Through one of my contacts on Flickr, I came across this Flickr page which caught my eye almost immediately (for obvious reasons)….

Those pictures then led me to another site promoting the Peking to Paris Motor Challenge.
From May 27th to June 30th, a group of drivers will be following the path of the original Peking to [...]

I just wanted to post that. He will announce in Nashville over the 4th of July holiday…which sucks for me as I’ll be out of town.
Update: Conflicting reports on when he will announce. Either way…it looks like it’s going to happen at some point.

In a comment left in my last post Bryan says:
as I commented over at Britney’s place, a very dear friend of mine lost his big sister to a murderer in a state park in West Tennessee about 2 years ago. She was one of those 12 that Mr. Fyke commented about. Stabbed to death. Horseback [...]

Brittney at NiT (whose site is down and I can’t link to) linked to an article
at a web site called, “Gun
Guys.” You would think that a blog called “Gun Guys” would be pro-2nd
Amendment, but turns out that it’s essentially a blog that’s very anti-2nd
Amendment. It’s run by a group called the

Freedom States Alliance. This group [...]

Brittney at NiT (whose site is down and I can’t link to) linked to an article at a web site called, “Gun Guys.” You would think that a blog called “Gun Guys” would be pro-2nd Amendment, but turns out that it’s essentially a blog that’s very anti-2nd Amendment. It’s run by a group called the [...]

The Tennessean newspaper here in Nashville has gone off and done a not-so-smart thing. They’ve published an online database that gives anyone the easy ability to search for handgun carry permit holders across the entire state of Tennessee.
I first got wind of this from SayUncle. Further posts from VolunteerVoters and BloggerBlaster.
The Tennessean has decided to [...]

Good news from my Inbox:
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Thanks for your concern. We have removed the gun database from our Web site.
My best,
Meg Downey
Meg Downey
Managing Editor
The Tennessean
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Bravo to the Tennessean. They should have done some research and put some thought into it *before* putting it online, but I’m glad they did the right thing in the end.

After a lot of discussion early in the year, the bill that would prevent the state of Tennessee from seizing firearms from law abiding citizens during a declared state of emergency passed in the House on Monday night.
It was unanimous…in not only the House but also previously in the Senate.
Story from KnoxNews:
A bill that would [...]