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All I can really say is that we grow them dumb around here. [...]

A lot of Tennessee “progressives” periodically like to make a lot of noise about how Tennessee’s sales tax (5.5% on food, 7% on almost everything else, plus whatever cities and counties decide to add to it) unfairly discriminates against [...]

I could, and probably would, buy myself a mountain. Among other things.

(Courtesy of No Silence Here.) [...]

It turns out that red light cameras here in Tennessee were just like red light cameras all over the country – they were never about “safety”:

Cleveland city officials said red light cameras in the city [...]

Out of all of the Facebook-using residents of Tennessee, it would appear as though there are only just-shy-of 3,000 who are interested in removing the plague of revenue… er… “red light” cameras from our state.
Now, knowing [...]

I know that it is not expressly required by state law, but if it is raining hard enough to warrant anything other than the lowest setting of your windshield wipers, TURN ON YOUR GORRAMED HEADLIGHTS. It has been positively [...]

It is kind of strange to think that we have been living in Tennessee for over a year now…
In other news, lawnmower races are still [...]

If so many rednecks are racists, and so many Tennesseeans are rednecks, then why do I see so many multicultural families every time I go to [...]

On the one hand, the Tennessee Legislature has been making massive strides towards recognizing and protecting an individual’s inherent right to self defense.
On the other hand, it has also done stupid-assed gos-se like supporting the [...]

Make no doubt about it – I consider moving from Kalifornistan to Tennessee to be a net positive change. Furthermore, I have been generally very impressed with the people we have representing us at the state level, and their [...]

What surprises me is not that Tennessee is ranked the seventh-most-free state in the Union, but rather that Kalifornistan is ranked 47th (and not 50th). Concerning the state, the analysts had this to say:

Tennessee (#8 economic, [...]

And just to prove that Tennessee is not without its own stupid laws, it turns out that it is a crime for a private citizen to transport any amount of alcohol into the state.
So, if a [...]

Aaaauuuggghhh! The weatherman said the “s” word – quick, go to WalMart, and buy all of the milk and bread they have. I do not care if we are going to eat it, just buy it. Holy crap, white [...]

Every day I get a little more happy that I am living in Tennessee, especially with people like Judge Bob Moon here with me:

General Sessions Court Judge Bob Moon on Wednesday told a female home invasion [...]

I wake up this morning, and the temperatures are in single-digits… This brings to mind a couple of thoughts.
1. That is bloody cold!
2. Why the hell are local schools shutting down? There is no snow, no [...]

So a guy at work is taking off a week, a full business week, to go hunting somewhere or another.
I like this [...]

I do not think we are in Kalifornistan any more…
Better Half and I spent most of the day today rearranging our new apartment, and then heading out to the local Sam’s Club to [...]

You know you are in the Tennessee, or at least the South, when you visit a church and leave your name in their little visitor book, and not five hours later the associate pastor shows up on your front [...]

1. I somehow managed to drag Better Half to a gun show this weekend, but to say it was a little disappointing would be putting it mildly – lots of antique stuff and war memorabilia, but even fewer modern [...]

I am not entirely convinced this is the best way to make use of my YouTube account (you know, the account I just rediscovered this evening, after apparently having it for a year and not remembering opening [...]

You know you are in Tennessee when the airport you fly into not only has a simulated veranda, but also a plethora of rocking chairs (all occupied, by the by) to go on it.
Better Half and I [...]