Comments on: More Haslam and Guns

By: SayUncle » I’m still boycotting Pilot Oil

SayUncle » I’m still boycotting Pilot Oil — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:26:50 +0000

[...] I said before that I was boycotting Pilot Oil due to Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam’s membership in an anti-gun group funded by the Joyce Foundation. I was pleased to have received correspondence from someone in the Mayor’s office offering to clarify the issue with me. I received that comment 11 days ago and awaited said follow up. But the follow up hasn’t happened yet. Now, I know their office was busy with allegations of racism and the holiday weekend and all. But I have yet to hear back. My offer still stands: I responded via email and offered to re-print anything the mayor had to say without edit. I also asked if he�d answer question about the group. [...]

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:10:11 +0000

Well, Zeb, could be but they really do have something pressing going on.

By: SayUncle » Haslam and guns on the TeeVee

SayUncle » Haslam and guns on the TeeVee — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:54:32 +0000

[...] I have yet to hear back from the Haslam person but they did have some pressing matters pop up. [...]

By: Zendo Deb

Zendo Deb — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:49:07 +0000

Sounds to me like he will get back to you so you can do lunch… or his people can contact your people as soon as hell freezes over….

Probably hoping that now that he has “contacted you” to say that he will contact you in the near future, the issue will go away. Don’t let it go away.

He could have 2 or 3 days – but unless your town just suffered a Katrina-like catastrophe, he shouldn’t need more time than that.

By: chris

chris — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 19:40:34 +0000

This is a good development.

I haven’t followed up on this with a letter to him, but I will.

The important thing to me is that we not join forces with a bunch of big cities, with respect to which we have nothing in common, on a completely ignoble pursuit.

Why would he think that we would want to align ourselves with such a disreputable group?

What does he think he can learn from these big city mayors of crime infested cities that will help us in Knoxville, Tn?

I spent yesterday walking around D.C. wishing I had a carry weapon, as I do when I am New York and Chicago (the chief offenders among the anti-gun, high crime big cities).

It bothers me when the KPD does its “get the guns off the street” buy-back programs, and I truly do plan to attend the next one with a fistfull of cash.

I am trying to get guns on the street.

By: The Bitch Girls :: Did The Threat Of A Boycott Work?

The Bitch Girls :: Did The Threat Of A Boycott Work? — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 23:46:02 +0000

[...] SayUncle is stirring things up and maybe making a difference. We’ll wait and see. I imagine that the local media blog postings and the NRA coverage of his posts about the mayor’s affiliation with an anti-gun organization have probably caught a little attention in the office. [...]

By: Gunstar1

Gunstar1 — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 19:39:11 +0000

Anytime that anyone gets a large enough group of people that regularly listen to them will get the attention of polititians. Even if the exchange isn’t exactly honest, you still know that they see Uncle as someone they need to watch.
Now if they are honest, you know that Uncle has made it to a point in their eyes as someone they want to keep happy and so keep Uncle’s readers/voters happy.

By: Rustmeister

Rustmeister — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 14:47:41 +0000

Honest and open communication between a politician and a blogger?

Sure sign of the apocalypse, if it happens.