We'll see if anyone else can confirm it themselves.
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FEDS WARN OF ATTACK ON SOUTHERN BORDER
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This is Judicial Watch's claim, but, as you'll see, they're claiming multiple sources.
We'll see if anyone else can confirm it themselves. Read more at ace.mu.nu http://minx.cc:1080/?post=351460 Drudgereport.com is reporting this... FEDS WARN OF ATTACK ON SOUTHERN BORDER http://bit.ly/1pR4ffA
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The Forfeiture Machine Turns Cops into Robbers/ 3 min video explains Civil Asset Forfeiture8/29/2014 Awww Tennessee Gov Bill Haslam Wants to Expand Government because He's a Limited Govt Kind of Guy?8/29/2014 Gov. Haslam says Medicaid expansion proposal going to feds soon
NASHVILLE — A long-expected plan for a Medicaid expansion in Tennessee could be placed before federal officials soon, Gov. Bill Haslam said Thursday. If the feds approve, an estimated 180,000 low-income state residents could be eligible for subsidized health insurance. Read the whole thing at Timesfreepress.com http://bit.ly/1zNWmZc I was there and this was definitely the biggest crowd I had ever been in and light of that, this fact is pretty amazing.... "And when the rally was finished and the last person left the mall, it was said by park rangers that the space was left cleaner than when we arrived." Read the article here.. http://bit.ly/1tgoFRg I have included my own pictures from the event... This event started me on the journey I am now on, one that requires Deeds, Not Words...as a sidenote, this event started at 11:00 am. The video below shows geese flying over the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting pool. They flew over the minute before the event started. It was very good timing and I like to think of it as God shining down on that event. They flew right down the middle of the reflecting pool and you had to be there to fully appreciate it.... Are Proponents of ‘Social Justice Math’ Trying to Change Your Children’s Schools? TheBlaze.com8/29/2014 “Proponents of social justice math, they don’t like how much consumerism is in math. Because a typical math problem would be, ‘If you have 13 cents, and a green pencil is three cents…’ You know, that sort of problem,” he began, speaking with guest host Dana Loesch on The Glenn Beck Program.
“They want to get rid of those … problems and instead what they want to do, they want to calculate war deaths,” he continued. “Or they want to calculate the number of liquor stores within a particular radius of the school, or problems related to global warming. They want to put an emphasis on those things and drill the political issues to make a political point, versus just simply educating and teaching kids math.” Read the full article at the link but this is a key point... Olson said it is “incumbent upon parents” to share the examples of social justice math, revisionist history, or any other troubling material being taught in their children’s classrooms. http://bit.ly/1nJF7T9 Sheriff Oldham was scheduled to be the main speaker at the Midsouth Tea Party Thursday August 28th but canceled his appearance at the last minute due to a "scheduling conflict." There are a lot of questions the public would like to have answered but one important one is "Do you support “no refusal” blood-extraction DUI checkpoints this Labor Day weekend" and if so, how does that conform with the constitution?
How about contacting the sheriff's office to see where he stands on this issue? Here is his contact info...his phone is 901-222-5500. I will let you know what we find out, feel free to let me know what you find out by sending me an email at midsouthsentinel@gmail.com Read the full article from BenSwann.com http://bit.ly/1qmb1sb Tennessee has a new Labor Day tradition. According to WKRN-TV, the Tennessee Highway Patrol will continue its “no refusal” blood-extraction DUI checkpoints this Labor Day weekend, starting on midnight on August 29 and continuing until midnight on September 1. Under “no refusal” enforcement, suspected drunk drivers will be forced to submit to a breathalyzer or blood test, even if they refuse. The Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security issued a press release on this weekend’s crackdown, saying, “State troopers will conduct ‘No Refusal’ enforcement in the following counties: Union (Knoxville District); Hamilton and Marion (Chattanooga District); Montgomery (Nashville District); Shelby (Memphis District); Hawkins (Fall Branch District); Smith (Cookeville); Maury (Lawrenceburg); and Hardin County (Jackson District).” The press release also describes how police coverage will work over the weekend, “In addition to ‘No Refusal’ enforcement, highway patrol personnel will also conduct driver’s license, sobriety and seat belt checkpoints, as well as saturation patrols and bar and tavern checks.” Due to the disputed constitutionality of police checkpoints, Tennessee state law requires that their locations be publicly announced in advance so that Tennesseans who don’t want to be inconvenienced can adjust their routes. The locations of this weekend’s checkpoints can be found at this link. Lee County School Board Member Mary Fischer's request Friday for an emergency meeting to reverse a historic decision opting schools out of state mandated assessments, has left parents and students with mixed emotions. A group of upset parents gathered Friday at the Public Education Center saying they voted for Fischer on a platform opposed to high-stakes testing. They cannot change their votes, and are upset she could potentially change hers. There are unknowns attached to the opt-out situation, but the group believes the board should allow more time beyond two days to address those issues. The emergency meeting scheduled Tuesday morning is an inconvenient time slot for many parents, teachers and students, according to the group. Apparently Lee County school board members have been contacted by their overlords and the overlords aren't happy...will keep you updated.... http://bit.ly/1nhmq9e You want to get rid of Common Core? Here's how Lee County did it... If you don't have the time to watch the whole thing, skip ahead to 25:30 and watch the lady describe her very sick child in the hospital...these high stakes testing scams are all about money and this lady explains it passionately...for good reason. Did you ever have the feeling your being watched?That the eyes of strange harry things are upon you?8/28/2014 Some interesting happenings going on in my life since I started this blog. I will just make light of them and move on...this clip seems appropriate Saw this on facebook...things just got interesting....
Charles C. Johnson, the Editor-in-Chief of Got News and the investigator who debunked the Everytown shootings map, is suing the St. Louis County Court to release Ferguson shooting victim Michael Brown’s juvenile arrest records. As relayed by the website YoungCons.com, Johnson claims that he has “confirmed” Michael Brown was arrested in a case involving second-degree murder: Read it all here... http://bit.ly/1wL3I3j On my way to City Council now to see what our Kommisars..I mean Councilmen have in store for us. Want to engage in the system, the meeting is at 125 N Main(Park at Mud Island) and starts at 3:30 or watch online here...Keeping Up With Kouncilmen soon to follow...
http://www.memphistn.gov/Government/CityCouncil/ArchivesofMeetings.aspx Read this today on My Fox Memphis...Memphis Police officers are fleeing the force faster than the department can replace them. http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/story/26367339/102-officers-have-left-mpd-in-2014 Through August 102 police officers have left the department. Of that number, 53 resigned from the force while 49 have retired. Mike Williams, the head of the Memphis Police Association, said many of those officers who resigned had just a few years on the job. In the past month and a half 19 officers turned in their letters of resignation. In light of the this article, I would encourage all of you who did not agree with those cuts to Fire and Police to engage in the local system of governance that did this to them. I have listed some things below that to me show the priorities of the the City of Memphis are not in line with average citizens. Why is that? Because most citizens are not engaged in the system. The City spends A LOT of money on bureaucracies that are doing projects that aren't what government was set up to do. There is this idea that the private sector, which is for-profit, will not run things as fairly as a government who forces citizens to give up their own hard-earned money through taxes to pay for things like the "Urban Arts Plan" or a thousand other projects that if they had to choice, they would not fork over their taxes to these projects...no matter how great of an idea or how kind and compassionate they are. Without the private sector and for-profit business, there would be no charities or ridiculous sounding plans like the "Urban Arts Plan". Why does the city have to be responsible for Parks, tennis courts, golf courses...you think the private sector couldn't handle those things? If you didn't have all of these other non-emergency bureaucracies and pet projects to pay for, you could pay our front line workers what they deserve and most people don't mind their taxes going to pay for essential services. There is a mindset that government is better at running certain things but those things have to be paid for and tell me..what government-run type service operates better than their private sector equivalent? The Postal Service, the Veterans Administration, the DMV, Amtrak,etc? Private business has to generate a profit to stay in business, it's this fact that helps them to make better decisions and be more efficient in order to survive. The government when not run efficiently will just raise taxes or cut benefits, neither of which fixes the original problem and as most people know...you can't do this forever, you will hit a wall of tolerance where people say I'm not going to take it anymore or you will eventually run out of other people's money... Didn't mean for this update to be so long but I am passionate about the topic of our system of governance...if you don't engage, others will and they will most likely be the parasites that live off the fruits of the taxes people pay. Support your local Fire & Police....SHOW UP TUES at the meeting and engage in YOUR system..."of the people, by the people, and for the people" is just a cliche until you engage. Tuesday Sept 2nd is the next Memphis City Council meeting. You can read over the agenda at this link... http://www.memphistn.gov/Portals/0/pdf_forms/ag09-02-14.pdf So much fun reading material, so little time. I will note some things that jump out at me... 1. RESOLUTION congratulating Rev. Eric Donaldson on being a semi-finalist in the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. Lowery ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the resolution Having been a former member of Toastmasters, this honor is pretty impressive and we congratulate Rev. Eric Donaldson for this achievement. Now, having said that, is this the best use of taxpayer funded meetings that should be doing the business of running a city? I think not and if you ever attend a meeting and see how many hours of this kind of public accolades awarding process that goes on, you might feel the same way. The meeting starts at 3:30 and the real agenda sometimes doesn't get started until after 4:00. How about doing this before the city meeting actually starts or holding it at the end of the meeting when you reserve the time for the public to speak on whatever they want. If they really cared about what the public has to say, they would have them speak at the beginning of the meeting... 25. ORDINANCE to amend the provisions of the City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances, Title 6 – Business Licenses and Regulations, Chapter 6-44 – Limousine, Shuttle and Other Vehicles for Hire and Article 2 – Certificate of Public Convenience, up for T H I R D and F I N A L reading. Hedgepeth Ordinance No. 5561 I am guessing this has to to with Uber & Lyft services which provide much needed competition for Memphis City Taxi services. The Taxi companies don't really like the competition, but consumers who can save money do. How about leveling the playing field by removing the onerous regulations the current taxi companies have to comply with? The Taxi companies want Uber & Lyft to have to jump through the same onerous hoops they do, that way, they can quash the competition. Not sure what this is but I will have a full report after Tuesday... 26. RESOLUTION appropriating $375,000.00 in Other Project Cost, funded by G.O. Bonds General to continue the implementation of the Urban Art Plan, CIP Project Number EN01003, chargeable to the FY2015 Capital Improvement Budget. Hedgepeth ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the resolution Don't you just love government speak: "Other Project Cost" It will be interesting to see what "Other Project Costs" are... Now, as far as the "implementation of the Urban Art Plan"...when you pay your city taxes, are you excited to find out you are paying for the "Urban Art Plan"? I admit I don't know what the "Urban Art Plan" is but I'm quite sure if I had the choice, I wouldn't want to fund it. Is this why we elect leaders to office? So they can cut the Fire & Police benefits but fund the "Urban Art Plan"? 29. RESOLUTION accepting and appropriating $248,323.06 in grant funds from the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) for Wolf River Greenway Phase 5A. Hedgepeth ACTION REQUESTED: Adopt the resolution Oh yay!!! More centralized planning for the masses. Yes, most of this is paid for with grants (TAXPAYER FUNDS) but if you read my blog, you know that grants are nothing more than redistribution of wealth. You are either for limited government or not and if you want the government to be able to pay frontline workers what they are worth, you can't be funding every green planet saving project that comes down the pipeline. Is the Wolf River Greenway a cool idea? Perhaps, but that's not the point. There are lots of cool ideas the government can centrally plan and central planning never works out well in the end. Let these ideas succeed or fail in the free market...but I digress... Also in the morning, 9:15 a.m. PUBLIC WORKS, TRANSPORTATION & GENERAL SERVICES COMMITTEE 5. An Ordinance to Amend Title 6, Chapter 44 – Business Licenses and Regulations of the City of Memphis, Code of Ordinances to Govern Certain Non-Profit Organizations Providing Transportation Services I'll keep this brief since it's sooo exciting but here is part of the resolution they want to pass... Where as non-profit organizations can offer these transportation and related services to seniors and visually impaired residents at an affordable rate because they use volunteer drivers and receive donations; and Where as current public vehicle licensing requirements complicate the ability of non-profit organizations to use volunteers drivers in order to keep the cost of their transportation services low; and Read that last sentence again and tell me that doesn't explain in a nutshell what is wrong with regulations impeding FOR PROFIT businesses and growth. I use the FOR PROFIT terminology proudly and I would just like to declare...PROFIT! IT'S A GOOD THING! Isn't this issue the whole crux of the argument regarding Uber and Lyft? Taxi companies can't compete well because current public vehicle licensing requirements complicate the ability of FOR PROFIT organizations to keep the cost of their transportation services low??? Read your own resolution....it's quite telling. 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