Racial Profiling?

Here in the shadow of his first 100 days, President Obama, will get to nominate a new supreme court judge. And all I hear from the "experts" is he needs to seat a woman or a Hispanic, or even better a Hispanic woman! Gee, I don't hear anything about whether or not the candidate has the right credentials or experience. If the supreme court "needs" to be racially/sexually diverse, then why not Lance Ito? He could fill the Asian-American quota. Where is the Muslim judge? Mr. Obama, you don't "need" to seat a judge of a particular race or sex, you need to seat a judge who has the knowledge of constitutional law. The highest court in the land is not there to be diverse for diversity's sake, but to make rulings on cases according to the LAW.

Tax Day

Well, it's tax day and it sucks! My wife and I have to stroke a check for $800 for "under paid" taxes. It's amazing how we file as married and pay as single all year and still have to pay. Tea parties are happening all over America today, if I didn't have to work I would go to one. Thought about trying to set up a payment, but it costs you another $105! Just sent the check.

World Police

Why is it the job of the United States to be the world's police? Most countries don't like us, and some just down right hate us! Yet we are supposed to fight wars, pirates, and supply money for these same countries. We put our men and women, in our armed forces, in danger. We send our hard earned tax dollars to these countries. Tell me when are we as a country going to wake up? Call me heartless, or whatever, but I couldn't care less if people in other countries are killing each other over politics or religion, we have people here in the US killing each other. I don't care if people in other countries are dying of poverty or disease, we have people in our country doing the same. Yet, we keep sending our troops and our money overseas to the same countries who don't like us or hate us. Our borders are open to the world, terrorists fly into our airports everyday. Criminals cross our borders illegally everyday. We need to spend our money here in our country, helping our people. This is not hate speech, this common sense speach. This day, I am writing a check to the IRS for $800 for taxes I under paid over the year, and I wonder, how much of this is going to Somalia or another country to use to buy bullets, guns, or bombs to use against the country I love. WAKE UP AMERICA!

A sad farewell

Well, it's a sad day for me, as we say goodbye to the player who got me interested in baseball, the "Bird". There I was, a strapping 13 year old when he came on TV, talking to the baseball and stomping around the mound. I thought to myself, what a crazy guy, but I loved to watch him anyway, and foundly remember the 19 wins and rookie of the year award. I will miss you Bird, your career and life ended too soon.

A New Day

Well, it's time to go to work! Yeppers, I took a job with Food City and I start today. Let's hope and pray all works out!

Respect?

Where's the respect? Returning home from a recent shopping trip to Oak Ridge, I came upon a funeral procession. Being on a 4 lane, I got into the left lane and slowed down so as not to pass. A driver flew up behind me (going faster than the posted speed limit by the way) got right on my tail, then went into the right lane as if going to pass me, but came up to the end car of the procession and had to slow down. But, what really floored me was the amount of cars coming the other way that drove as if they weren't passing a funeral!

I can remember when every car would pull off to the side as the funeral passed. Do we not have the compassion or respect for our fellow man, that we no longer care that someone has lost a loved one? Are we so busy? What if that had been your loved one?

We worry about being PC for so many things. Worrying that we will upset someone about their race, religion, or sexual orientation, but we don't worry about people who are already upset about the loss of a loved one. Where are we heading people?

I hope that those people who just flew past without showing their respect, will remember that when they are in the funeral for their loved one as people go past without pulling over, we are just to busy with our lives to pay the respect that they "deserve".

Tim Massey
Harriman

Well....

Well, I was maybe just a little over zealous. I didn't take the Walmart job. They only hire for part time (after saying I would get more hours) & don't offer benefits! A billion dollar corp. and they don't offer benefits? Well, it's only going to get worse. So many people out of work, companies don't need to "give" you everything like they used to.