What have you been reading?

I have had my nose stuck in this for a good while now.

Turns out I qualify as a "Terminal Case";

riding a 40 to 50 hp, 300-400 lb motorcycle, on a multiday road trip,
without a supply vehicle following behind

The Great State of Tennessee

Great folks, Great place to visit, Wouldn't want to live there......

Cross Border Cigarette "Surveillance" Begins

Wasn't long ago TN was in a tizzy about folks living on the border registering their cars in KY to avoid exorbitant vehicle taxes and fees. They were pulling over anyone with a KY tag to check registration.
Now it seems some dastardly ne'erdowells are buying too many cigarettes for personal use in surrounding states (with lower taxes) and (GASP!) bringing them home!
Gotta get those evildoers not paying their fair share. Amazing, isn't it, how deft law enforcement is at acting as a revenue tool?!
No matter what anyone tells you, folks, governance is all about the money.

Priority One: Get money from those dumb rednecks and woe be unto them that tries to the confiscation of it.