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@ Amanda Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:46

athensoriginal: Another Lindsey Lohan in the making...
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:46

raleturn: @jeleclekat: To most morally gay is an oxymoron !!!
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@ Legal woes piling up for GA Democratic Party chair Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:43

raleturn: Sounds like he is taken his political life into his professional life since most Democrats support a Robing Hood theory of economics by living off of other people's money.
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@ 'I'm not racist': Common... Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:42

barryhollander: You know you're a racist when the next thing out of your mouth is: "But many of my friends are ..."
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:41

jeleclekat: http://www.usscouts.org/advance/boyscout/bsoath.asp . . . and morally straight. - not about gay or straight. To be a person of strong character,...
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@ Today's editorial cartoon Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:41

avenger: @Farmer GA: "such as civics and civics issues" That is the bread and butter of the TEA Party. They are groups that advocate for change and educate about legislation. They clearly fit into the 501C (4...
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@ No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:41

THX1138: I hope they get the death penalty. I can understand maybe trying prayer first but when your child is still sick its time to let science in. After all science has actually been proven to work.
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:40

barryhollander: As a former Scout, I believe this is the right decision. No way kids should be excluded. I get that the question of leaders is trickier and more difficult for the organization, but not the kids.
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:39

raleturn: All this has done is teach those in boy scouts that it is ok to bow and worship at the idol of political correctness vs staying the course and not violating your convictions regardless of how...
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:35

THX1138: News Flash there have been gays in the Boy Scouts since the Boy Scouts started. The only difference is now they don't have to live in fear of being discovered and shunned for doing what comes...
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@ Amanda Bynes arrested in NYC on marijuana charge Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:30

Ben Had: Legalize it.
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@ Dupuy: Tax breaks legal, but deplorable Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:26

Used2baFreeCountry: [quote][b]Jim Thompson[/b] - If you're going to contend that the editorial page is left-leaning, I'm going to ask you to go through at least two weeks' worth of editorial pages and make your case...
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@ IRS replaces official in tea party controversy Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:25

mpd0.59: Sorry, I was being sarcastic. Sometimes it gets lost in the transition to print.
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@ Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:19

THX1138: @McCarthy: You misunderstood as usual. I didn't contradict myself. I'm not saying that you don't have the right to voice your opinion (as ignorant and wrong as it is), I'm saying thank God people...
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@ Today's editorial cartoon Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:15

avenger: @Farmer GA: Look. The fact that the IRS did wrong here is not in dispute. Obama has even said so. The only question at hand is how far up did it go. I disagree with you and Obama. Is this a first?
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:11

butseriously: BSA mission: "The mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law."...
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:08

Politically Cor...: The bigoted and superstitious establishment of religion is falling slowly but surely.
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:06

Tewise: It is hard for me to wrap my mind around some of the commenter's saying homosexuality is the same as pedophilia. It is completely different and is no way associated with each other. http://...
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@ No bail for Pa. parents in faith-healing death Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:05

Politically Cor...: "...third-degree murder charges..." Good!
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@ Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Fri, 05/24/2013 - 13:04

YoungSarge: Ummm, BOY Scouts......
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    Rep. Regina Quick pulls no punches on Chamber scorecard

    Rep. Regina Quick, R-Athens, was one of two local delegates to score less than an "A+" in the Chamber of Commerce's annual legislative score card. She and I played phone tag Monday when I was reporting the story and I wasn't able to get her comments in a timely fashion. Instead, she sent over this statement Wednesday morning and she did not mince her words. (Links and italicized portions are my own; otherwise, it's as she wrote it.) Dear Friends: read more

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    UPDATED: Draft language of so-called curfew ordinance

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