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T-FIRE Pancake Breakfast This Morning with Congressman David Davis

February 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Tennesseans for Immigration Reform and Education (T-FIRE) will host a pancake breakfast this morning (Saturday, February 16th) with featured speaker Tennessee Congressman David Davis (R-First District). Congressman Davis will discuss his efforts in Congress aimed at securing our borders, protecting  our national sovereignty, and discouraging illegal immigration.
State Senator Steve Southerland (R-Morristown) is slated to […]

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Tags: Cocke County · David Oatney · Grainger County · Greene County · Hamblen County · Hawkins County · Immigration · Jefferson County · Johnson County · Morristown · Sevier County · Sullivan County · Tennessee · Unicoi County

Another GOP Candidate for the State House

January 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

The Daily Times in Maryville and Blount County is reporting that Greenback’s Tona Monroe-Ball is seeking the GOP nomination for TN’s House District 20 seat. District 20 is the entire Western end of Blount county. There’s a map here and here showing the District itself and where it fits with the rest of […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · Blount County · Blue Collar Muse · Maryville · State Politics · Tennessee · Tona Monroe-Ball

The Davis Factor

January 18th, 2008 · 2 Comments

There will be a Congressional election here in the First District in 2008. If that doesn’t sound like news to you, clearly you’ve never lived here. When we say there will be an election in the district, that really means there will be a contested Republican Primary:
The news was out yesterday via the Kingsport Times-News […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · Abortion · Bristol · Carter County · Cocke County · Contact Congress · Culture Wars · David Oatney · Greene County · Hamblen County · Hancock County · Hawkins County · Jefferson County · Johnson City · Johnson County · Kingsport · Morristown · Sevier County · State Politics · Sullivan County · Unicoi County · Washington County

The Ku Klux Commission?

January 10th, 2008 · No Comments

In Knox County, criticize those in the Executive Branch of Government and you are a racist!
When someone is accused of discriminating against another person because of race, gender, disability, or other factors, it is a very serious allegation. Because I have grown up with a disability and have-I’m sorry to say-had firsthand experience with […]

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Tags: David Oatney · Knox County · Knoxville

In case you missed it

December 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Oatney On the Air had a few important broadcasts over the last week or so. On December 20th, I interviewed 4th Senate District Republican candidate Mike Faulk.
On the 21st, we celebrated one year of podcasting.
On Christmas Eve, I did a brief show on the meaning of Christmas.
Then on the 27th, I discussed the assassination of […]

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Tags: 2008 Election · David Oatney · Jefferson County · National Politics · Religion · State Politics

Major US military and nuclear weapons labs hacked by Chinese

December 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Originally posted at Right Truth
Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico AND OTHERS, breached by hackers … why so little news on this??? Dark Reading says this is just the tip of the iceberg.
Pretty scary story and I’m amazed it’s not getting more attention. Two of this […]

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Tags: East Tennessee · Tennessee · US Military

The True Number of Uninsured American

December 9th, 2007 · 1 Comment

The left is always throwing around the figure that there are “47 million uninsured Americans”. This is a lie, but who is surprised considering the source. Using the figures that they are using, it is clear that the number is a lot lower. Here is the math:
47,000,000 “Uninsured Americans”
- 9,487,000 non citizens
37,513,000 […]

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Tags: East Tennessee · Insurance Issues