Ticked Off - February 9th, 2012
Hillsboro Village needs to join the 21st century
It's about time the shop owners and residents of Hillsboro Village quit their whining and enter the 21st century.
The shop owners are upset because a developer is interested in building an apartment complex in the Village and their leases might go up to the prevailing rate. The residents are mad because Central Parking employees are parking in front of their houses.
It's time that the folks in Hillsboro Village give up Mayberry RFD and be part of Nashville 2012. What Hillsboro Village needs is a parking garage for those who shop and work there.
Franklin offers free parking to its patrons for a few hours in a garage just off the square. Maybe if the councilman for Hillsboro Village worried less about chickens and more about parking, Hillsboro Village could function like the rest of the city.
Build a garage, put the cars parked on 21st somewhere else and get the cars parked in front of people's houses out of the way.
Can’t have it both ways
I’m ticked off that we have to be tolerant of other religions.
Actually, that’s fine. But if we have to be tolerant of theirs, then they should also be tolerant of Christians. They won’t let us pray in a public place. But we have to let them pray. Double standard?
Tim Tebow gets ridiculed for praying before games. But if he were of another religion, they would say he has rights. We have just as much right to be Christian as they do to worship Mohamed!
Treat all of us the same since we were here in this country first!
Privacy issue with chips
Tennessee is embedding RFID chips in the license plates of our cars so that the police don't have to look up the license number and can just scan it. Which doesn't make sense, since the police can find out a car’s data by calling the plate number in or using the computers in the patrol cars.
The legislature or whomever has allowed this needs to immediately protect our safety by having these removed from our license plates, credit cards, etc.
It costs $50 and up to purchase a scanner on eBay. Which if it were used to steal credit card data would cover the cost of the scanner in two minutes of walking around.
A friend who left the mall at Christmas felt like the guy behind her car was following her. So, she did not drive home until she had lost him. Ten minutes later, he knocks on her door – her husband was there and answered.
The guy mumbled something about looking for work washing her car. I cannot believe this is anything other than reading the RFID license plate and knowing where she lived.
If you want to know more you can visit Wikipedia, then search for RFID to see some of the safety and privacy issues involved.
Thank you
To the writer of “Shut up” who can put things in perspective: Thank you for saying what I hope a lot of people want to say.
I’m all for those who enjoy and love their religious beliefs. They should share them with others, if they feel the same way. If they don’t, let them be, because anything more is harassment.
I’m like you; I also think that arguing about religion is what got the world in such a mess. There’s no reason to be arguing about who wrote what, because it just wastes breath when the person on the other side is waiting on the other end for you to stop talking long enough so they can counter with a different point.
If anyone feels the need to argue about something, go argue about which burger joint has the best fries. It’s less likely to tick somebody off.
Annoyed with Facebook
The early morning news on Channel 4 is so busy keeping up with "Facebook Friends," etc. that they can barely give us any news or weather.
I wonder sometimes if they would rather do their show on Facebook and leave the news to the other stations.
Since I’m not on Facebook, I get annoyed at the constant references to Facebook in the mornings.
The evening news is not nearly as obsessed with Facebook.
NES isn’t transparent
Even though NES is part of Metro and the Mayor appoints the “Power Board,” NES apparently believes they don’t have to be transparent to Nashville residents.
NES’ office of internal audit doesn’t put their reports on the company website, even though Metro’s internal audit office posts their reports to the Metro website.
I learned through a recent inquiry that a few years ago, NES requested that Power Board meetings not be broadcast on the Metro government TV channel, though I’m not sure why. I think that NES needs to be much more transparent and accountable to the public.
Health care conundrum
If the government can intrude upon the liberty and freedom of religion, can that government also intrude upon an individual’s liberty and freedom?
For example, if the government forces churches to do things they don’t believe in with the health care bill, then how about the people who are having children who don’t pay for them?
There are millions on the welfare system who are having children knowing that taxpayers will be supporting them. Can the government also ask those people to do something, such as stop having children they can’t afford? Will that be next?
The health care bill is a heinous monstrosity and when more of the 2,000 pages of secrets are revealed, we’ll likely find more of our freedoms taken away. This bill should be repealed.
It’s one thing to offer insurance to the uninsured and make insurance companies take people who are “uninsurable,” but to have 2,000 pages of regulations to destroy an industry and take away freedoms from individuals and churches is ridiculous.
Can’t choose for others
Some religions believe that the life of the mother takes precedence over the survival of the fetus.
They believe that other children of the mother deserve to have a mother even if it causes the demise of the fetus. Roman Catholic bishops oppose abortion and contraceptives, yet statistics show that Catholics utilize abortion providers in about the same ratio as people of other religions.
Soon after Roe v. Wade was decided, numerous religious groups came out in support of the decision. Over the years, some of these have made further pronouncements clarifying what they think is proper.
The following have indicated support for choice under some circumstances: American Baptist Churches, United Methodist Church, Presbyterian Church (USA), United Church of Christ, Episcopal Church, American Jewish Congress, Unitarian Universalist Association, Church of the Brethren, Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now under the name of Union of Reformed Judaism), Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Lutheran Church in America, YWCA National Board and others.
Those who do not believe in abortion should not have one, but they have no right to make that decision for others.
