Blogzerpts / Opinions from buffalonews.com
Published: November 22, 2009, 12:30 am
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Excerpts from reader commentary on News staffers’ online blog postings last week. Online comments come from registered users, but — unlike reviewed and verified Everybody’s Column letters — can be posted under pen names.
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Sully on Sports: Jerry Sullivan’s blog on the firing of Coach Dick Jauron, a move deemed too long in coming, and on possible replacements for the coach brought this comment from sourdoughray:
The season is shot but a breath of fresh air courses through the locker room. OK maybe not fresh but whatever.
So whoever is the interim coach let’s get going. Use Edwards and see what happens post-Jauron. Let him call his own plays if necessary. Get Jackson back on the field as well as Parrish. These are good players. Let Maybin play and either prove himself or wash out. Hopefully the team attitude will improve.
CB added this:
Well said Sully. The house cleaning must continue with a new REAL GM, then a top line coach and changes in the scouting department.
And FredoniaFan said this:
Ding-Dong the Dick is dead. I agree on Van Pelt, and bring in Jim Kelly as a consultant to make it work.
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Strictly Business: George Pyle blogged about the unemployment rate, the jobless recovery and what that means to most Americans. The posting drew this comment from Bernard:
Gentlemen (and Ladies), jobs are created and or maintained when there is work to do at a price worthwhile to pay. When regulations are too tight, union rules too onerous, taxes too high and or costs uneconomical, jobs go away.
We see this in many simple interactions on a daily basis. My fellow contributors, do any of you have children? When you went shopping for toys or clothes, did you check to see if they were made in the USA? Are you willing to pay more for things made here, or even made locally?
Still, opportunities exist. If you are still in Buffalo, leave. If not, take that risk and try to start a business. See what it takes to bring materials together, hire people, make products and sell them for a little more than it cost you to make them. Then you’ll have an appreciation for what it takes to create jobs.
Regards, Bernard (left Buffalo in 1984).
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Matters of Opinion: On the “Bad News. Good News.” front Pyle blogged about what happens when it comes to inaction by state lawmakers on doing anything about the budget gap — and about Congress’ action to extend economic help. That brought this analytical suggestion from Cliff:
Think like the legislators. Wall Street was bailed out. Moral hazard was increased manifold. Just like the S&L debacle and the subprime fiasco. Most everyone gets away with it, and the taxpayer foots the bill. In this case the state legislators are playing chicken with the federal legislators. They are betting with multiple states in trouble, eventually the federal government will have to step in with funds. They may be right. In that case, they win, and taxpayers still lose. They have no incentive to seriously negotiate, cut spending or administer wisely. The regulatory powers have allowed moral hazard to increase, not decrease. So, if you think like a legislator, why not gamble on these odds?
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Talkin’ TV: Alan Pergament’s blog on the unlikely meeting of the minds between Sarah Palin and syndicated talk show host Oprah Winfrey on the former’s new book, and on the show’s “soft” interview, drew this comment from Bobby- Cat:
Oprah is the biggest seller of books in the USA. I’m guessing that Oprah made a deal with Palin to get her on the show, like this.
Oprah: Come on the show and I’ll endorse your book.
Palin: OK, but don’t ask any policy questions. Deal. Shake. Done. Thus, Oprah’s out-of-character puff interview.
I wonder if Barbara Walters still has any journalistic juices and won’t fold so easily.
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