
Last year my son (age 11) got to take part in an Elks program where they took select students out to spend a certain amount of money on themselves for
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Christmas. My son bought one item for everyone in the family, two gifts (small) for himself and even [...]

Last year my son (age 11) got to take part in an Elks program where they took select students out to spend a certain amount of money on themselves for
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Christmas. My son bought one item for everyone in the family, two gifts (small) for himself and even [...]
In the spring of 1983, a new slate of officers was elected for the Oral Roberts University Student Associations. After 2 1/2 years as campus film chairman, I had run for the office of vice president in charge of student activities, and had been elected handily, with 75 percent of [...]

The shocking news straight from the inbox:
MURFREESBORO - After more than a quarter-century of public service to his home state of Tennessee, U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon announced his plans to retire from Congress when his current term ends in 2010.
“I feel honored that the people of Middle [...]
Annise Parker and the voters of Houston, Texas just made history. It's official. Texas is more progressive than Tennessee -- and many other states.MCM and SB Nation are teaming up with JCPenney/Van Heusen and the Pro Football Hall of Fame to promote something new.
This year the Pro Football Hall of Fame is doing something they've never done before. They are giving the fan a voice. Although the Hall's official board of selectors [...]
This story tells one that I’m hearing over and over. The state concerns are the national concerns. From the Wall Street Journal:
That’s the warning from the unlikely quarter of Tuesday’s special state senate election in Kentucky that became a referendum on the Democratic agenda in Washington, especially health care. [...]
Martha Coakley won big in the Democratic primary which means she will BE Massachusetts' first-ever woman in the US Senate. And Massachusetts calls itself progressive.Tristan Perich
Lesley Flanigan
Travis Weller
Zeitgeist Gallery in Nashville presents New York-based artists Tristan Perich and Lesley Flanigan, joined by Austin-based Travis Weller. Perich’s duet “Dual Synthesis” (for harpsichord and 1-bit electronics) and Flanigan’s “Amplifications” (for voice and speaker electronics) explore the viscerality of electronic music. Mixing [...]
The election for Ted Kennedy's seat is tomorrow (12/8/09) and Martha Coakley is raking in the liberal and feminist endorsements. Bill Clinton's endorsement is especially heartening after Nancy Pelosi came out for the male candidate, again. Speaker Pelosi is fast becoming the woman's version of [...]
A winning roll call is more fun, but a great effort nonetheless.
Roll Call: BadV6Blazer, gotitans27, Titans_Girl, hal41605, danomite, smashville, ElectricScissors, cweller1yardshort, warmedequation, Big Bad Bulluck, J3G77, SuperHorn, zackmann, Pinoy Titan, Reinhold Messner, Voluntitan23, groovymountain, WC22, jacobb23, JBORO36, Pride of the Southland, titansfan615, stetix01, TxQBall, [...]
Officials in Rosemead and other Valley cities said they had never heard of a ousted councilman collecting unemployment.
"I thought you serve at the pleasure of the people who elected you. I've never heard of the governor of California receiving unemployment, or the president of the United States receiving unemployment,'" [...]


(via Kleinheider) Tennessee GOP executive committee member Tim Rudd sent a controversial email to fellow members comparing current Republican House Speaker Kent Williams to “Judas” and Rep. Jason Mumpower to Jesus.
Speaker Williams defied his party after last November’s elections by voting with Democrats to [...]