Cocktails and Conservation to Protect Virgin Falls

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Reception to support Robert Duvall

MR. & MRS. HOWARD HICKS

AND THE HOST COMMITTEE

 

THE HONORABLE BETH HARWELL

SPEAKER OF THE TENNESSEE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

THE HONORABLE JACK JOHNSON THE HONORABLE JUDD MATHENY

SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TENNESSEE HOUSE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

 

THE HONORABLE GLEN CASADA

STATE REPRESENTATIVE, 63RD DISTRICT

 

KEVIN KOOKOGEY - MONTY LANKFORD

BRUCE MCNEILAGE - TAMI & ANDY MILLER

WILLIAM MORGAN - TIM SKOW

KATHLEEN STARNES – Walter Strickland

INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR A RECEPTION IN SUPPORT OF

 

ROBERT DUVALL

CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE

 

“Green Gables Estate”

2275 HENPECK LANE • FRANKLIN, TENNESSEE

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

6:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

$100 PER COUPLE RSVP: VOTE4ROBERTDUVALL@GMAIL.COM

BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE 615.424.0883

PAID FOR BY ROBERT DUVALL FOR STATE HOUSE • ROBERT TAYLOR, TREASURER

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STAATS’ CAMPAIGN NAMES AJ MCCALL STATE FINANCE CHAIRMAN

Brad Staats

Businessman Brad Staats, Republican candidate for the 5th Congressional District, named AJ McCall a prominent businessman and strong Republican advocate as State Finance Chairman for his campaign.

“AJ McCall has proven to be a tremendous asset in helping elect several Republican lawmakers across the State of Tennessee. I have enjoyed getting to know AJ over the past couple of months. He will bring valuable resources to the campaign in our efforts to raise the money needed to get our message out to the voters of the 5th Congressional District, “Staats said.

McCall, a graduate of Vanderbilt and a former officer of the Army Reserve, serves as CEO of his family’s successful furniture and appliance store DT McCall and Sons, which has several locations across Middle Tennessee. “With unemployment numbers above 8% for the last 43 months, I feel that Brad brings a new perspective to Washington. I also feel that Davidson, Cheatham and Dickson county residents deserve a Representative that understands the difference in signing a payroll check, instead of the back of one,” McCall states.

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Small business endorses Charles Williamson in House District 50

NFIB/Tennessee supports pro-small business candidate

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The National Federation of Independent Business, Tennessee’s leading small business association, has endorsed Charles Williamson for the open seat in the 50th House District. The endorsement was made by NFIB/Tennessee SAFE (Save America’s Free Enterprise) Trust, which is comprised exclusively of NFIB members. The general election will be held Tuesday, Nov. 6.

“Charles Williamson will be a very strong supporter of free enterprise in Nashville and will work to protect small businesses in House District 50,” said Jim Brown, state director of NFIB/Tennessee. “Charles Williamson is the clear choice for small business because he will emphasize reducing the burdens of government on hard-working entrepreneurs.”

Williamson, a small business owner, said, “I greatly appreciate NFIB’s support for my campaign. I look forward to fighting for less government and less red tape so our small-business job creators can get back to doing what they do best, which is grow Tennessee’s economy. Tennessee is already a great place to do business, but we can do so much to make it even better.”

NFIB’s endorsement is critical to the Williamson campaign. Small business owners and their employees vote in high numbers and are known for actively recruiting friends, family members and acquaintances to go to the polls. NFIB has pledged it will activate its grassroots network on behalf of the Williamson campaign. NFIB’s political support is based on the candidates’ positions and records on small business issues.

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2-for-1 BEER! - Liberty On The Rocks

Tomorrow night, September 20th. 5:30-

Mafiaoza's on 12th Ave. 

This is such a fun event! There is no opening prayer, no pledge, no treasurer's report, no reading of the minutes of the last meeting, no guest speaker. There is no program and no agenda, no officers and no one in charge. This is just a bunch of right-of-center liberty-loving people getting together to drink and socialize.

I am a regular at these events. Now, I will tell you, the more libertarian end of the right-of-center spectrum dominates but right-of center folks of all strips are welcome. Attendance is usually about fifteen to twenty-five people. It is on the patio at Mafiaoza's in the 12th Avenue South neighborhood.  For this group, happy hour with two-for-one drinks is all night long. 

The group ranges in age from those in their early 20's to those in their 70's, and with everyone from students to laborers to attorneys. The larger group usually ends up breaking into four or so smaller groups with people floating between the groups. Right of center is still a pretty broad spectrum and interesting discussion and respectful but animated debate is the norm. If you are tired of hanging out with your liberal co-workers or family or people who never talk about anything of substance, come party with some smart like-minded people.

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GREEN HILLS GOP SUMMIT Sat. Sept. 22,

 Rise & Shine

Join Your Fellow GOP'ersGREEN HILLS GOP SUMMIT

 INSIDERS’ REPORT ON THE GOP’s TAMPA CONVENTION 2012 
 Saturday, September 22, 2012
Green Hills Satellite Campaign Office4108 Hillsboro Pike (Next To McDonald’s)Coffee, Pastries and Fellowship at 8:30am
Program Begins at 9 am

Please Bring Along A Chair Or Two For Use During The Meeting

Convention Delegates and Alternates:

Kathleen Starnes

Beth Campbell

Bob Schwartz

Nathan James

 

**PLEASE RSVP TO: GREENHILLSGOP@GMAIL.COM**

 Event Chairmen - Peter and Gail VoyseyKathleen Starnes, DCRP Chairman
This event sponsored
by the
Davidson County
Republican Party

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The trailer for "Innocence of Muslims"

Here it is. This the trailer of a movie which may or may not exist that has set off rioting across the Muslim world.
 
This is unbelievably bad. The acting in wooden and amateurish. The dialogue is dubbed into the film. It is a collection of disjointed scenes and makes not sense.

To read more about the film and who made it and how actors did not even know what they were making, follow this link.

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Southeast Davidson County Conservatives’ Breakfast Meeting

Saturday, September 15

8:30 am - Breakfast & Social 

9:00-10:30 am - Meeting 

Shoney’s Bell Road @ Cane Ridge Rd. (I-24E) 

($5.00 minimum food/drink purchase, please) 

Guest Speakers 

Mark Winslow
TN Republican Party State Executive Committee District 19

Kathleen Starnes Chairman GOP Nashville

Kathleen and Mark just returned from the Republican National Convention and will give us “an inside look” at the convention activities. 

Plus.. 

Councilman Robert Duvall

District 59 Campaign Update!!!!

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Update: School Board meeting of 9/11/2012. Great Hearts fails.

The School Board meeting on 9/11/2012

This is the first meeting of the new school board. The first order of business is the election of Chair and Vice Chair. The Board unanimously elects Cheryl D. Mayes as Chair and Anna Shepherd as Vice Chair.

"Public Participation" starts at 09: 06. Councilman James Stanley addresses the Board making a plea and argument for a new high school for the Dupont Area. At 22:36 Shelly Baldwin makes an argument against the approval of Great Hearts academy, arguing that their existing schools are not adequately diverse. She is followed by a couple other people who speak against Great Hearts and one person who speaks in favor.

The discussion of the Great Hearts application begins at 35:06. Will Pinkston of District 7 ask good questions about the legal issues surrounding the state's authority to order the school board to approve the Great Hearts charter application. Mr. Soloman, the attorney representing the Board says the State is on sound footing and the School Board has no legal grounds for defying the State.

Anna Shepherd says the State is bulling the School Board. Jill Speering of District 3, argues against Great Hearts as well as Amy Frogge of District 9. The Attorney, Mr. Soloman, in response to a question from Mr. Pinkston had explained that the three "contingencies" in the State order are not conditions that the state must meet before approving the Charter but are requirements of Great Hearts that go along with the order. Frogge, who is an attorney, takes an opposing view and says the Board cannot approve the Charter until the contingencies are met.

Michael W. Hayes of District 8 speaks in favor of Great Hearts saying that the majority of Great Hearts schools meet the Metro School Board's definition of diversity. Elissa Kim of District of District 5 does not take part in the discussion. I was anxiously looking forward to hearing what she would have to say on the issue.

The vote is taken and those voting against Great Hearts and voting to defy the State are Amy Frogge, Jo Ann Brannon, Sharon Gentry, Anna Shepherd and Chairman Cheryl Mayes. Voting in favor of Great Hearts are Jill Speering, Elissa Kim, Will Pinkston, and Michael Hayes. The discussion end at 1:16:07.

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I'm sorry, so sorry, please accept my apology....

This is the statement issued by the embassy in Egypt in response to the deadly attacks on the American embassies in  Egypt and Libya:   “The Embassy of the  United States in Cairo condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims—as we condemn  efforts to offend believers of all religions.”

What an outrage! The message should have been something along the lines of,  "Stop the attacks or we will but a boot up your ass, it's the American way. We will light up your world like the 4th of July." 

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Obama is aleep at the wheel and in over his head.

Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right
By Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 09/13/2012

....So what exactly was the problem? As far as we can see, Romney, the Near East desk and Clinton were in sync. Ah, but where was the president? He apparently had gone to bed and so the day passed without comment from him.(link)

My Comment

We all now know the story of the attack on our embassies in Egypt and Libya, the death of Americans, the apology from our embassy in Cairo, an entire day without an adequate response from Washington, Romney's denunciation of Washington' inaction and the delayed denunciation of the attack from Secretary of State Clinton and the President.

When we needed strong leadership and some sabre rattling, what we got was an apology that some low- budget movie had offended the sensibilities of Muslims.  If someone makes a movie critical or even blasphemous of another religion, that is not an official American position.  We can not apologize for the actions of another. We owe no one an apology.  Muslims need to learn that in the rest of the world where people have various degrees of freedom of expression, that offensive things are often said or done. Get over it! We will not let your offense be justifications for attacks on America.

What is clear from this incident is that the President is not up to the job. He is "out to lunch" or "asleep at the wheel."  This is not new, people just did not know it.

This week I watched the Charlie Rose show and he interviewed author Bob Woodward. Woodward is not some right-winger out to get the President. You remember Woodward?  He was the journalist who in the 70's brought down Nixon with the Watergate expo. He is a journalist with the liberal Washington Post.

Woodward was the only guest and Woodward and Rose spoke at length. Woodward was discussing his new book,"The Price of Politics." In the interview, Woodward exposes the Presidents' lack of leadership, his disinterest in working with Congress, his unwillingness to do the heavy lifting to get things accomplished, his lack of diplomacy, and his unwillingness to compromise. The President is presented as arrogant and inept and a poor negotiator.

Woodward reveals how the White House has no organization of any consequence, never has a plan B for any issue, and how Obama fails to nurture alliances in Congress.  Woodward tells how Reagan and a Democratic Congress led by Speaker Tip O'Neill solved difficult problems by working through ideological difference to find solutions. He compares Obama to Clinton, the Bushes and Reagan and other Presidents and Obama comes off very badly.

I have never liked Obama's politics but for a while thought he was personally likable.  That did not last long however. During the early days of his administration, during the financial crisis, I watched a televised meeting of the President and handful of Congressional leaders. All of the members of Congress, addressed the President as "Mr. President" and he addressed members of Congress by their first name, and he spoke in a manner as if he was talking down to them. He lectured.  I remember Representative Marsha Blackburn was one of the people at the table. He called her "Marsha."  The protocol should be that if Obama is "Mr. President," then Marsha is "Representative Blackburn."  That was when I knew I did not like Obama's policies or Obama the person. He is simply arrogant and thinks he should not have to deal with lesser human beings.

Having watched the Charlie Rose show and since read several reviews and excepts from the book, I don't feel compelled to purchase the book and read it, I have been exposed to enough of it to get the point.  If you are flipping channels and come across Woodward being interviewed, stop and watch. After watching Woodward talk about Obama, you will realize what peril our nation is in, how in over his head our president really is, and why it is so important that he not be reelected.

To read more about the Woodward book on Obama follow these links: here, here, and here.

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Mayor Dean Statement on Great Hearts Charter Withdrawl

"It is a sad day for the children of Nashville who would have benefited from the high quality education Great Hearts was ready to offer. I want Great Hearts and the rest of the quality charter operators across the country to know that I am proud to be the Mayor of a very welcoming, diverse and open city- despite what has happened here. ...

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I commend Mayor Dean for the stand he has taken on this issue.

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