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Re: “On TV News, Sweeps and Sensationalism”
Oh dont worry Kevin, we know all your station's stories have no credibility regardless of the month!
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
NIce..Bigotry goes corporate.
Re: “In The Future, Al Gore warns readers of cliffs far more precarious than fiscal ones”
Human beings are making such extraordinary demands on the environment that the natural cycles can no longer provide a seemingly unlimited supply of resources. Our rate of borrowing has become too great. Tropical forests are being cut at a rapid rate for their timber or to make new agricultural land. The fertility of soils in many parts of the world is being depleted by poor agricultural practices. Species and their habitats are being destroyed by human activity at a rate never experienced before. There is overuse of the renewable resources-air, water, food, timber- but of nonrenewable resources as well. The minerals and fossil fuels that have become the basis of civilization are being consumed at a rate that ensure their depletion before many more generations have passed. -Science as a way of knowing-John A. Moore, Intro page 2.
Re: “A Fan's Notes: What Does and Doesn't Work About Star Trek Into Darkness (With Spoilers)”
I dunno--I thought of it as Wrath of Khan meets Groundhog Day, writ over 300 years instead of February 2.
Re: “Local Filmmakers' A Measure of the Sin Tonight at Belcourt”
They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half just to see'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Til it's gone. They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot. - Joni Mitchell, Big Yellow Taxi
Re: “If You Can Afford a Gold Coin, Why Can't You Afford Taxes on a Gold Coin?”
That's why you should never get into gold investment before being well-informed about what's going on.
http://www.goldcoin.net/buy-gold-coins.php
Re: “Hey, Gov. Haslam — CEOs are Accountable to Shareholders, Right?”
@Jim Collins: "As for who's to blame for Wall Street failures, why I'm sure it's poor people, they cause ALL the world's woes, don't they?"
They did this time. They defaulted in large numbers on their "affordable home loans" which became known as "toxic securities" (oh, you forgot) because they poisoned the financial well of the whole world. Normal mortgage failure is 5%, affordable home loan failures were 14%. These affordable home loans were forced upon the lenders by the government through the threat of lawsuits. On the other hand, the borrowers lost nothing as they were put into these homes with no money down so they had nothing invested to lose and were, in effect, paying rent while acquiring equity which, unfortunately never materialized. So when one lost a home, they didn't lose anything except rent money which they would have had to pay to somebody anyway to keep a roof over their head. But, yeah, the poor, through the threats of Dodd and Frank, et al, brought down financial institutions around the world. Now, don't you wish you'd known that before you asked your silly question?
@Chris Allen: What institute awarded you a masters degree in Business Administration?
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
He cruises around at night looking for "black predators" (his words) not simply predators, no matter the race. The fact that he distinguishes shows a racist tendency despite his convenient anti Hitler-Klan-Nazi proclamations, perhaps he is simply cutting down the comparisons, and/or downing the competition so to speak! No real need to "bet" on that observation!
This cracker is just looking for his 15 minutes of fame and trying to create a money making organization (with him as head) in order to solicit funds and peddle influence. It would take a Bozo to defend him as anything other than a "rabble rouser"!
Re: “Hey, Gov. Haslam — CEOs are Accountable to Shareholders, Right?”
Chris,
Fair enough.
And I am no fan of Texas and the undeserved arrogance of self-styled Texans. They robbed Mexico and found oil. Hardly on par with something difficult like the founding of Utah or the settlement of Alaska.
LBJ and W were poor Presidents in part because of their Texas-sized arrogance.
Re: “New Music City Mini-Doc Talks Nashville Rock 'n' Roll, Kings of Leon and Serpents and Snakes”
When Jimi Hendrix was in the army and stationed at FT. Campbell, KY (approx. 60 miles from downtown Nashville) he played gigs around the Music City. He was inducted into Nashville's Walk of Fame in 2007. Nashville's Walk of Fame, is across the street from the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum in the area of the beautiful "downtown" rose garden. Bob Dylan and Neil Young recorded in Nashville early on in their careers. Johnny Cash, who resided in a suburb of Nashville, is in the Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame & Museum. The pioneers of rock music laid the roots and cultivated the spirit of rock & roll in Music City, USA. It's really nice to see, and hear, all the young rockers following in their footsteps.
Re: “Hey, Gov. Haslam — CEOs are Accountable to Shareholders, Right?”
Mark,
I wasn't really praising California as much as I was just defending them a bit and commenting on the reflexive habit of certain individuals to just dump on the state while seemingly having no knowledge of the complexities that are involved. It's easy to just look at the negative and ignore the positive, be it states, countries, or political leaders, while doing the exact opposite for those things we like and value. Other states have huge natural resources also (like Texas with oil), but the major difference is that Texas isn't hamstrung by a referendum system that makes it near impossible to inact needed changes. And even with that, Texas isn't quite the well-run paradise that some claim.
Re: “Hey, Gov. Haslam — CEOs are Accountable to Shareholders, Right?”
Chris,
Before you praise California too much, it helps to remember that the state has huge natural advantages that most states lack and it benefits from massive specific government subsidies {water being the biggest} that do not get reflected in the 'costs' of life in the Golden state.
For example, let's tax California for all the water that goes to the overpopulated region of Southern California. And let's also consider all the defense spending that has gone into the state since just before WWII. And California has most of the port space on the Pacific coast, something that its businesses and unions didn't create.
To be sure, California has done some excellent things in the area of public policy. Their state system of higher education was one although it is in serious economic trouble, in no small part due to public service unions. But it is also blessed by nature and government largess {all those electoral votes come at a price}.
Re: “Whose Faith & Values Is The Tennessean Covering?”
While you're correct about the persecution of Mormons, I think calling them the "epitome of what successful citizens are all about" is stretching it.
I used to be Mormon, and grew up in Utah. There are some fine Mormons. There are some POS Mormons. They're just people; their religion is pretty much beside the point.
Re: “The State of Metro According to Karl Dean”
Was Dean wearing rose colored glasses when he spoke?
Re: “Local Filmmakers' A Measure of the Sin Tonight at Belcourt”
Another great work by Hannah Kahn
Family History
My name is Eve
My husband is Adam
My address is Eden
And I have two sons
One is Cain
One is Abel
(My whole life
Sounds like a fable)
There was an apple
And there was a snake
What a mistake
For a woman to make.....
We'll have to find
Another town
It might take ages
To live this down.
"The persona behind these poems emerges clearly as the voices behind the poetry as prophetic, humanitarian: the voices behind the poetry are those of Dickinson and Blake. A sly wit prevents the satire and prophesy from becoming pompous. Time.Wait has the potential of reaching a large audience: poetry that is accessible and intelligent."
- Peter Meinke
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Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
Gosh I hate IE 10! Could Microsoft just once leave bad enough alone?
Re: “New Music City Mini-Doc Talks Nashville Rock 'n' Roll, Kings of Leon and Serpents and Snakes”
In the clip: SIR on Cherry ST in Nashville, TN...went to my first Tom Jackson Productions bootcamp there.
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
xray/Zoombah wrote: "The big question is, would he treat white predators the same as black predators?"
Er...Nope. That's why his group is called "White Student Union" and not "Towson State U. Neighborhood Watch."
Re: “Racist Who Attended Racist Conference in Tennessee Still Being Racist Back at School”
xray/Zoombah, etc. wrote: "The big question is, would he treat white predators the same as black predators?"
Er, um....NOPE! That's why his little vigilante group is called the "White Student Union" and not "Towson State U. Neighborhood Watch".
Re: “Whose Faith & Values Is The Tennessean Covering?”
Well, what Chas wrote above. If Betsy subscribed to and read the print version of The Tennessean, she would have have seen more diversity in the coverage. So, I presume she doesn't subscribe. I seldom read that paper online, so I don't know what's there, but I get the print version.
The cast of the paper's religious/spiritual coverage could be wider and deeper, but sometimes I see mention of other paths I know, as in Saritha Prabhu's recent op-ed column about yoga and Hinduism.
Personally, I could do without Ray Waddle.
I taught hatha yoga in a night-school program for many years and defended it against the local Baptists (in Georgia). I'm an infidel.