Month: October 2008

On the heels of voting to increase the CEO’s base salary by nearly half a million dollars, the TVA board quickly noticed that recent rate increases will not completely cover the increased salary. As a stopgap to prevent the bleeding of cash, they voted in an emergency plan that calls for burning the elderly to…

Knox County poll workers usually are patient, friendly people. However, due to the large amount of fingerprints on the not-touchscreen voting machines, lately some poll workers are starting to get agitated with all the cleaning they have to do. “I mean, really, can’t they tell by the dial that the big, friendly screen is not…

As the daily polls are coming in showing an ever-growing Obama landslide, the campaign of John McCain has gone beyond desperation to make up the difference. Selecting a hot female running mate proved ineffective and bringing up Obama’s Marxist and socialist background has failed to make a dent. After the two Tennessee boys they hired…

A bit disillusioned, Scott Gordy recently cancelled his Twitter account after only two months of use. “It sounded so cool when other people talked about it, but then almost nobody followed me. Then I realized just how little folks cared about what I was up to. Posting messages about when I ate lunch and what…