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Just a HelloSubmitted by RICK on August 26, 2011 - 2:36pm.
I just wanted to pop in and say hello. I haven't been to this site much lately at all. I was just busy moving back where I belong; Kingston..Good Ole K Town! I enjoy this site, especially when the discussion stays topic and doesn't turn into personal attacks. You can get a lot of information on this site that you can't find out about anyplace else; such as community events, announcements, charity yard sales, ect.. Most who have been on this site for a while, pretty well know me. Yes, I am still a registered Republican (sorry Steve), although I often disagree with some of the BS they try to do. When that happens I will not defend them if I think it's wrong. And, I will continue to voice my opinion on what Democrats do; good or bad. Listen people. This country is in big trouble. It isn't too late to fix it. It will be a very slow process. But, the first step is to clean out Congress and the Senate. There is no compromising even on a good idea. And, this would happen if the Democrats had control of the Congress. Before the last election the Democrats did have control, and nothing was happening then either. I have been in favor of term limits for years. Yes, it's usually the Republican party who shoots that down. I get tired of hearing "We have term limits; every time people go vote. They can vote me out if they feel like it". "Yeah, but whoever is running against you can't afford to buy your seat." And the Democrats won't fool with it because they know the Republicans won't let it happen anyway. My point is this. We control who goes to Washington, but we can't control what they do when they get there. And as long as we keep sending the same people, we will continue to deserve what we get, and get what we deserve. We can all complain, get mad, speak out, or whatever. But until you and I, "WE" decide we are going to stop sending the same people there, then you and I, "WE" deserve what we are getting. OK, enough about the political stuff, and all the blog entries. I just stopped in to say hello. I've misses SOME of you, haha.
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I like the way you think. I'll be keeping an eye on you.
You are absolutely right. I have been advocating for some time that we need to send them to DC to do certain things within 90 days, and if they did not do them, they should be recalled, fired in disgrace, and replaced. Then I found out that TN seems to have nothing in the Constitution allowing recalls of federal level politicians.
The things that I think need to happen are quite simple. They need to be booted off of their most lucrative "retirement plan", put on SS, and it needs to be retroactive. They need to be on the Obamacare plan, instead of exempting themselves from it, after all: THEY passed it. Whenever they talk about making cuts, THEY NEED TO START WITH THEMSELVES, they aren't doing their job anyway. We both know it would not make a drop in the bucket of our deficit, but then at least they would be sharing in the sacrifice. There are other things, but those are the biggies.
Norm Burns
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