Declare Independence! Don’t drive as much. But, you say you have-to for work and for other necessities. Let me guess. Most of you drive to Knoxville or Oak Ridge for work, or know someone in your family who does. Ever wonder why that is? It’s because we here in Campbell County have 40% fewer job opportunites than the average county in TN. On average, we have a 25% longer commute time too! The two go hand in hand. If we had just an average level of industry here we wouldn’t have to spend so much time congesting the roads, and so much money- filling our tanks!
Recently there was a Tourism Summit for Campbell County held at Cove Lake. The State Commissioner for Tourism, Susan Whitaker, was there to deliver the keynote address. She announced that TN, with $11.4 billion in 2005, is now 11th in the country in tourism business, moving up from 12th in 2004! Contrary to common notions, this business is most definitely as much a bonafide industry as coal, manufacturing or agriculture, etc. It has created over 170,000 real jobs for Tenneseans statewide. If we here in Campbell County just had our fair share of those tourism-jobs our employment statistics would miraculously climb from their current doldrums to about the state’s average.
Whitaker applauded the efforts of our new Tourism Council, which sponsored the ground-breaking Event, and offered a few suggestions. A “Brand,” or Trademark Name needs to be given to our area for quick and easy identification regarding our tourist-related amenities “Leisure Travelers,” East TN’s biggest tourist segment, need a consistent and frequent reminder of what we have to offer. A message that includes our Brand needs to be posted on highway signs and used in all of our tourist advertising.
The new Tourism Council has the will but needs money to formulate and put into practice these suggestions. Just like Anderson County, we need to dedicate a substantial budget amount for our Tourism Council. In Anderson, 80% of the proceeds from their Hotel/Motel tax goes back to the Council for further investment. According to Commissioner Whitaker- for every dollar invested in tourism there’s a return in tax revenue of at least $14. Out of that revenue- which increases with each new investment in Tourism- 50% forms the basis for funding our Educational system! So, more tourism equals more jobs, shorter commutes, less rush-hour traffic, an emerging Industry to supplant our growing, (generational), Welfare-dependency, and, finally, more money to help rescue our failing schools!
This Industry has the bonus of being a clean industry too. What would you prefer- more
tourists, or a renewed coal mining operation in the county to further level our mountains and pollute our streams? Beggars can’t be choosers, and right now there aren’t a whole lot of economic opportunities lining-up and knocking at our door!
The income for our area is 35% lower than the state average. The value of our homes is 30% less than the state average. In Campbell County we have 70% more people living below the poverty line, and 40% more people who work in government, (Welfare bureaucracies, etc.), as opposed to private industry. Retail sales, part of the Tourism business, are 37% less here than the average. High School graduation rates and literacy rates stand around the 50% level. The average TN county has 1/3 more High School graduates and well over twice as many citizens who can read! That’s appalling!
The other bonus to a Tourism Industry for Campbell County is the emphasis on shorter vacation destinations now that gas prices are so high. If we work now on increasing our
efforts for building a tourism industry, we can expect more opportunites in the future from prospective vacationers living within a short-drive from our area. Why not? According to Commissioner Whitaker we have so much more to offer here than most TN counties. The beautiful, true-natural landscapes of the Cumberland Mountains and Norris Lake are like a godsend, and so, we should take advantage of these resources while simultaneously taking a blow against the big oil companies. The prospects of $3 per gallon gas should finally wake us all up to the ugly truth we’ve been hiding from for far too long- our Welfare-addiction, the hatred of “Yankee-tourists,” and the lack ofindustrial growth is just too costly for us to ignore any longer. (send comments to WFC83197@aol.com
Monday, April 24, 2006
Monday, April 17, 2006
Keep Church and State Separate
Every time governments get too involved in promoting one religion over another- tyranny always seems to result. If history teaches us anything it’s this one irrefutable fact. From the Roman Inquisition, to the Recusant Laws of the Anglican Church, to today’s Islamic Fascists in the War on Terror and the Secular Humanists of America, they all operate under the same totalitarian theory. They wrap themselves in the authority of the State so they can then use that power to bully and subjugate all dissenters. Anyone who disagrees becomes subject to ridicule, harsh punishment or even death. But, for the sincere motives of a fundamentalist tyrant such penalties are simply par for the course.
All of the aforementioned groups are entities that depend upon an exclusive government franchise in order to exist within the monopolistic capacity they wish to pursue. And, they all have certain fundamental beliefs which define their true, authoritarian nature. It may surprise many to learn that Secular Humanism is very much a religion. The Supreme Court ruled that it was in the1961 case Torcaso v. Watkins. So, since it is a religion, I thought I would take a few minutes to research the nature of its core beliefs.
The Secular Humanist Fundamentalist believes:
(1) Evolutionary Theory
(2) There’s No Supernatural or Revealed Truth
(3) Human Fulfillment is Perfectible
(4) Traditional Religion is an Obstacle & Must Be Changed
(5) Communism is Good
(6) Man Creates his own Reality, and his own Destiny
(7) Man is the Ultimate Power in the Universe.
(8) No God Will Save Us, We Must Save Ourselves
(9) There’s No Heaven or Hell
(10)All Morality is Subjective & Situational
(11)There’s No Such Thing as Sexual Deviancy
(12)Suicide & Euthanasia are Protected Rights
(13)There’s No Room for Competing Religions
(14)Global Socialism Will Work
(15)Nation States Should Be Abolished
(16)National Defense Should Be Eliminated
(17)Science & Technology Need No Rules
(18)Human Beings Can Put an End to All Terror & Hatred
(19)A Revolution is Needed
(from the Humanist Manifestos of 1933 and 1973)
This vile, Man-centered religion that allows no room for the God of the Bible is striving to take over all aspects of our Federal Government and our lives. These Secularists use clever language and sly tactics to try to convince average Americans that they are the protectors of their liberties. They are not. It is their Religion that is totalitarian and intolerant, not the traditional Judeo-Christian teachings. But the high priests of Secular Humanism, which consist of most national journalists & ultra-liberal politicians, keep pressuring those of traditional faith to surrender their freedoms.
Simple displays of nativity scenes, Christmas signs in windows, and the posting of The Ten Commandments are among the religious “exercises” constantly challenged by the legal arm of Secular Humanism- the ACLU. This is ridiculous since an image of Moses and the Tablets are even carved into the marbled walls of the Supreme Court building itself! Nowhere in the Constitution can one find the phrase “separation of church and state.” Thomas Jefferson used this phrase in an 1802 private letter responding to the concerns over the perceived establishment of a new National Church which would punish all other denominations. Jefferson wrote that “the natural rights of conscience” are protected in the first amendment by the prohibition against any Federal Government interference with one’s free exercise of religion. The “Wall,” as he described it, is a one way barrier. It is religious practice, not government, that is to be protected. Government is what all of the Founders feared, not Christianity or Judaism.
So next time you hear the phrase: “separation of Church and State”….tell ‘em you’re all for it, but also tell ‘em, let it begin with the Fundamentalists of the Church of SecularHumanism! (send comments to WFC83197@aol.com)
All of the aforementioned groups are entities that depend upon an exclusive government franchise in order to exist within the monopolistic capacity they wish to pursue. And, they all have certain fundamental beliefs which define their true, authoritarian nature. It may surprise many to learn that Secular Humanism is very much a religion. The Supreme Court ruled that it was in the1961 case Torcaso v. Watkins. So, since it is a religion, I thought I would take a few minutes to research the nature of its core beliefs.
The Secular Humanist Fundamentalist believes:
(1) Evolutionary Theory
(2) There’s No Supernatural or Revealed Truth
(3) Human Fulfillment is Perfectible
(4) Traditional Religion is an Obstacle & Must Be Changed
(5) Communism is Good
(6) Man Creates his own Reality, and his own Destiny
(7) Man is the Ultimate Power in the Universe.
(8) No God Will Save Us, We Must Save Ourselves
(9) There’s No Heaven or Hell
(10)All Morality is Subjective & Situational
(11)There’s No Such Thing as Sexual Deviancy
(12)Suicide & Euthanasia are Protected Rights
(13)There’s No Room for Competing Religions
(14)Global Socialism Will Work
(15)Nation States Should Be Abolished
(16)National Defense Should Be Eliminated
(17)Science & Technology Need No Rules
(18)Human Beings Can Put an End to All Terror & Hatred
(19)A Revolution is Needed
(from the Humanist Manifestos of 1933 and 1973)
This vile, Man-centered religion that allows no room for the God of the Bible is striving to take over all aspects of our Federal Government and our lives. These Secularists use clever language and sly tactics to try to convince average Americans that they are the protectors of their liberties. They are not. It is their Religion that is totalitarian and intolerant, not the traditional Judeo-Christian teachings. But the high priests of Secular Humanism, which consist of most national journalists & ultra-liberal politicians, keep pressuring those of traditional faith to surrender their freedoms.
Simple displays of nativity scenes, Christmas signs in windows, and the posting of The Ten Commandments are among the religious “exercises” constantly challenged by the legal arm of Secular Humanism- the ACLU. This is ridiculous since an image of Moses and the Tablets are even carved into the marbled walls of the Supreme Court building itself! Nowhere in the Constitution can one find the phrase “separation of church and state.” Thomas Jefferson used this phrase in an 1802 private letter responding to the concerns over the perceived establishment of a new National Church which would punish all other denominations. Jefferson wrote that “the natural rights of conscience” are protected in the first amendment by the prohibition against any Federal Government interference with one’s free exercise of religion. The “Wall,” as he described it, is a one way barrier. It is religious practice, not government, that is to be protected. Government is what all of the Founders feared, not Christianity or Judaism.
So next time you hear the phrase: “separation of Church and State”….tell ‘em you’re all for it, but also tell ‘em, let it begin with the Fundamentalists of the Church of SecularHumanism! (send comments to WFC83197@aol.com)
Sunday, April 2, 2006
The Truth Behind Faith-based Initiatives
A few weeks ago Lincoln Davis, Dem. rep. of TN’s 4th Congressional district, gave a speech in which he said, “having faith in one particular religion doesn’t necessarily matter.” This ACLU/Secularist sentiment was declared, in a speech where he was advocating that Democrats
need to “reframe the debate” along the lines of Faith-based Initiatives.
His claim was that certain, federally-sponsored, bureaucratic programs somehow qualify as “faith-based initiatives” in so much as they involve good intentions and were Democrat proposals. How convenient! Programs such as: labor laws, Social Security, the GI bill, the Dept. of Education, Road Projects & Environmental Regulations were cited. No doubt these items had their place and were well-intentioned for their time, but to contend that they were faith-based is just flat-out wrong, unless Davis is inferring that it is a Faith in Government he’s professing!
The truth of what constitutes “faith-based initiatives” is President Bush’s campaign from 2001, which was an effort to encourage the help of churches and other private organizations in the delivery of charitable services to the poor and needy. His efforts are based on the sound realization that government bureaucracies don’t always work best in identifying and correcting social problems. Many churches and voluntary groups have demonstrated over the years a far greater capacity for actually helping people improve their lives, than government. The result of a truly compassionate program should be measured by results- ie. how well it helps individuals to become independent, not de- pendent, as is so often the case with government-based welfare.
There have been trillions of dollars spent by the federal government since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. What have we gotten for all of these transfer payments that have redistributed wealth from the workers of our society to the non-workers? The rate of poverty has stayed relatively constant through the decades, but the National Debt has grown by nearly ten-fold. In
addition, we have established a new class of people who work harder to qualify for new government handouts than they ever do for getting off the dole!
Yes, Mr. Davis, Religion does matter! Our current War with the Religiously- inspired Islamic-terrorists should tell you that. And, the Religious teaching that is particular to our Judeo-Christian, conservative heritage: “to do unto others as we’d have others do unto us,” serves as the Faith that has defined our national character since it’s foundation, and one in which we must turn to again, if we are to long survive as a free and God-fearing nation.
(send your comments to: WFC83197@aol.com)
need to “reframe the debate” along the lines of Faith-based Initiatives.
His claim was that certain, federally-sponsored, bureaucratic programs somehow qualify as “faith-based initiatives” in so much as they involve good intentions and were Democrat proposals. How convenient! Programs such as: labor laws, Social Security, the GI bill, the Dept. of Education, Road Projects & Environmental Regulations were cited. No doubt these items had their place and were well-intentioned for their time, but to contend that they were faith-based is just flat-out wrong, unless Davis is inferring that it is a Faith in Government he’s professing!
The truth of what constitutes “faith-based initiatives” is President Bush’s campaign from 2001, which was an effort to encourage the help of churches and other private organizations in the delivery of charitable services to the poor and needy. His efforts are based on the sound realization that government bureaucracies don’t always work best in identifying and correcting social problems. Many churches and voluntary groups have demonstrated over the years a far greater capacity for actually helping people improve their lives, than government. The result of a truly compassionate program should be measured by results- ie. how well it helps individuals to become independent, not de- pendent, as is so often the case with government-based welfare.
There have been trillions of dollars spent by the federal government since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. What have we gotten for all of these transfer payments that have redistributed wealth from the workers of our society to the non-workers? The rate of poverty has stayed relatively constant through the decades, but the National Debt has grown by nearly ten-fold. In
addition, we have established a new class of people who work harder to qualify for new government handouts than they ever do for getting off the dole!
Yes, Mr. Davis, Religion does matter! Our current War with the Religiously- inspired Islamic-terrorists should tell you that. And, the Religious teaching that is particular to our Judeo-Christian, conservative heritage: “to do unto others as we’d have others do unto us,” serves as the Faith that has defined our national character since it’s foundation, and one in which we must turn to again, if we are to long survive as a free and God-fearing nation.
(send your comments to: WFC83197@aol.com)
*** Congressman Lincoln Davis is No Conservative ***
A few weeks ago Lincoln Davis, Dem. Rep. of TN’s 4th Congressional District, gave a speech in which he said, “having faith in one particular religion doesn’t necessarily matter.” This ACLU/Secularist statement was declared, in a speech where he was advocating that the Democrats needed to “reframe the debate” along the lines of Faith-based Initiatives.
His claim was that certain Federally-sponsored, bureaucratic programs somehow qualify as “faith-based initiatives” in so much as they involve good intentions and were sponsored by Democrats. How convenient! Programs such as: labor laws, Social Security, GI bill, Dept. of Education, Road Projects & Environmental Regulations were cited. No doubt these items had their place and were well-intentioned but to contend that they were faith-based is just flat-out wrong, unless Davis is inferring that it is a Faith in Government he’s professing!
The reality is President Bush’s initiative fro 2001, which was to encourage the help of churches and other private organizations in the delivery of charitable services to the poor and needy. His efforts are based on the sound realization that government bureaucracies don’t always work best in identifying and cor- recting social problems. Many churches and voluntary groups have demon- strated over the years a greater capacity to actually help people improve their lives, than government. The result of a truly compassionate program should be measured by results- ie. how will it helps individuals to become independent, not dependent, as is so often the case with government-based welfare.
Yes, Mr. Davis, Religion does matter. Our current War with the Religiously- inspired Islamic-terrorists should tell you that. And, the Religious teaching that is particular to our Judeo Christian, conservative heritage: “to do unto others as we’d have others do unto us,” serves as the Faith that has defined our National character since it’s foundation, and one in which we must turn to again, if we are to long endure our present difficulties.
There have been trillions of dollars spent by the Federal Government since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. What have we gotten for all of these transfer payments that have redistributed wealth from the workers of our society to the non-workers? The rate of poverty has stayed relatively constant through the decades, but the National Debt has grown by nearly ten-fold. In
addition, we have established a new class of people who work harder to qualify for new government handouts than they do for ever getting off the dole!
Come next November, the conservative, faith-based people of the 4th TN Congressional District need to send a clear message to Mr. Davis- your time on the public dole is just about up!(send your comments to: WFC83197@aol.com
His claim was that certain Federally-sponsored, bureaucratic programs somehow qualify as “faith-based initiatives” in so much as they involve good intentions and were sponsored by Democrats. How convenient! Programs such as: labor laws, Social Security, GI bill, Dept. of Education, Road Projects & Environmental Regulations were cited. No doubt these items had their place and were well-intentioned but to contend that they were faith-based is just flat-out wrong, unless Davis is inferring that it is a Faith in Government he’s professing!
The reality is President Bush’s initiative fro 2001, which was to encourage the help of churches and other private organizations in the delivery of charitable services to the poor and needy. His efforts are based on the sound realization that government bureaucracies don’t always work best in identifying and cor- recting social problems. Many churches and voluntary groups have demon- strated over the years a greater capacity to actually help people improve their lives, than government. The result of a truly compassionate program should be measured by results- ie. how will it helps individuals to become independent, not dependent, as is so often the case with government-based welfare.
Yes, Mr. Davis, Religion does matter. Our current War with the Religiously- inspired Islamic-terrorists should tell you that. And, the Religious teaching that is particular to our Judeo Christian, conservative heritage: “to do unto others as we’d have others do unto us,” serves as the Faith that has defined our National character since it’s foundation, and one in which we must turn to again, if we are to long endure our present difficulties.
There have been trillions of dollars spent by the Federal Government since Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. What have we gotten for all of these transfer payments that have redistributed wealth from the workers of our society to the non-workers? The rate of poverty has stayed relatively constant through the decades, but the National Debt has grown by nearly ten-fold. In
addition, we have established a new class of people who work harder to qualify for new government handouts than they do for ever getting off the dole!
Come next November, the conservative, faith-based people of the 4th TN Congressional District need to send a clear message to Mr. Davis- your time on the public dole is just about up!(send your comments to: WFC83197@aol.com
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