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Well, currently we pay a lot more for wine than if I go over the line to GA. And I don't think the 20% will stand very long because it's not equal protection under the law. I am actually surprised it hasn't been challenged yet, but am guessing that the stores are waiting until it's voted okay by people in the counties before they start pushing against that.

  Bingo, you hit it squarely on the head. Right now liquor stores have a unfair market because they don't have that much competition (I would call it a monopoly.) I don't get such protection for the small business I own, so why should they? I don't need to pay 20% more for wine from a liquor store when I know exactly what I want. If I want a suggestion, I will go to a liquor store and pay a little more for better service and selection. Otherwise, I rather just buy my wine while I am at Kroger. At the same time, I think liquor stores should be able to sell more than just wine and liquor and store owners should be able to own multiple stores in the state. I freely admit that they are getting shafted somewhat by their own government sponsored monopoly. It's not the government's job to make things fair (equal outcomes), but to protect the free market (everyone has equal opportunity.)

The issue is from the top down in fast food places. Look at Chick-fil-a or In-a-out burger where from the very top they stress good customer service. But both places seem to hire a better class of people too.

The funny thing is I keep reading in my research that the other states are supposed to honor TN law and if they don't know what TN law is keep a copy of the law like this: http://www.countyclerkanytime.com/Tag_Title/trailer%20registration%20requirements.pdf

Hey guys, so I have an opportunity to take my ATV to NC for the weekend. However, I am trying to figure out if I need a tag on my 5x8 flatbed trailer. I know that NC requires tags for trailers by residents, but wasn't sure if that also applied to out of state trailers when pulled behind an out of state vehicle and driver.

The EBT cards I've seen have "EBT" in about 34 point font on it.

So I dropped by the West Knoxville Turkey Creek Walmart and saw that they had a crap load of Ammo on the shelves. While looking at the 9mm I noticed that the boxes of Federal were listed for $14.97 and $9.97. Looking closer I noticed that one was brass case and one was aluminum. Considering that I don't reload and don't think there is $5 worth of brass in a box of 50rnds I was happy to pay $9.97, especially when Tula with steel case is $10.97. I do miss the days in 2008 when I was buying brass Federal and Blazer for $8.99/box.

Why can't your doc each time you need a refill just write a prescription, stick it in an envelope with a stamp on it and send it to you? I think that would be perfectly legal. However, it sounds like the pharmacy is going to be the bigger issue than the doctor.   

I have seen and heard nothing about the city council enacting the state law that they are now required to do to ban carry in parks. I honestly think they have no clue, but that pretty typical for the city council and city government in general here.

  See, I am not sure FOPA really is all that great. The law is somewhat vague and is violated by states like NY and NJ all the time. I rather go into those states knowing I have no protection under the law instead of what currently happens which is anyone's guess about being arrested if stopped while traveling through there.

Umm, wasn't Reagan and the republicans in control of the WH and Senate when the 1986 MG ban was passed... Heck,, Bush Sr was the Senate Pres. Republicans have not always been our friend unfortunately.

  Wow, they sure screwed up in the last sentence of their reporting...   

  Thanks. I will continue my extremely successful career in mass media while you continue to sit on the internet threatening to beat people up because you don't like their lawful actions. I think it's a good place for both of us to be.

  My reading comprehension is just fine as it's kinda hard to get a degree in communications with poor reading comprehension. You don't seem to understand how sentences, when put together, form a thought, but for some reason you want to disconnect that.  I wasn't doing hyperbole, I was doing sarcasm! Saying that you want to beat the #$%^ out of him is at the very least intimidation, if not an outright threat. Yet, you think you are somehow better than him. You are dancing so finely the line from free speech to criminal threat and civil rights violation.

  Seriously? What did I say was hyperbole? I was QUOTING you saying that you would like to harm him!

  That's not considered a firearms by the feds, correct?

  So you've admitted publicly that you have no issues breaking the law by committing assault against someone. Yes, you are so much better than Embody about representing law abiding gun owners. Seriously, do you realize what you are saying on a public forum????

  So basically you think that feelings are perfectly ok to rule what we can and can not do. It's your opinion of how someone should act but that doesn't mean it's intimidation. He's making a statement as he wasn't pointing the gun, wasn't making threats, or anything as such. Feelings do not matter no matter how much the liberals whine about it. You don't have the right to "feel" safe. What I find amazing is that you are talking about intimidation, but you've publicly stated that "I want to beat the crap out of this guy" and that "he needs to have his ass curb stomped." So your principles are to beat someone up or hope that someone else beats up someone who has done nothing legally wrong? Yeah, those are great principles to have.

 No, I do. I just don't agree with your principles I guess.

  You are doing a great job living out the quote at the bottom of your post.

  If this is a quote from CNBC about their poll, then how exactly did they come to that conclusion? The wording of the poll beyond poor. I personally chose "Yes, for the worse" because they said they didn't want customers to bring in guns, unlike Kroger who said we follow state law and trust the people who shop with us.

  My dealings with KPD and other people I know who have dealt with them, it does not surprise me one bit. The sad part is KCSO seems to be far better and they still have a ton of issues (can we say the dizzy bat incident among other things) I don't know exactly what's going on down in Monroe county, I just think there is something wrong when a deputy is sitting 50-75 yards outside the county on the interstate. I am not even sure who to contact because I doubt going to the Monroe sheriff is going to get me an honest answer. Have you looked at the ticket prices lately? Knoxville speeding tickets are between $116 and $151 depending on the speed over. From what I can find, the avg KPD salary is $46k. If you figure 5 days a week (I have no clue how many days they work) that's 260 paid days a year which equals out $176/day. So in three tickets at that most, the officer's salary and retirement is paid for the day and the rest is gravy. Seems like simple business math that it's very profitable to have quite a few cops running just traffic enforcement. Unlike the red cameras, the city doesn't have to give half the money taken in to the camera company and there are always people speeding, but not always people running red lights. Once again, speeding by itself is not dangerous as long as the conditions aren't bad (rain/snow/etc.) It's the fact that we have a lot of big trucks and people do crazy things that are FAR more dangerous. If speed was the main factor, like they try to make it, the Germany would be higher in wreaks and fatalities, but they are on average 50% lower on both. Here in knoxville the majority of people on 40/75 are going 7-20 mph over the speed limit. The traffic enforcement hasn't slowed down anyone, everyone just plays the odds of getting caught. So it's not like they are stopping ANYONE from speeding, they are just bringing in money for civil enforcement. It's just interesting how as budgets have squeezed over the last 30 years that civil enforcement has gone way up here...  

Here is what my friend posted about their business being robbed. Knowing her I don't think she is exaggerating about the issue.  

  I would post his complaint about the stop, but it's on private on his facebook. I have encouraged him to file a complaint with the KCSO because no one over him may ever know if he doesn't.

  He gave him two written warnings. The light which I understand, but at the same don't understand as they heading back from the auto parts store with the new lamp. However, a written (which my friend had to sign) warning for a law that doesn't seem to exist I find outrageous. But that's the difference between you and me is that LEO's have an enormous amount of protection against their wrongdoing and that can cost citizens a lot of time and money-either through their own dealings or as a taxpayer when someone sues and the city/county/state has to pay out. Cops shouldn't have opinions on what the law is, they should know what the law is! And honestly, even if it's something that's not necessarily a matter of law, but an opinion about something that someone is doing that is legal that you are giving while in uniform, you shouldn't do that. I believe that is a misuse of authority. I am not sure KPD really should be handling accidents on the interstate. I think THP should be the main force that handles that. But almost every time I go to downtown Knoxville I see at least KPD on the interstate either looking for someone to pull over or they've got someone pulled over. If they were worried about safety with speeding they would be pulling over the semi's that are going 10mph over instead of the cars as semi's are FAR more dangerous when they speed due to the weight they are pulling (not to mention that the truckers that come through Knoxville tailgate like no other!) And our speed limits aren't even all about the safety aspect as knox and the surrounding counties have a max of 65mph due to the EPA restricting federal highway money unless they do-not because 65 is really safer. It's about money and not safety. Maybe they've convinced themselves that it is, but even places that have super crazy laws like LA have much faster speed limits in city on the interstates. If it's not about money than why does an on duty Monroe Deputy sit constantly around 50-75 yards out of his jurisdiction on I-75 south? Don't believe me? They sit there so often that even google maps caught one sitting there (look up where washington pike crosses I-75 at the Monroe and Loudon county lines) It's really protecting people by sitting OUTSIDE of their jurisdiction? I don't even know how the speed limit works there as it's 65 in Loudon county, but there is a 70mph sign about 150 yards into the county. My guess is that it changes to 70 at the county line, but the sign is a little further in due to where the bridge is there. So most likely they can't even really catch speeders there that are going enough over the speed limit to make worth stopping them. As for the armed robbery, I get the sense from my friend that KPD came out and took a report but said, "there's not really much we can do because we don't have the manpower to really investigate. But that seems to be pretty consistent with other friends KPD investigation's into crime. I have the same experience with the KCSO with once never coming out for a call and another time basically not following any of their leads. You might as well not come out and take a report if there is going to be no investigation. Of course, we are living in the state that was just reported hadn't processed something like 2,000 rape kit tests... And yet they are out giving tickets left and right and there are still accidents (though that is vague to say because we'd really need to see a good breakdown of why accidents happen.) It doesn't matter how many tickets they give out, people are going to speed no matter what. And the issue isn't speeding, it's people doing stupid things (many which happen because a few people DO follow the speed limits) Even though there are plenty of places around the world like Germany which have dynamic speed limits and other traffic control systems that work far better than our standard systems, we don't change to that. Follow the money instead of the safety. Same reason why it's 40mph limit on the 6 lane Veterans Blvd leading to Dollywood (pretty limited access over the 5 miles) and 40mph on the white line crumbling section of Westland drive where I own a house. LEO's love to sit on Veterans and give out tickets because it's an easy speed trap. Sorry if that seemed kinda rambling.