RANDOM THOUGHTS ON GRINCHES, VALUES AND SWEET TEA Sometimes you just can’t help but feel sorry for Malfunction Junction, aka, the City of Atlanta. Admittedly, it is hard to do because it is such a blowhard town and not half as hip as it thinks it is. But if I was a city booster, I’d be embarrassed to tell people that my hometown newspaper has decided to pick up stakes and … [Read more...] about Aug. 24, 2009: Random Thoughts On Grinches, Values And Sweet Tea
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Aug. 17, 2009: It’s About More Than Health Care Reform: Ordinary Citizens Are Fed Up With Out-Of-Touch Government
IT’S ABOUT MORE THAN HEALTH CARE REFORM: ORDINARY CITIZENS ARE FED UP WITH OUT-OF-TOUCH GOVERNMENT I was discussing with my son, Ken, the free-for-alls taking place in town hall meetings around the country as angry people confront members of Congress over the Obama Administration’s current health care reform proposals. It isn’t all that surprising, he said, and it’s not just … [Read more...] about Aug. 17, 2009: It’s About More Than Health Care Reform: Ordinary Citizens Are Fed Up With Out-Of-Touch Government
Aug. 10, 2009: Sweet Tea Summit Covers ‘Go Fish’ And Georgia’s Water Wars
SWEET TEA SUMMIT COVERS ‘GO FISH’ AND GEORGIA’S WATER WARS I have just attended the Sweet Tea Summit. It was like President Obama’s recent Beer Summit except we didn’t have to endure Joe Biden and his motor mouth. Gov. Sonny Perdue’s communications chief Bert Brantley has enough problems on his plate that he didn’t need to keep reading my smart-aleck calibrations about his … [Read more...] about Aug. 10, 2009: Sweet Tea Summit Covers ‘Go Fish’ And Georgia’s Water Wars
Aug. 3, 2009: Georgia Democratic Congressman Not Sold On Current Health Care Reform Legislation
GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN NOT SOLD ON CURRENT HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION I called Democratic Congressman Jim Marshall who represents Georgia’s 8th Congressional District in Middle Georgia to check the status of health care reform currently lurching its way through Congress. I know what is being proposed. What I wanted to know was if this hydra-headed monster has a … [Read more...] about Aug. 3, 2009: Georgia Democratic Congressman Not Sold On Current Health Care Reform Legislation
Jul. 27, 2009: Maybe Obama And I Just Need To Calibrate Better
MAYBE OBAMA AND I JUST NEED TO CALIBRATE BETTER If comments made in this space have in any way angered, dismayed or caused dry heaves to anyone who has read them, it may be that I should have calibrated my words differently. I’ll guarantee Barack Obama knows what I’m talking about. If you were watching President Obama’s love-in with his lap dogs in the national media — … [Read more...] about Jul. 27, 2009: Maybe Obama And I Just Need To Calibrate Better