Jeers on ur face

Jeers: To those of you who only read the jeers. You know who you are!

— Marie, Euless

Ummm…Guilty. I do know who I am.

Jeers: To DirecTV and ESPN for not showing the USC/Oregon game on Oct. 31. I’m not a Pac 10 fan, but it seems like they missed the game of the day. Thanks for not letting me choose what I want to watch.

— Don, North Richland Hills

Of course Don, ESPN and DirectTV know the outcome of every game before it happens. You are correct. They did know this would be the game of the day well before the first kick off, and they should have put it on just for you. Nevermind the fact the more than likely, this game would have only been cared about in the West and Northwest while the rest of the country probably wanted to see games with more meaning. I’m sure after reading this both companies will check with you on which game they should televise. Oh, by the way, DirectTV has a college game day package of which you can purchase and pretty much watch whatever game you choose to. Look into you cheap bastard.

Jeers: To local media for not doing a story on an older man standing at the edge of Denton Highway in Haltom City, holding a sign saying, "I need a job, Please." If the plight of the jobless isn’t newsworthy these days, then that is a shame.

— Deborah, Haltom City

Really? Sweet Deborah… Where exactly have you been for the last year as the unemployment rate all over the country has risen? Are you just now catching wind of this? Do you honestly think that the papers, television, and radio media should do stories on every individual that stands on a highway with a sign? Do you realize that the media outlets themselves are cutting back and cutting jobs? Seriously!!! Do you really think one guy deserves a feature story over all of the other unemployed people in the metroplex? You do know that there is this thing called freelance, right? You’re more than welcome to go and report on anything you like and then send it into the papers. So go ahead…You do that and we’ll see how many of your plight of the homeless and jobless stories make it in.

Presidential showman

I would have found it admirable if President Barack Obama had gone to Dover, Del., to view the arrival of those valiant soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice, but he had to take a photographer along to turn the whole thing into a photo op.

What a publicity-monger this man is!

To the families who refused his photo op, thank you. For the family that allowed Obama to manipulate their grief, my heart and condolences go out to you. You should never have been put in that position.

The master showman showed how little he really cares about those who serve. He prostituted the honor of a fallen soldier for the sake of his ego. The saddest part is that the media allowed him to do it. President George W. Bush went to Dover, too, bit it wasn’t a photo op.

— Charles, Fort Worth

Wow! Are you effing kidding me? First of all, do you think President Obama is the first politician to take advantage of situations in order to get good publicity? Really? 100% of the politicians in Washington do the exact same thing. Secondly, it has been well documented that President Obama, and pretty much every president since the invention of photography has had a presidential photographer on staff. This goes back to President Lincoln. As for your statement about the family who accept the photo op, you state ‘You should never have been put in this situation.’ You are correct sir. A situation President Bush put them in. Charles, you’re an idiot.