The Newest ConserVOLiance Member

The newest member of our crew is an intelligent, irreverent, insightful and incognito member of the Nashville corner of the Tennessee blogosphere known as Joltin’ Django. He blogs at the cleverly named The Nigh Seen Creeder.

Joltin’ has been penning his posts and pinning Progressives to the pavement at The Nigh Seen Creeder since August of 2006. He’s attracted quite a following and it’s no wonder since he generally has stuff up at The Nigh Seen Creeder that you won’t find anyplace else. Don’t believe me? Consider that in just the last week he’s posted about the move among the GOP elites towards John McCain along with a fascinating look into the world of a fearless blogger from Castro’s Cuba who dares to tell a far different story than Danny Glover and Michael Moore.

With stuff this good you just can’t help but come back for more. It’s why we’re excited to be able to have The Nigh Seen Creeder’s stuff here at The ConserVOLiance! Head over and give him a good read and then come back for more right-of-Center goodness over here!

For the ConserVOLiance,

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The Newest ConserVOLiance Member

Our newest member is no stranger to the Tennessee blogosphere. The Tennessee ConserVOLiance is proud to welcome David Oatney from The World According to Oatney to its ranks!

David is a prolific blogger! He’s been blogging at his blogger site for a little over three years now and still posts almost every day! When you get to his place, check out his archives! Obviously not a newcomer to the notion of communicating with large numbers of people at the same time, David also has a radio background. Not only did he have a sports talk show he co-hosted at one point but he recently celebrated his one year anniversary of his Internet radio show, Oatney on the Air!

Per his profile, David is a man of faith, morals and politically Conservative values. His passion is sharing these things and the impact they have on his life with his readers and listeners. Given his popularity and presence in the Tennessee blogospher and beyond, it would appear his passion is paying off. We’re certainly excited to have him as a part of The ConserVOLiance. I know you will be, as well.

Head over and give his stuff a read … and a listen … you’ll be glad you did!

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Blue

The Newest ConserVOLiance Member

Our newest member is a grizzled veteran of the PoliWars online. It’s Brian Hornback from Southwest Knox County blogging at Brian’s Blog.

Brian’s been blogging at his home at Blogger for almost three and a half years! That pretty much makes him a general in the conflict. Since his start in August of 2004, Brian has seen his share of good and bad and still keeps at it on a regular basis posting multiple times per week after all this time. He’s also honed his skills and contacts during that time and there are few folks that cover Knox County better than Brian.

Per his blogger profile, “Brian is the husband to one wife (the first and only) and is father to their three children. Brian and his family are active members of First Baptist Church, Concord. Brian is very active in community affairs.” Between family, church, work and his community affairs, I’d say he’s very active – period!

We’re glad to have Brian on board. Please stop by and give his stuff a read. Leave him a comment so he knows you’ve been by and tell him “Howdy!” from all of us at The ConserVOLiance!

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Curious About The ConserVOLiance?

If you’ve been coming by for the last month or so and wondering what the site is all about beyond some of the best political news coverage and commentary on things impacting Tennessee and Tennesseans, here’s a great opportunity for you.

Our newest ConserVOLiance member, Fabian Story from Political Straight Talk, is more than a blogger. He also hosts an internet radio show/podcast at Talkshoe. Fabian has invited me to be on his show this Saturday night, December 22nd, at 8PM Eastern/7PM Central. We’ll be talking about the ConserVOLiance, political activism, politics and who knows what else. Since it’s a talk show, you can get involved, too. Just head over to Fabian’s show page, Political Straight Talk Radio, and join in the fun!

You’ll need to set up an account. It only takes a minute or so to do it and you’re all set. Then you can participate in chat, phone in or just listen. And if you can’t join us live, the show is archived and will be available to listen to later at your convenience. Either way, we’ll be looking forward to seeing you and chatting with you at Political Straight Talk Radio Saturday night.

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Blue

The Newest ConserVOLiance Member

Welcome to our newest member, Fabian Story, blogging at Political Straight Talk and living in Big Orange Country, Knoxville, TN. Fabian is just a young man, only 30 or so, but he’s evidently crammed a lot into a short time. His picture at the blog shows him with two young’ns. I’m going to go out on a limb here and opine they are probably the light of his life!

Fabian has been blogging at Political Straight Talk for a little over a year but he’s packed a lot of work into that time if his archives are worth anything. In addition to blogging, Fabian also has a Podcast/Online Radio Show hosted at Talkshoe. It’s called Political Straight Talk as well. It’s nice to have another Podcaster in the group to go along with The Voice of Liberty Podcast (yes, that is shameless self promotion). The quality of his material, in print and via audio, is best summed up in the comment of one of his listeners, Political Superman. ” He has a grasp on issues and tells it like it should be told!”

If you prefer your news and opinions in an audio format, I’ve included a link to Fabian’s show in our blogroll as well. Be sure to stop by and give Fabian a little link love and leave a comment so he knows you’ve been by. Welcome Fabian, great to have you on board!

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Blue

Newest ConserVOLiance Member

Our newest member comes to us as a referral. A big ConserVOLiance hat tip to Bear Creek Ledger for introducing us to Kate at An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings!

Kate is blogging out of Hardin County these days but her journey to get there was a long and winding road. She started out in Texas and ended up in Wisconsin until she and her hubby recently moved to Tennessee. In her own words,

I’m a transplanted Texan by way of Wisconsin. Tennessee has always been one of my favorite states, and no state income tax. So, my husband and I compromised. I wasn’t going to stay one more winter in that tax hell up nort’, and he couldn’t handle the heat of Texas. 🙂 At least y’all have four seasons here, instead of two…..WI has winter and a brief period of construction.

Kate’s been politically active for years and made the move to blogging in May of ’06 back in Wisconsin. Influenced by a talk radio host, Jessica McBride, to get involved she started ‘An Ol’ Broad’s Ramblings’ and it’s STILL the #8 Most Influential Blog in Wisconsin per Blog Net News! We’ll have to get her switched over to the Tennessee page!

She’s still getting used to living in Tennessee and finding all the places to plug in to being politically active. If you’re a Tennessee ConBlogger, she’d love to make your acquaintance. Click through and give her a visit. You’ll be glad you did.

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Blue

Newest ConserVOLiance Member

How about a shout out to our newest ConserVOLiance member. It’s Johnny Cupp from Clinton and the author of Right Wing Johnny’s Blog.

I met Johnny on FaceBook a couple of weeks ago and was impressed that he is quite active on the ‘Net in that regard. In fact, he’s one of the few FaceBook folks that have a separate blog listed there and that blog is related to politics. Despite there being about 90,000 FaceBook Tennesseans listing themselves as ‘Conservative’ the number of that are politically active about their politics seems to be a somewhat smaller number.

Johnny’s got some great ideas and a brand spanking new WordPress blog to try them out on. He’s even posted his first crosspost already so we’re looking forward to hearing from him regularly. If he doesn’t post for a day or two, don’t wait for more, head over to RWJB and enjoy some Southern Conservative goodness.

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Blue

Adapt or Die

Citizen NetMom posted this video in relation to education. But when I watched it I was impressed at the application it has for New Media, politics and The Right. If we continue to do things the way we’ve done them in the past, we’ll be left behind and won’t know it until it’s too late.

Fortunately, while a bit behind, it’s not too late. That’s why The ConserVOLiance was formed. To bring people and technology and innovation together to advance Right of Center values and views. Come join in the fun …

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Newest ConserVOLiance Member

The Much Younger Trophy Wife usually has a unique and practical idea for solving the world’s problems. Politics is no exception. Her solution for that field, as it is for most fields? Get a mom involved!

Moms would employ their hard earned, and legendarily effective interpersonal skills and arbitration techniques to bring peace and progress to the political process. From the exquisitely timed sympathetic cluck of the tongue to the promptly and fiercely applied twist and pull on the ear, maternal parental units would reign supreme in politics as they do in more domestic settings.

With that in mind, we’re delighted to welcome our newest ConserVOLiance member, Citizen NetMom from Oak Ridge!

I suggest you take heed lest you incur Mom’s displeasure. She has 4 teenage daughters and a husband so don’t think you’re going to put anything over on her. And she’s Right of Center so she has that whole “personal responsibility” thing happening. She works with her local school board so she’s used to all manner of dust ups. The deck is stacked against you. Give up now and maybe our Virtual Mom will be merciful. Who knows, she might not even require you to tell your Real mom who broke the lamp in the Living Room!

Check out Mom’s practical and entertaining takes on the ins and outs of everyday life! You’ll be glad you did. Just don’t upset her. Because if Momma ain’t happy, ain’t NOBODY happy!

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Blue

Speaking of Challengers …

Bear Creek Ledger has a post up (nicely cross posted here as well) with the exciting news that Democrat Lincoln Davis will have a GOP challenger for his seat as Tennessee’s 4th District in the US House. It appears the GOP is not going to simply cede the elections to the Dems despite the so called “lessons” of 2006.

You see, Jim Cooper also has a challenger in Tennessee’s 5th District. It’s Gerard Donovan from Mt Juliet. Gerard is the owner of Quality Practitioners, Inc.and this is his first foray into politics. He’s got a website up at Donovan for Congress and a new video introduction to himself is included below.

The biggest need Gerard and Monty Langford are going to have is cash. Cash for bumper stickers, cash for office space, cash for mailings. cash for the myriad of things needed to run a decent campaign. The folks in the GOP in these two districts need to get behind these two men and do what is needed to give them the best chance to win. Donate money, time and prayers. Make phone calls, host fundraisers, walk a neighborhood, stuff envelopes – something.

If we don’t, we’ll have the same representation in DC that we’ve had for the last umpteen years and we’ll still be voicing the same complaints we’ve aired for the same length of time. Here are two guys that are putting themselves on the line for us and our families and will be doing so for the next year – win, lose or draw! That alone ought to be sufficient to move us to at least support them in some fashion beyond simply our vote.

That’s what The ConserVOLiance is all about. Getting people involved. If we can move a half dozen folks who move a half dozen who move a half dozen we’ll have accomplished a great start. Tennessee has always surprised the pundits and politicos. Let’s get behind these two guys and surprise them again with a pair of take-aways next November!

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