Chattanooga Declaration asks breakup of U.S. to end totalitarianism, ease bankruptcy
The Farm Stand at Chattanooga’s Crabtree Farms draws members of the public who want fresh locally grown fare. The ideas of local economy and local food have implications for the size of nations. (Photo Crabtree Farms.) By David Tulis If the concept of local economy appears quaint and inward looking, consider its “foreign policy” implications. […]
Beyond fighting Common Core, critic proposes schools exodus
Karen Bracken By David Tulis A Common Core critic in the Chattanooga area appears to have made an important conceptual break with the public school system, organizing a group that views an exodus as vital as her effort to rid the state of Common Core. Karen Bracken holds elected office as commissioner in Polk County, […]
Crony capitalism in Chattanooga; Sharp explores incestuous corporate dealings
Commercial government is a mix of private/corporate interests on one side and civil authority on the other. Helen Burns Sharp teases out the conflicts of interest and the lack of public accountability in “jobs creating” “economic development” in Chattanooga. 90 minutes. Tweet Pin It
Oath to uphold marriage is personal; Knowles didn’t swear it for anybody else
Bill Knowles, county clerk, standing by his wife, Marlene, is Hamilton County’s longest-serving official. (Photo Chattanoogan.com) By David Tulis The appeal Christians must make to lesser magistrates in times of growing tyranny should include the power of the oath of office. Oathtaking today is much watered down, and “affirmations” are accepted. An affirmation is hardly […]
City bestows F$26 million on deserving companies in twinge for local economy
Helen Burns Sharp enriched my knowledge of commercial government by giving me Greg LeRoy’s The Great American Jobs Scam (2005). Commercial government puts citizens in the unenviable position of having elected officials and their appointees and friends manage economic growth apart from the free market that rightly belongs to the people themselves. The citizenry is […]
Clerk facing gay mudslide can act in good faith, say ‘sorry, boys’
Farce and fun mark a Boston gay procession while good faith marks a quiet parade of county clerks in the South who say, “Ain’t marryin’ you guys.” (Photo Massresistance.org) But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. […]
U.S. lacks authority to redefine ‘fundamental right’ of marriage
By David Tulis The federal supreme court is expected to rule in June on the claims by gay activists that state jurisdiction over marriage is a constitutional wrong that deprives them of a fundamental right. The gay argument is for unitary government that overrules the will of the people in each respective state that upholds […]
Modest Obama omits mention of heroic weather modification effort
Jets race over Chattanooga Jan. 20, 2015, in an unheralded program to murk up the sky to “protect the one planet we’ve got,” as President Obama states it later that day. (Photo David Tulis)Stripes like these Tuesday near Dandridge, Tenn., are not left by coincidence or happenstance. This agonized sky is part of a federal […]
Freedom assailed in U.S. twilight, but liberty movement grows, II
(Photo Leon County, Fla., sheriff’s department) By Ron Paul The economic and moral decay of American society is reflected in the loss of liberties. This problem affects all Americans and not just the poor in the inner city. Gradual erosion of personal and economic liberty has proceeded for a century. The loss of our liberty […]
Grim police state, urban societal breakdown ahead as U.S. runs down
Police officer shoulder their rifles in a dramatic pose illustrating the rise of the warrior cop and the decline of entrepreneurial liberty. (Photo WRCB TV12) By Ron Paul If Americans were honest with themselves they would acknowledge that the Republic is no more. We now live in a police state. If we do not recognize […]