The firemen who stood by should not be allowed near the public equipment they enjoy playing cowboy on as an excuse to drink beer with their buddies any more.
This is the “Tea Party’s” approach to public services – it takes special people though to follow through and actually stand there watching while someone’s home burns to the ground.
I can’t believe the firefighters just stood by and watched. I know they were obeying their cheif, but like D said, ‘What happened to people helping people’? I don’t think I would be able to stand by and watch a house burn. And for the truck to be there on the scene and not do anything??? The truck was already there. Why not help? It sounds from the article that the family is very humble. I hope everything turns out ok for them.
I really have no words….How anybody could watch a family’s home burn down is almost impossible to believe. I hope they run the fire chief out of town!!!
fire him only after deducting the cost of fuel, etc. from his pay. if they weren’t going to doing anything, why waste the expense to just watch it burn??? they put out a field of weeds on fire but not someone’s house. wow, amazing
Wow, this is what we’ve come down to. Simply put, this is the most ridiculous load of @#$ I’ve seen in some time. They should have put the fire out, then charged them for call, plain and simple. What if there had been a person in the house? A child? You let a house burn down and pets die over a lousy $75?
I am not a fan of the Tea Party. But, this sad story has nothing to do with them. You don’t know the political leanings of anyone mentioned in this story. Stick to the facts, genius!
Most of us reading this are in the insurance business. Some of you think the chief should be fired because his department didn’t put out the fire for a family who did not pay for fire service. Some even said they should have been allowed to pay the fire service charge the next day. What if everyone did this and the fire service had to shut down due to lack of funding? What if the family forgot to pay the homeowners premium instead? Would you expect the insurer to pay the loss and then ask for the premium after the fact? This is certainly an unfortunate event, but let’s keep things in perspective.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? Forget it. Why pretend to be a Christian Nation any more. Take care of ourselves and piss on the rest. Eye for an Eye. Wall Street over Main Street. Let them eat cake. Quit complaining and get a job. Tea Party all the way, uncheck and unleashed.
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I am suggesting to South Fulton Mayor David Crocker, that Obion County should change its town motto to:
“Obion County, where compassion cost $75.00 a month.”
I have written the mayor an E-Mail and I am posing it in the comments about the town.
The firemen who stood by should not be allowed near the public equipment they enjoy playing cowboy on as an excuse to drink beer with their buddies any more.
This is the “Tea Party’s” approach to public services – it takes special people though to follow through and actually stand there watching while someone’s home burns to the ground.
I can’t believe the firefighters just stood by and watched. I know they were obeying their cheif, but like D said, ‘What happened to people helping people’? I don’t think I would be able to stand by and watch a house burn. And for the truck to be there on the scene and not do anything??? The truck was already there. Why not help? It sounds from the article that the family is very humble. I hope everything turns out ok for them.
I really have no words….How anybody could watch a family’s home burn down is almost impossible to believe. I hope they run the fire chief out of town!!!
fire him only after deducting the cost of fuel, etc. from his pay. if they weren’t going to doing anything, why waste the expense to just watch it burn??? they put out a field of weeds on fire but not someone’s house. wow, amazing
Wow, this is what we’ve come down to. Simply put, this is the most ridiculous load of @#$ I’ve seen in some time. They should have put the fire out, then charged them for call, plain and simple. What if there had been a person in the house? A child? You let a house burn down and pets die over a lousy $75?
I am not a fan of the Tea Party. But, this sad story has nothing to do with them. You don’t know the political leanings of anyone mentioned in this story. Stick to the facts, genius!
Most of us reading this are in the insurance business. Some of you think the chief should be fired because his department didn’t put out the fire for a family who did not pay for fire service. Some even said they should have been allowed to pay the fire service charge the next day. What if everyone did this and the fire service had to shut down due to lack of funding? What if the family forgot to pay the homeowners premium instead? Would you expect the insurer to pay the loss and then ask for the premium after the fact? This is certainly an unfortunate event, but let’s keep things in perspective.
I totally agree with Pat. But why didn’t the fire department send out reminder notices to everyone that had paid in the past and didn’t renew?
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you? Forget it. Why pretend to be a Christian Nation any more. Take care of ourselves and piss on the rest. Eye for an Eye. Wall Street over Main Street. Let them eat cake. Quit complaining and get a job. Tea Party all the way, uncheck and unleashed.