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Deal Is Close, Will Get ‘Substantial’ GOP Support
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee who’s been in financial reform talks with chairman Chris Dodd, states that an agreement is close at hand. Read The Full Story
Congress should control monetary policy
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
I was disheartened, though not surprised, to read Sen. Lamar Alexander’s recent comments on the Federal Reserve Sunshine Act of 2009: “The audit? It’s a bad idea. It’s a sorry day when the Congress superimposes itself on the Fed, nosing around in monetary policy.”
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Glenn Jacobs to appear in Kingsport
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009
On Thursday June 25, 2009 The local Campaign for Liberty group in association with the Northeast Tennessee Liberty Coalition will be hosting an event called Striking the Root: The Economy, The Fed, and Sound Money. On hand for the the event will be special guest speaker Mr. Glen Jacobs. For those of you not familiar [...]
East Tennessee LP meeting
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
East Tennessee LP meeting this week:
Dinner this Thursday at 6:30.
This month’s guest speaker will be Fred Childress with the group Tennessee Liberty Alliance. The T.L.A. is a non-partisan watchdog group that monitors governmental violations of personal liberties & private property rights of the citizens of Tennessee. Their website is at http://www.tnliberty.org
Oak Ridge resident Fred [...]
Never should have had a housing ‘boom’
Friday, May 15th, 2009
OAK RIDGE, Tenn. —
I read with amusement the media coverage given Jerome McKibben on the front page of The Oak Ridger — “Researcher: Housing collapse tied to greed.” I only hope that any advice given local “leaders” was of more value than the nonsense spouted in this article.
McKibben stated that “the collapse of the housing [...]
Tea Party Time
Saturday, April 11th, 2009
“The current grass roots efforts across the country, in approximately 450+ cities, is the result of various circumstances.
Foremost, is the current spending frenzy in Washington, D.C.. When government approves any new laws or pork programs (and most, if not all of them are unconstitutional), the Federal Reserve (a cadre of non-government-private bankers) prints and loans [...]