Do you think it’s coincidence that on WATE Channel 6’s Sunday News program Tennessee This Week that they interview guests on the topic of green energy JUST LIKE WBIR did?! Do you think its coincidence that Cortney Piper is a panelist on WATE and used her position to push [...]
Wow. I just wrote a piece yesterday calling out WBIR for not requiring the so-called Republican voice Susan Richardson Williams to disclose all of her paid consulting and conflicts on their Sunday program Inside Tennessee. Lo and behold my phone just rang…”turn on WBIR, you’re not going to believe [...]
As former Tennessee GOP State Party Chairman Susan Richardson Williams continues to lobby for the anti-middle-class cap and trade scam in the name of the global hoax known as global warming (modified to “climate change” in order to avoid current cooling trends), snow continues to fall on the [...]
Like I said, Corker’s not working for our great middle class. He’s on the wrong team. Great find from Memphis Daily:
Former George W. Bush Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson gives Tennessee’s junior senator, Bob Corker, a few brief but positive mentions in the secretary’s memoir “On the Brink” published [...]
Asked if he is for sure that Senator Barack Obama is a citizen, Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey responds that he doesn’t know for sure. Now that’s an honest answer that I can appreciate. We really don’t know for sure, do we?
When is the lapdog media going [...]
Here are several great examples of what’s wrong with government running the show. Not only was our tax money stolen or misused in these cases, but then our tax dollars finance the investigation, the prosecution, etc.
First, from a mecca of corruption, the state of Illinois:
AZTECA SUPPLY, ITS OWNER AND [...]
I can’t begin to imagine the firestorm if this were not NBC. What do you think?
…NBC’s cafeteria at 30 Rock in New York offered fried chicken “in honor of Black History Month.”
From Newsbuster’s Tim Graham:
[...]When I think about the top ten people I’d love to get to personally meet and converse with, Justice Thomas ranks at the top. Here he is on the big campaign finance dust up, from the New York Times, Feb 4, 2010:
He added that the history of Congressional regulation [...]
Interesting polling from Scott Rasmussen:
Eighty-three percent (83%) of Americans say the size of the federal budget deficit is due more to the unwillingness of politicians to cut government spending than to the reluctance of taxpayers to pay more in taxes.
Ninety-four percent (94%) of Republicans and 91% of voters not [...]
These are pretty funny if you want to take a gander over at Forbes.
Warning: This costume does not enable flight or super strength.
[...]Congressman Marsha Blackburn on the spend-a-thon that is Nancy Pelosi’s Congress:
WASHINGON- After voting to raise the federal debt limit to a staggering $14,294,000,000,000 by a single vote, House Democrats imposed a sham “PayGo” rule that would make it easier to raise taxes on average Americans. “PayGo” rules require every new [...]
Hot from the presser. I’m loving it.
Republican leadership announces opposition to cable tax
(Nashville) – Republican Senate and House leaders today declared opposition to an increase of the cable TV tax included in the proposed 2010-2011 fiscal year budget. Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey, Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris and Caucus Chairman [...]
From Forbes:
Where Not To Die In 2010
Ashlea Ebeling, 02.03.10, 02:54 PM EST
While the federal estate tax has temporarily lapsed for 2010, 19 states still take a bite out of their residents’ estates.
Although Congress has let the federal estate tax lapse for 2010, your estate might still be subject [...]
Lou Ann Zelenik was the first lady to step out and challenge long time incumbent Bart Gordon before he announced he wanted to spend more time with the family (uh-huh).
Lou Ann put up a great video on her facebook page that I know you’ll appreciate. Check out the video [...]
Washington, DC — February 2, 2010
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that according to a court order issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia January 25, 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must provide to Judicial [...]
This looks good, from the NYDailyNews:
Tomorrow night, he’s due to square off against Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock – a political death match entitled, “Left, Right, and Forward: On the Future of America.”
“As prominent leaders representing both sides of [...]
I ask you, gentle reader, is this not an insult to the uncertainty that you and your fellow Tennesseans face? This is the junk your representative is actually wasting one second of time debating? How much does it cost to sponsor and vote on such a resolution? I think Rep. [...]
NASHVILLE — Some Tennessee lawmakers say they’re concerned about how their constituents will react to a state revenue proposal that includes taxing cable TV and hiking driver’s license fees for the first time in more than 20 years.
The measure is expected to generate more than $70 [...]
While no accusations have been made, First Tennessee is one of 15 banks nationwide being probed because of high default rates:
A Tennessee bank is among 15 mortgage lenders being probed by the federal government.
This is over the default rates on FHA backed mortgages originated since 2007.
The U.S. Department of [...]
Wayne Jett has published great new piece. It’s sobering. For starters:
Total bank reserves were $44.6 billion at the end of August, 2008, and then leapt to $821 billion at YE 2008. From there, total reserves leapt again to $1.13 trillion at YE 2009. Meanwhile, required bank reserves rose [...]
From Rasmussen:
Former state House Speaker Marco Rubio has now jumped to a 12-point lead over Governor Charlie Crist in Florida’s Republican Primary race for the U.S. Senate.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely GOP Primary voters in the state finds Rubio leading Crist 49% to 37%.
American Energy: Thanks to our politicians, it’s like a hamster on a wheel.
Click on the images below to get a better look. I was looking through some of my Dad’s old newspapers and found a bunch of neat stuff. I’ll share over time if you’re interested. [...]
Thanks for the heads up from reader Tom on this must read from Noel Sheppard at NewsBusters.org:
A rather disturbing document surfaced on the Internet Saturday with grave implications concerning how the Obama administration is recruiting interns from public schools to assist in advancing the President’s agenda along with his [...]
Global Warming storm caused anonymous driver to hit my mailbox. Al Gore was right. We’re all going to feel the effects.
[...]Judicial Watch has done some amazing leg work on behalf of the American taxpayer:
Washington, DC — January 28, 2010
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of [...]
You’re working your rear end off and then you see articles like this. Do you feel like a pawn in a bigger game?
From Bloomberg:
Jan. 29 (Bloomberg) — Russia urged China to dump its Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds in 2008 in a bid to force a bailout of [...]
Posting this just because I want to…
Fight your fights, find a grace,
And all the things that you can change,
And help somebody if you can.
And get right with the Man.
[...]From our friends at the Alliance Defense Fund:
Middle Tenn. St. Univ. drops discriminatory fees
for student pro-life group after ADF letter
Pro-Life Collegians no longer required to pay security fees not charged to other groups
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — After receiving a letter from Alliance Defense Fund attorneys, Middle Tennessee State University [...]
Friend Wayne Jett has a new piece out at his site Classical Capital:
FEDERAL ECONOMIC TRAIN WRECK
Nearing IMF’s Grasp; Loving a VAT
By Wayne Jett © January 24, 2010
The Train Wreck Conference on the federal fiscal crisis is now online. Viewing the slides, if not listening to oral remarks, of [...]
Ben Cunningham is on top of the votes in D.C. His latest:
Corker and Alexander vote to outsource hard decisions
Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander voted in favor of an Obama administration favored commission that would do the dirty work of proposing higher taxes to “solve” the budget deficit. [...]
Hat tip to Eric: The Goldwater Institute has the word on a new study from the Department of Health and Human Services:
The Department of Health and Human Services has been sitting on an evaluation of the Head Start government run pre-school program. Well, the study was released.
As the leaks [...]
Just to look back, this little interview from WBEZ-FM from 2001 will help you understand the legislative efforts you are up against:
[...]I hope Senator Corker is watching. He has bragged about his relationship with former Treasury Secretary Paulson and current Secretary Geithner. In my opinion, Corker’s judgment is in question.
Check out the latest on Geithner and AIG from Liz Moyer at Forbes:
E-mails among Federal Reserve Bank of New York staffers [...]
In an op-ed for the New York Times, here’s Jr. telling folks he hears them. If you’re going to win as a Democrat, I think this is a winning strategy. Let’s see if he continues to attract attention with it. And let’s see how some of the uber-libs respond. [...]
Andrew Breitbart’s website Big Government has a post that scares me and should scare a lot of others. Any so called politician worth his salt ought to be talking about jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs and then jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs. And more jobs.
Or more to the point: the economy!
The [...]
Via, Jim Hoft at Gateway Pundit: Obama uses teleprompter for 6th graders. Hmmm.
Would this be something I’d normally talk about? No, not really. But given that the Presidents and veeps that I’ve liked have been labeled by media and ivory tower intellectuals as the [...]
Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey is backing the lawsuit in Montana regarding the legislation known as the Montana Firearm Freedom Act. Tennessee passed similar legislation without the Governor’s signature.
From Humphrey:
The law asserts that if a firearm or ammunition is made totally within the state of Tennessee, and stamped “Made [...]
The folks at Judicial Watch have filed suit for documents pertaining to the use of your tax dollars in keeping more folks in the business of making money by taking money from…YOU!
From Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it [...]
Six Senators signed a letter asking what in the heck is going on with unlimited financial assistance for Fannie and Freddie. Here’s the six giving the push (you can usually always count on my man DeMint):
The senators urged Sen. Dodd to call for a review of this alarming decision to [...]
It was a bad day for Congressman Zach Wamp, big time supporter of McCain-Feingold and camera-seeker for campaign finance reform. The court ruled for the First Amendment. Sorry, Zach.
From Big Journalism:
WASHINGTON — Sweeping aside a century-old understanding and overruling two important precedents, a bitterly [...]
Via Pat Dollard, check out Bubba’s response to the 1994 taxpayer revolt over health care. Contrast with President Obama:
[...]This story is from the 17th of January, but I didn’t want you to miss it and I do want you to share this story with every friend and family member that you can. Bill Theobald put together a very nice Tennessee roundup.
Here’s my problem with Lamar!, top [...]
In this 1981 address to a joint session of Congress, Ronald Reagan talks of economic recovery. He starts off by saying how he’s going to explain why it’s so important to get government spending under control. He says things like, “our government is too big and it spends too much,” [...]
Many of our former radio listeners remember one of our charter listeners and callers, a wonderful man named Ken Wilson. Our radio show blessed us with many new friendships and Ken is one of those standouts.
Ken has a heart of gold and he always lets it [...]
Gaffes that politicians hate to make. This is too funny:
Curt Schilling responds at his blog:
I’VE BEEN CALLED A LOT OF THINGS…
But never, and I mean never, could anyone ever make the mistake of calling me a Yankee fan. Well, check that, [...]
So Lane Kiffin is THE BIG story in Knoxville right now and continues to be talked about.
The stakes are high, especially for the Haslam family who are viewed as calling the shots in UT football. Mega-donor and former tackle and team captain Jim Haslam is not only a friend and [...]
Ms. Sanchez over at the Tennessean has put together a great piece regarding a new report on bacterial infections in Tennessee hospitals. From Sanchez:
Bacterial blood infections in Tennessee hospitals’ most ill patients were 20 percent higher in 2008 than the national average. It is the first-ever report since Tennessee’s [...]
Wow. Lane Kiffin leaving is one thing. But this youtube of the pre-presser drama is a must watch.
WBIR News Director Bill Shory is told by Associate Athletic Director Bud Ford: You’re in Our Building (click to listen)
Watch the entire saga. It does not reflect well [...]
Pat Dollard has one of the funniest pictures I’ve seen in awhile. I don’t know if it’s a Dollard original or if it’s been around the web and I’ve yet to see it. But I simply have to share:
By James Delingpole in The Telegraph:
For those [...]
I’m not lobbying here for Scott Brown or for that little pachyderm symbol, what I am saying is that if you really want to stop this health care fiasco, do what you can do to help this guy WIN.
The reality is, most Democrats are still going to stand together in [...]
Wow. When I read about spending like this, my blood starts boiling. These nitwits, no, these thugs, block American nuclear expansion and hold up drilling and then spend our money on stuff like this—and newsflash: We’re broke!! And to think, my fellow Tennessean Al Gore is the father of such [...]
The complaint alleges that these companies paid millions of dollars in kickbacks to Omnicare Inc., the nation’s largest pharmacy that specializes in dispensing drugs to nursing home patients. In November 2009, the United States, numerous states, and Omnicare entered into a $98 million settlement agreement that, among [...]
If there is one single photo that would best summarize where we are headed, the motivation behind Congress, their legislation, their rulings, their Treasury actions, their security decisions, you name it, this is the editorial cartoon that is a dead-ringer for the truth:
I heard about this great piece today on El Rushbo. It’s golden.
From Randall Hoven at American Thinker, enjoy:
Voting Democrat is associated with over 150,000 cancer deaths every year, according to the Hoven Institute for Studies Just as Valid as Studies Cited by Democrats.
and:
The Hoven study concluded [...]
Readers of this site note that I’ve given praise to Harold Ford Jr. many times for his more centrist views. In fact, the day before Thanksgiving he c0-authored an outstanding piece on education for the pages for the Wall Street Journal that truly impressed me.
He [...]
Pressure continues to build and more information is sought on Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s role in the AIG bailout.
I’ll pause to note that if you read these pages or listened to our radio program, you knew about this back in March of 2009. I wrote about here and [...]
We are civilized, not Gothic or Rococo, people; we have to reckon with the hard cold facts of a late life, to which the parallel is to be found not in Pericles’ Athens but in Caesar’s Rome.
——–pg 31 The Decline of the West, Oswald Spengler 1922
“And there was a [...]
“He [Napoleon] told a friend of Madame de Stael: ‘Something new must be done every three months, to captivate the imagination of the French nation–with them, whoever stands still is ruined.’ Thus, according to Wellington (who swore that the story was true), he sought to distract attention from his catastrophe [...]
Here’s a funny letter from my friend Tony. It’s too good not to share.
I just had to share with you how I’m planning to get ahead of this ObamaCare boondoggle. I just hope someone hasn’t already beat me to it!!!
See – I already work for Corrections and as you well [...]
Sources tell me that health advice to Governor Bredesen isn’t alarmist in nature, in fact, the word is that there is so much to be worked out, so many deals to be made, much bickering to happen and much time before anything goes into effect that advisors aren’t in red-alert [...]
Thank you to Ron Ramsey for pushing harder on the Nebraska-Nelson-Bribe. When Senator Alexander recognizes the raw deal that was the Nebraska kickback, then heck, you know we’ve really got a problem!
Can AG Cooper come up with anything? Any legal strategy? I honestly don’t know. How hard does he [...]
Back in September of 2009, I received a copy of this letter from the Egli family. I have posted it here with their permission.
Full picture/pdf is at the link below:
So what do you think? Is this a system that is working? These [...]
Judicial Watch announces their list of most wanted corrupt politicians for 2009:
Click over for the entire list.
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington’s “Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians” for 2009
Contact Information:
Press Office 202-646-5172, ext 305
Washington, DC
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released [...]
Via Breitbart, here’s some good, good stuff from Naked Emperor News. I dreamed about Andrew Breitbart last night for some reason. No, nothing weird or kinky. He was just in the dream and I honestly can’t remember the scenario now. When you first wake up, you swear you won’t forget [...]
By Emmanuel Goldstein
We have all read the numerous articles that make the jump from “Senior Lecturer” on Constitutional Law to Constitutional Law Professor when describing Barrack Hussein Obama. But what has he shown us about his knowledge of the law lately?
The President has gone so far as to pre-judge Khalid [...]
By Emmanuel Goldstein
Here are a few quotes from the President related to this Health Insurance fiasco. How many are, in fact, true now? It looks like business as usual in Washington D. C. with increased spending but with the added twist of losing our freedoms. Ahem, Hope and Change?
“I’m going to have [...]
I can’t say enough how much I appreciate bold men like Senator Tom Coburn. He’s the real deal. And Senator, I’ve been praying this very thing.
Note: Did you see Durbin all offended? They are working on legislation to LOCK US UP and FINE us [...]
Last week on December 15, I travelled to Maryville to share the company of a wonderful group of folks. Ben Cunningham and I were both invited to speak at an event celebrating the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Ben did a fantastic job, in fact, I called him Reverend [...]
Last week on December 15, I travelled to Maryville to share the company of a wonderful group of folks. Ben Cunningham and I were both invited to speak at an event celebrating the adoption of the Bill of Rights. Ben did a fantastic job, in fact, I called him Reverend [...]
Listen to President Obama blast insurance mandates. That was then…
[...]Though some may accuse me of hammering all the time, I’m fully capable of giving credit where credit is due. On these pages and repeatedly on the radio, I’ve thanked Governor Bredesen for delivering an honest, non-partisan assessment of the current health care legislation and what it will cost the [...]
By Emmanuel Goldstein
What we are seeing unfold before our eyes is the DEATH of our representative form of government or for the more formal in the crowd; ourRepublic. While I don’t mean to be insulting, I do not want to leave out those that suffer from the affliction of public [...]
Thank you to all the outstanding listeners and guests of Let’s Talk Frank. For nearly three years, we had a great time. Listeners in the Knoxville media market had been living off milk for far too long and our goal was to give listeners meat. Our goal was to encourage [...]
I love Senator DeMint’s passion. He’s right on.
Senator Jim DeMint: “I need some new Republicans, people who believe in constitutional government, a balanced budget and liberty and so I’m out across the country recruiting new republicans who I think if they get here will not only challenge the institutions of [...]
I love Senator DeMint’s passion. He’s right on.
Senator Jim DeMint: “I need some new Republicans, people who believe in constitutional government, a balanced budget and liberty and so I’m out across the country recruiting new republicans who I think if they get here will not only challenge the institutions of [...]
This story tells one that I’m hearing over and over. The state concerns are the national concerns. From the Wall Street Journal:
That’s the warning from the unlikely quarter of Tuesday’s special state senate election in Kentucky that became a referendum on the Democratic agenda in Washington, especially health care. [...]
Here’s a great piece from Michael Tanner over at CATO.org. It’s all you need to know about the “compromise.” Click here:
FEHBP Plan Is No ‘Moderate Compromise’
Posted by Michael D. Tanner
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has announced that he has reached a super secret compromise on [...]
Here’s a link to a great article from David Malpass over at Forbes. Click over and read it all.
The answer lies in small businesses that take advantage of freedom, a sound currency and low tax rates. Anytime those three things are available, they hire like crazy.
We also know how [...]
UPDATE II 4:45 EDT From ADF: AFTER ADF FILED ITS LAWSUIT, DOCTORS WITH THE EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHANGED THEIR OPPOSITION TO ONGOING CARE FOR BABY GABRIEL, AND THE ETHICS PANEL FORMALLY AGREED NOT TO WITHDRAW HIS CARE. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE HOSPITAL AND BABY GABRIEL’S MOTHER HAS NOT YET [...]
By Emmanuel Goldstein
Criminal and congressional investigations go on to document the evidence for the upcoming criminal case against a Ft. Hood Muslim terrorist and to (hopefully) correct what allowed this to happen. This November 5 incident was a tragedy. This tragedy could have and should have been avoided if PC [...]
This is an older article on the size of the House health care legislation that I shared on the radio, but it’s worth sharing with readers too. From the Wall Street Journal:
By JANET ADAMY
The 1,990-page health-care bill in the House is one of the weightiest pieces of legislation [...]
Just to reiterate from post below, we’re alerted to this information from Roll Call: (via Red State)
A new study of Senate voting patterns shows the chamber has approved more than 97 percent of all bills subject to a cloture motion to begin debate — a finding that could undercut [...]
We keep hearing about statesmanship and nobility in our United States Senate. But how statesmanlike is it to vote on a Saturday when we the people can’t contact their offices?
Are you sick and tired of the games? The deceit? I understand that Senator Tom Coburn might be retreating on his [...]
A fantastic letter from a listener:
Lee and Terry,
The issue is judicial nominees; the subject is David Hamilton. My concern: Senator Alexander’s rigidly philosophical vote. For what it is worth, it is my opinion that there are times—the fewer the better—when philosophical stance should be trumped by circumstance.
It should be well known by [...]
Knox Biz has interesting public info that has emerged out of the Recovery Act. Head over and read it all:
Based on a preliminary review of information contained on Recovery.gov, it appears that Joe Nemec — the president of Bechtel Jacobs Co., DOE’s cleanup manager — leads the pack. Nemec’s [...]
By Emmanuel Goldstein
How? Why? Is there any reason that President Obama doesn’t want a Congressional Investigation into Major Hasan? Maybe someone dropped a word in his ear?
According to Time Magazine, some of those that knew Hasah said, “political correctness led their superiors to ignore the warning signs witnessed by students [...]
From American Spectator, pretty interesting stuff:
NY23 UPDATE: Virus Found in Vote-Machine Software
By Robert Stacy McCain on 11.19.09 @ 3:50PM
After the earlier post about Conservative congressional candidate Doug Hoffman’s accusations of “mischief” in the special-election vote count, a source in New York called my attention to a breaking story [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
How many analysts, economists, academics, and CEO’s have to deliver the same message before things change?
Check out this audio of Gerald Celente (hat tip to Karl at Market Ticker).
Related: the top 15 Congressional recipients of Wall Street Campaign Cash and a look back at Rahm Emmanuel [...]
Is this Tennessee or Maine?
In the age of the Obama administration and Pelosi/Reid’s super-sizing of government spending and control, Senator Alexander can no longer hide behind the down-home, good ole’ country boy plaid. The curtain has been pulled back. Sen. Alexander is not likely to run again, it seems obvious. [...]
The “thou need not bow” rule is a more than 200 years old from the State Department. Presidents don’t bow to Kings and royalty. At least they didn’t if they were truly representing the American people. The freedom secured by our U.S. Constitution says we don’t bow to our leaders.
Apparently, [...]
Under the health care bill being considered in the Senate Finance Committee, Americans who fail to pay a penalty for not buying insurance could be charged up to $25,000 by the Internal Revenue Service or face up to a year in jail, according to congressional analysts.
Excerpts from a letter from [...]
This scene pretty much sums up the government’s attitude regarding Major Hasan and the ignored pre-attack red flags. Unlike this scene where Harry (Jeff Daniels) lives, the 13 dead at Fort Hood weren’t so lucky. But hey, it was a risk the government was willing to take, right? American lives, [...]
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