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and Sandra. No word on how Brian Hornback the human feels.
And just who is this "team" he keeps talking about?
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No love for Gene either.
No love for Gene either.
http://brianhornback.blogspot.com/2007/02/walker-johnsons-take-on-ragsdale-vs.html
No love for Gene either. I
No love for Gene either.
I read that one too. Question, is being a DJ the same as being a seasoned journalist? Just wondering.
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
Hornback's enemies list
Hornback's enemies list grows longer and weirder by the day. This little deal (link...) is particularly strange. Hallsnewz? And it's particularly cool when he attempts to call someone else out for spelling errors. What's next? Maybe he'll make fun of me for being fat and bald.
The soon-to-be ex-chairman evidently has time on his hands already.
A person may be judged by
A person may be judged by his/her enemies.
Heads up...
It looks like War.
Actually, it looks like
Actually, it looks like identity theft/cyberstalking.
What's the purpose of this, ou reckon?
What a nasty thing for
What a nasty thing for Hornback to do. This sort of tells the whole world about his principles.
And it's right below all his pious supposedly-Christian nonsense about not worrying about being afraid of drowning when he opens his eyes under water. (In case you were wondering, Brian isn't afraid because his creator will save him, not because he's smart enough to keep his mouth shut.)
Is what he's doing legal?
gemini: No word on how
gemini: No word on how Brian Hornback the human feels.
Whoever you are, gemini, isn't that a pretty big assumption that he's human? ;-)
Give Mr. BH a break. He's a
Give Mr. BH a break. He's a suffering conservative and obviously guilty of WWR (writing while republican), hence the accusations of "others" being tabloid journalists, violating "journalistic ethics" and so on. (and anyway, wouldn't "tabloid journalist" be a contradiction in terms, Ms. B?)
It is possile that someone close to BH will try to perform an intervention, and it is remotely possible that he can be helped. I suggest we look to see when he starts writing in complete sentences as an early indication of one of the steps in his program. Then we can watch for actual "facts" appearing in his sentences, and finally, he will start being nice.
At that point we can forgive him or offer him a beer or something.
S
Actually, the name "tabloid"
Actually, the name "tabloid" refers to the way a newspaper is folded. The Village Voice and the NY Daily News are tabloids, and open like magazines. The News Sentinel and the Shopper are broadsheets.
This is as good a time as any...
A question was asked to former radio host Kelvin Moxley on the Steve Hall television program last Friday and also Sunday on the Hubert Smith radio program on AM 850. The question was, "Was AM 1180 bought out to put you and Lloyd Daughterty off the air and did Mayor Mike Ragsdale have anything to do with this?"
Mr. Moxley replied he could not confirm or deny the question and had no comment at the time.
There is a strange convergence in the political force. Current GOP Chair Brian Hornback now has FIVE blogs targeted to Betty Bean and Sandra Clark. Four of which appear to be very questionable as they use without permission Betty and Sandra's names with two others using the name of the Halls Shopper News. Expect a short half life for all of these.
In other political convergence news, very conservative blogger Terry Frank and her husband Lee have just signed with Horne Radio to do a five day a week radio program from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM that may feature very conservative bloggers David Oatney and Brian Hornback. This is unconfirmed but not unlikely. GOP Chair Hornback is a devoted supporter of the County Mayor yet David Oatney is a major detractor. Both are friends. Strange bedfellows indeed. The program begins March 12.
It just gets curiouser and curiouser. Local conservative talk radio is getting ready to take a hard right turn. The return of Lloyd Daughtery is uncertain at this time. Mr. Daugherty commented on Gene Patterson's television program it could be a matter of days.
Developing...
You're a "Broadsheet
You're a "Broadsheet journalist"? I dunno, Ms. B, That doesn't sound right, either. I'll just call you a Journalist, since you do research and can back up what you write. We can use the term "propagandist" for those guilty of WWR.
And as for not giving them the chance to tell their side, does this mean that Republicans are ready to bring back the Fairness Doctrine?
That'll be the day!
They don't need it, they
Republicans are ready to bring back the Fairness Doctrine?
They don't need it, they have fair and balanced Faux news
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
An aside...
In a quick (but off-topic) observation, I noticed another interesting comment on Brian's Blog.
Apparently, he attended the recent Farragut community meeting organized to discuss zoning issues relating to the new Hardin Valley High School.
Brian appears to endorse the notion that the new high school should become a new Farragut Middle, instead. He notes that the current Farragut Middle facility could become home to Farragut High's 9th and 10th grade population, while the existing Farragut High could house only the 11th and 12th grade students (lots of logistical problems here, but I'll not digress even further).
Wasn't this notion of a new west Knox County high school promoted in part to relieve overcrowding at Bearden High and Karns High, as well? These folks really *do* think they operate their own independent school system!
Yes, we thought it was
Yes, we thought it was supposed to relieve overcrowding at karns, bearden, farragut and even west high school according to the original memo that recommended a new high school be built. The last proposed HVHS zone from the school board did not rezone any current Bearden students to HVHS. The only Karns students rezoned to HVHS were those living in what is called Hardin Valley. The school board did not do adequate research on the growth in the southwest quadrant of knox county. The same data that suggested relief was needed at four high schools, now suggests all the growth is coming south of interstate 40 and west of pellissippi.
We are spending $40 million+ of taxpayers dollars to elivate overcrowding in one community by building a school in another community. If Halls was overcrowded would you build the new school in the Powell community? That is what is being done. People don't seem to know the Town of Farragut boundaries or the high school zone. About half the population of Farragut High School lives in the Town of Farragut, the other resides in Knox County. Both areas consider themselves the Farragut community because life is centered around the schools --like other parts of the county. The high school should have been built in the northshore and pellissippi area -- the area with the most growth. The school board voted to put the school in the wrong location -- again our tax dollars at work. Most people will at least double the distance they travel to get to school. Some will travel four times the distance they drove to FHS. A small group of children who currently attend school together from kindergarten to 8th grade will be a small minority at their new high school. The whole Knox County school zones take little into consideration of managing feeder schools and keeping children together through high school. For example, Northwest middle school serves multiple high schools. This is not good for students. Other concerns include inexperienced teenagers driving on accident ridden Pellissippi Parkway or down Watt Road with all the trucks. Do you need more?
Hardin Valley High School
(Confused on-lookers: PT, whose comments are above, has responded to a quick aside I made on this thread, many posts back. I'll reply, then bow out.)
PT: "Do you need more?"
Well, I guess so. I've read your post through twice, and all I'm grasping is that you believe your community is entitled to utilize *all* of a $40+ million facility intended to relieve overcrowding for four school communities.
You ask, rhetorically, "if Halls was overcrowded would you build the new school in the Powell community?" I don't know where I'd build it, but I certainly wouldn't build it in Halls--it's overcrowded, remember? Farragut already has a primary/intermediate school serving 2000 children--does your community want a high school to serve 4000, too? Or does your community just want two high schools serving 2000 each? That wasn't the plan pitched to the rest of us.
You appear frustrated that "people don't seem to know the Town of Farragut boundaries or the high school zone." But I would think that the Town of Farragut boundary is irrelevant WRT a new school intended to serve Farragut *and* all these other communities--who knows where the Bearden, Karns, or West communities consider their boundaries to be, either? And the Farragut high school zone, obviously, is obsolete with the opening of the new school, so why would that be relevant?
You maintain that "most people will at least double the distance they travel to get to school," but isn't that because FHS had way too many students in attendence to begin with? You refer, in fact, to that half of the population outside of Farragut but within Knox County (and Farragut, BTW, is also in Knox County). Is this the "suburban Farragut suburb" population that you seek to keep intact? Why? Isn't it a given that some persons rezoned will need to drive further than they had before, as are those families you cite who are living in Hardin Valley and presently attending Karns? In every school zone, *someone* lives on the fringe of the zone.
And as for Northwest Middle School serving multiple high schools, that's not the exception, it's the general rule--especially in the suburbs. Either students from a given elementary school are routed on to one of two different middle schools, or students from a given middle school are routed on to one of two different high schools. With the exception of Farragut High, most of our high schools serve only around 1200 students, so how many Knox County students do you imagine attend school together from kindergarten through their senior years? Outside of Farragut, not many.
I understand that rezoning doesn't break up just schools, but also school communities, and I do feel the same way about my school community--while it lasts. Still, it was never the intention of Knox County taxpayers that this high school, so difficult to fund, should serve just Farragut. I don't believe other communities will allow that outcome, and, frankly, I don't like the notion, myself.
(P.S.--My 5th grader lives closer to Karns Elementary than to Powell Elementary, too, yet he is zoned for Powell.)
Tamara, we are saying the
Tamara, we are saying the same thing.
No we didn't think our community needed a $40 million dollar high school, but that is what the MPC and KCSB is now telling us.
Everyone was told that the new high school was being built to relieve overcrowding at four schools. But when the zone came out, the only students moved from Bearden, Karns or West were the 350 students from Karns who live in Hardin Valley. The rest of the students are coming from Farragut High School zone.
Now MPC says the growth is primarily in the area west of pellissippi and south of interstate 40. This is why we don't trust MPC numbers. When the decision was made, the growth was effecting all FOUR high schools.
This is why the community is in shock that in order to populate HVHS they suggested taking up to 800 students out of Farragut. That is more than the number needed to relieve overcrowding. You might remember last August that the county commission and school board requested funding to build the school for 2100 students. Mayor Ragsdale suggested to build it for fewer students, which would have saved $6 million dollars which could have been used on other county projects.
I hope this makes more sense. I would be happy to talk with you in detail. I am not trying to be argumentative. I just want to get the information out to people who care about Knox County and how are many is spent. This could happen in other areas.
This would be a great
This would be a great discussion to have under its own topic...
UPDATE: I made you one and moved the comments here:
(link...)
Identity Theft
"Actually, it looks like identity theft/cyberstalking."
This is far from Identify Theft or Cyber Stalking. There might be some argument made for a Top Level Domain (blogspot.com) if it could be proven that the contents of the site were harmful and caused some sort of damage or were defaming to the named person/company in the URL (consider aolsucks.org).
On a subdomain (anything.blogspot.com) and in particular on one like blogger's, which garauntees nothing of the contents of the publishers who use blogger, there isn't much that can be done.
If BB was a nationally recognized writer I could understand somebody wanting to hold the domain or subdomain, but since she isn't I can't really understand why he would want them (although I'm sure he has a reason).
If I were you BB I would take this as a compliment that someone thinks highly enough of you to hang on to a subdomain of your name.
KTB
Spare me your sanctimony
"If I were you BB I would take this as a compliment that someone thinks highly enough of you to hang on to a subdomain of your name."
You cannot be serious.
I'm at County Commission all morning, so I've heard some pretty dumb crap today, but the notion that Hornback's appropriating my name is a compliment is, well, right up there with the best of Lumpy Lambert.
I suspect his intention is to try to redirect people looking for me through search engines like Google.
Hornback must realize how
Hornback must realize how mean spirited and creepy this looks to the rest of us...An excercize in nastiness from someone whose website is all about him wallowing in his christianity.
Some christian.
compliment by cowardice
I've heard some pretty dumb crap today, but the notion that Hornback's appropriating my name is a compliment is, well, right up there with the best of Lumpy Lambert.
But it is a compliment. He is scared of you, and he just backed down. Too bad he formalized being scared of KnoxViews months ago or he could defend himself.
You cannot be serious.
"You cannot be serious."
Of course I wasn't being serious considering that BH registered them and he obviously isn't a fan of yours. However, if it was anybody else I would suggest it to be a compliment.
"I suspect his intention is to try to redirect people looking for me through search engines like Google."
Probably not considering that he hasn't made a single post on those blogs. Further a search for your name on Google returns your page as the top result and his blogs aren't even in the first 200 results on a search for your name.
Edit: BH reveals his intentions in this post.
KTB
His incompetence really
His incompetence really doesn't mitigate his nasty intentions. It's pretty clear what he meant to do; he's just not good at folllow-through.
You know Bean, this really
You know Bean, this really could be a compliment to you. Brian may be expecting great things out of you and so he purchased your domain name with plans of extorting money out of you when you are a household name.
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
I agree more with the
I agree more with the earlier sentiment. It's creepy.
And why does Brian write about Brian in the third person?
Double creepy. Perhaps there are righteous delusions of grandeur percolating there.
But seriously BB, If Brian's
But seriously BB,
If Brian's intentions are to create a blog under a domain with your name and have the intentions of either profiting from your name or slandering your name in anyway, seems there could be legal actions you could take to get the domain for yourself. The country singer Keith Urban is in a similar lawsuit but with a person with the same name. Seems you would have a better chance than he, of winning the case.
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
Agreed.
I mean, I think we can guess that he's not creating the page for you to post your latest recipes.
Looks like "Brian's Blog" is
Looks like "Brian's Blog" is mad at Bean and Sandra.
Seems I T'd him off a bit myself with the DJ remark; and Walker, bless his heart, doesn't seem too happy with me either.
Johnny Ringo wrote:
A person may be judged by his/her enemies.
I don't know BH personally, so I can't say if I've made a good or bad enemy of him, but I do know WJ, and I like him personally, can't say I endorse his political views, but he's a personable person, so if I have made an enemy of him, then it doesn't bode well for me. Well, enough with the soppy stuff, back to the battle.
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
So now he's picking on my dead brother?
Upon reading Hornback's vendetta-laden blog just now, I came upon this gem:
"A D.J. is a journalist just as a script reader on a T.V. set is a journalist (IE. Gene Patterson) A D.J. is a journalist just as the sister of a phone prankster is a journalist."
Lovely. Leaving aside any critique of his logic or sentence construction, it's nice to see what he's learning out there at the big megachurch in Concord. He's some kind of Christian. I've tried to pretty much ignore this blubbering, fulminating would-be bully for the past year or so (his preposterous claim that I wrote some kind of series about him notwithstanding) but I'm done with that now. This latest screed reminds me of the old Joseph Welch statement from the Army-McCarthy hearing:
"Until this moment... I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness... You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency?"
It's on.
Go Bean. I first realized
Go Bean.
I first realized how petty & vindictive BH was when he was on the school board and Knox Heritage was working on the South High deal. It wasn't that he had doubts about it, it was that he treated Kim Trent like dirt every time she got up to speak. And she was hugely pregnant at the time.
He's just got no class.
His harassment is sad.
His harassment is sad. Really. He might have some sort of problem, and he needs to get help.
Short half life...
The suspect blogs are gone. Only Halls Newz remains.
Might want to go and lock out those blogs.
A journalist
I'm sorry, Betty. I rankled to read that remark, too, but left the site without leaving my comment.
And may I explain, for the benefit of any subscribers here that haven't lived in Knoxville for eons, what you cannot easily explain: Betty is not just the surviving sister of the most hilarious phone prankster that ever was, and she isn't just that neighborhood political pundit at Halls News, either. She was the Nashville Bureau Chief for our former Knoxville morning daily, The Knoxville Journal. She was and is a journalist.
I go to his church and I can
I go to his church and I can tell you it is open to everyone, it is also filled with a wonderful spirit. As for it being a mega church, well I drive from Fountain City every Sunday to attend and often friends from my street ride with me.
Church is in your heart but it can also be in a big building as long as those who go there are on the same page.
So you're on the same page
So you're on the same page as Hornback? What does Doug Sager teach out there?
We used to drive to Alcoa to
We used to drive to Alcoa to hear him at First Baptist and now we drive just about as far, but it is worth it. What makes the church the church is the people and he will be the first to tell you so. We have one of the bigger youth groups in the area and it is because they want to be there. The church we visit in our neighborhood is (Central Baptist) has a very good preacher but the members are elderly and our kids like to be with children their age and because they go to Web they also have more than a few classmates out there.
All churches have their place and all people have a place in them, the hard part is to talk people into getting up on Sunday and going.
We have wonderful friends at several Fountain City churches and often they will make the ride over to ours and then at night we will go to theirs. It is an easy drive on Sunday from our home because the traffic is down and once a month we all make a point to have brunch out west before we make a run over to Turkey Creek. Still it would be just great if we had a church just like ours in North Knoxville, but we don't and that is a shame.
I'm sorry. I was being
I'm sorry.
I was being snarky about Doug Sager. I ran across him when I did a story about Southern Baptists. His views on the role of women in the church are very objectionable to me. In fact, I don't agree with him about very much at all.
But that's just me.
deep end
Bean --you and your gal pal Sandra have finally pushed BH over the edge. Kudos.
Where should I send my check?
Update: Interesting turn of
Update: Interesting turn of events pertaining to the hostage situation over at BH website. All blogs have been released. I repeat: All blogs have been released.
Link
Adrift in the Sea of Humility
Releasing the hostages
Cluck, cluck.
It's still on. Things will
It's still on.
Things will get interesting for several folks if Tyler Harber actually makes his return.
I agree!
Being a democrat in his church can be well a bit of a hard road at times and you are right about his feelings concerning women in the Baptist world, but I was just trying to say his church is much bigger than him and a few of us are trying to let him know it.
As you know (from your story) the hard part about being Baptist is they use the church as a platform to nail other faiths and he is no exception. He has preached openly about the sin of women taking up the so called cloth and it goes back to his tired belief that women are to follow and men are the ONES they follow. He has scripture to back him up but as everyone knows the bible is filled with easily turned verse that can work beautifully with any idea.
No, I agree with you 100%!! I was just saying we love the people there and our children all have classmates there. Those are the reasons (ok I do shop at Turkey Creek) we attend.
Fountain City has beautiful churches I just wish they could get the youth to attend?
LadyVols, Take a stop some
LadyVols,
Take a stop some Sunday on your way west at Central Baptist Bearden (the big one across from Krispy Kreme, near Kingston Pike and Papermill Road). You might find some things you like. Not as much of a production as FBC Concord and much more moderate as Baptists go, but generally traditional in faith and a very big/active youth group. We're a notch below Concord and Cedar Springs in size, but still pretty large.
I usher and greet each Sunday. Come by sometime.
Thanks!
It is a great looking church and we just might drop in. Unlike my younger days, we like to visit and although we did move our letter to FBC we keep an open mind.
As for the Baptists, I grew up in the church...love the music and have always found great fellowship with those folks. But like I said earlier it is VERY hard to find a democrat teaching Sunday School!
I can't understand why Fountain City has such elderly church members, what happened to all their children? Did they grow up and move out west? We tried very hard in this neck of the woods to find a church and when we were the youngest there (and yes we have two teenagers) we just starting going out west.
My friend who sells homes always shows west to families moving to Knoxville, pushing the schools and the shopping. I guess that is why the only new blood in this end is way out in Halls?
Anyway, thank you for the invite and we will sure take you up on the visit!
Jimmy gone
Ladyvols: "...it is VERY hard to find a democrat teaching Sunday School!"
I think Jimmy Carter was the very last one, and he submitted his letter of resignation, citing his reasons, about five years ago ;-)
My mother is a member at
My mother is a member at Central Fountain City. It's been a struggle to attract younger people. But, the same can be said for lots of established churches in the area. We put a focus on young families, children and youth. We have 4 staff ministers (two are women) who are in charge of birth to high school.
What happened?
Yep; that and the advent of the mega-church. There simply isn't room to put one of those huge mega-churches in Fountain City and that's what a lot of folks seem to want today. Not all mind you, but a lot of church-goers like the anonymity of a mega-church where not everyone knows everybody and you don't have to feel guilty if you don't participate in the volunteerism efforts of the church because nobody really recognizes you. Cynical I know, but that is the overall feel I have found at SOOOOOOO many mega-churches that I have tried out. I figure I can talk to my Maker anytime, anywhere, and in places that are a WHOLE lot nicer than a gigantic building that has no heart or soul (and I do apologize, but that is what I feel has become of the Church in America for many years past now; lots of the trappings of faith, none of the reality).
And I probably wouldn't be welcome in the church after I stood up and shouted at the preacher for his neanderthal attitudes towards women.
"You can't fix stupid..." ~ Ron White"
"I never said I wasn't a brat..." ~ Talidapali
talidapali: "And I probably
talidapali: "And I probably wouldn't be welcome in the church after I stood up and shouted at the preacher for his neanderthal attitudes towards women."
You too?! I got through (from my pulpit on the very back row) and the sanctuary was deathly quiet, until one single momma up in the choir loft began clapping, very slowly and all alone. Other women then joined in and created a pretty good din. I can't say that the men were much receptive to my comments.
When the applause ended, the pastor said "All you menfolk can come out from under your pews, now. I think she's done."
My name's still on the roll because my mother-in-law's family were charter members, three generations back. My preference is like yours, though--if the weather's good on a Sunday morning, you'll find me out in the backyard diggin' in the dirt. Can't get any closer to your Maker anywhere else, and nobody cares if you sing off-key.
you'll find me out in the
you'll find me out in the backyard diggin' in the dirt. Can't get any closer to your Maker anywhere else, and nobody care if you sing off-key.
Actually, standing in the middle of a mountain stream might beat that, but I got to feeling bad about molesting defenseless trout so I haven't done that much lately.
I won't rule it out come springtime, though.
trout are sleeping
I got to feeling bad about molesting defenseless trout so I haven't done that much lately.
I checked and the water is still around 45 in the park, but when it hits 50 for a few days it will be time scramble over the rocks and grab our limit! Yep, we are two FISHING women here and we love it!
People believe crazy things
"His views on the role of women in the church are very objectionable to me"
He probably believes the same crazy stuff John MacArthur teaches right?
KTB
"...it is VERY hard to find
"...it is VERY hard to find a democrat teaching Sunday School!"
I don't mean this offensively, but I am curious as to what difference it makes if the Sunday School teacher, or any other member of the church for that matter, is a Republican or Democrat?
KTB
I am with you
I don't mean this offensively, but I am curious as to what difference it makes if the Sunday School teacher, or any other member of the church for that matter, is a Republican or Democrat?
Can we leave the partisanship out of churches and schools? That statement makes me very uncomfortable. Maybe it is because of January 31st, maybe just that persons opinion, maybe the national climate, but I feel like this town is choking on partisanship. I don't have strong feelings for either party in Knox County. At least not positive feelings.
The two parties are so polarized I cannot join either of them.
You mean the Ragsdale
I feel like this town is choking on partisanship.
You mean the Ragsdale Republicans and the Hutchison Republicans?
(Which faction do the Haslam Republicans belong to?)
Wow, sorry!
I was just talking and not trying to get anyone upset. At my church our SS teacher is a member of the Ragsdale faction and it is very hard to get him to talk about anything remotely related to the bible. Such a nice young mag but so miss
guided. I never open my mouth because like some of you I think church is not the place to gather votes.
As for Carter I voted for him and so did my X husband, he is about all we agree on today. The man has done so much good for the world and all you hear about is he fired jews from his center (which is NOT the truth) and how he is ranked below the man who is in office right now. How the press can get away with such is beyond me. They should be showing the starving children in Africa and the body count in the war rather than trying to snipe at a very good Christian man.
My comment (which you
My comment (which you replied to) was not directed at you, LV. I was responding to #9. It's sort of a running joke. (I updated my comment to be more clear).
This church thread has the
This church thread has the potential to get out of hand. As a former Southern Baptist, I'm well aware that there is a pretty big division within the church between the moderates and the fundamentalists. There are both moderate (e.g.,Central Bearden, First Baptist downtown) and fundamentalist (e.g., Central Concord, Sevier Heights) congregations in Knox County. So a person looking for a Baptist church should be able to find one to his/her liking.
I don't think Democrat or Republican or Green should be brought into church life myself. However, it's hard for me not to bristle sometimes - for example, like when a friend of mine who attends one of the local fundamentalist Baptist churches told me that the pastor said from the pulpit in 2004 that good Christians don't vote for Democrats.
Carter & SBC
Dunno if your question was directed to me or to Ladyvol, KTB, but my comment was a tongue-in-cheek reference to Jimmy Carter's very real letter to his Baptist church (a SBC member-church) about five years back in which he resigned his position as a nationally-acclaimed Sunday School teacher. The letter, signed by Jimmy and Rosalyn both, cited differences in scriptural interpretation WRT the proper role of women in the church and in society generally.
I'll hush now--these comments have nothing to do with the subject of this thread--that Brian Hornback is mad at Bean.
Off Topic
"Easy: One would talk about Jesus' ministry as an example of perfect social justice. The other would emphasize the Old Testament and hand out a "voter's guide.""
Wow! Can you provide a list of churches metulj where you found this to be true? I need to know what churches to avoid in the future.
KTB
My Apologies
"This church thread has the potential to get out of hand."
You are right and I'll apologize for my part in the off topic conversation. No more from me on this thread.
KTB
sorry
and I will move on also.
Thanks again for the invitation though, we will take you up on it!
I was going to post this on
I was going to post this on Brian H's blog, but considering all posts have to be pre-approved and the fact that he doesn't allow anonymous postings I felt he was trying to draw me out of my anonymity. I figured he would read the post here anyway. Randy feel free to delete this comment if you would like. Brian, if it is ok with Randy, feel free to post this yourself, in your comments.
Brian the reason I posted what I did on the other website(knoxviews) was because I was having the discussion with them. Besides I hardly ever post on any other website, and for different reasons. For One, on many blogs, it is a hassle to register before you post, and for some blogs, I have attempted to post, but receive a notice saying, 'No postings are being accepted at this time'. So I pretty much quit trying to post anywhere other than the other local Blog (knoxviews).
As far as my comment! I don't understand why my statement had you and Walker so steamed. If he really was, as I stated in the comment, a seasoned journalist. A comment from a nobody such as myself, should have been viewed as nothing more than a fly on the back of a rhino. A nuisance maybe, but nothing to take note of. Heck, even the Beanster knows better than to comment on anything I write. It would dumbify her! The fact that you and Walker acknowledged it and even mentioned it, makes me wonder if my original question were true. So I guess what I am trying to say is, next time try not being so defensive and if you are indeed reporting, then just report.
Brian, I have nothing personal against you, I don't even know you, so it wouldn't be fair for me to judge you. I do know Walker, and as I said a couple of times on the other blog (knoxviews), I like him personally, and would even consider him a distant friend, and I would like to believe it would be likewise for him, but during the last senatorial campaign, it did appear that he was trying to disrupt the knoxviews community, and that was the reason for him being banned. Was he doing journalism or was he trolling?
Have a good evening,
JaHu
Adrift in the Sea of Humility