A Today's Forum sampler

Editor's note: Today's Forum appears seven days a week in The Daly Citizen print edition.

“It is wrong to make poverty-stricken people pay probation fees or go to jail and lose their homes. There isn’t supposed to be debtor’s prison in America, but there is.”

“North Hamilton Street and Old Chattanooga Road have more patchwork than my grandmama’s old quilts.”

“People keep using the phrase ‘the government.’ But the Constitution says we the people are the government. We run this country, whether we like it or not.”

“Jimmy, you got that right about being better looking than Rush Limbaugh. I wish they would run him, Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity out of the country.”

“What happened to the idea of letting people have chickens in the city? They DO have them, at least in Chatsworth. I listen to that cotton picking rooster crow every morning.”

“I am so proud of the Northwest Lady Bruins softball team. They are going to state. My great- granddaughter is their catcher.”

“The NFL tells Rush Limbaugh to take a hike and the White House calls out Fox News for what it is. It’s a great day to be a liberal in America.”

“If you are going to drive 15 to 20 mph on a road that allows traffic much faster than that, please move over into the right lane. You are dangerous.”

“I had a billfold full of money and now have only a pocket full of change. Thank you, Obama.”

“How dare we oversee another country’s elections when ours was tainted by what ACORN did.”

“Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they are still poor.”

“This year Halloween is on Saturday, thank goodness. But I don’t like to open my door after dark. So please come early.”

“This the first time in seven years Halloween has been on Saturday and this is the first time I will give out candy. Do not come after 6:30 at night. Try to get here by 5 p.m. I do not open my door after 5 at night.”

“Congratulations to the DDDA for the renovation of the freight depot and observation deck, where I can now watch a half-dozen homeless men urinate.”

Editor: You need a new hobby.

“For the past eight years every time the price of gas went up it was President Bush’s fault. Logic now says it is President Obama’s fault. But since we don’t use logic anymore, it must still be Bush’s fault.”

“I really enjoyed the article on Mallary Hope and am happy someone from our area is doing so well. I hope people turn out at the Wink to support the Cancer Society.”

“Do you think parents who have their rights terminated should be public record?”

“If you are wondering why the roads aren’t getting paved it’s because all the county workers are over on the South Bypass building a new floorcovering place.”

“Thanks to Dr. Betsy Henley at the Animal Hospital of Whitfied County for taking such good care of my animals. You are the best.”

“This time of year I miss the Elvira commercials.”

“The roughest street in Dalton is going down North Hamilton Street onto Lamar Street like you are crossing the railroad to Kmart.”

“Why can’t a person get a line directly into Charter Communications in Dalton? If they have one, I would like to know what it is.”

“Why do they let those silly ballgames mess up the prime time TV schedule?”

“If Jimmy Espy is not smarter than Rush Limbaugh we need a new editor.”

“The fireworks shot off from Fort Hill on Saturday were spectacular. Can we move the July 4th fireworks from the rec center to Fort Hill? I believe it would draw a larger crowd.”

“What did the trees do for the 200 years before there was an arborist to keep them alive?”

“To the person looking for a church that loves you the way you are and talks about practical things, come visit the Unitarian Universalist Church up in Chattanooga some morning at 11 a.m.”

“On the same day Dalton Utilities proposes raising electricity rates by 9 percent, TVA announced a rate reduction of 1 percent. Who can we trust?”

“The board that oversees Dalton Utilities is a sham. None of those people has any concern for the people who pay the bills. It’s taxation without representation!”

“In Mexico and Afghanistan the problems are mostly about dope. When are we going to wake up and let people in this country grow our own dope? The problem would then work itself out.”