Hermann Hearsay

'Herkimer' welcomes you to Hermann Hearsay, a place where you can discuss news, rumors and hearsay of local interest with other Hermannites. Your comments are always welcome, and will be published in their entirety. We ask that you refrain from using profane language, that you respect the opinions and viewpoints of others and that you report plausible hearsay only. Hermann Hearsay ... FREE, FUNNY, FLIPPANT and FARCICAL. Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. www.HermannHearsay.blogspot.com

Friday, September 10, 2010

Editorial Comment: Washington Times Columnist Calls For Obama Impeachment

Published by Jimmy Olsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Date: 9/10/2010

Washington Times columnist, Jeffrey T. Kuhner, makes a compelling case for the impeachment of President Barack H. Obama in his July 22nd column entitled "President's socialist takeover must be stopped". You can read the entire article by clicking on: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/22/the-case-for-impeachment-142967590/

The editorial board of Hermann Hearsay recommends that you read Kuhner's case for impeachment. Whether or not a case can and will be mounted for impeachment of the President, we believe Obama must be stopped at the polls ..... in the upcoming mid-term election this November and ultimately in the presidential election of 2012.

Hermann Hearsay Invests In The Future

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Nikon Coolpix L22 Digital Camera

Date: 9/10/2010

Hermann Hearsay is investing in the future! Today HH announced that we have made a major capital purchase of new photograpic equipment. We are upgrading from our Nokia camera phone to a brand new Nikon Coolpix L22 digital camera. HH purchased the new camera, carrying case, flash memory card and lithium batteries from Granneman's Radio Shack Store located on Market Street in Hermann.

Hermann Hearsay owner, Truman T. Tiger, said ... "We believe in purchasng locally whenever we can. Others may drive to Washington, Warrenton, Columbia or St. Louis to make major purchases while giving our local businesses nothing but the "small crumbs" of their purchasing dollars. Our media market is local, and we will always support our local businesses by buying from them whenever we can."

Frank Furter, our IT guy, is reading the Nikon owner's manual and reviewing the DVD which came with it. After Frank learns how to operate the camera, he will train Lois Lame, Dick Schaefer and me. We are all eager to get our hands on the new camera!

Watkins Weekend Weather Report - Friday, 9/10 thru Sunday, 9/12

Published by Frank Furter, IT Manager, Weekend Weather Reporter, Custodian and Coffee Brewer

Date: 9/10/2010

Hi folks! This is Frank Furter. I've been asked to take over the weekend weather reporting from Charlie Farquharson. It turns out that Hermann Hearsay can no longer afford Charlie, so I've been asked to give weather forecasting a shot. Apparently I work a lot cheaper than Charlie ...... and well, they're already payin' me to do some other stuff anyway! This is my second weekend weather report. I'm startin' to get the hang of it!

The Watkins Weekend Weather Report is now sponsored by local Watkins Independent Associate Dick Schaefer (#378589). Dick doesn't actually pay us cash money for sponsoring the weather report. Instead he supplies us with Watkins cleaning products for the office. These are the products I use everyday when I clean our office and wash the windows. You see, I'm also the custodian here at Hermann Hearsay.

Please support Dick by buying his high quality Watkins products made from "all natural ingredients".

Welcome to my second weekend weather report for the local Hermann area......

Today: Showers early with isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon. High 76F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.
Tonight: Thunderstorms likely. Low near 65F. Winds SE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 80%.
Tomorrow: Scattered thunderstorms in the morning, then partly cloudy late. High 81F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 40%.
Tomorrow night: Clear. Low 53F. Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny. Highs in the low 80s and lows in the mid 50s.

A lot of cool events and festivals in Hermann this weekend folks! So go out and enjoy them! Take your umbrella with you on Friday and Saturday morning. After that it's going to be really nice!

To order Watkins products, contact:

Dick Schaefer
Independent Associate #378589
573-225-2582
richardhschaefer@yahoo.com

For free details about the Watkins business opportunity,
visit www.tsginfo.com and enter code GD4279.

John Denver - "Fly Away" ♫ ♫♫ ♫ ♫♫ ♫ ♫♫

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/10/2010

It's "John Denver Friday" once again! Here's John singing "Fly Away" .....

Photo Of The Day - Friday, 9/10/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/10/2010

A. E. Newman
Recently named '2010 Sportsman Of The Year'
by the Bland Downtown Athletic Club.
Newman's favorite sports are: rabbit hunting,
skeet shooting, cow pasture golf, tiddly winks,
canoeing and beach volleyball.

Laugh Of The Day - Friday, 9/10/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/10/2010

"President Obama has introduced a $50 billion plan to rebuild the nation's infrastructure. Now, let's think back, remember the first $187 billion stimulus package, wasn't that what that was supposed to do? Remember when we were told about what were called shovel-ready jobs? Whenever Washington talks about shovel-ready jobs, get your shovel ready." ~ Jay Leno

Quote Of The Day - Friday, 9/10/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/10/2010

"Among the natural rights of the colonists are these: First a right to life, secondly to liberty, and thirdly to property; together with the right to defend them in the best manner they can." ~ Samuel Adams

Bible Verse Of The Day - Friday, 9/10/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/10/2010

Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. – James 3:13

In an age of celebrity we can mistake wisdom and understanding as dynamic speaking or well packaged products and events. That’s not the way that James sees wisdom. James is always after how our core beliefs show up in our deeds. Is there a humility that marks our life or have we jumped on the bandwagon of self-branding for the sake of promotion? What would people say if they could look past our Facebook image and see our life? This is where God looks and it’s where we need to pay attention as well.

Commentary by: Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Post #700 .....

Published by Jimmy Oldsun, NDRIRSRWRAFTC & Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

Hermann Hearsay has reached a major milestone today! This is our 700th posting. Our first posting was on July 5th, 2009.

Since our initial start-up, Clark Kant has retired as Editor In Chief but still sits on our editorial board, Lois Lame has been promoted to Assistant Editor, and I have been pomoted to Clark's old position. We have also hired Frank Furter to handle our IT issues, report on the weekend weather forecast, keep our offices clean and brew our coffee.

Some people want to shut us down. Since our start-up, we have been harshly criticized on this site as well as on other sites for some of our views, we have been threatened with two lawsuits, we have been criticized and intimidated by certain county officials during public county commission meetings and we have been smeared in email messages sent to various people in the county. The question is "Why?" Why is it that these people want so desperately to discredit us and silence us?

Yet even with all the determined opposition we have faced, we are still here. We are still speaking out on issues when we feel it important for us to do so. With your continued support and indulgence, we shall continue to speak out.

Our website format has evolved during the past 14 months. We expected that it would. We have listened to your input, and we are working hard to meet your needs. Keep on giving us your input. We will listen to it and consider it seriously as we move forward.

We have "branded" our identity with our mascot 'Herkimer', and we have created our own designer line of golf apparel featuring our unique and irreverent 'Hermann Hearsay' trademarked logo. No other local news media organization has their own designer line of golf apparel.

It has been difficult to remain financially solvent in our highly competitive local online news market. But we have managed to keep our overhead low, and we are managing to stay in business. As we move forward into 2011, we will seek to improve our profitability. We would like to buy a fancy digital camera with a great big telescopic lens like our competitors have. We're shopping around for the best deal. We would also like to be able to buy gourmet coffee for the office. Folgers is OK, but we'd like to move up to Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts or maybe some nice organically grown coffee.

The main thing is that we've been having fun ..... and we hope that you've been having fun too! We'll keep speaking up, and we hope you'll keep reading our opinions and responding with yours!

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." First Amendment, U. S. Constitution

Hermann Hearsay Performance Metrics - Thursday, 9/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

Performance Metrics:

Total # FREE Subscribers: 000,353

Total # Premium Subscribers: 000,030

Total # Ultra Premium Subscribers: 000,004

Total # Platinum Lifetime Subscribers: 000,003

Subscribers Currently Online: 000,106

New Visitors Currently Online: 000,038

Alexa U.S. Traffic Ranking: 751,885

Alexa World Traffic Ranking: 1,036,360

Cumulative Postings Since Start-up: 699

Total # Subscriber Telethons, Raffles & Bake Sales: 0

Total $'s Recv'd From Politicians For Promotional Consideration: 0

Total # Subscriptions Revoked for Copyright Infringement: 0

Overall Financial Conditon: Solvent

Eric Clapton - "Change The World" ♫ ♫♫ ♫ ♫♫ ♫ ♫♫

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

It's "Eric Clapton Thursday" here at Hermann Hearsay. We're playing Clapton CDs all day long in the office. For your listening enjoyment, we've selected an old Clapton song called "Change The World" .....

Photo Of The Day - Thursday, 9/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

'The Yellow Kid'
The Yellow Kid emerged as the lead character in Hogan's
Alley, drawn by Richard F. Outcault for The World in
1896, which became one of the first Sunday supplement
comic strips in an American newspaper, although its
graphical layout had already been thoroughly established
in political and other entertainment cartoons. The Yellow
Kid was a bald, snaggle-toothed child who wore a
yellow nightshirt and hung around in a ghetto alley filled
with equally odd characters, mostly other children. With
a goofy grin, the Kid habitually spoke in a ragged,
peculiar ghetto argot printed on his shirt, a device meant
to lampoon advertising billboards.

Laugh Of The Day - Thursday, 9/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

"I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something." ~ Jackie Mason

Quote Of The Day - Thursday, 9/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right." ~ Thomas Paine

Bible Verse Of The Day - Thursday, 9/9/2010

Published by Lois Lame, SSALRCYTMVDQJCP & Assistant Editor

Date: 9/9/2010

"It was not through law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith." ~ Romans 4:13

Abraham stands as a primary example of the gospel. Abraham did not receive God’s favor because of his looks or abilities. It was simply that when God made a promise Abraham believed it, even when that promise was so huge Abraham couldn’t comprehend it. Though this promise wasn’t realized until much later, Abraham still lived his life in line with the promises of God. This is what made Abraham righteous. Not his actions, but the deep trust that guided all of those actions toward God.

Today’s commentary by: Dave Whitehead, Senior Pastor, GraceNYC.org

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Who will deliver a political stump speech condemning Commissioner Penning at the Commission Meeting this Thursday?

Published by Dick Schaefer, Award-winning, Unpaid, Part-time Contributing Writer and Investigative Reporter

Date: 9/8/2010

I just can't sleep tonight! The anticipation of tomorrow's Commission Meeting is killing me!

Who will the Owensville "Good Ol' Boy" Club run in to deliver a hate speech against poor Matt Penning tomorrow? I'm sure CNL and the Gasconade County Republican will be on hand to photograph, video record and audio record the entire show if there is any excitement! Charlie Brown will also be there to tape record whatever might happen for Hermann cable TV. Somehow Jeff Noedel and Dave Marner have a real nose for this sort of "explosive news". It's really uncanny! It's almost like they get tipped off ahead of time, so they can bring their high-powered photographic equipment and their camcorders!

I'd rather see Mr. Noedel and Mr. Marner report on the deficiencies found by the state auditors during their 2010 audit of Gasconade County though. I'd rather see them report on the material substance of the ethics violations alleged against Presiding Commissioner Ron Jost by Northern District Associate Commissioner Matt Penning and citizen watchdog Mike Jacquin. I'd rather see them report on the status of courthouse preservation and renovation efforts todate. I'd rather see them report on the YTD condition of the 2010 Gasconade County Operating Budget. Another really cool expose would be the status of engineering student Horace Brown's engineering study for the new emergency road needed at the courthouse. Perhaps you will recall it was reported by CNL some time ago that Southern District Associate Commissioner Jerry Lairmore was directing young Mr. Brown on this project for one of his classes. Eugene Jacquin has just about completed the site clearance on the property immediately west of the courthouse, so we'll be ready to start on that road just about anytime now! I can't wait to see this road being constructed!