I had a great post lined up about the ridiculous front page headline in today's KNS where Knox GOP chair Brian Hornback says Randy Tyree isn't qualified to run for Sheriff because he filed his POST paperwork too late and how that was wrong and I didn't know who was stupider, the Knox GOP for desperately trying to keep another Democrat off the ticket or the KNS for running the story. After checking the Tennessee Code Annotated, however, it appears they are right, and there aren't too many ways you can interpret it other than Tyree missed the deadline as laid out in state law (which the KNS could have quoted*, but didn't, because I guess it was easier to just transcribe Hornback's memo). Not much on the Knox GOPs desperate efforts to keep term limit disqualified candidates ON the ballot, though (yeah, yeah, I know there are a couple of Democrats, too, so save your e-mails).

So anyway, instead of writing all that, I added some new links to the "Local Links" section over there on the right. Been meaning to do that for a while, and finally got around to it.

And instead of writing anything else, I'll refer you to some other stuff you may find interesting.

• SayUncle is a closet liberal!
• CE Petro on the quaint Geneva Conventions
• Les Jones has a new addition to the family
• Fletch has some cool photos of Monticello
• Wandering Hillbilly on what makes America great
• Alice at 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera is photoblogging Austria
• GTTim has updated San Francisco photos
• Bob Stepno on bloggers and libel
• Frank at Left of the Dial has this thoroughly researched post on sex, drugs, and country music

That ought to keep you entertained at work for a while.

Oh, one more thing. That last item reminds me of this ridiculous anti-gay marriage amendment and the pathetic GOP wedge issue GOTV pandering (haven't they been to that well one too many times already?). Democrats need to take a page from their playbook and run on a unified platform of a Constitutional amendment guaranteeing free sex, drugs, and rock and roll for all Americans.

OK, then.

*TCA 8-8-102: The original notarized verification form from the peace officer standards and training commission shall be filed by the peace officer standards and training commission with the county election commission by the withdrawal deadline. If the peace officer standards and training commission has not certified to the county election commission by the withdrawal deadline a person seeking to qualify as a candidate for the office of sheriff as meeting the qualifications as provided for in this section, such person's name shall not appear on the ballot.