The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

Near the beginning of The Declaration of Independence, these words appear.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among […]

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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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On a recent Sunday morning drive to church, I saw this sign. I was immediately struck by two things.
First, it hasn’t taken long for players on the Left to start marching to the beat of misinformation, deception and lies that must be part of Obama’s campaign if he is to win. He cannot […]

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In his first real chance to speak to an issue with seriousness and substance, Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama demonstrated the truth of the charge leveled against him that he is all flash and no bang. The Right has known this from the beginning and the Left has feared it might be true for […]

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The situation with Mr. Spitzer brings out the reality of how the media trains its’ leaders and what politics has become-when someone falls into sin, the lions are released upon him. Even FOX, known for it’s conservative flare, joins the pack and mocks the marriage of Mr. & Mrs. Spitzer with no fear of reprisal. […]

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Last week I posted at Blue Collar Muse on an interesting piece of correspondence that crossed my desk. It was a notice that 25 Attorneys General across the country, in a bi-partisan effort, had signed a letter urging the leadership of the US House to bring the FISA bill to a vote in the […]

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Cross posted from Blue Collar Muse.
The Jackson Sun reported Saturday that state Senator Jim Kyle (D-Memphis) is proposing an interesting change to Tennessee’s statutes. Since 1796, the state has functioned without the need to grant temporary legislative authority to someone other than a dutifully elected representative to wield in the Tennessee legislature in […]

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Cross-posted from The Roundtable
The Wall Street Journal has a good article about Senator Tom Coburn, who has blocked 90 bills in 2007. We should all be thankful to him for stopping wasteful projects.

Stopping stuff is Sen. Coburn’s specialty. In a Congress that has had trouble passing even the simplest legislation, Sen. Coburn, who proudly […]

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I wager that you have no idea how many registered sexual offenders that you and your family come in contact with each day as you go about your normal activities. This past week in one day, two individual sexual offenders were within a few inches of me, talking to me as if they were normal […]

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