Mar
27
Celebrate Human Achievement Hour!
March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This Saturday (March 28th) from 8:30 to 9:30 pm.
“We are so proud that millions of people plan to show their appreciation for human achievement by doing things like eating dinner, watching television, going to the movies, and brushing their teeth,” says Human Achievement Hour Founder and CEI Policy Analyst Michelle Minton. “Never before [...]
Mar
25
Good law by a Democrat
March 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Proposed legislation co-sponsored by Rep. John Litz and Sen. Steve Southerland involving red-light cameras has pitted the state legislators against the Morristown engineering department.
HB 0541 by *Litz ( SB 0768 by *Southerland)
(A) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(8)(B), whenever in this state three-light traffic-control signals are used displaying successively green, yellow, and red lights for [...]
Mar
12
Cootie Brown’s revised
March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This still gets under my skin. Seems there is no Olive Garden nothing to take its place. As of today, on the land owners website, Inland Western shows the land still available. I find this odd. There was no known open reason for them to leave, the business was good food and prices where outstanding.
When [...]
Mar
10
Montana Has It Right On Second Amendment
March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment
According to ABC News (Feb. 25, 2009), “The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.
“‘As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,’ Holder told reporters.”
Holder also said that President Obama would seek to make the assault weapons ban permanent, close the “gun show loophole,” and ban “cop-killer” bullets.
Mar
10
VOLuntarilyConservative:More Signs of Trouble for the East Tennessee Economy
March 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Tri-Cities are a prime example. Each has its own major economic driver. Johnson City has East Tennessee State University. Bristol has Bristol Motor Speedway. Kingsport has Eastman Chemical. Over a decade ago, I wrote a piece speaking to the vulnerability of each of the Tri-Cities due to this phenomenon. At the time, King Pharmaceuticals [...]
Mar
9
I have to admit it
March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I have to admit it; my liberal friends were right. They told me if I didn’t vote for Obama, the nation’s Hope would deteriorate, and sure enough there has been a 20 point drop in the Consumer Confidence Index since the election, reaching a lower point than any time during the Bush administration.
They told me [...]
Mar
2
Fred Thompson
March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
His show started today! http://fredthompsonshow.com. You can listen online from the site.
Hour 1: Gov. Mark Sanford (R-SC) Will talk about the economic stimulus package and his refusal to accept some government funds from his state.
Hour 2: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) Will talk about the top issues of the day, including President Obama’s budget, the economic [...]