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The Rant

Free speech. Where is the line drawn? Comedic satire? Defamation? Hate speech? Nude dancing? Will we know it when we hear/see it? Who decides?

Who would have thought? Marjorie Taylor Greene, the voice of reason of the Republican Party?

If Donald Trump were to walk on water, Clay Bennett’s cartoons would proudly exclaim he didn’t know how to swim.

Mayor Wamp, listen to voters and more than 1,000 petition signers who want to preserve tax-bought Enterprise South Nature Park, not for industrial development. Listen.

If Rep. Fleischmann won’t come to a town hall meeting, then vote him out. He has been there long enough anyway. Reps should serve six or eight years, then out.

It wasn’t justice when an Ooltewah man recently received only probation for molesting a child.

Tenure in Tennessee began on July 1, 1951. Prior to that, teaching jobs were jobs of political patronage! Do you really want to return to that system?

For all of you who yell at officials because you think you know the rules better than us, then we need you to join us rather than waste your time in the stands. Shut up or join up.

Columnist Ron Hart zinger: “Looks like House Majority Leader Johnson is not going to bend to Democrat demands on spending. The federal government will remain shut down until somebody notices.”

Reports are that more people in Tennessee believe in ghosts than any other state. Makes sense. After all, we have a ghost for a congressman.

So proud of my alma mater UTC welcoming Turning Point USA on the campus of UTC. Free speech wins.

Hamilton County public school students outperformed recipients using state grants for private schools. Public schools are better than the rich want you to believe.

County Republican Chair Gail Greene is upset that Tennessee’s tuition grant money assists families whose kids attend Islamic schools. Who’s next? Jewish families? Catholic families? Adventist families?

Why does the government have nonessential employees in the first place? Most can go. Government is way over spent. Time to tighten up.

Republicans always wanted to “reduce government to a point where it could be drowned in a bathtub.” And now it’s happening at a fast pace.

God Bless Donald Trump for getting the Israeli hostages released. Nobel Prize worthy.

Trump did something good for Middle East peace. Let’s award him the Nobel Reopen the Government and Leave Health Care Alone Prize.

Where are all the pro-Palestinian protesters now that war is ending? They can’t do happy. They must be in counseling over misplaced anger syndrome.

The world must be coming to an end. Democratic leaders praising Trump for Mideast peace deal. Bitter taste in their mouths to acknowledge truth.

Wow. War-torn and violence-ridden Chicago safely recently held a marathon with 50,000 runners.

Chicago, California and Portland message to Trump: “Leave our crime alone; we like it.”

Would you be willing to forgive foreign entities who blew up boats at will in international waters? Trump is acting like a pirate.

I can’t count the number of times I heard Republicans complain about helping the poor, yet never mention giving to the wealthy. Jesus is spinning.

From the looks of traffic on holiday weekend, people got plenty of money for gas, trips, eating out, fancy phones? Now, what’s the problem?

Slang dictionary: lying — a politician not remembering correctly.

“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” This quote from Thomas Jefferson is very much applicable at this time in history.

People working together to make things better for everyone regardless of political party made this country great. Only people working together can make it great again.