Do campaign signs matter anymore?

This morning as I was driving up I-65 from Montgomery. I noticed some Greg Warren for Congress signs along the road north of Birmingham. Mr Warren ran for Congress this year in the democrat primary to take on GOP Congressman Robert Aderholt. While I disagree with Mr Warren on the issues I admired him for what he did. The man got a second job last year to help him pay for campaign signs and the gas to travel the sprawling district he was running in. I personally saw him twice along the interstate last year nailing up his signs. He worked himself to death from what some democrats in that area have told me. They said he was at nearly all the small town parades and events in the district last year and this winter and spring. His democrat opponent though was a trial lawyer in his late twenties who waited until the last minute to file to run for Congress three months ago. This trial lawyer also had a page on myspace a while back that even raised the eyebrows of a lot of liberals. You would assume Mr Warren had no problem taking care of this lawyer last month in the democrat primary after all his hardwork in the district since January 2007. But when election day rolled out last month Mr Sparks defeated Mr Warren by a twenty point margin. Campaign signs can be useful in local city and county elections but after watching what happened to Mr Warren. Ive come to the the conclusion their a waste of resources in these bigger races.

Chester County, Tn political news

Vickie Beshires has made it official that she's running for Chester County Property Assessor as a Democrat. She's got a tough road ahead of her because the only democrat to get elected in that county in the last ten years is the current three term county mayor Troy Kilzer.

How about them Tampa Bay Rays

Its been a quiet season for the most part in Major League Baseball this year. There has been one huge surprise in the form of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Their on pace to win 98 games. Who would have ever thought you would live to see that day? I sure didn't. One interesting tidbit on the Rays is they hired Joe Magraine as their color guy on the TV games two years ago. St Louis Cardinals fans remember Magraine like they do Don Denkinger. Joe Magraine was suppose to be the second coming when he was working his way through the minors with the Cardinals. But once he got to Busch country he quickly flamed out due to injuries. I hope the Rays keep this up in the second half of the season because Im SICK TO DEATH of the Yankees and Red Sox!

Jackson, Tn,NAIA and a new arena

Jackson, Tn is in a bind right now when it comes to building a new arena in the city. Right now Jackson has the fourty plus year old 5,000 seat Oman Arena where the NAIA hosts its womens basketball tournament every spring. But you have to wonder how much longer the NAIA will stick around Jackson, especially after they bailed out on Savannah last winter with their football championship game. Would they go south? Right down highway 45 sits the 10,000 seat BancorpSouth Arena in Tupelo, Ms. which opened in the nineties. Tupelo is smaller than Jackson is in terms of population but its enjoyed some good success with its arena. They have a minor league football team and a lot of major concert acts have played there as well in recent years along with the WWE. There's also the Crossroads Arena in Corinth which is also on highway 45. Its capacity is only around 4,000 but they too have enjoyed some good success with their arena since it opened in 1999. But the problem that Jackson has is that even though its larger than Corinth and Tupelo are. The arena's in Corinth and Tupelo were built with mainly private money. Jackson doesn't have any private investors willing to spend their own money to build an arena and with the failure of Pringles Park. The taxpayers in Madison County would never agree to pay for a new arena. So the city is essentially stuck knowing that the end of major sports in the city is just around the corner and there isnt a thing they can do about it. Which is very disappointing when you think about it. You have a city and county with a population of over 100,000 with a major interstate running right through it. But in all likelihood, five years from now the city will have lost the NAIA and the Diamond Jaxx. I guess when that happens though they'll go back to the hillbilly days of dragging Jerry Lawler and Bill Dundee out of the stripclubs and having them to put on a "rasslin show" every Saturday night at Oman. You may see some business leaders in Jackson pull a "Tojo Yamamoto" if that happens.

Mini me & 60 Minutes hottie get busy(wink wink)

Its been a busy week for Verne Troyer and Lara Logan. Mr Troyer filed a lawsuit against TMZ for airing a "sextape" of him and his female friend(or as they say in Perry County, Tn his sweetie pie). Ive only seen "tiny" segments of the tape on TMZ but I can just imagine Mr Troyer whispering something in her ear along the lines of "hey sweetie I'm gonna go kiss your feet so I'll be back in about a half hour".

Then there's the case of 60 Minutes reporter Lara Logan. Wow I knew the summers in Iraq got hot and sticky but I didn't know they got that hot and sticky. She apparently stuck herself to a few men over there worse than peach juice sticks to your hands here in the south. Former West Tennessee newsbabes Courtney Friel and Dayna Devon are still the most attractive women on the network news and entertainment shows in my opinion. But Ms Logan is giving them a run for their money with her antics in Iraq.

Don't drop the slippery soap Dickie!

Trial lawyer icon and Democrat activist/Trent Lotts brother in law was sentenced to the max today in Federal Court in Oxford. The Judge gave him a five year sentence for trying to bribe another Judge a few years ago. His law parterner Sidney Backstrom also received a 28 month sentence. From a political point of view this is great news for US Senator Roger Wicker. Look for US Sen Wicker to do everything he can to tie his democrat opponent Ronnie Musgrove to Scruggs. Mr Musgrove is already under suspicion in an Agriculture scandal and the infamous "toe sucking scandal" that broke in Nashville last year.

I'll have some Mayo with my BBQ ribs please!

The Memphis Grizzlies made a great move last night in my opinion when they traded for OJ Mayo. They also got rid of that god awful contract of Brian Cardinal's in the trade. Why Jerry West ever signed him is something Ill never understand. But OJ Mayo brings a star quality to the Grizz that they haven't had. Sure Pau Gasol blossomed into a big time NBA player but he doesnt have the name id or the star potential that a OJ Mayo has. This move should help bring a lot of people into the Forum starting in November. I think not only did the Grizzlies score a huge win last night but so did the Memphis and Shelby County taxpayers and NBA fans throughout the mid south area.