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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by NE1</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/09/whats-wrong-with-the-wood-pilot-project/#comment-36271</link>
		<dc:creator>NE1</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:57:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This posting is a farce. First off, his name is Crazythunder. With a small. Next, I know someone who was in and out of the legal system for years, because of a crime he commited years ago. He had no history of crimes prior to that, and has spent two years in prison, then finaly accepted to the wood project, and it has helped him greatly. He has been law abiding for 6 mo&#039;s now. I know of another who had drug problems, and since the Wood Project, has completely turned his life around, and has been given the help he truly needed and deserved, and has said that if it was not for the project, he would still be on drugs. Both have praised the program for the help and guidence they have recived. Problems with the Wood Project are minimal, just as with any other program, there are going to be bumps in the road, and it is still a fairly new program. So get over yourself, and be thankful that it helps a lot more then it harms. Learn more truths then fictions, that seem to plauge people who have little or no idea of what they are talking about.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This posting is a farce. First off, his name is Crazythunder. With a small. Next, I know someone who was in and out of the legal system for years, because of a crime he commited years ago. He had no history of crimes prior to that, and has spent two years in prison, then finaly accepted to the wood project, and it has helped him greatly. He has been law abiding for 6 mo&#8217;s now. I know of another who had drug problems, and since the Wood Project, has completely turned his life around, and has been given the help he truly needed and deserved, and has said that if it was not for the project, he would still be on drugs. Both have praised the program for the help and guidence they have recived. Problems with the Wood Project are minimal, just as with any other program, there are going to be bumps in the road, and it is still a fairly new program. So get over yourself, and be thankful that it helps a lot more then it harms. Learn more truths then fictions, that seem to plauge people who have little or no idea of what they are talking about.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by Judee Hagan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Judee Hagan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 05:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My 24 yr old daughter might put in this program. But staying in the county jail for at least 3 months and then out for work release, but still have to go back to jail at night time for another 3 months. She is looking at a 6 month rider at the womens correctional Facilty in Kuna Idaho, what I need to know is this program a good program??? This is her  and our families last hope before she gets sent to a womens prison... Not sure whay to do,,,, From a Mom totally exhausted!!! Meth will test your patience as a Mom!! Need some help!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My 24 yr old daughter might put in this program. But staying in the county jail for at least 3 months and then out for work release, but still have to go back to jail at night time for another 3 months. She is looking at a 6 month rider at the womens correctional Facilty in Kuna Idaho, what I need to know is this program a good program??? This is her  and our families last hope before she gets sent to a womens prison&#8230; Not sure whay to do,,,, From a Mom totally exhausted!!! Meth will test your patience as a Mom!! Need some help!!!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legalizing Rape In Idaho &#8211; Problems On The Horizon by Guest 13</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guest 13</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>FYI sex with any child under the age of 16, male or female, would fall under the Lewd and Lacivious code and be illegal.  Technically under this law two 15 year olds having sex are molesting one another, not that it would ever be prosecuted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FYI sex with any child under the age of 16, male or female, would fall under the Lewd and Lacivious code and be illegal.  Technically under this law two 15 year olds having sex are molesting one another, not that it would ever be prosecuted.</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Bio-Life Experience by Find Humor in Life</title>
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		<dc:creator>Find Humor in Life</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I suggest you don&#039;t. The Vampires will smell out where you live and the last thing you might see is that sparkly skin and fangs. (shudder)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I suggest you don&#8217;t. The Vampires will smell out where you live and the last thing you might see is that sparkly skin and fangs. (shudder)</p>
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		<title>Comment on Pushing Healthcare Reform &#8211; Is It Now Or Never? by Phil</title>
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		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Boomer, 
You seem to be ill informed on things. This country does not want Government Health Care. There are changes to this country&#039;s health care that can be made. The most effective changes come from getting the government out of it. We already have gov&#039;t. health care for all it is called Medicade/Medicare. 
These two gov&#039;t. programs have run our current health care into the ground. Why because they don&#039;t reimburse healthcare providers at current market rates. They never have. They pay only .50 to .30 cents on the dollar of the bill. IF our gov&#039;t. could run health care successfully then these two programs wouldn&#039;t be in trouble. 
 Here is a great way to effect real change in our health care system. Remove the gov&#039;t. restrictions on selling health insurance across state lines.  For the same reason that car insurance rates have dropped, since the gov&#039;t. allowed across state lines sales, so would your health insurance premiums drop.
The biggest reason this change has been turned away by the Dem&#039;s is that it takes control away from the Gov&#039;t. and returns it to the people.
Also let us step back and look at something else. You state that you can no longer afford insurance. You worry that if someone in your family got sick you could lose it all, in an effort to get medical treatment.  That is not true. There are multiple programs that are in existence to assist people in that situation. A hospital cannot turn you away from life saving care. Every hospital in america has a certain percentage of their  services that they write off every year for hardship case..
I am not happy with the pickle jar either, but I am not about to trust the gov&#039;t to fix it. They do not have a track record of fixing things, that I trust.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Boomer,<br />
You seem to be ill informed on things. This country does not want Government Health Care. There are changes to this country&#8217;s health care that can be made. The most effective changes come from getting the government out of it. We already have gov&#8217;t. health care for all it is called Medicade/Medicare.<br />
These two gov&#8217;t. programs have run our current health care into the ground. Why because they don&#8217;t reimburse healthcare providers at current market rates. They never have. They pay only .50 to .30 cents on the dollar of the bill. IF our gov&#8217;t. could run health care successfully then these two programs wouldn&#8217;t be in trouble.<br />
 Here is a great way to effect real change in our health care system. Remove the gov&#8217;t. restrictions on selling health insurance across state lines.  For the same reason that car insurance rates have dropped, since the gov&#8217;t. allowed across state lines sales, so would your health insurance premiums drop.<br />
The biggest reason this change has been turned away by the Dem&#8217;s is that it takes control away from the Gov&#8217;t. and returns it to the people.<br />
Also let us step back and look at something else. You state that you can no longer afford insurance. You worry that if someone in your family got sick you could lose it all, in an effort to get medical treatment.  That is not true. There are multiple programs that are in existence to assist people in that situation. A hospital cannot turn you away from life saving care. Every hospital in america has a certain percentage of their  services that they write off every year for hardship case..<br />
I am not happy with the pickle jar either, but I am not about to trust the gov&#8217;t to fix it. They do not have a track record of fixing things, that I trust.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legalizing Rape In Idaho &#8211; Problems On The Horizon by boomer</title>
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		<dc:creator>boomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Very good point, Irfox. If some of high school girls ganged up on a 14 year old boy, any sex that happened could be just as damaging as for a girl. Kids are ready for sex when they&#039;re ready, and many boys mature later than girls.

Harsh as it may seem, I tend to think that Watkin&#039;s remarks don&#039;t hold much value. A boy or girl who submits to sex under pressure without any violence would be very hard to prosecute, I think, because &#039;pressure&#039; is so vague. What may constitute pressure to one teen may be thought as serious flirting to another, as long as both are sober. If drugs or booze is involved, then the charge could become more legally valid, I believe.

Nothing has been said about the mutual consent of the teens very much. The age of consent has very little to do with the maturity, physically and mentally of teens. Both partners could be willing, but charges could be brought by parents of either.

It&#039;s a big can of worms. I think that maybe the present law is too strict, given that the name of a convicted kid will end up on the sexual predator&#039;s list forever, but the law needs a lot of very careful and concentrated thought to make it better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Very good point, Irfox. If some of high school girls ganged up on a 14 year old boy, any sex that happened could be just as damaging as for a girl. Kids are ready for sex when they&#8217;re ready, and many boys mature later than girls.</p>
<p>Harsh as it may seem, I tend to think that Watkin&#8217;s remarks don&#8217;t hold much value. A boy or girl who submits to sex under pressure without any violence would be very hard to prosecute, I think, because &#8216;pressure&#8217; is so vague. What may constitute pressure to one teen may be thought as serious flirting to another, as long as both are sober. If drugs or booze is involved, then the charge could become more legally valid, I believe.</p>
<p>Nothing has been said about the mutual consent of the teens very much. The age of consent has very little to do with the maturity, physically and mentally of teens. Both partners could be willing, but charges could be brought by parents of either.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a big can of worms. I think that maybe the present law is too strict, given that the name of a convicted kid will end up on the sexual predator&#8217;s list forever, but the law needs a lot of very careful and concentrated thought to make it better.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legalizing Rape In Idaho &#8211; Problems On The Horizon by Guest 8B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guest 8B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I thought the same thing myself.  I don&#039;t see how the bill could stand up in court the way it is written.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I thought the same thing myself.  I don&#8217;t see how the bill could stand up in court the way it is written.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legislative update from Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-32A) by Jim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Apparently Janice doesn&#039;t know this article is posted or she doesn&#039;t care to respond. I&#039;ve given up on trying to figure out just what Janice has done to protect businesses in Idaho other than Melaleuca. Janice voted for legislation to protect Vandersloot&#039;s business from competitors but that vote got her an airplane ride back to Idaho Falls last year for the Lincoln Day dinner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apparently Janice doesn&#8217;t know this article is posted or she doesn&#8217;t care to respond. I&#8217;ve given up on trying to figure out just what Janice has done to protect businesses in Idaho other than Melaleuca. Janice voted for legislation to protect Vandersloot&#8217;s business from competitors but that vote got her an airplane ride back to Idaho Falls last year for the Lincoln Day dinner.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legislative update from Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-32A) by Guest 8B</title>
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		<dc:creator>Guest 8B</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jeff, was that a comment or a blatant ad for your business?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jeff, was that a comment or a blatant ad for your business?</p>
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		<title>Comment on The Bio-Life Experience by Tater Salad</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tater Salad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I store my own blood supply in my freezer like Kramer does.  I suggest everyone else do the same. 
:mrgreen:</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I store my own blood supply in my freezer like Kramer does.  I suggest everyone else do the same.<br />
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		<title>Comment on The Bio-Life Experience by annonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>annonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have never visited a plasma donation site.  I believe that I serve the community better by donating my blood to the American Red Cross.  I do not receive money for my donation but you can earn t-shirts and pin for you efforts under the Holiday Heroes program.  Our local chapter here in Idaho Falls has a great staff and it usually takes just about 1 hour from sign-in throught the medical questionaire and then the donation process.  You are given information at the beginning to let you know the reasons why you might not be eligible to donate, including living in Europe in the 1990s and visiting Africa in the last year.  Medication can also affect your chances of donating.  I have only had one bad experience from a blood draw with bruising of my arm, BUT all their staff that draw blood are highly trained phlebotomists.  Make sure you are well hydrated, it makes it eaiser to donate. Our local office on 17th next to the old Hastings building is open Monday afternoons and Friday morning for donation.  To ask questions or set an appointment you can call 208-522-0327.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have never visited a plasma donation site.  I believe that I serve the community better by donating my blood to the American Red Cross.  I do not receive money for my donation but you can earn t-shirts and pin for you efforts under the Holiday Heroes program.  Our local chapter here in Idaho Falls has a great staff and it usually takes just about 1 hour from sign-in throught the medical questionaire and then the donation process.  You are given information at the beginning to let you know the reasons why you might not be eligible to donate, including living in Europe in the 1990s and visiting Africa in the last year.  Medication can also affect your chances of donating.  I have only had one bad experience from a blood draw with bruising of my arm, BUT all their staff that draw blood are highly trained phlebotomists.  Make sure you are well hydrated, it makes it eaiser to donate. Our local office on 17th next to the old Hastings building is open Monday afternoons and Friday morning for donation.  To ask questions or set an appointment you can call 208-522-0327.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legislative update from Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-32A) by boomer</title>
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		<dc:creator>boomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I would like to know what protections Mrs. McGeachin has provided, Jeff.</description>
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		<title>Comment on Pushing Healthcare Reform &#8211; Is It Now Or Never? by boomer</title>
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		<dc:creator>boomer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who is the &#039;we&#039; you mention, Carl?
According to this Gallup poll taken two days ago (March 14), 56% of those polled want it, and 61% think health care needs to be overhauled. Read all of it here:

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-13-poll-health-care_N.htm

The big concern everyone has, in either party, is how to pay for it. I&#039;m included in this concern, but the bare fact is our present system is busted and broken down. It&#039;s going to take some time before America is out of this recession, and the present health care plans haven&#039;t yet begun to skyrocket at full blast yet. As the employer health plans become more expensive, more employers won&#039;t be able to fund them anymore, and more Americans will be all on their own when they get sick.

Universal health care for all is 10 years overdue as it is, and until the public gets solidly behind the need for it, the present situation will only grow worse and worse. Health care will be a luxury for the rich, just like buying a Cadillac, but most Americans have a hard time buying a Chevrolet now. Once a bill passes, it can be refined, amended, or reversed, and passing the bill will change the playing field.
It will put the insurance companies and the health care system on notice that we aren&#039;t going to take more of their abuse. It will announce that they will have to get their affairs in order and provide health care that is affordable for everyone.

Idaho is broke, but people are still getting sick every day. As it is now, the medical bills that aren&#039;t paid by the sick person who can&#039;t cover them are paid by Bonneville County and the State of Idaho.  We all cover the expenses with our taxes right now, but we have no say-so at all on the costs. We will have our say, after the bill passes, and the costs will have some control placed on them for the first time. Insurance companies will have some limits dropped on them for the first time. How can that be bad?

Maybe you are happy with things as they are, Carl, but I&#039;m sure as hell not. I&#039;m uninsured now, because I couldn&#039;t afford to buy a health plan after my COBRA ran out. If I get real sick, I&#039;ll have to either declare bankruptcy and/or sell my house and everything in it to pay for becoming healthy. Or I may just decide to die, because I would like to leave something behind for my kids.

How much longer are you going to stuff another dollar into the pickle jar for some sick young mother who&#039;s insurance has run out, Carl? Is this something a citizen of the best nation on earth ever have to do to simply stay alive?

Are you content with that damned pickle jar? I&#039;m not. I put my dollar into it to, but I&#039;m pissed off every time I do, because it&#039;s wrong! No American family should ever have to resort to stooping so low due to medical desperation!
It&#039;s time for a change!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who is the &#8216;we&#8217; you mention, Carl?<br />
According to this Gallup poll taken two days ago (March 14), 56% of those polled want it, and 61% think health care needs to be overhauled. Read all of it here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-13-poll-health-care_N.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-07-13-poll-health-care_N.htm</a></p>
<p>The big concern everyone has, in either party, is how to pay for it. I&#8217;m included in this concern, but the bare fact is our present system is busted and broken down. It&#8217;s going to take some time before America is out of this recession, and the present health care plans haven&#8217;t yet begun to skyrocket at full blast yet. As the employer health plans become more expensive, more employers won&#8217;t be able to fund them anymore, and more Americans will be all on their own when they get sick.</p>
<p>Universal health care for all is 10 years overdue as it is, and until the public gets solidly behind the need for it, the present situation will only grow worse and worse. Health care will be a luxury for the rich, just like buying a Cadillac, but most Americans have a hard time buying a Chevrolet now. Once a bill passes, it can be refined, amended, or reversed, and passing the bill will change the playing field.<br />
It will put the insurance companies and the health care system on notice that we aren&#8217;t going to take more of their abuse. It will announce that they will have to get their affairs in order and provide health care that is affordable for everyone.</p>
<p>Idaho is broke, but people are still getting sick every day. As it is now, the medical bills that aren&#8217;t paid by the sick person who can&#8217;t cover them are paid by Bonneville County and the State of Idaho.  We all cover the expenses with our taxes right now, but we have no say-so at all on the costs. We will have our say, after the bill passes, and the costs will have some control placed on them for the first time. Insurance companies will have some limits dropped on them for the first time. How can that be bad?</p>
<p>Maybe you are happy with things as they are, Carl, but I&#8217;m sure as hell not. I&#8217;m uninsured now, because I couldn&#8217;t afford to buy a health plan after my COBRA ran out. If I get real sick, I&#8217;ll have to either declare bankruptcy and/or sell my house and everything in it to pay for becoming healthy. Or I may just decide to die, because I would like to leave something behind for my kids.</p>
<p>How much longer are you going to stuff another dollar into the pickle jar for some sick young mother who&#8217;s insurance has run out, Carl? Is this something a citizen of the best nation on earth ever have to do to simply stay alive?</p>
<p>Are you content with that damned pickle jar? I&#8217;m not. I put my dollar into it to, but I&#8217;m pissed off every time I do, because it&#8217;s wrong! No American family should ever have to resort to stooping so low due to medical desperation!<br />
It&#8217;s time for a change!</p>
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		<title>Comment on Legislative update from Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-32A) by Jeff</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/02/23/legislative-update-from-rep-janice-mcgeachin-r-32a/#comment-36254</link>
		<dc:creator>Jeff</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great article. We need more people like this who will protect us small businesses. We&#039;re a construction company in Idaho Falls.

First Choice Construction 
605 4th Street
Idaho Falls, ID 83401
(208) 227-6688?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article. We need more people like this who will protect us small businesses. We&#8217;re a construction company in Idaho Falls.</p>
<p>First Choice Construction<br />
605 4th Street<br />
Idaho Falls, ID 83401<br />
(208) 227-6688?</p>
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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by reader</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/09/whats-wrong-with-the-wood-pilot-project/#comment-36253</link>
		<dc:creator>reader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Bundy, let us know what pans out.  Interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Bundy, let us know what pans out.  Interesting.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Pushing Healthcare Reform &#8211; Is It Now Or Never? by Carl</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/15/pushing-healthcare-reform-is-it-now-or-never/#comment-36252</link>
		<dc:creator>Carl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Government taking over healthcare is the LAST thing we want!  When has government doen anything in a cost-effective way.  They have run just about every program they are responsible for into major trouble (postal service, social security, medicare, etc).  If the Democrats slame this thing through, expect lawsuits.  I think this is going to be  a big mess.   

If they really want to do it right, they should take  a step back, find out what the taxpayers really want, and listen to the people footing the bill instead of slamming this down everyone&#039;s throat.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Government taking over healthcare is the LAST thing we want!  When has government doen anything in a cost-effective way.  They have run just about every program they are responsible for into major trouble (postal service, social security, medicare, etc).  If the Democrats slame this thing through, expect lawsuits.  I think this is going to be  a big mess.   </p>
<p>If they really want to do it right, they should take  a step back, find out what the taxpayers really want, and listen to the people footing the bill instead of slamming this down everyone&#8217;s throat.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by Johnny Archer</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/09/whats-wrong-with-the-wood-pilot-project/#comment-36251</link>
		<dc:creator>Johnny Archer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bundy,

I am from NBC News Channel 6. 

Can you email me your contact information to jarcher@kpvi.com?

I would like to talk to you about this article.

Thanks,

Johnny Archer</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bundy,</p>
<p>I am from NBC News Channel 6. </p>
<p>Can you email me your contact information to <a href="mailto:jarcher@kpvi.com">jarcher@kpvi.com</a>?</p>
<p>I would like to talk to you about this article.</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Johnny Archer</p>
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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by reader</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/09/whats-wrong-with-the-wood-pilot-project/#comment-36249</link>
		<dc:creator>reader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not always.  A dismissal can also be done with conditions we don&#039;t always see details about.  Such as - a dismissal for a domestic battery charge if the defendant agrees to attend anger management counseling.  Doesn&#039;t attend, goes back to court, given one more chance, won&#039;t go, city attorney tired of the case, woman has moved on, defendant digs in his heels and won&#039;t go.   Everybody gives up and the case is labeled a dismissal.  True story, in Idaho.

A dismissal of charges can also be used to indicate the defendant has become an informer, and the prosectors and police have decided to go after the bigger guy in exchange for a dismissal of charges.  Yep, happens enough here too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not always.  A dismissal can also be done with conditions we don&#8217;t always see details about.  Such as &#8211; a dismissal for a domestic battery charge if the defendant agrees to attend anger management counseling.  Doesn&#8217;t attend, goes back to court, given one more chance, won&#8217;t go, city attorney tired of the case, woman has moved on, defendant digs in his heels and won&#8217;t go.   Everybody gives up and the case is labeled a dismissal.  True story, in Idaho.</p>
<p>A dismissal of charges can also be used to indicate the defendant has become an informer, and the prosectors and police have decided to go after the bigger guy in exchange for a dismissal of charges.  Yep, happens enough here too.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by Guest</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/09/whats-wrong-with-the-wood-pilot-project/#comment-36248</link>
		<dc:creator>Guest</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In the eyes of the law, a dismissal actually IS the same as being found not guilty.  If the court dismisses a charge it&#039;s not for me to decide that someone is still guilty anyway.  If a crime is serious I would hope our police and prosecutor have enough evidence to get a conviction.  That&#039;s what they are paid to do.  I&#039;m not defending Mr. Crazythunder, I&#039;m just sayin&#039;.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the eyes of the law, a dismissal actually IS the same as being found not guilty.  If the court dismisses a charge it&#8217;s not for me to decide that someone is still guilty anyway.  If a crime is serious I would hope our police and prosecutor have enough evidence to get a conviction.  That&#8217;s what they are paid to do.  I&#8217;m not defending Mr. Crazythunder, I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;.</p>
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		<title>Comment on What&#8217;s Wrong With the Wood Pilot Project? by Guest 13</title>
		<link>http://www.idahofallstoday.com/2010/03/09/whats-wrong-with-the-wood-pilot-project/#comment-36247</link>
		<dc:creator>Guest 13</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:27:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lets not also forget that just because a dismissal of a charge occurred it doesn&#039;t meant that Crazythunder didn&#039;t do it. 

For all we know those charges were dismissed as part of a plea bargain - plead to this and we&#039;ll drop this.  Or a witness / victim failed to show in court.   Or any number of things that led to dismissal without it meaning that Crazythunder was innocent.    A dismissal is not the same as being found not guilty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lets not also forget that just because a dismissal of a charge occurred it doesn&#8217;t meant that Crazythunder didn&#8217;t do it. </p>
<p>For all we know those charges were dismissed as part of a plea bargain &#8211; plead to this and we&#8217;ll drop this.  Or a witness / victim failed to show in court.   Or any number of things that led to dismissal without it meaning that Crazythunder was innocent.    A dismissal is not the same as being found not guilty.</p>
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