by faintgraylines | May 28th, 2010
I didn’t watch the Tea Party-hosted Republican gubernatorial debate, not only because I had other plans but because I figure such a thing would be as substantive as a pageant.
While nobody emerged wearing a sash and tiara,
by faintgraylines | May 25th, 2010
Last night the state House voted to commend Arizona on its upcoming centennial (in 2012) as well as for passing controversial legislation which many argue encourages racial profiling.
Here’s the breakdown of how your state Democrats voted.
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by faintgraylines | May 11th, 2010
Everyone’s favorite Aunt B. did a great job summing up the Liberal Blogger Afternoon on the Hill at Tiny Cat Pants and at Pith. She fails to mention, however, the great restraint both she and I exercised in…
by faintgraylines | May 4th, 2010
Approximately 200 Nashvillians sandbagged the levee at MetroCenter today – despite MNPD officers explicitly saying we were entering the neighborhood “at our own risk,” and that if the levee went out we’d likely go out with it – with some…
by faintgraylines | April 22nd, 2010
Our friends at KnoxViews are taking names and kicking ass this morning.
by faintgraylines | April 19th, 2010
Senate Bill 2686, HB 2681‘s companion bill, passed 27-3 this evening.
You saw that right: 27-3. One Democrat, Sen. Andy Berke, and two Republicans were absent. Three Democrats – Sen. Beverly Marrero and Sen. Ophelia Ford…
by faintgraylines | April 18th, 2010
Rep. Jeanne Richardson (D – Memphis) went to bat for Gen X and Millennial Tennesseans last week when Rep. Matthew Hill (R-Jonesborough)’s latest nullification/forced birth legislation was brought to the state House floor for a vote.
HB 2681 reads:
BE
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by faintgraylines | April 13th, 2010
Monday night the state House passed a resolution to urge the United States Congress not to pass bills that have already become law – sponsored by someone who thinks Medicare is for poor people.
Really? So you were…
by faintgraylines | April 6th, 2010
While running late for Monday afternoon’s state House floor session, rather than park in the parking garage beneath Legislative Plaza a tenth of a mile away, Rep. Stacey Campfield left his car on the sidewalk of Charlotte Avenue directly…
Mad Libs
by faintgraylines | June 18th, 2010
Dear TNDP,
I’m not alone in saying it, but this is a problem.
(That’s seven months, and many “Chip Forrester is Outraged on a Friday” pressers ago.)
We know you know better. How about acting on it?
Is…
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