“To the voters of the Sixth District: We haven’t had a good representative here since Beverly Byron, so now’s a good time to change and get things straightened out once and for all. Remember, if they’re only there for four years, we don’t like them, you can get rid of them and get somebody else.”
— Hagerstown
“Today Mitt Romney said that 23 million people were out of work. But he’s only promising to create 12 million jobs. I guess the rest of the ... people will just be part of the 47 percent who are moochers, mooching off our government. He also said he would drill for more oil in the U.S., which would stabilize the prices. As a businessman, I thought he would understand how the oil markets work. Obviously, he has no clue how the oil markets work.”
— Sharpsburg
“‘Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured, but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. And now any of those who refuse or are unable to prove they are citizens will receive free insurance, paid for by those who are forced to buy insurance because they are citizens.’ — Ben Stein.”
— Boonsboro
“I was wondering about the atheists who want to take the Lord’s Prayer out of the schools, take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance, and the manger scene from the government buildings, government places. I just wonder, what do they do for money? All the money has ‘In God We Trust.’ Do they touch it? Are they afraid of it, or they — I bet you they use it. They spend all their money they get, and it has ‘In God We Trust.’ I wonder how they handle it.”
— Clear Spring
“Well, there is another fiasco by our city government, this one where they paid $3 million for a large office building downtown that they were going to move other government agencies into, but yet is still empty after four years of talk of demolishing. I say this to this county and city. When is enough going to be enough?”
— Hagerstown
“I find it amazing that President Obama finds it so difficult to use the word ‘terrorist’ and ‘terrorism.’ Those people in the Middle East, so many of them are terrorists, and he thinks by catering to them and kissing up to them, he’s going to win them over. He (isn’t) going to do a thing, because they hate us, they hate each other, they hate the whole world, they hate everybody. So it doesn’t matter how much kissing up he does, it’s not going to work.”
— Sharpsburg
“The Penn State coach that blew the whistle, McQueary, I don’t understand why the university is not paying his legal expenses. They are paying everybody else’s. They’re making him a scapegoat for reporting this, and that sends a bad message for future incidents like this. Someone please explain what is going on here.”
— Hagerstown
“I support Dave Gysberts for our next mayor and Don Munson for city council. After all, he was our ... (Maryland state) senator. We need a new slate of people in city hall. So come on, people, and get out and vote on Nov. 6, and show them we don’t want a new stadium.”
— Potomac Towers, Hagerstown
“The people who think it’s a good idea for the county to start paying for tuition for county residents to go to HCC, where’s this money coming from? Aren’t our taxes already high enough? What do you think the county’s made of, money? They have money trees out there growing? This is entirely ridiculous.”
— Hagerstown
“Leon Panetta told President Obama we are in danger with his defense tax cuts. Several economists advised the president to raise taxes or it will be impossible for America to get out of this hole we are in. Canada and Mexico are doing better than we are. The president (as of today’s news) took security away from the ambassador Stevens, yet just gave $1.4 million to Egypt to protect their borders. Is it me, or what?”
— Hagerstown
“Our ambassador to Libya asked for more security, and was denied. Look at the outcome. President Obama’s adviser Valerie Jarrett gets full, 24/7 Secret Service security, and she’s not entitled to that service. What does that tell you?”
— Williamsport
“I am calling in about the response to the ad on the Fairview Mountain house up in Clear Spring. It’s the responsibility of the homeowners to take care of their properties. Don’t be so lazy, and do what you are supposed to do as a homeowner. Country property can be called on, and we’ll do it again if you don’t clean the place up. Slumlords should be fined.”
— Big Pool
“Karen Dolan’s article on the economy is completely wrong. The country is $16 trillion in debt. As of 2010, our accumulated trade deficit is over $7 trillion, and control over the economy is being shifted to the Financial Stability Board, which is an arm of the Bank for International Settlements. I doubt the leadership in Washington has the will to resolve any of the aforementioned issues.”
— Hagerstown
“Mr. President, I’m not going to ask this question, because it’s been asked a million times if we’re better off — of course we’re not — than we were four years ago, but don’t weaken our military any more, like you want to take $50 billion a year for the next 10 years, and do whatever you want with, or whoever’s in power to do with.”
— Williamsport
“Honk if you love Jesus. Text while driving if you’d like to meet Him.”
— Hagerstown
