Another democrat elections administrator is let go

Former pharmaceutical sales rep Michele White(R) is now the new elections administrator in Chester County, Tn. She replaces the longtime administrator Carolyn Thomas(D). The vote went down along party lines.

Is BRAC indirectly helping the Bama and Tennessee GOP?

Phil Williams(R) defeated Jenny Askins(D) yesterday by a 61% to 39% landslide margin in a special election in the Huntsville area. This seat had been held by the democrats for over a decade. This win by the GOP now puts the margin in the Alabama State House at a 61-44 democrat majority. It also gives the GOP the most seats they've ever had in the Alabama State House. I havent looked into this much but I wonder if the BRAC realignment is helping the GOP in these special elections this year in the Tennessee Valley. The GOP also won a state senate seat last month in Huntsville that the democrats had held for ten years. There is another special election for a state house seat coming up in a few months on the Tennessee side of the state line which was also vacated by a democrat. This open State House seat used to be a very reliable democrat seat but last November the GOP nominee for the seat scored an unusually high 45% against a non controversial democrat. Fayetteville, Tn has made a concerted effort in recent years to recruit a lot of the BRAC families to move to their city because Tennessee doesnt have a state income tax and its close to Huntsville. Did their efforts pay off? Is that why we've seen a sudden spike in people voting for the GOP in this area? We shall see.....

Sad news for one Bama GOPer

The mother of Cullman County Commissioner Doug Williams passed away last week. Wanda Williams was 70 years old at the time of her passing. Doug Williams is in his second term and is the top recruit that the state GOP was hoping to get to run against State Senate Majority Leader Zeb Little(D) next year. No word if this will have any effect on his potential run for the senate next year. I know that Wanda was very helpful to him in his last election in '06.

Chicken and the egg

Some of the know it all crowd in the Nashville blogosphere was once again making fun of everyday people, today. This time though it wasnt over guns but chickens. I don't know how the process works at other companies but let me share with you for a moment how Tyson and Koch operate their chicken houses. They sign a contract with some farmer. They bring out somewhere around five thousand chickens to his or her farm and put them in two chicken houses. They supply you with all the cartons and machinery and they come out once a week to pick up all the eggs you have gathered for that week. The money is pretty good as well. You earn about $150 a day on a normal pick up rate. But thats where the good ends and the bad begins. The smell at these chicken houses is absolutely unbearable, especially in the dead of summer like we are in right now. If you don't wear a mask in these places you will develop serious health problems. They will also flog humans when you walk through their house. Thats why you carry a stick with you to keep them off you. You also lose a certain amount of chickens everyday. At a normal contract farm you have about 15 to 20 die on you everyday. They either die from a lack of oxygen or they will suffer fatal internal injuries from other chickens repeatedly pecking on their backs. Koch and Tyson supply each farmer with an oven that is put about fifty yards from the chicken house. You pick up the dead chickens by hand and record the number that have died on a form. You then take them to this oven outside,toss them in and burn their bodies. Its not a nice picture as you can imagine. Thats why I don't blame these people in places like Nashville who have a few laying hens on their property. Its a much cleaner atmosphere to have them at your home than where these eggs at the stores are mass produced at.

Slugburger Festival

This weekend Corinth, Ms. is having their 22nd annual slugburger festival. It runs from July 9 to July 11 in downtown Corinth. They pretty much shut the whole downtown area down for those three days. For those of you who havent had a slugburger before. Its kind of like a boca/veggie burger. Oh and by the way its not actual slugs.

Oh please let this be true!!!!!!!!!!

There are numerous rumors floating out there this weekend that the legendary pro wrestler Jerry Lawler will annouce this week that he's running in the special election for Mayor of Memphis this fall. Lawler ran for this position back in 1999 and came in third that year behind Herenton and Joe Ford. His son Brian Lawler, who by the way goes by the name "grandmaster sexay" in the wrestling world(don't you just love pro wrestling?) was arrested just last week in front of a gas station in Jackson, Tn at 2am one morning for being under the influence of alcohol. All of this comes on the heels of one of "uncle" John Ford's brother's announcing late last week that he may run for this seat as well and even Mayor Herenton got in on the craziness by hinting he may run in the special election to replace himself. Say what you will about Memphis, but they sure know how to make an election entertaining!

Tea Party Rally Part Deaux

I couldnt attend the tea party this past Saturday in Selmer, TN since I had to work. But my sister went and she said there were about 50 to 70 people there. Thats a good number considering how hot it was outside. There was also no unsavory types there. There have been some cases of KKK and other radical groups showing up at some of these tea parties around the south. But according to my sister the ones in Selmer werent like that. They werent bucktooth gun waving lowly educated people like the media portrays them. They were just decent hard working americans concerned about the high rate of taxation in this country.