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Speak to Power: Justifying Rate Increases

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:06:59 -0500

R. Neal again asking a question that should have an answer.

Yesterday, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius called for Anthem Blue Cross to publicly justify raising premiums for its California customers by as much as 39 percent. She also wants the company to disclose how much [...]

Post Politics: Harold Ford’s Bonus

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:49:54 -0500

Junior’s political opponent agrees with a 2009 version of himself:

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Post Politics: Palin 2012

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:42:48 -0500

Marc Ambinder on the team she is putting together:

[S]he is not worried about fundraising right now. Pam Pryor, a former RNC senior adviser, leads Palin’s political action committee and is orchestrating her outreach to social conservatives. Randy Scheunenmann remains her policy maestro, with informal assistance from his Orion Strategies [...]

An Ol' Broad's Ramblings: Pray For MORE Snow On The Hill!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:26:21 -0500

Snow Slows Obama’s Second Stimulus
The Foundry

The snowstorms that have already dumped over two feet of snow on the nation’s Capitol and that are threatening to dump another 12 to 16 inches, have grounded the legislative process to a halt. But that might not be such a [...]

Speak to Power: Memphis Doctors Make Hard Choices In Haiti

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:23:40 -0500

The Commercial Appeal’s reporter Tom Charlier and photographer Alan Spearman are in Haiti are traveling with Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center’s team that has been sent there to help with medical assistance after last month’s devastating earthquake left tens of thousands dead and a country in ruins.

It’s taken more [...]

Post Politics: Playing The ‘War Card’ Is A Bad Thing

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:20:56 -0500

Sarah Palin, it seems, disagrees.

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Speak to Power: Propping up TennCare

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:19:42 -0500

The Tennessee Hospital Association voted to recommend a bed tax to help fund TennCare.

The tax, which the association is calling a “coverage fee,” could range from 1 percent to 2 percent of a hospital’s annual gross receipts. The idea is that the state would use the revenue from the [...]

Post Politics: Why Is Obama Failing?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:18:59 -0500

Is it because he is still campaigning?

Pundits, Democratic lawmakers and opinion pollsters offer a smorgasbord of reasons - from Mr Obama’s decision to devote his first year in office to healthcare reform, to the president’s inability to convince voters he can “feel their [economic] pain”, to the apparent ungovernability [...]

Truman's Take: My thankfulness goes out to many

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:00 -0500

Thanks to all my many friends for their prayers, visits, well-wishes, cards, and food treats given to me and my family, on behalf of Sherrie and me, for the time during our mom's illness and her final passing last week.

You have been a great comfort to our' [...]

An Ol' Broad's Ramblings: The Fall Of The Republic

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:09:04 -0500

The Last Days Of The Republic?
by J. D. Longstreet

Call it a “Constitutional Republic,” or a “Representative Republic,” the fact is – America, as a “republic,” is done for.

How did it happen? Well, those who would turn America into a Socialist Utopia used the very democratic process, in which [...]

KnoxViews: Led Zeppelin coming to Bonnaroo?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:08:54 -0500

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No Silence Here: Now that's just dang funny!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:02:54 -0500

Trace Sharp: My fascination with television from the 60s bring us this morning to Snopes, which focuses on the names of the castaways at Gilligan's Island. I knew the Skipper's name was Jonas Grumby, but I didn't know about Gilligan.

Yes, I do these things to occupy my very' [...]

TaxingTennessee: State of Calif prints SocSec nums on outside of envelopes

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:52:00 -0500

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The numbers were printed on the outside of envelopes sent to elderly patients of the Adult Day Health Care program, many of whom are blind or have Alzheimer’s disease or other cognitive disabilities. The Department of Health Care Services sent the envelopes, which contained change-of-benefit notices, Feb. 1.
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Post Politics: Steve Cohen On The Death On John Murtha

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:51:34 -0500

Number of comments: 2

From Glenn Thrush:

COHEN: He was my friend… He died because when he went in for gall bladder surgery his intestine was perforated and that should not have happened… It was, from my understanding, malpractice.

And somebody who loses their life because of medical fault should have a court [...]

No Silence Here: Not Mensa candidates

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:50:49 -0500

Trail of pizza sauce, chicken wings leads police to suspects (Via a tweet)

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Post Politics: Say Murtha’s Name

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:50:21 -0500

Harold Ford Jr. on the passing of Rep. John Murtha:

“I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Rep. John Murtha. He was one of the greatest patriots ever to serve in Congress and a man of deep compassion, commitment and courage. Rep. Murtha’s powerful advocacy on behalf [...]

Speak to Power: The Zippin’ Packer

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:45:10 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Jackson Barker reports on the fate of one of Memphis’ landmarks.

…the famous roller-coaster ride that tested the mettle of innumerable Memphians since 1923, when it first showed up at the Fairgrounds, won’t be preserved on its home grounds. Rather, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, a town heretofore more famous for [...]

No Silence Here: American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:42:52 -0500

The airlines are just nickel and diming themselves to death. What's next? Twenty-five bucks for a safe landing?

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TaxingTennessee: Beware of Tennessee hospitals bearing tax "gifts"

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:39:00 -0500

Tennessee hospitals are just fine paying a new tax....if we give them more Federal taxpayer money....sounds like one of those "heads I win, tails you lose" deals. (hint: Federal Taxpayers are amazingly similar to State taxpayers.)
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THA president Craig Becker said the fee would begin on July 1 [...]

An Ol' Broad's Ramblings: Lame Stream Looks Foolish….AGAIN!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:38:01 -0500

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I’m wondering when the lame stream media will snap out their collective stupor, and realize they are appearing as hypocritical jackasses to the thinking world? I had hopes there for a while, but when they start making an issue about a few words written on the palm of the [...]

Speak to Power: Which Party Is On The Side Of America?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:35:00 -0500

Nate Silver tracks 25 issues, polls to see who more Americans agree with, the GOP or the Democrats? The answers may surprise you:

One of the more commonplace assertions among pundits on the center-right — made rather carelessly by Victor Davis Hanson and more thoughtfully by Jay Cost, is that agenda [...]

Newscoma: The Annoying Orange Is Back

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:28:06 -0500

For my niece and GlenR although it will make Dabney crazy.

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Post Politics: The Tea Party Flag

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:14:33 -0500

Les Jones gives us an education.

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Post Politics: Making Voting Easier On The Troops

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:25 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Sen Bill Ketron is on it:

State Senator Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) has introduced legislation in the Tennessee General Assembly to make it easier for troops deployed overseas to vote in the next election. The bill, Senate bill 2681, comes as Tennessee’s largest National Guard unit is scheduled to deploy this [...]

No Silence Here: 'Five ways bloggers can use OpenCongress.org'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:11 -0500

Ben Cunningham of Taxing Tennessee has the skinny.

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Post Politics: Defeating The Purpose

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:09:18 -0500

Number of comments: 5

South Carolina tea partiers are merging with the Republican Party.

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No Silence Here: Ouch!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:03:29 -0500

SayUncle: Can party hacks be journalists? Uhm, they already are.

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KnoxViews: Film at 11

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:55:12 -0500

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Newscoma: Gilligan’s Island Revisted

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:50:09 -0500

My fascination with television from the 60s bring us this morning to Snopes, which focuses on the names of the castaways at Gilligan’s Island. I knew the Skipper’s name was Jonas Grumby, but I didn’t know about Gilligan.

Yes, I do these things to occupy my very crowded mind.

My childhood [...]

Post Politics: A Memory Longer Than A Goldfish

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:49:52 -0500

Some people are missing George W. Bush. Some people aren’t.

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Post Politics: How Low Can You Go?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:48:19 -0500

Jeff Woods on the latest in local enterprise journalism.

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Post Politics: Swapping Out Blue Collar Jobs For Green Ones?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:45:46 -0500

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Mary Perren on economic past and future:

Not so very long ago southerners in search of jobs could count on employment in any number of garment factories and hosiery mills, sewing everything from blue jeans to sheets.

Those jobs were easy to come by, especially in rural areas. They required a [...]

Speak to Power: Food for Thought…

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:43:59 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The Commercial Appeal reports on the growing need for the services of food pantries in the Mid-South.

A recent study by the Mid-South Food Bank and hunger-relief charity Feeding America found there has been a 26 percent increase in clients served by food bank agencies, such as St. Patrick, since [...]

Post Politics: Good Luck With That

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:43:49 -0500

Number of comments: 1

A group attempts to make Tennessee’s tax system less “regressive.”

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KnoxViews: Question: Why can't the Knox County Democrats come up with one viable candidate?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:40:52 -0500

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Post Politics: Gee Wants To Change Tenure

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:40:12 -0500

A former Vandy chancellor shares some thoughts:

An Associated Press article published on the Web site Cleveland.com states that “Mr. Gee says the traditional formula that rewards publishing in scholarly journals over excellence in teaching and other contributions is outdated and too often favors the quantity of a professor’s output [...]

No Silence Here: Bonnaroo lineup announced today

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:40:02 -0500

Watch for it here and here. Tickets go on sale today, too.

Rumors: The Who? Bob Dylan?

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Post Politics: James Lawson To Discuss Sit-ins

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:38:42 -0500

From the CP:

The Rev. James Lawson, an internationally acclaimed civil rights leader and religious scholar, will join a panel of civil rights pioneers to discuss local media coverage of the early civil rights movement in Nashville.

NAACP Nashville and the First Amendment Center are co-sponsoring the event to celebrate the [...]

Camp4u: Burn the boats!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:34:00 -0500

Oh Harold. You continue to amuse. Not only do you go to NY and flip all your positions you ran on a few years ago but you then go on to bad mouth the place that almost elected you by calling them racist. I am not sure who he is [...]

The Cutting Edge: Republicans respond to Barack Obama's little 'ole "Join us around the campfire now for marshmallows and BIPARTISANSHIP!" concession.

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:29:00 -0500

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Heh. Obama gets handed Scott Brown (R, Kennedy), finds his far-left agenda in disarray, and decides to advance a belated offer to Republicans. An offer the GOP must refuse. From Huffinblow... Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Monday that President Obama is willing to "add various elements" to health care [...]

Newscoma: The Spirit Of Innovation

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:28:26 -0500

Jack Lail talks about NiT going dark.

One of the sure bets of the digital age is nothing stays the same so, like Gilbert, I don’t mourn the change. The efforts that were ignited by broadcasting consultant Terry Heaton and Mike Sechrist, then general manager of the Nashville station, [...]

Newscoma: The Spirit Of Innovation

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:28:26 -0500

Jack Lail talks about NiT going dark.

No Silence Here: Hypocracy in politics? Who knew?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:20:49 -0500

Barack Obama in 2006: The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance' [...]

Chattarati, a Chattanooga blog: VW Hires First 22 Workers for Plant Production

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:15:46 -0500

From Volkswagen Group:

Volkswagen Group of America, Chattanooga Operations has hired the first group of production workers for its new manufacturing plant this week. Delivering on the promise of job growth for Chattanooga and Hamilton County, 100 percent of these employees are residents of Hamilton County, Tennessee.

The group, consisting of 22 [...]

TaxingTennessee: Five ways bloggers can use OpenCongress.org

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:05:00 -0500

OpenCongress.org is an exceptional resource for bloggers. Highly recommended.
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Political engagement is what we care about the most at OpenCongress. We think it’s fundamental for fighting corruption, dysfunction and apathy in our government. That’s why we’re striving to make the best primary source information on Congress for political [...]

No Silence Here: TN media blog 'going dark'

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:52:41 -0500

Come Friday, it'll be Nashville Isn't Talking, part III.

Knoxnews' online guru Jack Lail pens a long post on the demise: I hope that spirit of innovation is not what is "going dark" at WKRN. It's quite a legacy, quaint as it may seem to some.

NiT hasn't [...]

Speak to Power: What Tennessee Bloggers Are Talking About

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:50:36 -0500

Photo from the National Archives Of Newsies In Nashville

Well, at least he was honest saying it was an election year. It’s always surprising to see how politicians are afraid of the grape. Quote of the morning from TheoGeo on our recent snow dump across the [...]

Tiny Cat Pants: Is there a Librarian Signal? If so, Librarians, I’m Flashing You!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:49:11 -0500

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A reader writes: I know many of your readers are librarians and I wonder whether you’d be open to posting a question to them. I have a research librarian friend who is returning to work next year after a 5-year hiatus while raising her daughter to kindergarten age. She has an [...]

TaxingTennessee: Will Tea Partiers actually stand by small Govt principles?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:46:00 -0500

This USAToday reader has it right. The real test of Tea Party effectiveness will come when they are asked to give up their share of government largess. Will we actually fight to reduce spending?
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1. Will Tea Party seniors support reductions in Social Security and Medicare benefits and [...]

No Silence Here: Someone forgot to turn revenue-light cameras on

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:44:43 -0500

It must be hard to operate that government ATM with Redflex dragging its feet.

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Post Politics: Which, Let’s Be Honest, Is Not Completely Inconceivable

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:38:06 -0500

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Steve Steffens on the only way Willie Herenton can beat Rep. Steve Cohen:

A heavy Democratic turnout would certainly be welcome, but pardon me if I remain skeptical. Dr. Herenton apparently plans to run a campaign from the streets that says “we have no African-American Congressman from Tennessee, therefore vote [...]

Post Politics: A Plan That Didn’t Come Together

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:33:29 -0500

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Mike Morrow on one of the many dreams of tea party convention organizer Judson Phillips:

Phillips said convention organizers wanted to attract Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele and Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine to address the people at the event at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center.

Phillips [...]

Speak to Power: It Is Or It Isn’t

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:32:47 -0500

R. Neal compares headlines from the local deadwood.

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The Crone Speaks: ‘Ya Better Watch Out!

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:30:11 -0500

I was home yesterday, battling a particularly nasty sinus infection. So, I turned on the History Channel to keep me company. And there was a very interesting show that ran yesterday afternoon, called “Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem.” Depression era crime, and, yes, for a while there, not only [...]

Post Politics: Five Theories

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:29:11 -0500

The Week on a few possible futures for the tea party movement.

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Post Politics: Shoulder Lean

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:27:33 -0500

Number of comments: 6

50 out of 60 U.S. House seats that are up for grabs are currently held by Republicans.

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Post Politics: He’s Losing It

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:00 -0500

Number of comments: 7

A Massachusetts columnist just doesn’t get how Sarah Palin is still allowed to be a serious politician:

Look, I speak in public all the time. I have stood on stage in front of hundreds of thousands of people in my decades as a public figure. I have never, ever, written [...]

The Cutting Edge: On John (Jack) Murtha, that heavily-bejowled Leftist who is now dead

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:48:00 -0500

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I'll step aside and allow "Sean Linnane" (a retired Special Forces serviceman aka "STORMBRINGER") to speak: JOHN "JACK" MURTHA, June 17, 1932 - February 8, 2010 Colonel, USMCUS CongressmanDEFEATIST LIBERAL DOUCHEBAG Somewhere Something went Horribly Wrong In 2006 Murtha's criticism of the Iraq war morphed into emotional accusations when he exclaimed Marines murdered' [...]

KnoxViews: Dueling KNS headlines

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:40:34 -0500

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KnoxViews: Swain Co. finally gets paid for abandoned North Shore Road

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:49:01 -0500

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KnoxViews: HHS calls for Anthem Blue Cross to justify rate increases

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:45:06 -0500

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KnoxViews: Toyota announces voluntary recall for ABS software update

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:09:01 -0500

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KnoxViews: Obama taking healthcare debate public

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:08:56 -0500

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Stability For Our Time: The Tea Party Surprise

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:20:00 -0500

One thing that the DNC and GOP seem to agree on is that the Tea Party folks represent hardcore conservatives who hang out somewhere to the right of Limbaugh. As usual when both sides agree, they get it wrong.

I've been to a couple of Tea Party events' [...]

Post Politics: Black Tea Partier Would Be First Elected African American Congressman From Alabama Since Reconstruction

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:54:28 -0500

Number of comments: 30

From Stacy McCain:

In the state’s 5th District, former Navy aviator Les Phillip is challenging Rep. Parker Griffith, whose switch from Democrat to Republican made headlines last month.

A native of Trinidad who came to the United States with his parents when he was 8, Phillip could become the first black [...]

Sharoncobb: Do You Know What Happened 46 Years Ago, Today?

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:13:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

"Close your eyes and I'll kiss you..." started it all. On Feb 9, 1964, The Beatles made their first live appearance on the Ed Sullivan show, opening with 'All My Loving.' Because their brilliant manager, Brian Epstein knew parents might fear them, he made Paul, or Sir Paul,' [...]

Smart City Memphis: New Heroes: Entrepreneurs, Our Economy and Our Culture

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:04:23 -0500

Economic development policy that focuses on recruiting existing businesses to Memphis is good for PR, but ignores the bigger opportunity: entrepreneurs. We should all want to see more startups and young companies thriving in Memphis, because it is great economic policy and utilizes the human capital that is already present [...]

Blue Collar Republican: These Numbers Actually Surprise Me

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:46:55 -0500

When I saw the headlines touting Obama’s approval rating or what should be called a disapproval rating, I have to admit I was surprised. I figured with the death of Obamacare, following the election of Brown in Massachusetts, things would improve for Obama. Of course any increase in his approval [...]

Blue Collar Republican: Miss Me Yet? #tcot

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:23:31 -0500

This photo has taken on new life and controversy after showing up on a billboard in Minnesota. It’s beginning to sweep along the Internet, accompanied by various claims that it’s a Photoshop fake. But it’s not. It’s real. There’s no billboard ownership plate on this particular billboard, making tracing the person who [...]

Blue Collar Republican: Guleff Asks Brian Stephens to Step Down #memphis

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:59:12 -0500

Press release from Tom Guleff, candidate for Shelby County Mayor. Memphis, TN – February 8, 2010 – Citizens of Memphis and Shelby County will soon get a historic opportunity to decide whether they want a consolidated government. Because this decision requires an honest and transparent debate, Shelby County mayoral candidate Tom [...]

Blue Collar Republican: I Am An ‘Extremist’ #tcot #teaparty

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:57:23 -0500

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Trish Corlew had posted this commercial from the Super Bowl on her Facebook page and since it was a controversial news item in the weeks preceding the game, I shared it on my Facebook page as well without commentary. To my surprise, there were a few comments in opposition to my posting it. [...]

Tom Guleff : Joe Citizens: Brian Stephens Asked To Step Down

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:50:00 -0500

PRESS RELEASE

Media Only
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Tom Guleff
tomguleff@gmail.com
901-413-7804
http://tomguleff.blogspot.com/

Guleff Asks Brian Stephens to Step Down

Memphis, TN – February 8, 2010 – Citizens of Memphis and Shelby County will soon get a historic opportunity to decide whether they [...]

KnoxViews: John Murtha RIP

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:44:26 -0500

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KnoxViews: Tort Reform Facts

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:36:07 -0500

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terryfrank.net: The High Cost of the U.S. Budget

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:34:14 -0500

Remember the ending of “Thelma and Louise”? This is worse.

Check out this great read from Forbes:

The High Cost Of The U.S. Budget

David Malpass and Eric Singer, 02.08.10, 03:10 PM EST

Remember the ending of ”Thelma and Louise”? This is worse.

Early last week the administration unveiled [...]

Camp4u: Getting a beating with their own stick

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:33:00 -0500

Some times its just too easy to clobber Democrats for the silly things they say and do. Today's installment comes courtesy of TDPC Chip Forrester.

In a press release out today by the State Democrat party chairman (Detailed here on A.C.s blog) The' [...]

Camp4u: Getting a beating with their own stick

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:33:00 -0500

Post Politics: The Old Folks Racist Tea Party

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:19:53 -0500

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Meghan McCain doesn’t want any part of it:

“People were saying that this is the new movement in the Republican Party,” McCain said during an appearance on ‘The View.’ “I did not want to go [to last week's convention]. I have (a) very much different, ideological differences with them.”

And she [...]

Post Politics: Year Of The Gun II

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:16:58 -0500

BenG has a rundown of the bills filed thus far.

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LeftWing Cracker: Interesting post, eh?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:10:00 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Brother Carroll's fire and brimstone post about Steve Cohen's challenger was interesting, but I am not sure I can go there with him.

First, I am not at all convinced that Dr. Herenton can win this race. His campaign is essentially the same campaign with which Nikki Tinker [...]

TaxingTennessee: Obama's Phantom $15 Bil Program for Small Businesses

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:06:00 -0500

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Last March 16, President Obama and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner announced a new $15 billion program to help encourage loans to small businesses -- the Unlocking Credit for Small Businesses, or UCSB program.

Subsequently, wrote Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, in [...]

Post Politics: Scooter Clippard Hosted Private Gathering Of GOP Bigs For Palin

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:04:26 -0500

Number of comments: 4

From Jennifer Brooks:

About 30 guests came out to meet Palin and her 8-year-old daughter Piper on Saturday afternoon. The group ranged from gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey to country singer John Rich, who toured with the McCain/Palin campaign in 2008. Lee Beaman, president of Lee Beaman Automotive Group [...]

The Nigh Seen Creeder: Hell in a handbasket

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:55:00 -0500

A "children's lingerie collection" ...?! What in the hell are Mama and Papa Cyrus thinking?Seems like every time we hear about Noah Cyrus she's doing something totally innapropriate for her age. Whether it's dressing like a dominatrix for Halloween, skipping around a pole-dancing pole or performing the totally un-PG hits [...]

Post Politics: House Overrides Menu Labeling Veto

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:23:59 -0500

Number of comments: 11

From to Humphrey:

The House joined the Senate Monday night in overriding Gov. Phil Bredesen’s veto of a bill that prohibits some local government bodies from requiring restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus.

The House vote was 65-31 to override the veto of SB1092. The Senate had earlier voted [...]

Post Politics: The Difference Between Wealth And Income

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:22:01 -0500

Number of comments: 6

From Huffington Post:

“Wealth” is different from “income.” Wealth is value, which endures at least for some time. Income is simply compensation for work. If you wash my car for $10 and I mow your lawn for $10, we have a GDP of $20 and it looks like we both [...]

Post Politics: Leading Cause Of Death

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:20:10 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Adrienne Royer on abortion in the black community.

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Post Politics: Tea Party Leader Thinks Tea Party Protests A Waste Of Time?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:15:48 -0500

Ummmm…

Judson Phillips, the founder of Tea Party Nation (and Ms. Palin’s questioner on Saturday night) said he thought the April 15 rallies were a waste of time, because politicians had only ignored all the sign-waving of the protests last year, which began in opposition to the $787 billion stimulus [...]

Speak to Power: Free Education For Teachers in Nashville Metro Schools

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:12:51 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Wow! Memphis needs something like this.
Master’s degree students at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development can receive free tuition in exchange for teaching at some of Metro’s lowest-performing middle schools, under a new partnership announced Monday.

Not to disparage Memphis City School teachers, but removing [...]

Post Politics: Button Man

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:12:44 -0500

Number of comments: 16

Steve Gill has made Mary Mancini very upset.

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Nashville for the 21st Century: What Corporations Say When Allowed To Speak...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:59:00 -0500

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...apparently they say, "Hey, fuck you Democrats and your "consumer protection" laws...gimme Scott Brown!"

Seriously, an association of debt collectors is lauding their "unprecedented" effort to get Scott Brown elected because with Coakley we might've had the "threat" of a "Consumer Financial Protection Agency".

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Post Politics: Blue Horsehoe Loves Jack Bailey

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:52:51 -0500

Number of comments: 2

The National Republican Congressional Committee bestows “On the Radar” status to 4th District congressional candidate Jack Bailey.

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The Nigh Seen Creeder: Bad news for Barry ...

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:43:00 -0500

Here's some bad news for Barry:Fewer registered voters nationwide — 44 percent — currently approve of President Barack Obama’s job performance than disapprove — 47 percent. When Marist last asked about the president’s approval rating in December, 46 percent thought well of Obama’s job performance while 44 percent gave him [...]

KnoxViews: Have you had a TVA "Energy Right" audit done on your home?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:32:21 -0500

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Tiny Cat Pants: Ooooo, Ooooo, Oooo, Football Conjure!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:31:21 -0500

I could not love this story more and I feel cheated CHEATED that I have not gotten to meet a football rootworker. (I hope you all remember the awesome story of the hoodoo woman who got me a raise?) [...]

The Humble Libertarian: Is Medicare A Workable Model For Reform?

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:30:00 -0500

Alan Markow at CAIVN seems to think so, with his article entitled "Medicare: if it works for seniors, it can work for all of America."

I wanted to share with you the comment that I left:

If it works for seniors, then it can work for the [...]

Sharoncobb: John Murtha Dead

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

I took the photo above while shooting footage of the Al Gore Dinner in 2006. Murtha was the guest speaker, and was also one of the first Military men to speak out against the Iraq war. In fact, as a Vietnam Veteran, when he [...]

Newscoma: Nashville Is Talking R.I.P.

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:21:44 -0500

Number of comments: 1

An excellent interview this afternoon with Brittney Gilbert at Pith in the Wind by Betsy Phillips on the demise of Nashville is Talking.

I’m just going to say it. I miss those first giddy days of blogging and what Betsy said rings true to me as well.

From my perspective, when [...]

Camp4u: Busted!

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:14:00 -0500

The Knoxville media gets called out for shilling for the left wing. Not to tell the entire story but Terry Frank does a little digging and comes across A blog where liberal media face Cortney Piper brags how she can get what ever she wants in the Knoxville News [...]

Post Politics: Nashville Is Shuttin’ It Up

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:13:12 -0500

Brittney Gilbert speaks about the official end of a Nashville internet institution.

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Post Politics: Jim Tracy Announces Treasurer For Congressional Run

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:05:51 -0500

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From a presser:

Senator Jim Tracy today announced that fellow local small businessman and community leader, Shane Reeves, will serve as Treasurer for his Congressional Campaign.

“Shane Reeves is one of the most respected businessmen in our community, and it is an honor to have him stand by me throughout this campaign [...]