One Road To Pacifism

By Kleinheider Posted on April 18, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Independent Senate candidate Chris Lugo explains how he went from a son of a Vietnam Vet to a rabid peace activist:

I am proud of my father and his service to my country. When I was a teenager, going to private Catholic school, I was approached by military recruiters. I was encouraged to join the military and to enlist in the ROTC program, much like my father had been. For whatever reason, I declined. I was not yet a peace activist like I became after the first gulf war, but something in my instincts told me that I could not serve in the military the way my father had served.

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Post Politics: 16 April 2008 - Afternoon Edition

By Kleinheider Posted on April 17, 2008 at 11:42 am

What’s in a name: A Chattanooga poultry plant gets raided by Immigration Control and Enforcement Agency. A plant run by a company named “Pilgrim’s Pride.”

Today is the last day to sign up for Debix, the identity theft monitoring company which Metro contracted with to provide free services for registered voters after the Metro Election Commission was compromised during a Christmastime theft.

The Tennessee Democratic Party points out that if you subtract monies raised by Senator Lamar Alexander during a major fundraiser where the President of the United States was the star attraction then he only raised $50,000 more than one of his his Democratic opponents during the same period.

Praise Lamar!: Newt Gingrich shows a bit of love for Lamar new flat tax proposal.

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Tags: Chris Lugo, Gray Sasser, Jim Sasser