I myself have never been and never will go to college.  I am a FIRM believer that wanting a college education means only one of two things.  You are either a narrow minded individual with grand aspirations of wealth, glory, and fame, or you are a gifted individual with the need to further your studies in hopes of acquiring a job in a vocational, business, engineering, or technical area.  I see no benefit in anything colleges offer...

Well, they went and passed the so called “stimulus plan”. I guess it comes as no surprise to me that as soon as a democratic president takes control of a democratic congress all hell breaks loose when it comes to spending.  I fear that my children will suffer dire consequences in their lifetime thanks to this fiasco. I’ll keep this short tonight.  I just can’t believe what the government is doing to us.  Its...

            I have children whom I love dearly.  I want to pass along good habits and ideals to them.  There is one area that is starting to drive me absolutely insane and that is this green movement.  I am all for “doing your part to help the environment” but I see this turning into a circus or a joke the more it gathers momentum.  Let me give you an example.  Where I work the people I do support for print a...

It should be exposed that Valentine’s Day was originally concocted by the Christian Church to ruin the festival of Lupercalia (named after the Roman God Lupercus) which was held on the 15th of February and continued throughout the month. Lupercalia was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman God of Agriculture, (the date in February was originally chosen to welcome spring) and to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus...

  First, let me say that this is not one of those hate posts. Secondly, I want to assure anyone reading this that I am indeed and intelligent person and that I do not intentionally set about to incite or induce hatred.Martin Luther King Day to me is a TRUE conundrum, this year, in the year of Obama especially. I do see the significance of what the man did in terms of pressing the issues of racial equality and human rights. I do believe...

     My name is Richard Jay Cooper. Everyone calls me by my middle name, Jay. I am 37 years old. I have lived in the great state of  Tennessee for most of my life. I am a Computer Tech, Web / Graphic designer,  Husband and Father of three. I live in the city of Mt. Juliet with my Wife, Laura and two boys, Austin and Caelan ages 16 and 13.  My step son Adam is 26 years old and lives in Carksville where my wife’s hometown. ...