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I sincerely believe blogging can save America.
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Blogging
Sincerely
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Life is a great experience. Dignity is a treasure.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Dignity
Life Is
Treasure
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The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Federalist
Founders
Papers
Rich
According
Feared
Greatly
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On the political side, I was the Democratic nominee for the Governor of Tennessee in 1970 and 1998.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Democratic
Tennessee
Nominee
Governor
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Now I have known Sen. Bill Frist, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, since he was born.
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Majority
Senate
Bill
United States Senate
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Sen. Frist has every right, and indeed the duty, to see that every presidential nominee for the Federal bench at every level gets an up or down vote.
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Benches
Levels
Presidential
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The time has come for justice at the ballot box, and justice in the courts, and justice in the legislative halls, and justice in the governor's office.
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Economy
Halls
Justice
Office
Box
Ballot
Ballot Box
Courts
Governor
Legislative
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I have known Harold Ford Jr. since before he was born, in that his father was my driver in the 1966 governor's race, and has remained a friend of mine all these years.
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Born
Race
Since
Friend
Driver
Ford
Governor
Harold
Mine
Remained
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Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy.
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Beloved
Cost
Democracy
Destroying
Trying
Me Day I Am
Regardless
Therefore
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But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Government
Bribery
Justice
Long
Officials
Permit
By The People
For The People
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If you are a friend of the Constitution as I am, I hope you will consider engaging me in the topics of my posts whether you agree or disagree with my position on a particular subject.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Agree
Constitution
Disagree
Economy
Engaging
Particular
Position
Topics
Hope I Am Me
Hope Me I Am
Consider
Subject
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It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able to read the Constitution and do what it says.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Members
Predecessors
Senate
Current
United States Senate
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A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Citizens
Democracy
Direct
Exposure
Influence
Internet
Government Democracy Me
Government May Democracy
Convention
Short
For The People
Save
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The Constitution was written by 55 educated and highly intelligent men in Philadelphia in 1787, but it was written so that it could be understood by people of limited education and modest intelligence.
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Men
Educated
Intelligent
Modest
Philadelphia
Understood
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The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not give a minority of senators any right to interfere with that process.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Advice
Consent
Constitution
Giving
Interfere
Majority
President
Process
Senate
Appoint
Gives
Minority
Plainly
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Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Challenges
Corruption
Cost
Dozen
Effort
Election
Election Process
Intimidation
Process
Ridicule
Tennessee
Brought
Challenging
Confronted
Considerable
Decade
Over
Last
Last Decade
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I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed without the agreement of two-thirds of the members of the United States Senate.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Agreement
Appointments
Believe
Founders
Giving
Members
Mistake
Senate
States
United States
Believe Mistakes I Believe
Mistakes
Biggest
Confirmed
Federal
Judges
Two-Thirds
United States Senate
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It is plain that, when it comes to inferior officers, Congress itself can pass a law sending these nominees to the President with him having the authority to put them on the bench without the advice and consent of the Senate.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Advice
Authority
Congress
Law
Officers
President
Senate
Bench
Itself
Inferior
Pass
Plain
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I am a great admirer of Sen. Frist, who is a nationally known heart surgeon and well known in Nashville as a great family man who has dedicated his life to helping others and, in that regard, he has followed in his father's footsteps.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Admirer
Dedicated
Family Man
Footsteps
Great Family
Helping
Nashville
Regard
Well Known
Life Family Great
Followed
Surgeon
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Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Attending
Constitution
Integrity
Law
Reform
Talking
Efforts
Thereof
Uphold
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Through a blog, an ordinary citizen such as myself can use the Internet, this thing invented by Albert Gore, to talk from my house to the U.S. capital and to make use of my right to point out to government officials and to the media when they are wrong.
John Jay Hooker / Attorney
Government
Gore
House
Internet
Media
Officials
Ordinary
Albert
Blog
Capital
Citizen
Ordinary Citizen
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