Tue
Jan 31 2006
05:15 pm
By: Andy Axel
Van Hilleary on the issues:
Bob Corker on the issues:
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Discussing:
- Bravo to Michaela Barnett (3 replies)
- Federal Government sending marketing (campaign) messages? (1 reply)
- Knox SOUP Announces New Name, November 5 Community Dinner, and Call for Project Proposals (1 reply)
- Oconaluftee, Cherokee, Newfound Gap (1 reply)
- Pedestrians be careful, drivers (and pedestrians) not attentive (3 replies)
- Check and Recheck your ballot when voting (5 replies)
- Bernie Sanders vs AI (1 reply)
- SoKno discombobulation continues (2 replies)
- Execution failed!!! (3 replies)
- GOP Senator "deserves the obloquy" (2 replies)
- AI company going public says "existential risks to humanity" (2 replies)
- Michaela Barnett for Congress TN-02 (2 replies)
TN Progressive
- Blount County pausing on housing growth? (BlountViews)
- Tues., Oct. 20, 2026, Free Flu Shots at Blount County Health Dept. (BlountViews)
- View from the Overlook (Whitescreek Journal)
- Alcoa property taxes will probably not go up (BlountViews)
- Smith & Wesson not a good fit for Blount County (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
TN Politics
- FAA grounds all US flights due to air traffic control issue (TN Lookout)
- Tennessee’s gerrymandered election maps hold up, but not as well as in past cycles (TN Lookout)
- Trump administration pursues a second round in the courts on birthright citizenship (TN Lookout)
- Stockard on the Stump: Senate finance chief takes Tennessee ‘DOGE’ talk with grain of salt (TN Lookout)
- Appeals court: Federal judge must reconsider whether ‘buffer law’ is in effect during media lawsuit (TN Lookout)
- US senators demand end to Iran war funding in bill averting shutdown (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Lady Vols roll past Blue Raiders (Knox TN Today)
- Let’s Talk: Outdoors — Smoky Night Lights brings mountain magic to Knoxville (Knox TN Today)
- Good Question! Why are barns red? (Knox TN Today)
- Boo! at the Zoo draws 41,466 guests, up 68% from last year (Knox TN Today)
- Close to Home, Far from Ordinary: Clinton’s small-town charm tells a big story (Knox TN Today)
- Muse Knoxville expansion promises more room for discovery (Knox TN Today)
- Roy Orbison and I (Knox TN Today)
- Food City extends Speedway in Lights partnership through 2030 (Knox TN Today)
- Hiking with Harrington: November wildflowers surprise on Huskey Gap Trail (Knox TN Today)
- Riella at Oakwood brings 170 affordable homes to historic St. Mary’s site (Knox TN Today)
- Let’s Talk–Leaders: Knoxville Bar Foundation welcomes 12 new Fellows (Knox TN Today)
- Game Ball: Tennessee heads to Texas A&M — can you predict the final score? (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Campbell County mother receives a free car from Redemptive Automotive Ministries (WATE)
- ‘More than half my income' Rent doubles at Loudon County mobile home park after ownership change (WATE)
- Ground stop hits Tennessee Vols flight ahead of Texas A&M game (WATE)
- Anderson County woman charged with drag racing with child in car (WATE)
- Knoxville to remove traffic signal, convert street to bike route near Gay Street Bridge (WATE)
- TWRA investigates after 450 dead fish found at A.K. Bissell Park (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Letters to the Editors: School board needs to be more open; Fleischmann wins new term despite record - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Local Opinion: Chattanooga Food Bank experience humbling but inspiring - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Readers Write: Thank You Chattanooga Public Works - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- It’s Miller Time - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Live updates: No timeline for resolving nationwide ground stop as flight cancellations climb - CNN (Business)
- River cruise ship, tanker crash in New Orleans on Mississippi River; passengers rescued - CBS News (US News)
- Trump’s top economic advisers clash over Lutnick’s handling of Nvidia - The Washington Post (US News)
- The senators who could join Van Hollen's insurgency against Schumer - Axios (US News)
- SpaceX launches milestone Starship flight to demonstrate full reusability of orbit-class rocket - CBS News (Business)
- It’s Clear Who’s Ultimately to Blame for the Nvidia Scandal. And It Isn’t Jensen Huang. - Slate Magazine (Business)
- Jensen Huang’s departure blasts big hole in AI startup funding, VCs and founders say - TechCrunch (Business)
- New Medicaid work requirements delayed - Politico (US News)
- Family Dollar to pay $63 million to settle claims it overcharged customers - CBS News (Business)
- Microsoft 365 Outage Continues: Tech Giant Has No Timeline For Recovery, Says It’s ‘Deeply Sorry’ - Forbes (Business)
- Anthropic CEO Calls Computing Power ‘Deepest Business Dilemma’ - Bloomberg (Business)
- Trump-backed Maga firebrand Lauren Boebert defeated in Colorado congressional race - The Guardian (US News)
- Weekend storm brings season’s first widespread freeze to millions across U.S. - NBC News (US News)
- Scott Colom: the Democrat who conquered the reddest of red states - Financial Times (US News)
- Jensen Huang’s Leather Jacket Isn’t Helping Him Right Now - The New York Times (Business)
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Probably better to keep
Heh. Indeed. But maybe it's better to keep quiet and have your supporters say stuff like this on your behalf:
http://kuritaforsenate.blogspot.com/2005/12/demystifying-racism.html
now is not the time....
....for an issues page! Why, oh why, would you want to take a stance on something? You might offend/put-off a potential voter...
....on the other hand...you might build on your base if you take a stance. But then again, red state or at least more red people vote, so why
piss offirritate either colored voter until after the primaries?The end game is getting elected; why play hard while you’re warming up?
You know
Some people actually base votes and party affiliation on, I don't know, trivial things like ethics, or a closely-held sense of right and wrong.
Seems to me like anything else is the worst sort of appealing to folks' most base instincts.