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The thing is that from my personal experience, malls aren't as nessecary anymore. If I want fast food, I can go to Wendy's. If I were inclined to play a video game, I can go to a game store coupled with the fact arcades have dried up here. Clothes can be bought at A J Wright. Anything else is a toss up between Wal Mart, the grocery store, and just knowing the right people.
Posted by Brother Undercover]]> Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:53:02 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by autoegocrat]]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 08:04:45 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Chris Davis]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:34:43 -0600 Memphis Flyer
Well, gee, Bob, then why are you so adamant on getting Bass Pro into the Pyramid? Putting retail on Mud Island and at the Fairgrounds?

When did you see the light?
Posted by B]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:46:23 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by denise parkinson]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:45:50 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by LeftWingCracker]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:34:41 -0600 Memphis Flyer Posted by Maia]]> Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:15:48 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Phlo]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:06:38 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by Phlo]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:43:22 -0500 Memphis Flyer
It isn't too late and there are more sports channels than ever before; in HD even!

GUY FIERI? PAULA DEEN? OK, Giada is alright and I have to not bag on the Neely's because I haven't ever watched them.

The current Food Network is the death knell of good cooking/dining. You know how ESPN mistakenly still plays like it represents sports journalism? Well, Food Network is the food world's ESPN and I'd venture to say it makes ESPN's most annoying analyst more palpable!
Posted by saispas]]> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:26:15 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by denise parkinson]]> Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:51:28 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by tomguleff]]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:57:16 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by kay]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 21:58:18 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by marie]]> Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:30:57 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by tomguleff]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:39:17 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by marie]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:17:25 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by B]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:31:26 -0500 Memphis Flyer things about how to run Memphis. Can you trust them now!
Posted by nytehawk]]> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 09:00:06 -0500 Memphis Flyer I've been all over the world and every person on this earth wants the same damn thing. They want to feed their children, have the opportunity to be educated and make a living. It all boils down to that. And every single nook and cranny on this earth has has some damn power hungry political machine standing in the way of these basic needs.
Herenton is one our power hungry political machines on our little corner of this terra firma.
He's a creep. So is Cohen. And it has nothing to do with Jewishness, blackness, maleness or whiteness.
Pimps serve their purpose. May I propose we get one to protect us from these malevolent Johns?
"We might not know grammer..." You might know grammer if you had a mayor for umpteen years that understood what THE needs were. Of ALL Memphians.
Progress beyond your ignorance, please.
Posted by julie noir]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:36:19 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by wvfii]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:17:40 -0500 Memphis Flyer
I voted for Cohen in his first run for congress. His opponents, with no vision for change, were simply unimpressive. Beside, I had a strong aversion for racism in myself as well as others. The racism disease is characteristic of the flu; it make one sick. I was desperate for a fresh start, a breath of fresh air. No one, absolutely, no one is more sick and tired of the race issue than I am.

On the second round Cohen nor his opponents were impressive. Again, it was a lack luster campaign, with no promises and no request; we didn't asked for anything and nothing was promised. I skipped that box and voted for neither of the candidates.

Now, coming into the third term I will vote but not for Cohen. It is true; he IS a pandering politician AND a player on African Americans. We all know what panders do for the common good: no more than a pimp does for his ladies, nothing! The voters get pimped, the industrial captains, "The Big Mules" get rich and the congressman aims to get re-elected.

The apology for slavery without any interest in an acceptance speech is a case in point. Congress gets all of the credit and the people, like the ladies of the evening, get nothing of substance and the pimp, like the congressman, get a free ride.

That after-hour-stroke, at the mid-night hour, endorsement of Obama for president, just a few hours before the election poles opened, ditto, nada. Hanging out with the Detroit player, the professor and Mary Ann and giving out awards to Ben Hooks who actually was THE main man who lead the, 'A white man can't represent the district' movement, DITTO!

We might not know grammar but Herenton knows THE needs of African Americans, in side and out. Knowing our needs is of no consequence for Cohen. If we don't ask he won't tell. He is and will always be who he says he is: 'I am White, I am Jewish and I am a male..." Had he truly known our needs he would have galvanized all of that power he commands and used it to helped us change this culture of poverty that we live in continuously since the nation's birth.

Herenton had close to eighteen years as Mayor; Cohen had twenty years or more as a State Legislator: they're almost even. Cohen has had two terms in congress, he's two up. It's Herenton's turn. Having said all of that, I'll bet my money on the bobbed tail nag; somebody else can bet on the bey. "But don't be cruel..." Let race come last.

Maia A Locke
Posted by Maia]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:08:03 -0500 Memphis Flyer I'm with you.
I have little use for either candidate.
I'd vote for (almost) anybody that ran against those two idiots.
I'm in the 9th District too. So, if (almost) anybody wants to run, you've got a sure vote with me.

Posted by julie noir]]> Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:37:02 -0500 Memphis Flyer
"mulatto unicorns farting diversity rainbow flags in Court Square"

thanks for another image it will take weeks of therapy to remove from my brain....


Posted by B]]> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 10:18:52 -0500 Memphis Flyer
I also think it is unhelpful to conflate the creation of the 9th District with the consent decree that gave us the weird superdistrict system we have now. Those were two entirely separate events, and as near as I can tell from my blogger's basement fortress, the result of completely different motivating factors. Please understand that I'm not trying to attack your piece (which I mostly agree with), but the wording makes it sound like those two things were alike. They were not alike at all.

That said and out of the way, I do think Memphis has entered a sort of neutral zone where race is concerned. I wouldn't call it post-racial, but I would call it post-Civil Rights Movement. We are living in a moment when people in Memphis are fed up with being manipulated over race. This isn't some wonderful golden age, and we aren't going to see mulatto unicorns farting diversity rainbow flags in Court Square, but we do have a unique opportunity here to change course and move forward as one city that hasn't been present in my lifetime.
Posted by autoegocrat]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:45:17 -0500 Memphis Flyer Posted by throw the bums out]]> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:18:26 -0500 Memphis Flyer