Salt and Pepper: Religion and Public Education
The Cheatham County Tennessee School District is being sued by four students who are protesting the District’s position that allows, and apparently encourages, religious activities in the district’s schools. According to an article in the Tennessean:
The lawsuit alleges: a planned prayer took place at graduation last spring; the Gideons […]

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Pilot Mike Connell, Karl Rove’s computer guru and a key witness in a potential criminal case against the long time Bush political operative, died instantly when his Piper Supercub crashed and exploded in a neighborhood near Akron, Ohio one week before Christmas.
Mike Connell had been caught up in at least two major legal probes, one involving the disappearance […]

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Thanksgiving has come and gone. But reasons to be cheerful/thankful still abound. For instance, say yay for free speech. Which is always under attack by somebody somewhere.
Hop the last train to Clarksville, Tennessee. A libel suit could meet you at the station. Launched by pols with development interests in neighborhoods targeted for eminent domain.
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If you’ve ever read my personal blog you’ll know that I am far from a supporter of Barack Obama. However I am going to discuss the alleged assassination plot against him by two neo-nazi skinheads from an apolitical point of view.
As I’m sure most are you are well aware of the ATF announced that authorities […]

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That debate at Belmont University in Nashville, TN, was no town hall meeting. It was highly ritualized Kabuki Theater.
To begin with, instead of just letting the first 5,000 people to show up into the Curb Event Center and taking questions from the audience at random, The Gallup Organization hand-picked 80 uncommitted voters from the Nashville […]

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It was back to school as usual this morning after a terrifying day yesterday for students attending Central High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. It had appeared to be a normal school day until a single gun shot was fired from a small-caliber semiautomatic pistol striking 15 year old Ryan McDonald in the chest. The boy […]

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Member of the Tennessee Valley Unitarian Church found themselves diving under the pews or running for cover to prevent from being shot when a gunman opened fire during a youth performance Sunday which started at 10:00 am. A performance called “Annie Jr.” was being done by children in the summer musical theater workshop.
Two people were […]

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Dianne Odell’s life ended today, a casualty of the storms that ripped through Tennesee last night. Many will mourn her death. She was loved by many: her beloved family, her wide circle of friends, and the children who read her book about Blinky, the small star whose only wish was to become a wishing star.
photo:LATIMES
But […]

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Jumping off a sinking ship and jumping on the bandwagon are just doing what comes naturally, right? Not for Hillary Clinton’s supporters in KY, who stuck by their candidate, despite the certainty that Barack Obama’s win in OR would push him past her in pledged delegates. And as in WV and other states in which […]

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New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.”
According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,” in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim.
Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw large marijuana […]

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February 5, 2008 may go down in political history as the day Rush Limbaugh lost his grip on Republican voters – and the day Ann Coulter may have lost her grip altogether.
Despite a concerted effort by the conservative chattering class to tar Sen. John McCain as a “liberal” or a “phony Republican,” and Fmr. Gov. […]

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Barack Obama won more than half of the 22 Super Duper Tuesday states (12 to Hillary Clinton’s  8) – but Hillary’s wins came from such delegate-rich states as her adopted home state of NY, as well as CA, MA and NJ. Overall, 49 percent of voters supported Hillary, 46 percent supported Obama.
Since none of the […]

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(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]

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The last Republican and Democrat presidential candidates left standing met for the final debates of the primary season in CA. The GOP debate, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library near Simi Valley, was notable for the palpable loathing the two frontrunners have for each other. The Dem debate, held at the Kodak Theater in […]

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That’s the opinion that Tennessee Right To Life holds. The entire sentiment is expressed by Tennessee Right to Life this way:
SJR 127 would allow Tennesseans and our elected officials to once again determine abortion policy in our state.
On a matter of life and death, shouldn’t every Tennessean have a say? Let the People Vote: […]

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Cash, Endorsement, Media Attention–both Good and Bad–for the Thompson Campaign
Five Reports on the Fortunes of Fred 
Fred Thompson Media Watch: More of the Same
What’s the Prognosis This Week for Thompson?
In the last three or four days, Fred Thompson’s campaign has received more of the same from the many of the same sources.
POSITIVE:
* The Thompson campaign another […]

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In the Republican and Democrat debates at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, NH, on January 5th the candidates had a common strategy: Keep kicking the presumed frontrunners when they’re down to make sure they stay down.
Sen. John McCain (AZ), Fmr. Sen. Fred Thompson (TN), Rep. Ron Paul (TX), Fmr. Gov. Mitt Romney (MA), Fmr. Gov. […]

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Fred Thompson Picks Up Endorsement from Virginia Pro-Life Group
Virginia Society for Human Life Declares its Support For Senator Thompson
Virginia Group is the Oldest Pro-Life Organization in the USA
Fred Thompson’s campaign picked up another endorsement today and it continued the trend of steady support from Pro-Life groups.
Pro-Life groups are a key constituency of the Republican […]

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Three months to the day after the Dem presidential candidates gathered at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL, for the “Univision” debate, the Republican candidates did the same. For those who were watching the Pittsburgh Steelers get their asses kicked by the New England Patriots and tuned in late or not at all, […]

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The Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson captured The Stiletto’s sentiments to a T when he wrote in a recent column, “Finally, we’ve got a real presidential campaign on our hands. Wake up, those of you in the back row, because it looks as if the long-running seminar is finally over.” After detailing the internecine fighting between […]

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Buddy Loaned Thompson Plane + Buddy Had Been Busted for Drugs = Scandal?
Nearly 30 years ago someone sold some marijuana. The same person over the next several years gets into various scrapes involving drugs.
Fast forward to 2007 and that person loans a buddy, who happens to be a presidential candidate his jet to make some […]

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For today’s Tuesday Snack, Will serves up some Presidential trivia and announces a contest in which you can win your very own Political Lunch hat and mug. You’ll be the envy of your friends!
Watch Now!

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by Kerry Dexter
“When you make a record, you try to load it up with the ten best sides you can find, every song that could be a hit,” Vince Gill said. “With this it was the same thing, but not every song had to be a hit song.” At least one of them, so […]

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In fact, he was executed shortly before 1:30 a.m. on September 12 (about two months shy of the 10th anniversary of the murders of his four children on November 30, 1997).
Here’s the pertinents … According to the reports, he was hyperventilating on his way in, but he walked in “with dignity” and he had not […]

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Though Fred Thompson finally ended his dance of the seven veils and revealed his candidacy to Jay Leno in a taped appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” it’s Mike Huckabee – who has always made the most of his limited time in the spotlight as a second-tier candidate – who’s looking sexy after Wednesday’s “The First […]

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Tony Hicks, a 42-year-old man from Athens, Tennessee had a bad week. On Sunday he was hit by a car, on Monday he was robbed and beaten by an intruder, and on Tuesday he was shot by police after robbing a convenience store. It is still hard to say whether this makes him a very […]

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Selmer Tennessee was the site of tragedy this weekend. During a “burn out” exhibition, the driver of an AMS Pro Modified race car lost control and went spinning into the crowd.
Selmer police chief, Neal Burks, describing the scene to an AP correspondent said, “Bodies were flying into the air.”
The event, sanctioned by the AMS Pro […]

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Last week the Scales Elementary School in Murfreesboro, TN took their annual field trip to Fall Creeks Falls. According to the School’s News Release dated May 13th the following transpired: Every year on this field trip there is a “campfire prank” and the students expected one this year as well. On Thursday night as the […]

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On August 5, 1981 at a Memphis Wendy’s, Lt. Ronald Oliver died from a single bullet that passed through his body; in the wee hours of May 9, 2007 at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Phillip Ray Workman died from an injection of lethal chemicals. The death of Mr. Workman was administered by the […]

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Guess we can blame a big ol’ chunk of it on Al Gore himself

Quoting from an article published by the Tennessee Center for Policy Research:

Al Gore’s Personal Energy Use Is His Own “Inconvenient Truth”
Gore’s home uses more than 20 times the national average
Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for […]

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