counterpoint

But thinks Padgett is cool, too:

Either Bob Tuke, a lawyer and former chairman of the Tennessee Democratic Party, or Mike Padgett, former Knox County Clerk, would offer a fine counterpoint to Alexander during the campaign leading up to the November election.

“I‘m going to make this pencil disappear” is one of the best lines uttered by a villain in a movie. Heath Ledger said it, and introduces the creepiest villain I’ve seen in a movie in a long, long time.

The Occasional Muse puts forth an interesting name in the Veepsteaks:

Someday someone is going to write a brilliant book about the commonalities of rap and country music–the stress on authenticity, the violence, the hypermasculinity, ect.–and I will read it and I will say “Oh, so that’s what’s going on.”

That’s what Jim Voorhies is saying:

The Donkey’s Mouth challenges the assertion made by Tennessee Republican Party Chair Robin Smith in a Tennessean opinion piece that the GOP does not have “superdelegates.”

Governor Phil Bredesen delivered his sixth State of the State address from the well of the House Chamber this week. Here are highlights of the speech and a review of the four priorities Governor Bredesen, with the cooperation of the General Assembly, has advocated and will continue to advocate in 2008: education, public safety and security, economic development and jobs, and health.

He noted the following a

First, in case of monster attack, make sure you are holding a camcorder. Do not let go of it for a second. Do not turn it off for any reason. A monster is knocking a bridge out from under you? Keep filming. A monster is chasing you through a subway tunnel with almost zero illumination? Keep filming.