On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a law in Indiana requiring voters to have a valid government issued photo ID is not in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Here's the decision Now I am no huge fan of governmental regulation but, in this case, I fully agree with them. ...

Yep, California signed an agreement with the United Nations to help China reduce its emissions of "greenhouse gases". If you're unsure of what gases are "greenhouse gases" then exhale…that's one of them according to the wackos that decide these things. ...

Concerned about the growing number of cameras used by the "authorities" to monitor our activities? Stay clear of Miami. According to a Reuters report, Miami police are looking to use aerial drones outfitted with electro-optic and infrared sensors if the FAA approves them. How are they supposed to get search warrants for all of those people they'll be "inadvertently" spying on?...

How about a Sharper Image gift card…errr..not so fast. It seems as though those oh-so-convenient gift cards that people were snapping up for Christmas presents are but to be worthless. Yep, it seems that the brilliant minds that are running the definitive "gadget" store have decided that, since they are in jeopardy of filing bankruptcy, they would no longer honor the gift cards. ...

In a ceremony that received no fanfare (and virtually no publicity), the United States and Canada, on Feb. 14th, have signed an agreement to allow the military from one to "assist" the other during a "domestic civil emergency". This means that in the event of a natural disaster, terrorist attack, or civil unrest, we could have Canadian soldiers in our country telling us what to do and enforcing the orders of their Canadian or American superiors. ...

The mayor of Chattanooga has replied to the Georgia legislature's latest attempt to relieve their drought. If you read the article, please make sure to read the proclamation. http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_122772.asp

Georgia legislators have come up with a new and exciting way of overcoming their drought. They're trying to take a mile of Tennessee so that they can hook into the Tennessee River and suck the water out of there for Atlanta, rather than the Chattahoochee River (which must have dried up due to it being hotter than a "hoochie-coochie")...

I had heard stories about this phenomena a few months ago from different states. On January 30th and again on February 1st WSMV had stories about this. People in Murfreesboro have been having their trees stolen right out of their yards. In other states, this has become a fairly common occurrence. ...

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Ok, this one is HUGE, even though it's the last of the Bill of Rights. This Amendment is about as straight-forward as it gets. ...