Hats off to rockytop for reminding me to shovel around in the old tool box. As for the guv, for a man so dedicated to justice and the national socialist way, Haslam has messed up again. On June 3rd of this year, he signed the proclamation honoring Confederate Decoration Day, which honors Confederate soldiers are remembered for their great loyalty […]

By rockytop Just a couple of days ago, RTP noted a day of reckoning for Gov. Bill Haslam.   July 13th is “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day” and we wondered if Haslam would sign the required state proclamation honoring the very person whose statue the governor recently said he wanted to remove from the state capitol. Well as it turns out, […]

Not a Blink of an Eye A black man is allegedly shot in the back by a white cop in Ferguson, Mo. Violence erupts. Property is destroyed. A black man dies ostensibly after given a rough ride in a police van in Baltimore. Three of the six individuals charged in his death are white. Violence erupts. Property is destroyed. A white […]

Written by  William F. Jasper Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court’s revolutionary June 26 decision declaring same-sex marriage to be a “constitutional right,” Walmart Corporation led a bevy of corporate sponsors publicly supporting New York City’s LBGT Pride parade. As with most events of this type, the parade featured numerous participants, floats, and organizations promoting everything profane, lewd, nude, […]

By Eric Boehm | Watchdog.org It’s the NANNY-ST8 for your license plate. In addition to outright vulgarity and racism, some states prohibit messages on vanity license plates that can be viewed as “anti-government.” In Pennsylvania, for example, where five state employees in Harrisburg get to decide what’s allowed on vanity plates, banned words include “PUTSCH,” a German word roughly equivalent […]

By Michael Bastasch  /  The Daily Caller Newly released documents show Department of Justice officials, Internal Revenue Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation officials were discussing prosecuting nonprofit organizations for allegedly engaging in illegal political activity. An official “DOJ Recap” document obtained by the group Judicial Watch details an Oct. 8, 2010 meeting between DOJ, IRS and FBI officials, including […]

Operators of the Sendai nuclear power plant in Japan began loading fuel into the plant on Tuesday ahead of its August re-opening, AFP reports. Britain’s largest energy suppliers overcharged households by 1.2 billion pounds each year between 2009 and 2013, Reuters reports. Health Affairs Journal will hold a press briefing on the 50th anniversary of Medicaid. Mississippi officials have ordered Southern Co. […]

Top Obama administration officials lashed out Tuesday at the House Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding bill set for a vote this week. EPA head Gina McCarthy told reporters that the bill would have a “significant impact” on the agency’s ability to carry on its core functions of protecting the country’s air and water. “The appropriations bill currently under consideration by […]

By Tim Brown  /  Freedom Outpost Talk of impeachment has been going on now for close to five years since Barack Hussein Obama usurped the office of President of the United States. Yet, with all the talk that was stirred up, even the passing out of Aaron Klein’s “Impeachable Offenses: The Case for Removing Barack Obama from Office” to every […]

By Ben Johnson   /   LifeSiteNews WASHINGTON, D.C., (LifeSiteNews) – The freedom of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment applies only to churches, not to individuals, a U.S. senator said on national television recently. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-WI – the nation’s first openly lesbian elected to the U.S. Senate – addressed the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision on June 27 […]

by Alice Greene   /  The Post Negotiators met once again on Sunday in Vienna to finalize the nuclear deal with Iran before Tuesday’s deadline – the most recent in a string of extensions aimed to keep Iran cooperative. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is unhappy with Western powers, saying they have “collapsed” to all Iranian demands. Netanyahu continues to worry that the […]

Our Stated July Meeting of the West TN Regional Chapter of the Tennessee Firearms Association will be held this Thursday the 9th, at Brooks Shaw’s Old Country Store, located in the Casey Jones Village, Jackson Tennessee. Our room will be available at 5:30 for those who wish to share a meal and fellowship. I will give a short legislative round […]

TFA Chapter and Regional Meetings for July 2015 Here is the line-up for July TFA Chapter meetings. We are getting great response all over the state and are looking to grow our number of chapters to thirty by the end of 2015. July 6 Putnam/Upper Cumberland Chapter Logan’s Roadhouse, 1395 Interstate Drive, Cookeville First Monday at 6p Chapter Leaders – […]

Will He or Won’t He? By rockytop  /  Rocky Top Politics Gov. Bill Haslam’s call to remove the bust of Forrest from the state capitol comes less than a year after he proclaimed “Nathan Bedford Forrest Day” in the Great State of Tennessee. And coming up next Monday is the day that is designated by law for such an occasion. […]

Editor’s Note: In “identity” Justice Kennedy created a constitutionally protected kind of person, impossible to either define, or effectively limit. The Supreme Court did more than fundamentally rewrite the Constitution in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, they created an entity that doesn’t really exist. In a ruling largely devoid of actual legal reasoning, Justice Kennedy cobbled together his own sympathies, […]

Editor’s Note: The Republican Establishment finds itself on the horns of a dilemma. What is more important: the fate of the country or the fate of their privileged status? Over the past century there have been two common traits found in all nations that have adopted socialist governing principals.  The first is the creation of a privileged governing class, and […]

One of RTP’s most reliable tipsters has provided this little political gem. Some 27-year-old guy named Grant Starrett is running for Congress in the 4th district against Scott DesJarlais. Fair enough. It wouldn’t be much of a surprise that Des Jarlais would have a credible opponent for the fourth time in as many elections (and Lord knows he’s asked for […]

Watch the latest video at <a href=”http://video.foxnews.com”>video.foxnews.com</a>A prominent left-wing group helped formulate Environmental Protection Agency talking points designed to sell a controversial regulatory scheme to skeptical journalists, internal emails show. The emails show Joseph Goffman, the senior counsel of EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation, circulating talking points from Center for American Progress climate strategy director Daniel Weiss among EPA […]

By Donna Wasson  /   NewsWithViews.com Satan and his peons must be dancing a jig! As we’ve all heard ad nauseum, the imperial Supreme Court of the United States, ruled that same-sex marriage is legal and a constitutional right. I’m pretty sure the Founding Fathers would vehemently disagree with their decision on many counts, one of which is that the PEOPLE […]