Center-Left State Think Tank In Embryonic Stages

10 Responses to “Center-Left State Think Tank In Embryonic Stages”

1. spaz writes
   July 13th, 2009 9:52 am

   Anytime you hear the words “Bredesen” and “progressive” in the same sentence, everyone should suspect foul play.

   Simply put, this seems like an effort to stymie attempts at getting a REAL progressive think tank in the state by sucking all the air - and money - out of the room.

   Too early to tell, but its hard to imagine Mark Brown connected to anything - or anyone - that fits the label “progressive”. Unless you’re talking about Brown’s new weasel word - “centrist progressive”, which seems to be the Bredesen model of appeasing big business at the expense of the working class.

2. The OG Ben writes
   July 13th, 2009 10:24 am

   Geez, spaz, talk about attacking an idea before you’ve heard anything about it. I’d like some details about this group.

   What’s this you throw out about a “real” progressive think tank in Tennessee? What? Moveon.org moving on to Crossville?

3. Reality writes
   July 13th, 2009 10:55 am

   Spaz is the whiniest little bitch.

   Brownie, if you ain’t legalizing marijuana and mandating taxpayer-funded gay marriages at the county courthouse, you ain’t “progressive” to Spaz.

4. JaStep writes
   July 13th, 2009 11:31 am

   The constant carping about Bredesen from some of my far-left friends on this blog gets tiresome. As this release points out, the man has built a nationally praised Pre-K program and the Pew Center ranked Tennessee third in the country in clean energy jobs.

5. Donna Locke writes
   July 13th, 2009 3:10 pm

   Maybe they can do their thinking in the bunker.

6. idgaf writes
   July 14th, 2009 4:56 am

   Pre K is another useless program that steals money to buy votes.

   We are becomeing an entitlement society.

7. Jessica writes
   July 14th, 2009 7:34 am

   @ IDGAF - as i live and breathe… an issue we might finally agree on. Pre K is not the panacea it is touted to be, and it is a huge drain on education budgets that need to be beefed up in no small way at the High School and College Prep level.

8. Clarence Stubblefield writes
   July 14th, 2009 7:56 am

   Pre-K should only be for the most disadvantaged, certainly not a given for all. We are already letting some stay in high school until 20 yrs. old. At this rate we’ll have all children 2-20 on the free education roles. It’s “for the kids” is so old it’s become a very tired joke by all.

9. TNVolunteer73 writes
   July 14th, 2009 8:35 am

   The “Advantage” Pre-K gives childern is 6 months.

   After 6 months of Kindergarden, The Non-Pre-K students, are performing as well if not better than the Pre-K attendees

10. dg writes
    July 14th, 2009 9:16 am

    Only a conservative could be moronic enough to argue that education is a bad thing.

    Go teabag and let the adults get on with improving this state.