Press Release on State Sovereignty Committee
Press Release
Contact: Cyndie Todd 615-741-7462
November 18, 2009
Special Committee on State Sovereignty Approves Letter to the States
Letter to National Legislator Organizations
The Special Committee on State Sovereignty met yesterday as per the requirements of HJR 108; a resolution to the US Congress from the [...]
By Emmanuel Goldstein
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) attended college in North Carolina. So he is acquainted with the United States and her laws.
KSM helped finance the World Trace Center bombings in 1993 and was one of the co-conspirator’s, Ramzi Yousef, uncle.
KSM and Yousef planned Operation Bojinka. That plan was [...]
Alba Gonzalez-Nylander of Alba Videos Production announced her company's winning entry in The Office Depot Adopt a Small Business Contest. The contest asked small business owners to submit short videos explaining how they were weathering the economy, and the video submitted by Gonzalez-Nylander was [...]
Speaking of unhinged grips on reality, Andrew Sullivan has suspended blogging because it is vital that the womb envious man devote all of his time to reading Sarah Palin's book, especially the "fantastic story of her fifth pregnancy." Because the project of exposing the [...] 
Are your children aware that a New Hampshire woman, Sarah Josepha Hale, was responsible for Thanksgiving becoming a national holiday?
Image: sxc.hu
Yes, the first Thanksgiving, from which this holiday of thankfulness originated, took place in Plymouth, MA.
However, it wasn’t celebrated nationally until Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor [...]

Are your children aware that a New Hampshire woman, Sarah Josepha Hale, was responsible for Thanksgiving becoming a national holiday?
Image: sxc.hu
Yes, the first Thanksgiving, from which this holiday of thankfulness originated, took place in Plymouth, MA.
However, it wasn’t celebrated nationally until Sarah Josepha Hale, the editor [...]
Well, I didn’t do too well tonight. I’m still ahead of pace overall, but I fell far short of my daily quota.
I’m not sure what happened tonight — a cross between things I was watching on TV, being stuck at a plot point, grocery shopping, laundry, and just general laziness. [...]
Kids are tricky when it comes to figuring out what they will eat and what they won’t eat. One reason so many of us call our children picky or finicky eaters. How many of you have a picky eater?
Tonight I decided to introduce my children to a new meal, I’ve [...]
Kids are tricky when it comes to figuring out what they will eat and what they won’t eat. One reason so many of us call our children picky or finicky eaters. How many of you have a picky eater?
Tonight I decided to introduce my children to a new meal, I’ve [...]
This teachable moment brought to you by local social media big-shot here in Nashville, Rex Hammock, who seemingly is tired of people finding fault with a new Twitter function unless they can actually alter that Twitter function with their bare hands:

(via Kleinheider) - And Gaylord will even whip up you vegans a nice salad while Palin explain’s her philosophy on being a carnivore.
Tea Party Nation is pleased to announce the First National Tea Party Convention. The convention is aimed at bringing the Tea Party Movement [...]
I can’t link directly to it, because of the Tennessean’s god-awful web design, but on this article about the fairgrounds hubub, commenter Jablonski suggests:
Proposal: State Fairgrounds should be converted to a park for the under-parked Neighborhoods of South Nashville. Revenues to compensate for NOT putting the property on tax [...]

The weather may be quite a bit cooler than it was a month or so ago, but it is warm in our North Fourth office. Why? Because CentreSource was named as one of the “Hot 100″ by BusinessTN magazine. You can check out the [...]
Ride Like The Wind by Christopher Cross
[...]When my mom died and my sister and I divvied up her belongings that my father did not need, I ended up with the coveted “The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.” It was profoundly sentimental to me because it was the duct-taped book that my parents had used [...]
When my mom died and my sister and I divvied up her belongings that my father did not need, I ended up with the coveted “The New Fannie Farmer Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.” It was profoundly sentimental to me because it was the duct-taped book that my parents had used [...]
Today is the fiftieth anniversary of the airing of the first Rocky & Friends Show. Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose were formative in their day, precursors of the Simpsons, South Park, and other cartoons. It initially also had a puppet sequence and in one show Bullwinkle the [...]
Mud puddles are irresistible for kids, even kids with four legs.
Check out this video of an elk calf frolicking in a mud puddle.
Lots of splashes and kicks, but sadly no Chuck Norris roundhouse kicks. [...] 
Veterans Day is a time for us to reflect on the service and sacrifice of the men and women in our armed forces. That is why we were we were deeply honored to work with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) to [...]
A couple of folks have asked for this article that I read on the radio awhile back so I’m just going to post it for anyone else who might be interested. It regards potential increases in unemployment as well as unemployment comparisons.
Here are a couple of highlights from the article [...]

Our state also ranks as the seventh most unhealthy state in the nation in the latest report by nonprofit United Health Foundation. You can see the results here.
Eight of the 10 bottom-ranked states are from the south, with Mississippi coming in dead last for the ninth [...]
I’m about six months out from embarking on a 3100 mile cycling trip across the southern USA, so I figure it would probably be a good idea to actually begin working out, getting in shape, and say, maybe buy a bike.
In August, I had my heart condition corrected [...]
i am constantly frustrated with church folks who extol their social media use for their churches. one such statement is the proverbial "our church is on twitter." i am not sure what that means? how is a church on twitter? church, can be there [...]
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The Memphis Commercial Appeal has a tongue in cheek article about the latest misinformation from the Obama Administration regarding jobs created or saved by the stimulus package.
The article quotes Congressman Marsha Blackburn as saying "Not only can we track how many jobs were created in" [...]
Washington Post: Reid 'optimistic' about getting 60 votes on health bill
By IAN TALLEY
Senate Democratic leaders said Tuesday they would put off debate on a big climate-change bill until spring, in a sign of weakening political will to tackle a long-term environmental issue at a time of high unemployment and [...]
And I thought the cover of the latest Newsweek signaled a new low in what passes for American journalism. Hah. Inside the once reputable news magazine, readers are treated to the Sarah Palin-As-A-Slutty-Schoolgirl Doll! (p. 33, illustrating Christopher Hitchens’s article.) [via Media Matters] [...] I’m just sharing a video clip from one of my favorite movies, She’s Having A Baby. Nothing political. I guess I’m just thinking about my family a lot as my oldest prepares for college. I love my husband and my children and my extended family. I’m especially thankful for the [...]
Someone has invented bomb-proof wallpaper. It is stronger than the wall it papers. Testing showed one thickness of the wallpaper was enough to prevent a wrecking ball from destroying a concrete and a brick wall. It’s a Kevlar-type material, in between sheets of elastic polymer wrap, which provides flexibility and [...]
73Wire had this video up last Wednesday, the 11th. It would be hilarious if what she was bloviating about wasn’t so serious.
The Speaker of the House actually says it is UNFAIR for people not to have health insurance and pass on costs of POSSIBLE illnesses to the rest of [...]


Today is my monthly contribution over at inCourage. Below is a sneak peek. You have to visit over there to read the full article. Enjoy!
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It had been a really long day.
6 am came too soon, and as [...]
New Orleans media is reporting that in the wake of his vote with the Democrats to pass House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Health Care Bill, Congressman Anh “Joseph” Cao (pronouced “Gow”) is experiencing some backlash back home.
WGNO, ABC 26 News is reporting there have been two fundraisers canceled in the [...]
South Carolina GOP Senator Jim DeMint has just announced his introduction of a Constitutional Amendment limiting the amount of time a US Senator or Congressman can serve. He calls it “Term Limits for All” and proposes that Senators be limited to 2 terms and Congressmen to 3 terms.
The [...]
Sometimes I wonder what I’m going to be like as an old woman.
When I was eighteen, I wondered what I would be like when I was thirty and my imagination then and the current reality are very far apart from each other.
I think I would like to be the [...]
Brooklyn's Urban Beekeepers: Breaking The Law For The Planet (Part I) from SkeeterNYC on Vimeo.

