Subject: Planned Parenthood Federation of America

• Women as Special Interest Group

  I was going to tell you all about Liberal Blogger Day on the Hill, but what you need to know can be summed up in three points:1. The Democrats love Ty Cobb.2. If the Spring Hill plant closes, Ty Cobb's district is looking at 30% unemployment.3. The Democrats feel certain that, if they don't win in 2010, they won't win again for twenty years, so they are formulating a plan.Gentlemen, please feel free to go on about your lives.Ladies, please join me after the break.

  June 1, 2009

• Can You Be a Democrat Only at Night?

  June 26, 2008

• Showdown at the Nashville Planned Parenthood on Saturday

  Dr. George Tiller, killed in his own churchNashville's Planned Parenthood is inviting people to a memorial Saturday to protest the slaying of an elderly abortion doctor at his church in Kansas. (Odds that St. Peter will deliver unto the assailant a serious batch of pancreatic cancer in the next year: even money.)The protest is scheduled from 9-11 a.m. at Planned Parenthood's clinic at 412 Dr. D.B. Todd Blvd. Fortunately or not, this also happens to be the same day anti-abortionists hold their an

  June 5, 2009

• The Spin: Janis Ian and Gretchen Peters at The Rutledge

  Janis Ian. Photo by Steve Cross. We don't do the red-wine-and-folk-singer thing on Friday nights very often. It's usually not our speed. We're unsophisticated louts. Rabble rousers. Hooligans. Troublemakers. Not the types that usually sit in on songwriters sharing emotional stories after we've punched the clock on Friday afternoon--we wanna fuck shit up. But we also make exceptions. This past weekend we put on our finest Alberta Clipper-appropriate outer-gear and braved the arctic tundra ove

  January 19, 2009

• Sky's the Limit for GOP's Righteous Agenda: Yes We Can!

  After a month of whining about those wicked Democrats and the unfairness of life, House Republicans are offering assurances that they're ready to get down to business. GOP caucus chair Glen Casada: "Whether we're 49 or 50, that's not as important as getting our ideas passed. We are back to norm." What a relief! And we were beginning to fret that the Republican agenda might falter this session.

  February 17, 2009

• Moonlight Bride, Mother Father, Janis Ian, Gretchen Peters and more

  January 22, 2009

• Warning to Women: Evangelicals Demand Subservience from Tennessee’s New GOP Majority

  November 27, 2008

• Elephant in the Room

  March 6, 2008

• Spy in the House of Love

  The Scene's squarest peg explores the singles scene at Sugar

  July 29, 2004

• Stages of Growth

  Teen actors address difficult issues facing young people today

  September 21, 2006

• Reel Nashville 2004

  Your annual user's guide to the Nashville Film Festival

  April 22, 2004

• House Republicans Shake Their Fists at Planned Parenthood

  State House Republicans are desperately trying to piss on the evil Planned Parenthood's leg this session, but they're missing the mark with a bill that just passed the House Health and Human Resources Committee. Aimed only at Nashville and Memphis, where too many poor women are getting pregnant to suit the Republicans, the legislation by Rep. Joey Hensley directs the administration to give priority to the county health departments in distributing federal family planning money. Unfortunately for

  May 19, 2009

• Health Listings

  December 29, 2005

• Un-Messing Texas

  December 26, 1996

• Health

  Health

  January 1, 2004

• Health

  Support Groups

  December 23, 2004

• Performing Arts Groups

  December 27, 2001

• Group Therapy

  January 29, 2004

• Disturbing Surfing

  The Tennessean is wronged by anti-abortion extremists

  October 16, 2003

• Left of the Altar

  Nashville’s liberal clergy is stronger than ever, reflecting changing values and a changing city

  March 27, 2003

• Artrageous 15 ♦ September 28

  Music

  September 26, 2002

• Services Directory

  Numbers you need pinned to your fridge.

  August 22, 2002

• Plain and Simple

  Gayle Ray neither dazzles nor shines. She doesn’t lose elections either.

  July 4, 2002

• Jim Cooper Runs Again

  No one doubts his brains and experience. But what is his record?

  June 20, 2002

• Support Groups

  Special Needs

  December 27, 2001

• Bruce Robison/Lonesome Bob ♦ Thurs., 11/8

  Music

  November 8, 2001

• ARTRAGEOUS ♦ Saturday, 9/29

  Music

  September 27, 2001

• The Boner Awards 2000

  Another year of questionable achievements

  December 14, 2000

• The Week That Was

  October 14, 1999

• Notes

  October 16, 1997

• Closing the Books

  August 28, 1997

• Prickly Pairs

  March 28, 1996

• Nashville Scene Nashvillian of the Year — Henry Foster

  December 21, 1995

• Something to watch on vinyl

  October 5, 1995

• Hail to the UPS Theif

  April 30, 2009

• Morning Roundup: Messing with Planned Parenthood and Other Fun Legislative Games

  Not only can our licensed gunmen go into saloons and city playgrounds under NRA legislation but so can gunmen from 19 other states. Wonder if they're also highly trained and responsible law-abiding citizens? ... A compromise is proposed, but Ramsey says there's no deal yet on judicial selection. ... The State Funding Board sets revenue projections today. ... Mark Maddox breaks ranks with Democrats to advance the charter schools bill. ... Another Stacey Campfield bill dies, this one to limit the

  May 7, 2009

• Live Free or Die Hard: Shipley Keeps Fighting to Stop Family Planning

  Never underestimate Tony Shipley.Did anyone think Rep. Tony Shipley would give up his fight to deny doctor-patient confidentiality to teens? You don't know our action hero. Shipley is presently browbeating members of the Senate General Welfare Committee to change their minds on his bill. It was left for dead last week in the committee, with one senator voting for it, one against it and six declining to vote. The Christian Right loves this bill. The Eagle Forum sent out an action alert to drum

  May 27, 2009

• The Planned Parenthood Demonstrations

  There were competing demonstrations at the Planned Parenthood this morning.  On three corners were the pro-choice people, standing in honor of Dr. Tiller.  These folks ranged from unaffiliated feminists to People for the Separation of Church and State and Planned Parenthood supporters to Veterans for Peace.  They had signs and sunscreen and donuts.On the corner by the Walgreens were, first, five or six Catholic demonstrators who prayed and knelt on the hard sidewalk and sang and r

  June 6, 2009

• Matt Mahaffey, DJ Burgers, DJ Busta Window at Vox Benefit

  Fund-raisin' dance party! Matt Mahaffey, whom you may know from Self, will be DJing along with DJ Burgers (frequent Scene photographer and man about rock shows, Steve Cross) and DJ Busta Window (better known to some as the distracting Kelly Kerr). Here are further deets: 5% of the evenings bar sales will go to PPMET's volunteer program. This special one-night-only event will be used to raise funds for PPMET's Volunteer Program and area college and university student-run organizations known a

  July 15, 2009

• 'Hypocrite, Anyone?'

  From the Commercial Appeal: An executive of Planned Parenthood of Greater Memphis said today that when she and two colleagues traveled to Nashville in April to lobby state legislators, Sen. Paul Stanley told them he would never support Planned Parenthood and "didn't believe young people should have sex before marriage anyway." That visit to the Germantown Republican's Nashville office was on April 7. The next morning, Stanley, 47, became the target of a $10,000 extortion attempt and told a sta

  July 23, 2009

• Paul Stanley Quits Tennessee Senate, Asks Forgiveness, Bashes Bloggers

  ​Sen. Paul Stanley has just announced his resignation on Memphis radio. He went on WREC, a conservative talk station where the friendly host tossed softball questions at the senator for 20 minutes. The obvious question that was never asked: "Senator, what the hell were you thinking?" Or how about, "Senator, did you really try to strangle your first wife?" Instead, Stanley was asked to comment on media coverage of his travails, and he took the opportunity to slam bloggers. Isn't that nice?

  July 28, 2009

• A sex scandal exposes Sen. Paul Stanley's less-than-Godly ways

  July 30, 2009

• In Which I Wonder What Paul Stanley Can Teach Me (Not that Way, You Perverts)

  I know it's a common belief down here in the South that feminists hatch from eggs laid by Local Savior Prays for Strength When Asked to Comment About Paul Stanley​Satan as he frolics across the countryside looking for unsuspecting fiddlers and bluesmen whose souls need stealing.But I have a mom.She's a wonderful person who spends much of her time going "Oh, Betsy" or "Your father will flip his lid if he sees four people in your bed. Send them home before he gets out of the bathroom." (Kidding,

  July 30, 2009

• Campfield Plays Walter Cronkite with Haslam

  Bill Haslam demonstrates a serious lack of judgment in agreeing to answer questions from House clown Stacey Campfield in these videos. No good thing could come of this, somebody should have told Haslam. What's he paying Tom Ingram to do anyway? It didn't turn out as badly as it could have, though. Miraculously, Campfield restrains himself. There are no Bat Boy sightings or demands to check Haslam's birth certificate. In fact, he seems almost normal. How is that possible? Campfield asks lo

  August 13, 2009

• Nashville Femme Vegan Cupcake Calendar Fundraiser

  December 31, 2009

• Moonbeams Organizing to Displace Tennessee Democratic Party

  Unite TN will hold its next organizational meeting in this magic bus.​Without bothering to notify the state Democratic Party, a group of lefties is organizing to influence the 2010 elections. According to an email to the group from its leader, Liberadio(!) co-host Mary Mancini, Unite TN is "off to a fantastic start" and hopes to do pretty much what the party is supposed to do--organize, develop messages and get out the vote. A few minutes ago, we asked party chairman Chip Forrester for hi

  January 26, 2010