I am convinced the entire crazy birther movement is never going to end. I bet Barack Obama does not want it to either. Anyone who is a birther is never going to vote for Obama. They are sworn political opponents. Eliminate the birther issue, and they may accidentally stumble onto something to legitimately oppose the [...]

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Lonnie “Skip” Cauthorn is a little upset that someone has taken his image and made a Christmas card out of it. Cauthorn is a top aide to state House Rep. Gary Odom, Tennessee’s highest-ranking Democrat.
The card was sent around the Tennessee capitol. Eventually, Republican Rep. Stacey Campfield posted the image on his blog under the [...]

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Sometimes it is not hard to figure out why much of the world thinks Americans are ignorant and disrespectful. First, the Mayor Pro Tem of Memphis, Myron Lowery, fist-bumps with the Dalai Lama. Not once, not twice, not three times, but four times. He follows it up by addressing one of the world’s major spiritual leaders with “Hello, [...]

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Paul Stanley is a State Senator from Tennessee. He has a reputation as a solidly conservative, church-going legislator. His website states, “He is a member of Christ United Methodist Church where he serves as a Sunday school teacher and board member of their day school.” His official website in the Tennessee General Assembly lists him as [...]

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This image was sent in an email by a Sherri Goforth, a legislative aid to Tennessee state Senator Diane Black. Of course, Goforth is a Republican. She said she sent it “to the wrong list of people.” For some reason, Republicans seem intent on shooting themselves in the foot over the race issue about Obama.

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The sponsor of a Tennessee bill allowing the 220,000 gun permit holders to bring loaded firearms into restaurants and bars believes that he has the votes to override Governor Phil Bredesen’s veto of the bill.
State Representative Curry Todd said that the governor did not show “decency” nor “courtesy” by informing the legislature that he was [...]

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PETA and KFC have a pothole battle in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It appears KFC won out.
KFC has a pothole sponsorship program where it will fix potholes as long as a white stenciled message is left behind, “Re-Freshed by KFC.”
Some cities have gone for it. Some have not. Now PETA, longtime antithesis to KFC, has become involved [...]

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More Tennessee lawmakers have joined Orly Taitz’s lawsuit attempting to force Barack Obama to reveal his “birth certificate, immigration records, passports and other vital records.”
Previously, state House Representative Eric Swafford agreed to become a plaintiff in the case. Now he has been joined by fellow Republicans Stacey Campfield, Glen Casada and Frank Niceley.
Casada said that [...]

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Just in case you thought that the inauguration of Barack Obama as President was the end of the legal challenges that he is not a U.S. citizen, here comes another.
Dr. Orly Taitz is seeking politicians to sign on as plaintiffs to her court action.
Amazingly, she found one in Tennessee. State Representative Eric Swafford is now [...]

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Tennessee Republicans in the state House have finally kicked Speaker Kent Williams out of their caucus.
Williams was elected Speaker by a 50 to 49 vote when all 49 Democrats supported him. He vowed to dispel  partisan hatred in the state House by making bipartisan appointments. Of the 13 committee chairs, he appointed seven Republicans and [...]

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