Fiddle Man says judge should not let prosecutor dance with wooden leg
Russell Parkes, circuit court judge in Lawrence County, Tenn. The “Fiddle Man of Lawrenceburg” is urging a judge to find state government in contempt for refusing to show up for a hearing in its efforts to jail him for exercising a constitutionally protected right. Prosecutor Tammy Rettig was a no-show at a May 2 hearing […]
TN outlaws 14,223 drivers in town as court demands payment
This woman and thousands of others in a military town in Tennessee have their driver licenses revoked for debts owed to a court in Clarksville. The Leaf-Chronicle newspaper reports the details. State government revoked the driver licenses of 14,223 people in a hapless Tennessee county whose traffic court sent notice to Nashville of uncollected fines. […]
Easy credit fuels retail boom, sacks God’s rule for money
Evidence of the credit boom in northern Chattanooga along Highway153: A retail development still seeking tenants. (Photo David Tulis) Scott Hale of Dayton, busily talking on the phone, is developer of two neighboring retail complexes in Hixson, one containing an Advance Auto set to open month’s end. (Photo David Tulis) A steel structural shell rises […]
Tenn. judge salvages state’s muddled case vs. folk hero, shields no-show DA
Arthur Jay Hirsch, “the Fiddle Man” of Lawrenceburg, Tenn., is challenging the state’s claims in commerce against the vital property right of free travel on the public highways. Defending criminal charges allows him standing to overturn a lawless operation of the state’s executive branch. (Photo David Tulis) LAWRENCEBURG, Tenn. (May 2, 2016) — Confusion reigned […]
Yearly emissions test reminds of state’s conversion of right into privilege
An emissions test worker in Chattanooga looks over a Honda Odyssey minivan that passed inspection. (Photo David Tulis) The young woman at the emissions testing center has purple dye in her hair. She’s friendly. She asked me for my papers and to step out of the car and to stand over by the blue chair […]
Cops handcuff, arrest 10 schoolkids, legitimize authority with violence
Karl Durr, police chief of Murfreesboro, Tenn. The handcuffing and arrest of 10 elementary school children in Murfreesboro, Tenn., during school on April 15 is a picture of the religious presuppositions of the modern state. Their abuse during a matter of bullying outside Hobgood Elementary school suggests how police act as enforcers not just of […]
Care for seasoned citizen teaches sons commitment to family
Life Care Center of Hixson therapists Priscilla Clemons and Sarah Burkhart train Marianne Tulis how to slip from wheelchair to auto seat. (Photos David Tulis) Last of four home educated children still getting lessons, Jacob Tulis, 13, will learn grace in helping parents tend an infirm grandmother. An important benefit of homeschooling is that it […]
Tennessee county ready to confiscate reporter cellphones, laptops as ‘weapons’
A citizen entering Lawrence County, Tenn., courthouse goes through a new screening process. Cell phones and other standard equipment of media are confiscated. (Photo Lawrence County sheriff’s department via Facebook) The brittleness of the state is evident in its precautions for the “safety” of its facilities and employees. Across the country paramilitary organizations engaged by […]
Assembly OKs bill creating Tennessee gold bullion depository
American gold Eagle bullion coins are a store of value and a medium of exchange, though buying them comes with a high premium. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 20, 2016) – Today, the Tennessee Senate unanimously gave final approval to a resolution setting the stage for creation of state bullion depository, an important first step toward establishing gold and […]
Intense aerosol injections over Chattanooga turn blue sky to dull smog
The talcum-like aerosols sprayed in the sky over Soddy-Daisy on Tuesday dissolve and create cloud cover. But the micron-sized specks fall to the earth, bringing aluminium and other nondigestibles to unprotected human beings on the ground. (Photo David Tulis) This view greets me Tuesday as I look out my bedroom window in Soddy-Daisy, looking eastward. […]