   | Tennessee does not currently have an income tax (apart from the income tax that no one talks about), so with the economy taking a downturn and tourism decreasing, people were expressing some concerns over whether or not the state’s relatively positive financial history would remain intact. Turns out… [...]
Coincidentally, Ron Ramsey will not only be at Coal Creek tomorrow,… [...] Les Jones reports that the Millennium Manor will be open again this weekend. If you live in the Knoxville area, and have not yet seen this particular structure, you really should – it offers a somewhat unique glimpse into a particularly intriguing mind. [...] Want to know how to make it rain here in Eastern Tennessee? Wait until enough dry days have passed that your garden and potted plants start looking like they are growing out lumps of terra cotta, and then water them. We currently have a trees-are-sideways storm going on outside.… [...] As probably most Eastern Tennesseers are aware, a significant part of the stretch of U.S. Route 129 between Maryville, TN and Tapoco, NC (more commonly known as “The Tail of the Dragon“, ’round these parts) was closed due to a rather impressive rock slide a few… [...] Some things about the folks here in Tennessee we will never understand, and some other things will never stop to amuse us. By way of an example of the former, I was sitting in a training class today, and we were all laughing about a particularly old training video… [...] Not only does Knoxville now have its very own streetcorner evangelists, holding their oh-so-amusing posters along the main thoroughfare of one of the largest commercial districts in town, but we also now have a aircraft banner advertising company, specifically catering to the traffic back-ups on I-40. I… [...] 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 those of modest to low means, and how we, as a… [...] 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”:
… [...] 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 [...] 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 diluvian here over the past few days, and there have been… [...] It is kind of strange to think that we have been living in Tennessee for over a year now… [...] 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 Wal-Mart? [...] On the one hand, the Tennessee Legislature has been making massive strides towards recognizing and protecting an individual’s inherent right to self defense. [...] 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 response to feedback from their constituents. [...] 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:
… [...] 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. [...] 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 stuff is falling out of the sky!!!1!! Close the schools! Get… [...] Every day I get a little more happy that I am living in Tennessee, especially with people like Judge Bob Moon here with me:
… [...] I wake up this morning, and the temperatures are in single-digits… This brings to mind a couple of thoughts. [...] So a guy at work is taking off a week, a full business week, to go hunting somewhere or another. [...] I do not think we are in Kalifornistan any more… [...] 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 doorstep with a loaf of banana bread in hand. Even better… [...] 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 firearms than could be found at gun shows in Southern Kalifornistan.… [...] 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 it), but here we go anywise. [...] 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. [...]  |    |
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