Well, the single most incompetent group of society’s dregs and ne’er-do-wells has reconvened for yet another year of legislative failure. Only this year, things have become slightly more interesting.
Carole Graves of the TML was kind enough to compile this list of the newest editions to the ASSembly. Now, it would be considered most reasonable for one to assume that with 32 new members in the legislature we may see some different views and visions introduced for this state. Ah, but you forget… We’re in Tennessee. The land of much promise and little hope.
Just within the first month we already see the fog of the old ignorance obscuring the light of reason. Leave it to none other than Jon Lundberg, Bud Hulsey and our old friend Matthew Hill to make the oldest districts seem like a situation comedy. For instance, Bud Hulsey of Kingsport and his co-loser, Jon Lundberg of Bristol, decided it would be a good idea to try and introduce legislation that, get this, makes wearing a hoodie or head covering or face covering illegal. I could come up with a thousand analogies describing the level of stupidity involved here (not to mention the pure disrespect for the US Constitution) but I would think same is very clear at this point. Of course, Hulsey and Lundberg have withdrawn this laughing stock claiming that they were just misunderstood. But guys…we already know that you’re asshats. This was Par for you two. No wonder we languish in legislative obscurity. We keep electing carpetbaggers and back porch ideologues to represent our area. And if this buffoonery isn’t enough to give you a headache, Lundberg also wants to repeal the hands-free driving legislation. I guess he finds ear buds uncomfortable.
Tweedle Dumb
Matthew Hill. You old Son of a Fake-Ass Preacher you. All that law abiding straight guy horseshit finally came back to bite you in the ass, did it? Well, if you need any advice on how to survive Federal Prison just give me a call. Just smile at the guys when you get there. They’ll just love those pudgy little cheeks of yours ;-D
Matthew Hill of Jonesborough has been caught cheating on his taxes to the tune of nearly 20k. Don’t you just love the religious nutcases that seem to migrate to this area and their holier-than-thou dispositions? Everybody’s a saint until they get caught being a fake. I’m sure his daddy, Evangelical Methodist Church of America Rev. Dr. Kenneth C. Hill, is most proud. Actually, the Hills have been hiding behind God for many years. Radio shows, ministries run out of basements… Pure bullshit designed to solicit votes from feeble minded followers. Perhaps now that the truth has come shining through the Hill family and their charade will finally fade into oblivion where they belong.
How ’bout it, Reverend Ken? Still laughing?
Of course I’m not going to be writing much on the new legislators until they give me a reason, but there is a light in that darkness we call the TNGA.
Rep. Rick Staples (D-Knoxville) introduced House Bill 1610 on Monday.
The bill would change Tennessee’s controlled substances laws to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana statewide. It would also authorize counties to hold referendum elections to allow marijuana growing, manufacturing, delivery and retail sales within their boundaries. Notwithstanding, Samuel Hardiman at the Memphis Commercial Appeal tells us of further efforts…
When Sen. Raumesh Akbari filed a bill (SB1849/HB2389) that would legalize recreational marijuana and tax it at 12 percent, she did so more to provoke a conversation than out of actual hope the bill would pass. “We are hoping this will continue the conversation. Obviously, we want to fight for passage, but we know that the odds are stacked against us,” Akbari said of Senate Bill 1849. Marijuana reform has been slow to come to Tennessee. Plans for a medical marijuana bill stalled last year for lack of support. It has not been refiled so far this legislative session. Twenty-two states have legalized medical Marijuana, including two of Tennessee’s neighbors — Arkansas and Missouri. More than 10 states have legalized recreational marijuana.
Marijuana, of course, is an issue that has fallen victim to bipartisan cowardice in Tennessee politics for many years now. Democrats too chicken-shit to throw in their hats for fear of upsetting Republicans and Republicans too chicken-shit for fear of upsetting the back-assward, uneducated rubes that comprise the vast majority of their base in our state. Fortunately we find that we now have a few courageous legislators from both parties that comprehend the intelligence, practicality and compassion involved with the Medical and Recreational aspects of Marijuana. HB1610 and it’s SB1898 companion are still alive and well in Nashville and that alone gives me a sense of hope and yes, even appreciation, for the collective conscience of our state leaders. Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas….Might as well get on on the bus, Tennessee. We’re surrounded. ;-)_~ If you are lacking in knowledge concerning Medical Marijuana, watch this video (if you have the courage) and learn. But please bare in mind, if you comment something unholy like “these parents are just getting their kids high!” I’m going to tell you to rot in Hell with the rest of your ignorant, Satanic child-hating kind.
Yes, hopefully the broad changes in the TNGA will result in an awakening, both intellectual as well as spiritual, for our state and our people. We shall see.
Lastly, we find that invariably some type of asshattery will always exist when it comes to Tennessee politicians. Under investigation now is Democratic state Sen. Katrina Robinson. What for is yet to be established. She may have done nothing wrong as it’s par for the course for the proven corrupt FBI to falsely accuse whoever they can. Hopefully this won’t prove to be yet another stain on the State of Tennessee or the good city of Memphis.
- captainkona
