Worriedman

The "Intent to go armed" portion of the TCA Code came about after the re-write of the TN Constitution in 1870 in an attempt to make sure the freed slaves could not carry weapons, at the same time the legislature gave themselves the prior to then unavailable power to control where Tennesseans could and could not bear weapons for their self protection. Until that time it was not a crime for a Citizen to bear their weapons on their person, now it is, all thanks to the Tennessee Legislature.

Check out Michael Orlen. http://users.dls.net/~rdouglas/MikeOrlen.pdf He has done several barrels for me, his work is really good, and I think reasonable.

If Republicans could look inside their ranks and find viable candidates, if they had some, any, a smidgen of Conservative ideology the Tea Party would never have been born. It basically boils down to the fact that the Establishment Republicans are a mirror image of the Democrats, as evidenced by the lack of concern for what our Constitutions require of our Government, both in Washington and in Tennessee. With respect to Tea Party, check with the establishment Republicans in Texas about the Ted Cruz race, and, from one who was intimately involved, the defeat of Debra Maggart. True in the case of Maggart, the NRA put some money up for adds and independent expenditures for billboards and such, but in the end there was a ground swell of activist from various grass roots groups, (of which the Tea Parties were involved) to walk the District, make phone calls and knock on doors, the facts got out and the People voted, that is how this works. The Governor, the speaker of the House and the Lt. Governor all stumped mightily for her to crash and burn in the attempt. The Caucus spent a lot more money than did the consortium of grass roots organizations, and to good effect from my perspective, (it showed that they are not impervious to counter action). At least it proves that we are not relegated to kissing the feet of the Old Guard, they now know that if we co-ordinate our efforts and dollars, there is a boogie man out there.

For those who get to vote in this race, here is an opportunity to put a true Conservative into State Government. I personally have known Ms. Lauri Day for several years, and can without hesitation endorse her for the seat she aspires to. Her stance on things firearms is top notch, and those who consider that as an issue can rest assured that she will uphold the Right to keep and bear arms for Tennesseans, as well as understanding and being on the correct side of fighting Agenda 21 issues.

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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...