Once again, we've gotten several emails from people who mistake us for Fox News. Here, for your enjoyment and Fox News' edification, is our latest batch. As usual, names and identifying information have been withheld to protect the ignorant. Grammar and spelling have been left intact.
Received june 2, 2013 - from a reader who apparently did not appreciate Kelly's debate with Erick Erickson over working mothers.
Subject: Attention Megyn Kelly
Hello Megyn,First of all I would like to express that I was offended by the rudeness you displayed toward those who were voicing their opinion in regards to the societal issue that now plagues the country. It is my right to say what I understand is the truth. It is their right. It is your job to bring the questions and then shut up and listen. That is if you are following the ethics of presenting the news. I can’t believe Fox News has you working for them. My opinion is you need to be fired for not doing your job. You should not have even invited those persons to give their view because it was only yours that was important to you. That is not the conduct of an Anchor. Get your own show so you can get people to follow you and then you can lead them on the wrong path since you believe the way you do.The truth is that our children are not getting the education they need from the parents because they both have to work. It is not up to the teachers to parent but to teach. There now has to be two bread-winners in the home to keep from living in the streets. I think you know this to be true. If you don’t then you have closed your eyes and would rather believe a lie than the truth.Next, it is a fact that homosexuality does not help the situation as far as a healthy society. This is what now plagues the world and is only going to get worst. I don’t have any fear for it is what you choose to accept but I don’t have to if I don’t believe it and I don’t think it is right. We who don’t believe are considered racist toward those who choose to live with the same sex. This is not true. For years and going back to the beginning of time it was considered wrong and still is and that won’t change even if you condone it. If I even begin to agree and say that it is okay. I have then become a liar because it is not okay. Yes, those that say is good or okay are liars as well. It will never be right in the eyes of those who choose to live right and are doing their best to keep civil morals and teach them to their children.Last but not least. I’m offended by you. I’m sorry to say this for it hurts me because I voted for him but Obama does not speak for the average African American (Black People). I know this because I’m from Chicago and I’m a black man. Many other black in this country are offended when you compare our fight that we’ve had to fight for over 400 years just be equal in humanity to that of the desires of homosexuality makes us sick to our stomachs. Don’t you dare! Their desire to live with the same sex is not the same as being Asian, Black, and White, Hispanic or any other race for that matter. What they have chosen to do is their own business. If that is how they choose to live it has nothing to do with those who choose not to live that way and don’t want their children to live that way.You need to apologize to those people that you didn’t let speak or quit your job as an anchor-woman or maybe you would like me to say anchor-person.One more thing, we as Americans have accepted into our culture diver’s religions and cultures. It is because we have an ethics code built in us that says, “I don’t need to bother with those people they have a different way of doing things. For example Asian community eat with chopsticks, some cultures eat with their hands and some with spoons and forks. That is fine. But if something is clearly being brought into my home, culture and environment that could damage the future of the world I live in I’m then therefore to stand for the truth and justice.When it comes to relations or relationships, we don’t need to know how you like it, where you like or when you like. Keep it to yourself. But leave our children out of it.I have a lot more to say but I’m going to stop now. I usually don’t do this but seeing you stirred me up.Please excuse any mistakes in typing or grammar.
Subject: disabled vets travel pay
50% or more disability is entitled to travel pay to their Dr. appointments. About 3 yrs ago $6.00 for the first 3 visits was deducted from their travel pay' A max of $18.00. Who gets this money? What is it used for? Under what law or regulation is this being done? I have ask the man is incharge at Miami V.A. where I've been going for over 30yrs. no answers on paper but the regulation not getting travel pay on any appointment not turned in within 30 days is carved in stone. CAN SOMEONE AT FOX ASK THE QUESTIONS? Or at least let me know if you will do anyt hing so I can let the guys know. thank you
Received June 7, 2013
Subject: Ethical behavior statement
Subject: Metrocards
At my wits end over this! NYC Metrocards are supposed to provide free transfers from subway to bus or bus to bus or bus to subway within a two-hour timeframe. Having been overcharged in the past, I no longer trust the MTA with cards that contain more than $2.50 at a time. By doing this, I can see very clearly when I am being cheated/robbed because instead of an OK Transfer appearing in the swipe box, I get Insufficient Fare or 0.00 Balance - indicating that it is attempting to charge me a second fare.
After many complaints to the MTA that go nowhere, I have been a regular user of eFix (aptly named because the fix is in!) which is their online process to submit a claim form. This process takes a great deal of time and one is not guaranteed a refund. They did honor the first few requests. The last two times I received a letter from someone named Annette Stewart in their customer relations dept telling me essentially that I did receive a free transfer since after my transfer my card balance did not change - there was no deduction of another fare after my transfer. This is nonsense - it assumes I received a transfer because a second charge did not occur on the same card. Often I pay with cash or with a different card, and then I know about the overcharge and know that I need to make a claim. They do not claim to see that a transfer occurred - nor do they show evidence of when and where it occurred. Shouldn't their records, had they really investigated, show them exactly when and where my supposed transfer was applied? And wouldn't they want to include this in their responses if this was really the case rather than using inadequate logic and assumptions to attempt to cover up this grand theft?In the days when I rode enough mass transit to make an unlimited card worthwhile, the problem was masked. Nowadays, it doesn't pay to have an unlimited card so I am forced to use the pay per ride basis and actually see the corruption at work. In the last couple of months it has happened to me at least 4 times (meaning much more as I have not submitted a claim each time).I am very angry at being cheated like this; I am angry at having to spend so much time trying to get reimbursed (seemingly unsuccessfully at least half the time); I am angry at the responses received from the office of the Inspector General , NY Straphangers, and the Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA who all seem to turn a blind eye to this persistent and unethical problem. The responses are in the range of "we don't hear this from a lot of people" to "did you contact the MTA?" to "there is nothing we can do." Further, there is a refusal to acknowledge that indeed there is a problem. Why is it then that every time I am about to swipe my metrocards I never know if I will receive my full fare's worth - and frequently do not? Why is it that I have to go through the stress of being told by the driver or station attendant that I am not entitled to a ride for which I have paid? Why is it that I have to expect weeks and months of follow up entailing endless aggravation in attempting to recover funds that are stolen from me? Why is it that while I have two disputes of denied claims in process that another overcharge has occurred (and I barely ride a couple of times a week!)? Why is no one challenging the MTA?I would be happy to participate as a sort of mystery shopper should you have any interest in investigating this further. The intrusion into my life and peace of mind has warranted aggressive action, and it seems the media is the only way to either shame this organization and its supporters into making any sort of change.If you are interested in any more details or in contacting me regarding a proper investigation, kindly reply by email or call me at...
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