One Advantage to Kids over Cats
Kids outgrow pooping in the tub. Also, eventually, you can ask a kid “How would you like it if I pooped in the tub?” Yes, a kid might answer, “That would be hilarious.” But at least s/he’d understand the question.
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Republicans All Hat No Cattle
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Sen. Eric Stewart is none too pleased with the pander-fest that is taking place tomorrow as Republican lawmakers leave their districts to go down to Arizona in order to present a non-binding resolution (worthless piece of paper) to Governor Jan Brewer:Amid soaring unemployment in their districts and pleas from voters to focus on jobs and the economy, Tennessee Republican lawmakers are flying to Arizona on Friday to present a do-nothing resolution to Arizona’s governor.
“Apparently Tennessee Republicans think political junkets to Arizona are more important than unemployment in their own districts,” said state Sen. Eric Stewart of Belvidere. “I get angry when lawmakers take the people they represent for fools and just downright lie to them about the facts.
“Make no mistake: this trip is all about politics and pandering. The resolution commends Arizona’s immigration law, but does absolutely nothing to address Tennessee’s illegal immigration issues.”
Sen. Bill Ketron of Murfreesboro, Rep. Joe Carr of Lascassas and Rep. Tony Shipley of Kingsport will be among Republican lawmakers going to Arizona on Friday to present a nonbinding resolution that cost Tennessee taxpayers $500.
Sean Braisted @ July 29, 2010
Tennessee Governors’ Race Hilarity
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Ron Ramsey embarrasses Tennessee with his "Islam is a cult" stupidity and still manages to not be the craziest candidate running. No, that dubious distinction goes to Basil Marceaux, now riding high on some national attention courtesy of The Colber Report:I saw that Basil Marceaux clip last week when someone posted it on Twitter and thought it was hilarious and sad all at the same time. I just wanted to say, "well bless his heart."
Thankfully Colbert got one thing wrong: Ramsey isn't anything close to the "clear favorite" in the primary; every survey I've seen has him ranked a distant third. Marceaux is the crackpot candidate that I suppose every race draws. Hey, buck up Tennessee, there are wackos and weirdos everywhere, right?
But pssst ... please don't tell the folks at Colbert Nation about perpetual candidate Vijay Kumar!
Southern Beale @ July 29, 2010
Senator Henry has paid campaign “volunteers”?
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I noticed Douglas Henry campaign supporters distracting traffic at Hillsboro Village this morning. A few minutes ago Mike Peden e-mailed me a dispatch from further south on a similar group and some troubling background:Senator Henry has had people at the intersection of Thompson Lane and Nolensville Rd all week, wearing blue t-shirts and waving at people with signs.
I stopped and spoke with one of them this morning. They are working through a temp service and being paid by the hour. The man I spoke with didn’t know who Mr. Henry is or what he is running for.
It seems pretty pathetic to have to pay pretend supporters ....
In these times of high unemployment, I would not begrudge people for getting paid where they can, but Senator Henry passing off relatively low-paid employees (who probably don't get benefits) as enthusiastic campaign volunteers does seem pathetic.
S-townMike @ July 29, 2010
The Tennessee Goobernatorial Race
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(Note: I'm starting a movement to make #goobernatorial the official hashtag of the Tennessee governor's race. Please consider using it whenever you tweet about the campaign, REGARDLESS of which candidate you're talking about)Tennessee tends to not make national headlines unless something bad has happened, and I guess it was only a matter of time before the Colbert Report picked up on our goobernatorial race, a campaign tailor-made for late-night comedy shows:
| The Colbert Report | Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
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Oh, and Ron Ramsey's idiotic statements have now made The Onion. You know it's bad when The Onion doesn't even have to make anything up to laugh at you. And for more "it's funny and sad at the same time" humor, check out Clay Bennett's editorial cartoon in the Chattanooga Times-Free Press today.
Being in DC this summer, I feel a bit removed from the whole situation. Sure, I've been following Ron Ramsey's calling Islam a cult, Zach Wamp threatening to have Tennessee secede from the United States, Bill Haslam flailing about trying to run to the right, and Mike McWherter asking if we've had enough of this while also giving us more of the same and unwilling to completely disavow the inane statements of his Republican opponents. But it's impossible to shrug off the goobernatorial race as just par for the course in Tennessee politics now that friends I haven't heard from in years are asking me just who Basil Marceaux is.
It's pointless to write about the reaction from a liberal perspective--we're all just shaking our heads, wondering how we got to this point, and wondering if the state Democratic establishment will ever respond with anything more than a disagreeing whimper (or a "Well, I too think we have to be worried about them Muslims"). I am curious, however, how this all looks to an average Republican. Not to an active Tea Partier, and not to a "moderate" or "centrist," just your average, run-of-the-mill Republican. Someone who is certainly on the conservative side of things but is far more concerned with overall economic issues, than, say, outlawing abortion or repealing the 17th Amendment.
How do they feel that the two of the four candidates for Governor (plus our friend Basil) are causing our state to be lampooned all over the country? Do they wonder at all if this is going to affect the state's bottom line? If, while they're trying to sell Tennessee as a great place to do business because of a good quality of life and low taxes, the prospect of a Governor Wamp or Ramsey will make companies more reluctant to do business here? If it doesn't pose a problem to those of us in Nashville, trying to attract business and tourists with our shiny new convention center and medical mart, that the people who could run our state are saying that we only want the "right" kind of people here?
Let's just completely put aside for a second how wrong Ramsey's and Wamp's (and, well, Haslam's and McWherter's, for that matter) statements are. That goes without saying. The truth is that this is simply bad business judgment, something that Tennessee does not need while we're trying to get through this recession. And I would like to know if that has occurred to any ordinary Republicans. I think it has, but I'd like to hear from them.
GoldnI @ July 29, 2010
The Other District 21 Primary
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The Scene has an extensive write-up of the 21st Senate Republican primary race and an exciting behind the scenes look at James Chesser's big break onto public access television.
Sean Braisted @ July 29, 2010
Henry Drops Another $100K on Primary Race
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The pre-primary financial disclosures are trickling in and first up is Senatuh Douglas Henry who can't outraise his challenger Jeff Yarbro but he can sure outwealth him.Sen. Henry has loaned his campaign an additional $100K on top of the $200K he loaned himself earlier this year. The money was spent largely on polling of the district and his television ad blitz featuring Governor Bredesen with cameo by Douglas Henry, and needlessly amateurish video of Jeff Yarbro.
Yarbro's finance reports aren't up yet, but at his last hurrah fundraiser this past Tuesday he announced to the crowd that he will have raised over $300,000 over the course of the campaign.
Update:
Mike Byrd reports that Henry "volunteers" may be getting paid to support the Senatuh. I'm not seeing it reflected in the financial report, but that doesn't mean its not happening.
Sean Braisted @ July 29, 2010
Yeah, I Laughed at This
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Fuck it. If it’s wrong, I don’t want to be right. The PMRC’s whole job was to directly attack and vilify the parts of our culture that provide a safety valve and warning system and way of dealing with all of the fucked up shit of America.
I believe it was Coble who first said here–look for what the preacher is preaching against and know his sins.
Aunt B. @ July 29, 2010