East Tennessee is a really beautiful place. My business isn't really based here at all, but I like living here. It's a really good place to raise a family and to live. I think a lot of people are finding that out.

I think the silent majority -- the people of this country -- will have the last voice on this whole matter.

Well, if people don't know a lot about him there's a reason for it: it's because he's not one that has been a self-promoter. He's somebody who is very humble and very private in that respect.

The similarities to Ireland are very close in East Tennessee. We wanted to build a subdivision that sort of reflected a little bit of where we were raised. ... When it's finished, I think it will have a lot of the look. You know, it's kind of like a little piece of Ireland in the hills of East Tennessee.

This now has become a major political issue in the presidential election.

If you talk to Joe Citizen, they don't think about it, but they would be surprised by how often they are under surveillance. I would say each and every time there is a crime, something is caught on tape.