Rep. Matthew Hill: Appalachian Performing Arts Institute, Inc. & FCC Cited CFR Violations

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Performing arts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The performing arts are those forms of art which differ from the plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own body, face and presence as a medium [i.e. not suited for broadcast radio], and the latter uses materials such as clay, metal or paint which can be molded or transformed to create some physical art object. The term "performing arts" first appeared in the English language in the year 1711.

Types of performing arts

The Performing arts include the dance, music, opera, theater, and circus arts [e.g. clowns].

Artists who participate in these arts in front of an audience are called performers, including actors, comedians, dancers, musicians, and singers. Performing arts are also supported by workers in related fields, such as songwriting and stagecraft.

Performers often adapt their appearance, such as with costumes and stage makeup, etc.

There is also a specialized form of fine art in which the artists perform their work live to an audience. This is called Performance art. Most performance art also involves some form of plastic art, perhaps in the creation of props. Dance was often referred to as a plastic art during the Modern dance era.

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FM STATION APPLICATIONS FOR ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATION REINSTATED
FCC Public Notice
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December 10, 2007
WFAS-FM Heads For The Big Apple

[...]

*Here's some good news from MAINE: veteran Portland morning man Bud Sawyer is returning to the air soon, via low-power WJZF-LP (97.1 Standish). Sawyer, last heard on Portland's WLOB (1310) but best remembered for his long stints with WPOR and WGAN, will be heard 7-10 AM weekdays, broadcasting from his home overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in Falmouth.

WJZF is as good a place as any to begin the next installment of our plunge into the sea of applications from the 2007 Non-Comm FM Window, inasmuch as the Standish Citizens Educational Organization, licensee of the LPFM, has applied for a full-power signal, with 9.7 kW on 88.1. That application ended up MX'd to two other 88.1 applications - a 50 kW in Bowdoin from Light of Life Ministries, one of nine Maine applications from that religious broadcaster, and a 1 kW application in Hallowell from the University of Maine - as well as to an 88.3 in Kennebunkport (New Life Media) and to several New Hampshire applicants.

In addition to Light of Life's 9 applications, at least 17 others among the 45 Maine applications were from religious broadcasters. Calvary Chapel of Portland applied for 88.5 Westbrook and 89.7 Freeport, with the Westbrook application being one of four to make the FCC's "singleton" list.

The other Maine singletons are Light of Life's 88.1 Pittston Farm and the University of Maine's 91.5 Farmington and 91.7 Machias applications.

A few others worth noting: the Appalachian Performing Arts Institute, based in Tennessee, applied for 88.1 Presque Isle and 90.5 Kittery, while another Tennessee-based applicant using the same consulting engineer, the Appalachian Educational Communication Corp., applied for 90.7 in Livermore Falls and Wilton.

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Tennessee Department of State
Online Search: APPALACHIAN PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE, INC.

I.D. Number: 0317604
Business Type*: CORPORATION
Profit/Nonprofit: NONPROFIT
Status*: ACTIVE
Date of Formation/Qualification: 09/05/1996
Domestic/Foreign: DOMESTIC
Place of Incorporation/Organization: SULLIVAN
Duration: PERPETUAL
FYC(Fiscal Year Closing) Month: DECEMBER

Principal Office:
Address Line 1: 139 POLO DRIVE
Address Line 2:
City: BLOUNTVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 37617
Other than USA:

Registered Agent:
Name: KENNETH C. HILL [the father of Rep. Matthew Hill]
Address Line 1: 139 POLO DRIVE [residence]
Address Line 2:
City: BLOUNTVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 37617

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Tennessee Department of State
Online Search: APPALACHIAN EDUCATIONAL COMMUNICATION CORPORATION
I.D. Number 0104190
Business Type*: CORPORATION
Profit/Nonprofit:
Status*: ACTIVE
Date of Formation/Qualification: 06/03/1981
Domestic/Foreign: DOMESTIC
Place of Incorporation/Organization: SULLIVAN
Duration: PERPETUAL
FYC(Fiscal Year Closing) Month: DECEMBER

Principal Office:
Address Line 1: 340 EDGEMONT AVE
Address Line 2: SUITE 100
City: BRISTOL
State: TN
Zip: 37620
Other than USA:

Registered Agent:
Name: KENNETH C HILL
Address Line 1: 139 POLO DR.
Address Line 2:
City: BLOUNTVILLE
State: TN
Zip: 376170000

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PA BNPED-20071015AAU NEW 174743 APPALACHIAN PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE, INC. CP New Station.
E 91.7 MHZ COOPERSTOWN, PA
Dismissed 11/8/2007 pursuant
to FCC 07-179, for violation
of 10 application limit (Mark
Jones). No letter sent.

Petition for Reconsideration
Filed 12/21/2007 by Appalachian
Performing Arts Institute,
Inc.

Petition for Reconsideration
Filed 12/21/2007 by Appalachian
Performing Arts Institute,
Inc.

themiddleclass.org: U.S. Rep. David Davis Fails Lower & Middle Class Families In East Tennessee

Here is the one congressional report card from www.themiddleclass.org that U.S. Representative David Davis doesn't want you to read!

About TheMiddleClass.org

Since 2003, the non-partisan Drum Major Institute for Public Policy (DMI) has issued annual scorecards analyzing the impact of domestic legislation on America's current and aspiring middle class and evaluating Members of Congress based on their votes on this legislation.

But once a year just isn't enough. We need to understand what Congress is voting on as they are voting on it if we truly want to hold them accountable. And so we've created themiddleclass.org, a dynamic site that will update throughout the year as members of Congress vote on legislation of significance to the current and aspiring middle class.

On TheMiddleClass.org, you will find DMI's analyses of bills that would have a significant impact (positive or negative) on the squeezed middle class, as well as on the aspirations of low-income Americans who want to work their way into the middle class. Since we are also tallying legislators' votes on the bills, we look only at legislation
that has received a roll call vote in at least one chamber of Congress. Notable bills that have not yet been voted on are briefly discussed in the "Pending Legislation" section.

[...more at web site]

And according to the news article "Web site takes issue with Davis record" ( http://www.themiddleclass.org ) appearing within the March 20, 2008 edition of the Johnson City Press, Mahmood (Michael) Sabri has also picked up his papers to run as a republican primary candidate against David Davis during the August 7 GOP primary:

Sabri for Congress [from his 2006 election web site]

Mahmood (Michael) Sabri A Candidate with Common Sense Approach!

The Sabri Doctrine

About Me

Israel - Part 1

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Palestine

Afghanistan

Dog Fightin' Dave

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Lt. Governor Rom Ramsey Drags Tennesssee GOPers to National Convention

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U.S. Rep. David Davis: De Facto Amensty for Illegal Immigrants

"U.S. Rep. Davis reflects on first year in office, discusses immigration, war on terror"
The Mountain Press
By: DEREK HODGES  November 27, 2007

[...]

Immigration

Like many lawmakers in Washington, Davis has made comprehensive immigration reform a cornerstone of his first year in office. The issue has become a hot-button nationwide and will likely play a major role in the 2008 elections.

Davis said he favors providing a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants already in the country rather than deporting them.

"Most people in East Tennessee will welcome people with open arms if they come here legally," Davis said. "Illegal is illegal, though. I don't think the answer is deporting 12 million people, though."

The issue of deporting undocumented aliens is not only a big deal nationally, it's of particular importance to some small business owners in Sevier County, who depend on labor provided by those new residents. Davis said deporting those workers and the millions of others could cause major problems for the economy.

He says the first step in any immigration reform plan is to secure the border between the United States and Mexico. That means building a fence, he said. The issue is not only important to stop demand on U.S.
infrastructure, but also in protecting American citizens.

Paid Way More Than He Is Worth: 2006-2007 Official "Total Compensation" of Rep. Matthew Hill from the Tennessee Taxpayers

Well, I suppose it is official now as this database information regarding Rep. Matthew Hill was posted at the Tennesseean.com --- although Rep. Matthew Hill was re-elected for the 2006-2007 legislative term, returned zero "Year of Service in exchange for being compensated $29,582.00 as elected representative of the Tennessee 7th House District. You would figure that the Tennessean staff would at least give Rep. Hill some credit in the "Years of Service" catergory just for showing up at the Tennessee House chamber for just showing up with a pulse and an ability to breathe on his own!

Tennessean.com: State salary information for 2007 - Rep. Matthew Hill

Name MATTHEW J HILL
Department LEGISLATIVE
Title REPRESENTATIVE
Full F
Years of Service 0
Hourly Wage Fy 07-08 $9.29
Total Compensation Fy 06-07 $29,582.00
Overtime $0.00
Overtime percent 0%

I always like (not really) how these members of the Tennessee General Assembly will complain to anyone in the news media that will listen to them bitch and moan about being "part-time" legislators, all while receiving the same benefits (and then more) as regular and year round State of Tennessee employees... and I can remember when a younger WPWT 870 AM "Good Morning Tri-Cities" host Matthew Hill was repeatedly on-air begging the Rev. Daddy Dr. Kenneth C. Hill for an hourly pay raise.

Let's just hope Governor Bredesen was able to offer Rep. Matthew Hill an early retirement buyout package...

U.S. Rep. David Davis Paid Former Press Secretary Huge Campaign Bonus Within Weeks Of Hill Wikipedia Vandalism (& Before News Media Broke The Story)

Federal Election Commission - Rep. David Davis 'Davis Victory Fund' Operating Expenses, 2007-2008

Information drawn from campaign expenditure records filed by the Davis Victory Fund with the Federal Election Commission reveal that U.S. Representative David Davis (TN, R-1) on July 5, 2007 paid his former Congressional Press Secretary Timothy Hill a large $8,015 antedated (or more accurately, titled) "G-2006 CONGRESSIONAL BONUS" within weeks after Davis' press secretary deleted several paragrahs of accurate information from two Wikipedia political biographies on June 14, 2007.

The Knoxville News Sentinel broke the Hill Wikipedia vandalizing story in the mainstream press with the August 11, 2007 story of Hill using the assets of the U.S. House of Representatives to vandalize Wikipedia political articles of both his brother, Tennessee State Rep. Matthew Hill and U.S. Rep. David Davis:

HILL, TIMOTHY
BONUS G-2006 CONGRESSIONAL  
BLOUNTVILLE TN 37617
07/05/2007 $8,015
Page 6 of 11

The Davis G-2006 congressional bonus payment to Hill was actually the second distribution of campaign funds paid to Hill by Rep. Davis during 2007. The FEC expenditure reports that Hill received a much smaller payment from the Davis Victory Fund in January 2007:

HILL, TIMOTHY
ADMINISTRATIVE/SALARY/OVERHEAD: SALARY  
BLOUNTVILLE TN 37617
01/15/2007 $649

Internet protocol numbers linked the June 14, 2007 vandalism of the Wikipedia political bios pertaining to both U.S. Rep. Davis and Tennessee State Rep. Hill back to the U.S. House of Representatives computer network in Washington, D.C. According to the early August Knoxville News Sentinel account, Hill first denied any personal involvement with the "blanking" vandalism of Wikipedia articles in which many paragraphs of accurate and verified information was simply deleted contrary to Wiki community user rules, and later after the interview, contacted the KNS reporter for a second interview in which Hill confessed to "editing" the Wikipedia biographies.

Online history of Hill’s Wikipedia vandalism
David Davis (U.S. politician) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(blanking vandalism by U.S. Rep. David Davis' Congressional Press Secretary Timothy Hill from U.S. House of Representatives office)
20:14 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141[name server address]
20.09 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141[name server address]

Matthew Hill - article history From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(blanking vandalism by U.S. Rep. David Davis' Congressional Press Secretary Timothy Hill from U.S. House of Representatives office)
20:21, 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141 [name server address]
20:20, 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141 [name server address]
20:15, 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141 [name server address]
20:12, 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141 [name server address]
20:12, 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141 [name server address]
20:10, 14 June 2007  143.231.249.141 [name server address]

Online History Wikipedia Vandalism by unknown person utilizing State of Tennessee computer:
22:41, 11 June 2007  170.142.7.3 [name server address]

The FEC camapaign exxpenditure records also indicate the Davis Victory Fund had added the wife of the former congressional press secretary to the payroll:

HILL, LORI
[wife of former Davis Congressional Press Secretary Timothy Hill]
ADMINISTRATIVE/SALARY/OVERHEAD: PAYROLL
BLOUNTVILLE TN 37617
01/09/2008 $192
Page 11 of 11

And here follows some more noteable Davis Victory Fund expenditures (check the actual FED reocrds and note how many times that the DVF passed off the San Diego, California based Complete Campaigns as being located in "SAN DIEGO TN 37601"):

HILL, KENNETH INKIND:
[father of both Tennessee Rep. Matthew Hill and form Davis staffer Timothy Hill]  
BLOUNTVILLE TN 37617
04/24/2007 $400

DAVIS, JOYCE
[wife of Rep. David Davis]
ADVERTISING: KEY CHAINS 
JOHNSON CITY TN 37605
05/10/2007 $3,061
Page 4 of 11

CONQUEST COMMUNICATIONS
OTHER: AUTOMATED CALLS FOR MATTHEW HIL[L] 
RICHMOND VA 23294
07/19/2007 $526
Page 6 of 11

GREGORY, JOE [JOSEPH]
[major investor (along with his brother, John M. Gregory) in United Coal Company and Gregory Energy Partners; see Rep. David Davis “Make America Enegry Independent” statement pertaining to coal to liquid fuel]
INKIND: EVENT CATERING  
PINEY FLATS TN 37686
08/29/2007 $1,880
Page 7 of 11

JARRETT, PATTI G.
[Northeast Tennessee Right To Life organizer - you suppose that she will be endorsing Rep. Davis in 2008?]
OTHER: PAYROLL CHECK  
GRAY TN 37615
03/21/2008 $507
Page 10 of 11

WEBSITE DYNAMIC
OTHER: WEB HOSTING  
VANCOUVER BC V6V4N [Canada]
02/25/2008 $204
Page 10 of 11

DAVIS, JOYCE
OTHER: PURCHASE CONGRESSIONAL BOOKS  
JOHNSON CITY TN 37605
01/08/2008 $96
Page 10 of 11

TRONOVITCH, RYAN
[U.S. Rep. David Davis' current press secretary]
OTHER: PAYROLL CHECK 
WASHINGTON DC 20003
03/21/2008 $462
Page 11 of 11

COMPLETE CAMPAIGNS
OTHER: WEB HOSTING FEES JAN 08  
SAN DIEGO TN 37601
[noteable example of multiple false entries within FEC records by the Davis Victory Fund campaign as Complete Campaigns is actually based in San Diego, California]
01/08/2008 $500
Page 11 of 11

Ruh-Ro! - Dog Gone Dead or Merely Resurrected?: The Mysterious Canine Case of U.S. Representative David Davis' Oreo

"Davis focused on nation", letter to the editor.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008

I am proud that my father, Congressman David Davis, believes both in the concept of life and in protecting our Constitution. I have read with interest, and dismay, some of the letters to the editor that portray my father as a dog hater. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have seen firsthand his love for animals and his love of the United States Constitution, which he is sworn to uphold.



My family took in a stray beagle-mix dog when I was in the second grade. We named him Oreo because of his distinctive black and white markings. These markings have since blended into shades of gray over the past 13 years. Yes, Oreo has aged, but he is still a vital part of my life since we actually grew up together. We almost lost Oreo last year, the veterinarian had even told us to say our "goodbyes.” [sic] My father decided to try an experimental treatment to keep Oreo alive and to oreturn him to health. Thankfully, the therapy was successful and Oreo is still with us today.

My father has never condoned nor supported dog fighting. He has always stood up for life issues and he has always taken his oath to protect our Constitution seriously. Dog fighting, as most people know, is a state issue. Fortunately dog fighting is a felony in Tennessee as it is in most every state in the nation.

The United States Congres would better serve the citizens of America if it would spend more time the protecting the lives of humans and passing an energy bill to help struggling families. The state legislators are capable of passing state laws.

RACHEL DAVIS
Johnson City

And according to Congressman Davis himself, a different outcome of a Davis pooch in 2007 follows :

Davis defends his vote against dogfighting bill
http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9002205
Published 07/26/2007 By Hank Hayes

In the wake of the federal dogfighting indictment against Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick, U.S. Rep. David Davis responded Wednesday to an animal rights group accusing him of giving dogfighters a “free pass” by voting against legislation last March to upgrade penalties for the illegal transportation of dogs.

The Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF) attacked Davis for his vote on the Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act, which passed the House by a 368-39 vote, cleared the Senate unanimously and was signed by President Bush in May — after the alleged crimes listed in an indictment against Vick and his codefendants had occurred.

Davis, R-1st District, was the only member of the Tennessee congressional delegation to vote against the bill.

“The vast majority of members of Congress supported this legislation to put a stop to precisely the type of behavior that Michael Vick was charged with last week — participation in a multi-state network of cruel and degrading dogfighting activities,” HSLF President Michael Markarian said in a prepared release. “Humane organizations and more than 400 law enforcement agencies supported the federal bill, yet David Davis showed his true colors by giving dogfighters a free pass.”

Davis responded by indicating that the Humane Society is using Vick’s situation to advance its political agenda.


“The reality is dogfighting and cockfighting are illegal in Tennessee and will continue to be illegal in Tennessee,” Davis said. “I don’t feel like you need a new federal law. You have state laws in place. It has nothing to do about my feelings for or against animals. I wish they could look at my vet bill for my dog that passed away about three months ago.”

Rep. Matthew Hill and The Bates Boys: Masters of Unravelling The New World Order

I was recently reviewing some posted online campaign finance disclosure reports filed for Rep. Matthew Hill and found the following information about one particular contributor:

Amended 2008 Early Year End Supplemental (2007) for MATTHEW HILL submitted on 02/24/2008

Contributor BATES, LARRY
3400 PLAYERS CLUB PARKWAY
MEMPHIS, TN 38125
Broadcasting
Self-Employed
Rec'd For Primary
Date 18-AUG-07
Amount $500.00
Aggregate $500.00

It was not the size of the contribution to Rep. Hill's campaign treasury that caught my attention (after all, the campaign cash received from the various John M. Gregory family members/relatives and the Gregory-controlled Tennessee Conservative PAC still drawfs most all other campaign contributions received by Rep. Hill), but rather, it was that this Larry Bates is listed by Hill or his organization as being "self-employed" within the broadcast industry without listing Bates' actual company name.

So just who is the Memphis area broadcaster Larry Bates anyway? Perhaps some distant DJ with a lot of loose money to toss around to conservative nutcase politicians? A quick examination of Hill's campaign finance records would certainly not reveal this hidden information...

The Bates Boys: Masters of Unravelling The New World Order

A lenghtly Google search reveals that Larry Bates is both a former associate of Jake Butcher and a former three-term Democrat member of the Tennessee House of Representatives (1970-1976; Bates switched to the Republican Party after he moved to Memphis). It also turns out that Bates wears many other hats (small bank CEO, economist, author) and heads up the Information Radio Network, Inc. (IRN USA Radio News) --- and one of the radio programs featured on for-profit Information Radio Network is the newly and nationally syndicated "The Matthew Hill Show" airing at 0800 a.m. and 1200 noon (1-800-773-8255).

So why is it that Rep. Matthew Hill is hiding his employment/independent contractor relationship with Larry Bates from public review of the Matthew Hill campaign disclosures filed with the Tennessee Secretary of State?

Dr. Larry Bates
Chuck Bates

Bloggers Posting About Larry Bates

Larry Bates offers his prescription for End Times woes: buy and eat silver
http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1511
August 12th, 2007 by Erich Vieth
[excerpts of Vieth paying to attend a seminar to learn about Larry Bates]

"Bates is highly suspicious of George W. Bush's "New World order." It is a conspiracy against the people of the United States, and it amounts to "one world socialism, an attempt to make everyone poor except for an elite ruling class." He exhorted that the creation of the Federal Reserve was a conspiracy to rob the American middle class. The Federal Reserve is a "criminal syndicate." According to Bates, the head of the Federal Reserve is more powerful than the president of the United States. In all earnestness, he told the crowd that the 1938 panic-provoking radio adaptation of "War of the Worlds" was not entertainment. It was a test by the government elite to see if the federal government could maintain control over the New World Order."

...

"The Democrats are the party of big government, militant homosexual "rights and domination". The Democrats are Socialists, from the party of Karl Marx, where the government owns and controls everything, including all means of distribution and production. "Liberals hate property rights". Bates drew numerous parallels to the Soviet Union, where people had to wait in long lines for everything. "That's what the Democrats would bring us," he urged.

He warned that you can't overlook the Republicans just because are imperfect. He understands that "Jesus Christ is not on the ballot. If you hurt the Republicans, you hurt yourself." "Dingy Harry Reid is corrupt and Nancy Pelosi is a disaster." Whenever you have a strong economy, youÕve got limited government. It's that simple." "Are there any litmus test for politicians? Absolutely. Don't vote for anybody who believes in any right to abortion" "Nothing tells you more about politicians that sanctity of life. If they don't get this right, they get nothing right."

What else did he think about some the candidates? There was no holding back. "Hillary Clinton shouldn't be president because God has a natural order for things." Bates paused to caution the audience, "I'm not a chauvinist." Then he forged on: "God is the head of man and man is the head of women. A two-headed family is a freak." He offered this evidence of his position: "Indonesia is struggling because it is a matriarchy. To allow women to run the country is to violate God's order. "God says there should not be a woman president. It is as aberrant as "letting children run a household."

According to Bates, "Barack Hussein Obama" (he repeated this full name several times) is a radical muslim who was educated in a radical muslim school."His Church is full of people who," according to Bates, "hate white people."

[...]

Are there some good Republican candidates? "You bet," according to Bates. For instance, Tom Tancredo got it right when he recently got tough with Muslims. Bates described it like this: "if you use a nuclear device in the United States, then we will use a nuke to take out Mecca and Medina . . . [applause] . . . Brutal force is the only thing these birds understand." Upon hearing and seeing this, I was stunned! Though I tried, I couldn't recall the particular verse of the Bible where Jesus said, "If someone shits on you, shit on them..."

What are some of the big issues of the upcoming election? National health insurance is a big issue. "If we have national health insurance, it will "ruin the country." "The country ends when we enact national health insurance. What's the evidence for this dramatic prediction? Tennessee has free government medical care, yet (according to Bates) nobody signs up for it." Therefore, there's no need for national health insurance. "Under national health insurance, Bill Clinton would have had to wait six weeks to get an appointment and six months to get his necessary surgery." National health insurance involves the "efficiency of the post office and the compassion of the IRS." Furthermore, it will "drive the cost of health care way up." National healthcare will bankrupt the country: "The government that can give you everything you want must, by definition, take everything you've got."

Bates explained that churches will need to get more into the healthcare business, because they have more to offer than the healthcare establishment. Churches have the courage to "tell the bums that they are bums" (I wondered what the bum lobby would think of this statement.)...,

[However, in the defense of bums, these down-and-out citizens are usually not seeking tax-exempt status from local, state, and federal governments...]

"...We have too much Blue Cross and Blue Shield. We depend too much on man and not enough on God. We've replaced God on the throne with government on the throne. We look to Jehovah government instead of God."

Bates announced that if anyone gets sick, it's that person's own fault. "There are plenty of things you can do so that you don't get sick," according to Bates. "You can take regular doses of that colloidal silver I first learned about from the handouts." He announced that "colloidal silver kills all bacteria". Someone in the back of the room then announced "Amen!" "Gee, Larry" I wondered, "Are you sure you want to kill all the bacteria in your body, including the beneficial bacteria that reside in your gut?" He marched on, undeterred. Bates claims that he puts silver in his milk to keep it from spoiling. "It will never spoil as long as you put silver in your carton of milk." He urged the audience to buy the colloidal silver generating kit, so they can make their own colloidal silver. He warned the audience that the FDA does not want people to know about the amazing healing powers of silver. "The FDA doesn't want the competition - it would put some big pharmaceutical companies out of business." "In fact, the FDA is about to try to outlaw the use of silver as a medicine." "Modern pharmaceuticals are "witchcraft."

More than a few bloggers responded to these comments attributed to Bates:

William Lindquist Says:
August 27th, 2007 at 10:35 pm

Regarding your Larry Bates article, here's my claim-to-fame honest-to-god-story with the so-called Dr Larry Bates.

About seven years ago I was listening to Larry and his "yes-daddy-that's-exactly-right" son Chuckie on WWJC in Duluth, MN, talk about how the bible demands we execute murderers.

I called in and asked Larry and his son that if abortion is "murder", should we execute women who have one. Larry and Chuckie first said we should execute the doctors, not the women. When I reminded them that there is a pill (RU-486) available for women to take, they both hemmed and hawed and never quite answered.

However, the very next day on his radio show, Larry apologized for not being clear. He said that as a society we SHOULD execute ALL women that have ever had an abortion. He admitted it was a difficult decision to expose the truth, and that he lost an advertiser for his view, but wanted to make it clear that we EXECUTE all women that have had an abortion.

Now there's a real "Christian" for ya. YAAAAAA GOD!!!!!

William Lindquist

*****

S. Slyfield Says:
January 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 pm

Thank you! You are doing a great service in exposing this quack. l live in Tennessee and know that the the Tennessee House is overrun with self-professed Christians who take away health care and damn anyone who isn't wealthy. The few real democrats in the Tennessee politics who care about the masses have genuine cause to fear for their life. Even Al Gore, as wealthy as he is. I think Bates is right about the global elitist trying to have a global feudal system. But it is nuts like Bates who take quotes from the Bible out of context and do the exact opposite that Jesus would do. Unfortunately, most people have never completely read even one of the several versions of the Bible and do not know this
Sioux Falls, SD

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Exposed: Rep. Jason Mumpower Twirls Baton While On The Tennessee House Floor

An online news article recently appearing within Tennessean.com exposed Rep. Jason Mumpower for practing the manly Sullivan County performance art of baton twirling while on the floor of the Tennessee House of Representatives:

Tennesseean.com: Partisan snipes, procedural stunts on rise at statehouse
By Theo Emery
Staff Writer
April 28, 2008

[...]

Former Rep. W.C. "Bubba" Pleasant, a Republican who represented the West Tennessee city of Arlington said that lawmakers are usually "on edge" as the legislative year comes to an end. He used to watch the drama unfold, then rise occasionally to give what he called "love speeches" to lighten the mood.

"If people could just somehow realize how important it is to put the silly stuff aside and really and truly try to do things to benefit every citizen," he said.

While there have been a few dustups in recent months, House sessions have largely been congenial and free of open hostility. Between ceremonies for victorious sports teams, beauty queens and musicians, lawmakers voted on some bills while deferring others for later consideration.

A sign of a mood shift came April 17, shortly after Rep. Brenda Gilmore, a Nashville Democrat, rose to support her bill on sewage systems. Moments later, Rep. Matthew Hill, a Jonesborough Republican, spoke in support of an amendment.

The amendment had nothing to do with sewage; rather, it sought to attach a provision to allow business owners to require workers to speak English while on the job.

The law had passed the Senate, but died in the House. Hill urged fellow lawmakers to adopt it, saying he meant no disrespect to Gilmore but felt it was needed.

The amendment caused an uproar. Gilmore said she had not been told of the amendment and was "really disappointed" in Hill. Rep. Mike Turner requested that the amendment be quashed.

Both sides shouted support or opposition to tabling the amendment. With House Minority Leader Jason Mumpower stalking among the GOP ranks hefting a metal baton he uses to vote with, the amendment died on a near straight party-line vote.

Tempers Cool, Reignite

The furor died down and the original bill was approved. The issue resurfaced when Majority Leader Gary Odom got up to scold Republicans.

"We can play these games for the next few weeks that we're going to be in session. That's going to make the days a lot longer and a lot harder," he said.

Mumpower jumped to his feet, saying "nothing that's happened is out of line with what has been the common practice of this House.

"I do hope that everyone conducts themselves in as courteous a manner as possible, at the same time recognizing that issues important to the people we represent may come up at the last minute," he said.

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