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Nashville is Talking's Christian Grantham says that it would be "nice to see some liberal bloggers stand up to elected officials who work with private developers to seize people's personal property."  I agree.  It would be nice to see liberal bloggers stand up to elected officials who work with private developers under many

Democrats in Congress are toying with the idea of another economic stimulus package. Election year tactic?

I feel that if a problem exists then the first thing you should do is overcome the feeling that the government should fix it. In many ways going to the government can complicate the problem. I came across a short few lines in an article that might be of interest to you, and fits in nicely with my view that people should try first to fix things.

No really! Are you blind? Or maybe you know somebody is?

I want some honest feedback on what I think is more government wasteful spending on a “feel-good” public works project.

A huge issue I have with pulling in private developers to build public housing initiatives is that while the developers immediately benefit from an influx of tax money and free public land, projects designed to mix affordable housing for poor and working classes with middle class homesteads plod and languish.  A generation of families will pass in the time it

Whenever people talk about the future of this county and its growth, one dream keeps getting mentioned. Fast Rail! They always bring up the glory that is the fast rail for Lebanon.

Not everyone is looking forward to Tennessee’s coming switch back to paper ballots:

Although the state will pay for the new equipment Collins still considers it to be wasteful in a time when the state needs to tighten the budget.“

Thank goodness this Congressman has stepped to the plate to tackle this major issue.  Who said Congress wastes your tax money?  This stuff is important!!

House Passes McCarthy Amendment to Study Train Horn Noise Options

Wednesday June 11, 2008

Enclave Mike points to a story in the New York Times which reports increased security at the border may not do much good when border agents are in the pocket of human traffikers:

From the Office of Unintended, but Not Unforeseen Consequences: the smuggling market in illegal immigration grows with the expansion of Homeland Security and the multiplication of border guards. Trying to stem the tide kicks the flood gates open wider.