We care, when is your last day in town? Perhaps somebody will throw a parade.

by travelah
on 02/08 at 06:02 PM
TOPIC: Domestic-partner benefits would …

“Are homosexuals leaving Asheville over this issue?”
Well some of us are. We do look at what a city has to offer. Being “gay friendly” means nothing if we are still discriminated against and an employer can fire you because of your sexual preference. Exactly what makes Asheville “gay friendly”?

Thank God someone in the local media has finally taken a calm, common sense look at this. The hysteria whipped up by Matt Mattan of WWNC (Clear Channel) and Russ Bowen of WLOS was ridiculous. They (especially Mattan) fomented the idea that this was “taxpayer money” being used for the conference (when it was airport fees)and that the airport authority had shady bookkeeping to boot. Some poor misled protester greeted Susan Fisher at the airport with a sign accusing her of “sinking” the NC taxpayer, and a caller to Matt Mattan’s show even declared that the board members should be “thrown in jail” upon their return! Then the Citizen-Times tried to get in on the action by doing a print-only “expose” of Advantage West’s travels….when Advantage West is charged with marketing Asheville to the rest of the country and the world! What a pitiful chapter for the mainstream Asheville media. I noticed that the Xpress didn’t take the cheap route and pile on, which impressed me very much.

And, no, I didnt vote for the guy. How could i when he campaigned on continuing the “War on Terror”

I didn’t vote for him, either. I voted for the Green Party candidate—not surprisingly, she was the only (party-nominated) presidential candidate who campaigned against the War on Terror.

(Kucinich may have also been against the war, but he did not win the Democratic nomination)

by chops
on 02/08 at 09:25 AM
TOPIC: How Haiti has suffered so long a…

The gays are coming, the gays are coming - hold on to your red, white, and blue and pray to your god less you end up in a barrel with your precious freedom lost. The gays are coming, the gays are coming - the great america, taken by the gun, salute the soldiers and hold on to your wallet, cringe and shriek, for your fears will darken the sun.