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There is so much going on today that I don’t know where to start.

• Sharon Cobb is reporting that John Wilder is in serious condition at Regional Medical Center in Memphis. Here is more from the Tennessean.
• Newt Gringrich apparently cannot not practice what he preaches, even when he was spouting off about morality during the Clinton years.
• Apparently the Patriot Act was used a lot. I’m talking a lot.
• Go Sevierville. Cuppa has more on newspapers dropping Ann Coutier.
• Having worked with battered women in a shelter environment for years, this is so true. Bet you didn’t think about it but it really is something needed in Domestic Violence Shelters, as well as diapers. We were always out of diapers.
• Should journalists blog?
• Silence does a poll.
• Bush threatens veto. Senate says So What.
• Sarcastro is going to be changing diapers.
• The Cubs have won some games. Smiley must be a happy camper but then again, so have these guys.

I’ll be at the playoffs today in Murfreesboro and Toots Restaurant between 4:30 and 5 p.m. Come out to visit if you would like. There is beer, tons of fried food and witty conversation. Not from me, I can assure you, but from somebody. Most likely Squirrel Queen.

UPDATE: Wilder is out of critical condition according to Carter over at Volunteer Voters. I went to the Tennessean and they say he’s been upgraded to stable condition. The surprise to me is that he rides a bike “10 to 20 miles a day.”

Umm, wow.