Ten of the reasons why I am going. One week I found an Obama is the anti-Christ pamphlet under my windshield wiper. The following week someone tried to scrape the Obama sticker off of my car. A relative stopped speaking to me when I told him to stop sending my children anti-Islamic e-mails. A neighbor […]
Until they invent a “family” sized voting machine that all the children can squish together and watch, the children take turns accompanying us to the voting machine. Last week, Noah was my voting buddy. “Why isn’t it a touch screen?” “Where’s the keyboard?” “How old is this machine?” “What if you don’t like either one?” […]
If you live in the 9th district, your School Board choice can be narrowed down to one simple question. If you want to continue with the representation you have now, Bratton is your candidate. If you want something different, Trainor is your candidate. If you live in a cave and don’t know that both of […]
If you live in Knox County’s seventh district, your choice for School Board is Sepesi or Warwick. Both seem like good people with sincere motives. Because of their career histories, both are going to be clear and quick thinkers if there is a crisis. If you want to save vo-tech programs, Warwick is your candidate. […]
This summer’s heat has been made increasingly intolerable by the presence of an outrageous quantity of mosquitoes. What has the other guy been doing while ordinary Tennesseans are being drained of the very blood that keeps them alive? Nothing. The lack of concern about this parasitic terrorism is outrageous. Where is their outrage? Why do […]
Even though I am still bugged by one *aspect of the process, I am going to solve half the TN legislative activity in one sentence. Ready? Here it is: If you have a carry permit, you can carry your gun. See how simple that was? Now quit arguing and get back to work on things […]
Dear , Do not go on . The publicity you get will not help you. There really is such a thing as bad publicity. The show’s host will mercilessly mock you and everyone watching will laugh. I will laugh at you, instead of with you. Carefully edited clips will saturate the web as your name […]
When I expressed my disappointment at the behavior of Smart Girl Media, my DC brother quipped that I live in the “heart of the heart of it.” That makes me sad. My Tennessee is mountains, valleys, rivers and forests. It is beautiful and filled with good people. The Tennessee that I know and I love […]
Embarrassed this happened in TN: “Eavesdropping on the Pajamas Media livestream is interesting stuff. Bridget Geegan Blanton of Smart Girl Media was just asked how she handles those awkward moments when she’s volunteering at a voter registration drive and a Democrat tries to register to vote with her. “The law requires me to give (a […]
This didn’t help. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c