Letters

Ever hear the old saying that was incorporated into a country song that says the girls all look better at closin’ time? It reminds me of the slow dance Boehner and Obama are doing as they dance ever closer to the looming fiscal cliff.

Claiming stalemate, both dancers shuffle to the steady rhythm of the talking heads on both extreme wings of the political parties.

We think when someone goes out of his way to make things better for  others, that action should not go unnoticed.  

Everyone in our community will   save hundreds of dollars on their annual homeowners insurance premiums and  have better fire protection.

Our neighbor, Ron Berry, had a fire hydrant installed on our road, (Emerald Cove Lane) and bore the entire expense of  $2,800 out of his own pocket.  

We want to thank him, acknowledge his efforts and applaud his generosity.

On my daily travels up and down the roads across the South, I’ve seen billboards and signs everywhere.
I have noticed the Roane County Tea Party sign on Interstate 40 near the Industrial Park: “America or Obama, you can’t have both.”
I’m sorry to say that it’s time to take down the sign; I have America and President Obama.
I have America to thank that a bunch of hatemongers was not going to influence what America was really about by putting signs that spewed hatred up along the interstate.

I missed the TV coverage of the meeting between the president’s representative and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
The talking heads on CNN and
MSNBC made reference to McConnell’s exhibit of levity as he reviewed the contents of the proposal offered by President Obama.
I can’t quite get my mind around the picture of the stone-faced McConnell actually laughing a Phyllis-Diller cackle at the president’s expense.