The Tennessee ConserVOLiance

Last week I wrote about the plight of Nashville’s Joy Ford, the country’s latest victim of Eminent Domain abuse by government. Nashville’s Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) has begun legal proceedings under Eminent Domain to condemn and seize Joy’s business. It has prospered at the head of Music Row for almost 30 […]

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What Circle? 23 Music Circle East - Nashville, TN to be precise. And broken may be the kindest way to describe what the owner of the business at that address faces. Shattered, decimated, mercilessly hounded into oblivion all come to mind to describe what Joy Ford, owner of Country International Records (CIR), […]

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Few things illustrate Democrat’s penchant for preying on people’s fears better than Social Security. Proposing changes to Social Security produces hysteria from any Democrat near a microphone. Barack Obama is no different as evidenced by his comments earlier this week.
Speaking to a crowd of retirees in Ohio,
Obama … criticized McCain for being open […]

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Now this is one expensive insect eradication program!
$731 per boll weevil spent in Tennessee

Pork Report Slams Boll Weevil Eradication Program
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
The annual ‘Pork Report’ from the Tennessee Center for Policy Research names the state’s boll weevil eradication program as the biggest waste of tax-payer money in 2008.
The Tennessee Center for Policy Research […]

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Looks like the taxers are at it again. Their endless greed to steal your hard earned money and control our lives always roils up at this time of year.
Today is the Senate Transportation Committee meeting on Toll Roads (LP 12 - 3:30pm)
Terry Frank tells us about a tax increase on coal which […]

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On April 12th and noon, there is a rally planned for Nashville, TN to show support for the FairTax.  I hope that most of you know of the FairTax and support it.  The website for the rally is www.nationalfreedomrally.com and if you have any questions, you can email me.  There will be a “road rally” […]

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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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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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Hat tip to Chuck Muth at Muth’s Truths for the following snippets … I’d encourage you to “Enjoy!” but that would be sadistic …

MASSIVE TAX HIKES AROUND THE BEND
“House Democrats recently adopted a budget with massive tax hikes, many of which are directed at those Americans who can least afford them. By allowing […]

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Cross Posted by Toni at Bear Creek LedgerFrom a commenter on my last posting on the Global Poverty Act , I found out there’s even more tucked into the UN Millenium Project besides a stealth tax which is a global tax to be collected and maintained by the United Nations Useless Nitwits.
From Cliff Kincaid at […]

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