http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tennessee/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:01:01 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416129/posts Note: The following news brief is a quote: Last Update: 12/25 9:52 pm Memphis Man Arrested: Accused of Making Bomb Threats & Threatening to Start "Holy War" MEMPHIS, TN – Tonight, Mohamed Ibrahim is out after posting $100 bond. Earlier in the day, he was arrested after police say he walked into several Memphis businesses and threatened to blow them up. Court records show Ibrahim was also telling people he was Muslim, and wanted to start a jihad, or holy war, in Memphis. Police say when they arrested him, he had a butcher knife hidden in one of his jacket... MyEyeWitnessNews.com - Local News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416129/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:01:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413229/posts Tennessee State Representatives Susan Lynn (R-Lebanon) and Debra Young Maggart (R-Hendersonville) asked Tennessee State Attorney General Robert Cooper to prepare to take the appropriate legal action against the federal government in the event HR 3200, the controversial federal healthcare reform legislation, passes into law. The legislators requested this action in order to grant Tennessee relief from the unfunded mandate contained in the bill that Tennessee complies with the expansion of the federal Medicaid program. TheCypressTimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413229/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:02:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412859/posts (December 21, 2009, NASHVILLE) -- On Monday, State Representatives Susan Lynn (R-Lebanon) and Debra Young Maggart (R-Hendersonville) asked Tennessee State Attorney General Robert Cooper to prepare to take the appropriate legal action against the federal government in the event HR 3200, the controversial federal healthcare reform legislation, passes into law. The legislators requested this action in order to grant Tennessee relief from the unfunded mandate contained in the bill that Tennessee complies with the expansion of the federal Medicaid program. The letter notes that under the bill Tennessee would be forced to expand the state’s Medicaid program potentially costing the... State Representative Susan Lynn http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412859/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412509/posts   MEMPHIS, TN (WMC-TV) - A Memphis attorney has admitted to biting off part of a man's nose during a confrontation at a popular Midtown restaurant.According to a lawsuit filed by Greg Herbers, Mark Lambert bit off and swallowed part of his nose during a dispute last June at Dish on South Cooper Street.Lambert is a trial attorney with the Cochran Firm.      The incident at Dish began in the men's room when Herbers became annoyed because the urinal and stalls were occupied.Herbers says two men were together inside the same stall. He says Lambert carried on a conversation with... WMCTC / New York Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2412509/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:05:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409708/posts CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Tennessee investigators say a 4-year-old boy was found roaming his neighborhood in the night, drinking beer and wearing a little girl's dress taken from under a neighbor's Christmas tree. The child's mother, 21-year-old April Wright, tells WTVC-TV the boy "wants to go to jail because that's where his daddy is." Wright says she and the boy's father are going though a divorce. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409708/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:38:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407181/posts Democratic retirements are beginning to mount, after the announcement Monday that Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.) will not seek reelection next year. Gordon said in a statement that, after a quarter-century in Congress, it’s time to retire. “Every decision I have made in Congress has been with their best interests in mind,” he said. “I hope the people here at home feel that I have served them as well as their good advice and views have served me. “When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I’m one of the oldest. In fact, I... The Hill http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407181/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:57:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405948/posts The Constitution sets only three qualifications for a person to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. A person must be 25 years of age, a U.S. citizen for at least seven years and a resident of the state from which one is chosen. With 2010 upon us, all 435 U.S. House of Representative seats are up for election. I am one of the candidates for Congress in Tennessee's Third Congressional District, subject to the Republican primary. I ask you to consider my background and qualifications for office beyond the Constitutionally-mandated requirements and I believe you will agree, I'm not... TheTimGobbleCampaign http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405948/posts#comment Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:34:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403810/posts The NCAA is probing Tennessee's football recruiting practices, according to several prep prospects, their family members and high school administrators, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Much of the investigation is centered on the use of recruiting "hostesses" who have helped the program convince prep prospects to choose Tennessee by befriending prep prospects and attending their high school games, according to the report. Because the hostesses are considered an extension of the university, it could be considered a violation of NCAA rules if they helped recruit prospective athletes off campus. ESPN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2403810/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 17:05:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399023/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) – Tennessee executed a man Wednesday who had served nearly three decades on death row for killing three people during a shooting spree at a Nashville convenience store. Hours before Cecil Johnson was pronounced dead at 1:34 am (0734 GMT), two US Supreme Court justices engaged in a sharp exchange over whether to grant a stay of execution to the alleged killer 29 years after his crime. Last-minute efforts to grant him clemency or stop the execution failed. "The delay itself subjects death row inmates to decades of especially severe dehumanizing conditions of confinement," wrote veteran Justice John... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399023/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:01:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396065/posts Tennessee’s Health Department says it will have to stop funding safety-net clinics to deal with the state’s constricting budget. Health Commissioner Susan Cooper says such clinics provide uncompensated care to those who can’t afford it and lack insurance. During state budget hearings Monday, Governor Phil Bredesen asked if other cuts were possible instead. WPLN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396065/posts#comment Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:52:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391293/posts NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Were ethical lines crossed when the city purchased the property that will be the future site of the new west police precinct? One concerned citizen thinks so and is taking his complaint to the Tennessee Ethics Commission Related: Watch This Story His question about the property comes down to who owned it, a familiar name on the trust with Metro ties, and a price tag he says is way too high. Mike Peden believes something isn't right when it comes to the old Ford dealership on Charlotte Pike. Metro just bought it to become the future site... WSMV Nashville, TN. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391293/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:24:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388752/posts WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Two U.S. Senators on Monday unveiled bipartisan legislation aimed at doubling nuclear power in 20 years and increasing funding for research into low carbon sources of energy. Sponsored by Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander and Virginia Democrat Jim Webb, the bill would provide $100 billion in loan guarantees for carbon-free electricity projects, adding to the existing $47 billion loan guarantee program. Although the additional loan guarantees would not be limited to nuclear power, the nuclear industry would likely be the major recipient of the extra money because it is one of the most established low carbon... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388752/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:02:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384497/posts Volkswagen Group has displaced Toyota for the first time as the world's largest car manufacturer in terms of production. The German carmaker produced 4.4 million vehicles in the first nine months of the year, overtaking its Japanese rival by 400,000 units, consulting firm IHS Global Insight said on Wednesday. Volkswagen Group owns a variety of models such as Skoda and Seat and high-end lines Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and Lamborghini. In July it expanded its stable by acquiring Porsche. HIS Global Insight said Volkswagen was able to beat Toyota thanks to increased sales in China, Germany and the U.K. even amid... The Chosun Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2384497/posts#comment Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379429/posts Wondering how TN's US House Dems are breaking on the Health Care Reform vote on Saturday? I'm aggregating their office's responses at the blog. Enjoy! Blue Collar Muse Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379429/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:07:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378896/posts JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – Jim Stevens said he's not particularly religious and is clueless about why an image resembling Jesus Christ keeps appearing on his pickup. Stevens, of Jonesborough, said nearly every morning, an image that looks to him like the face of Jesus Christ has appeared in the condensation on the driver's side window of his Isuzu truck. A Johnson City Press photo of the truck showed a facial image. Stevens said when he first saw the image, he figured it would evaporate and not return. But it kept reappearing for two weeks now. AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378896/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 04:06:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377902/posts Junk Science: The oracle of climate disaster has a new book out on global warming that should be on the fiction list. He asks us to commit economic suicide while he rakes in millions from his green investments. 'Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis," Al Gore's sequel to his 2006 tome "An Inconvenient Truth," came out Tuesday. Printed on recycled paper using low-VOC (volatile organic compound) ink, it will undoubtedly be a best-seller and on the desk of every attendee at next month's climate change conference in Copenhagen. In a press release announcing the book, the Oscar-... Investors.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377902/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 01:59:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376849/posts More bleak data from the manufacturing sector: Tennessee factories has shed more than 56,000 jobs since September of 2007. The automotive sector accounts for more than 9,000 of those losses and has been laying off workers more quickly than the rest of the industry. Trashville Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376849/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 21:36:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374800/posts KNOXVILLE - A Knox County jury this afternoon sentenced convicted torture-slaying ringleader Lemaricus Davidson to death by lethal injection for the January 2007 murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. The jury of five women and seven men deliberated about four hours before returning its decision to a packed courtroom. “The punishment is death,” the jury foreman said. The victims' families gasped at the verdict, but Davidson showed no reaction. Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner admonished those in the courtroom to control any outburst. “The murder was especially heinous, atrocious and cruel,” the foreman said, reading from the verdict form.... Knoxville News-Sentinel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374800/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:14:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368095/posts Tennessee is urging 49 other states to come together and create a "joint working group between the states" to combat unconstitutional federal legislation and assert state rights. Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen signed HJR 108, the State Sovereignty Resolution on June 23. According to the Tenth Amendment Center, the resolution created a committee to form a joint working group between the states to enumerate the abuses of authority by the federal government and seek repeal of imposed mandates. State Rep. Susan Lynn recently wrote a letter to the other 49 state legislatures, inviting them to join the group and warning that... World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368095/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:18:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368543/posts Hundreds of people have been arrested in Texas and around the country what officials say is the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel in the U.S WASHINGTON (October 22, 2009)—U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calls the arrests of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids in Texas and across the country the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating here. Holder said at a news conference Thursday that the arrests over the past two days were aimed at the U.S. operations of the La Familia cartel. Click here to find out more! Holder... kwtx TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368543/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2361838/posts TN/OK: Polls Close In Special Elections The polls have closed in Tennessee. The first results are in for early voting and absentee and can be found here. The polls have also closed in Oklahoma. The first results are also in for early voting and absentee and can be found here. State Election Results sites http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2361838/posts#comment Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:08:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2360645/posts Both President Obama and the Democratic Congress have ignored the mess that three states have made of their economy and tax burden by attempting to create a public option and/or universal healthcare. Tennessee has its TennCare program, Maine has tried a "public option" program, and Massachusetts has its RomenyCare system that promises healthcare for all. Each of them has been a boondoggle for the taxpayers and has failed to deliver promised savings and enhanced coverage. In fact, each of these states have begun to cut services to people because the costs have skyrocketed despite claims that "savings" would occur and... Publius Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2360645/posts#comment Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351569/posts To purge or not to purge: Controversy brews over voter rolls Controversy brews over process striking registered voters off rollsBy Michael Kelley (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal Sunday, September 20, 2009 The Republican-controlled Shelby County Election Commission has been aggressively purging the voter registration roll this year following a registration binge by Democrats last fall. If there is any relationship it's tenuous, though, and the commission has been carefully following federal law as it has pared the list of Shelby County voters to about 600,000.****Snip****Voters who identify themselves as white comprise 53 percent of those purged this year, while they make... The Commercial Appeal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351569/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:40:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351170/posts Amber Alert Issued After Mother Stabbed, Baby Taken Mom Says Attacker Claimed To Be With INS NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- An Amber Alert was issued after a mother was stabbed and her newborn was taken. Police spokesman Don Aaron said police are at a home on East Ridge Drive where, they said, 4-day-old Yair Anthony Carillo was taken at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday. The infant is Hispanic with black hair and brown eyes. At the time of the abduction, he was wearing a blue-and-white-striped onesie. The baby's mother, 30-year-old Maria Gurrolla, was hospitalized after suffering non-life-threatening wounds to her neck, head, thigh... WSMV Nashville, TN. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2351170/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:33:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351183/posts Nation-building in Afghanistan is a tough proposition for the United States since it is a "medieval" country, Rep. Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) told a local editorial board on Monday afternoon. The freshman lawmaker said that the a rebuilding project similar to what the U.S. undertook in Iraq would unlikely to achieve success in Afghanistan because the latter is "medieval" and the former is a "20th century country." Roe added that winning "the war" there would take "decades." He emphasized that the government needs to re-evaluate the mission there and define victory in the conflict against Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgents. "I believe... The Hill, Washington, DC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2351183/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:56:44 GMT