Chattanooga Times Free Press | Progress slow in choking off smoking rates

Smoking will soon become a crime punishable by imprisonment. All the millions of tax revenue will come from another source and used to house prisoners. I can just see someone giving up cigarettes and walking outside for some fresh air and getting run over by smoky old dump truck.

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Dying Manson follower Atkins denied parole | Reuters

Whether she should be paroled or not, is a matter of opinion.

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Stimulus checks lure Floridians to their arrest | Oddly Enough | Reuters

Is this what they want respect for? If you or I rounded up people who owe us money, and take them into custody, would we get their respect? This seems like an uncouth way to do business during these troubled times. In reality, they are doing nothing but running a confidence game.

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Baby boomers still getting high, agency says | Oddly Enough | Reuters

I happen to be a "Baby Boomer" and a viet nam veteran. I don't get high so much as before, but I do need pain meds. I know I'm hooked on prescription pain killers. I can't change that, because every time I beat the addiction, I find it very hard to walk and stand or sit.

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Father Tasered while holding newborn - Crime & courts- msnbc.com

This sounds like a typical Texas railroad job to me. The only innocent one was the baby. The man(Lewis) was probably being a butt hole. But that was no reason for him to be tasered while holding the baby.

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Cold Case Re-Opened: Was Fatal Police Shooting Racially Motivated?, spencer, larry, police - Top Stories - WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery

I remember Chattanooga being a very racist town in the late fifties, and on up into the seventies. It still is, but more secretive.

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Chattanooga Police Chief Freeman Cooper Speaks to National Audience about Chattanooga Shootings | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley

Just keeping up with all the police shootings in my area and sharing them with others. If this man requested that the police shoot him, why did they? Isn't it apparent that he was mentally deranged and in need of help? Oh! we are obliged to shoot you. Just put in your request.

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Man Shot, Killed By East Ridge Police After Car Chase | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley

Just outside the city limits of Chattanooga, where a man was shot and killed by police about a week ago. The East Ridge police are getting in on the fun.

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Boy Butchers Dog And Kitten | boy, dog, kitten - Local News - WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery

Move over Jeffrey Dahmer, there's a new kid in town. Try to visualise him doing this to your small son or daughter. Leave this kid alone and he will make Jeffrey look like an alter boy.

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Councilman Shoots at Thieves | poe, says, son - Local News - WTVC NewsChannel 9: Chattanooga News, Weather, Radar, Sports, Lottery

I thought this to be odd news, just by the fact that a councilman can shoot at someone. Where's a cop when you need one.

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Chattanooga Times Free Press | Chattanooga: Six taken to hospital after interstate wreck

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Men Arrested for 'Riding' Under the Influence | proves, influence, drunken - Local News - WTVC Newschannel9.com

I'll admit that these men were horsing around and shouldn't have been but it just goes to show that the law is used to ruin people's lives. A DUI conviction can have serious consequences to a person's life. I live close to tunnel hill ga. and I know how these small ga.

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PETA Offers to Double Pothole Fund If Chattanooga Will Put Their Ad Slamming KFC on the Road | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley#comment-181616

Does a chicken have rights? Tell me what you think about this article. I love animals and think they should not be tortured or neglected. But I need to know if PETA has a legitimate complaint here.

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Clinton: NKorea plan to fire missile 'provocative'

North Korea is being very defiant in their plan to launch a missle. They are determined to keep trouble and chaos in the region. As a former soldier stationed near the DMZ, I learned a lot about the way their leaders think.

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Jordan's son leads prep team to state title - Yahoo! Sports

"A chip off the old block." are the only words I can think of to describe Marcus Jordan's performance on the court. No wonder Michael Jordan had tears in his eyes for his son. I would have bauled if that had been my son.

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Five middle schoolers survive plunge off cliff

This is a news story about friendship among children, who would jump off a cliff for one another. It's also about bravery.

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Have You Seen This Girl? She May Be Pregnant and In Need of Medical Attention | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley

This girl is just a child herself and anytime a child is in danger, we need to do all we can to stop the danger. Please pass this along to everyone you know. Her family is extremely worried about her safety. You never know when you might be in a similar situation.

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Dirty South: The Georgia Sex Panic Builds | Sex and Relationships | AlterNet

I have been a resident of georgia for nearly a year now. I'm transplanted here from chattanooga tn. I didn't realize this was such a right wing state. there are a lot of good people in georgia but their politicians and laws suck.

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Trading Secrets to China? | tire, goodyear, knoxville - Local News - WTVC Newschannel9.com

This is a good example of industrial espionage and treason. This is also a good example of what this country is becoming. Anyone who sells our technology to a country like China, should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

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ABC News: Army Says Teen's Fort Lewis Death May Be Drug Related

Is there not enough trouble on the battlefield? To find a teenage girl dead in an army barracks is devastating to girls parents and an open sore on one of our nation's military bases and the entire military. The personnel responsible should be severely punished.

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Benton Man Killed By Wrong Way Driver on I-75 | WDEF News 12 | News, Weather and Sports for Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley

When will drunk drivers ever stop killing people? Or will they ever? When someone is so drunk, they go down the wrong way on an interstate, they become nothing but murderers.

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Rachael Ray Doesn't Regret Racy Photo Shoot - omg! news on Yahoo!

Should Rachel Ray worry about racy photo shoot? I don't think it will hurt her image at all. She is well loved by anyone who has ever seen her show. I think she is a real sweetheart.

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