DeMarCaTionVille

For several weeks (those being all the weeks since the November election) I’ve been watching these Northeast Tennessee Republicans strutting around, prematurely crowing and using bad eggs for chicken counting.  One could almost predict their lack of humility and faith in foregone conclusions would come back to bite them.
It did.

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Since some of you have inquired about my absence, which I must admit made me feel all special and loved – I feel as though I owe you an explanation. Here it is:
I haven’t been blogging because I haven’t been keeping up with “the news” … or rather I’ve been keeping up but have avoided [...]

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On Tuesday when the election results were in, Obama won. The earth didn’t move. No voices rang from the heavens singing “Glory Hallelujah” or “Holy Shit, Ya’ll Done Messed Up” The lame didn’t walk. The blind didn’t see. The seas didn’t part. The moon didn’t [...]

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… he’s not that Republican running for Congress. He is the other Republican – the one who loves his dog and is endorsed by the *Human Society of the United States.
The HSLF appears to have endorsed Roe mostly because he’s not David Davis and/or because he publicly criticized Davis’ vote against the Animal Fighting [...]

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The wee hours of November 5th cannot get here soon enough. I’m not terribly excited by the prospect of an Obama win because he’s a little scary in terms of shutting down detractors – but you know what? There’s more citizens than there are Presidents.  Bloggers alone can outnumber him.  So, [...]

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Last night, I watched a recently-returned journalist talk to some East Tennesseans about the Presidential debate – and the whole thing really bothered me.  Despite the Journalist’s Bobcat degree and having five years under his belt at two major dailies up North, in my opinion, there was something off about his method.
Some of [...]

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Getting lost in the convoluted maze of national politics is something Stickley Farms understands.

Annual Corn Maze highlights the 2008 Presidential Race.
The farm is located in Sullivan County just a mile off of highway 394 on Beaver Creek Road and if you’re planning a visit, you’re running out time.  The Farm will be closing down their [...]

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With the stock market flopping, one Presidential debate remaining, and candidates providing no real answers to our questions: what should Americans do?
Jackie and Dunlap say:
There ain’t no whiskey like a Tennessee Whiskey
Everybody holler: Raise your glass!
Let’s not wait until the debate;
let’s all get drunk off our ass.
28 more days, we’ll stay in a haze;
and [...]

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I’d never thought about it until Katie pointed it out – but there are similarities between a political junkie’s obsession over the upcoming Palin v. Biden debate and a Vol fan’s obsession with the UT v. Bama game.
Both events are highly anticipated.  Both will be televised.  Both will require beer.  Both will inspire watch parties [...]

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