Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Assassination Ain't a Joke Dude
Apparently, some bonehead in Florida was charged with threatening to assassinate Barack Obama. CNN has the story. What an asshat. During an interview with the Secret Service, Geisel denied threatening Obama, but told agents that “if he wanted to kill Senator Obama he would simply shoot him with a sniper rifle.” He later said that…
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Nikki Tinker – Worst Person in the World
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Smearing in Absentia – The Tinker Campaign Strategy
Until about a month ago, the TN-09 Congressional primary has been a quiet affair. Since Nikki Tinker’s announcement in March, she has been strangely absent, often avoiding any statement on her positions and comment to local reporters. Even so, in the past two months Tinker has demurred more often than not when asked to comment…
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Cashing in at MCS
In an editorial over a the CA newly installed Superintendent, Kriner Cash lays out his plan to help the districts most at risk students find success. The prescription, 2000 college aged tutors. I have to say, this is a brilliant idea. It does a lot of things; 1. It gives young people, who may have…
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The GOP Whine Fest
Over the past couple of days, I’ve been reading article after article about the GOP whine fest that’s going on in the House chambers right now. Essentially, this is a last ditch attempt by a small group of GOP faithful to put forth the impression that by not voting to allow additional drilling the Democratic…
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Karaoke Mishaps I Have Known
One of my dark secrets is that I am a Karaoke whore. I don’t really know what else to say about it. I just am. So, when a client suggested that the entertainment for their event might be a karaoke night I thought that, with enough booze, it could be pretty fun. What I didn’t…