http://www.nashvilleistalking.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:27:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en - Kleinheider - Guns in bars challenge to be filed Wed. morn: http://bit.ly/4stIP Rayburn, owner of the Sunset Grill, Midtown Café and Cabana, along with 9 others is suing the State of Tennessee (Attorney General as defendant), challenging the legality and constitutionality of Public Chapter 339 which permits the ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/business-owner-and-citizens-to-challenge-states-new-guns-in-bars-law/ (via @rcantor) If you are one of those people counting down the days before you go see Transformers, Revenge of the Fallen, you clearly don't read the reviews. "Transformers: ROTF is so long, you'll need to wear adult diapers to it. But the movie's pure celebration of the primal urge, and ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/transformers-rejoice-in-your-adult-diaper/ Bernie is mad as hell that the Secretary of State sent the TBI to see if he was a terrorist threat for mentioning the Battle of Athens on a blog. Bernie says he's still thinking about filing criminal charges. Below is an excerpt from today's front page of his home ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/bernie-is-still-thinking-about-it/ Secretary of State Tre Hargett's office posted a Q&A about the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act (TVCA), a bill passed almost unanimously last year by the House and Senate and signed into law by Gov. Phil Bredesen.TVCA requires the use of paper ballots in the 2010 elections across the entire state, ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/secretary-of-state-there-is-insufficient-time-to-uphold-the-tennessee-voter-confidence-act/ In case your email inbox isn't a huge clue, Tennessee's gubernatorial candidates are making their last minute pitches before tomorrow's filing deadline. I'm sure I missed a few, but here are the ones I saw on Twitter. I like the 140 character pitch way better. - wardforgov: Visit www.wardcammack.com to ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/tweets-for-campaign-cash/ [caption id="" align="alignright" width="200" caption="Sec. of State Tre Hargett"][/caption] Secretary of State Tre Hargett's office says they will soon address what their office has done to implement the Tennessee Voter Confidence Act. Spokesperson Blake Fontenay told NIT the Secretary's office is working this week to create a "Q&A format" section for the ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/secretary-of-state-to-release-qa-on-tennessee-voter-confidence-act/ At least that's what Jeff Woods reports. Fair election advocate Bernie Ellis says in an email to Woods and other journalists that he'll even hold a press conference if any of us have the journalistic fortitude to cover it. If Bernie really does file, rest assured NIT will follow every ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/fair-election-advocate-to-file-criminal-complaint-against-tennessee-secretary-of-state/ - GeneDeel - Tree powered outdoor lights? Yes please! Now I just need some trees... http://bit.ly/vuUAV #fb Two years later, Mershin and MIT undergraduate Christopher Love have not only figured out the source of the tree’s electricity, they’ve joined a new company—Voltree Power—that wants to use that energy to power ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/tree-powered-for-real/ [caption id="attachment_1316" align="alignright" width="278" caption="A page out of history posted by Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit"][/caption] (via Liberadio) Below is the full text of an article written by First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1946 on the Battle of Athens, a gun battle in McMinn county Tennessee between armed citizens and corrupt politicians ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/tennessees-warning-to-corrupt-politicians/ Sorry I'm late to post this, but I was waiting for final confirmation from Wikipedia since Twitter was virtually shut down with speculation of whether or not TMZ is a valid entertainment media source and all. Larry King says he was planning to do a whole night on Farrah Fawcet's death, ... http://www.nashvilleistalking.com/2009/06/michael-jackson-king-of-pop-dead-at-age-50/