State Attorney General Robert E. Cooper’s office this afternoon submitted a notice it planned to appeal a judge’s Nov. 20 decision that struck down the controversial guns-in-bars law due to vagueness.
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Tennessee Editor
State Attorney General Robert E. Cooper’s office this afternoon submitted a notice it planned to appeal a judge’s Nov. 20 decision that struck down the controversial guns-in-bars law due to vagueness.
[...]Because he really wants to hear them.
[...]From the Washington Times:
Michael S. Steele, Republican National Committee chairman, is using his title to market himself for paid appearances nationwide, personally profiting from speeches with fees of up to $20,000 at colleges, trade associations and other groups - an unusual practice criticized by a string of past party [...]
The congressional candidate on the decision of an Alabama congressman to switch from Democrat to Republican:
Dear Representative Griffith:
I write to you today to express my thanks and admiration for your decision to join the Republican Party. This could not have been an easy path for you and it demonstrates a [...]
Jeff Woods with the red, hot breaker:
Walter Searcy, chairman of the NAACP’s legal redress committee, is accusing Metro of failing to negotiate seriously.
“You can say that it appears that Metro was being less than forthcoming in their efforts,” Searcy said. “It really didn’t appear that settlement talks actually ever [...]
If there was any doubt Rand Paul is a serious candidate for the Republican Senate nomination in Kentucky it can be cast away. Our first poll of the race finds him leading Trey Grayson 44-25.
Paul is, as the conventional wisdom suggests, drawing his strongest support from Republicans who [...]
From a presser:
Nashville, Tenn., December 22, 2009 – Ashleigh M. Harb, an associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice at Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, has been appointed to be general counsel of the Tennessee Young Republican Federation.
Harb, originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, focuses her practice on [...]
Doubtless, liberal Democrats will say that Parker Griffith's switch is not surprising, considering that he comes from one of the most conservative districts in an already conservative State, but the problem with this kind [...]
Ramsey tells The Associated Press that he considers concessions won by conservative Democratic U.S. Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska to be unconstitutional. Among other things, Nelson won an agreement that the federal government will pay to expand Medicaid services in his state.
Ramsey says the way Democrats secured [...]
For drivers with oppressive overdue fines:
These people lose their licenses and keep driving, said Gilmore. For instance, there is a man in Metro who owes $17,000 in unpaid fines and has had his license revoked since 1985. So Gilmore is proposing that people pay half the fine and perform [...]
(Click here to enlarge)You may want to give books for Christmas gifts depending on where friends and family live.
The annual list of the most literate cities in the United States is out, and Seattle tops the list.
Washington, D.C., Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Atlanta rounded out the top five. Nashville was number 18.
[...]
I'd make fun of the Redskins but as pathetic as that team has become it wouldn't be very sporting of me. How appropriate, though, They are pretty much a commentary on Congress.
It makes economic sense. Tightfisted newspaper publishers aren’t too generous with book leave these days; management keeps cutting bureaus and scaling back travel budgets; and who wouldn’t jump at a writer-in-residence gig, especially when the bean-counters are pressuring reporters to take buyouts?
But what does this mean [...]
No less than a few minutes had passed after word got out that Democrat Rep. Parker Griffith would be switching to the GOP before Erick Erickson of RedState.com had called on him to be defeated in a primary. This is quite simply the stupidest reaction anyone could [...]
From Sean Braisted:
Basically, Griffith took hundreds of thousands of dollars from the DCCC and Liberals across the country, got elected, and then has spent the past 12 months undermining the Democratic party and caucus that got him elected…now he’s just making it official. This doesn’t represent much of a [...]
The Associated Press has made a ruling.
[...]I’m not a good waiter.
No, not that kind of waiter. I’m not a good waiting room, hospital, wanting-to-make-things-happen waiter.
And that is just what I’m doing.
Waiting. Waiting specifically, on a new grandson.
It’s like standing in line for the big ride at Six Flags. But there aren’t any people [...]
Thanks goes to my friend Eric Odom for the post he wrote earlier today. Dirty Harry has a provision in his legislation that he has kept secret that would attempt to make it illegal for an future Congress to repeal or amend the Obamacare plan they are voting on in [...]
Since when did opposing intervention in WWII get equated with supporting Jim Crow?
[...]Ben Cunningham compares the financials for our two major state parties.
[...]Reagan Farr is gonna play it close to the vest on this one:
Although state officials say they’ve already identified thousands of businesses which don’t appear to be paying business tax, they won’t give a county-by-county breakdown of potential offenders or release any individual offender names.
The state is in the [...]
The President calls-in to a radio program.
[...]Matt Yglesias on today’s congressional party switch:
Mostly, though, I think this is a reminder that the Democrats’ current huge majority with 257 members isn’t remotely sustainable. To get a majority that big you need to win a lot of districts you just can’t reliable win. Substantial losses in 2010 [...]
This may be a tough one:
Tea Party activist David McKalip, who sent out the now-famous picture of Obama as a witch doctor, is now reaching out to the very progressives who sent him hate mail, calling on them to unite in a left-right coalition to “Stop the Final Corporate [...]
The gubernatorial candidate gets a shout out for closed captioning his YouTube videos:
Nice to see a politician who cares enough about his message to make sure that it’s reaching the deaf, hard of hearing, and others who are aided by viewing the closed captions!
[...]...because we all know the only racists in the world are Southerners.
So it must be the southern Chinese making those statements.
No wonder Obama can't get them on board with his plans.
' [...]Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican.
[...]Truman Bean celebrates the new trend in conservative politics:
Whether we are talking about Governor Sarah Palin, Congressional members Marsha Blackburn and Michele Bachmann, and now State Representatives Debra Maggart and Susan Lynn; the face of principled conservative leadership for the next decade will be a predominately feminine one.
Representatives Maggart [...]
From Christian Hoferle:
Most Germans keep their private lives personal. And it doesn’t get any more personal, or private, than one’s religion. Unlike many people here in the Southeast, German families don’t talk much about their faith. In fact, some may not even practice a religion. Others just feel uncomfortable [...]
From the Brody File:
THE PRESIDENT: I think one thing that’s important to remember is that, even though there’s a lot of fun at Christmas, you know, you got — especially when it’s snowy like this, so it’s pretty outside, you got the Christmas tree, you got the Christmas [...]
Gee, I dunno, in case a gang fight breaks out while I'm enjoying a tasty burger?
By the way, I'm pretty sure I drove by that McDonalds' last night with my wife. For those that don't know, the Greater Nashville Area doesn't get much whiter/more suburban/sleepier than Hendersonville, but' [...]
From a presser:
A group of Tennessee military personnel stationed in Iraq will be able to spend more time talking with their families and friends, thanks to contributions made by employees who work for the state’s three constitutional officers.
Employees of state Treasurer David H. Lillard Jr., Secretary of State Tre Hargett [...]
We needed a poll to tell us this apparently:
A new survey shows two-thirds of protestant pastors in the United States agree – at least in part – that Islam is a dangerous religion. The poll was conducted by the publishing arm of the Southern Baptist Convention based in Nashville.
Pollsters [...]
A Democrat gets angry:
Next time I get a campaign solicitation from the Dim Party, here’s what I plan to do:
Pull out the solicitation letter and write on it with a big black marker:
“NO PUBLIC OPTION, NO MEDICARE EXPANSION, NO MORE CONTRIBUTIONS”
Then I’ll stuff it into the postage-paid return envelope [...]
From HuffPo:
President Barack Obama says the only Christmas presents he needs from his daughters are hugs.
During an interview on the Tom Joyner Morning Show, Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama decided several years ago not to buy each other presents. Obama says that doesn’t always save him [...]
[...] Marc Ambinder tells us about him:
In government, Schmidt most recently served as a top-level cyber security official in the Bush administration and a member of a Department of Commerce committee on information security and privacy. He was Microsoft’s chief of security, worked for the FBI and the Air Force, [...]
Mike Byrd sees some in the media:
First of all Daniel Potter framed this line of query with a leading philosophical question (and assertion) about the risks of populism without any specific reference to any risks of allowing public opinion to inform the actual question of building a convention center.
Many [...]
Charlie Tygard doesn’t want our utility poles used as bulletin boards any longer:
“The illegal sign problem on utility poles and other public right of way, especially in the college part of town, has gotten worse instead of better. And these are sign blight, and they’re not maintained, and they’re [...]
From Politico:
Washington’s influence industry is on track to shatter last year’s record $3.3 billion spent to lobby Congress and the rest of the federal government — and that’s with a down economy and about 1,500 fewer registered lobbyists in town, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive [...]
A new substance will be used by the state to keep the roads clear.
[...]Some of the biggest names in auto insurance have raised rates that drivers in Tennessee must pay next year, in some cases out-distancing the 4 percent average rate hike seen nationally for the industry as a whole in the second half of 2009.
That includes increases of 6.5 [...]
We are having barbecue for Christmas. As you know (or if you didn’t, you will now) I am not the biggest fan of barbecue. Especially for Christmas, but I was outvoted so democracy ruled here.
I thought about some anarchy but as it’s the baby Jesus’ birthday, I am gonna be [...]
The Obama's send their card to America in the hope that Obamacare soon will be there.
"I did not have holiday relations with that Christmas card. I never told anybody to send it."Well this is certainly good news for the pro-rights activists of America:
The number of people applying for and receiving permits to carry concealed weapons has risen dramatically throughout the United States during the last two years, and it continues to rise, yet the number of felony killings of [...]If there is one thing about my sister, she is a major critter person. So, what do we find on this trip? Her newest addition to the zoo is actually quite small, and obviously not your normal “house pet”. Her name is Sunshine. Why? Who the heck knows….this is my [...]
If there is one thing about my sister, she is a major critter person. So, what do we find on this trip? Her newest addition to the zoo is actually quite small, and obviously not your normal “house pet”. Her name is Sunshine. Why? Who the heck knows….this is my [...]
I can’t say enough how much I appreciate bold men like Senator Tom Coburn. He’s the real deal. And Senator, I’ve been praying this very thing.
Note: Did you see Durbin all offended? They are working on legislation to LOCK US UP and FINE us [...]
Last week on December 15, I travelled to Maryville to share the company of a wonderful group of folks. Ben Cunningham and I were both invited to speak at an event celebrating the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Ben did a fantastic job, in fact, I called him Reverend [...]
Last week on December 15, I travelled to Maryville to share the company of a wonderful group of folks. Ben Cunningham and I were both invited to speak at an event celebrating the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Ben did a fantastic job, in fact, I called him Reverend [...]
David Oatney wants to know who sent that naughty Xmas card of Skip Cauthorn to Stacey Campfield:
Clearly this card was designed to provoke a reaction, which it has. If Skip Cauthorn or anyone associated with Gary Odom didn’t send that card, it needs to be found out just who [...]
So where did that $10,000,000 figure come from?
Well, if you go back and watch the chase scene from Bullitt (an honestly unimpressive movie, but a fantastic chase), you will notice that Frank's Mustang had a unique exhaust note - a sound that was [...]
