I am thankful too for someplace to discuss our nations problems. The name calling and slander and such is uncalled for, just because you have a different opinoin does not warrant the name callin etc. Leave this for the politicans. Name calling etc is childness, what kind of message is benig sent to the younger people who look at this board, I do doubt that children understand the political things and probally not interested but this kind of behavior is negative. We all have difference's thats what makes us Americans and humans, every one has an opinion, and that is what makes the world go round. It is good we have these disscussions as ity shows the concerns we have for our country our freedoms and our lifes in general. No one person is right or wrong and both sides must be looked at and respected and then a compermise can be reached. It takes all kinds and ideas to make things work, just look at Washington and also Frankfort, they have been name calling and bickering so much and not compermising that it now has greatly affected our country our state, the economy and the world. Like the Beatles said years ago "we can work it out, life is very short and theres no time for fussing and fighting my friends".