Wed Sep 08, 2010
JUST LOOK AT WHAT SOMEBODY WROTE ABOUT C. JACK ELLIS IN THE T'GRAPH TODAY
Newshoundette Julie Hubbard has penned an article in today's Macon paper about former mayor, C. Jack Ellis, seeking to regain the corner office in city hall in 2011 ( http://www.macon.com/2010/09/08/1257307/ellis-says-he-will-run-for-macon.html ).
The article caused quite a stir. One local wrote:
beenthere wrote on 09/08/2010 05:47:37 PM:
gangs gear up your time is nigh again............ellis loves you
You got it wrong, brother (or sister). I remember the famous news conference in city hall when a reporter asked Hizzoner about gang problems in Macon. C. Jack fixed the Channel 13 camera with a baleful gaze and went on to say "Macon does not have gangs.....only wannabes." Gangs don't exist in C. Jack's world and are only a figment of our weary imaginations.
Those wannabes sure have been killing off one another at an alarming rate.
Who drew the gang symbols along the brick wall in the unpaved lane running behind my humble home?
Behind Ellis stand the twin thunderbolts of the Lucas clan, David and Elaine. Reichert is too smart for them. They need a mayor with a low enough I.Q. whom they can dominate and ride the golden chariot all the way to opulent retirement.
The word on the street is that the former mayor was very upset by the article about him and his plans that appeared recently in THE ELEVENTH HOUR.
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A NON ENDORSING ENDORSEMENT
It is two months until the November general election. As is our custom, we offer select endorsements on behalf of candidates at the several levels.
Today we take a very brief look at the Gubernatorial race in Georgia between Roy Barnes (D) and Nathan Deal ®.
I shall vote for Mr. Deal. Without enthusiasm.
As things are shaping up our choice lies between a failed former governor (Barnes) and an ex congressman who carries with him ethical baggage from his sojourn in D.C (Deal).
The campaign promises to be a dirty, no holds barred donnybrook. Deal paints Barnes as an Obama clone; Barnes attacks his rival as a has-been, a rusting sign hanging by rotting chain.
My lack of enthusiasm does not mean that you shouldn't vote. By all means do.
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BURNING THE QUORAN
NOT VERY BRIGHT
NOT VERY BRIGHT
I own a copy of the Quoran.
It was sent to me free of charge by the organization CAIR. I requested it shortly after the horrific events of 9/11.
The volume was carefully packaged and contained a polite request to treat it with respect.
I have done so through many attempts at reading the archaic translation of the even more archaic Arabic script. I would no more desecrate this book than I would a copy of the Judaeo-Christian Bible.
And I am an atheist.
A small, conservative Christian congregation in Gainsville, Florida has gained world-wide attention by announcing its intention to burn copies of the Muslim holy book on Saturday, the anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon by Muslim radicals. The act is an example of the sheer, short-sighted stupidity found among elements of the Christian Right.
The same kind of stupidity we find on the Muslim right.
Religious fanatics seem generally to fall into the same trap: “It’s my way or the highway”. Some of my Baptist friends would like to see us return to a kind of Puritan theocracy, the same government that delighted in burning gals accused of witchcraft alive at the stake.
The Gainsville congregation has the legal right to burn the Quoran. That is the kind of freedom we enjoy in this country. But it is a stupid thing to do.
If I remember rightly, Adolph Hitler liked to watch books burn, too. Books written by Jewish authors.
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UGA TEAM STUDYING NEANDERTHALS
and yes, Virginia, there is really a thing called evolution
and yes, Virginia, there is really a thing called evolution
A team of scientists from The University of Georgia (and you thought all they did there was play football) is engaged in an international study comparing modern man (homo sapiens) with Neanderthal man, who became extinct some thirty thousand years ago.
The work is largely involved with the study of the DNA of Neanderthal along with our own. Much has been learned so far….we know, for instance, that the two populations were able to interbreed during a hundred thousand or so years of their overlapping. Each of us carries some of the Neanderthal genome within us.
What I do not understand is why our highly skilled and paid scientists need to study bones of shirt-tail relatives who died millennia ago. If they were to set up shop in Macon, we could show them prime examples of Neanderthal men, women, and children living among us. Most of them are citizens.
Funny, I knew some of these guys when I lived in Boston. You can always tell the species apart….they are universally white skinned, slightly smaller of stature than the norm, thick set, stoop shouldered, sloped in the forehead, and tend to breathe through their mouths.
Come to think of it, there were quite a few of these characters in Athens when I studied there during the summers back in the early eighties. If I recall aright most of them supported athletics.
Read all about it here:
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/090810/new_705579694.shtml The piece is called “UGA Researchers Compare Neanderthals To Humans”
Plus ca change; plus ca meme.
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DOES LONZY HAVE RUST IN HIS HEART
or
IN HIS BRAIN?
or
IN HIS BRAIN?
Lonzy Edwards is a minister of the gospel, a lawyer, and a Bibb County Commish.
He is also a man on a mission….
…with too much time on his hands. Idle time, obviously, even under his three official hats.
Something about the Devil and idle hands. Watch out, Commish!
Undaunted by the county’s fiscal nightmares, the unexpected defeat of his precious SPLOST last month, and a host of problems besetting the County, the Somewhat Reverend Edwards wants to change the name of a tiny road somewhere in the boondocks of East Macon, a road that has proudly borne its unusual moniker since 1969.
It’s called “Lustful Court” Many good citizens, would be overjoyed for the right to have their checks imprinted with that unique address.
“Yes, your honor, I solemnly swear that I do reside at 2121 Lustful Court.”
“Teacher, we’ve moved. Our new address is 666 Lustful Court.”
“And the country music number one song of the year is ‘When You Didn’t Come Home To Daddy Last Night, I Knew You Were Doin’ Your Thing On Lustful Court’.
Yes, Lonzy Edwards has too much time on his hands, and the MACON T’GRAPH is hard up for hard news. No pun intended.
Read all about it at http://www.macon.com/2010/09/08/1256084/street-name-too-risque-for-bibb.html It’s called “STREET NAME TOO RISQUE FOR BIBB COUNTY COMMISSIONERS”.
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Tue Sep 07, 2010
MIKE ADAMS DEFENDS HIS
GUN COLLECTION
GUN COLLECTION
”All kidding aside (was I kidding?), in recent months I have been hearing more and more complaints about my gun collection from people who read my columns – this despite the fact that the columns make them angry. (I’m glad these folks don’t own guns!) Some of those complaints have come to me directly. Some have been directed towards the authorities and my employers at UNCW.”
Short and sweet is this column from Professor Mike Adams on feminists (and others) who criticize his ownership of firearms and his gun collection.
There isn’t much to say other than READ IT. As usual, there is lots of Adams-esque sarcasm to dripping from every paragraph.
The piece is called MY GUNS ARE PRETTY AND SAFER THAN YOUR TATTOOS and can be accessed directly here: http://townhall.com/columnists/MikeAdams/2010/09/07/my_guns_are_pretty_and_safer_than_your_tattoos
Of course, I found the piece on the TOWNHALL dot COM morning newsletter.
Yeah, READ IT!!!
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Mon Sep 06, 2010
QUOTES OF THE DAY
Labo(u)r Day
Labo(u)r Day
THESE FROM A FRIEND:
1. “LIFE’S TOUGH…..IT’S EVEN THOUGHER IF YOU’RE STUPID.” (John Wayne)
2. IF OBAMA’S THE ANSWER, HOW STUPID WAS THE QUESTION?
2. PONDER THIS PARADOX: “FATHOM THE ODD HYPOCRISY THAT (President) OBAMA WANTS EVERY CITIZEN TO PROVE THEY ARE INSURED, BUT PEOPLE DON’T HAVE TO PROVE THEY ARE CITIZENS”. (Ben Stein)
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Sun Sep 05, 2010
STATISTICS DON’T LIE?
Email From A Friend
Email From A Friend
An interesting letter in the Australian Shooter Magazine this week, which I quote:
"If you consider that there has been an average of 160,000 troops in the Iraq theater of operations during the past 22 months, and a total of 2112 deaths, that gives a firearm death rate of 60 per 100,000 soldiers.
"The firearm death rate in Washington , DC is 80.6 per 100,000 for the same period.
That means you are about 25 percent more likely to be shot and killed in the U.S. capital, which has some of the strictest gun control laws in the U.S. , than you are in Iraq ."
Conclusion: The U.S. should pull out of Washington .
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Sat Sep 04, 2010
Thank You
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
THANK YOU
Sometime this evening between supper and sunset cat collecting, this little b’log registered its 500,000th. Hit.
Most of the action took place withing the last three years.
I am certain that things will get hot and heavy as we get closer to the November elections, but only time will tell.
Please accept my thanks for visiting if you are a regular, a sometime, or a brand new reader.
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DICK MORRIS SAYS THIS POLITICAL AD WILL DESTROY HARRY REID
..........BUT WE ARE NOT SURE!!!
SEE FOR YOURSELF: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H9yCnS1dKQ
(We found the link on DRUDGE.).)
Ciao
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