Comment Archives: stories: News: Pith in the Wind
Re: “Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller Coming, Boldly and Freshly, to the Ryman”
@Jim Collins: Your attempt at humor - sarcasm - rancour - whatever, came out as pathetic more than anything.
Re: “Symphony Lays Off Entire Catering and Dining Staff”
Sounds like a good start. But I'm sorry for those who are now seeking employment.
Re: “Symphony Lays Off Entire Catering and Dining Staff”
So now they need a microwave...it never ends.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
NeverFear, you are correct: DesJarlais is the best candidate of the Republican options.
Re: “Metro Council, Shrink Thyself”
It does not matter how small the Council as long as the body lacks a fully staffed and independent research staff. As long as the major source of information provided to the Council comes from Department heads who owe their jobs to the Mayor, the Council will always be a junior partner.
Similarly, the Charter needs to have the budget system revised so that the Mayor does not have such a huge disparity of power.
If we gave the Council more information and greater responsibility, then they would be in a better position to actually govern and voters would be more inclined to hold them responsible.
The current system is troubled enough under a good Mayor like Karl Dean and far more problematic under a Phil Bredesen {can you say 'Dell deal?'} or a Dick Fulton or a Bill Boner.
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
By the way, remember this?
http://lastcar.blogspot.com/2005/04/naifeh…
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
Jim, you're clueless and a liar, as usual. I was a gay-equality advocate decades before it was cool to be one, and my name was on it. I don't agree with some of Stacey's legislation, and he knows it. For example, I have never defended anti-gay bills, and I have spoken up against them.
Many people who disagree with Stacey's bills like Stacey. Ask Mike Turner. Don't know if he still does. Ask certain others. I oppose unfair treatment, including falsehoods, employed by the phony "liberals" against a number of folks, including Stacey and including me. The phony left IS what it claims to protest. There is a history, and I have a good memory.
Many, many politicians are selling us out. Have sold us out. But phony lefties are so selective. And not credible.
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
That was one well-written article. I think he has Nashville pegged.
Re: “Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller Coming, Boldly and Freshly, to the Ryman”
@xray: " Outlaw motorcycle gangs, the Mafia, the Russian mob, MS 13, and any other organization that preys on their fellow man"
Would that include the Tea Party, any Karl Rove fantasy or Koch Brothers funded entity, as well as your and your friend bobbsylittlegun?
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
AnglRdr: Donna luv's her some Stacy. She has a long and distinguished career defending his asininity. I wonder if she has his picture in her wallet?
Re: “Dean's Proposed Affordable Housing Fund Heads to Council”
It's those voices in his pointy little head that tell him that, AnglRdr.
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
Sounds like to me that some racist lite journalist (from a conservative pro WASP rag) with a compelling desire to find a white utopia of unreal persona's and 1860 values, was a might disappointed. Now THAT sounds like a real plus for Nashville, wouldn't you agree?
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
Some people don't understand blog versus hard news. Get over yourselves.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
That's right "Frank" (whoever you are), attack the messenger not the message. Well, I guess it is hard to defend such a douche as desJarlais, even for extremist GOPhers!
Re: “Symphony Lays Off Entire Catering and Dining Staff”
Wow. 16 full-time caterers. How often were events held in the building or off-site?
Re: “Symphony Lays Off Entire Catering and Dining Staff”
Was anyone running the numbers to determine whether the Symphony needed a catering staff?
It isn't like Nashville's only other catering options are limited to companies that serve white wine with the possum entrees.
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
Who knew? Tennessee Senator Frank Niceley failed to disclose the name of his farm within his 2013 Statement of Disclosure of Interests ss-8004 form filed with the Tennessee Ethics Commission:
https://apps.tn.gov/conflict-app/view_form…
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
Link to "Frank & Cyndie Niceley at a polo match on the farm in the early 1990's" image file at the web site for the "over 400 acres" Riverplains Farm:
Riverplains Farm
http://www.riverplainsfarm.com/about-us
I suppose that if a farmer in East Tennessee can receive a Tennessee Greenbelt property tax exemption on his farm lands that he can host polo matches and fox hunts...
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
"One morning a Farmer sat down to his breakfast, barely getting his gravy over the hot biscuits, when a sharp “rap” “rap” “rap” at the front door demanded his attention. Opening the door the farmer was greeted by a city dressed fellow with a wad of papers in one hand and a badge in the other. “Sir, I am from the US Department of Agriculture and this badge gives me the authority to inspect your cattle,” the man demanded. “Well, they’re right over there,” the Farmer responded, pointing to a nearby field. “I’m going to finish my breakfast.”
Shutting the door, the Farmer returned to his breakfast, grumbling to himself that his biscuits and grits were surely getting cold. The Farmer had no more than took his first fork full, when he heard the first “HELP ME!” Returning to the door, there was the agent running as fast as he could with the herd’s biggest bull close behind. “Farmer, HELP ME!,” the USDA agent pleaded. “Show him your badge,” the Farmer responded, as he closed the door wondering if there was enough coffee left in the pot for a refill.
Such has been the relationship between farmers and their regulators since the government first decided it needed to “help” the farmer. I grew up mistrusting government. My father was 29 when the stock market crashed in 1929 and was convinced that the county extension agent was a communist. Looking at the New Deal tobacco allotment program begun in 1938, I’ll have to admit he had a point..."
--- Tennessee State Senator Frank Niceley, farmer from Strawberry Plains
"Suckered in the Tobacco Patch; Hung out to Dry by the Government" blog article
Environmental Working Group - Farm Subsidy Database
Niceley Brother Farms
http://farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custn…
Niceley Brothers received payments totaling $70,891 from 1995 through 2012
Crop Summary for Niceley Brothers - Crop Payments 1995-2012
Livestock Subsidies $2,536
Wheat Subsidies** $663
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
You just have to go outside Nashville and its suburbs, and you have the stereotypes that the guy was pissed about not seeing.
Hillbillies come from the hills, the sticks, the hollers and mountains. You can't make moonshine or meth in the city like you can in rural areas if your business plan lasts more than a few months. People in the less populated counties don't get in such a twist about kissing cousins and using all-terrain vehicles as primary forms of transportation.
I'm not saying every rural Tennessean fits the stereotypes, but they became famous for a reason.