Worriedman

Agreed, but this is a target rich environment, with much more to come...

I am still trying to get over this issue with Haslam, but, Haslam can not give us Supreme Court Justice Holder, so I am voting against Obama and for Romney as the only candidate that can win against him.

9/11/12 may adjust that, IF Romney and company can manage not to balls their reaction up too badly...

Harwell has nothing of the sort as far as a ranking with the NRA. In the last 6 votes related to firearms issues in the General Assembly, she has voted against the interest of firearms owners every time. She is a shill for Haslam and his ties to "Big Business", and stands with Haslam and Alexander in their anti-gun position.

Of import, one has to remember Ms. Harwell's stance on another topic of import from the days of yore, a State Income Tax, per her own words: Candidates in three legislative districts agreed last night that state sales tax on food should be removed or reduced, but they differed on how the state could afford that move. ...Only Beth [Harwell]. a Republican in the 56th District, mentioned the possibility of a state income tax to replace the revenue the state would lose if sales tax on food were removed.-Nashville Banner, 7/25/86 "Tennessee should broaden its tax base, [Harwell] said, and stop relying primarily on sales and property taxes for revenue."-The Tennessean, 10/22/90 "It's really a lot better than what I'd expected," said Republican Rep. Beth Harwell of Nashville as she strode out of a meeting with Sundquist on his plan.-Commercial Appeal, 10/27/99 "I have always tried to stay flexible enough that if it has support, then I certainly would be able to support it."-Beth Harwell via The Tennessean, 2/8/02

The wagons are getting circled on the Hill. With Maggart's ouster, the ruling junta is positioning Glen Casada to run for Maggart's forced vacated seat as Caucus Chair. (Remember he voted against putting the "Parking Lot Bill" to a floor vote from his position on Calendar and Rules). He is now a fervent devote of Harwell, and will be an obedient lackey. Matheny is the best man on the Hill, he is a true Conservative that is willing to bet his political career against not doing the right thing as a Conservative. His ascension to the Speaker's role is the full extension of the Rogers/Maggart race, and unless we can make this happen, the political and monetary capital expended will be for naught.

Checked out the 2000+ pages of the Health Care Bill lately?

I would be very interested to have a conversation with Ms. Harwell in a Public Forum to discuss her statement from the article: "I don't think the NRA will have any more influence then they have in the past. There are some members that are quite frankly very angry with how they conducted themselves". I was personally involved in most of the face to face meetings on the Hill about this issue, and at no time did anyone with the NRA or TFA say or do anything that could be construed as being other than civil. The consortium of 2nd Amendment supporters, consisting of TN NRA members, TFA members and Tea Party groups who decided to combine their efforts to replace a member of Leadership who chose to obfuscate and be less than truthful in her dealings with the Citizens of this State have not gone away, they simply become more dedicated in their efforts to see that the Constitution is upheld instead of allowing Corporate dollars to decide how our children and grand children live.

Of possibly less notoriety, (but no less affect) is candidate Lauri Day's win up in Clarksville, (if she can carry through the General) is of major import at well. I have known and worked with both of these Ladies over the course of the last several years in their Tea Party actions, and can promise that neither will be inclined to vote for Harwell for Speaker.

Had the vote been tomorrow, Lamar and Bailout Bob would have voted differently.

Maggart got sent home, and a new day is dawning in the TN House.

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Or less...

In this instance I agree with Dave TN, whatever their level of compliance, if there is an attempt to post, I will honor that. Relying on a technicality to allow me to keep my HCP and my money seems foolish at best. Having dealt first hand with LE and Prosecutors this year far more than I ever envisioned I might regarding the issue of what the TCA says, I would not willingly enter into any situation where perception of what laws are intended to say, expecting rational thought to be the parameter which rules the discussion.

The single most important contest on the State Level is the Rogers/Maggart race. Please, if you value your Rights as Citizens, become involved. There is no more important conflict of ideology, Maggart is compelled to seek Power over support of our Rights and the instructions of the Constitution. Act while you can!

Not saying it was good, or smart, or in any way right, but, I would not put it past the Establishment to use it as a tool.

Had I control of the reins of the republican party, and was facing the upcoming election, I would have done my best to induce Roberts to make the ruling that he did. As bright as Roberts has been in his rulings until the present, this departure from what one would imagine his take to be is astounding, so much so that an ulterior motive MUST be the only answer. Had the ACA been struck down, it would have removed Health Care as a factor in the campaign, forcing Romney to bring forth a strong position of some type to differentiate him from Obama. Now there is a simple distinction, one candidate running on having instituted the largest tax and most egregious imposition of force by government on the individual citizen ever, and a professor of being against said enforcement. A multitude of similarities between the two candidates can be disregarded by the simple notion that Romney opposes the Health Care proposal. Pretty shrewd if you ask me. That our ability to seek care for our loved ones (and self) is being used as chips in the poker game of politics is immaterial to those who love power, is worthy of note.

Ron Ramsey could not decipher what the Constitution intended with three lawyers and a thesaurus, (nor does he care). He is supportive of an Elitist group which will choose our Supreme Court and upper division Judges, denying the specific instructions of our State Constitution to allow that as a responsibility of the People. Now, if we could somehow match the funds for campaigns that Fed Ex supplies, maybe he could/would hear our cries...

That's KO Dolomite, I misspelled hammer in the 8th grade Spelling Bee, Principal gave me 3 licks, said as much as I had used one. I should be able to spell it, (he knew I had been working with my Father in the concrete business since I could walk basically). I told him rather indignantly that I had never heard it pronounced ham-mer, round these here parts they called it ham-er. Upon reflection he reckoned I was right about local dialect having an effect, and said my next infraction was free, I had received my beating for it...

Just heard from Nikki, said she has been informed by Channel 5 that Hank Wise, the man who murdered her husband Ben, is to be sentenced to time in a mental institution instead of prison.

I wonder too, it lying to LE is permissible? During our visit at the Sheriff's Office on Monday, they admitted that they agreed to the property line as established by the survey my Father had done, saying they had had their own performed. I check the video tonight, and a ratty old van showed up this afternoon, and a guy got out and walked to two of the corners that touch on my Father's property and stuck red flags beside the pins we uncovered and had put lathing up on and painted orange. He then went to the other side of the road side and pushed in a flag on the other side of the lower drive, which in reality is on the next piece of property, them having only 132' of road frontage, (I have a copy of their deed, and know the constraints of their lines). The flag this guy installed is a measured 165' from their boundary, the drive on that side belonging to the next landowner, (who happens to be my cousin), but they set the flag up to include it as if it were theirs. I expect that I need to include a request for their surveyor's name, and a copy of their receipt for payment of the performance of the survey in our discovery documents??

I also filed a complaint with the Tennessee Department of Human Resources today alleging Elder Abuse, do not know how far that will go, but I figure to pile on while I am hot. Pushed the "Financial Exploitation" aspect, as the neighbor's attempt at taking the property has resulted in expenditures on my parents part for surveyors and lawyers, including the possible loss of the value of the land should they prevail in their theft, as well as the abuse through harassment angle.

In my conversation with the Judge in the late afternoon of the day of the hearing, he allowed that once when he was very young, he witnessed HIS Father in a contest over a property line dispute, and that threats had been made by their neighbor, and his Father responded, marking his conscious to this day that such instances COULD result in violence. After our discussion about what my actions would be if he let the injunction stand as ordered earlier in the day, he agreed to establish a 200' "buffer Zone" along the disputed property line where my Father could not carry his shotgun openly, related to the pleading that the neighbor's statement in the assault complaint that she did not feel "safe" seeing a weapon being borne close to their property (though he agreed that he could in fact, carry his handgun concealed), but that he was free to carry his shotgun anywhere else on the attached 22 acres around his home, and that I was not under his power to control in any way. I required that he put that in writing and deliver it to the neighbors. We agreed that our attorney would deliver a copy of the Official deed and plat, and they would mark it up for the distances agreed to. Our attorney complied the next day, they entered it into the record, but, the Sheriff failed to deliver it as required by the Judge, nor did he inform his Deputies, resulting in our situation on Sunday. On Monday, the neighbors were at the Sheriff's office promptly at 8:00 A.M. to swear out a warrant for my arrest, prior to going to the clerk's Office to pen it. I walked in at 8:01 AM, and Sheriff Wilson explained to the assemblage that the Judge had rescinded his original order precluding me from being able to go armed, and that they could not perfect a warrant or complaint against me for that action. He did admit to having "dropped the ball" on that issue. The neighbors offered to drop their "suit" if we would drop the Civil suit, to which I replied that I did not think that was in anyones best interest. At 4:50 P.M. yesterday, (last day to answer) the complainant turned defendant answered the Chancery Court suit pro sae via a handwritten page of notebook paper delivered to our attorney, admitting the survey perfected by my Father to be correct, but denying all charges in the suit re harassment and attempted adverse possession, stating that further answers would be provided by their council. We have petitioned for a default, seeking Summary Judgment from the Chancery. If that fails, we are prepared to hand over to them about 4" of discovery request, and I guess the game is on.

Thanks, will pass that along.