The Fourth Amendment says, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”

The sheeple of the great state of Tennessee continue to allow the Federal government to use the Bill of Rights as toilet paper. To quote a phrase often attributed to Franklin: “Those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

Tennessee Becomes First State To Fight Terrorism Statewide

By Adam Ghassemi

PORTLAND, Tenn. You’re probably used to seeing TSA’s signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR).

“Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate,” said Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security Commissioner Bill Gibbons.

Tuesday Tennessee was first to deploy VIPR simultaneously at five weigh stations and two bus stations across the state.

Agents are recruiting truck drivers, like Rudy Gonzales, into the First Observer Highway Security Program to say something if they see something.

“Not only truck drivers, but cars, everybody should be aware of what’s going on, on the road,” said Gonzales.

It’s all meant to urge every driver to call authorities if they see something suspicious.

“Somebody sees something somewhere and we want them to be responsible citizens, report that and let us work it through our processes to abate the concern that they had when they saw something suspicious,” said Paul Armes, TSA Federal Security Director for Nashville International Airport.

The Tennessee Highway Patrol checked trucks at the weigh station with drug and bomb sniffing dogs during random inspections.

“The bottom line is this: if you see something suspicious say something about it,” Gibbons said Tuesday.

The random inspections really aren’t any more thorough than normal, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol Colonel Tracy Trott who says paying attention to details can make a difference. Trott pointed out it was an Oklahoma state trooper who stopped Timothy McVeigh for not having a license plate after the Oklahoma City bombing in the early 1990s.

Tuesday’s statewide “VIPR” operation isn’t in response to any particular threat, according to officials.

Armes said intelligence indicates law enforcement should focus on the highways as well as the airports.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/15725035/officials-claim-tennessee-becomes-first-state-to-deploy-vipr-statewide

I am no longer voting for one of two evils. I am now voting based on principles alone. I can no longer claim that one party is better than the other, or that a person on one side is inherently evil because he is on that side. I am still conservative. I am still libertarian. I am still independent. But while I have always considered myself to be principled, I am now all those things with the force of principle weighing behind it like never before.

When we begin voting with our minds, and stop voting with our mindless, blind loyalty, we can cause a shift in the way this country works. Let it start with me. As for me, the person I most closely identify with is Herman Cain. Based on his principles, his character, his experience, and his philosophy of government, Herman Cain is the man for me. I am voting for Herman Cain. If he does not make it out of the primary, I will write him in during the 2012 general election.

Someone told me that writing him in would be a vote for Obama in 2012, and would do our nation no good. Here was my response:

“I must vote my conscience. That is what has led our country down this road- voting for convenience rather than for the conscience. I cannot have guilt on my hands any longer. If people would stand up with the courage of their convictions and write in Herman Cain, he would win. People are thirsting and starving to death for real leadership. He has it. He has proven it in the business sector, and he will prove it in the White House.”

 

Herman Cain 2012!

I was listening to NPR on Monday, September 26th, and I listened to the interview with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t it improper for a Muslim to call someone else brother unless that person is a male sibling or a Muslim male friend? I heard it on NPR this morning, and it raised my eyebrows. I have contended all along that President Obama is NOT Muslim, but this has me wondering.

On U.S. opposition to the Palestinian bid for statehood at the United Nations
(Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan:) “I’ve said whatever I was supposed to say on this matter when I spoke personally with Mr. Obama a couple of days ago. And I reminded my dear brother, my dear friend, of the speech he has delivered only last year at the 65th General Assembly of the United Nations. I read the speech text to him. I told him that last year you had announced everybody in the audience that you were going to see Palestine emerging as a recognized state out of the General Assembly hall.”

http://www.npr.org/2011/09/26/140790657/turkeys-erdogan-blasts-syria-israel

From khilafah.com
The definition of Brotherhood varies between dictionaries, ranging from blood relationships to associations based on common interests and activities such as unions and professional associations.
Islam redefined brotherhood in a new and profound manner by changing the relationship from one based on personal interest or mutual activity to a permanent bond based on belief and acceptance of Islam.
Allah سبحانه وتعالى revealed:
إِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُونَ إِخْوَةٌ فَأَصْلِحُوا بَيْنَ أَخَوَيْكُمْ وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ
“The believers are nothing else than brothers. So make reconciliation between your brothers, and fear Allah, that you may receive mercy.” [Al-Hujjurat, 49:10]

http://www.khilafah.com/index.php/concepts/islamic-culture/8869-muslims-are-nothing-except-brothers

 

It is quite one thing for people to say it in passing, like, “Hey Bro”, “Hey brother”, ” ‘Sup, bro?”. I do this at work. In an interview, with one world leader referring to another world leader as brother, there is only one inference I can make, especially with the Islamic definition I have read and offered here. So, the best case scenario is that Mr. Erdoğan considers him to be a Muslim brother, though Mr. Obama may not agree. However, I’m not getting any “warm and fuzzies” about it.

Last year the Democrat-ran (not led) Congress said it must “pass it (the healthcare legislation) to find out what’s in it” (www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoE1R-xH5To). This year, at the state level, the Wisconsin Democrats are crying foul to the Republicans because of the passage of the budget bill as a work-around to the collective bargaining feud in that state.

These Democrats are cowards. At the national level, the Republicans stuck around and voted their convictions against the Healthcare bill. Never mind they were outnumbered and outgunned. The people who were ramming the healthcare legislation through had been voted in by the people just as they the Republican underdogs had been. Though doomed to defeat, the Republicans stuck around and voted their convictions.

The cowardly Democrats in the Wisconsin statehouse are guilty of deriliction of their sworn duties. They abandoned their state in an effort to stall the vote. Of course, the wheels turned anyway, and the Democrats that ran and hid in Illinois have nothing to show for their cowardice. Not a “No” vote, not an “Abstain”, nothing. They are irresponsible people, the image of spoiled-rotten children who refuse to play a game unless they are guaranteed a win as the outcome.

Here’s to hoping the Wisconsin people know how to vote come their next election.

I have never served my country in uniform. I have never had to sacrifice to keep it free. However, this made my blood boil. I received this in an email today, and I am publishing it in its unedited form. The pictures say so much about the lack of respect this human trash has for our country, her flag, and the people who died for it. I have nothing further to say beyond what the photos say (author’s note: I received everything below in an email, and all the follwing is quoted. I do not know who took these pictures, nor can I corroborate the quotes):

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If anyone has any doubts about what these illegals think of us and our country, check out these pictures taken by an acquaintance of mine who went to the rally in Phoenix Saturday 7/31/10 in response to SB 1070. The illegals had written all over the AZ and US Flags, laid them on the ground, and were walking on them!

Notice the toilet paper in this one

Another acquaintance had this to say:
“I shared those pics with my Best friend who is a cop/detective. I asked him why nobody was punished for desecrating our flags…his response…..

“In response to your question about the legality of Desecration of the American Flag, you are correct, this is illegal. However, it is a crime with the Federal Government. Meaning the Feds will have to prosecute for the crime and considering they will not prosecute for illegal trespassing into the Country, what makes you think they will prosecute anyone for spray painting and walking on an American flag?????”

Permission was given from the person that took these pictures to pass them around. They’re being sent to some news stations as well, although doubtful they’ll air them. So please pass these around to all those you know, let people see how the illegals who broke our laws by coming here really feel about us!

Police are investigating another assault on a Hispanic man in Staten Island as a possible hate crime — and the Mexican government is now getting involved as well.

Five men attacked the 40-year-old Mexican man Friday night as he was walking home after a soccer game at Faber Park, cop said. The attackers allegedly pummeled him while yelling anti-Mexican epithets. The man suffered head trauma, a fractured jaw and needed ten stitches above his eye, officials said.
The group of men made off with his backpack.

According to the Advance, this latest incident has promoted the Mexican Consulate to post personnel in Staten Island until further notice. This move is an effort to safeguard the rights of individuals and effectively assist and provide information to the Mexican residents of this area.

(For the article referred to in this blog post, please go to http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/Mexican-Man-Pummeled-in-Latest-Staten-Island-Hate-Attack-99325314.html)

There are several issues I could refer to in this article, but I would like to focus on this aspect of the article: the Mexican Consulate is going to post patrols at Staten Island to protect MEXICAN RESIDENTS of this area.

Why is it a foreign country (Mexico) is allowed to make patrols in a particular state (New York), yet one of our states (Arizona) is catching flak for trying to keep illegals (mainly from Mexico) out?

Where is the logic? Whatever happened to taking care of sovereign territory?

It is wrong to assault anyone, or to take the law into your own hands, but allowing Mexico to patrol in this manner is wrong also. Will we tolerate UN patrols in the United States if we are sanctioned by the UN?

Common sense has flown out the window. We the CONSERVATIVE people of the United States need to take our country back.

I took my son to a 4-H cooking class today, held at the Maury County Health Department. We paid a very small fee, $10.00, to participate.

Because I am already paying taxes, I thought I would check on getting my newborn’s shots there.

The fee is based on income. I have no problem with that, for the most part. My part would be 95% of the cost of the shot.

However, I felt compelled to ask, “If an illegal immigrant comes in and asks for childhood immunizations, are they free for them, though they are here illegally?”

The receptionist, who was so sweet, by the way, a really nice person, gave me an apologetic look, raised her eyebrows, scrunched her nose, and said, “Yes, sir, I’m afraid so, sir.”

I said, “That pisses me off. I understand it is not your fault, and I am not mad with you, but it isn’t right! I have paid my taxes, I am here legally, contributing to society, and this illegal alien who does not work or pay taxes can just waltz in and get the shots? So I have to pay 95% of the cost of my newborn’s immunizations, still pay my taxes, while this non-tax-paying illegal gets them for free? I am essentially paying for the shot 2 or 3 times! Is that what I am hearing?”

“Yes, sir, I’m sorry sir.”

This whole scheme is indefensible.

This is why the Tea Party exists, and why I am going to join it as soon as I can.

Here is a simplified point of view of the principle of federally mandated health insurance:

I have on my desk a Sanford Uniball Micro rollerball ink pen (black).
It costs roughly $.75, or $1.50 + tax for a pack of two.

The government says, “We believe everyone’s work would improve if they had a Sanford Uniball Micro rollerball ink pen. We require you purchase 10 packs of these pens for a year’s supply (that’s $15.00/year, + tax), and that you purchase the blue ink pen.” Pretty cheap, huh?

However, I want to be able to choose my own pen. I want a different color, black, but the government says I have to buy blue. I refuse, and I pay a fine for not purchasing the blue pen, and I have no choice in the matter.

Ok, I’ll just use my PC and go paperless. What’s that? I HAVE to buy them anyway, though I now no longer need it? Why?

What if I write my notes in shorthand, and I need 5 packs instead of 10, because I don’t need to buy 10? Oh. I still have to buy 10. And I neither need or want the 10. I get five more pens than I need.

At the end of ten years, I have 50 pens I have purchased, with five more per year I will not use, and I will never use, because my government told I had to buy them. In other words, I spent $75 on pens I will never use, and as they get older become unusable (ink dries out, dry rot, etc.). Not only that, my pens are non-transferable. I can’t give the pens away or sell my excess pens.

Each year I get angrier because my government forces me to purchase pens I don’t like, in quantities that don’t suit my needs, and can never be utilized if I do not use them.

Preposterous, you say? Well, no more preposterous than what is now law regarding insurance.

I went online and looked at the 2010 Census questions at http://2010.census.gov/2010census/how/interactive-form.php. The hullabaloo over the questions is really much ado about nothing. I compared the form with other past forms at http://genealogygenius.com/UScensusform1930.aspx, and it really essentially the same form, only modernized. Given that other forms counted slaves owned, it a less offensive form than others the government has created in the past. I will happily fill it out, as it is shorter than most other census forms.

However, I have heard of the pre-census surveys sent out to randomly selected citizens. The questions asked on this form are definitely intrusive, such as “what time do you leave for work?” No one I know has received this form, and if I do, I will not fill it out- it is not required by the Constitution, and if what I hear is true, it is rather intrusive. I went to the site and found the survey section at http://www.census.gov/survey_participants/, but there is no straight answer about whether or not a citizen is required to fill out the form when I go to this link: http://www.census.gov/survey_participants/household_surveys/am_i_required_to_participate_in_this_household_survey.html. So in a nut shell,

Census 2010: Good, will fill out
Pre-Census random survey: Bad, will not fill out

I was talking to someone the other day who is of the more liberal persuasion. He said he is afraid many Americans are becoming “radicalized”. I asked him, “How do you mean?” To which he said, “They are buying weapons and ammo by the bucket full as if they are ready to fight our own government.”

This statement has haunted me since the day he said it. What bothers me is not that he has observed an increase in sales of firearms and ammunition. It isn’t that he thinks Americans are becoming radical. What bothers me is the total lack of recognition of how “radical” our forefathers had to be to shake off the chains of tyranny.

As you know, Thomas Jefferson made some interesting and famous statements regarding liberty and tyranny. Here are a few:

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
“Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.”
“…a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they (the subjects of King George, Americans) should declare the causes which impel them to the separation (from England).”

Thomas Jefferson knew that in order to gain, keep, and maintain liberty, blood must be shed. This was once common knowledge agreed upon even by his political foes. However, this view is now viewed as fringe extremism. Pacifism toward tyranny is a perversion. Americans who are simply content to allow governmental tyranny in the form of government control of health care, UN usurpation of US sovereignty, global warming policies and the like are nothing but spoiled, fattened children who confuse the abundance of prosperity with the beautiful hardship of liberty.

It is a dangerous thing to not recognize that our elected officials can be domestic enemies. However, it is even more dangerous for the populace to recognize it and then do nothing. I am afraid for my country. If there is no revolution in the ballot box, and we fall completely under tyranny, I can forsee the “extreme” elements of our country taking up arms to restore this country. If they do, they will simply be watering the wilting tree of liberty.

Do I desire this? No, absolutely not. What I desire is for our elected leaders to govern, not rule; to govern in the best interests of the people, performing their roles as representatives of the people and the states, rather than perverting their roles and turning them into positions of power over the masses.

I pray for a ballot revolution in 2010 and 2012. God, may it be so.

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