Ticked Off - July 29th, 2010
Hey, Postal Service - cut our postman a little slack
I have been out of town & just read the July 15 “Ticked Off!” about the postman having to stop giving out dog biscuits!
I am so sad - that is our postman unless there is more than one amazing thoughtful postman.
I loved that he did this. It made me feel like we are still living in the warm, friendly Nashville I grew up in.
Unbelievable that someone would actually be so offended stating that the postman was "wasting time" to his managers.
I completely agree with the writer that the postman might get finished 20 minutes earlier!
That person has way too much time on their hands to fool with this in such a negative way.
Postal Service - please read this as a campaign for this fabulous postal worker to be able to show his kindness again!
Left wing lock
The left wing agenda is almost amusing.
They howl their protest that church auditoriums must not be used for high school commencement because of the separation of church and state.
Yet they remain hypocritically silent when these same church buildings are used as public voting places.
Why do we let these radical jerks try to destroy our forefathers’ America?
Tattooed
I’m tired of seeing tattoos on people. Some people have them all over their arms and their entire bodies.
Men, women and even children have them. I feel like we need to review our Old Testament as well as New Testament scriptures because we can see the will of God.
Pipe bomb fallout
For the students that set the pipe bomb off:
I certainly hope that the Ensworth faculty has the gumption to tell those kids that they cannot come back there.
They are definitely not representatives of that school, nor are their parents.
That needs to be taken care of and addressed for the new year so even good kids who would like to attend that school can go there.
Pay cut, anyone?
I see that NES has raised their rates again this month.
Why don’t some of their executives take a pay cut? All of their top executives are making more than the mayor of Nashville.
And these executives are competent at not doing their jobs.
A better way
These merchants on 21st Avenue are so concerned with providing space for on-street parking, that they don’t realize customers can’t get to the spaces due to gridlock.
If you could reach the locations more easily then you could use the rear parking lots and utilize these merchants.
Several years ago I gave up and refused to patronize these businesses.
Sign chicanery
Someone has put two political signs up for a particular candidate in a neighborhood yard.
The people do not keep that property up and most of the neighborhood dislikes them.
I think they have put these signs up to discourage voting for this particular candidate, who I personally think is a fine man.
Don’t like the signs
I have to say amen to the person seeing red (Ticked Off!, July 22).
These signs are just too much. They’re tacky and they make Nashville look bad with all the advertising on the side of the road.
I think most people don’t realize that if you want your streets cleaned or if there’s litter on the side of the road or a dead dog, you have to call Public Works.
It might be a good idea for everyone to hold on to the Public Works department because they’re the ones who have to help clean up Nashville.
Continue the precedent
It’s my understanding that Senator Henry does not take his per diem pay and pays his own travel expenses instead of the state paying them. If that’s true, and he’s somehow defeated in the election, will the opposition continue that practice? We doubt it.
Look at it this way
Why is it that welfare recipients can live their entire lives on welfare while somebody who has worked and paid taxes the majority of their life and after losing their job, can only receive unemployment for a certain amount of time?
It doesn't seem fair for hard-working people who pay taxes into unemployment and welfare to be restricted to a time limit.
Why aren't welfare recipients put on a time line? We need people who have a solid background in business in the government - not professional politicians who cannot and will not see the big picture.
The red, white and blue is losing to the small-minded, lazy and greedy.
One way to decide
I am fighting mad at these candidates that continue to ring my phone.
We don’t have time to take care of our own business because it’s one calling right behind the other.
I have a sample ballot and I am marking their names off every time they call me.
I am disgusted. The only one I would vote for is one who could promise me beyond a shadow of a doubt that they would pass a law against candidates calling and harassing us this way.
Cyclist defense
In regards to the person that wrote "Blame game" (July 22):
Just to give you some education, according to bicycle law a bicycle is allowed on the street Traffic laws apply to persons riding bicycles.
Every person riding a bicycle upon a roadway is granted all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle.
So according to this law, you should keep your mouth shut and not say a thing to complain about a bicycle on the road as long as he is obeying the law.
Along with that, there is another law that you should make yourself familiar with and that is the law that is in the drivers manual concerning honking at bicycles.
It is against the law to honk at a bicyclist and can be considered as reckless endangerment.
You can be charged by the cyclist for that. When you honk at a bicycle you endanger not only the cyclist but yourself because you have caused the cyclist to "jump" and that can lead to a swerve in the bicycle to the front of your car, which is where the reckless endangerment comes in, since you are the one that caused the danger to the cyclist and yourself.
Show some common sense and show some respect, give right of way to a cyclist no matter what road he is on.
At least he is not in a gas hogging car that is burning up the road and wasting precious fuel.
Like the Louvre
Beverly Keel and Ronnie Steine had their condo featured in a recent magazine.
The first thing it says is “strolling the home, a modest condo is not the equivalent of reveling in the glory of the Louvre, but it is close.”
What is this guy, crazy? The Louvre was a palace for Louis XVI. Can you imagine his condo being the same? Maybe he wants to get his head cut off, too, like Louis XVI.
It says in the article “he was introduced to works by Picasso, Wyeth and Rodin. Big deal. So were thousands of other kids.
He mentions Picasso again just to rub it in.
A relative of mine used to say “to have class is to be born with it.”
Sorry, Charlie, you ain’t got it.
It goes on to say “occasionally guests have compared the home to a museum.”
Don’t they have any knowledge of a real museum?
Stop insulting our intelligence!
Nice meeting
A pat on the back to the Alliance Defense Fund, who brought Alan Sears, their CEO, to Nashville even in the rain for the wonderful meeting on siding for Christian and family values.
It was a wonderful meeting and I just feel this group should be congratulated.
Enemy of the state
Memo to USC Head Football Coach Lane Kiffin: Usually you contact an employer before you try to talk to one of their employees.
Now your school is facing a lawsuit from the Tennessee Titans because you poached an assistant coach days before training camp.
Maybe Al Davis was right when he sat in front of a projector and called you out for all of your indiscretions during your time with the Oakland Raiders.
You nearly got the University of Tennessee in deep stuff with your mouth and stupidity.
Now you’re making another NFL team mad. Haven’t you learned your lesson yet?
I will say this about you, though: You are consistent. Consistently idiotic. You’re also effective, too.
In the span of seven months you’ve effectively managed to tick off every football fan in the state of Tennessee.
If the over/under on your tenure at Southern Cal is three years, I will gladly take the under.
I can’t wait to see what happens when Pat Haden gets in there as athletic director. He’ll have his sights set squarely on you, pal.
