The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

According to the Tennessee Legislature website, House Bill 2795 was defeated in subcommittee.  This is a huge victory for homeschooling and all who contacted their legislators should be proud and thanked.  This, just as the immigration bill last summer, proves that when people get involved and let their voice be known, we can make a […]

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Democrats are determined to increase our tax burden.  From more taxes on gas to curb the hoax called global warming, to redefining rich to be anyone making $32,000 a year, they are determined to increase the number of poor, thereby increasing the number of people dependent on the government.  Read more.
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Today is the fifth anniversary of the liberation of Iraq.  Please join me in thanking and praising our brave soldiers.  Read more here.
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Is Sen. Obama responsible for the words and sermons of his radical pastor?  Do we have a right to ask him questions about those words.  Read more here.
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While we are celebrating a victory here in Tennessee, other homeschoolers around the nation are still in the heart of the battle.  In California, where deviate lifestyles are celebrated and encouraged, parents are on the verge of a mass exodus from public schools, with as many as 600,000 threatening to leave, in favor of homeschooling.  […]

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**Caution, some slight graphic content related to sexual assault.**
Recently in our town, Murfreesboro, TN, a young, 14-year-old, girl was raped by an 18-year-old boy on a school bus. It happened over a 15 minute period, while the bus was both stopped and moving. The whole ordeal was caught on the video camera located […]

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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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Tennesseans have enjoyed the freedom to homeschool for quite some time.  They are free to teach their children as they want and what they want.  That could all go away if this bill reaches passage.
The purpose of this bill, and it’s companion SB3412, is to test students not in public schools with the same standards […]

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A battle is brewing in Murfreesboro.  The battle will pit the School Board against Taxpayers.  At issue is the idea of fundraisers at county schools and school field trips.
It all started back in the fall at the Central Middle School annual fundraiser, Tiger Prowl.  The fundraiser asks students to bring in $25.  In exchange, the […]

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Cross posted by JayPeriod.
As you listen to the news, even on Fox, commentators continuously speak of the idea that John McCain should ignore and write off the Conservative base of the Republican party.  They speak of the idea that there is no pleasing them for McCain, so he might as well forget them.  I’m sure […]

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