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Justin McCord (jbmccord) [Message] Interim state coordinator 2995 Pipkin Hills Dr. Spring Hill, TN 37174

Jeff Pedigo [Message] Assistant State Coordinator Spring Hill, TN 37174

 "The Sun never shined on a cause of greater worth."
Thomas Paine, Common Sense

February 2009

If you revere the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the principles of liberty upon which this country was founded; but see a national government exceeding its constitutional bounds with an interventionist foreign policy, burdensome regulations, suffocating taxes, and irresponsible spending; then please join Texas Congressman Ron Paul's Campaign for Liberty. Dr. Ron Paul is a true statesman, a "Champion of the Constitution," a Thomas Jefferson of our generation.

The Campaign for Liberty needs you! Citizens like you help to govern the county, state and national parties. Party delegates make the rules, influence their peers, and choose candidates for the General Election! In every step of the process, it is essential that liberty-minded activists are engaged, active and numerous. Please sign up now with the Campaign for Liberty!

Thoughtfully consider how you can help to restore the Republic, preserve what freedoms we have, and reclaim those we have lost. Thomas Paine once said, "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it." Decide now to DO SOMETHING in the Campaign for Liberty. Decide now to devote some time each day or week in the cause of freedom. Decide now to be a person of influence in your precinct.

In these web pages, you will find educational material well worth reading, activist tools well worth your time, and a Local Coordinator Training Program well worth your efforts. Yes, this campaign will require time and effort. As Ron Paul said, "Elections are short-term efforts. Revolutions are long-term projects." But it will be worth it. Your neighbor cannot do it all. I cannot do it all. No single person can guarantee our liberties. However, many good citizens throughout the country, each doing a little, CAN have the impact necessary to sustain freedom and guarantee our liberties.

In this campaign, we shoulder a four-fold mission: recruit, train, equip, and mobilize.

Recruit. We must recruit our fellow citizens to join us in this effort. There are about 2250 precincts in Tennessee. We need at least one leader in each precinct, and preferably two or three. Invite your civic-minded friends to join this campaign. (They can browse this web site without joining.) If they agree with what they find here, then they will naturally be inclined to join.

Train. Once you have joined the Campaign for Liberty, become a Local Coordinator, and begin the LC Boot Camp (web pages that help you to understand how politics works here in Tennessee). You will not be able to complete the Boot Camp in a single sitting. It will require time and effort. Once completed, however, your research will become a gold mine of information you will be able to reference at will as you stand up for liberty in this campaign.

Equip. This web site will equip you to be an effective activist. It is an infrastructure that enables us to prepare for various activities that will promote liberty. It helps us coordinate our activities. It helps us to share information and encouragement.

Mobilize. When your help is needed, you will be invited (usually via email or by general announcement on this web site) to help. It may be to attend a rally, host a book club, walk your precinct, attend a political meeting, or talk to a legislator. Whatever it is, I hope you will embrace the opportunity with enthusiasm. And if you feel as though you are not doing enough, then organize something in your neighborhood, community, or county, and promote liberty.

A number of good people already are making good things happen--throughout the state. Please join us. Be a part of it. Make history.

JBMcCord

Traffic Camera Legislation Posted by jbmccord

Posted 03/08/10

An Initiative Measure

Be it enacted by the People of the great state of Tennessee

Be it proposed to be added as follows if approved by the voters and on proclamation of the Governor:

Prohibiting the Use of Photo Enforcement Systems.

A.  No traffic complaint, notice of violation or other legal form of civil or criminal charge or citation shall be issued or filed in the state of Tennessee for an alleged violation of this Title or of any other state, county or municipal law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle if the alleged violation was detected through the use of a Photo Enforcement System, as defined in subsection B of this section.

B. For purposes of this section, "Photo Enforcement System" means a device or system consisting of a radar unit or sensor linked to a (i) camera or other recording device that produces or is capable of producing one or more photographs, microphotographs, videotapes or digital or other recorded images of a vehicle's license plate or its operator or (ii) device that is capable of reading a motor vehicle's license plate or otherwise identifying a motor vehicle.

Justin McCord

National Debt and when will it end? Posted by ken j

Posted 02/17/10

One Million seconds = 277 hours

One Billion seconds = 31 years

One Trillion seconds = 31,688 years

According to the chart below the U.S. debt increases by the median income for an individual every second.  As of this writing the debt is $12,351,624,191,901.

http://perotcharts.com/us-national-debt-clock/

With 154 million workers currently that means that as of today we owe $80,205 per worker.  If we stopped increasing the debt and each worker contributed $1 per hour it would take forty years to pay it off.  That's the largest part of your working life.

Meanwhile we'd still have pay for maintenance on roads, fund schools, and everything else.  With the baby boomers now entering their retirement we can not count on some future increase in productive workers to help lessen the impact.

If assessed to you today at $2,000 per year to pay this off in addition to your current taxes, what questions would you be asking?

For a daily snapshot of the nation's debt visit Treasury Direct

Wake up Mr Steele, Ron Paul Won! Posted by Jeff Pedigo

Posted 02/21/10

February 21, 2010

TO: Michael Steele, Chairman, Republican National Committee

Dear Mr. Steele,

I read with interest today many mainstream media articles about Congressman Ron Paul and his victory in the February 20, 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference's annual straw poll, Ron Paul won with 31 percent of the votes followed by Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney who garnered 22% and was the only other person with double-digits.

The conservative news channel Fox News repeatedly called it an "unscientific poll."  One internet news site FoxNews.com said it was, "not binding" and "not necessarily a good forecaster."  The site WashingtonPost.com said, "Be careful not to read too much -- or much at all -- into these results."

Mr. Steele, these results are significant.  This marks a passing of the torch from the big-government neo-conservatives of the George W. Bush era to the more constitutional conservatives of the Ron Paul rEVOLution era.  It is time that the core leadership of the Republican Party embrace Ron Paul's ideas and his supporters and throw off the shackles of the military-industrial complex.

This is the wake-up call.  Wake up Mr. Steele, embrace the rEVOLution or sit on the sidelines while the radicals that are currently in power send our country spiraling toward socialism and ultimately fascism.

Embrace the rEVOLution now and in November 2012 we can say Ron Paul won and the Republic won!

In liberty,

Jeff Pedigo

Finally proud to be a Republican!

A Call to Action on Traffic Cameras in the State Posted by JonCampbell

Posted 01/08/10

 On this Monday the Transportation Committee will be meeting and discussing red light/traffic cameras once again.  The procamera lobby will on hand slapping backs and shaking hands.  But I'm here to tell you that the largest lobby in Tennessee is WE THE PEOPLE!  We simply can't sit still and do nothing any longer.  The time for action is now!  So on Monday morning please start ringing the phones off their hooks or out of their pockets.  I know I've already sent this note once, but we need to go again.  And we need to get everyone we know to call.  Did you call last time?  Did you?  There are over 6 million people in Tennessee.  Can you imagine what would happen if we ALL called?  Ok, let's be realistic.  What if 10% of us got on the phone?  That's 600,000 calls!  Not realistic enough?  1% of us would mean 60,000 calls and that would be the difference.  Our numbers alone should make the difference.  Those members that refuse to listen after that have labeled themselves as tyrants, collectivists, and proponents of Big Brother and they no longer represent the citizens of the sovereign state of Tennessee. 

 Understand the statement made when the state installs surveillance cameras to watch the public - YOU ARE GUILTY UNTIL WE PROVE YOU INNOCENT! 

 When we call, we should be firm and clear in our statement that we are opposed to all traffic cameras in Tennessee and want them removed, but we should also be civil and courteous in our interactions.  We need to be effective not just loud. 

This is the start of a new legislative session.  What are you going to do?  Listen to the piper warming up on the hill.  Come join the growing number of us with " ... our banners ripplin' in the wind ...".  We need you all!

Facebook page dedicated to traffic camera info: http://www.facebook.com/#/killtncams?ref=nf

Contact Information on members of the Transportation Committee: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/committees/transportation.html

Members of the Tennessee House: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/

Ne Obliviscaris,

Jon Campbell

TN Legislators: "Atty Gen should block federal health reform" Posted by Matt Collins

Posted 12/21/09 Last updated 12/29/09

TN Legislators:
"State Attorney General should block unconstitutional federally mandated health reform"

See the articles:
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/12/21/thats-probably-not-gonna-happen
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http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091221/NEWS02/91221051/-1/RSS05a>
http://www.wsmv.c
om/politics/22029498/detail.html
http://www.tnreport.com/2009/12/reps-maggart-and-lynn
-ask-state-ag-to-intervene-in-federal-healthcare-legislation/
http://blogs.knoxnews.co
m/humphrey/2009/12/republican-legislators-to-ag-g.html

By the way, Rep Susan Lynn, one of the two legislators mentioned in the above articles, is the person who introduced the TN Sovereignty Resolution. If you want to e-mail her and thank her you can do so here: rep.susan.lynn@capitol.tn.gov

-Matt Collins
Former Vice Chair Davidson County / Nashville Republican Party
Vice Chair Republican Liberty Caucus of Tennessee
Coordinator Davidson County Campaign for Liberty
Member America's Future Foundation
Member Tennessee Liberty Alliance
Member Liberty on the Rocks

UPDATE (12/28/09):
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?fav=30816