Soddy-Daisy chief: Cameralike arrays red-light triggers
Devices perched over a major intersection are traffic sensors and not cameras, the chief of police says. By David Tulis Two arrays of devices that look like cameras in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn., are not cameras and not used for surveillance, says the town’s police chief, Phil Hamrick. In two messages via Facebook about quad arrays of […]
Listen in as Mrs. Beecher uses ‘local economy’ to sell to small shops
Local economy ideas help in sales pitches. By David Tulis Local economy is a winning idea that helps local businesses sell themselves to members of the shopping public. I am developing this idea of local economy with your help, and I appreciate your seeing the brightness in the connection between a Christian worldview and free […]
Neutron bomb theory of law puts Haslam, Knowles in confrontation with oaths
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam By David Tulis Some Christians refuse to take oaths. They prefer to “affirm” a matter in their own name, that they will testify truthfully or obey a constitution on taking office. It is an error to refuse to invoke God’s name as witness in a trial or in taking up as […]
No detoxifying chelation therapy for Colby; sky plumes nonstory
Bob Colby, director of the Chattanooga/Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, says sky stripes are not part of a program for sunlight reduction, but mere harmless water vapor. This line is the official one. Consistent with it, he takes no personal protection such as oral chelation, he says, or supplements to draw from the body […]
Ruling frees cops to be more secretive, alienated from the people
An appeals court ruling in June lets Chattanooga police chief Fred Fletcher have the liberty of shrouding records in “ongoing” cases — secrecy, in other words. (Photo WRCB TV) By Deborah Fisher The Court of Appeals in Nashville has kicked the can farther down the wrong road when it expanded police powers so police agencies […]
Governor pretends resistance to gay tide, quickly calls it quits in Wisconsin
Gov. Bill Haslam meets with state regulators in August 2013. (Photo Tn.gov/governor) For us, it’s over in Wisconsin. The federal courts have ruled that this decision by this court of appeals *** is the law of the land and we will be upholding it.” — Gov. Scott Walker [I have been considering our situation in […]
Local economy & its enemies: Absolutism of administrative law
Dr. Philip Hamburger (Photo Columbia Law School) [The marketplace arguments for local economy and liberty of action are in our day pressed down nearly to death by the regulatory state. A main source of power for the total security state is administrative law, which absorbs any of those with whom the state has a conflict […]
Establishment gangs up to deprive Tennesseans vote on judges
The state’s business and political establishment supports force-fitting the constitution to fit an illegal law. Please read my essay at this link. Tweet Pin It
Local economy implies you have a Plan B as crisis builds
Many charts about national economy suggest it is not sustainable. (Graphic Oftwominds.com) [Local economy is an idea that bears closer investigation because it carries along the idea that each of us must have a backup plan if national economy buckles and drags down our current mortgaged comforts and routines. My argument is that we should […]
As state abuses worsen, we ask: What is the color of law?
The paper dollar caper: American currency prior to the national government’s abandonment of honest money. Text of Federal Reserve note makes the green rectangle an “I owe you nothing” instrument. Under color of law, how about. By David Tulis We often say that state actors who violate your rights are acting under color of law. […]