Tennessee Political Blogwire

updated at 06:31

• Feel Good Friday!

  —Sharoncobb

  
  Every Friday, bloggers and journalists and writers in TN. put aside their personal differences and post a music video to make YOU feel good.
  
  Well, it's a holiday weekend, and people are already feeling good with their loved ones and friends. The only thing that could add to [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:05am EST
  by Sharon Cobb

• YIKES!

  —Just Another Pretty Farce

  It’s technically Thanksgiving when I write this, but I don’t want anyone to stumble on here and get mad at me for posting such self-serving weirdness (different from every other day how?) on the holiday, so I’m post-dating it. After the fiasco with Rapunzel’s off-putting photo from the other day I’m [...]
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  Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:55am EST
  by Katherine Coble

• QOT(turkey)D

  —walls of the city

  The U.S. Marine Corps has long noted the success of the U.S. Air Force AC-130 aircraft that SOCOM uses. But they couldn't afford them, as an AC-130 costs more than three times as much an a marine KC-130J aerial refueling aircraft. But the marines developed a solution. This is' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:52pm EST
  

• Chattanooga Jeweler's "Finger" Billboard

  —TaxingTennessee

  Link

  It's a brake pumping sight that has people on Signal Mountain Boulevard buzzing.

  "I had to take a double take," said Paul Shirley, a local businessman, "it looks kindly strange, until you look at it really good."

  The billboard reads, "she's tired of waiting." It's a local [...]

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:27pm EST
  by Ben Cunningham

• Are Ya In Shock?

  —An Ol' Broad's Ramblings

  Number of comments: 1
  

  I took the day off, and ya know what?  I thoroughly enjoyed it!    No politics, no drama!  It has been GREAT!

  The Mr and I shared a quiet, LARGE meal of turkey, etc.  We will, no doubt, be having turkey for the next month or so.  [...]

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:55pm EST
  by olbroad

• Newest Stimulus Project-10 jobs created

  —TaxingTennessee

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 7:24pm EST
  by Ben Cunningham

• Black Friday Shopping

  —The Humble Libertarian

  Avoid the crowds and do some of your holiday shopping online! If you plan on purchasing any gifts online, please use the graphic below to visit Amazon.com and make your purchase there.
  
  Any purchase you make after browsing to Amazon from the link below, goes [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:59pm EST
  

• Not The Usual Thanksgiving Picture

  —Newscoma

  

  I took this picture with my phone today. I kinda love it.

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 6:21pm EST
  by newscoma

• Thanksgiving

  —Tiny Cat Pants

  This morning, we heard a meowing the likes of which we had never heard before. My dad was all “What’s going on with the tiny cat?” And I looked out and saw a tiny cat, howling, in the garage. A cat not ours. People drop all kinds of animals of out [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 4:22pm EST
  by Aunt B.

• WVLT #1

  —Brian's Blog

  WVLT Volunteer TV has just been recognized as #1 for news at 11:00 p.m. Great job Volunteer TV news team. They are the the Official station of the TN Vols. [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:54pm EST
  

• The Real Story of Thanksgiving….

  —Tennesseefree.com

  …as told once again by Mark Rose. Happy Thanksgiving! [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  by glendean

• current altitude: 40011 feet

  —walls of the city

  Wifi on planes is somehow just wrong... it takes away the whole "but I am on a plane" excuse for not doing work while travelling...

  Anywise, time to go wave at Joe Huffman as we fly over. Y'all have a good Thanksgiving.

  ' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 2:08pm EST
  

• Happy Thanksgiving Roundup

  —The Humble Libertarian

  The libertarian Cato Institute's David Boaz wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving: "I spend most of my time sounding the alarm about the freedoms we're losing. But this was a good opportunity to step back and consider how America is different from much of world history'" [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 12:40pm EST
  

• Obama Shatters Spending Record for First-Year Presidents

  —Tennesseefree.com

  Number of comments: 1
  Just great. How’s that change working for you now? President Obama has shattered the budget record for first-year presidents — spending nearly double what his predecessor did when he came into office and far exceeding the first-year tabs for any other U.S. president in history. In fiscal 2009 the federal government spent [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:25am EST
  by Number 9

• Charles Johnson gathers his flock...

  —The Cutting Edge

  Number of comments: 0
  ...of brainless Little Green Footballs to his daily absolution. Listen up, mini lizards, or you'll be booted out into the ...real world.UPDATE This is as good a place as any to place this hilarity. ' [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:58am EST
  by Serr8d

• After Twelve Months In Afghanistan

  —Post Politics

  Number of comments: 2
  

  From NewsChannel5:

  Ft. Campbell said 700 soldiers from the 159th Combat Aviation Brigade will be home for Thanksgiving.

  
  

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:14am EST
  by Kleinheider

• The Politics Of Collecting

  —Post Politics

  Number of comments: 1
  

  Doug Bandow defends a practice:

  [A]t a Chelsea flea market in New York City last weekend I did purchase a World War I German military cigarette case.

  Despite what you might think, I’m really not a communist-sympathizer. Nor a fan of the Kaiser. Just a collector. Collecting might be a form [...]

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:12am EST
  by Kleinheider

• Too Much Thanks

  —Post Politics

  Number of comments: 3
  

  
  

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:09am EST
  by Kleinheider

• Joe Kirkpatrick Stops By On Thanksgiving

  —The Mike Slater Show

  Joe’s website: [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:02am EST
  by slaterradio

• give thanks

  —walls of the city

  Better Half and I are visiting my parental units out west, so do not expect too much in the way of posting over the next few days. Have a happy Thanksgiving, and be thankful that we live in one of the freest, if not the freest, countries in the world... [...]

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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:48am EST
  

• Poll: Most oppose "reform", Even Dems oppose single payer

  —TaxingTennessee

  This Ipsos poll shows most oppose Congressional "reform" efforts 46% to 34%.
  Even more interesting, when they asked Dems who support "reform" if they also support "Creation of a single payer system in which the government controls the entire healthcare insurance system," they oppose single payer almost 2 [...]
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  Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:55am EST
  by Ben Cunningham