Today's News

This American will not stand for socialism

To the editor:

I offer the following points about the ongoing debate over government-run health care:

1. Where in our Constitution does it state that health care is a right or that the federal government is ordained to force health care upon the populace without its consent?

2. The Canadian health care system is on the verge of bankruptcy, following our own in Massachusetts and California government run health care plans, which are billions of dollars in the red.

It’s frightening, really, that the board of health apparently never even considered the tax-base ramifications of building its new $2.1 million health department next door to Wal-Mart.

That decision forever eliminates yet another piece of prime commercial real estate from the property tax rolls, a practice of public agencies here that is all too common and needs to stop.

Well, the garden’s harvest is winding down for many.

Folks are stocking the pantry with all the freshness of summer that can be done.

Those of you with herb gardens need to step it up. The herbs are stronger before they go to flower.

There are fans and then there is Kim Carpenter.

An assistant vice-president at Century Bank, Carpenter took up an friend's invitation to go to Bristol Motor Speedway and came home with the distinction of being the number one fan of Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Carpenter and Debbie Henderson went to the Tennessee track on Aug. 21 for the Food City 250. While there she came upon the chance to burnout in Earnhardt's car. The popular driver was not going to run until the next day in the Sharpie 500.