Posted by jbmccord on 11/18/09

The Special Committee on State Sovereignty met yesterday as per the requirements of HJR 108; a resolution to the US Congress from the Tennessee General Assembly in support of the Tenth Amendment. The resolution, passed by committee chairman, Rep. Susan Lynn, created a committee of Conference and Correspondence to communicate the resolution to the legislatures of the 49 other states, and to call for a joint working group between the states to enumerate the abuses of authority by the federal government and to seek repeal of the assumption of powers and the imposed mandates.   At the last meeting the committee decided to ask the three national organizations for state legislators to help with this endeavor by asking each to form independent working groups, task forces or committees. The idea is the have the organizations independently examine the words of our founding documents and the founders' intent, legal history, the infringements of the federal government, the effect on the people and the states, develop a plan to seek repeal of the assumption of powers and the imposed mandates and conduct all other matters appropriate for the committee. 
Also on the committee agenda was the approval of the Letter to the States authored by the committee's chairman, Rep. Susan Lynn, at last month's meeting. The letter was amended to include a statement that the committee is "not in favor at this time of any solution that would include a Constitutional Convention; risking that our beloved Constitution could by opened up and perhaps gravely altered."    A third item on the agenda was a request from Rep. Karen Camper to include the NCBSL - The National Caucus of Black State Legislators in the organizations that will be asked to form committees, working groups or task forces.    The three other organizations that will be asked to create committees, working groups or task forces are theAmerican Legislative Exchange Council, the Council of State Governments and the National Conference of State Legislatures.    State Representative Susan Lynn (R - Lebanon) Chairman of the committee stated "I am happy that the committee unanimously approved all three agenda items and that Tennessee is a leader in this effort." 

Posted 11/19/09 SCButterfly Pacolet Mills, SC

Thank you for this....I've passed this to my sovereignty legislators in SC.

Posted by jbmccord on 10/28/09
Last updated 10/28/09

Recent developments in the Nashville Republican Party has led to one of our very own being threatned with permanent expulsion from his elected position as the DCRP 1st Vice Chair. This breaking news has led the CFL to release an important message with regards to further action against Matt Collins.
http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2009/10/28/davidson-county-gop-moves-to-oust-r
on-paul-supporting-vice-chair/

We humbly submit to the state party officals and DCRP officers, please err on the side of principles before party politics. Please dont remove an elected officer for being outspoken about Constitutional accountability. Matt is a fervent patriot, a real Sam Adams of our time, and defends the principled politics that has long been lost in our society. We will not support any type of affiliation that promotes big government or economically irresposibile candidates.

The Nashville DCRP has promoted time and time again big government candidates. John McCain, case and point. We have finally won an electable office within the DCRP that can help promote and defend OUR American way of life, and the DCRP feels threatened.

If you would like to voice your opinion to the state party officials concerning limited government in your county contact the following,

Chairman
Chris Devaney
Email: chairmandevaney@tngop.org
(615) 269-4260

Executive Director
Charles Schneider
Email: chas@tngop.org
(615) 269-4260

Chief of Staff/State Director
John Newman
Email: newman@tngop.org
(615) 269-4260

Posted by jbmccord on 10/12/09

To All,

The committee Democrats' central phone number is (202) 225-4247, and the fax is (202) 225-6952. Alternately, and perhaps more effectively, you can politely email some or all of the committee's most senior Democrat staff directly, as follows:

Committee staff director and chief counsel:
Jeanne.Roslanowick@mail.house.gov

Committee deputy chief counsel:
Lawranne.Stewart@mail.house.gov

Committee communications director:
Steven.Adamske@mail.house.gov
(or possibly Steve.Adamske@mail.house.gov)

Posted 10/12/09 ThomDevine Parkesburg, PA

Um...call and email them for what, exactly?

Posted 10/12/09 bderr1976 Monroe, NC

I second ThomDevine's sentiment. If our own congressmen refuse to be accountable, how can we expect their employees to be? 300+ cosponsors and it still has not been brought to the floor? How much more evidence of corruption can we or will we take, before a discharge petition is begun? If this is not passed, how can we even begin to imagine taking back our country without actual revolution? If the Fed was willing to kill Kennedy to keep power, how can we expect to take it back from them through normal channels? Isn't this all just the latest example pointing to the obvious?

Posted 10/12/09 ThomDevine Parkesburg, PA

I was actually looking for some direction as to why I should be calling them. There might still be work to be done, and I appreciate the listing of numbers and email addresses, but I don't know what I should be asking these people for. Is it to bring 1207 to the floor for a vote? Is it to get them to pressure more Dems to cosponsor? Is it to try to bribe them with ice cream? I keep an eye on the freedom movement's progress, but I can't focus on it 24/7, so a call to action with no context or direction is wasted on me and others like me.

Posted 10/12/09 ReformedApologian Las Vegas, NV

bderr1976, the real solution to our nation's problems is state sovereignty / nullification. People need to be writing the members of their state legislature and their sheriff: http://www.usa1911.com/scm/index http://www.sheriffmack.com/ See also http://www.georgiafirst.org/governor/sra.shtml (note that while I am skeptical of the prison penalties proposed in this legislation --- see http://www.frame-poythress.org/Poythress_books/Shadow/bl15.html --- the general idea of getting legislatures to pass nullification bills is essential).

Posted by jbmccord on 09/17/09

It appears that TN Republican Senators "Large-Government-Lamar"
Alexander and "Bailout-Bob" Corker are getting ready to violate the
Constitution once again and want to meet President BO half way with a
compromise on the health care bill.

See the following:


Six Senate Republicans seeking a "bipartisan compromise" on President
Obama's proposal for a government-run health care system are flirting
with a provision - an individual mandate to buy government-approved
health insurance - that runs counter to everything the GOP stands for.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/Obamacare-runs-counter-to-GOP-prin
ciples-8243751-59266692.html
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=33371

You can see the bill here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.391:



AND

Many of the proposals Corker mentioned to his constituents are ideas
that Democrats also support and have included in their own reform plans....
Senator Corker says: "I think it's .. to get to a point where we can sit
down and do something that's pragmatic."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/03/AR200
9090303839.html?hpid=topnews



Want to tell them what you think about their unconstitutional compromise?

Do so here:
http://corker.senate.gov/
http://alexander.senate.gov/

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Posted 09/17/09 JeremyDahl chattanooga, TN

Charlatans! Thanks Justin

Posted by jbmccord on 09/02/09

Tuesday night was the Putnam County Republican Party's monthly meeting.  I have been attending monthly since February.  The chairman recently died and now we have a new one.  When I went in tonight the new chairman came up to me and introduced himself as they always do.  I showed him my petition, Cap and trade with a Campaign 4 liberty banner at the bottom, and he remembered me from the last meeting, when I had the audit the fed petitions and stop obamacare.  Then he, Mr. Curtis Shinsky, made a strange comment to another executive council member.  "Do you think we can trust Mr. Williams?"(me)  This comment struck me as strange and just flat out rude.  I put it aside and concentrated on getting petitions signed.  I noticed all the unsigned petitions I had left from the last meeting and Points on Traditional Republicanism all of which had Campaign 4 Liberty logos on them had all mysteriously vanished.

Then the meeting started and it was a real bore, just babel about being committed to the republican party.   How we should not run as independents but instead as republicans and be proud of it.  He of course never mentioned what there is to be proud of or what even Republicanism really is.  Then he discussed he latest trip and meeting with Williamson County Republican Party chairman, he was getting advice on motivational and organiztional techniques.  Then he made a few comments that made the earlier one come into greater focus.  He said the the party in Rutherford county is being taken over by Libertarians "They have 3 libertarians on there executive council, and we better watch out because there doing that for a reason".   I bit my tongue and held in my Regan quotes and other comments, you know the one, "In the heart of every Republican is a Libertarian".  I wish i really knew were the disdain for libertarians comes from.  You would think that they would welcome libertarians with open arms since most modern libertarians are just Republicans that don't compromise their principles.  I guess they feel they have enough votes and do not need ours.

This made it all to clear to me that the state leadership is very worried because they are loosing influence and we and others are gaining it.   Especially when some guy an hour and half away mentions it in a meeting, you know that the powers that be are frantic.   Just remember they will not play fair, and watch your back.  Long live the Revolution.