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NewsChannel5.com | Nashville News, Weather
By Phil Williams
Chief Investigative Reporter
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- It's a state agency that's supposed to help meet the housing needs of the Tennessee's neediest families.
But a NewsChannel 5 investigation discovered the Tennessee Housing Development Agency also spends lots of money having fun.
Watch this. I am very disappointing. Party, party, party! Stretch Limo's, renting out the Country Music Hall of Fame, a roomful of balloons, massive spending on frivolous stuff.
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV-AP) -
The chairman of the Tennessee Conservative Union has called on Republican Rep. Scott DesJarlais to resign after reports that include the congressman once urged a mistress to terminate a pregnancy.
Chairman Lloyd Daugherty said in a release on Tuesday that DesJarlais' actions have "reached a level of hypocrisy that is simply untenable." (link)My Comment
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What They Are Saying: 28 Newspapers (And Counting) That Endorsed Obama In 2008 Change Their Minds In
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From the Metro Government, Planning Department.
2016, The MOVIE,
will be shown tomorrow night, Friday, November 2 @ 7:00 sharp!
A second woman who says she had an affair with Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) has come forward in an interview with the Chattanooga Times Free Press, saying it began when he was her doctor.
Your first time, do it for free stuff! Great parody of Lena Dunham 'My first time' video.
Today, November 1st is the last chance to early vote. Polls are open until 4:30PM.*
Avoid the lines on election day and make sure you get your vote in for this election. If you haven’t early voted yet, please vote today!
Location Addresses
Belle Meade City Hall 4705 Harding Pike
Bellevue Community Center 656 Colice Jeanne Road
Bordeaux Library 4000 Clarksville Pike
Coleman Park Community Center 384Thompson Lane
Crossings Event Center 5380 Hickory Hollow Parkway
Davidson County Election Commission 800 2nd Avenue South, 1st Floor
Edmondson Pike Library 5501 Edmondson Pike
Friendship Baptist Church 1109 32nd Avenue North
Goodlettsville City Hall 105 South Main Street
Green Hills Library 3701 Benham Avenue
Hermitage Library 3700 James Kay Lane
Madison Library 610 Gallatin Pike South
(* For Democrats, I think the polls are open until 7:30)
Media Reluctant to Endorse Four More Years | Blue Collar Muse
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Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus
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I am by no means a prude, but this Obama ad really is in poor taste. Why should I be surprised and expect more from this President?
Actress Lena Dunham says, “Your first time shouldn’t be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy.” She is speaking of voting. I guess the President thinks this is the way to reach the young voters of America. Show how cool and hip and irreverent you are and they will vote for you? I hope most college age people are not that shallow.
Explosive new allegations surrounding the Benghazi attack emerged this morning, with FOX News’ Jennifer Griffin reporting that sources have confirmed that three urgent requests for military assistance sent from the CIA annex were all denied. Additionally, CIA operators were told to “stand down” rather than respond when shots were heard around 9:40 p.m. on September 11. Following the alleged developments, Charles Woods, father of ex-Navy SEAL Tyrone Woods who was killed in the attack, spoke out on Glenn Beck’s radio program.(link)The more we learn about Bnegazi, it looks with increased certainty that the Obama administration ignored warnings prior to the event that would indicate our consulate should be reinforced or withdrawn, that the administration watched drone aerial transmission of events on the ground in real time, that a plea for help as the attack was underway was ignored, and that the administration lied and provided a story they knew to be untrue claiming the attack was a spontaneous eruption resulting from a YouTube video insulting to Islam.
Today the Tennessee Court of Appeals upheld the
state's new law requiring voters to show photo identification at
polling places and ruled that election officials must accept an ID
issued by the Memphis library.
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey released the following statement on today's appeals court ruling:
"While
allowing library cards clearly violates the legislative intent of this
law, the court rightly affirmed the law's constitutionality. Just
yesterday, we saw Democrat Party voter fraud efforts make national news
in Virginia, as the son of a U.S. Congressman was caught on tape
explaining how to commit fraud at the ballot box. This is exactly the
type of illegal behavior our law will stop. Tennessee's voter ID law is
necessary, proper and completely constitutional. This has been made
plain by the courts and remains undisputed."
To see the video mentioned by Gov. Ramsey, see the next post on this blog.
Published October 23, 2012 Associated Press DENVER – There are 300 more suspected noncitizens on Colorado's voter rolls, Secretary of State Gessler announced Tuesday in the latest chapter of a contentious national debate over what Republicans say is vulnerability in the voting system. Read more:
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Book Description from Amazon
Publication Date: January 1, 1935
What does one need to know about politics? In some ways, Nock has summed it all up in this astonishing book, the influence of which has grown every year since its publication. Nock was a prominent essayist at the height of the New Deal. In 1935, hardly any public intellectuals were making much sense at all. They pushed socialism. They pushed fascism. Everyone had a plan. Hardly anyone considered the possibility that the state was not fixing society but destroying it bit by bit. And so Albert Jay Nock came forward to write what needed to be written. And he ended up penning a classic of American political commentary, one that absolutely must be read by every student of economics and government.
One realizes many important points about Nock when reading this. First, he was brilliant, original, and courageous. Second, he hated politics -- indeed he hated politics so much that he wanted a society that was completely free of it. This is why he is often described as anarchist. Third, he surely was one of the great stylists of the English language in the history of 20th century writing. Those who have read Nock know that there is something about his writing that tugs very deeply on one's conscience and soul. This book will linger in your mind as you read the daily headlines. He makes his points so well that they become unforgettable.
MSNBC's Matthews claims it's unconstitutional for Romney to challenge Obama
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The new October 25, 2012 Farmers Market Commission meeting agenda is now available. You can find the agenda at the link:
Farmers Market Commission Agenda
The Farmers Market Commission is one of the Metro agencies in need of a citizen watchdog. This agency has been plagued by mismanagement and waste. I wish a citizen who can understand financial spread sheets and budgets would regularly attend the farmers market meetings.
The Boston Herald's endorsement is strong and unequivocal. Here are some excerpts:
Four years ago the voters put their faith in a man who offered vague promises of hope and change at a time when any change looked like a good idea and hope was in short supply.To read the entire editorial follow this link.
What this nation got in Barack Obama was a president who used an economic crisis to further his redistributionist agenda — and, not surprisingly, failed miserably at restoring American prosperity. Oh, he brought change all right — to a government-knows-best philosophy that has given us four years of high unemployment, higher gas prices, a $16 trillion deficit, and a job-killing regulatory environment.
.....this nation can’t afford four more years of Barack Obama, four more years of his divisive class warfare rhetoric, four more years of his Chicago-style eco-cronyism and four more years of an administration that will lie and obfuscate — even about the death of a U.S. ambassador — to save its sorry hide.
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During the last four years the world has become a more dangerous place. We can’t afford four more years of a leadership vacuum.
I again watched the debate at a debate watch party at the Republican Party storefront office in Green Hills.
In my view, the debate was a tie or maybe a slight win for Romney. Romney appeared calm and collected: Obama appeared contemptuous and irritated. I think Romney made no mistakes that would detour the momentum of the campaign and Obama was not reassuring and was not able to paint Romney as reckless or adventurous in foreign policy.
I thought a high point for President Obama was when he dismissed Romney's charge that we have fewer Navy ships than we did in 1917. I or course, do not know what the correct number of ships are that we need but I thought Obama's logic was valid. In a different era when troops can be ferried by air to trouble spots around the world, we may not need as many ships as at some point in the past.
I thought a high point for Romney was when he described President Obama's Apology tour of the Mid-East.
....the reason I call it an apology tour is because you went to the Middle East and you flew to Egypt and to Saudi Arabia and to Turkey and Iraq. And by the way, you skipped Israel, our closest friend in the region, but you went to the other nations.
And by the way, they noticed that you skipped Israel. And then in those nations, and on Arabic TV, you said that America had been dismissive and derisive. You said that on occasion America had dictated to other nations.
Mr. President, America has not dictated to other nations. We have freed other nations from dictators.