Category: Local economy

‘Let every man be armed’ a concept that boosts local economy, autonomy

Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga is a gun-free zone, and so it had a terrorism practice Wednesday in which the only defense for participants was flight, locked doors and barricades. (Photo wdeftv.com) Tommy Wiggonton of Memorial Hospital says had a drill Wednesday been a real “active shooter” event, 30 people would have been killed. The day […]

Having yielded marriage to U.S., well-rested Haslam ‘defies’ feds on immigrants

These are Syrian children who are refugees from U.S.-caused disturbance in their home country. (Photo World Vision) Gov. Bill Haslam acts to defy federal policy on importing Muslims to the U.S. (Photo governor’s office) Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and other Republicans are making a show of defying a federal plan to resettle Mideast refugees in […]

Worried about terror risk this holiday? Shop at small businesses

St. John’s is a little restaurant downtown Chattanooga owned by Josh Carter. Local economy eateries and shops are less likely to draw the interest of a national brand-conscious terrorist. (Photo St. John’s Restaurant) By Duke Cumbelich There are so many reasons to shop at your local small businesses. You are helping your fellow neighbors by supporting […]

Free market, biblical arguments favor arrival of refugees

Refugee children and their parents seek to enter Tennessee and other of the 50 U.S. states to live and prosper. (Photo Peacechild.org) Hannah Fletcher-Paige and hundreds of others demonstrated in Nashville on Monday, urging acceptance of refugees from the Mideast. (Photo Facebook) By Joel McDurmon There simply is no biblical reason to refuse legitimate refugees. […]

Party faithful to constitutional government, ideals of self-determination

Jerry Pangle, a farmer in Humphreys County, Tenn., is active in the Tennessee Constitution Party. Below are some of his rows of vegetables. (Photos Pat Pangle) By David Tulis It’s easy to think that constitutional government doesn’t stand a chance in politics because of elections in which Republican or Democrat always wins. These parties are […]

We need a social economy, not a hyper-financialized plantation economy

A perspective on building local economies in a digital world. By Charles Hugh Smith November 12, 2015 — The key to broadly distributing capital and reversing inequality is to nurture the source of social capital: the community economy. We all know what a hyper-financialized economy looks like — we live in one: central banks create […]

Tasch argues for slow money, local economy in Chattanooga

People who “trade” in local economy gather around tables at the Ooltewah nursery near Chattanooga. (Photo Ooltewahnursery.com) By David Tulis In October 2014 an erroneous order to transact shares totaling F$617 billion — greater than the size of Sweden’s economy — were piped into the Japan stock exchange. The requests for 67.78 trillion yen were […]

Chief Fletcher stirs against prison industrial complex

Fred Fletcher, Chattanooga police chief, joins with other top cops and prosecutors ind opposing penal industrial system and its statutory feeder mechanism, of which he is a vital part. (Photo Chattanooga Police Department on Twitter) By David Tulis Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher has joined a group of prosecutors and police bosses to urge an […]

Simulator teaches ‘necessity’ of police violence as Fletcher argues against gulag

Nancy Mason, surrounded by seven sheriff’s deputies, was tased during booking at Hamilton County, Tenn., jail. (Photo wrcbtv.com) TV9’s Latricia Thomas prepares for police simulator training to make clear how dangerous is the trade of cop. (Photo Newschannel9.com) To this day if I see a policeman, do you know what it does to me? I […]