I don’t have a bucket list but if I did I would be hard-pressed to find room to add anything else. There is not much I have wanted to do that I haven’t done from shooting the breeze with the president in the Oval Office to seeing the sun rise in the Scottish Highlands to being embedded with the brave men and women of Georgia’s 48th Brigade Combat Team in Iraq. But until I am … [Read more...] about July 25, 2016: What Good is a Bucket List Without the Gaithers On It?
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July 18, 2016: There Is No Question That Answer Man Has The Answers
Hey, boys and girls! What time is it? It’s time for Answer Man! The show where we delve into inquiring minds and show you how little is on ours. Please note that all answers remain the exclusive property of the Yarbrough Worldwide Media and Pest Control Company located in Greater Garfield, Georgia, and may not be rebroadcast, retransmitted or refried without the … [Read more...] about July 18, 2016: There Is No Question That Answer Man Has The Answers
July 11, 2016: Dallas Tragedy Shows it is Time to Lower the Rhetoric and Start the Healing
Have we gone totally, completely insane? It is not bad enough that the specter of Islamic terrorism hangs over us like a toxic cloud, now we have a sniper in Dallas killing five police officers and wounded seven others because, according to Dallas police chief David Brown, he reportedly wanted to kill white people in retaliation for the death of two black people in Minnesota … [Read more...] about July 11, 2016: Dallas Tragedy Shows it is Time to Lower the Rhetoric and Start the Healing
July 4, 2016: Add State Parks and Historic Sites to Georgia’s Brag Book
I am late getting to this subject with summer whizzing along but not so much so that we can’t still squeeze it in the State of Georgia’s brag book, along with Vidalia onions, St. Simons sunsets, rainbow trout and Ray Charles Robinson. I am talking about our state parks. This year marks Georgia State Parks and Historic Site’s 85th anniversary. It all started back in 1931 with … [Read more...] about July 4, 2016: Add State Parks and Historic Sites to Georgia’s Brag Book
June 27, 2016: Two State Senators Who Give Politics a Good Name
This is a bit weird. I find myself in the position of having to defend politicians. Well, not all of them, just the good ones. The subject came up recently about my precocious great grandson Cameron Charles Yarbrough, who is seven, going on thirty-seven. Cameron never meets a stranger, acts more adult than many adults and has charisma to burn. Someone remarked that he was a … [Read more...] about June 27, 2016: Two State Senators Who Give Politics a Good Name