Thursday, February 11, 2010
Morning Roundup / Woods Morning Roundup: We're Pessimistic about the Economy and Other News Flashes
Posted by Jeff Woods on Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 5:34 AM
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Consumer confidence still declining as Middle Tennesseans grow even more pessimistic about the economy, MTSU survey says. ... State's holiday sales tax revenues below budget. ... Crafton adds his name to the crowded juvenile court clerk's race. ... Tennessee's Gannett and Scripps papers team up on Twitter. That's worth a tweet! ... Mississippi legislature OKs guns in parks and restaurants. ... Rep. Curry Todd hints he won't try to pass his bill banning alcohol sales after midnight. He's only trying to make a point about late-night crime. Right. It wouldn't pass anyway. ... Fitzhugh won't run for Tanner's congressional seat. ... Lawmakers want to create public list of teenagers who commit violent sex offenses. ... Black helicopters over Nashville: A Newsweek blogger reaches some conclusions about the tea party movement:
After I spent the weekend at the Tea Party National Convention in Nashville, Tenn., it has become clear to me that the movement is dominated by people whose vision of the government is conspiratorial and dangerously detached from reality. It's more John Birch than John Adams.
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