May 31, 2007
Comment on Thursday's editorials
Buying swampland
Behind all the eye-rolling in Botetourt County, residents who need a wider highway might give some thought to the need for wetlands, too.
Drivers who regularly negotiate the two, twisting lanes of pavement that are U.S. 220 north of Eagle Rock in Botetourt County must be sorely tempted to deride Virginia's transportation department. At least a few are in full cry: Instead of widening their road, the geniuses at the Virginia Department of Transportation are building a swamp alongside.
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A ruling for employers, not employees
Limiting workers' ability to sue for pay bias limits protection against all types of discrimination.
We cannot resist the temptation to quote chapter and verse from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's stinging dissent in a ruling Tuesday that workers cannot sue their employers for pay discrimination if allegations are based on years-old events.
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Comments
[May 31, 2007 9:29 AM]
JoshI never knew the law meant that much to you people given your eagerness to flout the illegal immigration measures.
But once again, the liberals view man as no better than the various animals, as humans must be denied very necessary road work in order to protect some unknown heron or cattail species. And we must do this because it is the 'law.' And we cite more of these environmental scientists, probably the same ones who speak with certainty about man-made global warming.
As for your statement about affecting some ecological balance, the balance is affected every day in the world by events, most of which are not manmade. Volcanoes, fires, floods, hurricanes have a million times the effect than anything man could ever do. The world keeps on turning. Plant and animal life adjust.
Let's stop allowing the leftwing grant-motivated environmentalist whacks from making mindless public policy, always to the detriment of humans.
[May 31, 2007 12:31 PM]
WillJosh...
Are you just a bitter old man intent on not agreeing with anything? For crimany sakes man!
I'm glad the vast majority of the population has a slightly more tolerant view of the impact on our human lives by the environment. As I look out my window today unable to see the Blue Ridge Mountains because of the haze, I wonder how much of that haze is man made vs natural?
You're right, the world keeps turning and plant and animal life adjust. Cancer occurs, mutations and deformaties occur and death occurs. To not try to do something that takes into account the impact we as humans have on our environment seems short sighted at best and down right stupid at worst.
Perhaps you are able to live in your world today because someone cared in spite of your lack of caring for the world around you. Sometimes people are just too stupid for our own good.
[May 31, 2007 1:42 PM]
JoshWill,
Why do you always want public policy based on whaat a few scientists with political agendas deckare with unwarranted certainty?
How do you respond to the scientists warned us several years ago about the impending global cooling crisis? Should we have all heeded their warnings? Should our government have spent money doing so?
How do you respond to all those lawsuits and legislation regarding breast implants being harmful...all of which were proven to be false? Should we have passed more regulation because of that false science?
I get tired of spending my money on every politically motivated whim by the leftwing 'scientists'.
As for me being an old man, I'm younger than you, gramps.