A sign the nation is going to hell

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/19/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

There may be a pumpkin pie shortage this Thanksgiving. That is simply unacceptable...

Heavy rains in the Midwest have ruined a large portion of the pumpkin crop. Nestle has a lock on the canned pumpkin business, controlling 85 percent of the market. They say canned pumpkin will be harder to find as we get closer to Turkey Day...

Tower Investments to Metro, which is trying to take their property for the Sausage Center: Screw you...

TennCare may cut back coverage to reduce costs. Yeah, government-run healthcare on a national level is a great idea...

Already the government is trying to ration mammograms. Obama wants to thin the herd by getting rid of women under 50 who get breast cancer...

Haven't heard that pinhead congressman from Florida, Alan Grayson, say that the democrats' plan for women under 50 who get breast cancer is to die young...

The latest name for government healthcare is community health insurance option. You can put lipstick on a pig...

Democrats and their union buddies are conjuring up a plan in which they will tax all stock transactions, whether you win, lose or draw. Taxing profits are not enough for them. Now they want to tax you when you lose money...

When businesses have to start laying off employees because of rising taxes and/or government regulation, I think the owners should go out to the parking lot and identify the employees who still have Obama stickers on their cars and lay them off first...

Governor Phil considers himself so irrelevant that he will not endorse anyone to replace him...

Looks like the ACC representative to the Music City Bowl will be either North Carolina, Miami or Florida State. Whoever it is, just make sure you bring your VISA cards...

For the first time ever Nashville has made the top 10 in the latest Hotwire Hotel Rate Report. That's because hotel rates here are down 20 percent from a year ago...

Yes Kentucky Fan. Even you can now afford a room in the Music City...

Have you checked out Pawn Stars on The History Channel? I really like that show. If you like Antiques Roadshow, you'll probably like Pawn Stars. I learn something interesting from every episode...

I have always assumed that at some point in my life I had already seen the worst TV commercial ever made. But then I saw the Tennessee Lottery ad where the old guy takes a golf ball right in the package...

I don't know what in the hell the thought process was that went into that ad, but after seeing that I am not interested in running out and buying a lottery ticket...

When Oprah Winfrey ends her TV show in 2011, will she go away?...

The 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will be June 10th thru 13th. Time to start baking those meth-laced brownies...

Still have to give props to those guys from the 'Boro who melted all that chocolate for this year's hippie-fest. You have to really like your drugs to go to all that trouble...

You guys might consider checking into an addiction center somewhere...

James Webster has stepped down as head football coach at Tennessee State...

Must be getting close to the holidays. The Rockettes are in town. They'll be at the Grand Ole Opry House starting tomorrow and running thru December 27th...

Friday on the Opry at the Ryman: Jimmy Dickens, Jimmy C. Newman, Holly Williams, The Whites, Jack Greene, Ralph Stanley, George Hamilton IV, Jan Howard, The Lovell Sisters, Mike Snider, Connie Smith, and the Charlie Daniels Band...

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/18/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Now here's something to be proud of: Tennessee has moved up to be the 44th most unhealthy state in the nation...

So who's less healthy than we are? Nevada, South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, Oklahoma and Mississippi...

Five of the unhealthiest seven states are in the Southeastern Conference...

It was just a few months ago that Tennessee Fan was glowing about what a great recruiter Big Mouth Kiffen was. Well apparently BM didn't get that memo about no felons...

Jeffrey Chafin, a loser/math teacher at Metro's Margaret Allen Middle School, has been arrested for public intoxication, possession of crystal methamphetamine for resale and possession of drug paraphernalia...

The Oiler... errrrrrrr... Titans/Cardinals game on November 29th has been moved to 3:15 at the request of FOX...

The Sausage Center seems to get more and more bungled every day. I'm not against the idea of a new convention center, but maybe we should wait until this city is run by people who know what the hell they are doing...

It has been reported the Sausage Center is expected to host 270 events a year. The fairgrounds has that many bookings or more in six months...

Metro admits the Sausage Center will lose money, but that's a good thing. The fairgrounds cost the taxpayers nothing and that is a bad thing. Morons...

Memo to the loser who keeps trying to pimp Viagra on the Comments section of this site: You should have figured out by now your spam is not going to get published here. But we did forward your I.P. address to your internet provider, so I hope that works out for you...

Now we learn that Dwayne Burress, the 15-year-cop who sued the City of Snobklin ...errrrrrrrrr... Franklin for wrongful discharge, was actually offered his job back just days before he filed his suit. Oops...

Business Week says Clarksville is the best place in Tennessee to raise kids...

You know Clarksville. The place with the idiot mayor who uses city computers to forward hate e-mails, and a moonbat councilman who tried to shut down a long-standing local business...

Gibson Guitar CEO Henry Juszkiewicz is taking a leave of absence from the board of environmental activist group Rainforest Alliance. Yeah, that's probably a good call...

Fewer Tennesseans will be traveling this Thanksgiving, so says the AAA...

Gotta love this doctor

Q: Doctor, I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?

A: Heart only good for so many beats, and that it.... Don't waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speed up heart not make live longer; that like say you can extend life of car by driving faster. Want live longer? Take nap.

Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does cow eat? Hay and corn. What are these? Vegetables. So, steak nothing more than efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef also good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And pork chop can give 100% recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.

Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine. That means they take water out of fruity bit; get even more of goodness that way. Beer also made out of grain.. Bottoms up!

Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: If you have body and you have fat, ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, ratio is two to one, etc.

Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Cannot think of single one, sorry. My philosophy: No Pain...Good!

Q: Aren't fried foods bad for you?

: YOU NOT LISTENING!!! .... Foods fried in vegetable oil. How getting more vegetables be bad for you?

Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise muscle, it get bigger. You should only do sit-ups if want bigger stomach.

Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: You crazy? HELLO??? Cocoa beans! Vegetable!!! Cocoa beans best feel-good food around!

Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming good for figure, explain whales to me.

Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: 'Round' is shape!

Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

AND.....

For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on nutrition and health. It's a relief to know the truth after all those conflicting nutritional studies:

1. The Japanese eat very little fat. And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
2. The Mexicans eat a lot of fat. And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
3. The Chinese drink very little red wine. And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
4. The Italians drink a lot of red wine. And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.
5. The Germans drink a lot of beers and eat lots of sausages and fats. And suffer fewer heart attacks than Americans.

CONCLUSION:

Eat and drink what you like. Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/17/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Tennessee prisons may have to release 4,000 inmates because the state is out of money, but Phil has his bunker...

Where are we supposed to put the people Pelosi will arrest for not having health insurance?...

The Obama administration is now taking credit for creating jobs in congressional districts that do not exist. Idiots...

You're the idiot if you're still rolling around with an Obama sticker on your car...

Remember that $250 or $400 tax credit the great Obama 'gave' you? Well... about 15 million of you will need to pay it back...

Don't you hate it when a politician uses taxpayer money to buy votes, then wants the money back?...

A few months back a reader asked what are the accomplishments of the Sausage Maker since he became mayor. We're still trying to figure that out...

Federal agents raided the Gibson Guitar factory today. Why? Because they may use wood in their guitars that was harvested illegally in Madagascar...

There are eight-year-olds working in sweatshops somewhere making designer clothes, but trees in Madagascar are what the federal government is worried about...

In an unrelated item, the all-new FBI string band will be performing throughout the holiday season...

Budget-busting Metro Parks Director Roy Wilson says he'll quit, but not until the end of the year. Why not fire his overpaid ass now?...

Wilson says he's had "several job offers." Alright. Take one. You can start Monday...

Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/16/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

It amazes me how many new roofs go up in my neighborhood on Saturdays...

Whenever I see a new roof going up on a Saturday, I think of the following equation: Unlicensed Contractor + No Building Permit = Shoddy Job...

They do the jobs on Saturdays because there's usually no building inspectors rolling around town...

Like when the roof was replaced on my house last year (during the week). When they removed the old shingles, they found no tar paper underneath. Just bare wood. I bet the original roof on my house was one of those Saturday jobs...

O.K. Not all Saturday roofs are illegal shoddy jobs. But the odds are certainly higher...

Don't look now, but the Oile... errrrrrr... Titans have won three in a row...

I hope flipping those birds yesterday was worth $250 Large to Bud Adams...

Nothing says 'I'm a classless jerk' more than standing up in a stadium the taxpayers built for you and flipping off your opponent...

The Sausage Maker now says some events at the state fairgrounds should stay through the end of 2010, but not the state fair and not auto racing. That's good news for the flea market, Christmas Village, the gun and knifers and fans of cheap electronics...

Dean says there should be no more racing because of a report from a consultant...

Karl - read this very carefully: I worked in municipal government for many years both as an employee and as a public official, and most of these consultants are nothing more than overpaid pinheads sucking the teat of the public trough...

Since the speedway costs the taxpayer nothing, and it creates economic activity in Davidson County (where do you think those race cars and parts come from?), then what is the harm in leaving it be?...

Darrell Waltrip was right Sunday night when he said on SPEED it's all about money, and I don't think he meant the taxpayers...

I'm thinking maybe the Sausage Maker is not interested in a second term. Of course, between the fairgrounds and the bungling of the Sausage Center, I'd say there may not be a snowball's chance in hell of him being re-elected...

Sort of like Vic Lineweaver...

I was just watching some asshole on channel 4, who lives near the fairgrounds, saying he's glad he won't have to drive by chain links fences and aspalt forever. If that bothers you so much, why did you choose to live there, jackass?...

The State of Tennessee is broke, but Phil has his nice, new underground bunker...

Big Mouth Kiffin to Tennessee players accused in that armed robbery: Get the hell out...

A French online business magazine has named the Bat Building as one of the 12 most original office buildings in the world...

For the second straight year, Thomson Reuters named Vanderbilt Medical Center one of the 30 best teaching hospitals with cardiovascular residency programs in the nation...

Tuesday on the Opry at the Ryman: Bill Anderson, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys, Buddy Jewell, Jack Greene, Love & Theft, Jim Ed Brown, and Mandy Barnett...

Bud Adams flips off the Buffalo Bills

YouTube Contest Challenges Users To Make A 'Good' Video

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/13/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

It still looks like Jamie Hollin is the newest Metro council member. He won the recall election in East Nashville by two votes out of 1,082 cast...

Pam Murray can head back to Detroit and not worry about her moonlighting job in Music City...

Tennessee state trooper Brent Gobbell has been suspended for 15 days without pay and will be required to attend diversity training after he sent an e-mail proclaiming white pride to 787 state employees...

Is anyone keeping a count of how much crap and corruption have come out of the Tennessee Highway Patrol in recent years?...

Now the Sausage Maker's administration says they'll pump $850 Large of your money into the parks department to keep money-losing golf courses open. What the hell? And still he closes the fairgrounds, which does not need a dime. Zero. Zippo...

Then the talking flicker-box has golfers on saying how wonderful these course are. WHAT ABOUT ONE OF THE MOST HISTORIC SHORT TRACKS IN THE NATION???...

I've said it before and I'm saying it again: Karl Dean is an asshole...

T.O. (Terrell Owens) is coming to town this weekend. Yawn...

I have to wonder about the thought process that goes on with people who do not flush public commodes after using them. Like they must think everyone else wants to see their business. Like whatever they left in that porcelain bowl is a gift for all the world to see...

Question for Non-Flusher: Do you flush the toilet at home, or do you live in a sewer...

Kind of interesting I had that last thought after commenting about Terrell Owens...

Business owners along Demonbreun near Music Row now have to look forward to getting parking meters on their street. More anal thinking from government...

And I'll bet those meters will be those old 19th century pieces of crap that do not accept plastic. Who the hell carries cash these days? What is cash?...

I was going to ask if Metro could possibly be that out of touch, but of course they are...

Channel 4 has figured out that some job seekers on Craigslist are being duped. NO WAY!!! Now there's some incredible must-see TV...

Saturday on the Opry at the Ryman: Jimmy Dickens, Connie Smith (1st show only), Jim Ed Brown (1st show only), Bill Anderson, Jean Shepard, Mike Snider, Carrie Underwood, Jake Owen, Martina McBride, Rodney Atkins, The Whites (2nd show only), Jack Greene (2nd show only), Jan Howard (2nd show only), Jimmy C. Newman (2nd show only), Jeannie Seely (2nd show only), Rodney Atkins (2nd show only), and Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys (2nd show only)...

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/12/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said he and coordinator of officials Rogers Redding will meet after the season and assess the causes of officiating mistakes. After the season has been ruined...

Memo to Mike Slive: Why don't you start out by giving all your officials eye exams?...

No more free parking in downtown Nashville on Saturdays. You'll have to feed the meters, just like a weekday. Yeah, that's what downtown needs. Make parking more challenging, not easier...

Pinhead Metro Councilman Lonnell Matthews Jr. thinks some contracts for the Sausage Center should be granted based on skin color or gender, and not given to the best bidder...

Only in government do you see twisted logic like that...

Look for Metro to be sued soon by the Fairgrounds Heritage Preservation Group, who have a former Metro lawyer on their side. One of their claims is the Sausage Maker overstepped his authority. That seems obvious...

So the question that has come up is, how well is Nashville, and specifically country music, portrayed when a no-talent such as Taylor Swift wins so many major awards?...

For the life of me I cannot figure out why she is so popular. I thought perhaps it was a generational thing. You know. I'm old. But then I thought, back in the day, I didn't care for Bob Dylan...

He couldn't sing either...

Now that would be a duet from hell: Bob Dylan and Taylor Swift...

If you have any old snow shovels or snow boots lying around, you may want to contact Spring Hill GM Worker. About 840 of them have been offered jobs in Michigan. That apparently leaves over 1,000 hosed. But I'm sure their union will make them feel warm and fuzzy...

Looks like Jamie Hollin, the candidate that actually lives in Nashville, won that Metro council recall election today in East Nashville. Pam Murray can go back to Detroit with her slogans and cheerleading...

That worked for Obama, Pam, but apparently not for you.

As I write this they're saying the race may be too close to call, but it looks like Hollin...

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me...

Don't think voters are ready for another politician who can give speeches and shout slogans, but has no other skills. We have one of those in the White House...

They're baaaaaaaack...

Church's studied several cities and concluded Nashville had the biggest fried chicken gap. So they bought 23 Mrs. Winner's locations and are nearly done converting them to chicken joints. Church's had left Music City 30 years ago...

The number of foreclosures in Tennessee increased 14.3 percent between September and October, yet the state dropped a bit on a nationwide ranking to 23rd...

Friday on the Opry at the Ryman: Ricky Skaggs, Jean Shepard, The Whites, Jimmy Dickens, Connie Smith, Joe Diffie, Mike Snider, Jeannie Seely, Jim Ed Brown, Steve Wariner, Bill Anderson, The Band Perry, and Josh Turner...

Ford Unveils New Car For Cash-Strapped Buyers: The 1993 Taurus

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/11/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Metro has hired a consultant for $2.1 Extra Large to design riverfront projects that will cost $30 Extra Large. Will those projects be self-supporting? No? Then why close the fairgrounds, which is?...

The Metro council may throw up a roadblock for the Sausage Center. Seems some of them think they should approve some sort of financial plan before they acquire property for the $635 Extra Large center...

That's crazy. Obama obviously has no financial plan. Why should we?...

The city of Snobklin... errrrrrrr Franklin, wants to ban chain link fences in front yards...

Sooooooooo glad we decided not to live there...

I have friends who live in Franklin, and they're great people, but the town is obviously run by people who are full of themselves...

The Music City Bowl is starting to figure out who might play in the game this year...

Memo to Kentucky Fan: Don't be so cheap when you come for the game this year. Get a room...

I don't care if you live just 100 miles away. Get a room and bring your $$$...

The Metro school board last night rejected all six applicants they considered for charter schools. As though the Metro school board knows anything about running a school...

You can give her all the awards you want, but Taylor Swift still can't sing...

And no, I didn't watch...

Brandi Futch picked up a cool million in the McDonald's Monopoly game when she ordered a sweet tea at a Mickey D's in Goodlettsville...

Baby Got Book (NOT Sir Mix-A-Lot)

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/10/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Metro has renewed talks with the Sounds about a new downtown baseball stadium. Sites being discussed include the old thermal plant site next to the river, the site where Nashville's historic Sulphur Dell stadium once stood (north of the State Capital), and the east bank next to the Colise... errrrrrrrrr LP Field...

Tennessee has the highest paid coaching staff in all of college football...

They are not getting their money's worth...

The Metro Parks department says profitable golf courses make up for the ones that do not support themselves. So? If the Sausage Maker wants to shut down the fairgrounds even though it does not require taxpayer subsidies, then he should close those money-losing golf courses...

CMA Awards coming up this week...

You know the CMA Awards. Where out-of-towners gather outside the Gaylo... errrrrrrr Sommet Center, and sing hoping they'll be discovered by a big star...

Like Alan Jackson is going to stop on the sidewalk, hand out a business card, and tell you to call him tomorrow because you're good...

Or Keith Urban...

Debating whether or not to watch it. My fear is they'll have Taylor Swift attempt to sing...

A Metro school resource officer is recovering after he was stabbed in the leg by an 8-year-old boy and assaulted by the boy’s mother. That kid's off to a good start in life...

I may not have been a perfect kid, but I always stopped well short of assault...

Maury County school administrators have sent letters to parents telling them that students are banned from shaving numbers or symbols into their hair. They fear gang activity...

How about finding something for young people to do...

A couple who lives across the river from the TVA's coal ash spill at Kingston and Topmiller say their lives have been a living hell for the last ten months. But that's okay so long as you can plug in your electric car and get it charged...

Electric cars are green. Suddenly increasing the consumption of electricity will cause no problems. To hell with people who live someplace else...

I'm not going to reset that entire rant today. You know where that's going...

Some TVA engineers have voted to join the AFL-CIO. Yeah, that's going to help...

Steve Spurrier says he'll be back next year. And why not? So far he's won more games this year than the best coach in the SEC...

If you don't read this column every day and follow along, some comments, like that last one, may not make any sense to you...

Of course you could read this every day and none of it makes any sense to you...

I could see that...

Sort of like when I worked in radio. I don't care if you hate me, so long as you're listening...

Bobby Johnson is upset because he can't whine about the officiating in the Southeastern Conference without being fined. He should be. Vandy got hosed in the South Carolina game...

In case you missed the memo, the football officials in the SEC suck...

Saw a headline today that said, "World Cup in Nashville would spark serious celebration." So would an NFL playoff game in Nashville...

Guy Fieri, that goofball host of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on the Food Network, will be at TPAC on November 22nd...

I like that show...

Metro cop Bruce Landes will now be ex-police after threatening a fellow officer during roll call last week at the Edgehill police substation. He allegedly waved an unauthorized, personal semi-automatic pistol while verbally making veiled threats to the other officer...

Bad Dog

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/9/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Even as it becomes clear to more and more people (and scientists) that global warming is a hoax, Al Gore hangs on, trying to squeeze every last buck out of this scam...

A bird flew into an electrical substation Friday and knocked out power to 8,500 businesses and households in parts of Franklin and Cool Springs...

No doubt an anti-electric global warming hoaxer left-wing bird sent by Gore...

Annual tuition at Vanderbilt has now moved north of $50 Large...

A local sports columnist, we'll call him "Homer," thinks Big Mouth Kiffin should be named SEC coach of the year. This homer thinks no other coach has done a better job than Big Mouth...

I can think of some...

Like... the coaches who have won more games...

You know... coaches in places like Florida, Alabama, LSU, South Carolina or Auburn...

Or coaches who can beat UCLA...

Losing to Tennessee is such an embarrassment it cost Memphis coach Tommy West his job...

Homer shouldn't write columns after heavy drinking...

Mike Huckabee will be in town on Wednesday (11th). Catch him at Davis Kidd, 2121 Green Hills Village Drive, beginning at 8:00 pm...

That's a bookstore...

The Metro council recall election in East Nashville is getting intense...

We're starting to get some details on that secret $33 Large the Metro school board paid to settle some mystery suit, with the key word being 'some.' The school district agreed to reimburse parents of a special education student for private school tuition...

We still don't know why that happened...

Board Chairman David Fox said he relied on the opinion of attorneys when he declined to discuss the case after the vote. Apparently these stupid lawyers haven't heard of open records laws...

Wonder if these are the same idiot lawyers who are advising the Sausage Maker...

Been watching TV weather people broadcasting from the beaches near where I lived for over 15 years. Don't miss that...

Home sales in the Nashville area shot up 23 percent in October compared to the same month a year ago...

Nashville is working hard to be one of the hosts of the next World Cup soccer tournament in the United States. Hell, we'd settle for hosting an NFL playoff game sometime...

Caught some of Taylor Swift on Saturday Night Live over the weekend. She still can't sing...

Had a friend on Facebook ask why are there still signs on the freeway that say 'Opryland?" I don't know. That's a good question...

What's it been, ten years now?...

Two Dickson County commissioners have been fined for violating state ethics codes. Tony Adams and Benny Spencer failed to provide Disclosure of Interests reports in a timely manner...

Southwest Airlines will be adding two dailies between Nashville and St. Louis...

Tuesday night on the Opry at the Ryman: John Conlee, Point Of Grace, George Hamilton IV, Collin Raye, Jean Shepard, Jimmy Dickens, and The Grascals...

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Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/6/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Hard to believe that Big Mouth Kiffin was not the first coach fined under the SEC's new Stop Bitching About the Refs policy. That honor goes to Florida's Urban Meyer, who was touched up for $30 Large for a comment he made after the Georgia game...

SEC refs suck. I base that on the Vandy-South Carolina game. If you need me, I'll be in the Big Ten...

Willie Nelson packed 'em in the Ryman last night...

The Nashville Broncs of the American Basketball Association are now the Music City Stars. Look for their games at Lipscomb’s Allen Arena...

I'm sure they'll have plenty of room for you...

Hee Orama, 34, of Clarksville, has been arrested and charged with abusing the 911 emergency system. She is allegedly a repeat caller to 911 and the Clarksville police, complaining about a man lying to her about marrying her. Loser...

Nancy Pelosi lied when she said her healthcare bill would be available on the Internet for 72 hours before the House voted on it. Does that really surprise you?...

Saturday night at the Grand Ole Opry: Jimmy Dickens, Jimmy C. Newman, The Isaacs, Mike Snider, The Whites, Jean Shepard, Sarah Buxton, Riders In The Sky, Stu Phillips (1st show only), Rebecca Lynn Howard, Bill Anderson, Connie Smith, and Gene Watson...

Republicans Win! Democrats Can Suck It!

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/5/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

That Obama sure is a leader. Having Obama on your side is like money in the bank. Let's see, there's Denmark, Virginia, New Jersey...

Wait...

Having Obama on your side makes you a loser. Oh well. So much for leadership...

Governor Phil said there must be more slashing of the state budget, but members of the state legislature are getting an 8.1 percent increase in their per diem...

Titans players Kevin Mawae and Cortland Finnegan made the list of dirtiest players in the NFL in a Sports Illustrated poll...

It's open season on the city of Franklin. Now 53-year-old Mary Ellen Murphy is suing the city for an injury she suffered when her car was struck by a fire truck...

Don Money will return as skipper of the Sounds...

The ACC has committed to the Music City Bowl thru 2013...

The Dickson County School District knowingly hired a teacher with at least three DUI convictions...

The Fairgrounds Heritage Preservation Group has lawyered up in their fight to save the fairgrounds...

Another expansion of the Vanderbilt Medical Center is set to open. This time it is an 11-story Critical Care Tower...

Third quarter earnings for HCA increased 127 percent over the third quarter of last year...

The September home foreclosure rate in the Nashville area doubled from a year ago...

Friday night at theGrand Ole Opry: Jean Shepard, The Whites, The Steeldrivers, Jimmy Dickens, Jesse McReynolds & The Virginia Boys, Bomshel, Bill Anderson, Jan Howard, Joey + Rory, Mike Snider, Connie Smith, and Gene Watson...

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/4/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Metro Parks Director Roy Wilson said he's considering resigning. The question I have is, why hasn't this guy been fired?...

Metro councilman Matt Crafton has figured out closing the fairgrounds is a bad idea. He's also figured out that as a councilman, he had no vote in the matter. He plans legislation to give the fair and the fairgrounds one more year, and an ordinance that would save the fairgrounds...

Tower Investments has sued for access to the Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency’s public records in Davidson County Chancery Court, claiming MDHA has refused access to appraisals it conducted on three Tower parcels that would be impacted by a new convention center...

What is the Sausage Maker hiding?...

I know of a school board member in Florida who spent some time in jail for not releasing public records. I think that's appropriate...

Montae Gary Brockett, of Nashville, is accused of stealing more than $100 Large from his employer, Citizens Savings Bank & Trust...

The City of Franklin must be run by morons. First, they fire a guy for allegedly having porno on his city computer without actually investigating how the smut got there. That wound up costing the taxpayers $2 Extra Large. Now a former cop with 15 years on the job is suing, claiming the city broke employment and disability laws by firing him after he had taken medical leave for surgery...

Looks like taxpayers in Franklin may be bending over again...

Titans running back Chris Joh... errrrrr Every Coaches Dream, said he'll buy a new car for each of his offensive linemen if he rushes for 2,000 yards this season...

Check the reliability ratings Every and stay away from Chrysler and GM...

Yeah, that's a Chrysler sitting in my driveway. Hey - I had an AMC once. It can't get that bad...

I loved that AMC. It was my first car and guys always love their first car. But it was a piece of crap...

I usually drive my cars until the wheels fall off, but I expect that to be well after 25,000 miles...

Alan Jackson will be at a temporary Cracker Barrel at the corner of 1st and Broadway next Tuesday...

For the second time in less than a week, a hypodermic needle has been found in a vending machine at MTSU. Nothing disturbing about that...

Looks like Murfreesboro will not be home to a new Harley-Davidson plant...

No show Thursday for the Grand Ole Opry. The Opry is headed to the Ryman this weekend...

Flippant Stray Thoughts for 11/3/2009...

By Paul "The Crusher" Jenseni

Our ol' buddy Vic Lineweaver is in the news again. And again it's for him not working...

Seems one of Vic's hobbies is to go to funerals and visitations during work hours to sign the guestbook. For people he never knew...

The Juvenile Court Clerk is up for re-election next year. Yeah, right. Like that's going to happen.

The all-time classic is still when TV cameras caught him coming out of his house, in the middle of a work day, in his pajamas and slippers to get his mail, when he was supposedly at a "meeting"...

Ford scored a profit of $1 XX Large for the third quarter. You know Ford. The Detroit automaker that did not take taxpayer money or go bankrupt...

Speaking of taxpayer money, now the government says GM and Chrysler may not be able to pay back that money. No kidding...

Consumer Reports has released their predicted reliability ratings, a measure of the likelihood of a car having problems down the road...

The most reliable brands are Scion, Honda, Toyota, Infiniti, and Acura. The most reliable of the Detroit Three: Mercury (ninth on the list)...

The least reliable cars: Saturn, Jeep, Dodge, Cadillac, and Chrysler...

Gee. The two bankrupt companies make the most unreliable cars. Imagine that...

An out-of-state investor group has purchased Nashville Shores Water Park and Marina, and is planning a multi-million dollar expansion for the 2010 season...

Tennessee ranked as the fifth-best state in the country to do business, according to an annual listing by Site Selection magazine. North Carolina again topped the list, followed by Texas, Virgina and Ohio...

Gaylord reported a loss of $12.9 Extra Large for the third quarter...

Louisiana-Pacific lost $12.7 Extra Large for the quarter. Hey, it's better than the $100 Extra Large they lost in the third quarter last year...

Republicans won the governorships in Virginia and ultra-liberal New Jersey. Congressional democrats - you better take notice...

Newest members of the Music City Walk of Fame: Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb, Kid Rock, Tootsie Bess and Charlie Daniels...

The Metro school district is being accused by some of racial segregation...

Hardly a surprise when one bigoted school board member's first thought on the new administrator was the color of his skin...

And Karen Johnson, you don't need to stalk me like you did the last time I called you a bigot. Your world is divided into black and white...

The Metro Parks and Recreation Department's deficit for the current fiscal year could reach $1.77 Extra Large. Yet that asshole Karl Dean wants to close the fairgrounds, which costs the taxpayers zip...

Tennessee will start selling Mega Millions lottery tickets. Another tax on the stupid...

The Christmas Music of Mannheim Steamroller will be at TPAC on November 21st...

A suspicious package wreaked havoc with the Music City Star this afternoon. Turned out to be a wooden step ladder wrapped in plastic. Hope that was worth ruining your commute home...