Overregulation needs to be cleaned up (Press-Register Sound Off) and Press-Register staff By and Press-Register staff Press-Register
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on December 04, 2012 at 10:37 PM, updated December 04, 2012 at 10:51 PM
epa.jpeg The EPA should clean up its regulations.
Land of the free?: It's been recorded that the federal government with the EPA and the Obama administration have put in force 6,000 new regulations concerning the use of commercial and private property, and also regulating the lumber industry. Why does the government need 6,000 regulations to control the use of land, both commercial and private? Will anybody be able to use their land as they see fit anymore?

Thanks and praise: Today I saw one of our border patrol agents, and I said, "thank you for protecting us." Then I also happened to see a boating police officer, and I said, "thank you for protecting our waterways." And then I saw a U.S. Coast Guardian, a SCAR, sea, air and rescue. And I just said, "thank you." I forgot to wish him a happy Hanukkah, a feliz Navidad, and a merry Christmas. Whenever you see one of our brave first responders who risk their lives daily, thank them.

All take, no give: Same old story from our government. They're going to decrease the benefits to Medicare, raise the age that you can get on Medicare, but they're not taking away their salaries, you can bet on that. Nor their perks, nor their great benefits, nor their retirement. See what's happened again? Same old thing—middle class is always the one that supports the country.

False idol: Why aren't people outraged at Jamie Fox calling Obama our god and lord and savior? He should be banned from any entertainment and committed to a nuthouse. Why has the media swept this under the rug?

Loaded proposition: For you people out there who like to blame guns for all the deaths and murders and stuff, guns are an inanimate object, they do not make decisions. People make decisions. They have to pick up the gun, load the gun, point the gun, and fire the trigger at what target they choose. It is people who do the killing, and whatever weapon they use, which can be cars, knives, poison, or any number of other objects that can be imagined will be used. If somebody has an interest in killing someone, there is no known number of things that they can use to do that with. You cannot just blame guns, or inanimate objects. It is the people who do the killing.

Weapon of choice: I'm calling about that tragedy with the Kansas City football player killing his wife and himself, and the remarks made by Bob Costas about the situation, about the gun. Would somebody please find out, put in the paper, just what gun did Cain kill Abel with?

Waste not: I see where the city of Mobile is fixing to purchase about three or four fire trucks and I believe the woman said 25 or 30 police cars at $250,000 a piece. Them high-speed, high-pursuit police cars that have been fully outfitted with defibrillators and tasers and everything they need to have in there that's most important. Most importantly they have to go 200 plus miles per hour. I don't know why they can't figure out how to stop the vehicle, or use the police radio or the helicopters or something. You know how that goes, they have to figure out how to buy more police cars. They can't put motors in them to keep them up. You know when you run them seven days a week, 24 hours a day without any down time you're going to have that problem. They should lease them police cars, or maybe figure out a way to get by with what they already got, put new motors in them, get some better mechanics.

Do as he says: Tony Kennon, the mayor of Orange Beach, wants the tax payers to fork over extra money to test high school students for drugs. That's all fine and good, but my problem is we have a new police chief in town who has a twenty-something year old son showing up at local businesses stealing and causing problems because he's high. And evidently when you call the police he's not arrested because he's already out on probation, and nobody wants to get him in any more trouble. So I have a problem with the city not following up on that just because it's the new police chief's son. So I think we need to check into this, and get Tony Kennon to put his mouth where his money is.

Pay to stay out: Hey, Judge. How much money you think Nick Fairley had to pay that guy to take the rap for him on them drugs? Am I the only one who can see through all that mess? I'd take the rap for him for the right price. Another example of our fine justice system and how screwed up it really is.

High seas: If a cruise ship cruise comes back to Mobile, Alabama, and I don't care what company it is, where it goes. If it just goes outside of Mobile Bay and comes back, I am taking that cruise. I will not go to New Orleans, I think they've done us wrong. I will not go to Jacksonville, Florida, I will not go to Miami or Tampa, or wherever they're at in Florida. I want to take one out of Mobile, Alabama. That's where I live, and that's where I want to go and that's where I want to come back. Just wanted to bring that up. If you bring the cruise ship back, you've got a customer. Might have two.