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Am I imagining things or is the Football team turning into a bunch of lawless fools? Four players arrested in the past two days? What does this say about the great UT?
IMHO, it's sad, sad, sad. This is why I will never root for this team. They have done nothing to want me to even go to a game let alone buy anything orange.

"This town needs an enima."

Why am I reminded of that game we all (hopefully) played in school where someone whispered in the first persons ear and it was passed around the classroom. The translation changed as it went from person to person. It was truly amazing how (we are eating lunch early today) changed to (the morning sun rose) or anything like that.
I have never read the Koran, nor do I wish to, but the bible does teach us about God and his love for us.

Probably because someone decided to drive their car through it. I remeber that one.
Not to beat a dead horse, but Knoxville in it's infinate wisdom, let the Smokies leave. There could have been a beautiful ballpark downtown. What about the Planetarium? Nope, bust. Jail? Nope, bust. (I thought it was a BAD idea). Now we have a parking lot that sits mostly empty. No ideas on what to do with the land.
As for a movie theater down town, I wouldn't go. Besides the closest movie theater to me is East Towne since I live in Jefferson County.

This story line is just a rehase of the early 80s. If anyone can remember that far back there was a wrestler by the name of "the Iron Shiek" who was basically an Arab. Well St. Slaughter (who used a and still uses a Marine Gimick) basically beat the heck out of him.
I see the same thing happening here. I just don't know who's going to be St. Slaughter.

If you want to have some real fun, try this:
Amount comes to, oh let's say $13.03. Hand the cashier $23.03 (wanting $10 back). They just stand there and stare. I had to tell a cashier (even after they punched in the amount) "just give me a $10 bill and I'll leave."

You have got to love it!

I am actually referring to the 6 o'clock broadcast every night. I didn't see last nights broadcast, because I was at a hockey game. Here's what I'm talking about.
Let's say you have the following stories:
1) Scott Peterson jury verdict
2) Death of UT Police officer in crash
3) Tencare going away

How do you (the 6 news team) determine which gets priority? How do you determine how long you spend on each story? If you have video, do you run it before or after the story?
Exactly when do you start working on the 6 o'clock show (3pm or earlier?).
If there's a breaking story during the show, how does that info get to the set? (Normally done by the "ear piece, I think).

Maybe a story on "behind the scenes with the 6 news team." That would be cool. It may interest people to see exactly how you develop a story from it's beginning to air from a lay perspective. (CAN I HOST THE PROGRAM???)

As a person who has been behind the scenes, I think it would be interesting (if not, just delete this message) to discuss exactly how and how long it takes to create your 30 minute 6 o'clock news.
For example, today you have:
Peterson trial reaching a verdict.
Fatal accident on I-40 invoving a member of the UT Police
Possibly a followup on the "Saving Private Ryan" story
And maybe other stories that I haven't heard of.
It would be interesting for people to know how you (by you I mean the members of the 6 news team) determine which story gets priority. How long to spend on each story (don't you just get 15 - 17 minutes for the news?)
Give us the "behind the news" story.
PLEASE?

Thanks for the link. That's exactly the story I was referring to. People may want to know that the website includes some vulgar language, so be cautioned.

Did you hear about the guy that responded back saying he was a cleric? He was the head of a group calling themselves the "order of the red breast" or something like that. And since he had taken a vow of poverty and also couldn't help anyone unless they were a member of this sect, he couldn't provide any info.
Well, it seems that the person responsible for the email sent this guy money (really cool) and a picture of himself with a red circle on his breast to prove his alliance to this sect. The guy had previously sent instructions on how to join his group which included drawing a red circle around one's breast.
Well, it seems the guy here in the good ole US of A did a reverse bilk and got a couple hundred dollars for his trouble. I'm sorry I didn't think of that.