Tennergy has restarted the task of inticing other West Tennessee Utilities into there web in an attempt to enlarge its market and its influence. In March of last year Ripley Power & Light began petitioning the Board of Mayor & Aldermen to pass a resolution to form the Ripley Energy Authority. Their purpose as stated...
“Before thou loan it to any man assure thyself of his ability to repay and his reputation for doing so, that thou mayest not unwittingly be making him a present of thy hard-earned treasure.” I am reading a rather short and informative book called “The Richest Man in Babylon” and in this educational reference there are...
Under the first reading of item 1 of the Agenda of the June 2010 Jackson City Council meeting, we will be discussing the proposed daytime curfew supposedly developed from the Safe Neighborhood Committee. You will be reading it as I will for the first time… note, I was in a hurry to get this...
In August of the last year the City Counciled approved the creation by a charter review committee. The following individuals were selected by Mayor Jerry Gist to serve for the next 10 months on a charter review committee. The charge of this committee by law: Every four years beginning in June 2010, the Mayor...
Through the week, I will be linking the different documents to this Agenda so that you may be able to see the complete package. AGENDA JUNE 1, 2010 – 9:00 A.M. GEORGE A. SMITH MEETING ROOM I. CALL TO ORDER. II. INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG. (COUNCIL MEMBER CHARLES RAHM)...
This is fun to look at (the statistics) but I have no more trust or confidence in the GOP than I do the Democrats. The democrats couldn’t do what they do without the HELP of the GOP. Take a good look at Newt’s 104th Congress, Contract ON America and what Clinton was able to...
“The establishment of both political parties took another pounding last night, as candidates anointed by the powers that be lost their primary races in convincing fashion. The ideological polarization we spied in Utah two weeks ago was on display again in Pennsylvania and Kentucky, while the GOP House campaign committee suffered its third embarrassment...
The next justice of the Supreme Court could well cast the deciding vote on the constitutionality of ObamaCare. And that justice will almost certainly preside, during the next thirty years, over dozens of cases which could very well chip away at the DC v. Heller decision, telling us which gun laws the court views...
http://cbs2.com/local/arizona.boycott.electricity.2.1702232.html TIT 4 TAT - The Anti-American - PRO-ILLEGAL gangsters forget there are more ways to skin a cat than just one. And if they want to find out how many ways there are – well, just keep pushing and you WILL find out. The ILLEGALS and their promoters seem to think that because...
From the few reports I read so far this morning it appears that folks are making their voices heard in the primary’s across the land. There is a secret to making a good pudding or special dish. When you begin you have to follow the recipes – keep the heat at the right temperature...
Quick Note from Tennessee Firearms Association Soon to be Ex-Governor Phil Bredesen brushed up his toes, and polished his resume for a possible future Washington appointment by showing how liberal, and devoid of respect for the Citizens of Tennessee he is by presenting a proxy veto today of SB 3012. He placed half this...
Migrant workers send home money to their families 11 May 2010 – A group of independent United Nations experts today expressed their serious concern over a new immigration law enacted in the state of Arizona, questioning whether the legislation is compatible with international human rights treaties which the United States has signed on to....
From the Gun Owners of America Sharron Angle gains 20 points in one month In just one month, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle has surged twenty points in the polls in her bid to take on Nevada Senator Harry Reid in November. According to a May 10-11 joint poll released by the Las...
There is still a little sanity left in some local governments… The Wrightsville Beach Board of Aldermen voted 3-2 Thursday against banning smoking along the strand. However, a proposal was passed unanimously that raised the fine for littering along the beach, including cigarette butts, to $250. Can you imagine…. The town hall was packed...
I’m Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. I want to explain SB 1070 for which I voted yes. Rancher Robert Krentz was murdered by the drug cartel on his ranch a month ago. I participated in a senate hearing two weeks ago on the border violence, here is just some of the highlights from those...
Kagan Says ‘Governmental Motive’ is Proper Focus in First Amendment Cases, Backs Limits on Speech That Can ‘Harm’ Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan said the high court should be focused on ferreting out improper governmental motives when deciding First Amendment cases. She has argued that the government’s reasons for restricting free speech are what...
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan is making the rounds of Senate offices today, marking the unofficial start of the Senate’s role in the confirmation process. Kagan’s first stop was with Reid, who said his goal was making the process “as smooth as possible.” According to the White House, Kagan will also meet today with...
The Senate this morning continued working through a series of amendments to a bill that would overhaul the nation’s financial regulatory system. The Senate rejected an amendment by Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., that would instruct bank regulators to write minimum mortgage underwriting rules, such as requiring a 5 percent down payment and private mortgage...
Someone once said that to destroy a civilization, society or culture, you must first destroy its language. The exact quote escapes me, but I believe it is attributed to Cicero. My first exposure to political correctness, though I didn’t know it at the time, was in the early Eighties when a co-worker told me...
First, before I forget to mention what prompted this annual rant, read this short article referenced in the Subject line: http://www.takeastand.net/columns_detail.asp?colID=17 It’s that time of year when the golden goose of raising money ostensibly to fight cancer is brought out again, and countless well meaning people volunteer for and contribute to what has to...
Two new alerts to report. One is to restore the original audit the Fed langauge to Senate bill 3217 that Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) heavily watered down during capitulation from Fed pressure. The second is to defeat the Local Jobs for America Act, which essentially is a specialized, narrowly focused piece of legislation that...
OK, just to let you know, this is a praise, not a complaint…I’m going to do a little bragging, but certainly not about me, because that’s not who this is about. I was used by the Holy Spirit to lead someone to Jesus Christ earlier this evening. This is something I have done with...
Interior Secretary Salazar, giving in to congressional pressure, will announce a plan for splitting the Minerals Management Service, with one agency policing offshore drilling and a separate agency overseeing leasing and royalty distribution. An administration official confirmed the plan, telling the Associated Press that Salazar has the power to divide the agency but will...
More than 1,700 venture capital firm employees wrote to senators yesterday, urging them to oppose a tax increase House and Senate tax-writers are considering on “carried interest” profits — their share of gains from a successful business startup. Carried interest is now taxed at the long-term capital gains rate of 15 percent, but lawmakers...
The Tea Party in Utah flexed its muscle over the weekend and booted longtime establishment Republican senator, Bob Bennett, from office. Hooray! (Now, Arizona, please do America a favor and show John McCain the door!) Unfortunately, Tea Party activists were unsuccessful in Indiana, as longtime establishment Republican, Dan Coats, defeated the principled patriot, John...
Why the left needs the “religious right.” Original Post By JAMES TARANTO Utah Republicans’ decision to oust former senator-for-life Bob Bennett wasn’t the only interesting thing to happen at a party convention over the weekend. The Associated Press reports from Portland, Maine, that the Republican Party in that state adopted a completely new platform...
What Arnold fails to comprehend is that it isn’t his accent that would give him away - it is his complete stupidity about what the law in Arizona – AND the Federal Government - actually says. Arnold did so much muscle building on his body he forgot to build his BRAIN up beyond that...
Reported by: Joyce Peterson Email: jpeterson@myeyewitnessnews.com Original Post MEMPHIS, TN – Ivan Russell, a suspended supervisor at the Memphis Animal Shelter, is off the city payroll. Russell had been suspended with pay since the facility was raided six months ago. He was scheduled to attend an administrative hearing last Friday, May 7, 2010, to...
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2010 – Today, the U.S. Senate voted 62 to 37 against an amendment to allow greater transparency at the Federal Reserve. This amendment was introduced to counter a weaker amendment that would have required only a one time audit just of Fed emergency programs. The new amendment was similar to...
Wow. The subject titled article was sent to me by a dear friend, and is 100% true. Wish I’d written it, but am glad someone did, because these things need to be said. It won’t make you feel good; please read it anyway. The bright side for those of us who are called by...
I sometimes think that I am being punished by God. Well no, not really, I do believe that God provides us with personal challeges in life and how we react to those challenges is judged by God alone. All this week locally we have been faced with many questions about how we can continue...
Imagine your mom baking a warm apple pie but then she decides to add ground beef to it to ‘enhance the flavor’. Or, imagine visiting your favorite Irish pub and asking the bartender for a pint of Guinness, yet the bartender puts a shot of Red Bull in it to enhance the taste. Better...
Solicitor General Elena Kagan Republicans wasted little time this morning staking out turf for challenging President Obama’s nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Senate Minority Leader McConnell said Republicans would not “rush to judgment” and would question Kagan’s “brief litigation experience, as well as judgment and her career in academia.”...
In a Tom Humphreys editorial he stated that “Great pains have been taken explain to everyone who will listen that requiring that Tennessee hospitals turn over 3.52 percent of their gross patient revenues to state government does NOT, NOT, NOT impose a tax.” I could only help but giggle over the prospect that a...
Oh this is SO GOOD I have to post it for all to read. Thanks to Gary for coming up with this as a response to the Spousal Support post… it is SO fitting: After all – the Obamas are on welfare and we get to pay for their DATE NITES and other expenditures...
I am sure there are a few on WGEN who ignore and may dislike my mentions of scripture and other comments related to my FAITH. That is fine – it is my duty to share the Gospel – not force it on anyone. It isn’t my assignment to force anyone to hear or read...
In a recent message from Frank McMeen, the President of West Tennessee Healthcare, his suggestion that when Madison County is declared a Disaster area that this opportunity to remove from the pockets of others money to ease your suffering is only a step away. “In the near future, we expect that Madison County will be declared a...
All the cries for AMNESTY - BE FAIR - We ARE Human – and they work hard - all those rationalizing statements are meaningless when it comes to THE LAW about anyone being in America who is NOT HERE LEGALLY. We have the means for any foreigner to enter American the LEGAL way and...
Another National Day of Prayer has come and gone, and left me wondering, as I have many times, why we have set aside one day of prayer for our country, out of the entire year. Many very important things we have assigned a day to remember, certainly no harm in that. We have even...
In a variation of word association, the list* below should prompt you to make some very common associations… First of January 14th of February 17th of March Fifth of May 14th of June 4th of July 25th of December You may remember playing a game as a child called “which one doesn’t belong”, and...
Resilience as defined by common wisdom “is the ability to work with adversity in such a way that one comes through it unharmed or even better for the experience. Resilience means facing life’s difficulties with courage and patience – refusing to give up. It is the quality of character that allows a person or...
Tennessee General Assembly information and contacts: To email legislators, look on the left side of the page, select House or Senate, then ‘Members’. Don’t forget that you can now watch on your computer the committee meetings and the floor sessions: http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/livevideo/ Phone calls can go to the Legislative Switchboard: (615) 741-3011 or to the Toll...
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