Here in Georgia…
- As has already been noted, Rick Santorum, who seems to be running for pastor-in-chief, visited Georgia yesterday.
- Georgia Power doesn’t like SB 401, probably because it threatens their monopoly.
- Crazy things are going on down in Henry County after the resignation of the county manager, though some following politics in county don’t have a problem with recent actions taken by the BOC.
National stories of interest…
- Politico looks at eight musicians backing Republicans for president.
- It seems counterintuitive, but a family making minimum wage has more disposable income than a family bringing in $60,000 a year.
- What will the Supreme Court look like if Obama wins re-election?
- It’s an odd match, for sure, but Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are buddies.
- Atheists are planning a march on the Mall in Washington.
- So which presidential election was the most important in US history?
- Gallup shows that Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton viewed by Americans as the best of the recent presidents.
- Roger Stone, a long-time GOP operative, has joined the Libertarian Party.
A few that I like…
- A Ghostbusters movie without Bill Murray? Blasphemy!
- The Simpsons hit their 500th episode last night. Here’s list of some of their best episodes.
- Freakonomics looks at the effects of “Linsanity” on the NFL draft.
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It is not just the tea party opposing T-SPLOST. The more people that are educated on T-SPLOST and fully understands the ramification, the more they oppose it.
By-passing the Georgia Constitution and setting up regional transportation governments is un-consitutional.. TIA should be repealed. Republicans that continue to advocate for its passage are putting their re-election at risk..
T-SPLOST= Crony Capitialism
DeKalb County NAACP urges members to reject T-SPLOST
http://clatl.com/freshloaf/archives/2012/02/17/dekalb-county-naacp-urges-members-to-reject-transportation-tax
“Educate” is a very subjective term. One person’s education is another person’s misinformed.
Right now, there is a lot of misinformation being spread in south Georgia that if we pass T-SPLOST, we are going to be paying for MARTA. When you explain that the money stays in their region, they are suddenly behind it then.
That is not what I am hearing from activists in South Georgia – especially in the Valdosta area. They have not even mentioned MARTA and have a great deal of suport defeating the T-SPLOST..
The folks I’ve spoken with around Blackshear/Waycross and Albany have told me otherwise.
On the other hand, Valdosta is on an interstate and is in the final stages of improvements on I-75, so any road improvements would be of little concern to them (outside of possilble 4-laning of GA-133 [between Albany and Valdosta] or US 84 [from Waycross to Homerville]). So I can’t be too surprised if you did hear that from folks in Valdosta.
Happy [redacted] Birthday to Bridget Cantrell! Many happy returns!
Thanks, John! Washington best know his place on February 20th
Happy B -Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Echo] Thanks, John!
Re SB401
There’s a joke going around — I can’t claim it b/c y’all know I’m not so witty — but they’re saying Georgia’s two solar panel manufacturers ought to go testify at the small business anti-red-tape hearings. Talk about burdensome regulatory burdens!
I don’t see what the big deal is about the Romney/Paul thing. Who says you can’t be friendly with your rival?
That “Tyler Durden” thing on disposable income was pretty well discredited a couple years ago.
http://www.fark.com/comments/5775927/Working-one-week-a-month-sitting-on-government-benefits-nets-an-almost-identical-income-as-working-a-full-time-$60000-job-But-sure-two-years-on-unemployment-is-nowhere-NEAR-enough-time-to-find-a-job-with-those-kinds-of-incentives
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