BASEBALL TRIP WITH GRANDSON WAS A HOMERUN There are no two ways about it: Being a grandfather is better than a plateful of hot buttered biscuits. Nothing compares to it. Nothing comes close. After deciding that President Peanut would be home long enough to wash his socks before taking off for Timbuktu to mediate a simmering dispute among local mountain goats, I figured that … [Read more...] about May 12, 2008: Baseball Trip with Grandson Was a Home Run
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May 5, 2008: Do A Good Deed For Our Troops In Afghanistan
DO A GOOD DEED FOR OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN Okay, listen up. I have a job for you. Actually, it’s not a job. It’s a good deed. Lt. Frank Wilson, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps, is deployed in Afghanistan, helping root out the Taliban bad guys. He and his unit are out in the field for long stretches of time, enduring hardships that you and I can only imagine from the … [Read more...] about May 5, 2008: Do A Good Deed For Our Troops In Afghanistan
Apr. 28, 2008: Jekyll Grassroots Group A Formidable Factor In Redevelopment Plans
JEKYLL GRASSROOTS GROUP A FORMIDABLE FACTOR IN REDEVELOPMENT PLANS I learned the hard way in my corporate life never to underestimate the power of grassroots organizations. They are always the last to blink in a fight. I have the scars to prove it. One such group is the Initiative to Protect Jekyll Island, which claims to represent more than 5,000 visitors to the island from … [Read more...] about Apr. 28, 2008: Jekyll Grassroots Group A Formidable Factor In Redevelopment Plans
Apr. 21, 2008: Jimmy Carter Has No Right To Undermine Our Nation’s Foreign Policy
JIMMY CARTER HAS NO RIGHT TO UNDERMINE OUR NATION’S FOREIGN POLICY What are we going to do with Jimmy Carter? The man has gone from being a joke to someone who is suddenly very unfunny. Some folks I know think he is senile. Others believe he is bitter about his failed presidency and is trying to make sure we all understand that if he can’t make it to Mount Rushmore, George W. … [Read more...] about Apr. 21, 2008: Jimmy Carter Has No Right To Undermine Our Nation’s Foreign Policy
Apr. 14, 2008: Atlanta Doctor Gives Back To A Country That Has Given Him Much
ATLANTA DOCTOR GIVES BACK TO A COUNTRY THAT HAS GIVEN HIM MUCH What did you do on Sept. 11, 2001 when you realized Islamic terrorists had slammed airplanes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing thousands of innocent people? Most of us walked around in a stupor. The U.S. Senate gathered on the steps of the Capitol, linked hands and sang “God Bless America,” … [Read more...] about Apr. 14, 2008: Atlanta Doctor Gives Back To A Country That Has Given Him Much