I am sick and tired of having my patriotism questioned by everyone who post on discussion list.  I did not nor would I have asked anyone to pick up a gun and fight or kill innocent Iraqi Nationals.  That is a war I have not and will not ever get behind.  The war in Afghanistan was a war that was required and should have been followed through.  That is where the troops should be and that is the only conflict we as a nation should be involved in.  I am not a nation builder and this country should get out of the nation building business,  because they obviously suck at it.  To try and create a free society in a country that has been rife with civil conflicts for thousands of years and expect it to work is one of the most assanine and idiotic things a president has ever done.  That is why the only man with any sense in that administration left i.e. Colin Powell.  He knew it wouldn't work and that is why the first Bush didn't push all the way to Baghdad in the first Gulf War.  It doesn't take a Rhodes Scholar to pick up a book and read a little about a country before you invade it.  The sad part of the whole deal is,  George W Bush was a friggin' History graduate in college.  Obviously Daddy bought that degree!!!!!

My next gripe is one I have posted on the discussion list many times in the past.  The Chamber of Commerce in Hopkinsville and their cozy relationship with the Mayor of this town.  The Chamber has no business playing politics and the Mayor has no business running this town into the ground by allowing the Chamber free reign over policy in this town.  People should be so pissed off that this fool of a Mayor is allowing a group of un-elected buffoons run this town.  It is a travesty that they are allowed to do as they wish when it comes to policy in this town and the Mayor can't seem to make a decision or breathe without their permission.  The whole group down at the Chamber are a bunch of idiots to begin with,  why in the hell would you follow anything they say or have laid out in a 5 year plan.  Please,  this whole deal is ridiculous and no one seems to know that it is even happening.  

Gripe #3,   The tax free iniciative for the active duty military and their families.   This is flat out discriminatory to every tax payer in the United States of America and it spits in the face of every hard working American in this country and town.  Military families are just as capable of paying taxes and getting by as you and I are.  It infuriates me when these military people want to get on-line and question my patriotism because I expect them to pay their fair share in taxes just like I do.  The military is a job just like an assembly line worker or fireman or park ranger,  no difference accept they enjoy legally killing people with no fear of repercussions.  They volunteered and they knew what they were getting into when they signed up.  They have a PX and recieve fairly good benefits and also they receive an increase in pay while in combat.  Since it is a volunteer only armed services at this point they should be required to pay taxes just like all of us.  The patriotism they fight for requires everyone to pay taxes so that being the case they need to pay their taxes and quit bitchin' about it already.  The Chamber yet again sticking their nose where it doesn't belong and the local legislators need to check themselves,  because they have no business pushing this piece of crap through the legislature.  They all have to run for office again at some point and allowing one group a tax free status while taxing the hell out of people who live here already and will continue to long after the war is over and their time in the military is through,  is a slap in the face to everyone who works and pays taxes.  They will find themselves hard pressed to get re-elected by ignoring the will of the locals who put their dumb asses in office,  at least I will do everything in my power to get them out of office.