Comment Archives: Last 7 Days
Re: “The Small Triumphs of a History Nerd: Timothy Demonbreun Edition”
Wow, someone of the wrong sex has an awful lot of PMS! Pompous Male Syndrome, perhaps? I am also a descendant of Timothe. He is my 4th great grandfather, ( still a GREAT grandfather of some nature).. all male descendants down until the birth of my grandmother, Myrtle Bunnie Demonbreun. I have done quite a bit of research over the last few years, and I only knew of one other mistress besides my 4th great grandmother, Elizabeth. I live in Ashland City, as do so many descendants of Timothe, and there is no bad blood between us with Doziers, which some of us are twice related with, or Durards, or anyone else related in some way. Great article, thank you for sharing**
Re: “The Weekly Open Thread: Give Us Your Top 5 Restaurants”
Etch
Yellow Porch
Flyte
Cafe Fundamental (brunch)
Catbird Seat
Bonus to the person who said Calypso, because I probably eat there more often than anywhere.
Re: “Blondie and X to Play the Ryman on Sept. 30”
I have seen both bands in the last 2 years (Blondie twice) and they're both still killin' it. This will be epic! I'm supporting a Burke/Bonebrake presidential ticket for 2016!!!
Re: “Portraits in Blue: William Stout’s Legends of the Blues”
I certainly approve of the inclusion of greats like Louis, Roy and Wynonie, as well as the early blues queens and jazz singers like Humes. Far too much preference is given to country guitar players in things like this. And Frankie "Half Pint" Jaxon is most deserving! He was one of a kind.
Re: “Blondie and X to Play the Ryman on Sept. 30”
X played at the Uptown Mix once. They were great.
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
He links to the Daily Caller because he's trying to help drive up their traffic. I'm not clicking that link or visiting the Daily Caller because I've been to that website on several occasions and EVERY time did some research and found out that they were either taking something waaaaaay out of context or just making things up. I've seen enough of that, and other like-minded websites. You'd best be served to ignore his comments backed up by a link to that garbage.
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
xray: You linked to the Daily Caller as a source? Bwahahahahaha!
Re: “First Bite: Husk Nashville”
My two cents:
Not a fan of the decor at all. I ate in the purple dining room on the street level, and wasn't particularly taken with the art or purple walls. I do love the exterior of the building, and the downstairs dining room looked nice.
Went for lunch last week. My grouper was overcooked. The accouterments with it were good. The fried green tomatoes were unremarkable. Lockeland Table's version is considerably better. I tried someone else's catfish BLT, not impressed. I did enjoy the Benton's ham plate, and i had a bite of a pretty tasty burger. I'll definitely give it another chance at dinner in the near future.
At this point, it may be a victim of its own hype. I must admit, my expectations were pretty high.
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
xray: Poverty rates are significantly higher in rural areas. There are more poor people in cities because a greater number of all people in the US live in cities.
http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/rural-econo…
And the article is about "Federal Aid as a Percentage of State General Revenue," not "federal taxes in and out." You, however, claimed that a significant number of people don't pay taxes, a claim that is demonstrably false.
Re: “Caption Contest: Ice Cube Ticket Giveaway!”
"i'm comin' straight outta crawmpton."
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
Zoombahb, the adults are talking. Did you have something to say about the topic at hand?
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
@wvfii: The next time you choose to comment wait until you're sober. Harry Reid said Romney paid no taxes. It was erroneous information but he must have trusted the source of that information and the place the source (who screwed up) would have to be is the IRS. About Obamaphones: It was on the news last night that the cost had reached $2 billion.
@madison: The article was about federal taxes out and in, not all the local stuff. The thing is, there are too many varying factors for the charts to mean much but it cannot be denied that a large percentage of our population are big city dwellers who are always on and will always be on the dole. If it displeases you that I noticed that, well.....(Psst, nationwide we have ten percent of Mexico up here cashing in.)
Here's a link to a black politician who woke up and looked around -http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/19/elbert-g…
Re: “In the Case of Pilot Flying J: Keep Your Eye on John Freeman”
I wonder if the News-Sentinel will dare have a photo of Jimmy Haslam in cuffs doing the perp walk after that indictment is handed down. I just can't wait, what with the giddy anticipation of that happy scene.
Why, this crooked scam seems almost as bad as Pilot gouging us during and after that hurricane.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
"Some people don't understand blog versus hard news."
Projection at its finest!
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
Jim, you certainly are an expert on FICTION!!!
Re: “Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller Coming, Boldly and Freshly, to the Ryman”
@xray: do Little Jimmy's attempts ever come out as anything else?
Pathetic is his middle name.
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
EBT cards are designed to buy only foodstuffs, Adam. It is illegal to purchase " lottery tickets and cigarettes". When that is occurring and the authorities are aware, arrests and prosecutions soon follow. WTF else can be done, starve the poor?
Coast Guard serves on inland waterways by law also, and as far as I can determine, there is NO submarine base in Oklahoma, and the WW II navy base there was a Naval Air Base. The Nuclear Training facility in Idaho trains necessary naval personnel on servicing and managing nuclear operations both on board naval shipping, but on mainland facilities also if needed!
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
xray: "You're failing to consider that Tennessee has two large cities that comprise one third of the state's population with half those people not paying taxes but receiving benefits, thus skewing the percentages."
Please let me know how it's possible to live in Tennessee and not pay taxes. We don't have an income tax, but we have taxes on sales, property (renters pay this indirectly), car tags, gas, services, liquor, cigarettes, food -- almost every time money legally changes hands.
At the federal level, there are also taxes beyond the income tax, such as FICA and gas taxes.
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
Williamson County only takes in so much because half the state shops at Cool Springs Mall. Don't get on a high horse. They just got there first.
It's interesting how many people ignore the details of the map and try to deduct things that were already deducted, in order to say, hey, we aren't really moochers! But we are. The numbers don't lie. We pay less federal taxes and soak up more federal expenditures than other states, per capita. You blame the big scary liberal cities, but which US Representative collected millions in farm subsidies?
People are seeing through all these republican lies about budgets. It's pretty easy, if you just read once in a while. Republicans spent MANY billions on infrastructure in Iraq, but it would be wrong to do that in the United States, for some reason. Republicans gave away billions to drug companies in Medicare Part D, but they don't want the individual responsibility of required medical plans for everyone, which would save money paid by the government.
Even here in Tennessee, Governor Haslam's administration is trying to tear down historic buildings because they have a leak sometimes, sell the land to a developer, let them build office space, and then lease that space back to the state. The state is also breaking legal contracts with the L&C Tower, which will end up costing millions in legal fees and hurt our states business image. All of this is poor stewardship of tax money.
Re: “Tennessee's Stiff-Arm Is an Outstretched Hand”
Elbert Guillory was a Republican until he ran for office in a heavily Democratic district. He's just switching back to his original affiliation, a fact that's not mentioned in the Daily Caller article.