Sen. Doug Henry On ‘The Twitter’

By Kleinheider Posted on April 2, 2009 at 2:10 pm

Sen. Doug Henry on the difference between a QWERTY keyboard and a standard numeric telephone keypad and other things during a debate over a ban on texting while driving.

“Mr. Chairman, now with the seatbelt business, I opposed it then and I oppose it now because its not the state’s business if I want to spill myself all over the highway. Ah, but with the Twitter, he hinders me, he’s liable to have a wreck. He’s driving down the road, twittering, and I’m trying to drive in the lane and here he come.

Now I think the distinction between the two is that the first one you infringe upon my liberty. The second one is an infringement on my person by a fellow citizen…

….Now I wouldn’t recommend it, but I can keep my eye on the road and also dial a number on this one. But I defy you, even if you’ve got the eyes of a buzzard, to make a message on this and keep your eyes on the road.

Now if you’re a court reporter or something and trained in the Querty keyboard, do that for a living you can, but if you’re just an average driver who tries to go down the road and punch out a message on this thing you can’t do it.”

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Next Step: Mandatory Twitter Accounts

By Kleinheider Posted on at 11:53 am

Via the AP:

The House has unanimously passed a measure to allow members of local governments to communicate in online chat rooms without violating Tennessee’s open meetings laws.

Republican Rep. Bill Dunn, the bill’s main sponsor, says the proposal would be modeled on a pilot program in effect in his hometown of Knoxville.

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Zach Wamp Is The Master Of His Own Twitter

By Kleinheider Posted on March 8, 2009 at 6:31 pm

John Scott reports from Jackson, Tennessee:

Congressman Zach Wamp was asked about his use of technology. Specifically asked whether the tweets on the Twitter account that bears his name came from a staff member or from him, he joking answered, “every word - I don’t trust anybody else well enough to send 140 characters on my behalf”.

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Your Tennessee Republican Party Chairwoman Is Twittering

By Kleinheider Posted on December 4, 2008 at 10:35 am

Follow her here — if you’re into that sort of thing.

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A Cancerous Tweet

By Kleinheider Posted on September 24, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Christian Grantham, after glancing at Rep. Marsha Blackburn’s teeth in a photo, wonders on Twitter whether the Congressman is smoker. The Representative’s spokesman, Claude Chaffin, had the following to say when reached for comment on whether Marsha Blackburn is, or ever has been, a smoker:

“In the midst of a Middle Tennessee fuel crisis, debate over a $700 billion dollar bailout to avert a possible Wall Street crisis, and a significant Republican victory on energy; you can understand why I won’t comment on every random tweet out there.”

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