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Charley Reese's final column for the Orlando Sentinel...

 He has been a journalist for 49 years.

 He is retiring and this is HIS LAST COLUMN. (see my note above You have possibly read the former column without the update of more recent information.)

 Be sure to read the Tax List at the end.

 This is about as clear and easy to understand as it can be.  The

 article below is completely neutral, neither anti-republican or

 democrat.  Charlie Reese, a retired reporter for the Orlando

 Sentinel, has hit the nail directly on the head, defining clearly who

 it is that in the final analysis must assume responsibility for the

 judgments made that impact each one of us every day.  It's a short

 but good read.  Worth the time.  Worth remembering!

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 545 vs. 300,000,000 People

 -By Charlie Reese

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and

 then campaign against them.

 Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are

 against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?

 Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against inflation

 and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high taxes?

 You and I don't propose a federal budget. The President does.

 You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on

 appropriations. The House of Representatives does.

 You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.

 You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.

 You and I don't control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.

 One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine

 Supreme Court justices equates to 545 human beings out of the 300

 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible

 for the domestic problems that plague this country.

 I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that

 problem was created by the Congress.  In 1913, Congress delegated its

 Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally

 chartered, but private, central bank.

 I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a sound

 reason.  They have no legal authority.  They have no ability to

 coerce a senator, a congressman, or a President to do one

 cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a politician $1

 million dollars in cash.  The politician has the power to accept or

 reject it.  No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the

 legislator's responsibility to determine how he votes.

 Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that

 what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con

 regardless of party.

 What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive

 amount of gall.  No normal human being would have the gall of a

 Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating

 deficits.  The President can only propose a budget.  He cannot force

 the Congress to accept it.

 The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole

 responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and

 approving appropriations and taxes.  Who is the speaker of the House

 now?  He is the leader of the majority party.  He and fellow House

 members, not the President, can approve any budget they want.  If the

 President vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

 It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million cannot

 replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present facts -- of

 incompetence and irresponsibility.  I can't think of a single

 domestic problem that is not traceable directly to those 545

 people.  When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people

 exercise the power of the federal government, then it must follow

 that what exists is what they want to exist.

 If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it unfair.

 If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in the red.

 If the Army & Marines are in Iraq and Afghanistan it's because they

 want them in Iraq and Afghanistan ...

 If they do not receive social security but are on an elite retirement

 plan not available to the people, it's because they want it that way.

 There are no insoluble government problems.

 Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they

 hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and

 advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to

 regulate and from whom they can take this power.  Above all, do not

 let them con you into the belief that there exists disembodied

 mystical forces like "the economy," "inflation," or "politics" that

 prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

 Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.

 They, and they alone, have the power.

 They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the people who

 are their bosses.  Provided the voters have the gumption to manage

 their own employees...

 We should vote all of them out of office and clean up their mess!

 What you do with this article now that you have read it... is up to you.

 This might be funny if it weren't so true.

 Be sure to read all the way to the end:

Tax his land,

Tax his bed,

Tax the table,

At which he's fed.

Tax his tractor,

Tax his mule,

Teach him taxes

Are the rule.

Tax his work,

Tax his pay,

He works for

peanuts anyway!

Tax his cow,

Tax his goat,

Tax his pants,

Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,

Tax his shirt,

Tax his work,

Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,

Tax his drink,

Tax him if he

Tries to think.

Tax his cigars,

Tax his beers,

If he cries

Tax his tears.

Tax his car,

Tax his gas,

Find other ways

To tax his ass.

Tax all he has

Then let him know

That you won't be done

Till he has no dough.

When he screams and hollers;

Then tax him some more,

Tax him till

He's good and sore.

Then tax his coffin,

Tax his grave,

Tax the sod in

Which he's laid...

Put these words

Upon his tomb,

'Taxes drove me

to my doom...'

When he's gone,

Do not relax,

It’s time to apply

The inheritance tax.

Accounts Receivable Tax

Building Permit Tax

CDL license Tax

Cigarette Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Dog License Tax

Excise Taxes

Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

Fishing License Tax

Food License Tax

Fuel Permit Tax

Gasoline Tax (currently 44.75 cents per gallon)

Gross Receipts Tax

Hunting License Tax

Inheritance Tax

Inventory Tax

IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)

Liquor Tax

Luxury Taxes

Marriage License Tax

Medicare Tax

Personal Property Tax

Property Tax

Real Estate Tax

Service Charge Tax

Social Security Tax

Road Usage Tax

Recreational Vehicle Tax

Sales Tax

School Tax

State Income Tax

State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)

Telephone Federal Excise Tax

Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax

Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Taxes

Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax

Telephone Recurring and Nonrecurring Charges Tax

Telephone State and Local Tax

Telephone Usage Charge Tax

Utility Taxes

Vehicle License Registration Tax

Vehicle Sales Tax

Watercraft Registration Tax

Well Permit Tax

Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, & our nation was the

 most prosperous in the world.

 We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in

 the world, and Mom, if agreed, stayed home to raise the kids.

 What in the heck happened?  Can you spell 'politicians?'

 I hope this goes around THE USA at least 545 times!!!  YOU can help

 it get there!!!

GO AHEAD. . . BE AN AMERICAN!!!

The Things I Owe My Parents  0r
        (Rambling thoughts of the 'retired") <g>
 

      1.     My Parents taught me TO APPRECIATE A  JOB WELL DONE . 
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside... I just finished cleaning." 

2. My Parents taught me RELIGION.  
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet." 

3.  My Parents taught me about TIME TRAVEL. 
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" 

4. My Parents taught me LOGIC. 
"  Because I said so, that's why." 

5. My Parents taught me MORE LOGIC.  
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me." 

6. My Parents taught me FORESIGHT. 
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." 

7. My Parents taught me IRONY.  
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about." 

8.  My Parents taught me about the  science of OSMOSIS . 
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper." 

9. My Parents taught  me about CONTORTIONISM. 
"Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!" 

10. My Parents taught me about STAMINA. 
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone." 

11.  My Parents taught me about WEATHER. 
"This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it." 

12. My Parents taught me about HYPOCRISY. 
"If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!" 

13. My Parents taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. 
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out...” 

14. My Parents taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. 
"Stop acting like your father!" 

15. My Parents taught me about ENVY. 
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do." 

16. My Parents taught me about ANTICIPATION. 
"Just wait until we get home." 

17. My Parents taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when you get home!" 

18. My Parents taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. 
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way." 

19. My Parents taught me ESP. 
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?" 

20.  My Parents taught me HUMOR. 
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me." 

21. My Parents taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up." 

22. My Parents taught me GENETICS.  
"You're just like your father." 

23. My Parents taught me about my ROOTS. 
"Shut that door behind you.  Do you think you were born in a barn?" 

24. My Parents taught me WISDOM.  
"When you get to be my age, you'll understand." 

And my favorite: 

25.  My Parents taught me about JUSTICE. 
"One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!”

‎"Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. "
~Native American Saying

"When we are connected to others, we become better people."
Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

Knoxville boxing trainer Ace Miller dies

 

 

A well-known Knoxville boxing trainer passed away Thursday.

Family members tell 10News that Ace Miller died of what they believe was a heart attack.

In 1964, Miller borrowed $500 from a local bank to open his own arena.

"That $500 started me in a boxing program and opened that old pool room and life just came at me," Miller told 10News in 2011.

In 1977 he was asked to take over the city's Golden Gloves program.

Miller trained boxers at the arena for years, including world heavy weight champ Big John Tate, who Miller said was the real "Rocky" story.

Ace Miller saw much success in his career over the years, something the city recognized by naming a street at Chilhowee Park after him. His was also added to the Golden Gloves Arena.

Click here to watch a 10News profile story on Ace Miller.

 

 

 Personal comments.......

Ace was a personal friend. I got better acquainted with him working on the KESHAA All-School Reunion. I was impressed that he was the first person that I saw when I arrived early that day to help set up and prepare for the "guests" to arrive and to get our class table ready for viewing and to Welcome our Classmates.

Later, I was honored when he invited me to come to the ceremonies when he was honored. He was a fine, Christian man which was a friend to me and to our class. He was the one that told me about the wreck that Jim Mitchell had and we were standing talking when he got the phone call.

He worked so hard in the KEHAA until he and I went on to pursue other endeavors apart from the KEHSAA.

Here are a couple of pictures of the honors he received.