Kay Brooks

Welcome. You'll find comments and information here about education in Tennessee with a focus on Nashville as well other issues as I keep an eye on legislation and news. You'll quickly realize I'm a conservative Christian who isn't the quiet submissive type and doesn't mind rankling, if necessary, to get the job done.

Friday, June 27, 2008

Who failed?

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A very poorly timed analysis appeared below the fold on this morning's front page of the Tennessean. Terence Hunt of the AP wants to cal...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

What about OUR American Dream?

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Good grief! The Senate is seriously considering taking $300 BILLION of our tax dollars to bail out people who shouldn't have gotten home...
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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Bogus Blight

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Joy Ford is fighting a battle that's important to us all and we need to do what we can to voice our objections to city leaders. Miss Joy...
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Friday, June 20, 2008

Presumption

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Obama unveils his new logo. Seems presumptive to me. He didn't entirely ditch his old logo--it takes the place of the shield. I'd ra...

Friends in low places

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From Americans for Prosperity who have a planned balloon launch to call more attention to Al Gore's climate beliefs. Roy Wilson, the dir...
Thursday, June 19, 2008

They've decided

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Truth in advertising via Brit Hume at Fox News where they didn't wait for you to decide. It got a chuckle out of me. If it were Jim Bakk...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

On my wish list

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This is just what I've been suggesting for over two years that Metro Nashville Public Schools should do. John Allman, Brentwood informat...
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Wa waa wawa

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The Tennessean provides cover, again, for Al Gore's 'energy' usage this morning by confusing apples and oranges: In fact, over ...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Gore Powered

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Sometimes the RSS feeds come in just the right order. First we learn that Al Gore has yet to reduce his 'on the grid' electricity us...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Kindergarten debating skills

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Sunday's Gail Kerr column in the Tennessean was a surprise to me. I didn't expect her to fall into the 'make fun of it' cam...

Absent fathers impact sons

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Presidential contender Barak Obama was, amazingly, given the pulpit at a church he visited yesterday. He gave a rousing Father's Day spe...
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Saturday, June 14, 2008

Community life

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Very interesting article in this month's Atlantic Monthly titled " American Murder Mystery ". Nobody in the antipoverty commun...
Friday, June 13, 2008

Post's Pen Pans Postcard

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My Nashville Post News Alert let me know they had taken a ' fine tooth comb to English First '. I got my hopes up...but that's ...
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Vote for Ralph Emery

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The National Radio Hall of Fame is asking for voters in several categories. Nashville's Ralph Emery is on one ballot. Go here to regis...

Residents v. Citizens

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Mayor Karl Dean's recent comments as carried at NewsChannel 5 are disappointing and bring up an issue that needs to be discussed. The ...
Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Rays of Hope

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Between the Mayor's Special Education meeting featuring Mike Remus and the rehiring of Beth O'Shea some disheartened MNPS parents ar...
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New Superintendent--in Memphis

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Memphis has a new superintendent of schools according to the Commercial-Appeal . His name is Kriner Cash and he's leaving the Miami-Dade...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Did you get your petition?

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I got my English First postcard petition in the mail yesterday. Very handy. Private. No chance of being harassed like the OK3 . You sign the...
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Monday, June 09, 2008

Goo Goo clusters

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Sometimes the pieces just fall together. This morning' s Rex Noseworthy column introduced me to a new term. Increasingly, those in and ...
Friday, June 06, 2008

This new right is wrong

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More on the renewed battle to make Nashville's official language English. This quote from Mayor Karl Dean: Dean specifically took issue ...
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