Opinion : Letter to the Editor: Rebuttal

By Vinton Today · October 18, 2022, 1:14 pm

Note to Ms. Gould:

The $80B needed to hire over 80,000 new IRS agents is justified? Where is this money coming from? Do you have an answer?? I think not. You are just going along with the WOKE Dem crowd. The majority of tax revenue is not from the super-rich, but from the rest of us. As an aside my property taxes increased this year by approximately $2,000. So Biden said no one who makes less than $400,000 will pay a penny more - really? MASKS - A misstatement by the Medical Hierarchy! Then they said take the vaccine and you won't be inflected - what? Just two weeks ago Sharon and I came down with COVID. We had two shots and a booster; lies or misinformation. Just today I was able to take Sharon home from our blessed Virginia Gay Hospital. She needed fluids to help her recovery.

Jan 6 is over - this is old news. Should not have happened, but it did; time to get over it and look ahead. By the way, why not condemn the riot of BLM and others that burned and looted, much more dollar damage and more law enforcement injured.

I did not rag on Ms. Cindy because she made a false statement - she was absent for an important vote while whooping it up in Paris while getting paid $175,000 per year. Cindy, Just do your job!!!!

You keep asking me to rag on Pres. Trump for his lies and other maladies committed, but you never say what they are. Tell me and all the other readers that are so waiting for your knowledgeable writings. Go on, let's hear it.

Now then name the lies I have told. If I ever wrote something wrong and was called out on it did I not acknowledge that I made an error? Write It, I and our fellow readers are waiting.

I am trying to be kind to your adherence to an anti-American Ideology, but my patience is wearing thin.

Regards,

John Stiegelmeyer

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TF October 18, 2022, 9:47 pm Hi John,

I'm wondering what you mean by "woke". I'm sure we can all agree that even though we've come a long way that we can all point out instances of racism still occurring in the United States, correct?

NG October 19, 2022, 12:10 am John, how about the money coming from the tax cheats that the new agents will uncover. They aren't paying their fair share so it is about time they do.

So if I am going along with the woke Dem crowd, then you are just going along with the republican cult, the fox cult.

Thanks, you make my point for me. If the majority of tax money is coming from the rest of us it shouldn't and that is what President Biden was talking about. The people at the top should not be paying $0 in federal taxes. If your property taxes are going up that has nothing to do with federal taxes coming from Washington. Those would be state taxes. Blame Reynolds and the republican controlled state congress for that.

I NEVER heard any Democrat say get vaccinated and you won't get the virus. It has always been said that you would have a less severe case of the virus should you get it. I am sorry that you got Covid but glad to hear you are both OK. You evidently came near someone who was infected. Because of your age you could have had a much more serious case had you not been vaccinated.

I wish 1/6 was over but it isn't. Just because it was started by trump and carried through with the help of republican congressmen/women doesn't mean it should just be overlooked so republicans can move on. It looks more and more like trump will be indicted. I do not agree with BLM and the destruction of property and those guilty should be charged. However they do have the right to protest the murders of unarmed black men by police.

As far as Cindy Axne, to be fair I would have to investigate how many republicans have done the same thing. That is the only way to make it fair. She is not my representative and I know very little about her.

There are too many lies and crooked deals for me to name them all but I will post this link so you can read for yourself the worst ones. https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/analysis/president-trumps-worst-offenses/

A second link that should inform you of what a crook and liar he is. I think the majority of the people in this country know about these, after all he was voted out in 2020 and must never be allowed in the white house again. https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/president-trump-legacy-corruption-3700-conflicts-interest/

When you told a lie in one of your letters I did call you out on it. I certainly don't remember now what they were.

My anti-American Ideology!!!!! Shame on you John, you have NO right to say that. My patience has worn very thin with you many times John but saying I have an "Anti-American Ideology" has me at the end of my patience. You have no right to say that. That is disgusting. You need to look in the mirror.

Norma Gould

MR October 19, 2022, 11:44 am Ummmm, I don’t recall the Biden administration saying “get the Covid vaccine to lesson the symptoms of Covid.” I believe the Democrats have been saying “get the Covid vaccine to stop the spread of Covid AND my personal favorite, Biden said on national tv that “the most important thing you can do in the middle of a hurricane is to get the Covid vaccine.” It’s all about control

TB October 19, 2022, 12:59 pm Your lack of capitalization every time you mention Republican or Trump says a lot about you. This ranks down there with name calling - a technique used by second graders.

DL October 19, 2022, 1:47 pm Stiegelmeyer, NOBODY, with any reason to speak about COVID and the vaccines, has EVER said that the vaccine would prevent ANYONE from contracting the VIRUS!!! The fact that you still can't get this through your head is seriously troubling! Do I need to type slower so you can understand? COVID19 is a virus, not a bacterial infection. A virus travels through the air, looking for warm bodies to invade. Getting a vaccine (shot in the arm) isn't the same as sewing your mouth, nose and eyes shut! A virus doesn't care about what you put in your arm. If your mouth, nose or eyes are open, it can get into your body. Once it's in there, it looks to multiply. The vaccine makes our immune system smarter for all, and stronger for most. But, if a person has an immune deficiency, of any level, makes them susceptible to the virus. The worse that deficiency is, the more susceptible it is. A shot in your arm CANNOT, and WILL NOT, prevent an airborne virus from getting into a human body. A healthy person, that is up to date on the vaccines, will not suffer from the worst symptoms of COVID19. The vaccines don't make anyone less susceptible to being infected.

As for you accepting when you make an incorrect statement... 🐂💩. NOTHING that comes out of Trump's mouth is truthful! That has been the case for over 50 years.

Why do you say that Jan. 6 is over, and we should move on? But, you always bring up the predominantly false issue of BLM burning down whole cities? The people responsible for those acts are still being charged with such. But, you don't think that the first time in our country's history, that our Capitol Building was in jeopardy of being occupied by an anti-goverment militia, you say that we should just move on. Where does that logic come from? The only answer that sums that up, is that you are brainwashed to believe what you want to hear, not what you see.

Our democracy cannot survive without a healthy Liberal Party and a healthy Conservative Party. Right now, we don't have a Conservative Party at all. If one doesn't step forward soon, our democracy, our liberty and freedoms, and everything our brave men and women have taught for will be gone.

DL October 19, 2022, 5:21 pm Oh, and the Durham experiment failed miserably. But, that has nothing to do with the Conspiracy between the Trump campaign and government officials in Russia. The "dossier" was a useless piece of 💩. But, Bob Mueller's report has no holes. That investigation found over 140 different instances of communication between the campaign and close Putin allies in Russia and/or Ukraine. That can't be erased. Mueller didn't indict, because of the DoJ memo that said a sitting president cannot be indicted (or AG Barr told him he wasn't going to indict). Either way, why is a U.S. presidential campaign having so many conversations with our biggest enemy? What could you possibly think is right about that? What can you possibly think is right about a former president having over 1100 government documents at his home? What could you possibly believe is right about that same former president, still having numerous government documents in his possession, and thinking they belong to him?

GB October 19, 2022, 8:17 pm Lindsey, I really hate to be the one to bring you up to speed on current events but you no longer have a "Democratic" party. You have a Socialist-Democratic party.
Obama once made a statement, which may be one of his best and most accurate. He said, "never underestimate Joe's ability to "F" things up." No truer words have ever been said to describe our current President. Even a fool can see this and examples of this every single day regardless of how hard the main stream media tries to cover it up.

NG October 20, 2022, 2:33 am All you republicans are quick to put a lot of blame on President Biden.

Please explain and give me a list of what he has done that is so terrible.

Norma Gould

GB October 20, 2022, 4:19 pm Norma,
No one should have to give you a list of things Biden and the Democrats have done. If you buy gas, groceries or have a 401K you would know. I did say,any fool would know and well I guess I will leave it at that if you don't. It would be pointless to say anything else. Sort of like trying to explain to you why a square block won't fit into a round hole.

NG October 20, 2022, 5:28 pm Gerald: Yes you do have to give me a list. You make it sound like you are so smart and know so much but evidently that isn't true.
Any fool would know the President has no control over gas prices. And now the big oil companies just announced that they are cutting production so that prices will go back up. It is all for greed, republican greed and revenge because big oil doesn't want this country to buy more electric cars. They want us to be oil dependent.

Republicans love saying that word "socialist" because it is suppose to scare people and you really don't have anything else so you always throw the word socialist at us but like all the republicans in congress who voted no for all the things that Biden has put forth to improve the lives of the people now that it has passed they
are all sending letters asking for money for their districts. They suddenly turn into Republican socialists.

Republicans work for those at the top and Democrats work for the people. That is a proven fact. You always vote against your own self interests. By the way my 401K is doing just fine.

Norma Gould

So when are you ready to give up your social security. Republicans want to cut benefits and some want to faze it out all together. Are you really going to vote for that?

Since you can't give me a list except all your unproven rhetoric I guess you are the fool. You want to call me names, I can do it too. Grow up Gerald.

GB October 22, 2022, 11:03 am Norma, no I do not. It is a total waste of energy and time to attempt reasonable communication with you. I try not to associate with people who are so anti-American and filled with hate for a group of people.

NG October 23, 2022, 12:55 am Good idea Gerald, I should expect no more communication from you. You don't usually have anything important to say, just that you like whatever John says.

I am not not have I ever been anti-American. I appreciate you not wanting to communicate with me any more Gerald. Thank you.

Norma Gould

SJW October 25, 2022, 11:50 am John, so sorry you and wife got COVID. We're it not for the vaccine, you probably would have died. Remember, it was The Orange One who implemented the search for a vaccine, and it most likely saved his sorry life.
As for January 6, no, we can't just "let it go". Those Trumpanzees tried to overthrow our government. Police officers died! Not to mention Trump stealing classified documents to blackmail the DOJ into turning over the Muller report. E needs to go to prison along with those insurrectionists.

You should have your voting card revoked