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Confederacy of Dunces
Nashville Scene ^
| 5/8/8
Posted on 05/07/2008 3:48:04 PM PDT by SmithL
. . .
See no evil
-- House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh has found the perfect solution to the legislature’s sleazy ethics. He’s covering his eyes.
On the day former Sen. John Ford entered federal prison for taking bribes in the “Tennessee Waltz” scandal, House Democrats killed a bill to revoke state health insurance benefits for lawmakers convicted of felonies involving their office.
Sen. Charles Curtiss, the bill’s sponsor, said, “In my mind, we ought to be held to a higher standard.” But apparently not in Naifeh’s mind.
Later, the mighty speaker dismissed the possibility that killing the bill hurts Democrats’ public image. He didn’t even know Ford went to prison on the same day. Guess some things are better left unknown. “I quit reading the paper and watching TV,” Naifeh said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nashvillescene.com ...
TOPICS: Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; ford; fordfraud; jimmynaifeh; johnford; tnwaltz; yourtaxdollarsatwork
Tennessee's very own Culture of Corruption
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posted on
05/07/2008 3:48:06 PM PDT
by
SmithL
To: TigersEye
Look TE, the name of one of our favorite books...A Confederacy of Dunces!
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posted on
05/07/2008 4:03:03 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( Give to the Church of the Venetian Blind, they don't make you KEEP IT SWEET!!!!)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/07/2008 4:08:55 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
("There is no civility, only politics.")
To: pandoraou812
So it is so it is. It looks like the name gravitated towards its natural environment. Politics!
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posted on
05/07/2008 4:36:43 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(Berlin 1936. Olympics for murdering regimes. Beijing 2008.)
To: fieldmarshaldj; NewRomeTacitus
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posted on
05/07/2008 4:38:59 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Karl Marx supported free trade. Does that make him a free market conservative?)
To: Emperor Palpatine
Jimmy is my Rep! and a neighbor.
To: pandoraou812; IgnatiusReilly
There's a member here with the screen name Ignatius Reilly. I've pinged him with this reply.
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posted on
05/07/2008 5:03:42 PM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Hillary/Obama or John Mccain - -easy choice for me.)
To: Graybeard58
Thats cool. That is one of my favorite books.
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posted on
05/07/2008 6:00:03 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
( Give to the Church of the Venetian Blind, they don't make you KEEP IT SWEET!!!!)
To: SmithL
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posted on
05/07/2008 6:02:02 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(FR's Mormon Haters are the new Immigration Thread harpies)
To: Coldwater Creek
My sincerest condolences.
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posted on
05/07/2008 8:32:29 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: Graybeard58
With geometry and taste.
What was the name of the hot dogs Reilly was selling?
I read that book about 15 years ago. Borrowed it from the library.
I think the liner notes indicated that the author committed suicide. Sad, since he was truly a good author.
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posted on
05/08/2008 3:06:30 AM PDT
by
Westbrook
(Having more children does not divide your love, it multiplies it.)
To: Westbrook
I don’t remember that either and unfortunately, I no longer have the book. I do remember that he ate a lot more of them than he sold.
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posted on
05/08/2008 3:56:22 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Hillary/Obama or John Mccain - -easy choice for me.)
To: pandoraou812
I’ll have to check that book from the library.
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posted on
05/08/2008 4:06:51 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: csvset
I read it years ago & loved it.
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posted on
05/08/2008 12:58:53 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(Keep your hands off my deceased family members, thats plain creepy!!!)
To: Westbrook
Lucky Dogs?
Didn’t read the book, but those hotdogs are ubiquitous in the Crescent City.
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posted on
05/08/2008 9:34:47 PM PDT
by
Redbob
(WWJBD - "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
To: pandoraou812
I read the book. It was hilarious. What a cast of characters.
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posted on
05/17/2008 4:53:09 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: csvset
Yes it is & it is one of my very favorite books . I am glad you liked it!
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posted on
05/17/2008 9:05:16 PM PDT
by
pandoraou812
(Doesn't play well with others or share .....Keep it Sweet!! Not me!)
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