Civil asset forfeiture is where the government can take your property, even if they never convicted you of an offense. It's a blatant violation of due process. But, we as Americans allow government to get away with it. Why? Well, part of the problem are the anti-drug zealots....
In the state of Tennessee, a large portion of the population does not believe in evolution. Unfortunate, but true. Tennessee isn't maybe the buckle of the so called Bible Belt, but it isn't too far away from that. The governor of that state is about to sign legislation that...
The police have arrested and intruded upon media freedom in America. It happens quite often, and ironically, it is mostly ignored by the media at large. In a case in Philadelphia at an anti-military recruiting protest in 2008, a reporter was singled out for arrest, after the...
Canned and country fried is how I remember the experience. Sure, I used to stop in. I didn’t fall for all the country crapola, but I liked the fire in the fireplace. The service is fast and friendly. The food is...
A male body was found today in an overturned vehicle with bearing a Tennessee license plate. Found off Highway 51, it appeared that the vehicle had been there for a while. According to The Commercial Appeal, the body of a man was found just off Highway 51, in a ditch. " ...
There's an ongoing investigation in the death of Wille Mayfield after a fight with his room-mate at Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. As reported by WMCtv police were called to Spring Gate Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center Wednesday morning...
This is a teaser intro for an article i wrote on Examiner.com " First of all, you may ask, who am I to even propose a solution to what all of my state and federal elected officials cannot figure out how to resolve...
Awhile back, two years ago, I wrote The Politics of Fear. I noted in my article the trend of whipping up fear for fear's sake, illustrating fear that plays upon unknown, often illogically exaggerated...
opinion by Karen Hatter | 1 year ago | updated 46 wks ago 741 views | 6 recommendations | 4 comments
"Soledad O’Brien’s CNN special “Unwelcome: The Muslims Next Door” focuses on one of the more high-profile battles over Islam in the past year: the fight over a mosque in a small city in Tennessee called Murfreesboro. The fight–in which a wave of anger, protest,...
"Donald Trump said Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander should “stop trying to get free publicity on the back of Donald Trump” on Monday, a day after the Tennessee senator told CNN that Trump has "absolutely no chance of winning" a presidential race. “Sen. Lamar Alexander,...
" Murfreesboro, Tennessee, has been the epicenter of a months-long battle over the construction of a new mosque in the Nashville suburb. It's one example of many concerning Muslims in America, and how cities...
" Like any loving father, Christopher Savoie just wanted to do the best thing for his two kids. In August 2009, his Japanese ex-wife broke U.S. law and abducted their children from his home in Tennessee, moving them to Japan. But when Savoie went to get them weeks later, he...
" FedEx could learn Friday what happened to a package containing radioactive materials that went missing a day before. The company said it is searching in the Tennessee area and that the item is safe as long as nobody tampers with the protective packaging around it. The item...
A Shooting at the Post Office in Henning Tennessee on Monday Morning Killed Two Female Employees Two female employees were shot at killed at the Henning Tennessee post office around 9am on Monday morning. WMC-TV has a video news report of the incident. It is thought that...
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