed in the obit. what happens if the relationship doesn’t last? i was with a guy for almost 2 years engaged to him. if a family member of his passed away and there were filling out an obit for the member of the family i would not of wanted to be listed in there. due to the fact i’m not family yet. that would like if my fiancee’s grandmother or grandfather or mother passed i would not want to be in there now adding our son to the obit is one thing but not me.
US cellular has now decided that all of their in store, non management employees are now required to work every weekend. This is coming from a company that brags about how customer focused they are; apparently they don’t care about the home and family lives of their employees and that they need to put their jobs first. This all comes after huge changes in the commission scale last year, cutting some employees wages by more than $10,000 a year. However those at the top continue to give themselves raises. They also restrict the times that the employees are allowed to take vacation often resulting in them losing the time because vacation are only allowed when it is convenient for the store. I think it may be time to switch service to a company that cares about their employees.
OMFG mr. jacobson i came in trying to pay my water bill and he said i have to pay a turn on charge…
Karma is coming to u
To the scumbag who flicked his cigarette out of his car window as he drove down the street and hit me in the knee while I was jogging: Karma has a plan for you. It involves plenty of chemotherapy, surgeries and pain. I truly hope as you cruise down Federal one-handed next time that you launch into coughing convulsions and crash your rusty 1985 pontiac 6000 into a lightpole and it is you that is flicked through the window, landing 20-30 feet away.
So recently again we have seen the accusing rantings of “sheep” or possibly even the “shepherd” of a group in MC. These people continually blast the MCPD, the media that won’t bend to them, and now accusations of business people that don’t see things their way. I have seen slanderous postings by them about people including what seemed to be accusations about past members. There has been post on various websites making these accusations, claiming they had the websites blessings and consent to post what they did, to be then shot down and claimed false by the administrators of those sites. These are the same people that claim they are victims of slander and discrimination, yet they continue to attack those who they are commanded to show love to. To me it is sickening, it doesn’t make anyone want to attend their organization and even puts a bitter taste in people mouths when looking at others like it. If you supposedly know so much about what the “Good Book” says, well maybe you should actually follow it.
I would like to start a new thread: what are your thoughts about changing liability insurance for your car to cover “you the driver”. in other words, in order for someone to get and keep a valid drivers license in the whole nation. someone would need liability insurance for their own drivers license. the insurance goes with you the driver on whatever vehicle you drive. also as now, if you want comp or collision then that is seperate and your option. you can only drive one car at a time. Why should we have to pay liability insurance for a car we may drive only on the holidays. remember, we can only drive one car at a time…RIGHT??? If you let someone else drive your car and “they” hurt someone. then the driver is at fault, and not the owner. why should the owner be punnished because some other dumbsht is careless. like some states already have, the license can be swiped for current insurance information accessed from laptops in the car. No insurance… no drivers license. with todays computer techs it shouldnt be hard to work out. and if you think a scammer will corrupt the system. whats to stop them from doing it now on other situations. yes it cuts down on paper policies, profits for the insurance companies. ect but then who cares if the insurance company wants to build another tall building in Des Moines. think about it…. wouldnt that be much simpler??? easier??? better??? the Insurance companies may not loose that much profit anyway as they will make even more policies for those who still want a drivers license but dont currently have insurance. swiping the card will give an officer instant information vs waiting for a driver to look for an outdated or non existing card. you think it wont work because a person will get insurance for a month just to get the license and then drop it. whats to say they arnt doing that now. whats the difference??? I know for a fact that the officers check the drivers license WAY more than they ask for proof of insurance. with computers its instant information. no excuse that i paid it last week and dont have my card yet… whatever. and by rights the rates should not go up at all. remember that one person can only drive one car at a time. Does a car at home in the garage really need liability??? and nobody will be driving more miles because of this new policy. think about it a while and then give me your comments good or bad.
Why don’t city employees have to live in the city? Good enough to work here but not good enough to live here.
Mike Peckham