Last night before they take over

The restoration of the up stairs in our 1878 building is finished and the FIRST renters will be coming in on June 1.
I went down to the great old building and took some pictures before they get the keys. Molly went along but didn't like the place and would not stay in ANY of the rooms alone. Look close cause she is in all of these pictures!

BROTHERS and SISTERS,

Another week has slipped under the wire and lord help us all it was great fun!
First, the media mavin's column at hallsnews.com shown the light of truth on a real hack job done by our local ABC affiliate. THEN unbenounced to said MEDIA MAVIN, another scribe at hallsnews.com named BEAN took aim and nailed the same drama that WATE (the ABC affiliate) tossed out to the viewers last Monday afternoon.

Glorious response from the unwashed to the OUTRAGEOUS drama the station tried to call news filled the WATE blog, dash over and check out the posts.. http://blogs.wate.com/patterson/

Brethren we are in a major media quagmire of fabrication and manipulation tossed at us just about 24/7 from the major networks and the cable fools. We all know there is nothing we can do about it, BUT when it filters down to the local level the playing field changes! You got a DELL then you GOT a voice! Jump on the WATE blog AFTER you read the two stories on hallsnews.com and fight the good fight!

There are fine people lurking in the halls of Graystone, but they are starting to follow in the footsteps of the strange and I might add FADING national broadcast media, again nothing we can do about the big kids but TVO the hell out of Everybody Loves Raymond or Andy and run the living HECK out of them at 6:30 Eastern. As for the local children, we can light the pine knots and march as one onto their blogs!!


Well? Why are you not clicking the links! Go for it!

Storm is a brewing in TN media

I am an OPEN hater of the drive by media and the cable fools who call themselves reporters. The giant problem is their style of NON news and LEFT WING attitudes is swinging into our local TV news.

WATE.COM is a place where the blog I responded 2 is located. Friends and family it is a blog so hidden you need a GPS and a sniffer dawg to find it. If you do make the trip to their site, click on SOUND OFF and give it your best shot.

In the shell of a nut, they tried to fabricate a story about the high sheriff of Knox County Tennessee. I have no puppy in the fight cause I live in a neighboring county but I flat HATE to see these southern TV news kids turn into the sad fools we catch twenty four seven when we click over to either the nets or the cable kids.

Here is my post, if you want more go to WATE.com

As for the picture, it is me and some kid I can't remember in the late 50s. Sorry, if you are a left coast liberal, but neither of us went the BROKE BUTT MOUNTAIN route, all though the picture is incriminating!

Responses are always welcome.

walker johnson said,


on May 24th, 2006 at 2:33 pm

Have they lost the skill at hiding bias like NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, et al. did during the last Presidential election?”

KRUPTO, I like the way you think (Back to School, Sam talking to Rodney in history class)!

The big kids (nets and cable) are all news fabricators and agenda pounders. Tonight turn on NBC at 6 30 and count the number of stories that either openly bash GW or come at him with the left hand. Most nights there are 3 before the first break.

Did you notice the lack of coverage of the DEM. crook caught with the 90K in the freezer?

Locally we have a former office holder and a lawyer who live to file on TH, just what they do. A fun story would be to look into their win loss record it court!


I live across the river, have a great sherifff and am on no bandwagon in Kvle. I do join you in feeling both sad and a little scared at how the TV kids in Kvle are picking up just a tad of the national attitude. Lets hope they get back to real news.

FOG=NEWS COVERAGE!

As the late Saturday evening fog crawls out of Little River (hell yes I am writing a book, can YA TELL?) it reminds me of the national and now L O C A L news we are being shown here in the TN valley.

Nationally the left wing odd ball networks are all in a giant rush to try and out "hate" GW. His immigration speech the other night was not half bad at all, he had a clear plan and it involved LAW BREAKERS making restitution and STILL being able to work in OUR country.

Course that Dobbs fool on CNN hated it, NBC sent the young drunk (Gregory) to try and embarrass the man at the boarder and ABC and CBS just slithered along in the same WE HATE YOU rut as always!

Locally our INVESTIGATIVE station is just getting to be a bore. These children are so hard pressed to CREATE and FABRICATE both facts and news they are walking into walls. Sure we all know they hate certain folks and agencies and sure we know they live for having their reporters standing on the side of the road waving a CONAIR hair dryer to see if speeders will slow down thinking they are cops. We can laugh at that, but when they join the ranks of the sliding NETWORKS in their open manipulation of facts and stories to further their agendas it just drives one more nail into the TV news coffin.

Damn do I feel better!

BEAUTIFUL NIGHT

A cold front blew in this afternoon and before the big wind and rain came the sky was outstanding!









Next month the 4th largest and third oldest TV shopping network is going belly up.
Dash over to hallsnews.com and click on Walker Johnson for the story. Over 600 folks will be out of work, although the ones I have talked with are saying they are getting some big packages to carry them to the next job. Media ain't what it was, if you want stability in a job bout all I can think of is undertaker school.

CP AND WALKER ON 1180

MONDAY the day after MOTHERS DAY at 7 a.m. CP and Walker will be on WVLZ (AM 1180) until 11 a.m.IF you would rather listen on the net http://southernrootsradio.com
and click on what it tells you until you get the station. Last minute invite from the folks on Friday is causing the boys to work all weekend on their snappy patter and off the wall hilarity. Yep, in other words, if you don't call in this thing could turn into a bore that could even rival Hal Hill!

Not a clue what the phone number is but if you dash over to the site bet you can find it.

As for the picture it was taken in 1976 with the then midday person who is now a rich and famous TV star in Denver!

Please pass this on to all your OLDER friends who want to stagger back the mid 70s on Monday Morning!

THANKS

FRIDAY 5-13-06

Great things this week, first the B L O G started to take my posts, second the weather turned great, third found the words to some songs I needed for a new CD, fourth my dork knee only gets stiff when it rains or the BP drops, fifth Tony Snow is going to try and explain GW while fighting off the mad dawg Washington Press. OH YEA, that book in my profile (the one that is always being edited) is just about ready to be REALLY edited!

OH AND ONE MORE, the Maryville High Class of 1966 blog got its first responses this week and all of them are posted WITH pictures of classmates, wives and even children. These people are at least 58 years old and most don't look at day over 57. Big MHS reunion will be July 1st. We were going to have it at the Hilton but they banned us because of the Little rascal drag races in the lobby from last time.

Thanks for dropping in!!!!

GAS PROBLEM SOLVED

My mailbox is being flooded with mail concerning gas prices and illegal
immigrants. To boycott oil companies or not; to provide amnesty to illegal
immigrants or not, etc. Since I have become jaded to the various solutions
proposed by the Republicans, Democrats, Sierra Club, ACLU, etc. I have
elected to solve the problems as they affect me. It solves both my gas and
illegal immigrant problem: I have hired illegal immigrants to push my car.
They're plentiful and cheaper than buying gas.

FANS

Few years back the regionally famous WALKER AND ANDY orchestra played at an odd ball dive in Knoxville for a few months. Not a clue who this guy was, but he sure did drop in more than a few times and even recorded a love song he rendered while WALKER AND ANDY watched in abstract terror behind him.

Although it has been years since we have seen him, late at night I have this burning feeling that he is in a one room Montana shack writing away on a very old typewriter, BLESS HIS HEART!

You ain't from here unless......

1. You can properly pronounce Ooltewah, La Vergne, Etowah and Maryville.

2. You think people who complain about the heat in their states are
sissies.

3. A tornado warning siren is your signal to go out in the yard and look
for a funnel.

4. You know that the true value of a parking space is not determined by
the distance to the door, but by the availability of shade.

5. Stores don't have bags or shopping carts, they have sacks and
buggies.

6. You've seen people wear bib overalls at weddings and funerals.

7. You think everyone from a bigger city has an accent.

8. You measure distance in minutes.

9. You go to the lake because you think it is like going to the ocean.

10. You listen to the weather forecast before picking out an outfit.

11. You know cowpies are not made of beef.

12. Someone you know has used a football schedule to plan their wedding
date.

13. You know someone who has a belt buckle bigger than your fist.

14. You aren't surprised to find movie rental, ammunition, beer, and
bait all in the same store.

15. A Mercedes Benz isn't a status symbol. A Chevy Silverado Extended
Bed Crew Cab is.

16. You know everything goes better with Ranch.

17. You learned how to shoot a gun before you learned how to multiply.

18. You actually get these jokes and are "fixin'" to send them to your
friends.

And finally:

19. You are 100% Tennessean if you have ever had this conversation: "You
wanna coke?" "Yeah." "What kind?" "Dr Pepper."

remember the ALAMO

Dear President Bush:
I'm about to plan a little trip with my family and extended family, and I would like to ask you to assist me. I'm going to walk across the border from the U.S. into Mexico, and I need to make a few arrangements. I know you can help with this.



I plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immigration quotas and laws. I'm sure they handle those things the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling your buddy, President Vicente Fox, that I'm on my way over? Please let him know that I will be expecting the following:



1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all services I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. All government forms need to be printed in English.
4. I want my kids to be taught by English-speaking teachers.
5. Schools need to include classes on American culture and history.
6. I want my kids to see the American flag flying on the top of the flag pole at their school with the Mexican flag flying lower down.
7. Please plan to feed my kids at school for both breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver's license so I can get easy access to government services.
9. I do not plan to have any car insurance, and I won't make any effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case one of the Mexican police officers does not get the memo from Pres. Fox to leave me alone, please be sure that all police officers speak English
11. I plan to fly the U.S. flag from my house top, put flag decals on my car, and have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying any taxes, and don't enforce any labor laws or tax laws.
13. Please tell all the people in the country to be extremely nice and never say a critical word about me, or about the strain I might place on the economy.



I know this is an easy request because you already do all these things for all the people who come to the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that Pres. Fox won't mind returning the favor if you ask him nicely. However, if he gives you any trouble, just invite him to go quail hunting with your V.P.



Thank you so much for your kind help.



Sincerely,
U. S. Citizen

At last!

finally the bog has started to work again!! Post after post has died at the gate trying to make the cut.

BROKEBUTT MT STILL LIVES!

The Top Ten Old West Phrases That Will Never Sound The Same After That Queer Cowboy Movie.


10. "I'm gonna pump you fulla lead!"

9. "Give me a stiff one, barkeep!"

8. "Don't fret---I've been in tight spots before."

7. "Howdy, pardner."

6. You stay here while I sneak around from behind."

5. Two words: "Saddle Sore."

4. "Hold it right there! Now, move your hand, reeeal slow-like."

3. "Let's mount up!"

2. "Nice spread ya got there!"

1. "Ride 'em cowboy!"

Spring

This is such a GREEN spring, grass I didn't even know I had is going nuts!

Bought an azalea bush 3 years ago and left it in the original pot (was going to plant it but FORGOT it) and it never did a thing, THEN this spring it just exploded!