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An Ol' Broad's Ramblings: Kill The Bill!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:38:06 -0500

Charles Krauthammer: Kill the bill, do health reform right

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The result is an overregulated, overbureaucratized system of surpassing arbitrariness and inefficiency. Throw a dart at the Senate tome:

You’ll find mandates with financial penalties — the amounts picked out of a hat.

You’ll find insurance companies (who live and die [...]

Brian's Blog: We Need to Elect a Judge Like This Here in Knox County

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:28:00 -0500

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TaxingTennessee: Probably not a good idea to post Tweets on Billboard

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:23:00 -0500

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Tennesseefree.com: Got cap and trade?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:10:34 -0500

Now that the credibility of the socialists masquerading as saviors of the Earth has been blown to hell and damnation you have to wonder what else has our Federal government lied to us about? The same question should also been asked of the United Nations. Is this Global Warming lie the [...]

No Silence Here: Get ready for 'Cash for Appliances'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:09:04 -0500

I don't like the idea of just spending money for its own sake. -- More.

Clearly we have an administration into artificial stimulation.

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Newscoma: Annoying Autobiographical Pause – #759

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:01:13 -0500

Thanksgiving was different this year for me. I’d been in sort of a funk over some situational things and had to gear myself back a bit. I’m usually pretty cheerful, but holidays are wickedly weird or in my cranium, I make them weird.

Yeah, that’s about right.

I’ve been [...]

No Silence Here: Memo to West Town Mall, and other stores

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:57:08 -0500

Glenn Reynolds: I've noticed a lot of stores that treat teenagers this way, and it strikes me as quite unwise.

He's right. Teenagers are more viral than ever. Perhaps salespeople would be well-served by dropping a pebble in a pond.

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TaxingTennessee: Live Streaming Video from Times Square

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:35:00 -0500

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An Ol' Broad's Ramblings: Free Market Trumps “Spread the Wealth”

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:24:16 -0500

We don’t need “new ideas”. We need to return to the old ideas of our Founders!

Giving Thanks for the Free Market
The Foundry

As millions of Americans spend today fervently practicing commerce, we bring you these thoughts faith, property and prosperity which first ran last year on Thanksgiving.

There is much [...]

Tiny Cat Pants: Is the New Cat Really that New?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:07:29 -0500

People, if I could have gotten any picture for you yesterday, I wish I’d gotten the picture of the Butcher, gone into the garage to check on the new cat, when he was squatting down to pet it while it ate and he looked up and saw me looking at [...]

No Silence Here: Has it come to this?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:02:18 -0500

DPA (Daily Post-Athenian) prints a Thursday newspaper

Gee, is this a snarky post? I didn't mean for it to be. No, really, I didn't.

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The Humble Libertarian: Libertarian News (11/27/09)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500

A Libertarian Viewpoint
This new book comes to us from the pen of Douglas N. Merritt, a longtime Libertarian from Kansas who has distilled years of essay, speeches, and columns into a 460-page tome on Libertarian politics.

Is libertarianism [...]

TaxingTennessee: Graph of ClimateGate Hidden Data

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:25:00 -0500

Hidden Data is in red. [...]

TaxingTennessee: Afghanistan Pictorial from Boston Globe

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:21:00 -0500

Warning: some pictures are very graphic. [...]

KnoxViews: Friday Remote Area Bird Blogging

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:13:28 -0500

Bob Ottey lives in Omagh, Northern Ireland. He is a retired head game keeper, retired riverkeeper, retired fieldsports writer and wildlife ... read more [...]

No Silence Here: Did you have squirrel gravy this week?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:03:05 -0500

Some did.

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No Silence Here: Getting your attention in Chattanooga

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:55:00 -0500

More here.

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No Silence Here: Blogging 'Black Friday'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:43:15 -0500

Tam: For schoolchildren and some government employees and office workers, it's a four-day weekend. For much of the rest of America, it's The Week With Two Mondays.

Frank Murphy: As shoppers head to the stores early on Black Friday, I am reminded of a Saturday Night Live sketch. [...]

The Cutting Edge: 'CAP AND TRADE IS DEAD' : Quote of the Day: Sen. Inhofe, speaking of the EPA (and, this gem...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:40:00 -0500

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"The way the far left used to stop us is to file lawsuits and stall and stall. We'll do the same thing." -Senator Jim Inhofe, (R) OK, speaking of the EPA's pending but now, thankfully, out on a limb "endangerment finding" that would allow it to regulate carbons (and our' [...]

No Silence Here: Crashing the WH's state dinner

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:35:31 -0500

The absolute tizzy that the press has worked themselves into at the terrible act of lèse majesté committed against their demigod is pretty chucklesome, especially when you consider that if the Salahis had done the very same thing a year and a half ago, they'd be fêted as heroes' [...]

Tennesseefree.com: Texas vs California

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:31:18 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Great article comparing and contrasting Texas and California. If the states are considered to be laboratories, then modern liberalism, as practiced in California, should obviously be deemed a failure. On the other hand, Texas, a much more conservative state, is thriving. Knowing this to be true, guess which state the Obama administration [...]

No Silence Here: Twittering Knoxville's 'Black Friday'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:21:28 -0500

#knoxblackfriday.

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No Silence Here: Ford's TN anchor in NY Senate bid

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:16:48 -0500

Many of you have heard by now that former Tennessee Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. is considering a bid for the U.S. Senate in New York. But will his positions on abortion/choice and same-sex marriage come back to haunt him if he jumps in the race? -- More.

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Tennesseefree.com: Occasionally They Slip Up And Tell The Truth. Thanks Howard Dean.

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:09:01 -0500

Click here. This disaster, along with the Porkulus Plan, is a heck of a legacy for this Congress. The damage done to our future by these crooks may be unfixable. [...]

No Silence Here: Humphrey: TN tax increase inevitable

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:04:49 -0500

Tom has the skinny.

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No Silence Here: Obama shatters spending record

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:35 -0500

That price tag came with a $1.4 trillion deficit, nearly $1 trillion more than last year. The overall budget was about a half-trillion more than Bush's for 2008, his final full fiscal year in office. -- More.

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No Silence Here: East TN county's jobless rate drops to 17.8%

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:56:23 -0500

"Only" fourth-highest . . . it's amazing what you can find to be thankful about in a recession, huh?

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No Silence Here: Dolly Parton raises over $80K for Trails Forever

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:53:57 -0500

The Trails Forever program is the signature fundraising initiative connected with Great Smoky Mountains National Park's 75th anniversary celebration. The Trails Forever endowment will fund an additional permanent trail maintenance work crew that will support trail improvement projects along the 800+ miles of hiking trails within the Park. -- [...]

walls of the city: hie thee hence

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:50:58 -0500

Brownells is having a Black (Rifle) Friday sale. Need I say more?

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No Silence Here: Rep. Duncan calls for end to war in Afghanistan

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:39:46 -0500

The war "is a tremendous waste of blood and treasure," the congressman said. -- More.

And, of course, the good congressman is aware of the history of wars in Afghanistan.

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Sharoncobb: Feel Good Friday!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:05:00 -0500

Every Friday, bloggers and journalists and writers in TN. put aside their personal differences and post a music video to make YOU feel good.

Well, it's a holiday weekend, and people are already feeling good with their loved ones and friends. The only thing that could add to [...]

Just Another Pretty Farce: YIKES!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:55:30 -0500

It’s technically Thanksgiving when I write this, but I don’t want anyone to stumble on here and get mad at me for posting such self-serving weirdness (different from every other day how?) on the holiday, so I’m post-dating it. After the fiasco with Rapunzel’s off-putting photo from the other day I’m [...]

walls of the city: QOT(turkey)D

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:52:13 -0500

The U.S. Marine Corps has long noted the success of the U.S. Air Force AC-130 aircraft that SOCOM uses. But they couldn't afford them, as an AC-130 costs more than three times as much an a marine KC-130J aerial refueling aircraft. But the marines developed a solution. This is' [...]

TaxingTennessee: Chattanooga Jeweler's "Finger" Billboard

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:27:00 -0500

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It's a brake pumping sight that has people on Signal Mountain Boulevard buzzing.

"I had to take a double take," said Paul Shirley, a local businessman, "it looks kindly strange, until you look at it really good."

The billboard reads, "she's tired of waiting." It's a local [...]

An Ol' Broad's Ramblings: Are Ya In Shock?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:55:46 -0500

Number of comments: 2

I took the day off, and ya know what? I thoroughly enjoyed it! No politics, no drama! It has been GREAT!

The Mr and I shared a quiet, LARGE meal of turkey, etc. We will, no doubt, be having turkey for the next month or so. [...]

TaxingTennessee: Newest Stimulus Project-10 jobs created

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:24:00 -0500

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The Humble Libertarian: Black Friday Shopping

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:59:00 -0500

Avoid the crowds and do some of your holiday shopping online! If you plan on purchasing any gifts online, please use the graphic below to visit Amazon.com and make your purchase there.

Any purchase you make after browsing to Amazon from the link below, goes [...]

Newscoma: Not The Usual Thanksgiving Picture

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:21:13 -0500

Number of comments: 3

I took this picture with my phone today. I kinda love it.

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Tiny Cat Pants: Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:22:24 -0500

This morning, we heard a meowing the likes of which we had never heard before. My dad was all “What’s going on with the tiny cat?” And I looked out and saw a tiny cat, howling, in the garage. A cat not ours. People drop all kinds of animals of out [...]

Brian's Blog: WVLT #1

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:54:00 -0500

WVLT Volunteer TV has just been recognized as #1 for news at 11:00 p.m. Great job Volunteer TV news team. They are the the Official station of the TN Vols. [...]

Tennesseefree.com: The Real Story of Thanksgiving….

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:01:43 -0500

Number of comments: 1
…as told once again by Mark Rose. Happy Thanksgiving! [...]

walls of the city: current altitude: 40011 feet

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:08:21 -0500

Wifi on planes is somehow just wrong... it takes away the whole "but I am on a plane" excuse for not doing work while travelling...

Anywise, time to go wave at Joe Huffman as we fly over. Y'all have a good Thanksgiving.

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The Humble Libertarian: Happy Thanksgiving Roundup

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:40:00 -0500

The libertarian Cato Institute's David Boaz wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving: "I spend most of my time sounding the alarm about the freedoms we're losing. But this was a good opportunity to step back and consider how America is different from much of world history'" [...]