I promise to get back to Tennessee politics shortly, but I have recently arrived home from a welcome vacation, part of which took place in the Commonwealth of Virginia's Fifth Congressional District. Virginia's CD-5 is represented by Virgil Goode Jr., who...
Oh and my name isn’t Joe. It is Samuel J. Wurzelbacher.
It is spelled differently than what is on the voter registration card which would mean it would be under GOP scrutiny and challenged , if “Joe”...
If you were a John McCain supporter, would you be categorically proud of your compatriots?
If McCain was being honest — that he is proud of all of these people — then he’s made a very interesting confession, and given the...
All three of my babies thus far have looked so very different! It is always hard to imagine what your child will look like before they arrive and I never ever could have imagined them all looking so different! I...
I just pulled a slug, a SLUG! out of my daughter's hair. She came inside and said, "Mommy, I've got something gooey in my hair." I leaned in for a closer look and there it was: a one inch slug......
I'm getting started on my "interneting" earlier than usual this evening. Scott is at a meeting, and Gus is already in bed, poor thing. He has some sort of unidentified fever illness and just wants to sleep.So I figured I...
Say it ain’t so, Plumber Joe:
“All contractors are licensed, and he does not have a license, either as a contractor or a plumber,” the union official said, citing a search of government records. “I can’t find that he’s ever even...
John McCain disdainfully brushes it off with the curly fingers:
I’ve got two words for you, McCain, and they rhyme with Puck Foo. Why is it that wrinkled, dried up old men find it so easy to belittle the health concerns...
citronella in it's natural form is one of the prettiest ever and against the sky i am reminded of green snowflakes, as if they exist. i am working on new tree designs, ideas or patterns of shapes. my...
Again, history should be studied for wisdom's sake.
The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be...
Tom Whipple, The Peak Oil Crisis of 2008:
The bottom line for this week remains that there is little to cheer about. While oil is dropping in lock step with the equity markets, OPEC is already moving to halt the decline...
I've been hearing a lot of talk on campus today about how John McCain either did better during last night's debate than any previous or (as two gentlemen at the cafeteria waffle irons dared suggest) even won the debate. What...
I've decided to institute a new day for us to opbserve. It's National "Don't Coerrect Your Typs Day." It will be obseved on Friday, 14 November. Basically, it works like this: On ehgat day, no one correctas any typos in typed...
Oil futures are typically used as a safe haven for investors to hedge against currency fluctuations and market volatility. Throughout most of the year, light crude and the DJI have had an inverse relationship. In today’s economic climate however, no...
I have some friends who live in a pocket up on Signal Mountain where nobody’s cell phone works. You have to have the landline number if you want to contact someone who is inside that house. Fortunately, there is now...
The word ‘energy’ was used 19 times in last night’s debate. Judging from the opening statements, I hoped the candidates would spend some time discussing energy policy outside of paying lip-service to “energy independence” and a few shout-outs to energy...
Wednesday evening James Woods, the prosecutor in the state of Tennessee's case against Cody Matthew Headrick who was charged in the death of our daughter, Hadrienne, called us in order to deliver news about this case that has left our...
Despite raising trivial disagreements throughout, John McCain did a lot better on this debate than earlier ones. He put all his Obama grievances on the table once and for all. “If you wanted to run against George Bush, you should...
Here's a post I have over at the community blog of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about middle-class black churches leaving lower-income black neighborhoods. And by the way, thanks for all of the kudos about being over the St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
Here's a column I have over at Exilestreet.com about how silly is it that people are going to vote in a few weeks by race. With only a few weeks to Election Day, racial politics has reared its pathetic head as...
Here's a column I wrote about Clemson's coach resigning over at World Magazine: Tommy Bowden stepped down this week as head coach of the Clemson University football team. This rare mid-season resignation comes after Bowden's team did not live up to...
Do you dread meetings as much as I do? After attending some very dull meetings in the past few months (even ones led by me!), I have a few ideas and recommendations to improve this seemingly necessary evil. Please add any...
Watch over the next 2 weeks as certain elements of the media and left-wing politicians attempt to mock, discredit, and marginalize "Joe the Plumber."In their attempt to "set him aside," they run the risk of upsetting many Americans who identify...
I finally boiled down why I dont think I can vote for either major candidate: the foreign policy of one, and the domestic policy of the other. both are rife with an arrogant “let me fix you” attitude, just in...
After my macabre, graphic photo post, in typical stream-of- consciousness thinking--my ironing looks like a sharpei's coat, I need a
maid, how do you find a "good" maid, WHO can afford a maid after
filling up your car, where's Alice when you...
So for all you cats I haven't seen in a bit here is a little snippet of what I am usually up to... almost all my artwork these days can be identified by the term "encaustic collage"... it just means...
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