Flippant Stray Thoughts for Wednesday, 2/8/2017...

I think they should put in railroads wherever liberals are trying to stop pipelines from being built. Then run every oil train in the country over them. After all, trains must be safer than pipelines...

Am I the only one pissed because ESPN schedules college basketball games to close together? Unless your team is in the first game of the day, you never get to see the beginning of your team's game. They need to budget an extra 30 minutes between games. If they come up short, go to a talking head to read sports news to fill in any extra time...

Does Channel 5 have the most biased local news in town?

Davidson County Sheriff Daron Hall was in Washington for a law enforcement pow-wow, but refused to see President Trump. Hall feared he would hear support for the President's temporary immigration hiatus. I guess Hall isn't tolerant or mature enough to entertain views different than his own...

Americans elected Trump and they support his immigration review. But Hall apparently chooses to join Mayor Megan Barry in harboring illegals who commit murder and rape. Shameful...

Hall is the same idiot who addressed a white supremacy group a few years ago. He claimed he did not know it was a white supremacy group. I typed the name of the group into Google, and in less than two seconds I discovered it was a white supremacy group. Is Hall so damn busy running his jail and serving summons he can't punch something up on Google himself?

The ACME Feed & Seed building sat vacant for years on a highly visible corner downtown. So somebody comes along and fixes up the joint, and puts in a bar, restaurant and club. And now a dude breaks in and smashes things all to hell. He did get caught...

Jerk...

Speaking of a jerk, the human debris for whom Metro Police Officer Eric Mumaw gave his life trying to save, has been charged with aggravated vehicular homicide. A 44-year-old, 18-year veteran of the department is dead because of' her actions...

Mumaw's funeral was held in a 4,000 seat church, and it was filled. He will be buried in Ohio...

People get shot, and killed here, everyday. But every once in a while a story brings Nashville to its knees in horror. This is one of those stories...

R.I.P. Officer Mumaw. You are a hero...

Metro Police Officer Eric Mumaw

'Till next time, see ya...

Titans, Vandy met my minimum expectations

Let's face it. The past few years have been train wrecks for the Tennessee Titans and Vanderbilt football teams. 2016 had to be better.

The Titans won a grand total of five games over the past two seasons. But new for 2016 was an owner who cares about the team, a new general manager, a new permanent coach and some new talent. Before the season started, I had a minimum expectation of a non-losing season, which the Titans have achieved. I thought the playoffs would be a good thing to shoot for. Their playoff hopes went up in smoke Sunday, along with Marcus Mariota's leg.

Vandy's goal: Get to a bowl game. Mission accomplished. They lost their bowl game and finished with a losing record, but the 'Dores made some strong advancement this year.

Next year, the expectations rise for both the Titans and Vanderbilt.