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English-only ballot drive brings count, robust debate

Blue Collar Muse pulls this quote from a July 2 speech by Barak Obama:

Sean Braisted is none to pleased by the news that Barack Obama will look to expand on President Bush’s faith-based initiatives — but he’ll probably get over it:

Sean Braisted is none to pleased by the news that Barack Obama will look to expand on President Bush’s faith-based initiatives — but he’ll probably get over it:

I'm cool with him voting for FISA, got no problem with his support for the Heller decision, I'm glad he's toning down his rhetoric on NAFTA...but this?

Catherine McTamaney weighs in on the Metro Council’s famous nose-thumbing of the United States Justice Department:

Federal rule changes imposed by the Bush administration earlier this year will strip $350 million from children in state custody, the mentally ill, mentally retarded, and the aged or disabled in need of nursing home care if upheld.  Tennessee’s Republican Congressional delegation turned a blind eye towards families in their own state, Tennessee Democratic Party

While our Congressman Jim Cooper is voting against legislation that is not in AT&T's interest, he is promising to forego any legislation that would bring federal dollars to any proje

Yesterday S-townWife and I took our first trip out to Bells Bend and drove the 5+ mile stretch down the winding dead-end road that is the only access to this beautiful area.

Clint Brewer follows the money and finds that, in terms of federal campaign contributions, the Republican rule Tennessee: