Tom Franklin's Blog

like i said before,there ar a hell of a lot more people trying to get in this country,than there are trying to get out

I was born in 1950. My father had come home from European Vacation with Patton. The trials he went through there weren't as tough as the stories he told of coming of age in the Great Depression, he turned 17 in 1939, and was working in CC Camps to help support his mom dad and 8 brothers and sisters at home, his older brother did the same.
I was spoiled all my life but at least I realize it, and we lived week to week, just like 85% of America. We had a house because of the G I Bill, just like a million other kids. But we had a chance to stay in school and get an education. A better chance than my father had, and my daughter had a better chance than I did. I only hope my grandchildren have a better chance even yet.
They won't let our country be ruined.
Even with some of the sorry folks I've seen for parents out there, the kids you don't notice are the ones that will be in charge, because they aren't laying around waiting for a handout.

AMEN AnswerMan! I am all for an influx of new people. If they come here legally! Although I understand someone wanting to live here by any means. Who wouldn't?
And yes Dan. It is up to the previous generation to make it better for all who follow. That is the solemn duty of any parent and citizen. I to have a father that did it that way, though he was Army Air Corps. A Tuskegee airman. And yup, I was also spoiled, and made sure my kids were also. And now that I am going to be a grandpa, watch out!

There have been a few not so shining moments in our history. As with every other country out there. But you know Cutter, we have a way of coming out of them better than we were. We Americans have a way of learning from our mistakes.
Yes, slavery was a black mark in our history, pun intended. The treatment of the Native Americans is another one. We are doing better at both. We eliminated slavery, a big thanks for that to those that did it. We have a ways to go with the Indians, but I see it getting better all the time. Some will say cause it can't get much worse, thats a fallacy. Talk to your parents or someone who lived through the great depression. We have it made in the shade man, a bit of heaven on earth.
And a reminder to all. VOTE in November for your choice.

Well patch, we still have the ability to vote the stuffed shirts that sell their vote in congress to the highest bidder out on their collective posteriors.
To bad most voters are sheep that fall for the flash bang advertising done in the guise of a legitimate campaign.
This is my idea of a revolution, vote out the old guard and get some honest everyday folk to be our leaders. That has been the way I have voted for many years now. Small government should be our goal, states rights is the only way to go. The federal government should only be a collective bargaining agent and provide for the militia. Yup, I am a libertarian. That still thinks the USA is a little slice of heaven. I can rail against the government at any time and still breathe free air and go fishing with out a SS agent following me around. And me, one man in 300,000,000 has as much a say in what happens as anyone else. My voice may not be as powerful as most, but I still have it. Guaranteed by the most frosty document in history, apologies to Dino, the United States Constitution. And I warn our so called leaders. Do not mess with said document, you will have one very ticked off oversized CMSGT. And as the hulk says, you will not like me when I am angry!

You and I agree Mechany, I guess I am just one step closer than you. Until this whole ADA thing and the Health IT I was thinking exactly the Same thing. I do not encourage Revolution...but I have come to realize that the 2 Parties rule all.

The Bills they put forward, the laws they pass, we don't hear or know 1/10th of what is going on up there. The Bills read like giberish so the Common man can only scratch his head. Their is a Ruling Class, and we aren't it. Voting is only Honest if those running the system are Honest...and I think we can say those running the system are not.

I am going to break a Rule here..I am going to label myself for what I used to be many years ago.

Mechany you used to be a Democrat, (sik is gonna have a field day)I used to be a Hard Conservative Republican.

Now we are both smack dab in the Middle Fighting for the Constitution and the Rights it Guarantees us. Because you and I have stopped playing the "Game". Many have not.

The Right/the Left means nothing...the little petty disagreements means nothing....without the Freedoms and the Liberty of the Constitution it all means nothing.

I would have to say with all Honesty that out of All the people on this Web I do Value your opinion the Most.

I have found with your Blogs and Comments that you are an Honest Man.


I don't Compliment very Often... Or hang myself out like that... and I do not Kiss butt.

So I hope you are Right...and I am just blowing Hot air... For all our sakes.

And no, you probably are not just blowing hot air. As far as the stuffed shirts go. Some of them believe they are the choosen ones. That they can do and say anything and we will believe everything they say. Not all of us are sheep. Some of us see right through them.
My faith is with the common citizen. We are what makes the USA great, inspite of the ineptitude of our leaders. They have to start remembering that we hired them, and we can fire them.

It's still a great country..... Our leadership has gone down hill but the people are still good hard working folks that want to make it work.......

Someday we will weed out the bad leadership and go back to a smooth ship......

I wouldn't live anywhere else. Excpet maybe Sweden. I heard Swedish chicks are more likely to put out on the first sate than in any other country in the world. GO SWEDEN!

You may not know this,or will believe, but elephants actually roamed the western US like the buffalo did. It was a republican, while riding one of these great beasts that coined the pharse, America love it or leave it. VOTE REPUBLICAN