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    Fundamentalists Have Hijacked the word "Values"

    MARCH 9, 2012 7:39AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: obamacare, gay rights, family values, evangelical christians, tennessee, gun laws

    • 0 Ratings
    • 253 Views
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    I Know How Copernicus Must Have Felt

    JANUARY 30, 2012 7:13PM

    By Omnipotent Poobah


    Topics: tony perkins, tennessee, star wars video game, stacey campfield, rick womick, rick santorum, ralph shortey, politics, omnipotent poobah, oklahoma, obama anti-christ, north carolina, nicolaus copernicus, man-on-dog sex, larry pittman, intelligent design, human-on-ape sex, homosexual, hanging, gay, family research council, death penalty, dava sobel, dark ages, danny robbie hembree, catholic church, bioware, anti-sharia law, aids, aborted fetus in food, 21st century

    • 0 Ratings
    • 311 Views
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    Birtherism Rebirthed

    OCTOBER 26, 2011 11:13AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: u.s. crime, criminal convictions, darren wesley huff, walter fitzpatrick, tennessee, fbi, georgia militia, oath keepers, armed insurrection, nutjobs, birthers, barack obama, donald trump, rick perry

    • Editor's Pick
    • 16 Ratings
    • 1850 Views
    • 21 Comments
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    Tenn. "Guns in Bars" Sponsor Arrested Drunk with Gun

    OCTOBER 14, 2011 8:02AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: tennessee, gun laws, guns, nra, republicans, politics

    • 17 Ratings
    • 675 Views
    • 31 Comments
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    Jaundiced Hearts--Straight Teen Threatened for LGBT Activism

    OCTOBER 7, 2011 6:59AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: tennessee, madisonville, sequouah high school, maurice moser, mary beth tinker, chris sigler, students' right to free political expression, lgbt students and their allies

    • 3 Ratings
    • 450 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    My NASCAR Weekend

    JULY 25, 2011 7:45AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: carl edwards, tennessee, southern culture, nashville, auto racing, nascar

    • 5 Ratings
    • 583 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    General vs. General and a Horrid Betrayal of Slave Refugees

    JULY 15, 2011 3:01PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: illinois, georgia, murder, kentucky, alabama, ebenezer creek, massacre, william t. sherman, tennessee, indiana, alaska, united states history, u.s. generals, slavery, civil war

    • 0 Ratings
    • 173 Views
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    Savoring Meditation #120: Laurel Run Park

    JUNE 20, 2011 10:27PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: bays mountain, tennessee, hawkins county, crawl dads, mountain laurels, holston riverphotography, travel

    • 1 Ratings
    • 417 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Facing Outrage, Corporations Back of Anti-Gay Law

    MAY 24, 2011 5:39PM

    By Ryan Ebersole


    Topics: civil rights, discrimination, prejudice, nashville, tennessee, lgbt, republicans, gop, business, politics, belief/religion, gay/lesbian

    • 26 Ratings
    • 1150 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    My Nashville Vacation (and then some)

    MAY 29, 2011 2:46PM

    By Scarlett Sumac


    Topics: freedom riders, jimi hendrix, misty mountain hop, led zeppelin, piece of my heart, janis joplin, me & bobby mcgee, kris kristofferson, willie nelson, loretta lynn, june carter, johhny cash, jimmie rogers, robert johnson, wanda jackson, pasty cline, maybelle carter, hank williams, stand by your man, tammy wynette, brown's diner, paradise, john prine, misty mountain hop, great friends etc. etc. led zep, andy & lee, nashville, tennessee, west virginia, pennsylvania, kentucky, ohio, rock n' roll hall of fame, country music hall of fame, a musical odyssey, all videos for which i am most grateful courtesy of youtube

    • 1 Ratings
    • 361 Views
    • 2 Comments
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    Business & Religion Team Up to Pass Tenn. Anti-Gay Law

    MAY 23, 2011 2:10PM

    By Ryan Ebersole


    Topics: gay/lesbian, politics, business, belief/religion, republican, gop, tennessee, lgbt, nashville

    • Editor's Pick
    • 30 Ratings
    • 7163 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Nashville Post-Flood: Honky Tonkin' on Lower Broad

    APRIL 29, 2011 7:17AM

    By Jeanette DeMain


    Topics: nashville, tennessee, music city, country music, honky tonks, lower broadway, hatch show print, ryman auditorium

    • 2 Ratings
    • 712 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Poison Ivy Got Me Again

    APRIL 13, 2011 7:52AM

    By Frank Michels


    Topics: true story, gardening, poison ivy, allergies, urushiol, tennessee

    • 1 Ratings
    • 156 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Savoring Meditation #48: The Debate

    APRIL 4, 2011 6:53PM

    By Grannypower


    Topics: belief/religion, photography, politics, meditation, tax reform, tennessee, conservative liberatian, debate, higher power, preparedness, trust, meditation, god, good ole boys, relax

    • 0 Ratings
    • 128 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Salamander species doomed by profit

    MARCH 24, 2011 4:01AM

    By Dystopia Joe


    Topics: salamander, tennessee, endangered

    • Editor's Pick
    • 8 Ratings
    • 885 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    Crazy About Sharia

    MARCH 15, 2011 1:21PM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: rebellion, sedition, muslims, islam, muhammad, ban, law, sharia, tennessee

    • 22 Ratings
    • 506 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    Vows (fiction Friday)

    MARCH 11, 2011 3:28PM

    By Matt Paust


    Topics: repost from clarkk's blog, carrie mcgavock, gen. hood, tennessee, garden, cemetery, preservation, civil war, history, wedding, fiction

    • Editor's Pick
    • 25 Ratings
    • 1598 Views
    • 27 Comments
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    Tennessee's Teachers Marched In the Rain For Their Rights

    MARCH 8, 2011 7:29AM

    By Jeanette DeMain


    Topics: tenure, collective bargaining, teachers, tennessee

    • 0 Ratings
    • 317 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    Minor Notes (and the Liner Notes for Black Crow Blue)

    DECEMBER 24, 2010 8:42AM

    By zencaster


    Topics: songwriting, ballet, chattanooga, dance, nutcracker, lyrics, music, songwriting, nashville, tennessee

    • 0 Ratings
    • 154 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The sex toy Nazis of Tennessee

    DECEMBER 8, 2010 3:39AM

    By Pat Bryant


    Topics: tennessee, sienfeld, sex toys, nazis

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