tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86308992009-11-26T12:21:36.160-06:00The greater part of human activity is designed to make permanent those experiences and joys which are only lovable because they are changing.PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.comBlogger3114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-36185189452074140512009-11-11T20:25:00.002-06:002009-11-11T20:29:23.167-06:00

We haven't seen the last of Lou Dobbs.

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-67978002784722330912009-11-11T10:00:00.001-06:002009-11-11T10:02:02.098-06:00

I wear the black in mournin' for the lives that could have been,Each week we lose a hundred fine young men.And, I wear it for the thousands who have died,Believen' that the Lord was on their side,I wear it for another hundred thousand who have died,Believen' that we all were on their side.

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PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-40643954050725670122009-10-30T20:26:00.002-05:002009-10-30T20:28:35.879-05:00

Don't ask me what this is, your guess is as good as mine.

autoegocrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726708889208600414noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-24392281890769634432009-10-29T18:56:00.001-05:002009-10-29T18:56:46.847-05:00

No major incidents reported overnight in West Tennessee, according to local officials.[Jackson Sun]Thank God.

autoegocrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726708889208600414noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-62305553578120097462009-10-25T13:30:00.003-05:002009-10-25T13:38:36.027-05:00

Finally we're beginning to see at least some reporting about the insurance industry's anti-trust exemption. This is something you'd have thought we'd have heard more about in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But instead the talking heads kept us all feuding with "he said she said" reporting on things like "wind vs. water" which had nothing to do with what was really happening.I tried to make a

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-22834267061087083862009-10-23T08:28:00.001-05:002009-10-23T11:03:50.112-05:00

No, I'm not talking about EIB Lying Nazi Pig radio. I'm talking about 96.1, The Pig, Memphis' best new radio station.  This morning on my way to work, I heard Magic Man, Sweet Transvestite, two New Wave songs from the 80s I haven't heard in years, Love Me Tender, and Marvin Gaye singing the National Anthem so beautifully, it made me proud to be an American in ways Lee Greenwood could only dream

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07386092048101815743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-38667542627938541612009-10-19T21:44:00.003-05:002009-10-19T21:48:40.024-05:00

Someone please explain to me why people who own businesses know more than people who don't own businesses?

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-42409958578469780642009-10-14T10:19:00.001-05:002009-10-14T10:19:31.258-05:00

Does the Vaccine Matter? - The Atlantic (November 2009)#Shared via AddThis

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So I just read this piece about how if the US & NATO pull out of Afghanistan, Russia and China will rush in and be unfriendly to American interests.I could be wrong, but I don't think Russia's chomping at the bit to repeat their inglorious Afghan adventure. And I can't imagine China wanting to push the US & Russians together the way the Russians once pushed the US & China together.Of course I

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-45930945701491129822009-10-06T14:00:00.002-05:002009-10-06T14:04:41.045-05:00

You know, Osama Bin Laden's a prince. I'm no intel guru but I'd bet $18 American that he's not in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but in some cozy little palace in Saudi Arabia.

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-78888756684386301232009-10-05T16:59:00.002-05:002009-10-05T17:14:59.034-05:00

So there are some interesting and polite healthcare protests going on but nobody in the media is showing up to cover them. I don't think I buy this theory entirely and have to wonder how good the protesters' PR skills are. These sound exactly like the kind of think I'd cover, or if I couldn't, that I'd shop around the office until I found somebody who could. But then again, I work for a

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-65587289897698336372009-10-05T09:21:00.001-05:002009-10-05T09:21:52.073-05:00

That is all.

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-18569519029667131672009-10-04T12:13:00.001-05:002009-10-04T12:14:59.057-05:00

Ladies & gentlemen, The Death Penalty.

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-61235793083361538142009-10-02T13:24:00.001-05:002009-10-02T13:26:38.654-05:00

Southern Beale says a mouthful. And I say Amen.

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-11667711427595391502009-09-30T07:19:00.002-05:002009-09-30T07:29:07.259-05:00

These liberal dreamers will never find a serious Democrat who's crazy enough to challenge Cooper.[Jeff Woods]We need a name for the Nashville equivalent of the Beltway Village.

autoegocrathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03726708889208600414noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-44218123245285762292009-09-29T18:56:00.004-05:002009-09-29T19:54:48.410-05:00

I'm not talking down to the Nashville Blogosphere. It is with great respect that I ask them to unbunch their panties, take a deep breath, and try to understand that the South is far out of step with the rest of the country and until we figure out what to do about that we'll get a bit of the short bus treatment. Let's face it, here in the Volunteer State we've had Democrats carrying water for the

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-7181211185618492862009-09-23T08:20:00.002-05:002009-09-23T08:26:22.958-05:00

Great religious leaders lead by example. When Peter cut off the ear of the soldier that came for Christ, Jesus turned around and restored it. Humanity fails Christ when they follow the example of Peter.The same is true with the Dalai Lama. And although ears were assaulted with bad unoriginal punning none were severed in the greeting of his holiness.Laugh at clowns throw money changers from the

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-26200233214311213722009-09-23T00:11:00.003-05:002009-09-23T00:21:35.573-05:00

I find myself in the very surprising position of defending Myron Lowery. He pulled a clown move today but people are acting like he ate a baby. There is photographic proof that the Dalai Lama gets and gives fist bumps with some regularity. And news to the detractors: this was so minor that Myron looks good compared to the overblown negativity. The Dalai Lama's graciousness shames us all.The last

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-42895002100539013182009-09-17T10:02:00.003-05:002009-09-17T15:02:40.699-05:00

YO PESKY, I'M GONNA LET YOU FINISH, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS BOB DYLAN IS THE GREATEST FOLK SINGER OF ALL TIME."We'll need lots of tools & cranks."UPDATE: I don't know who the hell let Kanye in the house but he should learn some music history. Bob Dylan is greatest folk singer of all time because Peter Paul & Mary popularized his music and helped to make a quirky funny-sounding

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-23662601867800330502009-09-16T09:22:00.000-05:002009-09-16T09:22:07.793-05:00

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07386092048101815743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-27759476777049323842009-09-15T20:58:00.004-05:002009-09-15T21:27:16.066-05:00

I've never been one to expect a complete return on promises. And, as a realist, I understand that some things can take time to initiate and longer to reverse. So I'm patient. But I'm really not happy about this.

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-54596521809135656252009-09-14T21:44:00.002-05:002009-09-14T22:11:20.166-05:00

With so many bloggers & journalists parsing the meaning of the 9/12 Tea Party in D.C. I thought I'd re-post the mini-doc I made from my visit to the Audubon Park Tea Party earlier this year.This video and its accompanying column (scroll down) attracted vitriolic responses from the Wingers and lots of tut-tutting from the very serious moderates who were certain I was exaggerating everything.These

PeskyFlynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8630899.post-73861532151958131252009-09-11T15:37:00.000-05:002009-09-11T15:37:06.580-05:00

There is a long history of saying "What Digby Said" and providing a link. But today, for the first time I can remember, I'm saying WTF Did Digby Say? and providing a link. http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/lines-by-digby-i-have-never-been.html "I have never been particularly sanguine that congressional Democrats would ultimately vote against Obama on health care if it didn't contain a

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