Paper ignores free market revival plan, keeps journalists in diapers
My days as a newspaper copy editor are over, but I refer to my fingertips, still, as ink stained. Libertarian powerhouse editorialist Drew Johnson was fired on accusations that a widely noted editorial bore an inappropriate headline that was changed outside of newsroom regulations. The Chattanooga Times Free Press head was, “Take this jobs plan […]
Feds give 15 years to man over 7 gun shells; local economy liberty in city
Video streaming by UstreamDavid talks about the Edward Young story in the Sunday Chattanooga Times Free Press — the tale of a man sentenced to 15 years for accidentally having custody of seven shotgun shells. He also talks with a manager and family member of Blind Lady of Chattanooga. Tweet Pin It
Attorneys advise on checkpoints as Tenn. activists fire up dashcams
By David Tulis Freedom-minded Tennesseans in Rutherford County are raising funds to put dashcams in more vehicles so that “bad apples” among police and sheriff’s departments can be recorded violating the rights of citizens at traffic stops. Meanwhile, a noted Nashville attorney says that the law recognizes a difference between a traffic stop and a […]
Governments keep 2 sets of books; expert says wealth at F$110 trillion
Walter Burien explains how composite or commercial government keeps two sets of books, the budget and the comprehensive annual financial report, or CAFR. This two-hour talk’s first 10 minutes will open this remarkable subject. Mr. Burien is my guest by phone on Nooganomics.com on Independence Day. By David Tulis A little known public report is […]
Christianity, globally and locally, is taking God’s kingdom ‘by force’
This representation of Naaman the leper depicts a man brought closer (if not into) the people of God by a healing from leprosy in the Old Testament. (Image http://shipwrecksoul.blogspot.com) And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. — The Lord Jesus, Matthew […]
Localism undoes ‘E pluribus unum,’ giving federal eagle gentle heave-ho
The imperial eagle’s scroll says “E pluribus unum,” or “From many, one.” By David Tulis On the back of the F$1 bill is an engraving of an eagle, a busy bird. On one claw is a clutch of arrows, representing war. In the other, olive branches (for military stasis). In his beak is a ribbon […]
Paranoia industry makes us forget how unimportant we really are
George Washington and other founders were members of the masonic lodge. U.S. history often is not the sequence of events we learned about in school. Still, conspiracies are not sovereign over the affairs of men, and we should learn to relax in spite of ’em. (Image mountvernon.org) Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine […]
Uncle faces demand: Did you raid Gibson because owner conservative?
Henry Juszkiewicz speaks at a rally of supporters after Uncle Sam hit his Nashville guitar company with a military-grade raid in 2011. (Photo Chris Butler) From Chris Butler | Tennessee Watchdog Henry Juszkiewicz and Christian Martin run competing guitar-manufacturing companies, but their politics have nothing in common. Juszkiewicz, CEO of the Nashville-based Gibson Guitar, is […]
Exposing your skull to wireless phone’s radiation an iffy activity
Sans wireless phone, your breakfast in the sunlight will be spared interruption, and your Cheerios won’t have a chance to get soggy. (Photo Abigail Tulis) (Mild-mannered editor’s note: Now that have switched from being a newspaperman to a radio person, I have become more self-conscious about the dangers of electromagnetic energy. My backer and ally […]
Genetic apocalypse? Monsanto ‘data’ pollutes wheat; a farmwife wonders
The protest May 22 of about 250 Chattanooga area people against the agricultural giant Monsanto came exactly a week before the U.S. department of agriculture announced what observers say is a potential agricultural and economic disaster involving the company. The USDA is launching an investigation after receiving notice from Oregon State University that gene-altered wheat […]