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Opinion - Topics from July, 2009

Your child gets left behind

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Thursday, July 30. 2009

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It is interesting that, in economic tough times, Gov. Sonny Perdue has decided to furlough teachers.

Aren’t these same teachers the ones responsible for bringing up Georgia’s various test scores to some level above those of a third world country where they stand now? [Full Story »]

When Life Begins

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Wednesday, July 29. 2009

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Post originally written by Spencer Price.
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It is the most fundamental question about life itself – “When does life begin?” And though some offer myriad arguments based upon political, ideological, or emotional grounds, the answer is actually quite simple, obvious, and indisputable – life begins at conception. The contrapuntal question, for those who oppose that notion is, “If not then, when?” [Full Story »]

Would collection of sales tax at point of sale be a solution?

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Tuesday, July 28. 2009

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Teacher furloughs are bad for Georgia’s students, but with the current economic woes you may think there is no choice. Think again. Last session, DuBose Porter (D-Dublin), and candidate for governor in 2010, co-sponsored HB 356, which allows for the collection of sales tax at the point of sale. Thus allowing local governments to collect their own, as well as the state's sales taxes, instead of the Department of Revenue. Had this bill been allowed out of committee by the Republican leadership it would have brought in an additional 1 billion dollars in revenue without raising taxes or fees. It was not like this was an experimental or untried idea. Alabama has already passed a similar bill which, when implemented, brought them an additional 1 billion dollars without raising taxes. [Full Story »]

atlanta: high and dry

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Monday, July 27. 2009

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(from the savannah morning news)

A U.S. district court ruling that Atlanta has no right to pull drinking water from Lake Lanier should serve as a wake-up call to state leaders concerned with economic development.

Peach State officials should respond with a three-pronged effort: Promoting other Georgia cities as potential sites for new and growing businesses; requiring stricter water conservation standards in new construction in metro Atlanta; and improving Georgia's water resource infrastructure.

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Choice is a casualty of ObamaCare

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Friday, July 24. 2009

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The following article by Kyle Wingfield was submitted by Dr. Tommy Hopkins.

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Much has been made of President Obama’s repeated promise that under Democrats’ health care reforms, as he restated just Monday, “If you have health insurance, and you like it, and you have a doctor that you like, then you can keep it. Period.”

The point is crucial to his claim that a taxpayer-funded health insurance program will be just a single, solitary, tiny, unobtrusive new option that you can totally ignore if you wish.

It’s a claim that’s utterly false. [Full Story »]

When race become an executive issue

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Thursday, July 23. 2009

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President Obama has publicly stated that police in Cambridge, Massachusetts, "acted stupidly" in arresting a prominent black Harvard professor last week after a confrontation at the man's home.

"I don't know, not having been there and not seeing all the facts, what role race played," Obama said Wednesday night while taking questions after a White House news conference. [Full Story »]

nichols defense cost $2.9 million and rising

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Tuesday, July 21. 2009

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sickening. absolutely sickening report from ajc....

It cost almost $3 million in public money -- at least -- to defend courthouse murderer Brian Nichols, according to records released Tuesday.
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China blocks Google, Gmail. and other web sites

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Tuesday, July 21. 2009

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Several Chinese Internet sites and parts of popular Web portals went offline Tuesday amid tightening controls that have already left mainland Web users without access to Facebook, Twitter and other well-known social networking sites. [Full Story »]

new preamble to the constitution...

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Sunday, July 19. 2009

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this piece has made the rounds on the interwebs for several years but has seen a resurgence recently. it was most recently submitted by herman coffey. you submisisons are always welcome at news@barnesville.com

"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt-free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny, guilt ridden, delusional, and other liberal bed-wetters. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
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House releases health care reform bill

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Friday, July 17. 2009

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Leaders in the House of Representatives have released their comprehensive plan for reforming health care this week. [Full Story »]

shifty powers

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Thursday, July 16. 2009

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(submitted by kent kingsley and several others)

We're hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services.

I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell "Shifty" Powers.
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Last full measure of devotion

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Wednesday, July 15. 2009

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They never knew what hit them, and I’m still not sure if that’s good or bad. They didn’t know they were about to die, didn’t know that morning would be their last here on earth, didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to anyone, goodbye to family, goodbye to friends. [Full Story »]

Sotomayor's activism, unalloyed bias, clear in her rulings

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Tuesday, July 14. 2009

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The Augusta Chronicle

They're doing the same thing to Sonia Sotomayor that they did for Barack Obama: packaging each of them in centrist, moderate gift wrapping when the truth is something different altogether.

Even the Washington Post, not exactly a bulwark of conservatism, had to admit it after poring over her judicial record.
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Vacation -or- Staycation

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Sunday, July 12. 2009

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With unemployment closing in on 10%, gas prices ebbing and flowing daily, and the hospitality industry reporting 2nd quarter losses never before seen, what are you and your family planning to do?

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something of historic proportions is happening

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Thursday, July 9. 2009

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this was forwarded by several readers...

By Pam Geller:
I am a student of history. Professionally, I have written 15 books in six languages, and have studied history all my life. I think there is something monumentally large afoot, and I do not believe it is just a banking crisis, or a mortgage crisis, or a credit crisis.

Yes, these exist but they are merely single facets on a very large gemstone that is only now coming into a sharper focus.

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