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Rocky Top Brigade Members (July 19, 2005)

Rocky Top Brigade

The Rocky Top Brigade constitution and roster have found a new home address, at the easy-to-remember  http://rockytopbrigade.org, through the efforts of bloggers known as SayUncle and JustJohn. Things are still under construction, but looking good. Meanwhile, the full Rocky Top Brigade roster of Tennessee-centric bloggers is being maintained by Barry at Inn of the Last Home

 Membership Roll
[Archival copy, July 19, 2005]

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...right  justiifed   
10,000  Monkeys and a CameraChattanooga,  TN Chattanooga-based  -- politics, news, photos, and miscellaneous muse-followings. 
A  Little More to the Right   
A Moveable Beast  
A  Wizard/ A True Star Knoxville,  TN University  of Tennessee conservative student who blogs about life and politics. 
Abused  by Illusions   
Adam  Groves A daily  roundup of Tennessee politics with sprinkles of objectivism and vocabulary  building. 
Ain't  No Rodeo QueenNashville,  TN I'm a 30-something  media-type in the dirty, dirty South. A lot of posts about sports, some  stuff about TV, and a thing or two about myself here and there. 
All  About Wallym  The musings  of Wallym on .NET, Sql, ASP.NET, and other crazy shenanigans 
AlphaPatriot   
America  SeditionBoston,  MA A displaced  Tennesseean on politics, current events, and life in Boston. 
Appalachia  Alumni Association Austin,  Texas  
Austin  Country Limits  
Average  WomanKnox County  
Baseball  Widow Knoxville,  TN I love  my husband. My husband loves baseball. Welcome to our coping mechanism. 
Bear  Tribe NetAlbuquerque,  NM Madie's  Bear Tribe Journal.  
Beyond  the Whispers   
Big  Orange Michael Smyrna,  TN Random  thoughts of a totally insane, a bit too obsessed Tennessee fan. No rhyme  or reasons to any of what I post here, but it should always be interesting  (I hope) 
Big  Stupid Tommy  
Bjorn,  Again   
Blogging  for BryantTennessee The Unofficial  Blog of the 2006 Tennessee Senate Race 
Bob  Stepno's Other Journalism Former  mild-mannered reporter turned teacher tries to keep track of "online journalism"  or whatever we're doing here. 
Born  Again Democrat Chattanooga Political  blog. Economically liberal, culturally conservative, though not in the  usual ways. 
Brian's  Blog Southwest  Knox County, TN My blog  deals with an occasional community interest items, a recent review of  Senator Zell Miller's book A National Party No More was posted Saturday  June 11, 2005. I update it with new post daily, sometimes with reviews,  news, quotations, motivational stories etc. I am a former elected official  in Knox County. On my blog I quoted a source 24 hours prior to the announcement  of the site for the new west knox county high school. My source and my  blog post were accurate 24 hours prior to the official announcement.  
Busy  Mom Better  parenting through coffee. 
camp4u knoxville rookie  state rep view from behind the curtain 
Can  Farragut Change? Farragut,  TN I chose  to live here because I was told this was the place where the best schools  are; a small bedroom community with parks and playgrounds and friendly  people. What I found was a town with seriously overcrowded schools, dangerous  roads, and wreckless drivers. So I have made the decision to fight to  change my community into what I was told it was to begin with. You are  welcome to join the battle. The only question is, how can we change our  Town when so few people participate? 
ChattababyChattanooga The age  old tale: 2 poor, drunk, college kids take a naked nap and wake up in  suburbia, sober and with child. 
Chattanooga-Hamilton  Civic ForumChattanooga Discusses  items of civic interest geographically concentric to Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Check  SixKnoxville,  TN Check Six  is a personal weblog that chronicles both the life and times of Cadet  Smirk, the author's sometimes-used pseudonym, and also offers commentary  on political, cultural, and other current events, often with a halfway  successful humorous twist. Insightful analysis and commentary on American  and international politics, government policy, social issues, national  defense, and international relations can be expected, along with trivial  drool on college and everyday life. It's a mixed bag, really. Comments  always welcome. 
Chris  Woodhull  The blog  of Knoxville City Councilman (at large) Chris Woodhull. Chris is also  the executive director of Tribe One, a nonprofit ministry that provides  programs and job skills for at-risk youth. 
Clark  Stooksbury   
Closet  Extremist  
Communists  for TennCare  We blog  to save TennCare! 
Conservative  Zone   
Countertop  Chronicles DC and  Chattanooga and parts between Rambling  right wing thoughts of a Yankee and one time Vol. Hey, I'm wearing orange  right now. 
Damn  Foreigner  
Dark  Bilious Vapors2/3 Memphis,  and a token Yankee (Chicago, IL area) But how  could I deny that I possess these hands and this body, and withal escape  being classed with persons in a state of insanity, whose brains are so  disordered and clouded by dark bilious vapors.... --Rene Descartes,  Meditations on First Philosophy: Meditation I 
David  A. Garrett Jr.Knoxville,  TN News and  views from a liberal perspective. Just telling it like it is. 
DeliveranceEast Tennessee Plain talk  is easy understood. 
Democratic  Veteran  
Domestic  PsychologyKnoxville,  TN The study  of all things mundane, home and family. 
Donkey  Top   
Dope  on the Slope  
Doug  McDaniel  fiscal  conservative, social liberal, confirmed hothead. Proud member of the reality-based  community. Home renovator, author, web developer, ColdFusion/ASP programmer.  Grant writer, and marketing consultant for business-based blogging.  
Dr.  Johnson's Cat  Whatever  I can manage to remember. 
DrawingDead Loudon,TN Poker commentary  for people who think they are poker players. 
Dropstones  
Earth  & HearthKnoxville,  TN Resources  for cooks and food-lovers in the Knoxville area 
Empty  Nest Tennessee It started  out as a discovery of life after both children moved away. It has turned  into a little bit of everything, sports, family, periodic "events" and  developing some wonderful relationships with people I don't even know.. 
Extreme  John   
Farragut  Independent Farragut,  TN An independent  voice of the town of Farraut, TN. This blog hopes to inform & educate  it's citizens on town issues, events and concerns. We want to rally support  for the town & make it an even better community to live in!  
Filthy  Hippy Speak  This and  that about politics, entertainment, etc. 
FishkiteMemphis Fishkite:  The Blog Between Church and State 
Frank  Cagle   
geotenncare Nashville,  TN Deals with  anything TennCare or Medicaid. 
Ghosts  & Spirits of TennesseeThe Volunteer  State A blog  dedicated to ghost stories and exploring haunted locations in Tennessee. 
Goobage   
Granny  Rant   
Great  SmokyHouston Knoxville  by birth. Houston by economic necessity. Looking at the ironic and idiotic  political scene mostly, but anything is fair game.  
Growing  Up on PZ RidgeTennessee Memories  of a Tennessee Farm Girl - Stories of preserving food, making lye soap,  hunting herbs, home medical remedies, growing tobacco, making feather  beds, pea pickin' and other accounts of life and death,hardship and survival  in times long ago. 
Hamilton  County Democratic PartyChattanooga,  TN A multi-person  blog from the Hamilton County Democratic Party. 
HarelipfrogSmyrna  
Hatamaran   
Highlights  from a Natural Blonde Chattanooga Random  narrarations and conservative opinions of a twentysomething graduate of  The University of Tennessee, who's also Cajun and an LSU fan. Currently  establishing a career in non-profit public relations and living the fabulous  life in the Scenic City. 
HobbsOnlineNashville  
Holding  Down the Fort  The weblog  of UT student and native Tennesseean Nathan Fortner, covering conservative  politics, technology, military sciences and studies, and random thoughts  from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. 
Hypotheses  Non Fingo In exile,  away from Tennessee Conservative  politics, space policy, astronomy, scientific philosophy, and occasional  ramblings in and about Latin. 
In  A MaysChattanooga,  TN Conservative  blogging from Chattanooga. 
Inn  of the Last Home Inn of  the Last Home 
Instalawyer   
InstaPundit  
Irresponsible  JournalismChattanooga Of my blog?  Well, its mostly for family and friends so they can keep up with whats  going on in my life. I talk a good bit about local politics, Chattanooga,  my neighborhood St. Elmo, my company Coptix, my friends, faith, etc. 
Jaded  Journal   
JeffBlogworthy.comKnoxville,  TN You might  be a Leftneck if... 
John  BrownKnoxville,  TN Political  musings and random thoughts from a conservative college student. 
John  Jay HookerNasshville,  TN A blog  dedicated to advancing my efforts to reform the government and uphold  the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof. 
Johnson  City Stories   
Juliepatchouli Seymour,  TN Spiritual  animal lovin' liberal hippie chick just recently married to a sweet handsome  huntin' fishin' conservative fundamentalist and living the American dream. 
Just  JohnnyKnoxville,  TN In the  past, my blog has been an odd mix of personal musings, gripes about gas  prices, and such. A new addition to the site will be posts about being  an adult student. I'll be sharing the various trials and tribulations  associated with my move back to school at UT. 
Katie  Allison Granju   
Knock/Snooze  
Lance  in Iraq  
Land  Surveying Weblog  
Lay  Lines  
Lean  Left  
Left  Of The Dial LaFollette,  TN Radio /  Media Issues / Country Music 
Les  Jones  
Library  Monk Thoughts  of Dan Greene on Library and Information Science, Information Technology,  web design, life, religion and perhaps monks 
Life  Is A Comedy... Knoxville A thinking  woman's view on politics, life, and whatever else is on her mind. 
Long  Pauses   
Masses  of Everything Knoxville,  TN  
Matt  Hall's Blog Knoxville  TN  
Meanderthal  
Mel's  DinerGreece The observations  of a former Tennessean living in Greece. 
Metulj   
Michael  Silence  
Mike  Reed   
Missives  AnonymousFranklin,  TN  
Mocephus   
MooreThoughts.com   
Mountain  Laureate East Tennessee Thoughts  from the edge of the Cumberland Plateau, with a focus on wildness (as  in nature), occasional notes on the ins and outs of the news business,  and various essays that spill out before I can stop them. 
Mr  Rocky Top Blogging  about politics, religion, life in general, and the Amazing Race. Lots  of fun and homegrown in the great state of Tennessee! 
My  Quiet Life  
Nashville  Files   
nashvilleis Nashvegas  !!! You knew  me before as TheHomelessGuy - now I've got a new place and a new blog.  It's my gift to this wonderful city. A great place to live homeless or  otherwise. 
NewsrackTakoma  Park, MD (ex Oak Ridge, TN) Fair and  balanced news and opinion commentary by Thomas Nephew. Can you hear me  now? 
Newton's  Kumquat  
No  Direction Home Chattanooga,  TN Rambling  images and words from a high tech drifter. 
No  Quarterssmyrna  
Not  In My Bible   
Oh  ... Really?Knoxville,  TN Rants,  ramblings, musings and occasional coherent thoughts from a single mom  coping with a teen-age boy with bipolar disorder, non-custodial mom to  two more, cat mommy to two Maine Coon kitties, trying desperately to keep  it all together and still find time to do a little web design. Whew! 
One  Hand Clapping  
One  Reporter's OpinionNashville,  TN Andy Axel's  infrequently updated blog, Memorex mental ephemera from Nashville TN.  Photos. Political and cultural agitprop.  
Open  Your Mind  The mind,  a wonderful place to explore:) i mean ..hey!! its where god truly lives:) 
Opinari  
Opinion  Times   
PaintingChef Augusta,  GA (reluctantly) I'm 28  and I live in Augusta, GA with my husband, our dog Belle and our cat Luna.  I work in advertising but that's just for a paycheck. I'm a painter and  that's what I love to do. I'm from Knoxville, TN originally (GO BIG ORANGE)  but moved down her to Georgia (enemy territory...boo! hiss!) right after  we got married in 2001. We are trying to have a baby so hopefully soon  I'll be a stay at home mom. I also love to cook and come from a really  crazy family of fantastic cooks. I think if I had college to do over again,  I'd either go to art school or culinary school. Anyway, this is my blog. 
Piho  Post The insightful  thoughts on life with a cup of coffee. 
Pink  Kitty's Scratching Post  
Pixiechild   
poop  happens  Southern  stuff 
Radio  X-Factor  
Ramblin'  Man: Dispatches from the leisure side Knoxville,  Tenn. "Ramblin'  Man" is a blog about Knoxville-area music and other entertainment happenings.  Randall Brown will offer info on upcoming events and activities and casual  reviews of anything he wanders across. Feel free to comment (politely,  please) or ask any questions. 
ResonanceKnoxville,  TN  
Restore  Knoxville   
Rex  Hammock Blog   
Right  MindedMt. Juliet,  Tennessee Conservative  commentary from Mark A. Rose, a regular columnist for the Lebanon Democrat 
Rock'n'Roll  Minor Planets Memphis  10 Musings  of a native Knoxvillian, Memphian by choice. Daily stuff, strange news,  movie comments, planetary motion, and good sites found here. No relgion,  and absolutely no UT Vols praise. 
Sandcastles  and Cubicles  
SayUncleMaryville,  Tennessee Just some  guy. 
ShanktifiedSavannah,  TN The Blog  and Typos of Ron Shank 
Sharon  Cobb Nashville,TN. Political  and Social Blog from the left. I am a seasoned journalist, who tries to  tell the stories that networks won't report due to the debt they owe to  the corporations to whom they are beholden. I believe tree hugging should  be an Olympic Sport. 
Shots  Across the Bow  
Sick  of Bush   
Six  Meat BuffetKnoxville,  TN I'm an  independent conservative. Democrats make me want to puke. Republicans  make me want to puke as well, only slightly less than Democrats. I blog  about national politics, global islamofascism, Tennessee politics and  random news and current events with the occasional attempt at creative  humor. 
smijer  & Buck Chattanoogan,  Progressive, Freethinker, Unitarian meets North Georgia Libertarian. 
Smokey  Mountain Breakdown Hartford,  TN I moved  to the Appalachians to retreat from the world....and found a whole different  sort of world instead. 
Soulfish  StewSmithville,  TN Wally Bangs  discusses music, cultural and personal issues. 
South  End Grounds   
South  Knox BubbaBlount  Co. Tennessee Tennessee  politics and other stuff.  
Southern  Reporter  
spinetingler's  Audio Archives Charleston,  SC Where odd  audio errata, ephemeralities, and nonsense occasionally collide with actual  music for serious contemplation. Trouble is - I'm not saying what is which.  I'm from ET (Murvil, actually), and the good Lord willin' and the creek  don't rise I'll soon be back. 
Straight  White Guy  
Strange  Things Afoot Las Cruces,  NM Strange  Things Afoot is a blog that I started when I was in my last year of law  school at the University of Tennessee. I was inspired by Glenn Reynolds,  whose classes I took every chance I could get. With the election over,  I have turned to various topics, including, most recently, Texas country  music. I now practice law in Las Cruces, NM, and have been so impressed  with the vibrant country music scene in neighboring Texas. But I still  have the occasional post on UT football, a political or legal issue that  happens to interest me or just some random topic that I happen to think  of.  
Sugarfused  
Swap  BlogKnoxville,  TN The blog  extention of Team Swap.com. The site and blog are dedicated to encouraging,  edifing and educating our visitors. We try to accomplish this with weekly  posts, and comments about breaking news, politics, cycling, computers,  and whatever strikes us as the moment. Being mainly Baptist we will skip  the Jack and Woodford and have some of that beautiful nectur known as  Mountain Dew that originated in South Knoxville though if you do not mind. 
Tales  of Tadeusz Hohenwald,  TN A little  politics, a little book review, a little novel promoting, role-playing  games, stay-at-home Dad stuff, whines, not much linking although I want  to get better at that, life, the universe, and everything. 
Team  Rock   
Tennessee  Guerilla WomenNashville,  TN Challenging  the Conservative Politics of Sexism, Homophobia, Racism and Classism /Progressive  Feminist Politics in TN, the Empire & Beyond 
Tennessee  Rants Knoxville,  TN Thoughts  on politics, culture, history, religion, war & the media. Mostly because  my wife got tired of me saying, "and there's one more thing that ticked  me off!" at 11 o'clock at night. 
Tennessee  Values AuthorityKnoxville,  TN Tired of  others telling you what your values are/should be? Let TVA tell you instead.  Soon to be the largest values-generating utility in the world. Or, maybe  not. 
The  Bully Pulpit  My opinion  on just about everything. 
The  Ghosts   
The  Nonattainment ZoneKnoxville I'm a PhD  student in Philosophy at the University of Tennessee, studying environmental  ethics. I plan to use this space to catalogue news and information pertaining  to the state of the local and regional environment (East Tennessee and  surrounding areas). There will likely be some philosophical rambling interspersed  as well. 
The  Pop Culturephile Knoxville,  TN Katie Allison  Granju blogs about books, music, movies, television, people, personalities  and life from scenic East Tennessee. Updated daily, most days.  
The  Search for a Good StoryOak Ridge,  TN The innate  ramblings of a sys admin on parenthood, video games, and how to solve  problems as innefficiently as possible. 
The  Tennessee Liberal Chattanooga,  Tenn. Yes, Virginia,  there ARE some liberals in Tennessee. 
Transforming  SermonsOak Ridge,  Tennessee Helping  preachers to proclaim, and all Christians to hear, the transforming Word  of God 
Trying  to Write a Book   
Voluminous East Coast  but my heart is in The Volunteer State News, opinion,  and commentary on Tennessee Football, SEC Football, College Football,  Tennessee Athletics, and the ocassional NFL Post 
Voluntarily  in China   
VoluntarilyConservativeKnoxville,  Tennessee One of  Glenn Harlan Reynolds' students at The University of Tennessee when Instapundit.com  was taking off, it was natural for me to enter the Blogosphere. My life  has led me to work for such luminaries as Ed Bryant and Fred Thompson  on Capitol Hill, the NRA, and as the executive editor of a newspaper,  with educational stints in medical school and law school. A true conservative,  a Christian, and a Tennessean, I hope to contribute my two-cents on politics,  policy issues, life, and sports. 
Wandering  Hillbilly  life n  pinions of buddy don, hillbilly 
We're  ScrewedKnoxville,  TN Documenting  the continuing decay of the Republic at the hands of lunatics. 
What  it is Today Will take  Helen Thomas' seat in WH press room; for now, have computer, will write. 
Whites  Creek   
Whoa  Mama!  My blog  is about my family life with my husband and twin sons. Occasional rants  about politics and my work as a mental health social worker are included.  Native Knoxvillian.  
will  work for doughnuts...  Tennessean  born and educated, now living far from home in San Francisco 
Xyon's  Rambles   
You'll  Always Find a Fifth  
Zoot  

The Rocky Top Brigade Constitution
(also a July 19, 2005 archival copy)
Many thanks to South Knox Bubba


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