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Today's editorial cartoon

"It's a sellers' market!" all over the radio.
Uh, not exactly.

posted @ Sunday, June 2, 2013 - 11:48

FDIC closes banks in North Carolina, Georgia

Still fall-out from Community Re-Investment Act of the Carter Administration.
Blaming it on anything else is smoke, a specialty of the Straw Man Crowd.

posted @ Saturday, April 27, 2013 - 16:14

Jackson County authorities find pipe in suspect's rectum

Lots of stuff fits where the moon don't shine.
Why they search.

posted @ Friday, April 26, 2013 - 11:31

The South: A near-solid block against 'Obamacare'

"As time goes by, we'll see this law acquire a more bipartisan complexion."
Wishful, inaccurate, disingenuous, wrong, specious, and revealing.
Another Twitter advert.

posted @ Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 10:11

Broun to host Barrow County Town Hall Meeting

Checked in to see if anything clever from the Broun Bashers.
Not bad, so far.

posted @ Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 10:06

Some win, some lose in Georgia legislative session

"Some Win Some Lose"
It's called a democratic republic for just this very reason.
But basically a Twitter advertisement.

posted @ Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 09:58

Missing man found; was in jail all along

Closest article about the indicted School Chief
I could find in the ABH.

posted @ Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 17:41

Pope's foot-washing final blow for traditionalists

AP widely circulates yet another opinion
masquerading as news. Perfect for ABH.

posted @ Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 17:24

Confederate flag at old NC Capitol coming down

It's so much fun when
the middle third of the nineteenth century turns up as a topic.
A few folks know of what they write, but
mainly it's just crap.
Like CharlesB.

posted @ Saturday, March 30, 2013 - 17:20

LGBT supporters in Athens "optimistically cautious" about Supreme Court's take on same-sex marriage

To the state, marriage is only a legal contract.
To the church, it is holy.
To which the allegiance?

posted @ Wednesday, March 27, 2013 - 22:49

Gun control debated at UGA

It's not about the guns or even the violence.
It's all about the control.

posted @ Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 22:53

Oconee student calls lawyer when found with gin at school

Here's where the old line "The dumb ones go to jail" should fit.
Except there's no info if he went to jail and he was (sadly) smart enough to remain silent and call his barrister.

posted @ Friday, March 15, 2013 - 14:47

Another Athens homeless camp goes up in flames

Police speculate that an open flame was involved.

posted @ Friday, March 15, 2013 - 14:30

Traffic violation leads to drug arrest

Tough pic for Show and Tell.

posted @ Monday, March 11, 2013 - 21:10

US stock futures fall after run of Dow records

There is a reason this is still "news" twelve hours after being false.

posted @ Monday, March 11, 2013 - 21:06

Athens Sen. Cowsert to announce intent on congressional run

"The Governor had to intervene..." via his Floor Leader, Sen Cowsert.

posted @ Monday, March 11, 2013 - 21:02

Georgia Senate calls for federal, constitutional convention

@MATT31: That's a joke in more ways than one.
Multiple presentations have come from the House, where GOP is majority.
The Senate, led by your heroic Myrmidons, haven't done diddly squat in, what, a million years?
Seen Big Foot lately?

posted @ Friday, March 8, 2013 - 10:50

Case of admitted Athens cop killer again stalled by incompetency claim

@jtsim: Excellent point. "Due process" would be to certify his confession promptly and expeditiously, then move on to the penalty phase.
The legal point at this juncture is the penalty.
Get to it.

posted @ Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 20:27

State lawmakers debate relaxing gun laws for mentally ill

This movement has been spear-headed by the PTSD crowd,
who fear having to choose between their status
as "disabled" or give up their guns.
Pretty good check from the Feds if your daddy slapped you around as a kid.
Good defense in court for multiple charges.
Drugs from the sympathetic doctor.
Pretty much ruined it for the folks who really suffer.

posted @ Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 20:20

Georgia Senate calls for federal, constitutional convention

"Congress shall yearly present a budget balanced for signature
by the President."
Pretty simple, even for Democrats, to understand.
Like having to identify oneself to vote or check out a library book, all kinds of Straw Men and hoohah will be thrown in to obscure its simplicity.
Fear of losing the Free Stuff.

posted @ Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 20:14

Federal recognition nets Athens health center $650K grant

Yes, such a great need.
Then there is the reality of what actually happens at the ANHC.

posted @ Tuesday, March 5, 2013 - 00:09

Obtaining visas proves challenging, even for skilled workers

Lots of spin here, and for fairly obvious reasons.
It's not as hard as all that,
if you have some ducks in a row.

posted @ Sunday, February 17, 2013 - 10:36

Athens-Clarke cop's bribery case unindicted after one year

Something about The Bill of Rights.

posted @ Friday, February 15, 2013 - 18:49

Bill would close talks on troubled school boards

Mark Twain had an interestingly accurate view of School Boards.
There are indeed a whole lot of "should's" concerning the electing, functioning, behavior and accountability to taxpayers and parents which go ignored by a cadre elected largely by coin toss.
Been to a school board meeting lately?
Try going to one at any of several contiguous counties, too.
Very disturbing, even horrifying, and we wonder why there's, um, "trouble."

posted @ Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 22:08

Today's editorial cartoon

A whole page of cartoon and comments, and here is the very first mention of the perpetrator, the commander-in-chief, Barack Hussein Obama.
On the up-side, I did not see George Bush. Yet.

posted @ Sunday, February 10, 2013 - 17:01

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