This bill was recently approved by the House of Representatives:

The following salute written by Lucy Steele Harrison is designated and adopted as the official salute to the flag of Tennessee:
“Three white stars on a field of blue
God keep them strong and ever true
It is with pride and love that we
Salute the Flag of Tennessee.”

Now you know.

President Bush, yesterday:

It’s going to take time to get the technology in place, and it’s going to take time to train the Border Patrol agents. And yet, the need to enforce the border is urgent, and that’s why, in coordination with our governors, we’re going to send 6,000 National Guard troops to be deployed on the southern border.
Now, the reason why I think this strategy is important is because deploying the 6,000 troops to complement the work of the Border Patrol will get immediate results. And it’s time to get immediate results.

Interesting how this urgent need has developed over five years since Bush assumed office.

It really is hard to listen to some of the rightist punditry on the immigration debate and not conclude that it’s being driven, at least in part, by racism.
Why else would these people be floating highly speculative estimates on how tens or hundreds of millions of immigrants will flood in, and then darkly note how this will change the culture and power structure of our country? I suspect this same kind of rhetoric has been used every time America has seen a concentrated influx of immigrants from an out-of-vogue ethnic group.

It really has been cool out. According to the National Weather Service, the temerature average on Monday was 14 degrees below normal, and the high was 59. The last time it failed to reach 60 in Knoxville was March 27.
Kind of funny how quickly I become “soft” in the spring. Back in Februrary, I would have thought a 59 degree day was great weather to go bike riding; on Monday I didn’t bother because it felt too “cold” out.

Released excerpt from President Bush’s speech tonight

we must face the reality that millions of illegal immigrants are already here. They should not be given an automatic path to citizenship. This is amnesty, and I oppose it.

Really, why does he keep repeating this? Most who shudder at the dreaded amnesty word already see through the hallow rhetoric.
I guess there are still a few super-gullible people about who take Bush’s word at face value. But even the talk radio crew isn’t buying that one any more.