THE MORE WATER WE HAVE, THE MORE OUR UNGRATEFUL NEIGHBORS WANT No good deed goes unpunished. When Gov. Sonny Perdue convened a meeting at the state Capitol last November to pray for rain, a lot of snooty-noses scoffed. Not me. I told my friends they had better find their umbrellas because the governor had asked none other than Dr. Gil Watson, the World’s Greatest Preacher, to … [Read more...] about Mar. 24, 2008: The More Water We Have, The More Our Ungrateful Neighbors Want
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Mar. 17, 2008: We All Lose When Politicians And Media Get Cozy
WE ALL LOSE WHEN POLITICIANS AND MEDIA GET COZY Isn’t it strange that disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer got away with his trysts as long as he did? Spitzer, a mean-spirited bully, resigned following revelations he had been saying one thing and doing another. As New York’s attorney general, he stayed busy impugning the reputations of and ruining the careers of many … [Read more...] about Mar. 17, 2008: We All Lose When Politicians And Media Get Cozy
Mar. 10, 2008: Where Have All The Reliable Targets Gone?
WHERE HAVE ALL THE RELIABLE TARGETS GONE? I am getting concerned. A lot of my most reliable targets have dried up and gone away. Kind of like the drought, except annexing Tennessee won’t help me any. Our Ambassador to Outer Space Cynthia McKinney has disappeared into the cesspool of the free world, Berkeley, Calif. I had high hopes that she might run for president on the … [Read more...] about Mar. 10, 2008: Where Have All The Reliable Targets Gone?
Mar. 3, 2008: Jekyll Redevelopment Should Be Of Interest To All Georgians
JEKYLL REDEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE OF INTEREST TO ALL GEORGIANS Depending on who you talk to, Jekyll Island is about to be taken over by greedy real estate developers and turned into a fancy vacation resort with prices out of reach to ordinary Georgians, or it is a seedy, financially-strapped rundown shell of its former self. There is no question that Jekyll Island needs a … [Read more...] about Mar. 3, 2008: Jekyll Redevelopment Should Be Of Interest To All Georgians
Feb. 25, 2008: Some Politicians Think Rules Don’t Apply to Them
SOME POLITICIANS THINK RULES DON’T APPLY TO THEM It grieves me to hear people complain about all the “crooked politicians” in our government. I have spent much of my adult life around the political arena and, popular though it may be, the perception that our public officials are generally a bad lot is incorrect. In fact, politicians grade on a competency curve about like any … [Read more...] about Feb. 25, 2008: Some Politicians Think Rules Don’t Apply to Them