I have never served my country in uniform. I have never had to sacrifice to keep it free. However, this made my blood boil. I received this in an email today, and I am publishing it in its unedited form. The pictures say so much about the lack of respect this human trash has for our country, her flag, and the people who died for it. I have nothing further to say beyond what the photos say (author’s note: I received everything below in an email, and all the follwing is quoted. I do not know who took these pictures, nor can I corroborate the quotes):———————————————————————————————————If anyone has any doubts about what these illegals think of us and our country, check out these pictures taken by an acquaintance of mine who went to the rally in Phoenix Saturday 7/31/10 in response to SB 1070. The illegals had written all over the AZ and US Flags, laid them on the ground, and were walking on them!Notice the toilet paper in this one:Another acquaintance had this to say:”I shared those pics with my Best friend who is a cop/detective. I asked him why nobody was punished for desecrating our flags…his response…..”In response to your question about the legality of Desecration of the American Flag, you are correct, this is illegal. However, it is a crime with the Federal Government. Meaning the Feds will have to prosecute for the crime and considering they will not prosecute for illegal trespassing into the Country, what makes you think they will prosecute anyone for spray painting and walking on an American flag?????”Permission was given from the person that took these pictures to pass them around. They’re being sent to some news stations as well, although doubtful they’ll air them. So please pass these around to all those you know, let people see how the illegals who broke our laws by coming here really feel about us!
If you haven’t voted yet, tomorrow, Saturday the 31st, is the last day of early voting. No excuses! If you don’t make it tomorrow, you’re going to have to wait till next Thursday, the 5th, and you know full well you’ll forget, or get too busy to make it to the polls before they close, or any number of excuses. Why not go ahead, and just do it, fer Pete’s sake! It’s going to be too bloomin’ hot to do much of anything else, right? Might as well exercise your RIGHT to cast your vote. Some folks may not think primaries are important! Just think about 2008.
I’m not even going to tell you for whom you should cast your vote. That’s your decision. Do you really want someone else making that choice for you? Nope….didn’t think so! So, get off your hind end, and remember what you stand for, and what the candidates have done, or not done, as the case may be.
Police are investigating another assault on a Hispanic man in Staten Island as a possible hate crime — and the Mexican government is now getting involved as well. Five men attacked the 40-year-old Mexican man Friday night as he was walking home after a soccer game at Faber Park, cop said. The attackers allegedly pummeled him while yelling anti-Mexican epithets. The man suffered head trauma, a fractured jaw and needed ten stitches above his eye, officials said.The group of men made off with his backpack. According to the Advance, this latest incident has promoted the Mexican Consulate to post personnel in Staten Island until further notice. This move is an effort to safeguard the rights of individuals and effectively assist and provide information to the Mexican residents of this area. (For the article referred to in this blog post, please go to http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Mexican-Man-Pummeled-in-Latest-Staten-Island-Hate-Attack-99325314.html)
There are several issues I could refer to in this article, but I would like to focus on this aspect of the article: the Mexican Consulate is going to post patrols at Staten Island to protect MEXICAN RESIDENTS of this area. Why is it a foreign country (Mexico) is allowed to make patrols in a particular state (New York), yet one of our states (Arizona) is catching flak for trying to keep illegals (mainly from Mexico) out? Where is the logic? Whatever happened to taking care of sovereign territory? It is wrong to assault anyone, or to take the law into your own hands, but allowing Mexico to patrol in this manner is wrong also.Will we tolerate UN patrols in the United States if we are sanctioned by the UN? Common sense has flown out the window.We the CONSERVATIVE people of the United States need to take our country back.
Well, it has once again been awhile. I keep promising to do better, but I have failed again.
It is time to weigh in on Tennessee’s Gubernatorial race. I had been disengaged from this somewhat until a few weeks ago. I knew Bill Haslam would be a poor choice. Pardon some of the cliches, but he seems to be the establishment candidate. On the surface he looks okay, but if you do much digging, I do not find much to like. However, what about the other choices?
Thank goodness for the Gubernatorial debate a few weeks ago on television. I thought it was actually one of the best debates of any type I had watched. Instead of picking and choosing questions for individual candidates, all four candidates (three GOP, one Democrat) got to answer each question. This was an excellent format for letting the public see where each one stood on various issues.
One of the first things I garnered from this was that Haslam deflected quite a few questions. On some, he did not even try to give the party-line answer. He essentially just ignored the question. Mr. Haslam is clearly the front-runner and both the Republican and Democratic candidates knew this and spent most of their efforts attacking him.
I had been leaning towards Zach Wamp. However, with his support of the stimulus bill, he is out for me. His explanation for this vote is that he thought our whole economic system was on the brink of collapse. Sure, we certainly had some challenges, but this bill was terrible and terribly unpopular. I cannot vote for him.
So, on the GOP side, that left Ron Ramsey. I was very impressed with the Lieutenant Governor. He is clearly the candidate whose views most closely align with mine. Obviously most of the Tea Party movement feels the same way, and that is why they are endorsing Mr. Ramsey.
An additional thought. I was also fairly impressed with Mike McWherter, the lone Democratic candidate for the job. While I disagree with some of his big government philosophies, he was impressive in the debate. A couple of his tactics were downright genius (like attacking Mayor Haslam through a question directed to Zach Wamp). McWherter specifically states that he would veto a state income tax. In fact, I would have a hard time voting for Mr. Haslam in a race with McWherter, even though on the surface some of Bill Haslam’s views line up more with mine. I just have a feeling he would be our next Don Sundquist, who killed the Republican chances at governor after his term due to his outright lies about a state income tax.
However, the Roundtable has decided to endorse and support Ron Ramsey for Tennessee’s next governor.
I took my son to a 4-H cooking class today, held at the Maury County Health Department. We paid a very small fee, $10.00, to participate.
Because I am already paying taxes, I thought I would check on getting my newborn’s shots there.
The fee is based on income. I have no problem with that, for the most part. My part would be 95% of the cost of the shot.
However, I felt compelled to ask, “If an illegal immigrant comes in and asks for childhood immunizations, are they free for them, though they are here illegally?”
The receptionist, who was so sweet, by the way, a really nice person, gave me an apologetic look, raised her eyebrows, scrunched her nose, and said, “Yes, sir, I’m afraid so, sir.”
I said, “That pisses me off. I understand it is not your fault, and I am not mad with you, but it isn’t right! I have paid my taxes, I am here legally, contributing to society, and this illegal alien who does not work or pay taxes can just waltz in and get the shots? So I have to pay 95% of the cost of my newborn’s immunizations, still pay my taxes, while this non-tax-paying illegal gets them for free? I am essentially paying for the shot 2 or 3 times! Is that what I am hearing?”
“Yes, sir, I’m sorry sir.”
This whole scheme is indefensible.
This is why the Tea Party exists, and why I am going to join it as soon as I can.
Illegal immigration is emerging as one of the key issues in this year’s state elections, with Tennessee Republicans planning to make the topic a pillar of their program to sweep state legislative and Congressional elections.
State GOP leaders say illegal immigration — along with the economy and criticism of the Democratic health-care reform plan in Washington — will be one of their main areas of focus in the fall, even in races for the state legislature, which historically has made few attempts to set immigration policy.
Someone might find it educational to read the Constitution.
10th Amendment: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.
Federalist Papers - 45: The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.
Real interesting reading.
“There is something going on here that is not immediately apparent,” said Gary Gerstle, a history professor at Vanderbilt University who tracks public sentiment on immigration.
Republicans say they are responding to voter outrage over the issue and to actions that have emboldened states to take up the matter, such as a new law in Arizona that lets police detain suspected illegal immigrants on trespassing charges.
I dunno….maybe some of the state Republicans are finally snapping to the fact the we have laws in this country, and the voters are getting pretty fed up with the federal gubmint not enforcing the very laws they created.
I’ve been talking about adding an Event Calendar here at Blue Collar Muse for at least a year. Frankly, the time and daunting nature of the task made it a bit intimidating to consider. Something clicked on Thursday night when I was talking with Ryan Harring at the Liberty on the Rocks event in Murfreesboro.
When I told him I wanted to do a calendar so events like his (which was excellent, by the way) could get more publicity and become better attended he looked at me a bit skeptically. He quietly said something to the effect that he’d been hearing talk of something like that for a long time but so far it had remained just talk. Ouch!! But I took it in the spirit (I hope) it was intended - after all, the Book notes that “faithful are the wounds of a friend!”
I came home and promptly decided to put into action the idea I’d been carrying around for so long. Let this be the formal announcement of the Tennessee Calendar of Events hosted here and at The Tennessee ConserVOLiance. Just look in the header for the page titled “Event Calendar” and click through. It’s pretty straightforward. If you’ve got an event you want to add to the calendar, you’ll find directions on how to do it there as well.
I envision the calendar being used in a variety of ways. Some folks will want to see what’s going on if they have a free evening. Others will want to be able to plan that free day in advance. Still others will want to find events that address issues and topics that appeal to them. The common thread will likely be how does one find all the things happening all around without being on 50 email lists (or more) and trying to remember all the details. The Tennessee Event Calendar solves those issues.
Another less obvious issue comes up in the discussion of conflicts between events. If you are planning an event in the future, how do you know what other events you might be in conflict with? The TEC helps there as well. For the ambitious among us who are trying to get to more than one or two events in a day, having all the events listed chronologically as well as having maps provided make that task easier.
So here you go, Tennessee … a statewide calendar of events. Let me know what you think - tell all your friends and be sure and get me all the events you know about to be a part of the calendar. The less information, the less effective the tool.
Jack Hunter joins us in Chattanooga to talk about the nuts and bolts of nullification and what YOU can do on a state level to stop a wide range of unconstitutional federal “laws” and regulations.
Through historical writings, case studies, and speeches by the Founding Fathers, Hunter and 10 other speakers will give you a logical, moral, and constitutionally sound case for nullification, revealing:
How we can roll back Obamacare, stimulus spending, and other unconstitutional expansions of federal power through nullification
Why the Founding Fathers believed that nullification was the “moderate middle ground,” not the road to secession
Why the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution gives the states the power to nullify unconstitutional laws
Why states, not the Supreme Court, should arbitrate disputes between the states and the federal government over the constitutionality of the federal government’s actions.
A decades-old law meant to discourage bars in Tennessee may quietly fall by the wayside, as Gov. Phil Bredesen is set to sign legislation that reduces how much food restaurants have to sell to get a liquor license.
When we first moved to Tennessee, I found this one of the more odd laws in the state.
The measure sets the minimum amount of food they have to sell to qualify for a liquor license to at least 15 percent of their revenues. Existing law doesn’t have a numerical standard, but says selling food has to be primary purpose of an establishment. State law does recognize bars.
In other words, there are no bars in the state, just restaurants that serve booze. Where’s the logic in that?
TCPR sent out this presser. The Pork Report is a great annual report on the budget. Get one!! Better yet, attend the release event and get one there!!
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Tennessee’s free market think tank, and Citizens Against Government Waste, the nation’s leading taxpayer watchdog, will release the 2010 Tennessee Pork Report on Tuesday, June 29. This marks the fifth annual report exposing wasteful spending by state and local governments.
What: 2010 Tennessee Pork Report Release
Who: Tennessee Center for Policy Research and Citizens Against Government Waste
When: Tuesday, June 29 at 1 pm Central Time
Where: Legislative Library at the Tennessee State Capitol
Featured speakers are CAGW Vice President for Policy David Williams and Justin Owen, TCPR Acting Executive Director.
CAGW’s publications the Congressional Pig Book and Prime Cuts influenced the creation of the Tennessee Pork Report, which exposes projects in the state budget that lead to wasteful spending. The report offers resolutions to eliminate waste, and acts as an informative and valuable resource to legislators and taxpayers.
Hard copies will be distributed at the press conference. The report will also be available online at www.cagw.org and www.tennesseepolicy.org. For answers to further questions, to schedule an interview, or to order a hard copy, please contact Justin Owen (615-383-6431, justin@tennesseepolicy.org) or Leslie Paige (202-467-5334, lpaige@cagw.org).
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization dedicated to providing concerned citizens, the media and public leaders with expert empirical research and timely free market policy solutions to public policy issues in Tennessee. Citizens Against Government Waste is a private, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization whose mission is to eliminate waste, mismanagement, and inefficiency in the federal government.
Notice the toilet paper in this one:
Another acquaintance had this to say:”I shared those pics with my Best friend who is a cop/detective. I asked him why nobody was punished for desecrating our flags…his response…..”In response to your question about the legality of Desecration of the American Flag, you are correct, this is illegal. However, it is a crime with the Federal Government. Meaning the Feds will have to prosecute for the crime and considering they will not prosecute for illegal trespassing into the Country, what makes you think they will prosecute anyone for spray painting and walking on an American flag?????”Permission was given from the person that took these pictures to pass them around. They’re being sent to some news stations as well, although doubtful they’ll air them. So please pass these around to all those you know, let people see how the illegals who broke our laws by coming here really feel about us!
