The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

This is a post of a traditional, Calvinistic Christian’s view of the presidential candidate Barack Obama. It is the most religious of my postings. Here is an excerpt:
We are seeing the direct result of idolatry in America- an outright idolater is running for president, and may likely win the office. However, America has had so […]

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Well, Tennessee’s most famous (infamous?) treehugger has once again proven that eco-activists are not only wrong, most of them are hypocrites as well. According to the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, Al’s energy consumption rose 10%. And that is WITH the energy conservation renovations he made to his home…
Full story at: http://theconservatarian.blogivists.com/2008/06/18/al-gore-hypocrite-extraordinaire/
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It was with quite a bit of alarm that I read this article at inforwars.net today. I was not alarmed because of what was being done in the name of security, I was alarmed by the deafening silence of it. The government is now legally able, within six months, to get a DNA sample from […]

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Well, it appears the infamous Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled “that a roommate-finding site cannot require users to disclose their sexual orientation, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, in the latest skirmish over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the Web.”
Now I don’t know about you, but if I am looking for a […]

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It seems some members of our our esteemed Tennessee legislature want to pay students for good grades. From what I read, similar programs in other states appear to work. I have a few problems with this idea:

This sets a precedent for children that if they want to do something well then they should get paid for […]

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I received this article in an email the other day. Mr. DeMar lays down the law to a reader/critic who refuses to acknowledge the basic defining elements of his arguments: the “evidence” the reader presents (or not) to Mr. DeMar. This article is a great example of how to argue the JudeoChristian and moral foundations […]

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The headline at http://wcbstv.com/politics/eliot.spitzer.resigns.2.674646.html reads:
“RESIGNED TO DISGRACE”
“Eliot Spitzer Steps Down Following Biggest Scandal In Modern New York Political History”
I have not been following the Eliot Spitzer story too closely, because I live in Tennessee. However, I feel that people would do well to observe how this whole thing is playing out, because it is reflective of the […]

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