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Entries Tagged as 'Ballot Referendums'

Initiatives and Referendums are Bad; the People Unqualified to Participate

July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

A friend sent me a link to an editorial from the Hartford (CT) Courant authored by Robert Satter. Mr. Satter is a judge trial referee in Hartford Superior Court and author of “Under the Gold Dome — An Insider’s Look at the Connecticut Legislature.” He is also, in my opinion, a very dangerous […]

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Tags: Ballot Referendums · Blue Collar Muse · ConserVOLiance Authors · Culture Wars · Strategies

Democrats Disenfranchise Tennessee Voters …

April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Those who remember almost any recent election will likely stop to read that headline again. After all, isn’t it the Democrats who have been making the claim every other year that their voters have been disenfranchised? Isn’t it the other guys that do that sort of thing? The answers are yes and […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · Abortion · Ballot Referendums · Blue Collar Muse · Contact Congress · Culture Wars · State Politics

Free the Oklahoma 3!!

March 24th, 2008 · No Comments

One of our most cherished rights is to petition our government. If there’s a problem, we want our representatives to know so they can fix it. Imagine, however, if a top law enforcement official denied this right to citizens. Imagine he arrested them, threatening them with fines and imprisonment. Imagine it’s being driven by partisan […]

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Tags: Ballot Referendums · Blue Collar Muse · State Politics · The Constitution

Paul Jacob - Who Is That?

March 7th, 2008 · No Comments

I attended an event tonight in Knoxville with Paul Jacob, set up by Ken Marrero and the Tennessee ConserVOLiance.  The event was also attended by Right Wing Johnny.
So, you ask, “Who is Paul Jacob?”  The Wikipedia page has a pretty good excerpt:
In 2005 and 2006, Jacob worked with an Oklahoma group, Oklahomans in Action, to […]

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Tags: Ballot Referendums · Craig Thomas

Tennessee HB2795 Meeting Opposition

February 26th, 2008 · 5 Comments

I’m in Chicago on business for a couple of days. But The Much Younger Trophy Wife is home. I mentioned in my comments on Jay’s original post that, as a home schooling family, we’d be weighing in on the issue. The Much Younger Trophy Wife has done the heavy lifting in this […]

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Tags: Ballot Referendums · Blogroll · Blue Collar Muse · Contact Congress · Education · Jay Period · State Politics

Every Tennessean Should Have a Say

January 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Cross-posted from Blue Collar Muse.
That’s the opinion that Tennessee Right To Life holds. The entire sentiment is expressed by Tennessee Right to Life this way:
SJR 127 would allow Tennesseans and our elected officials to once again determine abortion policy in our state.
On a matter of life and death, shouldn’t every Tennessean have a say? […]

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Tags: Abortion · Ballot Referendums · Blue Collar Muse · Joe Haynes · State Politics

The Abortion Issue Moves Forward

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

The Senate Judicial Committee approved a state constitutional amendment on abortion, which would allow the state to constitutionally place reasonable restrictions on abortion. The bill could go to a Full Senate vote this week or at least by the next two weeks. If it passes in the Senate and House, it will become a referendum […]

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Tags: Abortion · Ballot Referendums · Daniel Myers Politics · Tennessee