D o you have Facebook? If so, all of the fishing pictures can be found on my profile there. You can click the badge above to get there. I haven't been online much this week. In fact, I'm probably going to be on a little blogging hiatus for a bit. I will still be posting sporadically, but there are t...

Cosponsorship, the act of registering one’s name as an official supporter of a bill, is a common activity in the United States Senate. Although the 111th Congress is less than two months old, 1753 cosponsorships for 495 Senate Bills and 11 Senate Joint Resolutions have been officially register...

* Last year, they told us they couldn’t find a way to cut $14.5 million from the Shelby County budget. This year, Mayor Wharton has proposed $18.5 million in budget cuts. Draw your own conclusion. * Leftists writing at the Commercial Appeal, Smart City Memphis, Polar Donkey, Mediaverse and els...

Imagine a marriage between cShel and Daver.  High atop the Sears Tower, the place is packed with friends, family, and SEO Superstars.  They are broadcasting live on uStream and hundreds of people are watching online.  Lisa Barone is live blogging the event, with SugarRae smacking her in the back ...

As most of you know I love sports analogies, so I am going to use one here. A-merry-ca these days is like a basketball team with loads of talent that is getting beaten by a lesser team. We are down double digits at half time and we needed our coach to inspire us and tell us to go out and use the tal...

"That's foolish talk." That is how Chris Matthews described what Bobby Jindal, governor of one of my favorite states,Louisiana, was saying about the stimulus package on "Meet The Press" on Sunday. Unless you have been on another planet for the past few days, I am sure you have heard by now that Jind...

To the honorable members of the Shelby County Commission, I would like to take this opportunity to commend you for the brave vote you cast today in filling the open seat in District Four. I cannot imagine how hard it must be in circumstances such as these to put aside the best interests of your part...

Today as I drove Shelby home from school we talked about her "sight words". These are words that her teacher expects her to know. In other words, she should be able to see them on a flash card and recite them without having to s-o-u-n-d them out.Examples: a, I, the, and, was, you, him, She was going...

The 2010 Ford Mustang will start at just $20,995, the V8-engined GT starts at $27,995 and the 540 HP 2010 Shelby GT 500 will go for $46,325. That's some seriously cheap muscle. To put those prices in context, here's a comparison with the Mustang's key rivals: • 2010 Ford Mustang: $20,995 •...

They certainly don’t want an open hand from a Democratic president. It seems they don’t want to help some of their own (disillusioned) constituents, either. The GOP certainly doesn’t want it to be harder to prevent a filibuster in the Senate; just look at the grief that Al Franken is getting. ...