Tag: reality

  • Perception, Reality and Role Conflict

    I’ve been thinking a lot about that MTSU poll released last week. One writer called it schizophrenia, I think it’s something more akin to role conflict. Tennesseans should be scratching our heads. On the one hand, we’ve got these very vocal folks who are screaming that if we don’t lower taxes, as long as its…

  • Putting Politics Ahead of People

    The man pictured here on the left is worried. I know he doesn’t look worried in the picture, but apparently, according to correspondence revealed late yesterday by Braisted he is wor-ried. It seems that Rep. Halford is concerned because Democrats are outmaneuvering Republicans in talking about jobs. Truth be told, Republicans haven’t said one word…

  • Marbles

    Over the course of the past several months I’ve been reading and thinking and reading and listening and thinking some more about stuff. I haven’t written much because, quite frankly, I haven’t had much to say and I’m growing more and more frustrated at not only the way things are but the manner in which…

  • Still Suffering from the Bush Economy

    The Labor Department announced today that 651,000 new unemployment claims were filed in February, raising the national unemployment rate to 8.1%. Unemployment has been on a steady rise since December of 2006. The stock market has lost 53% of it’s value since peaking at over 14000 in October of 2007. The FDIC reports that 43…