Friday, November 27, 2020

Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School is again the best public high school in Tennessee.

(The Center Square) – Hume-Fogg Academic Magnet School, where the average SAT score is 1330,
was ranked the best public high school in Tennessee, according to a review of school data by the website 24/7 Wall St. 


The school has an enrollment of 903 students and its average graduation rate stood at 99%, the analysis said. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed information from the data clearinghouse Niche, including teacher absenteeism, test scores and parent surveys, to carry out the study.(link)

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Thursday, November 26, 2020

Our Republic is hanging by a thread. We must win Georgia! Please join me in saving the Senate from a radical take-over.

by Rod Williams - One has heard so often that a particular election is the most important election of our lifetime that after a while it just becomes empty noise. They can't all be the most important. But this time, I really believe that the Georgia runoff elections for Georgia's U. S. Senate races may very well in fact be the most important election of our life time.  If we lose Georgia there is nothing stopping the Democrats from adopting their radical agenda. While I don't think Biden is the most dangerous candidate the Democrat Party could have nominated, he will not buck the radicals in the Party if the Democrats control both houses of Congress. I perceive Biden as someone who is weak and old and he will not stand up to the more radical elements in the Party. He has already essentially adopted their agenda. 


 The whole party has moved to the left and they will adopt policies that will destroy America if they have the votes. If David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler lose their races for the Senate in Georgia, Democrats will take complete and total control of Congress. Chuck Shumer becomes the Senate Majority leader.

 I don't tend to be an alarmist. There is often a kind of ebb and flow to politics. But I see our Republic as hanging by a thread. If we lose Georgia, we may be on the road to becoming Venezuela. Georgia stands between us and America becoming a socialist nation. We may never have another competitive fair election. Stacking the deck by giving statehood to D.C and Puerto Rico combined with the institutionalization of massive use of mail-in ballots and things like same-day voter registration and practices that prohibit making voters prove who they are, may mean Republicans never again win national elections. 

What can we look forward to if Democrats gain control of the Senate? Packing the Supreme Court, Medicare for all, the Green New Deal, loss of our Second Amendment rights, statehood for Washington D. C. and Puerto Rico, open borders and the most massive wave of illegal immigrants we have ever experienced, student loan forgiveness and free college tuition, higher taxes, cuts to military funding, a revival of the long dormant Equal Rights Amendment, abolishing the electoral college, defunding the police, a universal $15 an hour minimum wage, ending the filibuster and more. It also means no investigation of the Biden family influence peddling in Ukraine, China and Russia. 

The Green New Deal alone would impoverish the nation and destroy our economy. With the Green New Deal passed, government will grow to alleviate the misery caused by the policy.  Government will respond to the economic crisis caused by the Green New Deal with more redistribution, wage and price controls and more tax and spend. What is left of a free market economy will disappear and a growth in police state authority will follow. 

 "Wait a minute," some will say.  "Some of what you say will happen, they can't do. It would take a constitutional amendment to curtail the Second Amendment and abolish the Electoral College and the States would have to ratify statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico."  Normally, that would be true, but if Democrats control the Senate and they pack the Court, they can do whatever they want to do.  A Supreme Court dominated by liberal jurist will find ways to accommodate the desires of a Democrat Congress. 

Curtailing the Second Amendment will be accomplished by a mandatory "buy-back" program and liberal jurist will find it compatible with the Constitution.  Liberal jurist are not so immoral that they will just let Democrats do what ever they please, but the judicial philosophy of liberal jurist is that the Constitution is a living document. This judicial philosophy holds that the Constitution was intentionally written using broad language and concepts which should evolve as society evolves.  Liberal jurist look not to what the meaning was of the original text but what was the underlying purpose of the constitutional provision. This view can essentially remove any restraints on Congress. A Court packed with activist judges will find a way to allow curtailment of the Second Amendment, abolishing the Electoral College and Statehood of D. C. and Puerto Rico. With the Court packed there are no constitutional constraints. 

Liberals are going all out to win Georgia.  Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said herself that she is putting every effort into winning Georgia so she, “doesn’t have to negotiate with Republicans.” Democrats are pouring millions of dollars into Georgia to win votes.  An army of Democrats are pouring into the state to door knock for the Democrat nominees. They are even encouraging people to move to Georgia and register to vote.  While few Republicans could do that, there are a lot of young people without roots or jobs that tie them down that may very well temporarily become Georgians just so they can vote in this election.  

Republicans also have a disadvantage in this election, in that Georgia has permitted voter fraud to occur. Georgia is not the worst offender among the states that made it easy to cheat but this run off election may be so close that  little cheating goes a long way.  Georgia has not adopted mail-in voting, but has liberally allowed absentee voting. Over 150,000 people in Georgia voted absentee in the November election. There were proven incidents in Georgia of over 1000 people voting twice; voting absentee and then also voting in person. There is no way to know how many actually did this; 1000 were detected.  Along with some real fraud that occurred in Georgia, the Trump campaign has created a sense of mistrust among voters and these Republican voters may feel fraud is so widespread that they may not turn out at all for the run off.  

Georgia also allowed "ballot curing."  This is the practice of allowing one whose absentee ballot has been rejected due to a missing signature of for some other reason, up to three days to correct the mistake.  This is not fraud per se but Democrats had trained activists to help people “cure” ballots that had been rejected on Election Day."  I think this practice should be banned, but if it is not, then I hope Republicans also have an army of people available to help Republicans "cure" ballots. If Republicans do not get up to speed and commit to matching the Democrats in "curing" ballots, Democrats may win in a close election. 

Republicans must pull out all of the stops to win Georgia.  I am going to do my part.  I give money to candidates in races I care about from time to time, but my contributions are usually like a hundred dollars here and a hundred dollars there.  In this race I am doing more.  I have already given $1000.  I am not revealing this to get a pat on the back but to encourage you to do the same. If I can do it, you can too.   I am not a wealthy person.  I am of modest means. I am retired and have a modest income.  But, I really believe this may be the most important election of my lifetime.  There are some probably reading this, who could give $10,000 and not miss it.

If you can't give much money, there are other ways to help.  One can go to Georgia and knock on doors.  Contact your local or State Republican Party and ask how you can volunteer.  If you can't pay your own expenses for this, the State Party or the campaign of the candidate may be willing to pay your expenses. Ask. In addition to the Party sending volunteers to Georgia, organizations like Heritage Action are also doing so. 

Another way you can help besides giving money is to sign up to make phone calls.  Sometimes this would be from a party headquarters, but often one can do it from the comfort of one's home.  I have done this.  Computer programs give you the name and address of who you are calling, the list has been developed so one is calling Republicans or persuadable voters, and the computer program dials the next number for you. You then enter the results of the effort in the data base. This may be even more important than a cash contribution.  

Ever year about this time I give money to various causes other than just political causes.  Within the next couple days or so, I will be doing that.  One thing I usually give money to are agencies that help the homeless.  What better way to fight future homelessness than to join the fight to keep America from becoming the next Venezuela. I may shift most of my year-end giving to the Georgia race this year. I have already given $1000 to the Georgia race, I expect to give more.  I may double or triple by contribution or maybe more.  This year, I think giving money so Republicans hold Georgia is more important than a contribution to the Alzheimer's Association. I may dip into my child's inheritance.  I would rather leave her a free America than an extra thousand dollars. 

Some of you reading this, I know do more than I do, but some of you who could do something, don't.  If  you are an armchair opinionated Facebook patriot or a scholar of conservative thought but do not give money to things you profess to believe, now is the time.  Your country needs you. 

There are a lot ways to give money. The candidate's have their campaigns, which is how I have given most of my money, but there are also independent PAC's.  Here are some of the ways you can give. There are other PAC's also. 
Georgians for Kelly Loeffler, the candidates campaign. 
MCCONNELL SENATE COMMITTEE, Mitch McConnell's PAC
Protect Freedom PAC, which is Rand Paul's PAC

Please do it. Freedom is in the balance. 

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Happy Thanksgiving!

 


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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by President George Washington



Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued by President George Washington, at the request of Congress, on October 3, 1789 

By the President of the United States of America,

 a Proclamation. 

Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor; and—

Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me “to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness:” 

Now, therefore, I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; 

that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people of this country previous to their becoming a nation; 

for the signal and manifold mercies and the favor, able interpositions of His providence in the course and conclusion of the late war; 

for the great degree of tranquillity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; 

for the peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national one now lately instituted; 

for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; 

and, in general, for all the great and various favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us. 

And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations, and beseech Him to pardon our national and other trangressions; 

to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually; 

to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; 

to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness to us), and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; 

to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; 

and, generally, to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as He alone knows to be best. 

Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789. 

Go. Washington

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Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Senator Lamar Alexander says Joe Biden will soon be the president-elect, Trump needs to put the country first and have an orderly transition.

Sen. Alexander 
Press Release, MARYVILLE, Tenn., November 23, 2020 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement: “The presidential election is rapidly coming to a formal end. Recounts are being completed. Courts are resolving disputes. Most states will certify their votes by December 8. Since it seems apparent that Joe Biden will be the president-elect, my hope is that President Trump will take pride in his considerable accomplishments, put the country first and have a prompt and orderly transition to help the new administration succeed. When you are in public life, people remember the last thing you do."

Rod's Comment:  I agree.

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Monday, November 23, 2020

Lawsuit alleges Gov. Lee didn't have authority to issue COVID-19 emergency orders

Lawsuit alleges Gov. Lee didn't have authority to issue COVID-19 emergency orders

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Metro Schools to return to remote learning after Thanksgiving break

Metro Schools to return to remote learning after Thanksgiving break

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Sunday, November 22, 2020

Video of the Nov. 21st Stop the Steal rally.

 


If you missed the Stop the Steal rally yesterday and want to watch it, here is a video of the event

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Pennsylvania lawsuit loss opens the door for a Supreme Court ruling, but this election will never be overturned.

Rebecca Ann Burke
by Rebecca Ann Burke- In a stinging rebuke, Pennsylvania Judge Matthew Braun dismissed the Trump campaign's largest lawsuit to date. Two results were gained, the rebuke and also the open door to proceed to the US Supreme Court. Judge Braun called it "strained legal arguments without merit and speculative accusations haphazardly stitched together." Further, without concluding that the claims together were not troublesome, he indicated that the case they brought did not rise to the disenfranchisement of 7,000,000 voters. 

As I have said repeatedly on my page, and so many loyal Trump supporters, as I am, have refused to allow me to even state the obvious without attack, this is an uphill battle that we cannot prove in the defined timetable remaining. I don't believe FOR A SECOND, that the United States Supreme Court will say anything other than, IF THEY ARE GENEROUS, you have claims that are troublesome, it appears there are startling irregularities and opportunity for misdeeds, HOWEVER, this election is about 50 separate elections, with 50 sets of practices that could and should be improved, BUT the disenfranchisement of over 150,000,000 voters cannot be entertained. 

That said, the election will never be overturned. The voting right is sacred but the patchwork of laws, state to state, do not guarantee that this sacred practice is a pure one devoid of corruption. It is a disaster and will continue to be so, allowing foreign influence and yes, even manipulation of voting software to happen as long as states act as 50 separate fiefdoms, which invite and coddle that corruption. 

I am seriously worried that this fight, which has even divided one Trump supporter from another Trump supporter, is tearing apart all the marvelous accomplishments of Trump's presidency. This ugly fight that hurts everyone, and DOES NOT overturn a thing, will be President Trump's page in the history books. I, for one, who fought with time and dollar to get Trump elected in 2016, will not stand for it. I will write about it until someone listens. 

A Democrat led, and foreign influence mechanized effort, the players of which are yet to be identified, have used every tactic in the book in a single election, to pull out a win. Only state legislation fifty times over can fix this. Coast to coast, the practice of mail-in voting, even in the face of an epidemic, must be prohibited! The practice of same day voter registration and voting must be outlawed, it is also an open door to fraud so massive that it is undetectable. The practice of VERIFYING signatures must also include voter photo ID, and that identity MUST be compared with registration records by EYE and by electronic scanner, BOTH. This must be done at the time of voting so that the voter has an opportunity to challenge or provide a proper signature. NO ballot is considered legitimate if received AFTER the close of business on voting day. There are weeks in advance to get these in and that is sufficient. Taxing poll capabilities on the day of and days later with late arriving ballots creates a highway-sized door for fraud. 

No polling machine should be connected to the internet as voting takes place. As they should be and mostly are now, multiple test runs of the software take place before one legitimate vote is cast. Votes should then be relayed by independent measure, to a central voting tally office, avoiding the internet. In the most digitized country in the world, there is no excuse for any opportunity for voting software to be hacked, or votes switched, or changed in relaying totals. This should never happen. While Silicon Valley is loaded with liberal-minded individuals, there are plenty of software engineers with conservative beliefs that can and should be involved in protection of voting software. 

If the money to facilitate is there, I believe the best gift of the US Supreme Court would be to order that every ballot in this country be preserved in its original form, and housed in a secure location outside of each state. I would also love to have the gift of an order to states and local jurisdictions, to today download their polling software for preservation at that secure site. It may take an army of engineers, the next five years, but we will truly get to the quantification and sources of fraud in this election. That is the only way we will ever truly know. It will not be in time to save the President's second term. It may provide the opportunity for another term in 2024, but barring that, preliminary results could create a massive groundswell defeat in the midterm 2022 election, of all those who even remotely enabled, or even knew about, the largest election fraud in U.S. history. That INCLUDES Republicans and Democrats. 

The moment the US Supreme Court rules, and I frankly am not looking forward to that day, the President must set aside all the antipathy that has surrounded this election and focus on preserving his legacy. Spiritually, I believe God's hand is in this. His plan wasn't about the winning as much as it was in saving the country from this patchwork of fraud ever poisoning again, our future.

Rebecca Ann Burke is an astute political observer and one whose opinion I respect. She served as a member to the Tennessee Republican Party Executive Committee for District 23 from 2014-2018. She is the past president of America First Federation. The above essay is reposted from Facebook.

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