Jamie Oliver and his culinary cult followers seem to have brainwashed many, to wrongly believe that everyone in Huntington West Virginia is morbidly obese. If Jamie Oliver and his cult followers were positive people, they would merely claim that the Marshall University Medical School in Huntington has done an excellent job eradicating Anorexia Nervosa from the local populace. But there is nothing positive about Jamie Oliver and his culinary cult.
Jamie Oliver is not the first TV preacher to blow into Huntington West Virginia to preach against Gluttony in exactly the same manner that Jimmy Swaggart preaches against promiscuity. If gluttony is a sin, and numerous clergy tell me that it is. Then there is no other logical alternative but to see Jamie Oliver as a TV Preacher in the same League as Jimmy Swaggart and Benny Hinn. Jamie Oliver preaches against the sin of gluttony from a cook book in much the same way that Jerry Falwell preached against gay people using the agenda of the extreme right wing political faction. The fact is that TV preachers frequently use thier own agenda as a substitute for the scriptures. Please advise Jamie Oliver that my hometown of Huntington West Virginia does not need a "self appointed nutritional massaiah".
What I am about to say is not just applicable to Huntington West Virginia but to any town. Jamie Oliver does not seem to understand that people have the right to eat, drink, and smoke, anything and everything that they please, and they also are also responsible for the impact of thier actions as individuals. Some Americans still believe in the right to make bad decisions.
When and if Jamie Oliver donates to money that he has made while badmouthing Huntington West Virginia to the city of Huntington, I will believe he actually cares about this city. In the mean time he is just another arrogant potty mouthed fry cook with a need to make himself out to be the global oracle of nuitrition.
Being as the obnoxious fry cook Jamie Oliver seems to believe himself to be the ultimate authority on the nutritional needs of Huntington. I propose that Huntington City Council should invite REAL CULINARY PROFESSIONALS to Huntington and be done with this fifth stinger. There are no shortage of high quality professional chefs, who could bring culinary excellence to Huntington West Virginia without the self serving exploitation tactics that the obnoxios fry cook Jamie Oliver uses.

It appears that TV entertainer Andy Dick has been arrested for sexual abuse in Huntington WV about five hours ago. He is currently lodged in the western regional jail in Cabell County WV pending arrainment.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Dick

Under no circumstances give AFNI any personal or banking information. The West Virginia Attorney Generals office has an excellent track record for shutting down abusive bill collectors and scam artists. Pick up the phone and call the consumer protection division of the West Virginia Attorney Generals office. 1-800-368-8808. The best way to deal with AFNI is to give them what they deserve...lawyers.

I am no fan of criminals and I have no sympathy for those who murder for the fun of it.

I am opposed to the death penalty in West Virginia and in the United States to boot.

Why am I opposed?

If we stop the executions of killers in the U.S. Then we wont look like hypocrites when we ask that other countries stop executing people for things that are perfectly legal to do here.

In short if we stop executing people for major capitol offences. Then we are not going to look like hypocrites when we ask Saudi Arabia to stop executing women for adultery. Then we are not going to look like hypocrites when we ask Iran to stop hanging gay people. In Kuwait a woman can be executed for driving a car.

In many nations, one can be executed for converting from Islam to Christianity.

If we stop executing people, we wont look like hypocrites when we demand that other nations refrain from doing so also.

In short if the criminals in this country are given life without parole as an alternative to the death penalty. Then it greatly increases the bargaining position of our diplomats who try to get other countries to stop executing political and religious offenders in other parts of the world.

In short I am willing to let some of the wicked animals on death row do life without parole if it enhances our ability to put pressure on third world countries to stop killing innocent people for petty reasons.

The French, Belgian, British, and Dutch diplomatic corps have intervened many times in the Moslem world where women are more likely to face capital punishment than men. In northern Europe capital punishment has been abolished. I wish American diplomats were leading the efforts. In some parts of Africa people (Mostly women) are still being brutally executed by stoning on occasion. It is a brutal world that we live in.

Americans have traditionally been people of great kindness and compassion and that is why we were once respected around the world. Remember the Kindness that President Truman displayed to our former German enemies during the Berlin Airlift. It was at that time the largest humanitarian campaign the world had ever seen and the world respected our kindness.

The current president of the United States has signed more death warrants and built more prisons than any other leader in American history and it does not work. Around the world Americans are no longer seen as kind humanitarian people who lead by example.

I want my country back.

I oppose capital punishment in the USA because its sets an example for developing countries to follow. No country can claim to be totally free as long as the government of that country has the capacity to (rightly or wrongly) kill its own citizens. Freedom for good people is what it is all about.

NCO claims to be bill collectors, but in reality NCO tries to collect on old accounts that are far outside the statute of limitation by using telephone harassment to wear the victim down, and to sometimes get them to pay a bill that they don't even owe at all. NCO has been known to go after people who merely have the same phone number that was once held by someone else, or to try to collect an alleged debt that was owed by a previous resident where the victim currently lives.

NCO was fined over 1.5 M by the Federal Trade Commission several years ago for shady collection practices so they are no strangers to federal law enforcement. Here is a link to the FTC website to verify this.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/05/ncogroup.shtm

If you are contacted by NCO you will most likely encounter an obnoxious NCO telephone solicitor demanding that you give them checking account or credit card information to pay a bill that you allegedly owe that is most likely more than ten years old.

Do not give them any banking information whatsoever, or you will be setting yourself up for identity theft. Do not confirm or deny your social security number to the NCO caller. They will start abusively calling you on a daily basis and they use automated computer equipment to call and hang up in many instances.

Pick up the phone and call the consumer protection division of the West Virginia Attorney Generals office. 1-800-368-8808. West Virginia has very stern laws against telephone harassment and abusive debt collection practices, and the attorney generals office will not hesitate to enforce those laws and prosecute violators.

The best way to deal with obnoxious bill collectors in my experience is to bypass the collection agency and contact the original creditor and pay what you legitimately owe, and or remind the original creditor that they can be held liable for the misconduct of their agent if the statute of limitations has expired. It worked for me. Talk to a lawyer to get better advice than I can give.

To the best of my knowledge NCO is not licensed to do business in West Virginia and this poses a severe danger when NCO harasses vulnerable people in their homes by telephone demanding banking information from our citizens.

If you are getting debt collection notices by U.S. Mail from NCO for bills that you do not owe. Contact the U.S. Postal inspectors. They are very interested in mail fraud. Charleston WV Postal Inspector James R. Hoke Telephone (304) 357-4140 Email JRHoke@uspis.gov

Abusive phone calls are not only contrary to law but phone company regulations as well. Call the business office of the phone company in West Virginia (304)-954-6200 and ask for help with phone harassment issues. They will try to help you block the calls as much as possible.

The citizens of this state should never live in fear of the abusive phone calls of predatory tele-scammers like NCO. I have given you some phone numbers to make NCO live in fear of honest people. The only way to drive abusive predatory business entities out of this state is to bury them in complaints to make the cost of harassing our citizens exceed the potential for return.

Stephanie Heck Huntington West Virginia

It is a well known matter of common knowledge in the State of West Virginia that Don Blankenship is one of the most controversial and politically vindictive coal barons in the history of this state. Don Blankenship has promoted an extreme right wing agenda that makes most Conservatives republicans look liberal in contrast to Don Blankenship. The relationship between Don Blankenship and the West Virginia Democratic Party is one of extreme animosity. As the CEO of Massey Energy, Don Blankenship is a serious economic player.

It was an extreme lapse of judgement for Chief Justice Maynard to have pictures made with Don Blankenship that cause the citizens of West Virginia to question the integrity of the West Virginia Supreme Court. It was not illegal to have ones picture taken with Don Blankenship, however it was poorly thought out. Chief Justice Maynard should have known well that Don Hatfield would exploit any and all political angles.

What the citizens of West Virginia are afraid of, is a supreme court judiciary with extremely poor judgement.