Harwell's first statement on her policy for the next two years.

[RobertNashville]

Most of us here can carry guns. But many here don’t have jobs. I’ll take legislation that creates jobs or helps the economy over gun laws any day.

However… I don’t understand why they can’t do both.

I would agree except for one thing, the only thing a government can do effectively is CONSUME what others produce.

Creating jobs is not for the government to do; at best the State can make sure it isn't doing things that make Tennessee unattractive to business but that's pretty much it and Tennessee is already pretty dam attractive to business which is one of the reasons this state has fared better than most during this downturn.

[Guest HexHead]

I was reading the other day about some of the legislature's agenda to be "pro jobs" and attract more companies to TN. One was to make it much more difficult to qualify for unemployment and a lot easier for the employer to contest your receiving a check. Just be careful what you wish for.

[Guest mcgyver210]

Honestly I'm not surprised. Really, let's take a look at last year alone. We got alot passed that has sat stagnant for years under Naifeh. While it wasn't all perfect, it's still a big leap IMHO. Now, after all the hoopla and screaming and ranting about all the other issues and the big turnover what was the one thing that really stuck out about all this? Oh yeah...Doug Jackson, our biggest voice, got hung out to dry.

Most people do not give a **** about gun laws. There are those of us that are for and those against, but most just don't care, UNTIL it's jammed down their throats for a year by an anti-gun media. My point is there are alot of other issues that are facing the state and the nation besides just ours. I'm not a Harwell fan or a Haslam fan, but my point is I don't think they are going to take anything away from us. I also didn't expect anyone to be the new "carry permit holder advocate" poster child after the voters made an example out of Doug Jackson either. Now maybe it's true it was just the (D) that killed him, I'm sure it had alot to do with it, but I think some people sent him a message too.

Well Said.