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During her debate with Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Carly Fiorina said she knows that “marriage is between a man and a woman” because President Obama says so . "[T]the position I’ve consistently aspoused is consistant with that of our President and a vast majority of senators in the U.S. Senate…" And Carly Fiorina said that she would work to overturn Roe v. Wade , “if there were an oppo...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - 8:27 a.m.
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
Love Letter Dear Samson, I put your hair in a jar by the pear tree near the well. I been thinkin' over what I done and I still don't think God gave you all that strength for you to kill my people. Love--Delilah --Carole E. Gregory, Ain't I A Woman: A Book of Woman's Poetry From Around the World ...
Shuck and Jive - Wed 2:28 p.m.
Tonight's Barbara Boxer vs. Carly Fiorina debate should be interesting, especially if it's anything like Fiorina's attack ads. Here's yet another bizarre campaign attack ad in which Carly Fiorina portrays Barbara Boxer as an elitist liberal demon blimp! Politics Feminist News Gender ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Wed 11:25 a.m.
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
Quote of the Day "It was an extreme outrage of the highest order -- a shredding of the Constitution -- when George Bush imprisoned or even just eavesdropped on American citizens without any due process. But it's perfectly acceptable -- even noble -- for Barack Obama to kill them without any due process." -- Glenn Greenwald, Lawsuit challenges Obama's power to kill citizens without d...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Tue 8:44 a.m.
At last night's monthly business meeting I reported on MDHA's progress ( and lack thereof ) on the overextended Salemtown streetscape project (funded by a federal community block grant) from my vantage as a CAC rep over the life of the project. Salemtown Neighbors resolved to send MDHA a letter asking them to finish all of the elements that CAC reps had identified as broken or incomplete even thou...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Tue 8:29 a.m.
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
I received a copy of the draft for the new Omni hotel agreement with Mayor Karl Dean, which was sent out from the Council Office today. I've uploaded it to Google docs and made it public in the spirit of crowdsourcing. I welcome any feedback interested citizens might have on it in the comments section below. I will update this post as needed. Take a look after the jump . ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Mon 3:44 p.m.
From Freddie O'Connell via the Salemtown e-list: We'll be returning to Morgan Park Community Center for this evenings Salemtown Neighbors meeting, which will start at 6pm. Tonight, the Executive Board will propose an important series of discussions likely to take several months but critical to how our association considers and hopes to have an impact on our neighborhood. We'll be exploring ways ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Mon 9:25 a.m.
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
In my sermon today I noted that seven more U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan over the weekend. I wondered allowed, why are we over there again? Well, here is one possible reason: "Implemented in 2000-2001, the Taliban's drug eradication program led to a 94 percent decline in opium cultivation. In 2001, according to UN figures, opium production had fallen to 185 tons. Immediately ...
Shuck and Jive - Sun 7:08 p.m. - 2 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
We found these hieroglyphics in the rocks exposed by low water in Whites Creek. I've seen canvases for sale that weren't this interesting and I need to take my big camera back to the spot before the fall rains cover it back up for another year. Some of the shapes are, well, suggestive. What do you see? I see...uh...things that guys usually see. Like iron deposits and hematite and stuff. ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Sun 3:40 p.m. - 3 clicks
At long last, the question we've long wondered here at TGW moves to the New York Times. Where's the Left's Sarah Palin?: Since the 2008 election, progressive leaders have done little to address the obvious national appetite for female leadership. And despite (or because of) their continuing obsession with Ms. Palin, they have done nothing to stop an anti-choice, pro-abstinence, so...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Sun 2:49 p.m. - 2 clicks
A fine artist by the name of Mark Fiore hits the nail on the head with this amusing yet 100% serious little cartoon. Thanx, Mark. LOL! Listen, Traitorbaggers…You have all the rallies you want to with your Koch funded, bought-and-paid-for D-list celebrities (yes, that includes MLK’s ignorant, greedy niece). You already lost 95% of your primaries. It’s o...
Ablogination - Sun 2:49 p.m.
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 have a favorite new blog, The Unrepentant Cowboy . He is Don Ford of Belmont, TX. This is his description: Rancher, farmer, horseman, writer. Ex-convict. Former marijuana smuggler. Aspire to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. Don't always succeed. The Jesus I believe in was an outlaw. So hated, he received the death penalty. I don't like organized religion, so don't try ...
Shuck and Jive - Sat 10:24 a.m. - 3 clicks
Here is rationale for the decision to rebuke Rev. Jane Spahr ( pdf file ): The Permanent Judicial Commission, in sustaining the first three charges, recognizes that while the Rev. Dr. Jane Spahr has indeed performed these marriages, which were and continue to be legal marriages, she did so acting with faithful compassion in accord with W7.3004. These marriages were legal in the State of ...
Shuck and Jive - Sat 9:00 a.m.
The Permanent Judicial Commission (PJC) of Redwoods Presbytery ruled that three of the four charges against Rev. Jane Spahr have been sustained and the fourth not sustained. The last charge was not sustained by a unanimous vote. The first three were sustained by a 4-2 vote. Here is the text of the charges and the ruling in red: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) charges you, JANE ADAMS...
Shuck and Jive - Fri 3:03 p.m. - 5 clicks
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/08/30/100830fa_fact_ We all know that the Teabaggers…Tea Party…whatever you want to call them, are nothing but corporate AstroTurf. But just saying that they get their money from “corporations” is far too vague to be credible. No problem, the exact source of funding is no longer a secret…. The Koch Brothers. The...
Ablogination - Fri 1:40 p.m. - 2 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
Levi Johnston just remembered that his income is derived from bad-mouthing Sarah Palin, so he's flip-flopping on that apology for lying: "I don't really regret anything. But the only thing I wish I wouldn't have done is put out that apology, 'cause it kind of makes me sound like a liar. And I've never lied about anything. So that's probably the only thing. The rest of the stuff I can...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Fri 8:03 a.m. - 2 clicks
ETSU is starting its Fall semester and I am the volunteer staff for the Presbyterian Student Fellowship . I am enjoying it. We are going to be on campus tomorrow at the "Sidewalk Sale" handing out pens, information cards about our ministry and smiles. We are putting up these fliers around, too. I think we have a unique ministry based on relationship building, open-ended questions, and...
Shuck and Jive - Thu 7:01 p.m. - 2 clicks
If there is any Metro government agency that validates every conservative critic of bumbling big government, it has to be the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency. In what seems to be a never-ending, half-decade, grit-ground crawl to the end, MDHA steadfastly refuses to bring effective closure to the Salemtown streetscape project. The project was supposed to be done 3 years ago. After hel...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Thu 11:06 a.m.
Where to begin….. 1) Murdoch Helps Ailing Republican Fundraising: News Corporation/FOX Newz owner and sole dictator, Rupert Murdoch , has donated the meager sum of one million dollars (Dr. Evil comes to mind) to the Republican party. Of course, coming from a guy who would sell his mom to the Taliban if the price was right, this doesn’t surprise. Just another foreigne...
Ablogination - Thu 10:43 a.m. - 2 clicks
I wish I were in California listening to the testimonies at the trial of Rev. Jane Spahr . I wish the entire church could hear them. Rev. Spahr officiated at 16 same gender weddings in 2008 when marriages were legal in California. Many of the couples are testifying at the trial as to what it means for them to be married in the church. This is from the Bay Citizen : David Ha...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 26 - 3 clicks
The White House says Alan Simpson's job as Social Security axeman is safe: "We accept his apology and he will continue to serve." Cause Obama only fires people when right-wingers demand it. Politics Liberal News ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 26
Paul Krugman joins OWL president Donna Wagner; Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority Foundation; Kim Gandy, the former president of the National Organization for Women, Terry O’Neill , the current president of NOW; Martha Burk , the former chair of the National Council of Women's Organizations; Susan Scanlan, the current chair of the NCWO in calling for President Obama to fire Alan ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 25
Mayor Karl Dean has unveiled his new proposal for a hotel to go with the Music City Center and it includes our Metro government paying half the cost of the hotel while the Omni Hotel chain will be the sole owner. Sounds like a sweet take for Omni, including deferred property taxes. Heck, such largess has even got the adjacent Country Music Hall of Fame clamoring for some Metro hand outs to ret...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 25 - 2 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 placed this quote from Don Cupitt in Sunday's bulletin as a reflection piece. It is from his book, Emptiness and Brightness : It is the philosopher’s job to question all the things that ordinary people take for granted. And in the last century or two this has often meant having doubts about God in particular. Anyone who has had a vivid and strong conviction of the...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 25
Last night I saw Dirk Diggler and his strapping son, Dirk Diggler Jr. (DDJ) who were throwing an Anheuser product back anticipating hump day, I guess. Dirk told me that someone purposefully killed DDJ’s husky, whose name was Ice. Not only did they kill this dog, but they killed three of the neighbors dogs, a [...]...
Newscoma - Aug 25 - 3 clicks
Mike Peden forwarded me the following list, which is relevant to reflection on the Vice Mayor's committee appointments , assuming that candidates for office have commitments to big money that they don't have to regular constituents: William Hostetler – Real Estate Developer Ronald Samuels – CEO, Avenue Bank Maeve McConville – Accountant John Dean – no addre...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
Yesterday Diane Neighbors announced council committee appointments for the coming year. Consistent with her appointments of committee chairpeople, none of the seats on the highly coveted and most influential budget and finance committee went to any outspoken critics of Karl Dean's elephantine and titanic Music City Center construction project. The new members are a mayoral soft touch: Barry, ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 25 - 2 clicks
Officially, Rev. Jane Adams Spahr is on trial this week for officiating at wedding ceremonies for 16 same-gender couples. But Rev. Spahr isn't on trial, really. Today the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is on trial. It is on trial for its treatment of its own people and for its treatment of ministers and congregations who care for them. It is time for our denomination to recognize and...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
Michael Pollan, author of The Ominvore's Dilemma was on Anderson Cooper 360 yesterday. He was interviewed by Dr. Sanjay Gupta. I watched it last night. I was shocked to see that the interview that is now on Youtube cut out the part of the hidden camera in the chicken houses. It cut out the part of the description by Pollan of what happens to these chickens (their...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 24
"Women are realizing it more and more, knowing that they don't have to settle with a man just to have that child." -- Jennifer Aniston ( via Elizabeth Snead at LA Times ) Politics Feminist News Gender ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 24
Rev. Jane Spahr goes on trial today for marrying 16 same-gender couples. These weddings were legal in California at the time. There is quite a bit of media coverage . I especially enjoyed this editorial, Why Rev. Jane Spahr Should Be a National Religious Icon . Imagine being persecuted for celebrating love. Sound like the spirit of a Shakespeare...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 24 - 2 clicks
Dozens of moms staged a "nurse-in" inside an Arizona McDonald's after a nursing mom was asked to leave the building. If women do this enough, maybe the idiots will finally learn that feeding babies is NOT obscene! Politics Feminist News Gender ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 24
The New Republic compares Woodrow Wilson's cowardly and disgraceful position on women's suffrage to Barack Obama's cowardly and disgraceful position on gay marriage: An evasive stance on a controversial civil rights issue from a liberal president; an insistence that the issue is primarily local, rather than national, in character; a complete failure of sincerity, nerve, and will: If these...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 24
You've heard the rumors, well now 19 year-old Levi Johnston has filed the papers declaring his intent to run for office in Sarah Palin's old stomping grounds. Levi is also busy filming his reality show: " Loving Levi: The Road to the Mayor's Office " -- which is currently being pitched to the networks. The only problem is that the mayor's office isn't vacant until 2012. In the meantime,...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 23
I'm taking some time off. I just can't keep writing about what is really going on in the world, (except my entertainment news I do as well) and not only does it do nothing to change misinformation, but it gets worse. I live in a country were approximately one in four people think President Obama is not an American because they believe he wasn't born in America...a constitutional requirement. Th...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 23
Michelle Obama and Laura Bush will appear together on the ninth anniversary of 9/11: Administration officials said the event will build on Michelle Obama’s focus on the heroes of 9/11 — celebrating their heroism, honoring their memories, and supporting their families. Politics Feminist News Gender ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 23
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
I have been thinking again. That's a problem. I have been thinking about life after death. The Apostle Paul wrote : If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied. (1 Corinthians 15:19) I wonder if most people feel that way (regardless of their religion). I wonder if most people think that it is pitiable if there is no life after death. I...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 23 - 2 clicks
Quote of the Day "Treasury is a notoriously sexist and misogynist industry and the good old boys don't like [Elizabeth Warren]. It's the testosterone-fueled attitude that drove our economy off a cliff, and yet the president has advisers that are from that industry." -- Terry O'Neill, NOW President, Warren Omission Politics Feminist News Gender ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 22
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
Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Tie the Knot! True love, True Blood-style: Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton have tied the knot….in real life. While the small-screen lovers have yet to walk down the aisle on TV, Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer's off-screen wedding has gone down without a hitch (or a nasty vamp bite). Read more: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b196499_anna_paquin_stephen_...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 22
"60 Minutes:" Controversial People We've Met A Look Back At Some Memorable People That Our Correspondents Have Encountered (CBS) Since "60 Minutes" premiered in September 1968, our broadcast has interviewed thousands of people, including heads of state, newsmakers, entertainers and athletes. In some cases, our interview subjects were highly controversial at the time, and in some cases, t...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 21
This Sunday: GOP Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell Countdown to the Midterms: a special hour devoted to this November's elections. What issues really matter to the American people? Will voters make it a referendum on President Obama? And how will the nation's weakening economic outlook impact it all? We'll have an exclusive conversation with the man heading up the opposition party on the Hill, Rep...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 21
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
Gen. Ray Odierno, Commander of U.S. Forces in Iraq, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) Greg Mortenson, Author of Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Schools, Plus More of Katie Couric's interview with Gen. David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan, far left Read more: http://www. cbsnews .com/sections/ftn/main3460.shtml#ixzz0xJJwEcq7 ...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 21
This Sunday, Christiane Amanpour talks to Afghanistan's President, Hamid Karzai in a This Week exclusive. As he threatens to kick out private security, can he turn the war around before U.S. forces start pulling out? With the July, 2011 drawdown for U.S. troops now in limbo, she'll ask him tough questions about the way forward for Afghanistan. Just how strong is the Taliban? Can corruption be...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 21
A friend turned me on to this song by Mary Gauthier . It is called Mercy Now . I thought you should hear it so I found a version on youtube . You can download or purchase the cd here . It made me cry. ...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 21
I received this email yesterday from a true believer. It was accompanied by several photos. According to the e-mail they were photos of Muslims at prayer in New York City. Here is the text of the e-mail: A Christian Nation cannot put up a Christmas scene of the baby Jesus in a public place, but the Muslims can stop normal traffic every Friday afternoon by worshiping in the streets. S...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 21
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
I see in the news that 380 million eggs have been recalled due to a salmonella outbreak. That's an egg for every American with a few million left over. (CNN) -- The salmonella outbreak that led to the recall of 380 million eggs was preventable and will likely grow, according to federal officials. Hundreds of Americans likely have become ill from tainted eggs in recent months, acco...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 20
This is from a friend who runs Expediciones Tropicales in Costa Rica. Check them out if you are up for something really cool....
WhitesCreek Journal - Aug 19
PUBLIC ISSUES FORUM Benjamin Hooks Public Library Sunday August 22 · 3:00pm - 5:00pm Alternative Justice Within Our System That Just May Work Better Exploring Restorative Justice, Collaborative Law, Holistic Law, Mediation, VORP, and Long Term Lockup. Panel includes: Jean Handley, Veronica Coleman-Davis, Linda Seely, and Maureen Holland. Panel Speakers: Jean Handley - Founder and director of T...
Confessions of a West Tennessee Liberal - Aug 19
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
Not only is TN House Representative Glen Casada an idiot and monumental loser, but he also managed to raise a pervert in the process…. Glen Casada’s son arrested for Streaking…. From The Tennessean! : FRANKLIN— State Rep. Glen Casada said he was “very displeased” that his 19-year-old son participated in last weekend’s &...
Ablogination - Aug 19 - 3 clicks
GOP women are hot and Democratic women are ugly bitches, according to the sexist masterpiece below. Let's hope that IF there are any women associated with the "men" behind this atrocious piece of crap, they are busy packing their bags. Republican Women vs. Democratic Women "Shorter version : GOP babes are BABES with Tom Jones' endorsement...and Dem womyn are ugly fat butch dog...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 19
'True Blood' is not only my favorite show, but I think "Vampires" Eric and Bill and the sexiest men on the planet. So what does Rolling Stone do? They put them nude with the adorable "Sookie" on the cover. And there are more salacious photos inside the magazine. Be still my still beating heart. You can read the article here ,(which is what I am sure you will buy this issue for, and not the p...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 19
Diane Neighbors, Karl Dean's Metro Council hammer, sent the list of her Metro Council committee chair appointments to the local news media today. Here is the list of non-boat-rockers: Budget and Finance -- Megan Barry Charter Revision -- Randy Foster Codes, Fair, and Farmers Market -- Vivian Wilhoite Convention and Tourism -- Rip Ryman Education -- Erica Gilmore Federal Grants Review -- Frank Har...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 18
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
Newsweek answered that question for us . It is not the U.S. We rank eleven. Of course, Monty Python has known the secret for a long time. Finland has it all . ...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 18
As the political crazy season is upon us I have to resolve a conflict between my tree hugger self and my political self, although in reality one requires the other in this insane world we live in. Still, I thought I would give folks a choice as to whether they wanted to indulge in a political rant or just enjoy a part of the natural world that I am working to preserve and protect. With that in ...
WhitesCreek Journal - 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
Hope Gardens association president Jason Powell announced the following today on the community e-list: The Greyhound Bus company will be holding an open house for Hope Gardens and the other surrounding neighborhoods. Following our public forum and demands about the operation of the temporary bus terminal, Greyhound agreed to an open house where neighbors could see the new location and address an...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 17
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
My friend (and lawyer) Steve Fisher usually manages to put answers to questions in a succinct manner. Here is yet another one from Steve: Should Christians be allowed to have a church near the Oklahoma Fed Bldg? Nicols and Mcveigh were conservative Christians and they bombed 100's of Americans to death. Wouldn't a church inflame and be a slap in the face of the families who lost their loved one...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 17
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
Still hoping President Obama will do the right thing and appoint Elizabeth Warren as head of the Bureau for Consumer Financial Protection. Politics Feminist News Gender ...
Tennessee Guerilla Women - Aug 17
City Parks blog has a prescription for successful parks that applies to a relatively news feature at Morgan Park: For city parks to be successful, they need great water features. Yet it takes money to maintain them, and neglecting such facilities can make a real negative impression on visitors and residents. A fountain installed last year at Morgan Park-- later than originally planned--worked ...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 15
This is my favorite Elvis performance. I think he was at his best here. He's been gone 33 years, and he's still influencing everyone here in music. He will truly live forever via his music and fans. ...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 15
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
Tim Kaine, DNC Chairman Gov. Ed Rendell, D-Pa. Ed Gillespie, Former RNC Chairman Karen Tumulty, Washington Post ...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 15
This Sunday: Exclusive! Gen. David Petraeus This Sunday, we'll have a special edition of "Meet the Press" from Afghanistan, with our exclusive guest Gen. David Petraeus, in his first interview since taking over as Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. With less than a year before the scheduled drawdown of troops, David Gregory goes one-on-one with the General to discuss the tough...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 15
In a rare sit-down interview, Oscar-winning actor Al Pacino talks to Katie Couric about his films and how he prepares for them, including his latest movie in which he starred as Dr. Jack Kevorkian. Sunday, Aug. 15, 7 p.m. ET/PT. If coal ash is safe to spread under a golf course or be used in carpets, why are the residents of Kingston, Tenn., being told to stay out of a river where the ma...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 15
Some for your cheese and eggs, some for your stir fries and pizza, and some to make you cry in your beer, even when you're happy....
WhitesCreek Journal - Aug 14
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
OH the hypocrisy. If someone were on a radio show referring to a Jewish woman as that Jew girl, the ADL and every other Jewish organization would have their organizations in place the same day to boycott the radio stations, television stations and newspapers that advertise said offender. And yet Dr. Laura, one who considers herself the moral authority for Jewish women,(as a Jewish woman, I am...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 13
I love what John Lennon said about "No need for hunger, or immigration to." I wish we could go from country to country with no passport, with all of us being citizens of the world. I've been fortunate enough to get to travel a lot in the 80s. But a couple of weeks ago, nothing could have prepared me for what I was going to see when I went to Juarez, Mexico. Juarez, is one of the most violent p...
SharonCobb.com - Aug 13
Rev. Jane Spahr is doing justice again . She is being taken to church court for officiating at 16 weddings for gay couples. Of course, Janie has been on trial before for this type of holy subversive behavior. This time it is different in that these weddings were legal marriages in California before Prop Hate was passed. Janie, ever hospitable, is inviting everyone ...
Shuck and Jive - Aug 12
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
Mythologies of the Right Wing, by Bill > Tea Party'ers are not more likely to have racist tendencies than other conservatives. (Except they are.) > Democrats are scheming to hit 94 percent of small business owners with tax increases. (Except they aren't.) > Bloody violence is out of control along the Mexican border, and illegal immigrants are streaming into America at record lev...
WhitesCreek Journal - Aug 10
After a Tennessean local beat writer announced via Twitter that rules were being considered to muffle the people's mezzanine area outside of Metro Council chambers on council meeting nights, I e-mailed the Metro Clerk with the following questions: I am curious as to what past events precipitated the change in council rules to limit citizen events in the Courthouse and to disallow broadcasts from...
Enclave: Nashville North-by-Northwest - Aug 10
I spent much of the weekend working on my novel, dusting it off and actually doing a hard edit on it. It’s going to be one novel and a sequel I will have to finish and being that I wrote it, and abandoned it, about five years ago, I decided to dust it off. (Lost [...]...
Newscoma - Aug 1
Changing things around today and practicing some stuff I need to learn for work on my very own blog. Excuse the mess. And I went back to where I started in the inverted. I like it better....
Newscoma - Jul 30
Well, Feel Good Friday is groovy and I haven’t done it in awhile....
Newscoma - Jul 30
When I am in a weird or tired frame of mind, I go talk to strangers. I am personable enough and can pretty much talk to a book of stamps so it isn’t hard for me to strike up a conversation. The reason why that I go roaming is that I usually learn something kind [...]...
Newscoma - Jul 29
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
Quick observations from Hoots: I met a second guy who talked to me about wrestling a bear. Now let me say, wrestling a bear is more popular than I once thought. He was also in his 70s and I guess they really don’t do that much anymore. Animal laws must have stopped it although I [...]...
Newscoma - Jul 23
This is pretty big. The Land and Water Conservation Fund is not tax revenue, it is funded by fees from offshore drilling leases. It was the blood money paid by oil firms to compensate Americans for the destruction of the marine environment caused by offshore drilling. The money was supposed to go to save sensitive lands and waters by enabling their purchase for parks,, wilderness areas, and ...
WhitesCreek Journal - Jul 21
The air conditioner went out on the day after Memorial Day. The car and some other things died too. It is what it is. We are not waitresses or bartenders … bloggers write because we love it and tip jars don’t usually work for writers. We do it because we feel compelled to do it. [...]...
Newscoma - Jul 19
BP promises to fix everything in the Gulf of Mexico, but having lived through (Well part way through, actually) the TVA coal waste disaster, I have personally seen how little action goes with that pronouncement. The Marketing department spends a fortune on whitewash while the accounting department nixes all but the egregiously warranted reparations. We can look to the Exxon Valdez experience to...
WhitesCreek Journal - Jul 17
