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Guns in bars and the magical powers of the TCA

Critics of the guns-in-bars bill passed this past year seem adamant in their belief that only the text of a TCA statute has kept us safe from wild west shootouts in Printer’s Alley for lo-these-many-years. Given the mystical powers of TCA to inhibit ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Television Critics Association

Coffee County, Tennessee Bureaucrats, and the Nanny State

Ms. Spears and I exchanged several email messages this morning (in my capacity as Vice President of the Tennessee Association of Church-Related Schools). I am happy to report that she has issued the following letter of clarification: It was brought to ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  20 Jul 2009

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child

It’s in the news again. Created in 1989, the Convention (often abbreviated as the “CRC”) has a number of laudable goals and features. It has been ratified by 193 countries around the world. The only two UN member states which have NOT ratified it are ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  25 Jun 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate

RedHatRob & Kay Brooks on the Radio - talking about homeschooling in Tennessee

The show is hosted by Babe Huggett (who blogs at TheRealityCheck.org) and Warner Todd Huston (who is a prolific blogger and owner of StopTheACLU). You can click on the Life, Liberty link to go to the show’s homepage and listen to the show on your PC, ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  1 Jun 2009

Weapons of Mass Instruction

John Taylor Gatto has a new book out. That is cause for celebration. For those who are not familiar with him, a bit of his biography is in order. Gatto taught for 30 years in the public schools of New York City, specifically Community School District 3, ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  20 May 2009
Related Topics: David Sarnoff,  Wall Street Journal,  H. L. Mencken,  Richard Branson,  Bill Gates

Tennessee’s jihad against homeschoolers

As a result of her presentations, other agencies and departments of the state began to reject diplomas issued to homeschoolers when a high school diploma was required by law for certain regulated categories of employment. At first it was the Tennessee ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  29 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama

News Flash: 36,000 people will die from the flu THIS YEAR!

As they did last year. And the year before that. And the year before that. Here’s how that number is derived and reported by the Centers for Disease Control: “Using new and improved statistical models, CDC scientists estimate that an average of 36,000 ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  29 Apr 2009

National Homechool Basketball Tournament Star - already signed with the Lady Vols

Homeschooling sports teams are coming of age. The breadth, depth, and quality of play at the national basketball tournament has been steadily improving for the past five or six years. This year’s event in Springfield, MO involves 340 teams from 20 ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  22 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Tim Tebow

Department of Defense doesn’t want civilians reloading

The Shootist reports that several purchasers of expended brass ammunition casing from the Department of Defense have been notified that they may no longer use the brass for reloading and resale. The DOD, effective immediately is requiring that the ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  16 Mar 2009

Germany is reverting to paper ballots, but not Tennessee?

Ballot security is the cornerstone of free elections. So why are State Sen. Ketron and State Rep. Todd sponsoring a bill to scrap the recently mandated return to paper ballots? See HB 0614 & SB 0872. ...

From ROB SHEARER, The Tennessee ConserVOLiance,  6 Mar 2009

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