GOP’s Gardenhire won’t lift pinkie for right to bear arms in Tennessee
On March 8, 2016, Sen. Todd Gardenhire killed so-called constitutional carry in Tennessee in a Senate judiciary committee vote. Or nonvote. The senator “passed” on a proposal that would have allowed all law-abiding citizens of Tennessee to carry a firearm on their person without giving first an OK and a license from Gov. Haslam’s department […]
Sideways smokestacks 5 days straight: Haze covers city as jets steak skies
Cough, cough, cough! Nashville is heavily treated March 8. (Photo Misty Rochelle, Chemtrails Global Skywatch) Artificial clouds are laid down one day this week over Knoxville like a carpet. Note the edge. (Photo Marla Stair-Wood) This treated sky in Sullivan County, Tenn., this week is either beautiful or sickening, depending on what you know about […]
GOP wrecking freedom in firepower, liberty in marriage
Rep. Mike Carter, a Republican, is a former sessions court judge. (Photo wrcbtv.com) Todd Gardenhire defeats gun “constitutional carry” in Tennessee by not voting, but the bill can be revived, John Harris of the Tennessee Firearms Association says. Meanwhile, defenders of marriage work to crowbar the defense of natural marriage act from a state house […]
Gardenhire rejects right to bear arms in gun vote ‘pass’
Sen. Todd Gardenhire, “establishment” Republican Senator Mark Green presented his constitutional carry bill (SB1483) Tuesday in the Senate Judiciary committee but it failed thanks to Chattanooga Sen. Todd Gardenhire, a Republican. The bill would have, as amended, imposed only the burden on a citizen of obtaining at least eight hours of training from any state […]
Bill asks U.S. congress for marriage remedy, rejects common law solution
Rep. Mark Pody’s defense of marriage bill — stuck in a Tennessee subcommittee — continues to be the focus of pro-marriage Christians. But their ranks are divided. A pro-family critic of interposition helped kill it with talk about its potential cost in lost U.S. cash. Marriage belongs to every man and to every woman as […]
2 prosecutors, trooper don’t have ‘absolute immunity,’ suit says
A free user of the public roads convicted under the state’s vague “intent to go armed” and its commercial motor vehicle license statute is fighting Nashville’s efforts to disentangle two prosecutors and a highway patrol deputy from litigation. Arthur Jay Hirsch sued district attorney Kim Helper, Tammy Rettig and trooper Jeff Reed operating in Middle Tennessee […]
Immunity laws let ‘the good people’ exist above rest of us
A bill in the general assembly proposes giving Tennessee National Guard members immunity if they are accused in a tort action. The bill breezed through the Senate. Why immunity? “Complete and absolute immunity is required for the free exercise and discharge of the duties” of members or staff of such agencies. “Members *** must be […]
If I post critique of cabin operator, I help ‘sharing economy’
Helen, Ga., draws crowds to its German themed architecture and shops. (Photos David Tulis) David and Jeannette Tulis, he of Swiss extraction (note flag, left), she of Dutch (note flag for the Netherlands) at a square in Helen, Ga. Late in the 1960s the town fathers of Helen, Ga., began to redesign their town and […]
With reforms, Christ will be brought back into courtrooms
Judges and juries in the Hamilton County, Tenn., court building dispense verdicts and opinions. Many are just. (Photo David Tulis) True servants of the Lord Jesus Christ confess that He is the Creator God of heaven and earth, Redeemer of mankind, Judge of all the earth, and King of kings and Lord of lords. All […]
Is Causeway forgetting about bureaucracy, wasting goodwill on school system?
Co.Starters for Causes is a nine-week program that helps individuals put ideas into action, and turn a passion for bettering the community into a sustainable and thriving endeavor. (Photo Causeway.org) The Chattanooga nonprofit sector is dangling gift money before people in hopes they will help improve government schools or at least lobby for their improvement. […]