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I'd use every penny I had to bring a lawsuit against these people. This might not be the most fucked up thing I've ever read but, it sure ranks up there. What about the people that don't have two dimes to rub together, no disposable income at all, huh?
Firefighters in Tennessee sit and watch as a family's home burns to the ground. Why didn't they save it? Turns out that family didn't pay their fire fee.
In rural Obion, Tenn., fire coverage costs $75 a year. But when the Cranick family didn't pay their bill, and a fire struck, they were out of luck!
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are firefighters sworn? i don't know, i'll have to ask my cousin in Miami who is a firefighter. i think taxes cover their services.
by that "logic" those who don't pay their taxes should not get police protection.
were they city/town or small volunteer unit?
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a little more on story:
A small town fire company in Tennessee that responded to a house fire was ordered to let the structure burn down because the owner had not paid the $75 subscription fee. Fire fighters across East Tennessee expressed their anger over the fire department’s decision to let the double wide trailer burn down because dues had not been paid. Three dogs died in the fire.
Images on television show the firefighters sitting in their fire trucks while the home of Gene and Paulette Cranick burns to the ground. Cranick said in television interviews that he told firefighters he forgot to pay his dues and would pay them after the firefighters put the blaze out. Cranick lived just outside the city limits of South Fulton in Fire Tennesse Dues1 Fire Department Lets House Burn Down Over Unpaid DuesNorthwest Tennessee in Obion County, but within an area that allows homeowners to subscribe to the city’s fire department services by paying a $75 annual fee.
Doug McClanahan said “Truly, a firefighter cannot stand by and watch something burn to the ground.” McClanahan, chief of the Blount County ire Department, said a fire fighter is trained to take care of and rescue people, and “He can’t stand by and not try to react to a fire or a rescue.” Steve Wheeler, chief of Vonore, Tennessee Fire Department, said “We don’t particularly care who’s paid his dues. If somebody needs help, we help and worry about everything else later.”
Paulette Cranton, 67, said she does not blame the firefighters for not putting out the fire because they were just following orders. She said she is just thankful no one was hurt.
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if thats the case then the fire department should not have even responded to the call.
They actually check to see if the fee's have been paid before putting out a fire? Time for that BUSINESS to go out of business, the people of this community should run them out of town on a rail, but they won't, fucking sheeple!
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Absolutely absurd!!!!
They most likely would have put it out if they were illeagals!!!
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(10-09-2010, 10:45 AM)Carsman Wrote: Absolutely absurd!!!!
They most likely would have put it out if they were illeagals!!!
now there's an asinine non-comment
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(10-09-2010, 06:20 PM)Luke Warmwater Wrote: (10-09-2010, 10:45 AM)Carsman Wrote: Absolutely absurd!!!!
They most likely would have put it out if they were illeagals!!!
now there's an asinine non-comment
Illeagals here get all services & benefits without having to worry about "paying" dues!
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Fuck, "Illegals" holy shit, how the fuck do expect to be able to stop the crap if you can't even spell the fucking term?
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Dick:"They actually check to see if the fee's have been paid before putting out a fire? "
there's no apostrophe in fees either. or eyes. or any other word made plural with an s. 
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(10-09-2010, 07:18 PM)IMaDick Wrote: Fuck, "Illegals" holy shit, how the fuck do expect to be able to stop the crap if you can't even spell the fucking term?
No shit....
I had a guy contact me via email the other day from the Czech Republic. As most non-native English speakers do, he apologized for his shortcomings using our language. I immediately told him, and it's true, that he writes and comprehends English better than 70% of the members on an American internet forum where I hang out.
That's right, this is the place....
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I'm glad I fall in the 30%. 
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That was a fucking test to see if anybody was paying attention, well, you pass.
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