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Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
"I suspect you mean that as an insult, but your odd syntax makes it unclear."
Gonna play dumb now? Is that because I hit a nerve?
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Well said Steve.
How much economic impact does the 'Nashville' production generate?
It would be wonderful if Nashville were to become Hollywood South but that will be a function of available resources and personnel not getting lost in an endless cycle of give-aways to the insatiably greedy and unnervingly tanned Hollywood producers.
I fear Nashville will cave to 'Nashville' so that prominent locals will get to be on screen and to get to hang out with the stars.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
As a Memphian who saw a show supposedly about us (MEMPHIS BEAT) shot in NEW ORLEANS because we wouldn't come up with the $$$ to subsidize production, I can only smile and shake my head. Let's put it another way: is the city's ego fragile enough to want to give the producers this cash? Fortunately, Memphis's ego, never known for its' stability, was not so fragile that they said yes, and the show died of its own accord, as it should have.
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Is it extortion when we ask them to do it?
I do want to know what the overall economic impact has been. I did see lots of increased activity downtown on shoot days, so know that caterers and other various craftspeople were making some money, but beyond that, I am curious.
Re: “The real drama at ABC's Nashville starts as the season stops”
Steve Buchanan from Gaylord lives here and is a Producer. Why isn't he quoted in this article?
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
Have we gotten back all the welfare we gave them? You know, the supposed extra economic activity etc?
Should we feel sorry for this rich corporation which is trying to legally extort us?
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
Actually, bobs, my happiness is not influenced at all by you. My unhappiness, either, come to think of it.
In other words, my life rolls merrily along, and will continue to do so, regardless of you. I don't hate you; I'm merely indifferent to you.
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
@Anglrdr: Evidently you're not happy unless I treat you like a white idiot.
@Jimbo: What you're saying is that white people should leave black predators alone.
@Both of you: Here's a link from The Root I've posted before showing relative racism world wide. Notice that America is less racist than all the countries of Africa, Asia, and most of Europe. All those people in all those African countries don't want neighbors of a different race...hmmm. Maybe that's why their cousins in America tend to group together - it's an ingrained racial thing.
http://www.theroot.com/buzz/worlds-most-an…
Re: “Tennessee Tries to Bully Berry College”
Ah, the good old college days of yore, where I learned to ignore the light that illuminated my inner sanctum. I must admit that my brain frazzled when confronted with the ad hominem methods of circumspection that my professors often employed. I can't blame them though, for they were taught at a young age to bury their innate humanity, their very being, under the surreal skies of academic morbidity. My mind was so unpacked after classes, that the feral hedgehogs of the underworld would come out of their subterranean hiding places to mock my existence. Those are evil beings though, and I would ignore their taunts until, defeated, they would slither back into their holes of darkness! So do not back down, Berry College. Hold to your principles on this billboard and give these clueless government bureaucrats the proverbial finger! You will be happy that you did when you are sitting in That Happy Place, sipping cognac with the Bohemian power-brokers and laughing at the obtuseness of the rest of the human race.
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
Watching Bobs attempt mental jujitsu is entertaining.
Please, keep on; you're hilarious! And also so not a racist! (Guess which of those statements are sarcastic.)
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
NO you simpleton! What I said is that he singled out the target as BLACK predators, thus indicating that he was unconcerned with white predators or felt they did not exist (which is utter B S). Most people not wearing hoods on their head or swastikas on their arms would prefer that ALL predators (red, white, black, pinstripe) be removed! Are you totally unable to understand inferred racism? You seem to employ it quite often!
Re: “WSMV Exposes Metro's Makeshift Toxic Landfill (And a Scalp for Ken Jakes!)”
Well I supported Dean, considering that he was the only viable candidate IMHO! I admit that I have been VERY disappointed on both this and his biased support for Great Hearts. Perhaps if a candidate that has more to offer the progressive needs of Metro, and is viable, I can support them!
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
@Jimbo: So, you want white people to leave black predators alone? That's a win win for everybody in the neighborhood. Do you not think there might be some black people that would gives thanks to anybody who removed black predators from the streets?
Re: “Tennessee Tries to Bully Berry College”
Bob Keim - establish an operation? It is a billboard; it is an advertisement. Where is the gray area - there is no operation in TN.
Never Fear - There aren't a lot of out-of-state colleges advertising on TN roadways, much less "hundreds". This is, apparently, one of the reasons. There is an established law and TN wants to enforce it.
Re: “Tennessee Tries to Bully Berry College”
Why the concern for this Berry College? Is this some great Constitutional crises within
our state over one of hundreds of so so colleges wanting to increase the head count?
Re: “Stephen Fincher Loves Government Handouts, Just Not for the Poor”
Matthew 25:35-40
New International Version (NIV)
35 For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, 36 I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’
37 “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? 38 When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? 39 When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’
40 “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’
Re: “WSMV Exposes Metro's Makeshift Toxic Landfill (And a Scalp for Ken Jakes!)”
THIS "tree-hugger" didn't vote for Dean--either time. Greens do not support greedy corporatists--unlike those on the right.
Re: “Tennessee Tries to Bully Berry College”
"some states charge out-of-state colleges money to send emails to residents of the state. ..That doesn't excuse the blatant money-grab"
Sounds like government is trying to operate like a business. (sarcasm alert)
Re: “Tennessee Tries to Bully Berry College”
The concept of college via the internet (or commerce in general via the net) opens up great issues in states rights and their ability to tax and regulate these activities.
This school is recruiting students in Tennessee, yet feels they have no obligation to meet any standards established in our state, whether those standards concern education or fees. If they want to do that, then they can not also come to this state and establish an operation here. The question is a matter of gray - when do they establish an operation here?
But yes, I want my frat to have a rush party on the billboard, thank you. :)
Re: “Will Nashville Hit the Road?”
I like the show. And as someone who works in a hotel, people are coming to us because of the show. It's publicty for the city. We need the show and the show needs us. We need to do whatever we can to keep them here. If we are having to pay for a fairgrounds and a convention center and all these other things that make us Nashville, we can surely afford giving these folks a discount to show the rest of the country how cool we are. Because we are pretty spectacular.