Bob Dylan Coming to Canton! Locals Despair!

Bob Dylan is coming to town!

You'd think people would be pleasantly surprised. Many are, but right on cue, we have a band of Reppie kvetchers, posting their despair.

Its not like Reppies don't surprise us. But...

...it's not like anybody very known plays Canton anymore. (The Hank Williams Curse?)

Outside of the OJays, who are from Canton anyway, the last really really big names that we remember darkening Canton's door were Chicago and Elton John at City Auditorium (now Canton Civic Center) more than 30 years ago. During that concert, city police thugs grabbed and yanked tokers off the floor. What fate these punk bitch criminals met we don't know.

Previous to that eventful night, (we don't remember how previous) I Hate Canton, money in hand, was unexpectedly pushed through a police barricade at City Auditorium; thus, getting a free Cactus (of all things) and Rod Stewart concert. We just had to mix into the crowd while the cops looked for us. True to Canton form, shortly afterward we heard a "true" rumor that Stewart is gay because he was seen someplace backstage in red bikini underpants. The next time we ran into Mr. Stewart we were teargassed by Akron police. We have no idea what underclothing he chose for that concert.

So, what do our kvetchers have to say about Dylan? Mainly they object to the cost of the tickets--$39.50-$52.50, but there's some cultural snarks, too:

julsktk3
I know Dylan is known for his lyrics and poetry, etc. but I don't think he can carry a tune, and at these ticket prices, thats crazy! I wouldn't walk across the street to see him!

HowDoYouKnow
When I see Bobby Zimmerman looking so old., I think back to the day when I was a kid and my dad took me to the civic center to see Cab Calloway. I had no idea who he was but dad was happy about seeing Cab do his thing. I watched and listened to old Cab and I didn't get why dad liked him so much but most of all I remember the smile on dad's face, so it was all good.

Although I'm a Dylan fan and I can easily afford the ticket price for my whole family, I won't be going because I think the price is a rip-off. Looking back at this stage of life, I can see how these 60's peace and love, share the world trubadors were just profiteering from the idealist mood of the day by writing songs that they could sell us regardless of if they believed in what they were saying or not. It's always about money, money, money and I'm hip to game now.

Eljay
Next will be the County Fair circuit, I'll wait, tickets will be cheaper then!!

nflhofcity
He's really scrapping the barrel now. He must be deaf from playing music really loud over all the year because if he could really hear himself sing, I don't think he would be on tour.

Are Dylan's ticket prices really out of line? IHC didn't think so. We were, in fact, surprised that Bob was coming to town on the cheap. But to verify our sincrelyh held belief, we looked for ticket prices for concerts scheduled around the same time in Ohio. Here is a sample:

Leonard Cohen, Columbus, Palace Theatre, October 27, 2009: $59.00-$980.00

Metallica, Cleveland, Quicken Loans Arena, October 15 , 2009: $93.00-$2,910.00

BB King, Cincinnati, Proctor & Gamble Hall, October 16, 2009: $135-$150.00

Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dayton, Nutter Center, November 7, 2009: $59.00-$329.00

The Misfits: Toledo, Howard's Club H: October 28, $123.00

None of these kvetchers qualify for a Village Idiot of the Day. We feel their pain. Concert tickets are out of the reach of anyone but Timken executives and dope dealers. $123 for the Misfits???? $2,910.00 each for a Metallica loge? (What happened to their parking lot tour?) IHC saw the Stones with Brian Jones at the old Cleveland Hockey Arena for $2.50. We still have the ticket stub to prove it. Still, the complaining goes to show that locals just don't get out of town much.

Dead Threads: Week of September 28-October 3, 2009

Here's the threads that we know of that died a painful death at the hands of our Reppie racists and haters. this week. Why these normal topics transmogrified into hate threads is pure bafflement:

Owner of Taggart's Buys Kennedy Barbecue

Canton Officer's Case Reaches Ohio Supreme Court

Man, 21, Dies in Traffic Accident Near Downtown Massillon

If you know of more dead threads for this past week, let us know.

Village Idiot of the Day, September 30, 2009: ottertk1

A day without Ottertk1 is like a day without ohiodude or you know who.

We were particularly taken by Ottertk1's suggestion that the unemployed take up neighborhood bounty hunting--execution not required but suggested-- to supplement their government checks.

Ottertk1
Letter from Eric J Thomas, Let's Take a Stand Against Neighborhood Crime in Canton
Tom Dewey, you make many good points. We should also do away with the parole system. And we also need a 'Three Strikes' and you out law. After three strikes, you are executed. You've had you chance and now are nothing but a burden on society. Society shouldn't have to pay to keep you incarcerated for the rest of your worthless life. We also need a 'Take Back our Neighborhoods' group. As the police can't be everywhere at once and honest people can't walk the streets after dark, it's time to start putting a bounty of known felons and wanted persons. Bounty posters with a picture of the wanted person should be distributed in the neighborhoods they frequent. The bounty would be paid regardless if the wanted person was caught alive or dead. Drastic times call for drastic measures. You could supplement your unemployment check by ridding society of many worthless idiots who prey on honest citizens. Society becomes safer, our prisons are less crowded, our police are able to be used more effectively, our courts aren't overburdened, and once again children would know that good always triumphs over evil.

For this creative solution to unemployment, we award ottertki the Village Idiot of the Day, September 30, 2009. We also suggest that he apply for some stimulus money to finance his scheme. He may need some of it to pay his lawyer. See, there's a little thing called the Constitution.

Village Idiot of the Day, September 26, 2009: dsteelman1, gottheanswer, joe_mcpott

I Hate Canton just noticed we forgot to post this the other day. We have slightly edited the original to update it.

As I Hate Canton predicted, the Macy Gray thread went down around 11:00 AM last Friday (see Sept. 24 Village Idiot of the Day Award--Sept. 25 blog below.)

But, as we know, nature abhors a vacuum, and as soon as we could say Ku Klux Klan our Reppie Racists (RR) slimed their way into Housing Units Get a 3-5M Upgrade (thread also shut down). Of course, just for fun "gottheanswer" dragged Mary Parker into the fray. Ms Parker has written a splendid reply to our white robed and brown shirted neighbors which is posted in a separate blog immediately below this, so it won't get lost.

In the meantime, here's a sampling of our best and brightest non-de-pluming racists. (We admit that there are legitimate concerns about tax funds flowing into a virtual money pit, but that has nothing to do with race). Since the thread went down, we are giving a larger sampling than usual. To get the full effect of our RR's social and intellectual dysfunctions and language and grammar deficiencies, we are clumping comments together by name, not chronological order

We'll start with our last Village Idiot "puterb1:

puterb1
More of my tax money down the drain. The properties will be run down again in 5 years. Anytime you give someone something for free, they never appreciate it. The residence should be required to do the physical labor, then maybe they would appreciate this welfare benefit more.

Followed by several comments by "gottheanaswer" (hmmm wonder who that could be?) who jumps on Mary Parker (who never has said "you owe it to them") and then moves on to other disruptive elements in the community, though curiously neglecting white women who don't pay their bills and get taken to court.

gottheanswer
As Mary would say , you owe it to them, get your wallets out. Drove by the units on Harmont, with plywood windows and junk laying around, its sad the way these people decide to live. I will as the units on alan Page look well kept. Maybe it comes down to supporting the police and some self cleaning. Stop dragging Al Sharpton here everytime Lavone gets his pants pulled down to get searched. Wave to the police.

gottheanswer
Just like health reform, these big federal projects turn into disasters, they sound good but take all the incentive away for people to improve. Big cities are razing all the wonderful welfare high rises, that turned into drug and crime holes. Its sad these people have to live like this. bbj is right, respect for yourself is lacking, one person was appalled that 'volunteers' would clean up Canton before the HOF. Thats the type of person that destroys these housing units. Sad

gottheanswer
If the shoe fits wear it, but 'They' are the ones that live in the squaller, inside and out, they need to clean up the trash like my grandmother would take us down the street with a trash bag. Thank you mary and stop whining other mary, get a trash bag. Often when i run i take a trash bag, fill it up and toss it away. Try it. And try supporting the police, beg them or make them a pie to clean up the walking trash, and stop being a racist.

gottheanswer
Calm that lady down and thank her for insisting they clean up after them selves. If Mary got out there things would be clean. I have a trash bag if u want come help me clean up after the winos in the park, so that walkers can enjoy it, or take your own bag.

Then, we have a gaggle of class envyists (they tend to hate rich and poor alike as "favored" classes)

bruce1365
How can I get some rehab money to fix up my house? Oh that's right my wife and I both non-degreed each working jobs worked hard to buy a home, pay off the mortgage in 17 years and try to save money while dead beats sit at home wathchng the Price is Right. on their flat sceen tv while talking on their cell phones. Nice really nice. I want my piece of the free pie. when am I going to get it or when do we cut welfare off for able body people???????

zedsdeadbaybee
Millions more down a rathole. Free housing for the 'stop snitchin' crowd' so drug-dealing central can continue bid-nez as usual. Billions of dollars and decades after LBJ declared a 'war on poverty', this is where we are. Record numbers of people living at or below the poverty line and record numbers on food stamps, all within the last couple of months. When the government becomes the benefactor for a huge segment of the population, that population becomes dependent and demands 'entitlement'. They now comprise almost 50 percent of the population. This is why we now have trillions in deficits which we can NEVER pay back. And the 'gimme mine' crowd wants nothing from Congress other than to keep getting their 'fair share'. Until the people actually paying federal taxes throw out the scum who enable this mentality in order to get re-elected, it will only get worse. Washington needs an enema in 2010.

ohiodownhome (NOTE: real name Sandra Belleveau)
3.5 mil to upgrade, what most living there, will only tear apart anyway.....HELLO??? Housing projects dont attract the most viable people.....Never did, never has, never will... It isnt a 'half way pit stop', or a temporary solution, on your way UP, to better yourself....Its more like 'come to roost, get comfortable, settle in, and chow down', for 10 or 40 years.....paid by someone else.....of course.... I love that... I really do....Its always comforting to know, not only have I worked my tail off for myself, but so many nameless, faceless others who I never consented to 'share the wealth' with, in the first place.. I love how that goes, too... .3.2 mil, huh?? Should be just peachy keen.....and a real neverending, continuing, always in plain sight, 'jackpot lottery ticket' for many in Canton....WOO HOO....

XD45
the buildings aren't the problem, the trash that occupies them are. why change your behavior when there are no consequences for not changing it? sit around on your big fat a$$ all day, smoke crack & make babies....no problem, we'll support you. trash the house you were GIVEN, no problem, we'll rehab it. wonder what the entitlement junkies and all their apologists are going to do when the taxpayers finally rise up and refuse to play along anymore? it's coming, mark my words.
And finally one of our favorite haters, joe-mcpott"

joe_mcpott
Speaking of cHIPS, I rode past there just the other day , and said too myself how HORRIBLE it looked, then i remembered the day back in 1972 my grandparents sold the old farm and moved too Rainbow Acres, due too health, but i remember when them things were brand new ! now 37 years later look at it !!!! I know The area there gonna put 3.5 million into very well, that is one of the most infested areas in the city, there might be a few decent working class people in that neighborhood, but the rest is a war zone. Now when i was growing up it still had some nice old houses and more people who cared ... but thats not no more. dam 3.5 million !!!! what the city could do with that kind of money? mmm mmm mmm......CRAZY !!!! hey heres something CRAZY, how about THE CITY OF CANTON put 3.5 into a Military style police force!!! Take back the streets of canton ! Just build an army outta C.P.D.. and take no crap, espessially Al Sharpton, Lock him up too !!!!!!! Im just sick of this whole mess here in canton, i grew up here, and i watched it crimble right before my eyes. i watched its downfall from CRACK..... That was the end of it.The early 80s.,

joe_mcpott
oh yeah, they stated that the oldest units was built early too mid 70s ..... B.S. maybe like a few, the rest were built in early 80s , i know i used too play in many of them while they were being built as a young boy.. in 20 years they will need 5 million too fix them up again..

joe_mcpott
LETS MARCH ON CITY HALL !!!!!! SERIOUSLLY...... thats the biggest crock of B.S. this city has thrown our way.!, tear them all down and create parks, where will all the freeloaders go? u might ask? go out behind highland park, Where they are planning too build another project by the way, and build a SUPER multi-unit 3.5 million PROJECTS.......something resembling a small prison. im sure the taxpayers, and true residents would rather you do that. just think, a park where chips sits, a park where Mahoning Manor sits, Gage Gardens, Ellisdale, Leshdale,Linwood, 10th st projects,..... put them all in the S.E........ throw everybody outta them old nice homes in the N.W, which are mostly section 8 houses. and Re-Do them. Man theres so much We could spend 3.5 on than fixing up all those 119 scattered sites as they call them.

joe_mcpott
Just build (those people) a giant project complex with that 3.5. make it like a prison, maybe they will like that better, and like i said in my recent comments put it out in the deep S.E.....................and when i say those people, im refering too the blacks, and the very few white trash that inhabit these places, read my recent post !!!! SOMETHING HAS TOO BE DONE !!!!!

joe_mcpott
Listen people, thats OUR 3.5 million dollars , something needs too be done about this !!! Whats next? Rehab all of the other projects in the S.E. next? some of them were built in the 60s, and early 70s, I think they so called re-did alot of them in the early 80s, but its about time too do them again, And too think, WE GOT 3 MORE YEARS OF THIS !!!!!!!!

joe_mcpott
they, they, they, we ALL know who (they) are . And THEY know who THEY are, so cut the crap.!

joe_mcpott
Some one pick on me..................... im the one who said build THEM a prison compound out behind highland park !!!!!!!

And finally, dsteelman1, in a class by himself. The second post under his name is in reference to Mary Parker's reply to the race baiters which appears below this blog.

dsteelman1
Thats a new take I have not heard Don. Its putting others down to want to keep my own money and not pay for the entire lives of those not willing to work. But then again it is the way of the left. Forced charity is not charity. Demonize the people who actually work and pay their own way. Enable and encourage those who live off of the fruits of OTHERS labor. And it doesnt take 'giant cajones' or anything else to see that you were hoping the answer would have taken everyone down the 'race' road. Its always interesting though how us 'hatemongers' are always 'low self esteem, no pride ' And that doesnt take 'cajones' on your part to insinuate those traits ?? Ooops Im sorry I forgot your 'right' and Im evil , you can say anything you like without any repercussions while people who work for a living and believe a work ethic should be instilled in people , not a welfare ethic , get demeaned . Its cool with me though , you like the 60s and commune living , thats your right. But your likes should not be the law of the land. Commune living doesnt that mean ALL the people work for the common good?? These places were built in the 70s, not the 20s. If the people had any respect for the things WE provide for them , they wouldnt need 3 million dollars MORE of our money . My house was built in 1950 , I take care of it because I have to pay for it. Imagine that. people take care of things they have to pay for . Woa , that might be a plan for those poor poor victims of Bush .

dsteelman1
Were you being sarcastic Mary? That is a VERY good list of the 'theys' The only reason you all dont like the list is becasue its 100% true. Truth hurts, facts sting I cant take of my baby cause I gotta buy some bling:)

We hesitate to even attempt to name a VIOD, but we will.

Since we appreciate transparency and personal responsibility we suppose we should "congratulate" dsteelman1 and joe mcpott for admitting they're racist. Instead, we give them our first place award, September 26, 2009.

Second place goes to gottheanswer for habitual harassment of Mary Parker and use of the code word "they."

Unless the Rep advocates a free-speech-for-all-free-for-all (which they don't) we still don't understand why it waits until the RR's are hammered by decent commenters to take action--and that action it to close the thread.

Mary Parker and Don Cirelli Respond to Reppie Racism--Thread Removed

Last week featured some of the most virulent racist comments in the Rep we've seen for some time under the thread, now shut down, Housing Units Get a 3-5M Upgrade. We have posted them, at length, in our Village Idiot of the Day award blog above this one.

First, though, we wanted you to read Mary Parker's response, followed by a comment from Don Cirelli, to these posts. They were made specifically in response to remarks posted by "Joe McPott" and his use of the code word "they" to refer to blacks:

joe_mcpott
they, they, they, we ALL know who (they) are . And THEY know who THEY are, so cut the crap.!

joe_mcpott
Some one pick on me..................... im the one who said build THEM a prison compound out behind highland park !!!!!!!

RESPONSES

mary v parker
When you and the others refer to 'they' you really mean the Blacks that make up the majority of the inhabitants of these low income projects. You don't want to come off being perceived as a racist, so rather than say 'The Blacks ' are the 'freeloaders', you just refer to them as 'they'.

Blacks are the people one commentor was referring to when he/she said 'Tell them there's plenty of room in New Orleans.'

Blacks are the 'crackheads and prostitutes that another is referring too..

Blacks are the ones another commentor was referring to when he/she said; 'THEY just want to sit around on their big fat a$$ all day , smoke crack and make babies.'

Blacks are who they're referring to when some commentor called 'THEM' the 'stop snitchin' crowd', and the 'entitlement junkies'.

See Dave, others on here, like you, share a lot in common. You want to say 'Blacks' instead of just referring to us as 'THEY', but that way, you wouldn't be able to call me a racist.. You wouldn't be able to say that me and Don are stirring the pot, or playing the race card. How could you call me a racist if you were making racist statements yourself? You couldn't. You want to come out smelling like a rose, and claim you're not a racist. Like you just said in your comment above,'The only reason you all don't like the list is becasue its 100% true.'. So who is 'YOU ALL' David?

You can agree with my comment , which says what YOU think, you just don't want to say it yourself. You've never been good at hiding your feelings, about 'THEY' oops, I mean Blacks. I think your comment today is as close as you've come to being truthful about how you feel about Blacks. It's just better when Mary says it for you, right? Why get your hands dirty, when you can just play off of my comment, nod your head in agreement, yet still be able to say ; 'I didn't say that, Mary Parker, the racist , said it. I just agreed with her. That's not the same thing as saying it myself is it?' Yes it is David.

doncirelli
Right on, Mary! In fact, 'Joe McPott' finally came straight out and admitted he was talking about blacks after I called him out on it. That's how brazen he is with his racism. Racists are like roaches - the one thing they hate the most is a light shining on them, exposing them for what they really are. Clearly, much of the rhetoric in here is as racist as you would find at any Klan or Neo-Nazi gathering. If these folks aren't racist, there would have been no reason for them to point out the color of the people they were talking about.

Dead Threads: Week of September 21-27, 2009

A few weeks ago I Hate Canton said we'd post a list of prefectly good threads that are shut down, due to what we assume is the malicious, loutish, rude behavior of posters Then we promptly forgot about it We're starting over. Here is our first official list of Dead Threads in no particular order:

From Tears to Hope: Mother of Jesse Davis Raising Awareness of Domestic Violence

Polilce: At Least Two Ejected from Car on Route 62

Housing Units to Get 3M Upgrade

Macy Gray Eliminated from Dancing with the Stars

Four's not bad, but we're sure our Reppies can do better this week.

Village Idiot of the Day: September 24, 2009: puterb1, pleasebequiet

The Macy Gray clusterf*** continues (see previous blog). It is perfectly fine and acceptable to not care for Gray. I Hate Canton loathes Nickelback. We can't, though, imagine getting into a lengthy newspaper discussion about them. We are greatly puzzled, therefore, that somebody would waste their time bragging obsessively about their dislike of a hometown girl in a public forum. At least without some "personal agenda." Now that Barrack Obama and Mary Parker (what next? abortion?) have been dragged into the discourse, we can only surmise that the majority of these pathological comments come from the ever wakeful and alert Octopuppet who never misses an opportunity to stick it to certain posters and to poison discussion and shut down threads.

Commenter Denise O, made the astute observation, stating better than IHC could, asking why these "new" posters seem to know so much about the history of other threads and posters:

I always find it funny when a bunch of brand new names get on Comments and start attacking individual commenters, and those same new commenters claim they have been reading here for a long time. Funny how their debut comment would be to attack someone.

I knew this story would generate a lot of negativity from one or two people. There are just some people who hate to see anyone from this region have a little bit of success.

Frankly, we're surprised Macy Gray Eliminated from Dancing with the Stars hasn't' been shut down already.

Here are some new entries:

cal2410
How long are we going to beat this dead horse? She's voted off the show, move on. She is trashy. Not because she is black, taller than her partner, jet lagged, etc. but because she is a foul mouthed, strange woman. Who cares if you have the most gorgeous dress in the world on...when you open your mouth and spew garbage, YOU are garbage!

gwitz
marginal talent, far less class...

GovGilligan
Thank goodness she didn't try to sing. She'd probably forget the words and try to talk her way through it like she did last time on National TV. What an embarassment to Canton.

puterb1
Maybe Macy Gray can record my first graders new favorite song she learned in school. It goes like this.

MMM MMM MMM
Barack Hussen Obama
He is our savior and he loves us all

pleasebequiet
I love it, a article on macy gray turns into race war. I think macy gray is about as ugly as the crackhead she played in training day. Also I thought of a new name for this newspaper the Mary V Parker times, here she'll have a place to spout off daily about the injustices of the world to the black community. What maybe this paper exists already, yeah it does I've been reading it for the past 6 years. Give it a rest please, I mean at one point I saw eye to eye with you but day after day after day. Be happy Mary please I can't take much more!

taxedtoomuch
Who watches this trash? I guess people in Canton have far more time to waste on this garbage than I do. I have to work for a living and then take care of things at home when I get home from work. Maybe this ignorant show is watched by the 47% of the population that doesn't pay taxes.

zulu726
Bla,Bla,Bla let her soak in all her glory, if that what you want to call it. what does her hometown have to do with anything? when your bad your bad.. i think she could care less of what people think of herself.. THAT'S the POINT.. self respect should come first, and other will respect her too. nice day.

There's a lot of choices, but the September 25, 2009 co-Village Idiot of the Day winners are:
puterb1 for introducing Barrack Obama into the mix

and

pleasebequiet for a suspicious attack on Mary Parker. (This previous winner, has called for work camps and chemical castration of "lowlife scum." Click "pleasebequiet" on the Cast of Characters, Plot Lines sidebar on the right)

Of course they, and many more, may be one in the same.

Time to add a new trophy room?

Reppies Complain: Macy Gray is our Black Eye

We've been through this before, but what is it about people who escape Can-Town and make a name for themselves that engenders so much hatred in the locals? In other cities there's such a thing as "pride of place," or put more crassly, civic boosterism. In Canton, however, home town hero-ism, has been usurped by home town class envy-ism. What would Andy Hardy do?

A few weeks ago we learned that Grammy winner and Canton native Macy Gray was scheduled to be a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. The vile comments that followed earned Ohio Dude--real name David Crowe-- a coveted VOID Award. Here's what Dave wrote then:

this slut is a wacked out druggie.........she could not sign the national anthummmm??duh??? at the hof game. the flyover alm mvp dc are you on drugs?

In a later thread, Crowe...er we mean Ohio Dude... continued his trope, but the comment was removed before IHC got around to archiving it. We believe Mr. Dude has watched too many Maury shows.

We now have two new sets of carps and complaints about our Ms Gray, though Mr. Dude is, so far, AWOL. Exiled to the the Rep's basement to play with some of Octopuppet's imaginary friends? But when he slid down the chute, it looks like a couple of OP's imps crawled up to entertain and enchant us with their insightful dance critiques. These are especially critical to our enjoyment of Gray's performance since some of them never bothered to watch the show, giving truth to the old critics complaint, "Did fill-in the-critic's name see the same fill-in-the-blank as I did?

Nobody says it better than Octo. What do you think? Or are these comments some cheap imitation? Only its ISP knows for sure.

Under Canton's Macy Gray Makes Her Debut on Dancing with the Stars, we have:

bella09
She cant even put a coherent sentence together. Looked half stoned like always

zulu726
Last time the Rep seen it fit not to let me comment. So here we go again- She can't SING or DANCE..
Two- Three songs to Fame.. I think not.. SHE is not ALL that..

jen101400
I agree Bella09 - what a shame - is this really someone that the paper should be showcasing so much that everytime she just makes a fool of herself - what example is she showing?

bella09
Exactly, she certainly cannot dance thats for sure. No personality either just a half dazed look. More of Cantons finest. Embarassing isnt it

great life
I did change my channel! Another black eye for Canton!

AmyC
Macy looked stoned out of her mine & is very rude!! Did she actually graduate from high school? Wow-she can't even put a sentence together.

cal2410
Where are all the Macy fans that were supporting her in the article the other day? She was an embarrassment to Canton, Ohio AGAIN. Jet lag? Really?? I don't think so. Please let her be voted off soon and let her go back to her chemically induced haze.

amboo64
Who cares? Does anyone remember her rendition of the national anthem prior to the Hall of Fame Game several years ago.

She has a voice that sounds like nails on a chalkboard. She has trouble communicating verbally. As for Grammys - They gave Amy Winehouse a Grammy - obviously talent isn't a criteria.

Cant sing AND cant dance. LOL She should hang it up and go be a parent to her children. Oh wait, she's having too much fun living her own life while someone elses raises her kids. It don't get better then that, eh?

and from Macy Gray eliminated from Dancing with the Stars.

noseproblem
no class...she was using dropping F bombs on the air. she cut her own throat.

lefthook37
Glad to hear that she got the boot, don't watch the show any way

lefthook37
PS again nice job Rep. on covering the REAL important stories that effect our lives

joe_mcpott
HAHAHAHAHAHA LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL HAHAHAHAHA

ashielu
Maybe if she cleaned up her nasty, foul languaged mouth she would still be on there. People from all over the country vote, not just Canton. Way to show off Canton's finest again Macy! First you don't know the lyrics to our National Anthem on national television, and then you curse on national television with the 'f' word. Yes, she is something to be proud of Canton. Way to go, Macy! I am glad she is off of there and I don't even watch the show on regular basis. I watched it this week to see what she would pull.

As far as we know masochism (other than hard unrequited work) is not a prerequisite for success. After reading these and similar comments, we have to wonder why Canton escapees would be willing to return to town, even for a wedding or funeral.

Perusing our copy of the Stark County Wall of Fame, and other sources we find the following native sons and daughters from the entertainment field (and we know there's more): Irving Barnes, David Canary, Frank DeVol, Peggy Ann Garner, Shirley Givens, Dorothy Gish, Lillian Gish, Marilyn Manson, Bek Nelson, Jack Paar, Jean Peters, Tom Poston, Marlee Jo Sabo, Pat Shannon, Boz Skaggs, The OJays, Blanche Thebom, and Joe Vitale. (Does Mother Angelika count?)

As we look back on our long and beautiful life, we don't remember hearing much good about any of these upstarts except Frank DeVol and David Canary (probably because he played football for Massillon and some people don't think of the soap star as anything but Candy on Bonanza.) We don't remember the Gish Sisters darkening the Stark County doorstep much after they left (though Dorothy once held court at a downtown Massillon kissing booth during a World War 1 bond drive. We had a friend whose mother attended high school with Jean Peters (right) and we were regaled with stories of the actress' sluttish East Canton student career, which apparently qualified her for nothing better than to make blockbuster movies and marry low life Howard Hughes, a scandal East Canton took years to recover from. We also heard unverified stories of an ungrateful Jack Paar telling a fan who showed up at funeral of the TV star's mother, to buzz off. And let's not get started on Brian Warner, who a few years ago told Rolling Stone that he loves Canton. Too bad the feeling isn't mutual.

Full Disclosure: We were looking forward to watching Macy Gray (and Tom Delay) and through no fault of our own (nothing is ever our fault) we missed the show We found Macy's performance on YouTube below. We admit she looked a little stiff, but having suffered through Forced Ballroom Dancing 101 at the Reynolds-McIllvaine Dance Studio, we feel her stiffness. And we don't like to lose either!

Twitter Alert

I Hate Canton had a real problem with Twitter and have not been able to post tweets for some time. To make it easier, we just opened a new Twitter account under I Hate Canton1. We have no idea if it's working right (Why is something so simple so difficult?) Could some kind person with Twitter please attempt to add us and see what happens. Thanks.

Village Idiot of the Day, September 21, 2009: goodnewstoday

Who knew that unemployment benefits are a gift from the government to the uneducated, lazy, and dumb, stupid enough to be outsourced, downsized, and shut down, and can't find another job short of moving to Bombay?

"goodnewstoday" does.

goodnewstoday
House Moves to Extend Employment Benefits
There is no obligation to provide unemployment compensation to anyone. It is not Constituitonally mandated, it is not included in the Bill of Rights and is not an entitlement but a BENEFIT that your fellow citizens have decided to GIFT you with through the principle of universal participation. Stop complaining and show some gratitude. In the early 1930's you were on your own...period...too bad, so sad. Because of the value of compassion today there is a safety net. With a total of 26 weeks plus 13 weeks plus 53 weeks and restructured rulings on pursuing education, a person seeking full compensation benefits can complete a trade certificate or associate degree program to retrain for 21st century employment. Put those funds together with available financial aid and the only other thing your fellow citizens can do to help you bridge your unemployment that isn't being made available to you is to put you in their cars and drive you to the training site themselves. Wait... there are agencies that will do that too. Buckle down and buck up!

I Hate Canton worked decades and paid into Unemployment. Being the lazy vengeful person we are, we even collected it a couple times when our employers went out of business, one due to a predatory takeover, the other after the owner was arrested for paycheck kiting. Back in those days we had a little book in which we had to list where we looked for work each week, and a "counselor" randomly calling the hapless marks on our little cheat sheet to catch us in a lie. WHBC, Camelot Music, the News Depot, the library..and...the Rep. We are, in fact, surprised that the Rep hasn't put up a memorial bench in honor of IHC's dashed dreams of journo fame and fortune. Just think. If things had worked out as they shoulda, Charita Goshay would be I Hate Canton, and we would be nailed to the comment cross each week. Little did we know back then that we were nothing but a welfare whore. A chiseler. A babymamadaddie. Wait a minute! No baby!

That we remember.

We do admit, though, to once drinking two bottles of Ripple before walking to the Unemployment office on N. Cleveland to stand in line with the whores, bums and liars.

In memory of our days on Unemployment we are happy to give goodnewstoday, the Village Idiot of the Day award for September 21, 2009.