Wanted: New sniffers

Is it time for Gov. Bredesen to blow his nose? That's what a writer to The Tennessean says today:

Pick any farmer from Mountain City to Munford, and he can easily identify the problem with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, because his nose works. He will take one whiff of the barrel of apples and tell you, "You've got rotten apples in there and if you don't get them out, they are going to ruin the whole durn barrel."

This is the current condition of the Tennessee Highway Patrol; there are rotten apples in there. Gov. Bredesen and Commissioner Mitchell removed some of them in the past, but they didn't dig deep enough. Now, those apples that have longtime blemishes are rotting, and they are going ruin the rest of the barrel.

So, I would encourage the governor and the commissioner to take a farmer's bandana, blow their nose, regain their sense of smell, and get the rest of the bad apples out of the barrel before it is too late.

Hmm...we think that Wal-mart clerks--those that Bredesen showed such disrepect for--can understand that. But can a Harvard-educated governor?