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The weirdest thing for me is he sounds like some of the bloggers and commenters on blogs in Tennessee. The below is from a site I found called savetheplanetprotest.com that is registered to him. Below are the words of James Lee: The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY: 1. The Discovery Channel and it's affiliat...
SharonCobb.com - 1:46 a.m. - 5 clicks 
Stay classy Pam Murray : A recall election ousted the six-year Metro Council member last year. Some people who helped boot Murray from office said she's holding a grudge and knocking on doors demanding to know why they voted for her opponent. Sannithia Hendricks said it used to be a challenge keeping drug dealers and other criminals out of her East Nashville community. But these days, Hendri...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Wed 10:43 p.m. - 5 clicks
I stopped at the part describing Sarah Palin as an irrational shrew who throws things and screams at people. Maybe I'll go back and finish reading it later, but I've read it before. Many times. The last time I read it, the hysterical woman bitch who was screaming at people and throwing things was Hillary Rodham Clinton. Politics Feminist News Gender "But my takeawa...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Wed 11:25 a.m. - 5 clicks
A few days ago I received the same solicitation e-mail that other local bloggers did about a casting call from Food Network (owned by Scripps Networks Interactive ). While Mr. Pink bit down at Nashville Scene's Bites blog and the East Nashville Blog rolled over for the media publicity hounds seeking free local advertising, I tried to turn the inducement (from a casting assistant @ cbsnews.com...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Wed 6:07 a.m. - 5 clicks
Transplanted Gulf Coast chef John Chapman seems to defy the conventional wisdom in Nashville since the May floods that no one responds to volunteer in crises like Nashvillians: CHAPMAN: ...With Gustav last year, Hurricane Gustav, and everybody was having to evacuate, and here I was up here, nothing. I called every one of my friends, offered to put them up, I’ll put you up, so forth like that.”...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Mon 8:45 p.m. - 9 clicks
Mostly just a bunch of pictures I've taken of things I've noticed lately, supplemented by a few from google maps. Things that maybe, in daily life, one looks right beyond, without a second thought. But, still, they are signs of our times. Most of the pictures are from Nashville, not one of the hardest hit areas in the economic crisis (though there were the spring floods a few...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - Mon 8:28 a.m. - 8 clicks
Yet more scary fear and loathing of Muslims in Murfreesboro, Tennessee . The small uptight college town is 35 miles from Nashville: Ben Goodwin of the Rutherford County Sheriff's Department confirmed to CBS Affiliate WTVF that the fire, which burned construction equipment at the future site of the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, is being ruled as arson. Special Agent Andy Anderson of ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Sun 10:01 p.m. - 6 clicks
By: Inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/ In the 2000 presidential election, Vice President Al Gore came within four percent of winning Tennessee. Ten years later, according to reporter Ken Whitehouse of the Nashville Post, the Tennessee Democratic Party died. To mourn its passing, Mr. Whitehouse wrote an obituary chronicling the party's storied history. The obituary is quite a humorous...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - Sun 4:05 p.m. - 10 clicks
Throughout August, various American political leaders and figures have been questioning whether Muslims have any place in this country. We've had pundits comparing Muslims to Nazis. We've been told that Muslims are ideologically bound to the goal of spreading "Shari'ah law," a term that is used by these demagogues as a catch-all for terrorism and violence. We've had talk of "terror babies," child...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - Sun 4:05 p.m. - 7 clicks
Finding Wisdom John Shuck First Presbyterian Church Elizabethton, Tennessee August 29th, 2010 Gospel of Jesus 2:27-28 Jesus said: Ask—it’ll be given to you; seek—you’ll find; knock—it’ll be opened for you. Rest assured: everyone who asks receives; everyone who seeks finds; and for the one who knocks it is opened. Robert Funk and the Jesus Seminar, The Gospel of Jesus (Santa Rosa: ...
Shuck and Jive - Sun 10:07 a.m. - 9 clicks
I, Sandy on Signal, solemnly swear that I will faithfully fulfill the duties of Member of the State Executive Committee for the Tennessee Democratic Party, and that I will obey the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and of the State of Tennessee, so help me God. ...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - Sat 7:06 p.m. - 9 clicks
Last night, the site of a controversial new Islamic center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, was attacked by an arsonist who set fire to construction equipment. From the Daily News Journal : Carmie Ayash, spokeswoman for the ICM, told The DNJ Islamic Center officials were contacted by the sheriff’s department around 1:30 a.m. Saturday in reference to the damaged equipment. It appeared ga...
DailyKos (Tennessee) - Sat 5:40 p.m. - 8 clicks
I hope you can come to see Tony Feathers in concert at First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethton tonight at seven p.m. It is a benefit for the Edisto Island Open Land Trust in memory of Nancy Herrin. Read about him . ...
Shuck and Jive - Fri 12:07 p.m. - 9 clicks
Based on a recent Pew study , it looks like a lot of local frustration with the national news media over the low-level coverage of the May 2 & 3 Nashville flood was misplaced given that news consumer demand was almost exclusively trained on British Petroleum's deep water oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico: public interest in the Gulf saga may have even exceeded the level of mainstream media cov...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 25 - 6 clicks
Where does President Obama find all the sexist frat boys ? Move over Larry Summers and Jon Favreau. Here's Alan Simpson, President Obama’s "hand-picked" Co-Chair of the Deficit Commission, otherwise known as the Social Security Death Panel . This ANGRY old Neanderthal, who delights in referring to older women as " pink panthers ," sent a rude and patronizingly sexist email m...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 25 - 6 clicks
I walked into the used bookstore in what I will now call Hoots City, which is not Hoots Proper or Hoots Commons. It has a tire plant, a Christian coffee shop and some rather exquisite juke joints. I walked in, my friends, with a heavy mind. I love a used bookstore. There is a smell [...]...
Newscoma - Aug 23 - 9 clicks
Emptiness and Awareness John Shuck First Presbyterian Church Elizabethton, Tennessee August 22nd, 2010 Thomas 97:1-4 Jesus used to say, “The Father’s Imperial rule is like a woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking along a distant road, the handle of the jar broke and the meal spilled behind her along the road. She didn’t know it; she hadn’t noticed a problem. When...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 22 - 5 clicks
You may not agree it's the best present ever, but speaking for myself, all I want before I die is to meet the man President Clinton got his birthday call from. From Mirror.co.uk Clinton on his birthday this week. The surprise serenade delighted the Democrat - who was only joking when he told advisers last month that a call from the Beatles legend would be the greatest present of all on reachin...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 21 - 2 clicks
Yep! It’s yet another Phil Roe mailout where not only does he do us the honor of exposing his narrow ass for us, he puts it in the ringer for us too. And he even sends it to me via email. Guys like Roe (much like Bush) are an anomaly, rarely does the target do the blogger’s job for him. The Latest Lies of Tennessee First District Congressional Rep. Phil Roe from his own d...
Ablogination - Aug 20 - 6 clicks
After as much as 10 inches of rain overnight in some areas of Middle Tennessee, the Cumberland River is expected to crest near 40' (flood level) by midnight tonight. For those of living blocks away from the Cumberland, this is a cause for concern given that the some of the industrial areas that stand between us and the river will flood tonight. Metro's private contractor, Hands on Nashville, ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 19
As we face a flash flood warning until morning with a chance of 8" of rain here in Davidson County, I went back to get the radar images of the thunderstorms that created the 500 year flood here in early May. ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 18
Classes begin in a couple of weeks at East Tennessee State University . Campus ministries are starting as well including the Presbyterian Student Fellowship . Since our director, Jim Kirkpatrick retired, our presbytery has had to make do. The presbytery decided it didn't have the money to continue funding the position. What do you do when you have no money? You ask vo...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 18
An announcement from Chris Clarke at the Tennessee Women's Theater Project regarding cultural events here in the North Nashville community (the first three are at the Z. Alexander Looby Theater , 2301 Rosa L. Parks Blvd, Nashville 37228): Tennessee Women’s Theater Project Announces 2010-2011 Season Tennessee Women’s Theater Project has scheduled its 2010-2011 season of professional thea...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 17
When it is the canary in the coal mine. My favorite fish people are making the news again. They are also working to make history by saving yet another endangered species of Tennessee fish entrusted into their care. ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Aug 17
If you are near our mountain and are looking for a youth and children's program from a progressive perspective, have I got the place for you! What do I mean by progressive? Well, check here for starters. No threatening kids with hell. No crazy superstitions. Open to other faiths. Open to questions and to questioning. Everyone is welcome (and we mean it!) Service,...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 17 - 2 clicks
I was all ready to celebrate with my gay friends, tomorrow, at an informal coffee/wine and cheese get together to celebrate with people in California who would be able to marry on Wednesday. As you know by now, the decision to allow gays to marry was yet again stalled in the 9th District. In a pathetic twist of irony, the court said it wanted to explore the constitution further and see if it wa...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 17 - 2 clicks
I'm not really sure why our state didn't finish higher in the latest Gallup poll measuring strongly self-identifying conservatives by state, given the quality of red-state politics in Tennessee. But Tennesseans apparently can't stand even appearing to be more liberal than states like Texas. Some are a lot better than I am at finding a silver lining here. ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 15
God and Birds, Sparrows, Crows, Lilies, and Grass John Shuck First Presbyterian Church Elizabethton, Tennessee August 15th, 2010 Gospel of Jesus 2:29-38 He used to say to his disciples, “That’s why I tell you: Don’t fret about life—what you’re going to eat—or about your body—what you’re going to wear. Remember, there is more to living than food and clothing. Think about the crows: they...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 15
You are going to love this. If you are anywhere nearby, make plans to come to the Djembe workshop and/or performance next Saturday, August 21st at your favorite drum beating church in the woods. Here is the story : Djembe Workshop & Performance with Billy Zanski & Linda Go Last year’s amazing event was so popular that we just had to bring Billy & Linda back! ...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 13
I recently received revenues of around $150 from Google for the ads that Enclave readers click when they visit this blog. I have a long-standing tradition here of donating almost all of what I receive from Google to non-profits working to make the community in and around the North End a better place to live, to work, and to play. This time I have chosen the North Nashville Flood Relief Group ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 13
North Nashville neighborhoods were overlooked by local volunteer groups early after the May floods while most of the focus went to West Nashville neighborhoods, Downtown, and the Opryland Hotel. The group North Nashville Flood Relief organized to fill the gaps that other Nashville volunteer groups were leaving in service to disaster relief in our part of town. A proposal was made recently t...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 12
If you thought that Pam Murray would go quietly after not demanding a recount in her East Nashville recall election last year, think again : In a suit filed late yesterday in Davidson County Circuit Court, Pamela Murray, who represented District 5 from 2003 to 2009, accuses current Councilman Jamie Hollin of making false statements on a website and in various media about where she lived and work...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 10
It had been a week where all I really remember was the haze. The truck stalled on the Interstate as I headed to Nashville for business. The heat index hit 120 as I sat waiting as patiently as I could for the truck to cool. Brian Mays was on Terry Gross on physics and music [...]...
Newscoma - Aug 10 - 2 clicks
What a fun time we had at the Cumberland County Democratic Women's picnic Monday evening. There was way too much food but you'll be gratified to know that I held myself to only three deserts. One day I'll find real banana pudding like Mom made. Until then I'll maintain my quest. The Cumberland Mountain State Park is a great venue for things like this. Not many places have a shelter that can ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Jul 27
