Short Answer: No

By Kleinheider Posted on April 3, 2009 at 12:52 am

Rep. Henry Fincher refuses to apologize to Rep. Brian Kelsey at the request of Rep. Glen Casada. Chairman Casada is not pleased:

“Mr. Speaker I would just like to remind the body that there is no room for disrespect, for making fun of people, for mocking people. This is a body of respect. If respect is not shown on the floor then maybe that individual does need to be in the chamber.”

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Gotta Go To Kmart

By Kleinheider Posted on May 26, 2008 at 10:24 am

Former Tennessean columnist Tim Chavez asserts that the retirement of the longest serving leader of a legislative body in modern history from the Tennessee State Senate is really not that big of a story:

Too much attention in the local news media has been focused on the retirement of state Sen. John Wilder for being in office since Abraham Lincoln was president. He also had led the Senate since George McGovern ran for president. Gee, if longevity is so newsworthy, I’m wearing underwear I’ve owned for 10 years as I type this blog post. Anyone want a picture and an interview?

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Tags: context, history is news, John Wilder, Respect, Tim Chavez