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You’d think they would have learned their lesson when they got nationwide disapproval for the Barack Hussein Obama press release back in February, but evidently not. Here’s the lead paragraph from a news story running in the politics section at CNN: (CNN) -- In a preview of the political onslaught Michelle Obama may face in the fall, the Tennessee Republican Party unveiled a W...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - 5:06 p.m.
Here is a wonderful letter from PFLAGer, Linda Francis that was published May 11th, in the Bristol Herald-Courier . Thanks, Linda! Dr. Abraham Verghese would have joyfully wept had he been here for PFLAG’s [Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays] first meeting. He might have said, "I called the Tri-Cities, God’s Country, in my book. Perhaps, it truly is. God’s children...
Shuck and Jive - 2:02 p.m. - 5 clicks 
Governor Bredesen, You have been a good and strong advocate for Tennessee's Natural Heritage but the current budget situation is leading to a mistake in the manner that may be chosen to balance the state's finances. Using the real estate transfer fees paid on every real estate transaction being used to balance the general budget is a huge mistake. This is dedicated money paid to the State for a...
WhitesCreek Journal - 2:02 p.m. - 5 clicks
Tennessee State Land acquisition funds in jeopardy VERY URGENT! Your immediate e-mails or calls are needed to preserve Tennessee’s natural lands. The state must balance the budget, and Gov. Bredesen has proposed a number of cuts for doing so. The legislature is right now working over these proposals, and there is still a $15 million shortfall. One solution being offered is to take the ...
WhitesCreek Journal - 2:02 p.m. - 5 clicks
"Verified Voting" will soon be the law in Tennessee. Legislation requiring a paper trail for all ballots in Tennessee by 2010 passed the House earlier this week. It passed the Senate today, and goes to Bredesen's desk for signature. ...
KnoxViews - 2:02 p.m. - 3 clicks
NARAL Pro-Choice America appears to be on a suicide mission. After Hillary Rodham Clinton's very long record of fighting for choice , NARAL endorsed the cool dude with the thin resume. Is NARAL run by teens or what? Among the many who were quick to condemn NARAL's foolish endorsement were the National Women's Political Caucus , EMILY'S List president, Ellen Malcolm, and a dozen pl...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - 2:01 p.m. - 3 clicks
Via KnoxBlab : North Mississippi All-Stars Alvin Youngblood Hart Artvandalay Doors at 6 p.m. Music 7-10 pm Free show, first come, first served. Stop by the WUTK table in the lobby and pick up a copy of ReDistilled, register for Bonnaroo or Bust, and say howdy. 7-10pm Thanks to AC Entertainment for not allowing the rain to kill downtown! ...
KnoxViews - 10:09 a.m. - 4 clicks
Don't forget: Knox County Democrats hosts their annual Truman Day Dinner , tonight, 6PM at the Convention Center. Admission is $60. James "Ragin' Cajun" Carville is the featured speaker. Senate Candidates Bob Tuke and Mike Padgett are also expected to attend along with candidates for state and local office. Bob Tuke has scheduled a fundraiser before the dinner. It will be at the Knoxville...
KnoxViews - 10:09 a.m. - 5 clicks
What: Public meeting to present and discuss the recommendations of the Public Art Task Force. These recommendations include a proposed ordinance to establish a Public Arts Committee. When: 5 p.m., Thursday, May 15 Where: Small Assembly Room of the City County Building Who: Bill Lyons, senior director of City of Knoxville’s Policy & Communications Department will moderate the mee...
KnoxViews - 10:09 a.m. - 6 clicks
Governor Bredesen may allow the Real Estate Transfer Fees to be sucked into the general fund in order to balance the state budget. He did this once before, caught hell for it, and made it up to future generations with a stupendous effort to preserve and protect some really important lands, The Sundquist Forest and Frozenhead among them. The problem this time is that Bredesen has only a couple of...
WhitesCreek Journal - 7:44 a.m. - 6 clicks
The day after Hillary Clinton trounced Obama in West Virginia ( 41 points! ), John Edwards decided (with a little help from Axelrod) that it was time to accede to the wishes of the party elders and endorse Obama . Harry and Louise will be overjoyed. The timing was meant to unify exactly who? Because the timing was, in fact, a snide and divisive tactic, the kind of tactic one would exp...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - 7:43 a.m. - 7 clicks
"I have occasionally wished Obama himself would say something about the often-sexist viciousness Clinton has faced, but it's probably too much to ask in a campaign this contentious." -- Joan Walsh Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Democratic Primary News Race Gender Class Misogyny Media Bias Sexist News Feminist Backlash Politics ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - 7:43 a.m. - 7 clicks
WBIR had a follow up report last night on the J's Mega Mart mystery. You can watch it at Knoxville Talks . ...
KnoxViews - 5:03 a.m. - 6 clicks
Although poop is a rather unusual topic for discussion, “The Scoop on Poop: The Science of What Animals Leave Behind” is the educational -- albeit lighthearted -- second traveling exhibit to be hosted by the new East Tennessee State University and General Shale Brick Natural History Museum and Visitor Center at the Gray Fossil Site. Details available on the ETSU and General Shale Brick Nat...
KnoxViews - 1:32 a.m. - 8 clicks
via Shakesville Update: He apologized. Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Democratic Primary News Race Gender Class Kentucky Oregon Sexist News Feminist Politics ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Wed 7:23 p.m. - 12 clicks
The 1175th Transportation Company returns home to east Tennessee from Iraq as word comes that an alert notice for the 278th Armored Calvary Regiment has been sent out. Residents near Zeb Mountain voice their concerns over the possible renewal of a strip mining permit. Like many local governments, Campbell County is feeling the pinch of extremely high [...]...
Left Of The Dial - Wed 4:24 p.m. - 8 clicks
What do you do with a gritty city lagging in economic growth and with a decades-old music heritage as its main claim to fame? No, not that one. We’re talking about Liverpool, England. If we were in charge of putting together a delegation to visit cities with important lessons for Memphis, that’s a place we’d want to go. And not just because we’re Beatles fans. Culture Capital It’s this y...
Smart City Memphis - Wed 4:23 p.m. - 9 clicks
I have just received word from the Director of Online Communications for the Democratic National Convention Committee that KnoxViews/TennViews has been selected as the official credentialed Tennessee blog for the August 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. Part of the deal is that yours truly will be seated alongside the Tennessee delegation on the convention floor ("one of the best...
KnoxViews - Wed 10:54 a.m. - 9 clicks
Last night, the 'Presumptive Nominee' lost the West Virginia Democratic primary by 41 points. Hillary Rodham Clinton won 67% of the votes, Obama claimed 26%. She won by a landslide , but as we know the media continues to proclaim the race over. But still she continues. You would have to be an absolute fool not to recognize the awesome courage of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Or you might ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Wed 10:53 a.m. - 10 clicks
Harold Ford, Jr. almost became the Junior Senator of the State of Tennessee. There were several reasons he did not, and his race is one of them. It was not the biggest issue, however, and it is possible that America is ready to take the next step in overcoming its single most divisive character flaw... ingrained prejudice. Ford took a strange turn to the right in his campaign. It was a ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Wed 8:06 a.m. - 14 clicks
Mayor Ragsdale released his proposed budget for Knox County. It has no new taxes, but deep cuts across the board including a six month hiring freeze. Paul Pinkston says a tax increase may be necessary. The Knoxville News Sentinel files this report . Here's the proposed budget . UPDATE: Video of Mayor Ragsdales address ...
KnoxViews - Wed 8:05 a.m. - 10 clicks
I have just confirmed with Westar that we will host a Jesus Seminar on the Road September 12-13. Charles Hedrick and Hal Taussig will present, Competing Early Christian Voices: the Contest for Authority at First Pres., Elizabethton . This is a description of the program they did in Pennsylvania: In the beginning, orthodoxy was but one of many diverse movements tra...
Shuck and Jive - Tue 9:49 p.m. - 18 clicks
About 30 soldiers with the 1175th Transportation Company have returned home to east Tennessee. They arrived here in Campbell County earlier today. Share This ...
Left Of The Dial - Tue 4:20 p.m. - 12 clicks
Okay, I’m in love with this post. A marrying kind of love that I could settle down with this post and bring it coffee every morning. With that said, I have no idea who I’m going to vote for the Democratic nominee for Senate this year but … Aunt B. has a point with this line: Don’t try to [...]...
Newscoma - Tue 4:20 p.m. - 15 clicks
Poor Dan Ward. Surely the suggestion that the interim Memphis City Schools superintendent should appear on Bill O’Reilly’s national cable show was groupthink gone terribly awry. Surely, nobody in the Memphis City Schools communications office or on its leadership team really thought this was a chance for the district to shine. After all, the subject was the “rape dance” video that was taken a...
Smart City Memphis - Tue 4:19 p.m. - 14 clicks
And the backlash against the misogyny picks up steam. According to the early West Virginia exit polls , 59 percent of Hillary Rodham Clinton's voters will NOT vote for Obama in the general. Thirty-five percent of Hillary's voters said that if Obama gets the nomination, they will vote for McCain. Twenty-four percent said they will stay home. Thirty six percent of Hillary's voters sai...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Tue 4:19 p.m. - 18 clicks
Another primary, another day of outrageously biased media coverage. Which 3 pundits are the most serious Hillary haters? Which 3 pundits are the most biased against Hillary Rodham Clinton? ( surveys ) So many women in the media have remained silent . . . Cokie Roberts Blasts Sexist Media Pundit Media Bias Cokie Roberts Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Democ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Tue 1:23 p.m. - 17 clicks
State Rep. Ulysses Jones must have been frightened by sunshine while he was in his crib. Only a childhood trauma could have given him such an obsession in eroding the transparency and openness of government with his amendments to weaken Tennessee’s open meetings (Sunshine Law) and public records laws. Every Tennessean should be up in arms. This isn’t about journalists having a harder time to rep...
Smart City Memphis - Tue 10:06 a.m. - 11 clicks
Click the image for a larger version. via Sapphocrat at the sublime LavenderLiberal by way of Hillary 1000 . Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Democratic Primary News Gender Race Class Politics West Virginia Kentucky Oregon Sexist News Feminist Politics ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Mon 4:15 p.m. - 15 clicks
Why has it taken so very long to see a woman as a serious presidential contender? Here's another video documenting the disrespect and vile misogyny directed at our first major woman presidential candidate. It's a sad reminder of why there are so few women involved in the politics of running this miserable cowboy country. The Exhibits of American Misogyny are displayed while Hillary Rodham Clinton...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Mon 1:45 p.m. - 18 clicks
In time, we suspect that the controversy over the growing payroll in City Hall will be tempest in a teapot. A week ago, Memphis City Council members cross-examined Memphis Chief Administrative Officer Keith McGee about a budget document that showed that the number of employees growing from 5,162 in 2006 to a requested payroll of 6,573 in the coming fiscal year. It makes absolutely no sense, and ...
Smart City Memphis - Mon 7:19 a.m. - 17 clicks
Republicans in Congress have changed their minds on whether there should be a "Mother's Day"...A curious thing about elected Republicans and Mothers noted over at RoaneViews.com. It's not just their own mothers...It's Mothers in general, and it's not good. It seems that Republicans will do just about anything to get their way, including screaming bi-partisanship, which in the whacko selfish ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Mon 5:41 a.m. - 13 clicks
What Hillary said last week: “Senator Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans is weakening again,” Clinton said, apparently citing an Associated Press article, which also found “how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.” YES SHE DID ! The Clintons have been race baiting since North Carolina, and now with nothing left to lose,...
Sharon Cobb - Mon 3:46 a.m. - 16 clicks
The Tennessee Legislature is flirting with the idea of toll roads to fill the gap in road funding. We cast our vote for Highway 385. It’s the most expensive gift ever given in this county to developers and to sprawl, and it’s time to make them pay a fair share of the costs associated with it. The opening of the 54-mile suburban loop (if your version of suburbs includes the southwestern fringe o...
Smart City Memphis - Sun 7:11 p.m. - 18 clicks
Some opponents of the Beale Street Landing project – which is vitally needed to reinvigorate a riverfront ready for embalming – have recently taken to asking how Memphis City Council can justify spending $29 million on the project while considering the closing of libraries and community centers. It sounds like a no-brainer. After all, $29 million is about 15 times the amount needed to keep those...
Smart City Memphis - Sun 7:11 p.m. - 19 clicks
I searched for this story on the site but didn't find anything. If I missed an earlier post, please let me know and I'll delete this diary. In the Memphis Daily News on Friday, an article was published which gives deep insight into just why some Superdelegates are not backing Hillary Clinton and a possible reason why a lot of them are, and maybe why some are noncommittal. Supposedly, Cong...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - Sun 5:00 p.m. - 22 clicks
Following the Wind John Shuck First Presbyterian Church Elizabethton , Tennessee Pentecost/Pluralism Sunday May 11 th , 2008 The wind blows where it chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one ...
Shuck and Jive - Sun 1:57 p.m. - 17 clicks
We have a passion for environmental justice at First Pres. One of the items we were hoping would pass this year was the bottle bill for Tennessee. It didn't get out of committee, but there is hope it will go all the way next year. This was in today's Johnson City Press . One of our church members, Gary Barrigar, worked very hard on this and spoke before the committee: Among thos...
Shuck and Jive - Sun 1:57 p.m. - 17 clicks
"I have personally contracted with Dean’s milk company and we are putting Obama’s picture on a carton of milk." -- Terry McBrayer, Kentucky Superdelegate Referring to Obama's months long absence in the state of Kentucky, McBrayer was speaking at a "raucous reception" for Hillary Rodham Clinton at a Kentucky Democratic Party fundraiser. Hillary supporters cheered. Obama supporters booed. ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Sun 8:02 a.m. - 25 clicks
Guests On Face The Nation : John Edwards Former Democratic Presidential Candidate Terry McAuliffe Clinton Campaign Chairman Jim Vandehei Executive Editor, Politico...
Sharon Cobb - Sat 11:28 p.m. - 23 clicks
From MSNBC : Two former DNC Chairmen: Obama supporter Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Clinton campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe weigh in on Clinton's continuing candidacy and what it means for the Democratic Party. Plus, a political roundtable with Chris Cillizza, John Harwood, Michele Norris and Jerry Seib....
Sharon Cobb - Sat 11:28 p.m. - 22 clicks
After working about a year to get former National Endowment for the Arts director of design Jeff Speck to Memphis, we were unfortunately unable to attend his presentation last week. More unfortunate was the fact that his presentation – replete with specific insights for improving the quality of life in Memphis through better design and architecture - did not get the headlines that it deserved. ...
Smart City Memphis - Sat 7:06 p.m. - 26 clicks
Tuke to Host "Ten for Tuke" Fundraiser in Memphis on Saturday Where: The Flying Saucer 1400 Germantown Pkwy, Suite 114, Cordova, TN 38016 Date and Time: Saturday May 10, 2008 6:00 PM- 7:00 PM Cost: $10 per person, pay at the door Casual Attire. Cash bar. Contact/ RSVP: Spencer York (704) 996-7545, Spencer@Tukefortennessee.com UPDATE: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO SCHEDULING CONFLICT....
Sharon Cobb - Sat 2:01 p.m. - 30 clicks
Update: Congressman Cohen has apologized . Scroll down to see the apology. Congressman Steve Cohen , Tennessee's liberal Congressman (we have one), has joined the rest of the good old boys with his snide and deadly sexist comment about the nation's first ever major female presidential candidate. Never mind that millions of women and men are turning out in droves to vote for Hillary Rodham ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Sat 2:01 p.m. - 37 clicks
via HillBuzz Mothers Day Hillary Clinton Chelsea Clinton Democratic Primary News Gender Politics West Virginia Kentucky Oregon A Woman President ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Sat 6:08 a.m. - 26 clicks
I was just contacted by Dave Hogan of the 910AM WJCW morning show. He wants to interview me on his program Monday, May 19th at 7:40 a.m. to talk about PFLAG. The word is getting out. Here is the news release we sent yesterday: Press Release Johnson City, TN – Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays for the Tri-Cities Area (PFLAG Tri-Cities) will hold its second mee...
Shuck and Jive - Fri 4:22 p.m. - 27 clicks
The only question about West Virginia is how bitterly is Obama going to get stomped? American Research Group calls it for Hillary at 66-23. Heh. Big Tent Dem has details . Kentucky? Rasmussen Reports (May 5) has Hillary stomping Obama 56-31. WVA -- Hillary Clinton leads Barack Obama 57% to 27% among men (43% of likely Democratic primary voters). Among women, Clinton leads 72% to 20%...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Fri 10:37 a.m. - 24 clicks
John Edwards let slip that he voted for Obama and that he will soon endorse the person he voted for. ABC News has announced that Obama has passed Clinton in the Super delegate count. The final tally has Clinton winning Indiana by only 8 tenths of a percent, instead of the 2 percent previously announced...Maybe Rush did carry the state for her after all, because his effect was as tiny as her ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Fri 7:43 a.m. - 18 clicks
There are still tickets available for Jon Stewart's show tonight at the Ryman Auditorium at 7: 30. You can buy them online at Ryman.com ....
Sharon Cobb - Fri 7:43 a.m. - 16 clicks
MSNBC , the lefty version of Fox News, got a snarky email from Hillary's press secretary in response to Tim Russert's arrogant assertion that MSNBC 's sacred mission of defeating Hillary was finally accomplished on the night of the Indiana primary. Howard Kurtz reports : It's no secret that Hillary Clinton's top aides have long been angry at MSNBC for coverage they consider blatantly pr...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Fri 5:59 a.m. - 20 clicks
By Harold Ford Jr. and Al From Thursday, May 8, 2008 By the time our next president takes the office, 50 million Americans will be living and working without health insurance. By the time he or she seeks re-election, health care costs in the United States will reach $3 trillion -- with medical costs rising twice as fast as workers' wages. For those reasons, health care is at the center of th...
Harold Ford for Senate 2006 - May 8 - 21 clicks
Somebody is Campbell County is $200,000 richer this morning after matching the first five white-ball numbers in last night’s Powerball drawing. According to the Lottery website, the winning ticket was bought in Pioneer. There are three retailers in Pioneer that sell Tennessee Lottery tickets: No word on which business sold the winning ticket. By the way, last night’s [...]...
Left Of The Dial - May 8 - 22 clicks
" Do you know how difficult it is for women to stand up and say we are the best at anything? The Democratic Party has to know that women are the core, women have to be at the table and women are going to be heard as we continue in these contests until they finally end ." -- Hillary Rodham Clinton She was speaking to a gathering of 1,500 at the "Generations of Women for Hillary" fundraiser ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - May 8 - 27 clicks
Perhaps, the tepid pool of candidates for superintendent of Memphis City Schools is a result of the “Herenton Factor.” Surely, there’s no question that Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton’s highly publicized on-again, off-again pursuit of the superintendent’s job and his assertive agenda for reform at the district couldn’t be considered as helpful in scaring up the best nationally qualified candidat...
Smart City Memphis - May 7 - 21 clicks
Barrack Hussein Obama pulled away from Hillary Clinton yesterday. The loss in Indiana was narrow... The win in NC was overwhelming. As the results were announced, Obama gave an exhilarating speech with forgiving and healing overtones. He set the tone for his campaign against John McCain, high minded but forceful. Obama ran a positive campaign against a formidible opponent who did not...and has...
WhitesCreek Journal - May 7 - 13 clicks
With Barack Obama blowing out Hillary Clinton in North Carolina by 14 points, he erased her gains in Pennsylvania. In Indiana, Hillary Clinton technically squeaked out a 2 point victory, though in reality, it was Republicans who handed her the win who participated in "Operation Chaos." Even with that, and even with wins in West Virginia and Kentucky in her column predicted for her next week, O...
Sharon Cobb - May 7 - 14 clicks
Memphis Mayor Willie W. Herenton proved again that there’s just no substitute for the city’s biggest megaphone. In his 45-minute presentation to Memphis City Council today about the state of Memphis City Schools, he repeated his claim that he’s not a candidate for superintendent of the district while all the while insinuating that he deserves the chance. For an hour this afternoon, it was harder...
Smart City Memphis - May 6 - 13 clicks
A few months ago, we were asked to name a great Memphian. We named Thomas Boggs. Few words are as carelessly used today as the word, great. And yet, there’s no other word to describe Thomas, and his death leaves a gaping hole in the heart of our city. He stood up for the things that mattered in Memphis and he acted decisively on so many issues that defined our city. He was a leader in the tr...
Smart City Memphis - May 6 - 12 clicks
