The Goat Pen

sardis wrote:I've always said you can't balance the budget unless you freeze defense and medicare/medicaid the next 10 years.

bluetick wrote:Stories like that traffic story are commonplace. We are Tennessee - the Great Tea Party Experiment. The only person keeping us from going full TP is our moderate GOP governor, and he's losing ground against his taliban legislature. Bills passed or being proposed will make us the gun-happiest state in the union. Guns in bars has sparked guns in businesses, parks, and schools. Conceal-carry rights superceding the right of propertyowners to prohibit guns. And we'll become a breakaway republic if the feds try to counter any of that. Then there's Don't Say Gay in schools and the rush to Creationalism and vouchers. Unemployment and welfare benfits tied to kid's grades. Abortion is barely legal and difficult to obtain. Drill this, frack that, and strip-mine as you please. Water quality to be measured by stench. Scrubbers - huh? - we have some of the worst air quality in the nation.

Yep, Tennessee. Where a sudafed purchase requires a background check, and it's illegal to buy wine where food is sold.

bluetick wrote:Stories like that traffic story are commonplace. We are Tennessee - the Great Tea Party Experiment. The only person keeping us from going full TP is our moderate GOP governor, and he's losing ground against his taliban legislature. Bills passed or being proposed will make us the gun-happiest state in the union. Guns in bars has sparked guns in businesses, parks, and schools. Conceal-carry rights superceding the right of propertyowners to prohibit guns. And we'll become a breakaway republic if the feds try to counter any of that. Then there's Don't Say Gay in schools and the rush to Creationalism and vouchers. Unemployment and welfare benfits tied to kid's grades. Abortion is barely legal and difficult to obtain. Drill this, frack that, and strip-mine as you please. Water quality to be measured by stench. Scrubbers - huh? - we have some of the worst air quality in the nation.

Yep, Tennessee. Where a sudafed purchase requires a background check, and it's illegal to buy wine where food is sold.

Johnette's Daddy wrote:

bluetick wrote:Stories like that traffic story are commonplace. We are Tennessee - the Great Tea Party Experiment. The only person keeping us from going full TP is our moderate GOP governor, and he's losing ground against his taliban legislature. Bills passed or being proposed will make us the gun-happiest state in the union. Guns in bars has sparked guns in businesses, parks, and schools. Conceal-carry rights superceding the right of propertyowners to prohibit guns. And we'll become a breakaway republic if the feds try to counter any of that. Then there's Don't Say Gay in schools and the rush to Creationalism and vouchers. Unemployment and welfare benfits tied to kid's grades. Abortion is barely legal and difficult to obtain. Drill this, frack that, and strip-mine as you please. Water quality to be measured by stench. Scrubbers - huh? - we have some of the worst air quality in the nation.

Yep, Tennessee. Where a sudafed purchase requires a background check, and it's illegal to buy wine where food is sold.

I've been trying for years to get my family to leave Memphis and move to Cali. "Memphis . . . at least we're not in Mississippi!"

sardis wrote:

Johnette's Daddy wrote:

bluetick wrote:Stories like that traffic story are commonplace. We are Tennessee - the Great Tea Party Experiment. The only person keeping us from going full TP is our moderate GOP governor, and he's losing ground against his taliban legislature. Bills passed or being proposed will make us the gun-happiest state in the union. Guns in bars has sparked guns in businesses, parks, and schools. Conceal-carry rights superceding the right of propertyowners to prohibit guns. And we'll become a breakaway republic if the feds try to counter any of that. Then there's Don't Say Gay in schools and the rush to Creationalism and vouchers. Unemployment and welfare benfits tied to kid's grades. Abortion is barely legal and difficult to obtain. Drill this, frack that, and strip-mine as you please. Water quality to be measured by stench. Scrubbers - huh? - we have some of the worst air quality in the nation.

Yep, Tennessee. Where a sudafed purchase requires a background check, and it's illegal to buy wine where food is sold.

I've been trying for years to get my family to leave Memphis and move to Cali. "Memphis . . . at least we're not in Mississippi!"

Looks like most people would disagree with you and tick.

http://www.newgeography.com/content/002 ... ance-south

Toemeesleather wrote:plenty of folks come out here..


Talk about living in the past.....too bad 20 years worth of census data proves this totally false. The only growth in Kalifornia is taxes, regulation, unsustainable public sector jobs/retirements, and Mexicans/Central Americans.

With his father now 77 and out of Congress, the libertarian torch has passed to the Kentucky senator, who makes no secret of his interest in running for the Republican nomination in 2016.

Paul: “The Republican party needs a good healthy dose of libertarianism and we also need to figure out something new, because what’s going on is not working.”

By contrast, Paul’s formula is a clear shift to “a less aggressive foreign policy, a little more toleration of individual characteristics, toleration of immigration and a less draconian approach to non-violent crime like drug usage”.

Paul said Mitt Romney had lost to Obama partly for not being able to connect with American populism and Republicans need to be able to “express that a bunch of rich bankers on Wall Street should not be getting bonuses on the backs of the middle class”.

Republicans had to persuade voters that “smaller government, lower taxes and less regulation” balance budgets and that school choice benefits the poor and minorities — both largely ignored by the party.

To put that in perspective, during the height of active battle operations in Iraq, US soldiers used 5.5 million rounds of ammunition a month. Extrapolating the figures, the DHS has purchased enough bullets over the last 10 months to wage a full scale war for almost 30 years.

To put that in perspective, during the height of active battle operations in Iraq, US soldiers used 5.5 million rounds of ammunition a month. Extrapolating the figures, the DHS has purchased enough bullets over the last 10 months to wage a full scale war for almost 30 years.