Shoulda filled up the Jeep.

Glad I have a scooter.

Why?

Pull my finger

Why out of gas? Why Nashville?

re: #5 Typicalwhitey

Pull my finger

Blaaaat ... !

Drill here! Drill now!

I wonder what Johnny Cash would have to say about that? Probably not much.

weird

No Opry tonight.

Clearly these people are not inflating their tires properly.

That's instapundit's neck of the woods. He's got more on this.

yeah, I'm here in this sh*t.

all the stations are dry.

word is, companies are waiting for price to go back up...

re: #8 vapig

Drill here! Drill now!

Drill, Baby, drill!

pedal power!

re: #6 vapig

Why out of gas? Why Nashville?

Don't know, but I filled up my hybrid today in Memphis, so we're not running out that I know of. And that tank'll last about a week.

For God's sake, outlaw price gouging quick! That way, we can have Nashville 100% out of gas.

Bre: #9 Slumbering Behemoth

I wonder what Johnny Cash would have to say about that? Probably not much.

Because you're mine, I walk the [gas] line?

Supply and demand. There's a relationship between the two that many people simply refuse to understand.

Let's tax the oil companies more. That will make them deliver more gas!

Burritto Bombs, like Berlin all over again, the new motto

Get Them Gassed

re: #13 lawhawk

Well, actually Prof. Reynolds is in Knoxville, at the pointy end of Tennessee.

Hopefully this won't happen here in Calif. but I'll be sure to have my hubby fill up his work truck. I can walk or take a bus.

That hoochie mama Sarah Palin has something to do with this.

Because it's patriotic to pay gas tax and everyone there wanted to be patriots?

re: #26 Max Darkside

The new word is Paytriotic.

D'oh! Somehow we all forgot to deliver gas to Nashville!
/Gas delivery guys

I blame Al Gore.

re: #23 Dar ul Harb

True enough... but for someone halfway across the country, that's the same neck of woods (being in-state).

Wow, first two deleted, missed some fun (or not)

re: #27 Mich-again

The new word is Paytriotic.

Good one!

re: #27 Mich-again

The new word is Paytriotic.

Hahahaha.... new one on me! That's great.

It's like there's some relationship between supply, demand, and price. Somebody research this, quick!

Heh.

We had the same thing in Montgomery as Knoxville. Prices blipped up last weekend, but have come back down, mostly.

re: #4 Sharmuta

Why?

LeRoy said some Nashville stations had reported double their usual fuel sales volume for a week, since Hurricane Ike came ashore in Texas.

They had been watching Geraldoand Shepherd and took their sensationalism too seriously.

I think it was all used to supply Al Gore's boat.

re: #31 CynicalConservative

Nah, some one forgot about the first rule.

/*flush*

The grand master musta deleted my #2. I bow to his wisdom and apologize.

re: #30 lawhawk

True enough... but for someone halfway across the country, that's the same neck of woods (being in-state).

Well, I know it's a long drive (pace Texans).

I'll blame the dems. They want us to start getting used to our new socialist overlords. LOL

So is this all based on price fixing in Nashville? Or am I just off my head?

re: #14 nightintheruts

yeah, I'm here in this sh*t.

all the stations are dry.

word is, companies are waiting for price to go back up...

This makes no sense at all. Are prices being held down artificially? I don't think so.

No problem....the Dems new energy bill is in the works...it restricts drilling even more, raises gas taxex and opens up the "emergency reserve"
God Bless 'em.............the M'Fers!

Power to the Correct People!
(They know where how to drill.)

We ran out of gas here in Knoxville Tennessee last week, the price jumped from about $3.50 to $5.00 a gallon when it happened, everywhere was outta gas for at least a day practically. It's just now returning back to normal at $3.39 a gallon.

Oh god, it's the Carter years all over again!
/hyperventilating
Seriously though, is it a supply problem? A demand problem? A "supply is being held up by stupid government regulations problem?

Hey all -- I'm a hatching! jeez that shit charles uses on the delousing deck is tough!

What's causing it?

Tennessee, the state that brought you:

Oprah
Al Gore
"0bama = Jesus" democrats
private email hackers

I've forgotten why I live here.

re: #15 Sharmuta

Drill, Baby, drill!

And refine refine refine. build them now

re: #46 Hans Solo

Welcome, and here's the drill. Clean up your shells and get behind the bar for a round. Welcome to the Anti-Idiotarian Central Committee.

re: #46 Hans Solo

Welcome!

This is a hurricane leftover, the pipeline to the midwest was shut down as a precaution. It takes awhile to ramp it back online to full cap. No big deal. On the other hand we need to drill, and build more pipelines so that one area getting hurricanes doesn't affect the economy, or weekend driving in NVL.

Did everyone see on the last thread Dead Sea Squirrel found a link with a link between the Palin hacker and the Obama campaign? This is incredible, will the USSS start siezing computers in Obama campaign HQ 7 weeks before the election?

re: #48 nightintheruts

Music and BBQ?

/from what I have heard.

re: #44 dalejrfanfreak

that's what they're doing.
they just simply gouging us.

re: #48 nightintheruts

Tennessee, the state that brought you:

Oprah
Al Gore
"0bama = Jesus" democrats
private email hackers

I've forgotten why I live here.

Rock City

It's obviously a Republican conspiracy to punish Democratic Governor Bredesen who was once the mayor of Nashville for the actions of David Kernell.

Looks like we need more oil refineries, more oil wells and less government regulations.

/Change!

re: #49 BBev

And refine refine refine. build them now

Indeed!

re: #48 nightintheruts

Tennessee, the state that brought you:

Oprah
Al Gore
"0bama = Jesus" democrats
private email hackers

I've forgotten why I live here.

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re: #56 Gearhead

Rock City

LOL! I loved seeing those signs as a kid driving to Knoxville. :)

/born and raised in Memphis

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

I can't wait to see who's going to pull out the money to have me

It's so sweet she has kept herself pure all these years.

/

re: #54 BlueCanuck

Music and BBQ?

/from what I have heard.

oh yeah! do love the BBQ...

Titans will be ok if they play the 2nd string QB.

country music? eh....

re: #48 nightintheruts

WHACK

re: #57 MandyManners

It's obviously a Republican conspiracy to punish Democratic Governor Bredesen who was once the mayor of Nashville for the actions of David Kernell.

Yes- they are trying to make Tennessee pay for the crimes of the hacker!

From the fine print on the registration screen:

It's also a bad idea to register more than one username with different email accounts. Trolls do this. Frequently. If you do it, all your accounts are likely to be blocked.

And still some people try to register more than one account as soon as possible.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

It's so sweet she has kept herself pure all these years.

/

Remember a line from Conan in the comic books. "Virgins are boring."

/heh heh.
//ducking and covering

re: #49 BBev

And refine refine refine. build them now

Good point.

Since the mean Republicans rejected the drill 50 miles away bill the Democrats will offer a new bill, drill only where the water is over 2,00 feet deep or where ice over 2,000 feet thick or in the Caldera of an active volcanoe or on the 6th hole of a country club in Orange County.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

It's so sweet she has kept herself pure all these years.

/

At this very moment, Bill Clinton is trying to figure out how to get to the remainder of Hillary's campaign funds.

re: #56 Gearhead

Rock City

LOL!

See Rock City!

re: #48 nightintheruts

Tennessee, the state that brought you:

Oprah
Al Gore
"0bama = Jesus" democrats
private email hackers

I've forgotten why I live here.

And, lest ye forget...

The State Department briefing today touched on the stalled Status Of Forces Agreement (SOFA) negotiations in Iraq. You know. The same negotiations Obama tried to convince Maliki to delay until the next administration.

QUESTION: What’s going on with the Iraq – the deal on U.S. troops in Iraq? There are reports that --

MR. MCCORMACK: With the SOFA?

QUESTION: -- negotiations have stalled again, the question of immunity.

MR. MCCORMACK: I’m not going to talk about the substance of the negotiations. They continue. There have been a lot of ups and downs in these negotiations. But we still believe that we will be able to come to some agreement.

QUESTION: By December? Obviously, that’s when, you know –

Yeah. we know.

I was living in Nashville in the late 1970s under President Jimmy Carter when the last gas crisis hit. Carter decided to ration gasoline rather than let the free market work.

Result: All the gas stations in Tennessee were out of gas by about Tuesday of each week.

I had to drive from Nashville down to a wedding at Fort Benning in Georgia one weekend. I was scared to death I wouldn't be able to find enough gas to get to Georgia and then back. Every gas station in Tennessee down to the Georgia border was out of gas. When I crossed the Tennessee-Georgia border, every gas station in Georgia was open, with ample supplies.

I quickly figured it out: President Carter made sure his home state had plenty of gasoline, while everyone else suffered. That's what happens when you give the power to allocate supplies to a politician, as opposed to free markets.

re: #64 MandyManners

WHACK

LOL

re: #65 Sharmuta

Yes- they are trying to make Tennessee pay for the crimes of the hacker!

Where's my fucking tin-foil hat, Sharm?

re: #64 MandyManners

ah, Mandy, you're a UT fan correct?

re: #71 MandyManners

And, lest ye forget...

[Link: www.youtube.com...]

*WHACK*

/jk lolol

I am in Nashville this week there is gas at the station across the street but only premium. I have heard from two other friends that they could find gas but only premium. At my farms about 80 miles away no problem with filling up and all grades available. I don't believe the 85% of stations dry that they are reporting.

re: #53 lifeofthemind

Did everyone see on the last thread Dead Sea Squirrel found a link with a link between the Palin hacker and the Obama campaign? This is incredible, will the USSS start siezing computers in Obama campaign HQ 7 weeks before the election?

I don't think they can, politically.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

I traded mine for a key-chain. Guys like me aren't easy, but we're cheap, and can be had.
/

re: #66 Charles

I had a feeling about that one.

Nashville Running Out of Gas?

First Obama's campaign, then Nashville.

re: #70 nightintheruts

LOL!

See Rock City!

And don't forget Ruby Falls.

How long till the Hatfields and the McCoys start fighting in the long gas lines.

re: #76 nightintheruts

*WHACK*

re: #66 Charles

From the fine print on the registration screen:

And still some people try to register more than one account as soon as possible.

I did create a second name using the same email account so I could have one on the laptop, do you want to delete it? Thought others have done the same.

Barry says we have to redistribute the gas.

re: #77 gop_patriot

*WHACK*

/jk lolol

Memphis has Mudd Island.

OK...who is tapping my phone? I just talked to my sister in Nashville about 20 minutes ago and she was talking about this. She said cars are being rerouted and that people are actually fighting at the gas stations. lol I have to laugh about it though. Every time she comes up her she tells me how wonderful everything is in Nashville....northern gas prices are to high, etc...

She always claimed that since TN was closer south that gas was cheaper there because it was closer to the source. Ha on her. lol lol

re: #59 Sharmuta

Indeed!

good jobs at good wages.

re: #78 JacksonTn

I am in Nashville this week there is gas at the station across the street but only premium. I have heard from two other friends that they could find gas but only premium. At my farms about 80 miles away no problem with filling up and all grades available. I don't believe the 85% of stations dry that they are reporting.

Well, now that you mention it, I saw a place here in Memphis that had run out of premium. Still had regular, though.

I still blame Al Gore (lack of refinery capacity).

re: #80 Slumbering Behemoth

I think I gave up my dignity. :p

/long story, not for here or anywhere actually

Hey all, I did hear on the radio today someone talking about there being a lot of fuel trucks put out of commission by Ike, and the fact that oil companies are, in many cases, three days behind in their deliveries. This could be a possible explanation for the situation in Nashville, especially if they are some distance from the nearest pipeline, thereby making fuel trucks more necessary for their supply. I know little about the geography of oil supply lines, so I could be totally off-base here. Just thought I would throw this out there.

re: #87 RirghtSideOfTheFence

Barry says we have to redistribute the gas.

If they distributed gasoline Karl Marx style (from each according to their ability to each according to their need) the Pickup truck and SUV owners would go to the front of the line.

I'm about to go ballistic.

re: #90 BBev

good jobs at good wages.

More jobs means more tax payers and that means more patriotism.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

It's so sweet she has kept herself pure all these years.

/

From virgin to prostitute in one fell swoop! Why bother with all those steps in the middle?

re: #14 nightintheruts

Word is? Why only Nashville? Clarksville, 45 minutes up the road is fine. Memphis is fine. Knoxville is OK. North Carolina is good. There is something wrong, but I doubt it is "companies" waiting for prices to go up, as that makes no sense whatsoever.

re: #92 BlueCanuck

For a key-chain? Never mind.

Nashville ran out of gas when Jessica Simpson started doing country. The end is near. Buy canned goods, water, and ammo.

re: #88 MandyManners

Memphis has Mudd Island.

That's one one "d," Manddy.

And of course, we've got the Ghost of Elvis.

Why the hell is Tennessee the Volunteer State?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?

re: #61 gop_patriot

re: #70 nightintheruts

LOL!

See Rock City!

Every 3rd or 4th barn in North Alabama has that painted on the roof.

I don't understand certain behaviors. Trolling and sock-puppetry for evil purposes are among them.

But sometime, I'd like to have a secondary identity. For days when I'm completely fogged and likely to say something monumentally stupid, just as a for instance.

re: #88 MandyManners

Memphis has Mudd Island.

Yay us. LOL X)

Wow, you know I haven't been there in years. Maybe I'll try and catch a concert there next summer.

/don't forget our awesome politicians. Where's LeePro, she's got some things to say about those morons!

re: #101 Dar ul Harb

That's one one "d," Manddy.

And of course, we've got the Ghost of Elvis.

Pink Palace, as well.

re: #100 VMA211Dan

Nashville ran out of gas when Jessica Simpson started doing the country.

Fixed.

re: #97 zombie

She should call ex- N.Y. Governor Spitzer, pronto! Apparently, he likes paying for overpriced trailer trash! ;-)

re: #91 Dar ul Harb

When I was there the other day, most of the Shell stations up and down Germantown Road were out of most kinds. They'd started getting gas back before I left town though.

They never should have outlawed moonshine.

That's the problem.

The price of fuel has spiked because (they say) of the shut down of pumping in the Gulf and that the refineries around the Gulf also closed down.
Drilling more won't do much good if the oil refiners don't build more refineries. Besides the gov't restrictions and the time and money to build them, refiners don't have much incentive to build more as this would drive prices down. All the mergers of banks, oil companies, media companies, telecom companies into large monoliths is now showing us that this path was wrong to take. The instinct of capitalists is towards monopoly as this maximizes profit and control. This is the achilles heel of a free-market capitalistic economy.

Whether we like it or not, the gov't can play an important role in keeping the playing field fair and diversified enough so that no one player can grab all the marbles. This goes against most cons instinct for less gov't but hey there are no absolutes. Life has always been a balancing act.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

It's so sweet she has kept herself pure all these years.

/

Shrug, maybe I'm not seeing something, maybe I've seen better, maybe I don't shop at the open air market for some things.

If Algore had won in his home State of Tennessee in 2000 everything would have been much different. I'm not saying better, just different.

I drive past 12-15 stations in my commute from Flowery Branch, Ga. to Alpharetta to work and it did concern me over that last couple of days. 3-4 stations had baggies over their pumps and no prices on their boards..Isn't it funny how life gives us signs we never saw before.

Since we don't have rationing, this sounds like a distribution problem. The wholesalers have miscalculated deliveries somehow.

re: #109 gop_patriot

When I was there the other day, most of the Shell stations up and down Germantown Road were out of most kinds. They'd started getting gas back before I left town though.

I am on other side of TN, northeast corner...and i only know of one station that ran out...for about a week before they finally got another delivery yesterday

re: #96 Sharmuta

More jobs means more tax payers and that means more patriotism.

Amen . build them now and while we are at it why not build more Nuke power plants, more good jobs for what we need.

re: #98 kevinmumaw

Word is? Why only Nashville? Clarksville, 45 minutes up the road is fine. Memphis is fine. Knoxville is OK. North Carolina is good. There is something wrong, but I doubt it is "companies" waiting for prices to go up, as that makes no sense whatsoever.

Just what the neighborhood is saying. I really have no clue. From what I've heard/seen there is none or little to none in Nashville.
maybe a freak thing - I've never seen it happen before.

re: #106 MandyManners

Pink Palace, as well.

And someday soon to have *yee-haw* Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World installed at the Pyramid. Seriously.

With, like, a big lure that you can ride in up to the top...

Panicky people horde when they think a shortage is coming. And when enough of them do that, they can make a shortage happen.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

...and [she] prays to Padre Pio every night

Could someone explain this to me?

{the Padre Pio part}

Yep...Gettin' kinda dicey in the Volunteer State. Most stations in Gatlinburg, had the lowest grade of petrol. Why TN? Who the hell knows.

People forget usin's up here can let loose all that nasty crap from, Libya stored at Oak Ridge. Better keep an eye out. Talk about GAS...LOL

re: #80 Slumbering Behemoth

I traded mine for a key-chain. Guys like me aren't easy, but we're cheap, and can be had.
/

This key chain?

[Link: www.thechangering.com...]

/In case it gets lost Obama sends it back

re: #86 lifeofthemind

I did create a second name using the same email account so I could have one on the laptop, do you want to delete it? Thought others have done the same.

Difference is: you created it for a specific purpose after posting here for a while. When someone registers more than one account immediately, despite the very clear warning not to do it, I have no choice but to enforce the rules.

re: #62 NC State of Mind

Italian model to sell virginity for one million euros

It's so sweet she has kept herself pure all these years.

/

Look, dudes. She's hot....but believe me....My ex was Italian/Sicilian...you want no part of that. She will destroy you. LOOK AT ME!

Michael Moore could make a fortune just by plonking himself in downtown Nashville and scraping off his sweaty greasy skin secretions with a strigil and collecting it in a bucket.
$10/gallon -- no cutting in line!

re: #84 Mich-again

Hatfield-McCoy feud was in West Virginia, but nice try! ;-)

re: #111 jcw46

Maybe McCain can be a trust-buster like his inspiration, T.R., was.

re: #121 markx

Could someone explain this to me?

{the Padre Pio part}

Uncanonized modern Catholic saint. VERY popular in Italy.

The truth about Al Gore.

[Link: www.snopes.com...]

re: #111 jcw46

The instinct of capitalists is towards monopoly as this maximizes profit and control. This is the achilles heel of a free-market capitalistic economy.

We were discussing this last week in regards to the steel industry. There are now three major steel mills, and they have an oligolpoly. They keep introducing price increase after price increase despite constant (futile) protestations.

re: #116 Wishing

I am on other side of TN, northeast corner...and i only know of one station that ran out...for about a week before they finally got another delivery yesterday

It was kind of odd to me, that Memphis was out but we weren't here in Central Arkansas (where I live now). And our area was hit much harder by both Gustav and Ike. Some of my friends out in the country don't even have power back yet.

re: #48 nightintheruts

Tennessee, the state that brought you:

Oprah
Al Gore
"0bama = Jesus" democrats
private email hackers

I've forgotten why I live here.

Jack Daniels, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and the 101st Airborne Division?

re: #66 Charles

Tarkloon's a troll btw... he's just here to further the Church of Walken cult.

re: #119 Dar ul Harb

And someday soon to have *yee-haw* Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World installed at the Pyramid. Seriously.

With, like, a big lure that you can ride in up to the top...

Must I beat the shit out of you live on the blog tonight?

re: #126 zombie

You need to re-read Ace's bit about the Brunch Time Rampage!

re: #126 zombie

Michael Moore could make a fortune just by plonking himself in downtown Nashville and scraping off his sweaty greasy skin secretions with a strigil and collecting it in a bucket.
$10/gallon -- no cutting in line!

Thanks for that mental image.

Jack Daniels should open a refinery.

re: #129 zombie

Thanks.

Is he working toward being the patron saint of virgins or something?

Padre Pio

Well waddya know, John Paul II canonized him in 2002. I did not know that. Last time I was at the Vatican, Padre Pio wasn't canonized yet and everybody was pissed about it. Didn't stop from being the most popular image for souvenirs, even so!

re: #121 markx

Could someone explain this to me?

{the Padre Pio part}

I have to throw the BS flag on this one. "Virgins" don't generally prostitute themselves. Think she might be exaggerating her qualifications. Just sayin'.

100 comments on a lack of gas, and nobody has mentioned they could eat more beans?

re: #95 MandyManners

I'm about to go ballistic.

You seem to be outnumbered.
Better make that MIRved.

re: #133 kevinmumaw

Great Smoky Mountains NP.

re: #121 markx

Could someone explain this to me?

{the Padre Pio part}

Why did you ask that? Now I'm more confused. He is the patron saint of:

civil defense volunteers, Catholic adolescents, unofficial patron of stress relief and New Year Blues

re: #117 BBev

Amen . build them now and while we are at it why not build more Nuke power plants, more good jobs for what we need.

America needs more tax payers patriots.

re: #128 Dar ul Harb

Teddy Roosevelt's biggest victory was in busting up the Standard Oil Trust, controlled by John Rockefeller. By court order, the Trust was broken into several different companies, of which Esso (Exxon) and Mobil are probably the best known.

Ironically, Rockefeller's stock interest in the new companies ended up worth about ten times more than his stock in the Trust!

re: #133 kevinmumaw

Jack Daniels, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and the 101st Airborne Division?

good points all. I stand corrected and feel better now.

Even Gov Bredesen made some disparaging remarks about the 0ne.

ok, temporary insanity over. = )

re: #127 quickjustice

Hatfield-McCoy feud was in West Virginia, but nice try! ;-)

I'd love to comment.

re: #124 Charles

Difference is: you created it for a specific purpose after posting here for a while. When someone registers more than one account immediately, despite the very clear warning not to do it, I have no choice but to enforce the rules.

Thank you

It is interesting when around 3 AM someone starts an argument that I suspect is with their sock puppet.
/definition of an Ensign, argues with self, loses argument.

re: #141 kevinmumaw

I have to throw the BS flag on this one. "Virgins" don't generally prostitute themselves. Think she might be exaggerating her qualifications. Just sayin'.

But her family says she's still a virgin... must be true. LOL

re: #144 lawhawk

Great Smoky Mountains NP.

Gas or no gas, it's a beautiful state.

re: #141 kevinmumaw

I have to throw the BS flag on this one. "Virgins" don't generally prostitute themselves. Think she might be exaggerating her qualifications. Just sayin'.

I volunteer to check her.... er... qualifications.

Of course, I'll do it for free.

re: #138 Mich-again

Jack Daniels Tennessee Sipping Whiskey is still more expensive, gallon for gallon, than gasoline!

re: #142 itellu3times

Now that you mention it. I am soaking a batch for some baked beans tomorrow.

/just doing my part to stave off global cooling.

re: #123 JacksonTn

Hahaha! No dude/ette, this was back in the '80s. It was a Slayer key-chain.

re: #154 quickjustice

Jack Daniels Tennessee Sipping Whiskey is still more expensive, gallon for gallon, than gasoline!

mebbe so, but on a couple shots of Jack, I don't need to go anywhere.

re: #102

The nation's eyes were on Tennessee during the War of 1812. Tennessee Congressman Felix Grundy convinced Congress to declare war on Great Britain. It was not a popular decision, as many considered the war to be unnecessary.

The state was anxious to participate in the war effort but did not get a chance to do so until President James Madison called on Tennessee to defend the lower counties. The state sent 1,500 men to help, earning it the nickname the "Volunteer State." Andrew Jackson led a group of soldiers from Tennessee in the Battle of New Orleans, which made a war hero of Jackson and propelled him into the White House.

re: #142 itellu3times

100 comments on a lack of gas, and nobody has mentioned they could eat more beans?

And don't forget Dollywood in Gatlinburg!

re: #114 AmericanDefender

I drive past 12-15 stations in my commute from Flowery Branch, Ga. to Alpharetta to work and it did concern me over that last couple of days. 3-4 stations had baggies over their pumps and no prices on their boards..Isn't it funny how life gives us signs we never saw before.

We went to the beach last week with the kiddos and passed a gas station that was displaying gas prices of $1.10 or so. And then I realized that the gas station had closed some years back. . . .

re: #154 quickjustice

Jack Daniels Tennessee Sipping Whiskey is still more expensive, gallon for gallon, than gasoline!

Did you know that you cannot drink at the Jack Daniels distillery. It is located in a dry county.

re: #158 AmericanDefender

And Tennessee wasnt the original name of the state..It was originally The State of Franklin..and was ALMOST the 14th colony

re: #157 jwb7605

mebbe so, but on a couple shots of Jack, I don't need to go anywhere.

Or, you'll be definitely going somewhere, but not need a car.

re: #154 quickjustice

Jack Daniels Tennessee Sipping Whiskey is still more expensive, gallon for gallon, than gasoline!

It tastes better.

now, there are other whiskies in Tn that may just run in your gas tank.
Just bring a mason jar...

re: #14 nightintheruts

yeah, I'm here in this sh*t.

all the stations are dry.

word is, companies are waiting for price to go back up...

and they're willing to stay closed and lose business? Doesn't make sense at all.

re: #141 kevinmumaw

I have to throw the BS flag on this one. "Virgins" don't generally prostitute themselves. Think she might be exaggerating her qualifications. Just sayin'.

Probably a surgical restoration job.

re: #151 gop_patriot

But her family says she's still a virgin... must be true. LOL

With this girl in Italy we find the joke funny, think that in Moslem countries, which Italy may be in 50 years, the family does check and if she isn't.........

re: #119 Dar ul Harb

And someday soon to have *yee-haw* Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World installed at the Pyramid. Seriously.

With, like, a big lure that you can ride in up to the top...

A big lure ride sounds good to me

re: #158 AmericanDefender

re: #102

The nation's eyes were on Tennessee during the War of 1812. Tennessee Congressman Felix Grundy convinced Congress to declare war on Great Britain. It was not a popular decision, as many considered the war to be unnecessary.

The state was anxious to participate in the war effort but did not get a chance to do so until President James Madison called on Tennessee to defend the lower counties. The state sent 1,500 men to help, earning it the nickname the "Volunteer State." Andrew Jackson led a group of soldiers from Tennessee in the Battle of New Orleans, which made a war hero of Jackson and propelled him into the White House.

Johnny Horton plus statistics.

re: #56 Gearhead

Rock City

OMG I love Rock City!

re: #138 Mich-again

Jack Daniels should open a refinery.

Not far from Lynchburg is Shelbyville.

[Link: www.t-g.com...]

re: #135 MandyManners

Must I beat the shit out of you live on the blog tonight?

*mumble* Oh, I'm not supposed to mention that, am I?

re: #162 JacksonTn

Moore County. I've toured the Jack Daniels distillery. Better question: do you know WHY Moore County, Tennessee, where Jack Daniels is distilled, is dry?

Don't dis Tennessee too hard. I was born in Chattanooga.

re: #162 JacksonTn

Did you know that you cannot drink at the Jack Daniels distillery. It is located in a dry county.

Don't they also have some big festival there and you can't drink there also. But they get big crowds of Jack afficienados.

re: #157 jwb7605

mebbe so, but on a couple shots of Jack, I don't need to go anywhere.

A couple of shots of Jack, and you're already there.

re: #143 jwb7605

I appreciate your concern!

re: #142 itellu3times

100 comments on a lack of gas, and nobody has mentioned they could eat more beans?

See my #22.

re: #131 NC State of Mind

We were discussing this last week in regards to the steel industry. There are now three major steel mills, and they have an oligolpoly. They keep introducing price increase after price increase despite constant (futile) protestations.

The ones I named of course aren't the only ones.
Drug companies that increase the price of drugs they sell the most of.
Cable companies that increase prices for wire already strung.
Even Sat companies that raise prices for access to satellites that have already paid for themselves.

The list goes on.

Hopefully maybe some of these monoliths will begin to see that it really isn't in their interest to be so large. It makes them vulnerable and they are like a sumo wrestler; no nimbleness to react quickly to sudden changes in the weather or political unrest.

The blind stupidity and greed of people who should know better just makes me want to bang my head against the wall sometimes.

On a up note; been seeing more and more McCain lawn signs here in the PA capital area. Best ones so far are "Women for McCain" and "Veterans for McCain" on one block.
Pa is DEAD EVEN now according to Rasmussen.

re: #172 MandyManners

Shelbyville, Tennessee: Walking Horse Country.

re: #164 markx

Or, you'll be definitely going somewhere, but not need a car.

For all you know, I'm there already.
('batchin' it for the weekend)

re: #166 reine.de.tout

and they're willing to stay closed and lose business? Doesn't make sense at all.

In one of the port cities in NC, you can sometimes see four or five tankers just sitting off the coast. A family member who works at the port tells me they are just waiting for the price fluctuations to tend upward before unloading the oil.

re: #172 MandyManners

Not far from Lynchburg is Shelbyville.

[Link: www.t-g.com...]

Talked to some people that work there. They were not happy campers.
Fortunately they added Labor Day back in.

re: #160 quickjustice

And don't forget Dollywood in Gatlinburg!

*gah*

re: #179 lifeofthemind

I retract my objection, yer honor.

re: #158 AmericanDefender

re: #102

The nation's eyes were on Tennessee during the War of 1812. Tennessee Congressman Felix Grundy convinced Congress to declare war on Great Britain. It was not a popular decision, as many considered the war to be unnecessary.

The state was anxious to participate in the war effort but did not get a chance to do so until President James Madison called on Tennessee to defend the lower counties. The state sent 1,500 men to help, earning it the nickname the "Volunteer State." Andrew Jackson led a group of soldiers from Tennessee in the Battle of New Orleans, which made a war hero of Jackson and propelled him into the White House.

Johnny Horton The Battle Of New Orleans

In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New Orleans
We fired our guns and the British kept a’comin.
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin’ on
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico
We looked down the river and we see’d the British come
And there must have been a hundred of’em beatin’ on the drum
They stepped so high and they made the bugles ring
We stood by our cotton bales and didn’t say a thing
We fired our guns and the British kept a’comin.
There wasn’t nigh as many as there was a while ago
We fired once more and they began to runnin’ on
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico

Just got back, and after browsing the front page headlines, I have one comment opener (yes its O/T)
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.

— Mark Twain
That sure describes a certain Politician and his fine speaking. Too bad he takes so long doing it.

re: #171 reine.de.tout

OMG I love Rock City!

So do I. Lots of childhood memories. Had a couple of fraternity brothers from 'Nooga who worked there one summer, too.

re: #178 MandyManners

I appreciate your concern!

Don't you worry your pretty little head over it, Missy.

All this talk of Jack Daniels reminds me that I'm running low on blood thinner. Time for a refill.

re: #182 jwb7605

For all you know, I'm there already.
('batchin' it for the weekend)

Good point.

Wherever you go, there you are.

re: #191 Thanos

All this talk of Jack Daniels reminds me that I'm running low on blood thinner. Time for a refill.

It better be rum for the next hour or so. ;)

re: #187 zombie

My dad has that album. I used to make him play it over and over when I was a kid.

re: #167

But if they did Granny, it would be a much more successful profession..just sayin'

re: #163 Wishing

And Tennessee wasnt the original name of the state..It was originally The State of Franklin..and was ALMOST the 14th colony

Yeppers, sure was...John Sevier (pronounced severe) was the first Governor of the State of Franklin.

re: #172 MandyManners

Not far from Lynchburg is Shelbyville.

I'm trying to wrap my brain around this sentence from that link..

"However, the union leadership did request and receive Eid al-Fitr... as a paid holiday in place of Labor Day," Mickelson confirmed in an e-mail to the T-G.

The labor Union threw Labor day under the bus?

re: #130 MandyManners

I never knew that...about Bush anyway. Al Gore has always made my skin crawl.

re: #194 Gearhead

My dad has that album. I used to make him play it over and over when I was a kid.

My kids used to demand Country Joe and the Fish (Vietnam Rag).
Youngest (USMC) is 27, and I still have to break it out.

re: #15 Sharmuta

Drill, Baby, drill!

They can drill in my backyard if they want to.

re: #118 nightintheruts

Sounds like it. Prices went up here (central North Carolina) due to the hurricane for about 4 days. Prices dropped about 15 cents since yesterday. Supply is fine.

re: #197 Mich-again

The labor Union threw Labor day under the bus?

there was such a public outrage they added it back.

Our unions are American? I don't know anymore.

re: #60 MandyManners

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Taking it a little personal aren't you?

re: #180 jcw46

2 Big 2 Fail = 2 Big 2 B

Freddis and Fannie should have failed and been broken up, with the gov't providing liquidity to save the markets only then. If the uptick rule was in place and other reasonable controls then no one else would have failed.

I think the President should have Congress cut all Federal civilian wages by 20%.

re: #187 zombie

They ran through the brambles and they ran through the bushes,
They ran throught the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go,
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch'em,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

Years ago Bush proposed drilling in ANWR and for refineries to be built on closed Military bases... One party stood in the way.

Moore County, Tennessee is dry because the tourists at the distillery were going into Lynchburg, getting drunk at the White Rabbit Saloon, and tearing up the town. The Motlow family, which inherited the Jack Daniels distillery, lobbied the Tennessee legislature to turn Moore County dry to make retail sale of alcohol within the county illegal to restore peace and quiet to the community.

re: #198 twincitiesgirl

Think about it for a bit. Democrats/Liberals talk, Republicans/Conservatives act. A lot of conservationist movements up here in Canada are actually conservative in nature. Like Ducks Unlimited.

I love this verse:

We fired our cannon ’til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

re: #184 nightintheruts

Talked to some people that work there. They were not happy campers.
Fortunately they added Labor Day back in.

Really? Did I miss your reports this summer?

re: #186 itellu3times

I retract my objection, yer honor.

Great minds think alike.

Well, this is just disgusting:

O'Reilly Website Hacked!... Leftists Post Info on Premium Members

re: #126 zombie

Michael Moore could make a fortune just by plonking himself in downtown Nashville and scraping off his sweaty greasy skin secretions with a strigil and collecting it in a bucket.
$10/gallon -- no cutting in line!

You owe me a new laptop, zombie -- I just vomited all over it.

Tax, baby, tax!

/Messiah/Chia Pet '08

You can thank Ike for this gas shortage: a lot of gas was diverted/reserved to support the evacuation routes...the surrounding area (for a 750+ mile radius) is on allocation. Put a couple-million people on the roads and, yeah, that produces a spike in demand.

I'm expecting gas to be

re: #196 Elcid

And before we were Tennessee, we were part of North Carolina. If you go back in the land title records far enough, you'll see grants from the state of North Carolina.

re: #208 BlueCanuck

Think about it for a bit. Democrats/Liberals talk, Republicans/Conservatives act. A lot of conservationist movements up here in Canada are actually conservative in nature. Like Ducks Unlimited.

One of the better environmental organizations on the planet.

re: #187 zombie

One of my favorites!

Anybody know why McCain put out an ad in Spanish supposedly saying Obama tried to stop the immigration bill, yet Obama supposedly voted twice for the bill. WTF?

re: #184 nightintheruts

Talked to some people that work there. They were not happy campers.
Fortunately they added Labor Day back in.

What did you think of Brian Moseley's efforts?

OT: Got my SF psych eval report today. Apparently, I am a sick and twisted individual. Do I seem susceptible to outbursts of anger and physical aggression to anybody?

re: #209 zombie

Yeah, that's mine too.

/still don't like the song. ;)
//personal perspective that's all.

[continuing]...less than $3.50 by next weekend in the ATL area. It was $4.19 yesterday, $3.99 today. (You really can't use the "less than" sign in HTML, can you? :-)

re: #205 sparrowlake

They ran through the brambles and they ran through the bushes,
They ran throught the bushes where the rabbits couldn't go,
They ran so fast that the hounds couldn't catch'em,
Down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.

THAT'S the part I always remember...

re: #84 Mich-again

and Kentucky...

re: #221 kevinmumaw

OT: Got my SF psych eval report today. Apparently, I am a sick and twisted individual. Do I seem susceptible to outbursts of anger and physical aggression to anybody?

I'd answer you, but you might beat the $hit out of me...

re: #199 jwb7605

My kids used to demand Country Joe and the Fish (Vietnam Rag).
Youngest (USMC) is 27, and I still have to break it out.

Those in the military love anti-military songs. Irony. Plus it makes them think of their girlfriend Susie with Jody the low-life moving in on their girl. Got to kill Jody when you get home.

re: #210 MandyManners

Really? Did I miss your reports this summer?

yeah, it was in the TPS reports. You didn't get them?

re: #209 zombie

I love this verse:

We fired our cannon ’til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

Animal cruelty! where's PETA when you need them?

BTW. Have you all noticed that you can now change the size of the comment entry window? (look at the bottom there's some dots where you hover the cursor and it turns into a window size changer thingy) Thanks Charles! I like THIS better than the buttons.

re: #112 lifeofthemind

Shrug, maybe I'm not seeing something, maybe I've seen better, maybe I don't shop at the open air market for some things.

Translation: You ain't got the jack.

/don't worry, neither do I!
//

re: #208 BlueCanuck

Think about it for a bit. Democrats/Liberals talk, Republicans/Conservatives act. A lot of conservationist movements up here in Canada are actually conservative in nature. Like Ducks Unlimited.

I've hear of Trout Unlimited

re: #190 jwb7605

Don't you worry your pretty little head over it, Missy.

MS.

*giggle*

re: #223 slartybartfast

[continuing]...less than $3.50 by next weekend in the ATL area. It was $4.19 yesterday, $3.99 today. (You really can't use the "less than" sign in HTML, can you? :-)

3.49 here in NE TN today

re: #221 kevinmumaw

OT: Got my SF psych eval report today. Apparently, I am a sick and twisted individual. Do I seem susceptible to outbursts of anger and physical aggression to anybody?

No, and I'd kill the perverted psyco that even implied such a thing, if I were you.
I once got dinged on an eval for a lack of "interpersonal skills". Seriously.
My revenge was to publish the review (minus salary info, etc) and the reviewer got laughed at the rest of the year.
Never happened again.

Andrew Jackson's home in Nashville: The Hermitage, well worth a trip.

And the statute of Sergeant York on the grounds of the Capitol, together with the tomb of President James K. Polk, the last great President from Tennessee.

re: #209 zombie

That was one of my favorites as a kid.

Yeah, I used to listen to the oldies channel.

Sometimes still do.

re: #207 quickjustice

I think the entire notion of a "dry County" is unconstitutional. A guy from Michigan staying in Kentucky wants to buy beer made in Missouri. That is Interstate Commerce defined. No local yokels should be able to make alcohol sales illegal in their County.

Out of gas? No problems. Just have the House Democratic leadership start making speeches: they'll have gas enough for centuries.

Time for a shipment of NObama tire pressure gauges, that should get them running again.

re: #211 lifeofthemind

Great minds think alike.

We're two fine lizards, we felt smart.

re: #191 Thanos

And you reminded me I forgot to take my evening dose of Hed-No-Splod

re: #209 zombie

I love this verse:

We fired our cannon ’til the barrel melted down
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round
We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind

My old record jacket had we poured another round. IIRC. Thats how we always sing it anyway.

re: #213 politicalinsomniac

You owe me a new laptop, zombie -- I just vomited all over it.

Give zombie credit for knowing what a strigil is.

re: #148 nightintheruts

Plus...no income tax!

Another Johnny Horton favorite from an album from long ago.

SINK THE BISMARCK

re: #208 BlueCanuck

No doubt that's true, but it's hard to believe someone didn't point out this fact during the election. Al Gore is such a patronizing, pompous, self-righteous ass. He made the environment his platform and his hypocrisy seems to have no bounds.

Hey all y'all - not so late to the party tonight! How is everyone and are we still on topic?!

re: #151 gop_patriot

But her family says she's still a virgin... must be true. LOL

ha! right.

re: #27 Mich-again

The new word is Paytriotic.

Sounds like a new Obama/Biden bumper sticker!

Evenin', RW

Realwest! Welcome, faithful Lizard.

re: #212 reine.de.tout

Well, this is just disgusting:

O'Reilly Website Hacked!... Leftists Post Info on Premium Members

Liberal fascism strikes again

re: #154 quickjustice

Jack Daniels Tennessee Sipping Whiskey is still more expensive, gallon for gallon, than gasoline!

Leaves less of an aftertaste, too!

re: #243 lifeofthemind

Give zombie credit for knowing what a strigil is.

Hey, I got my PhD in strigilology!

re: #249 politicalinsomniac

Sounds like a new Obama/Biden bumper sticker!

Someone needs to send one to Charlie Rangel.

re: #237 Mich-again

Maybe it should be, but it isn't. There's a weird provision in the U.S. Constitution, related to the repeal of Prohibition, about the power of the states to control the sale of alcohol within their borders.

And there's a large statue of a Tennessee politician beloved by the WCTU on the Legislative Plaza in Nashville who was shot dead by one of the Motlows for badmouthing them publicly as purveyors of demon rum.

An affair of honor, so to speak! ;-)

Jim Beam here.

*hic*

re: #167 galloping granny

Probably a surgical restoration job.

Maybe she is one of those newfangled born-again virgins?

re: #224 Gearhead

THAT'S the part I always remember...

Really? I'm always humming the "bacon and beans" bit, myself.

re: #207 quickjustice

Moore County, Tennessee is dry because the tourists at the distillery were going into Lynchburg, getting drunk at the White Rabbit Saloon, and tearing up the town. The Motlow family, which inherited the Jack Daniels distillery, lobbied the Tennessee legislature to turn Moore County dry to make retail sale of alcohol within the county illegal to restore peace and quiet to the community.

Dang, and I thought it was just because the moonshiners didn't want the competition. My parents had a place on the mountain about 100 miles from Nashville and it was in a dry county but it was full of moonshiners. I think that county is allowed to sell beer there now but no liquor by the drink. I just got back from a biz trip to St. Louis and went to the Budweiser factory and you could only get 2 beers at the end of the tour. But it was free and free beer is always good.

re: #232 MandyManners

MS.

*giggle*

See my post #234.
That same guy (reviewer) actually said that to our receptionist once.
Pissed her off big time.
I made a point of popping by her office, smiling, and repeating the phrase.

She still didn't like the guy that originally said it, but saw the humor.
I later got into trouble for 'disrupting her work schedule' too often.
We were good friends.

If I'm a conservative American and wouldn't vote for Kerry because of his liberal beliefts I am stupid.

If I am a conservative American and don't vote for Obama because of his liberal beliefs I'm a racist

I guess I'm just a stupid racist..I've never been either but I guess I should get used to being called both