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Re: “Taste of Music City Invades Downtown for 11th Year”
Come down and see us Nashville. We have a real cool summer treat for you.
Re: “The System Works! Fort Houston Receives Variance, Gears Up For Classes”
Wonderful! We're hoping Knoxville puts something like this together, too. It's a fantastic concept!!
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: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
Ever notice how many of the headlines to Betsy's stuff contains the word "I"? And then of course the whole piece will be littered with "I" also. The other contributors to this blog, not so much. In Betsy's world, it's all about Betsy and little else.
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
Sigh. The Clampetts were *not* Tennesseans. They came from the Ozarks in Arkansas.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
Dejarlais is a terrible human being, period. His fanbois are delusional.
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
Not much of a break for our state even from citizens from other states. Years ago most Europeans, having watched Beverly Hillbillies over there, thought our entire state was made up of the Clampets.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
DesJarlais hasn't introduced ANY legislation, because he's poisonous. Nobody wants to hitch wagons with him to get anything done, and they know he's the walking dead.
All he has done is try to tie every bit of bad news to the president and make it a scandal. Benghazi, IRS, NSA. DesJarlais has jumped on each of them and won't let go even when the evidence proves him wrong.
Re: “Bill O'Reilly and Dennis Miller Coming, Boldly and Freshly, to the Ryman”
Why pay to see two worthless talking heads who cant wait to bilk their walmart supporters.. What a waste of time and money to see those two losers.
Why the ryman? Put them in front of a walmart with their "kind of people and politics" and where they would feel more at home.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
DesJarlais is still better candidate than the two mentioned to oppose him in the up coming primary. While he's not a member of the "I'm better than you" crowd, he has voted as a conservative and as promised in his campaign.
In addition, he has not introduced legislation that benefits everyone who financially supports his candidacy. Which is rare itself in our delegations.
Re: “Frank Niceley Takes Up Blogging”
"Reporting?" Like saying that HIV/AIDS came from man-on-monkey loving?
Yeah, that Stacey. He's a completely reliable news source. Kinda like you, Donna.
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
"Why are you reading racist publications, Betsy?"
Opposition research, dude.
Re: “Meet the World's Worst Visitor to Nashville”
I'm OUTRAGED.
OUTRAGED that someone has poked fun at our fair city.
The OUTRAGE meter is at 11.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
Why does he still have his MD license. He violated the Hipppocratic Oath. The guy is a disaster.
Re: “Cookbook Review: The Big Book of Gluten-Free Recipes”
ooh! putting this on the "to peruse at some point" list. wonder if our library system might get their hands on it at some point.
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
Nobody's touching DesJarlais with a 10 foot pole.
Re: “Dean's Proposed Affordable Housing Fund Heads to Council”
What word in that phrase indicates an increase in taxes, bobs?
Re: “A remarkable new oral-history project documents LGBT life before Stonewall in Middle Tennessee”
As a lesbian in the mid 80's in Nashville I understand completely the atmosphere described here. I lost my child in an ugly custody battle with my ex-husband and my family because of my "affliction". I'm so happy that these days I can hold hands with my partner in a restaurant. We live in East Nashville so that helps. I look forward to reading this history. Bravo to the author!
Re: “I Think I Know How the Republicans Could Use Scott DesJarlais”
DesJarlais is persona non grata. The republicans were sorry they didn't primary him, so they held their noses, set aside their values and voted for him in November. They won't get fooled again in '14. Somebody just as crazy as Dr. DesJarlais will be elected, but without all his baggage.
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...