edited by: Kate,
Tennessee Editor
In the state’s 5th District, former Navy aviator Les Phillip is challenging Rep. Parker Griffith, whose switch from Democrat to Republican made headlines last month.
A native of Trinidad who came to the United States with his parents when he was 8, Phillip could become the first black [...]
Economic development policy that focuses on recruiting existing businesses to Memphis is good for PR, but ignores the bigger opportunity: entrepreneurs. We should all want to see more startups and young companies thriving in Memphis, because it is great economic policy and utilizes the human capital that is already present [...]
Meghan McCain doesn’t want any part of it:
“People were saying that this is the new movement in the Republican Party,” McCain said during an appearance on ‘The View.’ “I did not want to go [to last week's convention]. I have (a) very much different, ideological differences with them.”
And she [...]
From Jennifer Brooks:
About 30 guests came out to meet Palin and her 8-year-old daughter Piper on Saturday afternoon. The group ranged from gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey to country singer John Rich, who toured with the McCain/Palin campaign in 2008. Lee Beaman, president of Lee Beaman Automotive Group [...]
The House joined the Senate Monday night in overriding Gov. Phil Bredesen’s veto of a bill that prohibits some local government bodies from requiring restaurants to list calorie counts on their menus.
The House vote was 65-31 to override the veto of SB1092. The Senate had earlier voted [...]
From Huffington Post:
“Wealth” is different from “income.” Wealth is value, which endures at least for some time. Income is simply compensation for work. If you wash my car for $10 and I mow your lawn for $10, we have a GDP of $20 and it looks like we both [...]
Judson Phillips, the founder of Tea Party Nation (and Ms. Palin’s questioner on Saturday night) said he thought the April 15 rallies were a waste of time, because politicians had only ignored all the sign-waving of the protests last year, which began in opposition to the $787 billion stimulus [...]
Wow! Memphis needs something like this.
Master’s degree students at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development can receive free tuition in exchange for teaching at some of Metro’s lowest-performing middle schools, under a new partnership announced Monday.
Not to disparage Memphis City School teachers, but removing [...]
The National Republican Congressional Committee bestows “On the Radar” status to 4th District congressional candidate Jack Bailey.
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I could not love this story more and I feel cheated CHEATED that I have not gotten to meet a football rootworker.
(I hope you all remember the awesome story of the hoodoo woman who got me a raise?) [...] 
An excellent interview this afternoon with Brittney Gilbert at Pith in the Wind by Betsy Phillips on the demise of Nashville is Talking.
I’m just going to say it. I miss those first giddy days of blogging and what Betsy said rings true to me as well.
From my perspective, when [...]
From a presser:
Senator Jim Tracy today announced that fellow local small businessman and community leader, Shane Reeves, will serve as Treasurer for his Congressional Campaign.
“Shane Reeves is one of the most respected businessmen in our community, and it is an honor to have him stand by me throughout this campaign [...]
Have you ever had one of those times in your life that basically the best that you could honestly do was only muster up the strength to put one foot in front of the other and that was it.
That’s been me for a bit. January was a sumbitch as the [...]
Mike Warren and Katherine Miller discuss the tea party convention and Harold Ford Jr. on their new morning radio show on 91.1 WRVU.
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Education continues to be one of the area's most pressing issues, and a new grassroots effort is underway to generate ideas and create change. CreateHere is asking Chattanooga residents to vote for Stand and Deliver, a proposal to organize two citizen-led education summits, in Pepsi's Refrsh Everything grants program.
From the party blog:
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairman Chip Forrester wants state Rep. Chad Faulkner of Luttrell to focus his energy on helping families in Campbell and Union counties instead of sponsoring legislation that could alienate law enforcement from the rest of the community.
Faulkner’s bill, HB 2659, would require [...]
Sen. Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican and GOP conference chair, tells National Review Online that he is unsure whether President Obama’s bipartisan health-care summit on February 25 will yield any meaningful results. “It is hard for me to see how you can take a bill that is [...]
Do you think it’s coincidence that on WATE Channel 6’s Sunday News program Tennessee This Week that they interview guests on the topic of green energy JUST LIKE WBIR did?! Do you think its coincidence that Cortney Piper is a panelist on WATE and used her position to push [...]
The debate between J.M. Keynes and F.A. Hayek, both living and teaching in Britain in the 1930s, was [...]
One of the co-opters breaks it down:
The most broadly held sentiment in the Tea Party movement is that the United States of America is the last, best hope for liberty, that our nation is unique among nations of the world, and that we are on a path of quickly [...]
So after dorking around with WordPress over the past 48 hours, the decision has been made.
Movable Type loses.
This is the second and possibly the third time that MT has released a non-beta version of their software with damned-near no support for it (most of the online documentation still [...]
Andy Humbles on North Nashville planning:
“Jefferson Street is going to be critical,’’ said Freddie O’Connell, president of the Salemtown Neighbors, a revitalized neighborhood in North Nashville. “I’m constantly amazed it does not get full municipal attention. It should be a corridor of glory. It’s such a historic street in [...]
Rick Locker of the CA says the University of Tennessee report on the economy of the state is NOT encouraging.
On the bright side, the 2010 report projects modest growth in Tennesseans’ personal income and in state sales tax collections, state government’s primary revenue source.
But the job picture is gloomy for [...]
Mark Mitchell wonders what exactly that means:
I was struck by her opening. To a raucous crowd she gushed “I am so proud to be an American!” Lots of cheers. But here’s my question: what does it mean to be proud to be an American? The phrase is permanently etched [...]
David Oatney has a few things to say to Harold Ford Jr. and his trashi-talking of Tennessee:
Junior may not have the stain of corruption that his father, uncle, and aunt all seem to have in their political careers, but in politics you are often defined by voters based on [...]
Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war and one of the most powerful lawmakers in Congress, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, VA, after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 77.
Wednesday morning? You mean [...]
Thanks to all of the readers who stopped by over the years and thanks to the cadre of bloggers who linked, aggregated, tweeted, quoted, and otherwise blogrolled Enclave.
Look forward to seeing you somewhere down the road.
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Junior may not have the stain of corruption that his father, uncle, and aunt all seem to have in their political careers, but in politics you are often defined by voters [...]
Willie Herenton continues his racialist campaign against Rep Steve Cohen:
In this announcement, Herenton took aim at Cohen’s record in office, which includes pushing for a resolution to apologize for slavery and naming many federal buildings in Memphis after prominent African-Americans.
Herenton jabbed that an apology for slavery is not sufficient: [...]
If you watch this and not run for a tissue, you did better than I did.
[...]The Super Bowl got higher ratings in Nashville than Indianapolis. Well, duh, you can't dribble a football.
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Five years ago today I launched Enclave with a quote from and reflection on Peter Taylor:Do you ever wonder how the moonbattiest of moonbats got elected to Congress? Yeah…me too! So, I’m wondering how the heck Alan Grayson ever even got past the primaries, much less actually winning the election. Are the people in his district mentally challenged?
Business Should Mind Its Own Business Act [...]
Sarcastic Mom, who often proves her blog's name is quite apt, has a very nice piece on raising a child, losing perspective as we all do, and finding bliss in perspective.
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Betsy Phillips at Pith In The Wind gives New Yorkers a comparison to look at when it comes to Harold Ford Jr.
New York, it’s like this. Imagine you were dating a brash, handsome, charming fellow from Memphis, delightful in every way. You’re starting to really fall in love.
And so [...]
From the LA Times:
Am I the only one to notice the coincidence that the Tea Party Convention met in Nashville, which is also the title of a 1975 Robert Altman movie about (among other things) an anti-establishment presidential candidate? Hal Phillip Walker, the standard-bearer of the Replacement Party, would [...]
WKRN’s General Manager Gwen Kinsey says that Nashville is Talking was born to become a chalk outline:
Nashville is Talking was a bold step into media 2.0 by WKRN way back when.
I say way back when because if digital technology is teaching us anything it is that specific [...]
fredthompson -- UN Global Warming chair says skeptics can't tell asbestos from talcum powder. At least they can tell science from a snow job.
' [...]Nashville is Talking is closing shop.
NIT in its infancy introduced individual blogging to our mass media vehicle. The site generated buzz, a fair amount of regular readers and a provocative discussion about what role new media might play in the future of mainstream media. It was fun and it [...]
Sarah Palin is trying to be everything to all conservatives:
Palin wants to be, simultaneously, Pitchfork Sarah and Bill Kristol’s very own Eliza Doolittle. But she’s much more the latter than the former. There’s no room for doubt here: Sarah Palin means war.
[...]From Marsha Blackburn:
Starting this weekend and continuing into next week, I will host a series of listening sessions across the 7th District. These will not be traditional town hall meetings, where a Member of Congress stands at the podium and tells you what is going on in Washington. Instead, [...]
From Janell Ross:
But two years after the Illegal Alien Employment Act went into effect, state officials have closed 12 complaints involving 19 companies, and only one business was formally charged. That tally is well under what the law’s supporters say they expected.
State Sen. Bill Ketron, R-Murfreesboro, the act’s sponsor, [...]
Kleinheider says we are all media now.
As it becomes harder for corporations in the news biz to turn a profit, alternative media are filling the void. Certainly some new media models that stay true to the old ways of independence and objectivity will remain. But with profit margins thin [...]
From Marsha Blackburn:
Starting this weekend and continuing into next week, I will host a series of listening sessions across the 7th District. These will not be traditional town hall meetings, where a Member of Congress stands at the podium and tells you what is going on in Washington. Instead, [...]
A stunning post about the realities that people are facing out of Nashville from Stone Soup Station.
I think it had a lot to do with the type of emergencies and difficulties brought to my table by many of the folks I saw last week; there was the family of four [...]Jon Carroll thinks Rep. Steve Cohen may be headed for a loss:
Willie Herenton will win the race for the Democratic nomination and thus the 9th District Congressional seat. He doesn’t deserve it by any stretch of the imagination for the reasons Wendi has said. Herenton is running because he [...]
But Nate Silver says she will probably be the last one to realize it:
“There’s something which, if you’ve ever been in the business of trying to sell consulting services, you’ve probably grown accustomed to. It’s what I call the ‘consulting paradox’. Namely, it’s the idea that the people who [...]
Ok…I give up trying to take home video of these things that’s good enough to put on the web and be worth anyone’s time to watch. But it was really cool…like the sun rising. Glad I got to see a night launch!!!
More Stuff I Like[...]Since there is a complete lack of said common sense inside the beltway, I wouldn’t count on seeing any, any time soon. The people have spoken. They aren’t listening. But I will repeat it, just in case someone is paying attention for a change…..WE, THE PEOPLE, DO NOT WANT GOVERNMENT [...]
