Besides the poor balloon landing in Sparta, that is a good story. Educators finding ways to get kids involved and excited about learning. Great job!

I can't wait to get back to nature on the old Hooch!

Start the search for the perpetrator in the Bethel Village. Seems like all crime starts in this quaint little village.

Hmmm, something tells me that some of the documents may have accidently fallen into the shredder.

No president is going to get nailed for any major scandale unless they are dumb enough to record all their conversations or leave DNA laying around.

This dude looks like he can handle his liqueur. He would probably have to drink 20 beers to get drunk.

Oh my god, I am waiting for the riots, death, and violence. My bad, wrong cult.

Unpredictable? Killings, fear, and the election of fanatics is pretty predictable in these days in Pakistan..

@Millionexus: I think I may have been somewhat sarcastic with my comment.

@Anonymous Dude: Painting with a rather wide brush aren't you. There are a lot more "progressives" who own guns than you think. I am all for people's free choice. Choice to have an abortion, choice to marry someone of the same sex, choice to hire a prostitute, choice to smoke dope, choice to die wth dignity, and my choise to own a firearm for protection. I am also against someones choice to rob or murder me with a gun.

Hey, we all can't be as tough as you and Avenger. Some of us need protection.

@avenger: Somehow I think me being able to take some guy down with a double and then getting them in a rear naked choke is not going to work against a guy with a gun. If someone is not armed, I like my chances, but I am just not going to take that chance. If I pull a weapon on an attacker, hopefully they will leave without incident. Of course, I would never want to mess with a true man like yourself. Armed or unarmed

Noooooooooo!!!!!! This affects my life, family and economic security in so many ways. This issue is so important towards our fight on terrorism. There is nothing more important to my life than the legality of 2 people I do not know getting married. This is the biggest issue facing the US right now. I hope my government puts all the other trivial problems on the back burner while they fight this great evil. This is the kind of issues our Founding Fathers had in mind when they wrote our Constitution.

I named my kid Mohammad Jesus Moses Smith. I figure I've got it covered.

Kel Tec .32 travels well when riding a bike. Very light weight and can fit easily in back pocket. Good protection against thugs and road rage. Also, very good to carry when running or hiking in the woods.

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I pray to god you are correct. I do not want my money paying for anymore meals and sleeping arrangements for this lazy loser.

@Libralady: I agree. Is this country not civilized anymore. I actually want to help the grass grow greener over his grave by taking a [filtered word] on it.

Oh sorry, I just read about the 7 year old having his 11th surgery because of this idiots following of a cult, and I somehow still feel a little angry about it. (filtered word) on his grave will be good therapy for me. It will make me feel more civil.

@Mr Lightborn: By my horrible use of grammer, it should be obvious I concentrated my studies far away from the English department. That being said, wouldn't "his" and "Christian" be adjectives describing the opinion. An opinion, he stated was shaped by the teachings of the Christian bible. As one may have Christian beliefs, if these beliefs help form their opinions, would these opinions be their Christian opinions?

@crankyyankee: those 13 words have the wisdom and insight of a 13 page thesis concerning the proven failures of housing a dense population of people from a lower socio-economic standing within a confined geographical area. Something Athens, through 50 years of experimentation, has proven to be the gospel for generating a sad cycle of poverty and crime.

The 1st Amendment is one of foundation stones holding up the US Constitution. Like many stones used in building a wall, parts and pieces of the 1st Amendment are often chipped away to make it fit nice and snug in the foundation of many peoples arguments. While a homesexual's freedom of religion is my basis for supporting gay marriage, I can't help but feel a little uncomfortable concerning the lack of tolerance towards people who do not share my opinion. While "Freedom of Speech" only protects peoples rights of speech being suppressed by the government, I believe a citizens freedom of speech is imparitive for truly free society, Granted, as it pertains to the 1st Amendment, the case of Dr. Ferguson is not a prime example of someone's free speech being impeded. Nor have I seen the actual transcript from his lecture, so I am only left to judge his comments based on the paraphrasing of the journalist with no relation to the context of his statement. Taken on the face value of the article, I agree with MCDAWG that the homosexual part of the comment was an unnessasary addition to his point, and I think an apology was in order. He did himself no favors by adding homosexual as a negative connotation to his argument; to the contrary, in the world of academia he only hurt his credibility.

A much better example of intolerance towards the opposing view on gay marriage, occurred earlier this week when ESPN rather cowardly apologized for a benign statement one of its commentators made concerning Jason Collins announcing he was gay. ASKED HIS OPINION, Chris Broussard stated his Christian opinion without spewing hatred or intolerance towards homosexuals. For stating his opinion, which he was asked to do, Broussard was lambasted by many fellow journalist, and ESPN shamefully apologized for his opinions.

The rights of homosexuals in the United States does not require the muting of opposing views. People who spew hate and intolerance towards homosexuals, are only hurting their side of the debate by demonstrating a lack of intelligence. On the other hand, people like Mr. Broussard, who stated his opinion in a non threatening manner, should be openly debated, because the US Constitution can be used to rebuff his arguments. The same religous freedoms guaranteed to Mr Broussard, are the same religous freedoms that guarantee homosexual freedoms against state sponsored religions. Opinions will never be changed by forcefully silencing opposing views. To the contrary, such force feeding of ideology will only harden people's opinions.

Another day in the Village.

Who are Hawks and what is this thing they play in? The NBA or something like that?

How about that quaint little "midtown village" north of Watkinsville? I believe Bethel is the name. Did the thieves hit this neighborhood too?

I see a Myth Busters episode on the horizon.

@fthompson: Amen brother! The "smaller government" party has been hijacked by these "sheep in wolf's clothing" Christian Right zealots. They go totally against our Founding Fathers' philosophy of government; keeping government out of people's lives. They pick and chose which Amendments to stand behind.

Does he believe in science?

"FRAUD: On April 26, Deputy Josh Elrod met with a resident of River Bank Lane, Bishop, who explained he received an email from a person he knows explaining he was stuck in a foreign country and needed $1,900. The man said he obtained the cash and sent it to an address in the Philippines."

If you fall for this, shouldn't you be too embarrassed to report it?