Wed
Mar 2 2011
01:07 pm
New alternative currency for Tennessee
By: R. Neal

Bill Nbr: SJR0098
Sponsor: Ketron
Status:
Next sched. action:

Description:

"Creates special joint committee to study the feasibility of Tennessee adopting an alternative currency."

I saw this on a twitter or news feed headline and thought it was a joke. But no, it's seriously a proposal in the Tennessee General Assembly. You must read the WHEREASes in the actual bill.

A quick google of some of the wing-nuttier ranting ("widely recognized experts predict the inevitable destruction of the Federal Reserve System’s currency") shows the same bill has been introduced in Virginia and South Carolina. It's apparently popular with people who want to sell you gold, too. Wonder what "think tank" cooked this up?

Sen. Ketron appears to be getting his legislative proposals by way of a drunk guy in his boxer shorts forwarding Glen Beck e-mails. Remind me to stay away from Murfreesboro if he's the kind of politician they elect over there.

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gonzone's picture

can't find it yet

Submitted by gonzone on Wed, 2011/03/02 - 3:20pm.

I did a Google on who is sponsoring these currency bills and can't find it yet. But damn! There are a lot of them in the states. And they look very similar. So you are correct in that some "stink tank" is involved I think.

Which makes me think of the teacher union attacks.
Several states with nearly the exact same bill and talking points. Seems like that is a really big story!
But the media don't ask "who is sponsoring this?" and if Bubba and I can recognize these as coordinated attacks then surely those overpaid geniuses with great hair should be able to do a little digging for such a great story!

Rachel's picture

Boy, I hate to think who'd

Submitted by Rachel on Wed, 2011/03/02 - 3:46pm.

Boy, I hate to think who'd voluteer to be on that committee!

Somebody's picture

This would suggest that most

Submitted by Somebody on Wed, 2011/03/02 - 5:34pm.

This would suggest that most of those whereas points are moot.

redmondkr's picture

Jubilation T. Cornpone is

Submitted by redmondkr on Wed, 2011/03/02 - 6:01pm.

Jubilation T. Cornpone is alive and well and living in Tennessee.

Jubilation T. Cornpone: Dogpatch's founder and most famous son, memorialized by a town statue, is Confederate General Jubilation T. Cornpone—renowned for "Cornpone's Retreat", "Cornpone's Disaster", "Cornpone's Misjudgment", and "Cornpone's Hoomiliation." Cornpone was such a disastrously incompetent military leader that he came to be considered an important asset of the opposing side. According to the stage play, the statue was commissioned by a grateful President Abraham Lincoln!

CE Petro's picture

Could he not find a citation

Submitted by CE Petro on Wed, 2011/03/02 - 8:52pm.

Could he not find a citation to support this that is closer to our times than 1884?

Call we recall these folks that are submitting regurgitated clap trap as legislation?

R. Neal's picture

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Submitted by R. Neal on Wed, 2011/03/02 - 8:54pm.

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cafkia's picture

Unfortunately, Ketron is

Submitted by cafkia on Thu, 2011/03/03 - 9:21am.

Unfortunately, Ketron is probably the truest example of representative government you can find West of the red-headed moron. I will say that I HATE that I get the government that my fellow citizens deserve.

redmondkr's picture

This Just In.

Submitted by redmondkr on Thu, 2011/03/10 - 11:55am.

This Just In.

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