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Mike Padgett has a few strongly worded paragraphs for his chief rival in the race for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate:

Padgett also said that his leading Democratic opponent, Nashville lawyer Bob Tuke, lacks a sense of the practical when it comes to the problem of energy.

From Media Matters:

Seemingly lost in the debate over the rezoning of Nashville’s schools is one simple fact: Busing, in terms of urban health, was the worst idea of the 20th century.

It’s a lot like Marxism—a noble theory birthed from the best intentions. It only begins to go bad when you add that pesky ingredient known as human nature.

Anglachel does an excellent job of summing up what just happened:

Below are video-clips part 1 and 2 of Amy Siskind's speech at the May 31st Count Every Vote Rally in D.C. Amy Siskind informs Howard Dean and the Democratic Party that Democratic women and men will stay home in November, or support another candidate, in response to the party's failure to condemn the media misogyny.

I thought that Al Gore was more or less out of the game these days. I thought he doesn’t want to get involved with petty politics.

And we must beg for crumbs to help our own people.....Whuups - better be careful about using the term "beg," someone might pass a law and make it illegal to do so....

George Will provides us with a different perspective on the housing debacle....

Federal rule changes imposed by the Bush administration earlier this year will strip $350 million from children in state custody, the mentally ill, mentally retarded, and the aged or disabled in need of nursing home care if upheld.  Tennessee’s Republican Congressional delegation turned a blind eye towards families in their own state, Tennessee Democratic Party

If what they’re saying is true, then Representative Tom DuBois (R-Columbia) knows how to party. According to a report in the Columbia Daily Herald, Dubois hosted some midday revelry in his hometown this past weekend which reached 900 exuberant partygoers all hopped up on mules.