There’s a thin line between normal and insane. I think I’m standing on it… which would explain the big blob of crazy on my shoe.
Posted in Rogersville, politics on Oct 21st, 2008
Today’s Times-News letter to the editor from Rogersville :
Wouldn’t it be interesting…
Wouldn’t it be interesting if voting for a presidential candidate were a privilege and not a right — if there were an IQ test or some form of questionnaire to fill out to show you actually knew what was going on in the country [...]
Posted in Hawkins County, Tennessee, news, politics on Oct 17th, 2008
In the Times-News letters to the editor:
Marie Hammonds offers up an opinion on why Republicans insist on having an early voting deputy in Sullivan County.
Sullivan County Democratic Party Chairman Larry Hall also addressed the issue at Democratic Women’s luncheon last Saturday. “As near as I can tell,” he said, “there’s nothing we can do about [...]
Posted in Tennessee on Aug 16th, 2008
David Davis conceded the election to Phil Roe. It’s done. There’s no point in picking-on the guy now. It’s time for us to move on. But first, I must draw your attention to this one last story because I need your advice on proper blogging etiquette.
My question [...]
Posted in The Funnies, politics on Jul 16th, 2008
The Kingsport Times-News helps catch bad guys… and their good deed almost makes up for the lopsided political coverage of late… okay, not really.
C’mon! Yard signs? Hank, you actually emailed a candidate to ask how many yard signs he’d distributed throughout the district? Were you being serious or is was [...]
Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on Jul 9th, 2008
Remember how I said if Gray Sasser thought Democrats could make inroads in the 1st District, he must have a bad map? Well, I still believe that – but I also think it’s important for you to know who helps keep the roads in this portion of the state painted a bright shade of [...]
Posted in Local Characters, Tennessee on Jun 9th, 2008
Last Wednesday, Hank Hayes at the Times-News ran the obligatory election year piece: “Obama faces uphill climb winning Tennessee in November.” I say obligatory because every year we examine the chances of Democratic candidates in our state, declare them nil and move on to other things.
In 2000, we had: Gore’s home advantage in [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 8th, 2008
Don Fenley squashed the rumor floating around that Kingsport’s redlight cameras double as speed cameras.
Here’s how it started:
Michael Silence, the all-knowing blog-watcher for the Knoxville News Sentinel, recently linked to a blog regarding Kingsport’s red light cameras.
Kingsport Times-News blogger, Don Fenley, didn’t follow the link – or if he did, didn’t bother to read beyond [...]
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