Tennessee Veggie Lover's Vanity License Plate Banned for 'Vulgarity'

Courtesy PETA
A Tennessee woman just wanted to share her love of vegetarian eating. The state thought she was expressing her love for a more explicit activity.
It's a battle of semantics – implied spacing, really. Whitney Calk innocently (or perhaps not) requested a vanity license plate from the state of Tennessee, one that read “ILVTOFU.” But her personalized plate reflecting her fondness for bean curds was rejected on the grounds of "vulgarity.” There's nothing vulgar about tofu, right?
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The battle rages within the spacing of the words. Calk may have meant “I-LV-TOFU,” but the Tennessee Department of Revenue, Taxpayer and Vehicle Services added one extra space to turn the sentence into a snarky double entendre. “I-LV-TO-F-U,” they read. And that's not a very family-friendly message to take to the roadways.
But of course the license plate is hardly original – nor is Tennessee's verdict to deny it. The state is simply following the precedent set in other states from Colorado to Virginia. PETA has issued a statement asking Tennessee to reconsider their decision, hoping that Calk will be allowed to profess her love of “beans over beef” on her bumper. Will a bit of national attention will force Tennessee to let Calk speed away with this one?
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Tennessee police, mother to the dispute over the child aged 10 to riding bike school

Published September 07, 2011| FoxNews.com

Tennessee police is in dispute heated with a mother to allow her daughter 10 years ride his bike to school alone, arguing that the journey of a thousand is dangerous and the safety of the child is at stake.

Elizabethton Police service said Teresa Tryon that her daughter is not allowed to ride his bike without supervision to elementary school and Harold McCormick, because the roads were too much traffic.

"We are just search for the safety of the child," head of the Police Elizabethton Matt Bailey told FoxNews.com. "It's a busy street surface." It is not a road by definition, but it is a very busy road. »

Bailey, said an officer observed cars doing around the child swerving to avoid hitting the last month. He said that Constable also saw the girl "is outstanding." Police then Tryon and he said that it was dangerous for the girl to ride his bike.

Tryon, who described his daughter as an "avid cyclist", says the girl is not violating a city ordinance and that she has the right to ride his bike to school, the reports of TriCities.com.

"How the agent knows my daughter better than me?" she told the station.

Bailey told FoxNews.com that the police have advised District Prosecutor's Office and that Tryon could potentially facing charges of child negligence if the situation continues. He noted that a child was struck and killed while riding a bike on the same streets a few years earlier, prompting the police to take additional precautions.

But Tryon would have company standing in its decision to allow the girl up.

"Is the DA, it is a little extreme for a 10-year-old a thousand riding," she told the station. "It is not breaking any law.". It is a judgment - even on the incident report. The officer wrote, it is a judgment. »

Tryon could not be reached for comment contacted Wednesday by FoxNews.com.

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Police Say appellant threatened to bomb Tennessee Mosque on 9/11 anniversary

Published September 07, 2011| Associated Press

The authorities say that an unidentified man threatened to ignite a bomb inside a mosque in Tennessee to September 11.

The Police of Murfreesboro Kyle Evans spokesman said the Daily News newspaper that his Department and an officer with the Department of Homeland Security study who made the threat to the Islamic Centre of Murfreesboro.

The threat comes from the nation prepares to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sunday.

The mosque of Murfreesboro strives to build a larger place of worship. He saw signs of vandals target to its new proposed site, which was also struck by arsonists last year burned equipment of construction that was used to prepare the ground.

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