State Senator Kathryn Bowers, who faces serious federal bribery charges but STILL got won her Democrat Party primary in August by a huge margin, may be getting ready to plead guilty. She will probably still get reelected in Memphis, even after she pleads guilty. CLICK HERE.

BOWERS AND HER ATTORNEY. (YES, THAT IS THE SAME GUY WHO REPRESENTED PERRY MARCH.)

House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh is apparently living large on the taxpayer's money. The recent refurbishing of the State Capitol included $21,279 for new carpet in the Speaker's suite. Remember the controversy over former U.T. President John Shumaker getting $40,000 of expensive carpet for HIS office? CLICK HERE.
Will Naifeh feel some of the same heat? CLICK HERE.

Terry Frank has some photos of the nifty carpet and $43 coat hooks that our legislators spent OUR money to purchase. CLICK HERE.

Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford, Jr. is touting an internal poll that shows him leading Republican candidate Bob Corker. There is still a lot to happen in the next 70 days or so. CLICK HERE.

A 7th grade civics teacher in Kentucky is under fire for firing up a couple of small American flags in his classroom as part of a writing assignment on free speech. The knee-jerk reaction to this story is one of outrage, and it may be justified outrage. Certainly there was bad judgement in burning anything in a classroom, whether it was leaves, flags, books, or anything else. And the "free speech no matter what" crowd will defend his actions on this count while they would probably not defend a teacher who wore a Klan robe and burned a cross to evoke emotions during a session on civil rights. But putting all of that aside for a moment, would there be a teaching justification to burning the flag as part of understanding the First Amendment? Arguably, even those who find the act of burning the flag reprehensible might agree that actually SEEING a flag burn and then writing about it is perhaps a better learning experience than simply talking about the act of burning a flag. Students who might not be that upset about flag burning in theory might have a different perspective having experienced it. Perhaps writing about the rights of free speech and the balance of respecting that symbol of our country is more poignant and personal in the wake of actually witnessing the act. The teacher may have acted improperly, and perhaps the intent was to propagandize against out country, which would be an abuse of the power given to that teacher. But maybe, just maybe, there is more to the story than a crackpot Leftie getting his jollies by burning a flag. Perhaps he is just a good teacher who was trying to push his students to think and dig a little deeper on an assignment that is really pretty important. His method was certainly questionable, but maybe we should withhold judgement until we better understand his intentions. CLICK HERE.

Some idiots in Arizona released some live diamondback rattlesnakes in a theater during a screening of "Snakes On a Plane." Police say it caused some panic. DO YOU THINK!!! CLICK HERE.

No, seriously, some Libs actually make the argument that Hillary's good looks and sex appeal will be a distraction on the campaign trail. No, I am not making this up. Some people really believe that her "hotness" will make it difficult for people to take her seriously as a candidate. QUIT LAUGHING! I am serious here. No, really! CLICK HERE.