November 28, 2007

East Ridgelinburg

East Ridge is getting a water park.

Well, it's a start.

Guess I'll have to change the song...

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October 23, 2007

Hillary Ronham Littlefield

I try to be nice. I really, really do. The man has cancer, and as someone who has seen various members of his family battle the disease, I feel for him. My prayers are with him. Seriously.

And I try to bite my tongue when I'm amongst those ready to talk smack about the next bit of dirt they've heard/seen/dug up about him. The operative word there is "try," however, as the man that is currently the mayor of Chattanooga continues to amaze in terms of sheer, unadulterated arrogance.

He ran as a nuts and bolts guy, but has tried to be a visionary while in office -- only to have many of his visionary ideas (rightfully) derided for, well, a lack of nuts and bolts.

He regularly lies to get what he wants, and does not hesitate to launch personal attacks (often via memo) against those who can beat him on points.

And now? Well, he's made an "administrative decision" (again, via memo) to ensure that a dishonest, disgraced career politician will have access to good health care coverage -- better than the health care currently possessed by many of the people who voted him into office, I'm sure -- just weeks after saying that he wanted nothing to do with the matter.

His math is off.
His ethics are off.
He must know at this point that he will not serve another term.

Somewhere during American history, being a politician went from being a noble, limited opportunity to be a public servant to a chance to have a long, glamorous, money-sucking career. This shift has tarnished our government, and, in turn, made us, the citizens, turn against each other in order to be on the "winning" side of the fight. There is no winning side, people. Whether in the race for president, or when voting to fill the increasingly diseased halls of our local government, we're all losers.

In response to Mayor Littlefield's decision to reward Marti Rutherford's corruption and abuse of taxpayers, I will be handing out cash to as many area panhandlers as I can.

Oh, and go Red Sox!!!

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September 14, 2007

OJ Simpson Questioned in Break-In

Read about it here.

Perhaps he was looking for the real killer...

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July 23, 2007

I'll See Your Porous Border, and Raise You the NAFTA Superhighway

I haven't decided to be mildy outraged or completely infuriated by the thought of an enormous highway running in a straight line from Mexico to Canada. It seems to bother Ron Paul, as well.

By now many Texans have heard about the proposed “NAFTA Superhighway,” which is also referred to as the trans-Texas corridor. What you may not know is the extent to which plans for such a superhighway are moving forward without congressional oversight or media attention.

This superhighway would connect Mexico, the United States, and Canada, cutting a wide swath through the middle of Texas and up through Kansas City. Offshoots would connect the main artery to the west coast, Florida, and northeast. Proponents envision a ten-lane colossus the width of several football fields, with freight and rail lines, fiber-optic cable lines, and oil and natural gas pipelines running alongside.

This will require coordinated federal and state eminent domain actions on an unprecedented scale, as literally millions of people and businesses could be displaced. The loss of whole communities is almost certain, as planners cannot wind the highway around every quaint town, historic building, or senior citizen apartment for thousands of miles.

Governor Perry is a supporter of the superhighway project, and Congress has provided small amounts of money to study the proposal. Since this money was just one item in an enormous transportation appropriations bill, however, most members of Congress were not aware of it.

It's got it all: Disregard for national soverignty, disregard for national security, widespread and aggressive enforcement of eminent domain, the intentional bypassing of union labor and Rudy Giuiani's support. Oh, and it was George W. Bush's idea.

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July 11, 2007

The Catholic Church: The "Only True Path" to Salvation?

Pope Benedict XVI approved the release of a document yesterday that says that "other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation."

Inconvenient for the Pope, however, are the millions of people across the globe who would be quick to disagree with him based on passages of scripture such as this:

For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. -Romans 10:13

I've stared at this verse for several minutes now, and I've yet to find the word "Catholic" or "church" or "Catholic church" included within it.

Sigh...

Good luck with that, Mr. Pope.

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May 14, 2007

Crazy Simpson Lawyer Drops Crazy Lawsuit Threat

Remember when Louisville, KY restaurant owner Jeff Ruby kicked O.J. Simpson and his entourage out of his restaurant last week? Shortly afterwards, Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter, threatened to sue the restaurant claiming the ejection was racially motivated.

Well, there will be no lawsuit.

In making the decision, Galanter explained that "if we had our druthers, this would have died that night and been over."

Because that's what Simpson does: Wants things dead.

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