Apr
30
SCAMERA BILL
April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Burchett’s Bill SB1502 has made it out of committee and has been placed on the Senate Regular Calendar. Here is a summary of the bill:
Traffic Safety – As introduced, prohibits entering into or modifying existing contracts for installation of surveillance cameras if revenues from traffic fines are shared with company; and extends traffic signals’ yellow [...]
Apr
30
Tennessee’s jihad against homeschoolers
April 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Source
The State of Tennessee’s jihad against homeschoolers continues.
It began in late 2007 and continued into 2008. An employee of the Department of Education, nominally in charge of the office of non-public schooling was criss-crossing the state making a presentation in which she declared that the diplomas issued by Tennessee’s church-related, category IV schools “were not [...]
Apr
28
Arlen Specter GOOD riddance.
April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
“Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania abruptly switched parties Tuesday, a move intended to boost his re-election chances that also pushed Democrats within one seat of a 60-vote filibuster-resistant majority. ”
Good, this can help the Republicans more than anyone can imagine. Going into the next primaries we can have people in the primaries that we want, [...]
Apr
28
Veto of federal public works bill
April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Veto of federal public works bill
March 3, 1817
To the House of Representatives of the United States:
Having considered the bill this day presented to me entitled “An act to set apart and pledge certain funds for internal improvements,” and which sets apart and pledges funds “for constructing roads and canals, and improving the navigation of water [...]
Apr
27
Coming SOON
April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
I am in the process of getting things together for a call in show. This will be a live internet stream only with a local Tri-Cities number. I think its time to take it up a notch!
Apr
27
One year FREE membership to the NRA
April 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Here’s an offer that should be hard to refuse. Now, for a limited time, the NRA is offering a “one-year gift membership” FREE for the first year. You read that right — you can get all the benefits of NRA membership for one year The regular price for a one-year NRA membership is $35.00. This [...]
Apr
23
Redflex Scamera Protest/Rally
April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
To the Students of American Liberty,
We will be holding a protest against the Red Light Scameras in Jonesborough. (We will have setup in the morning and the event will start at 10:00 am)
We will have a petition to sign to deliver to the Mayor and Alderman, an opportunity for you to take out your frustrations [...]
Apr
18
Kingsport Tea Party
April 18, 2009 | 1 Comment
“They use taxes to control our behavior, steer our choices and change the way we live our lives,” David Davis
The Tea Party was great, with alot of support across all isles. My only complaint is why Rep Roe sent someone. Its hard to talk about how bad you think taxes are when you pass a [...]
Apr
9
Kingsport crash numbers redlight scam… My spin on it
April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
So where is the improvement?
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*not on years top 10 list
sources here and here
Apr
9
Visible Vote
April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Visible Vote is dedicated to making government transparent and accountable. Visible Vote allows you to vote on the same issues your legislators are voting on. It then cross compares your votes to your legislators over time. Visible Vote even updates your legislators with your votes for you via FAX. You can also FAX a personal [...]