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'Education candidates' spout utter falsehoods

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Wednesday, June 30. 2010

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By Larry Fennelly
The Macon Telegraph

Georgia’s current struggle to improve the quality of the state’s educational system is nothing new. Back in the 1960s the state’s political leadership realized that increasing the educational levels of the citizenry would be essential if Georgia were to prosper in the modern world. The number of public colleges was expanded so that most of the populace would have at least a two-year college within commuting distance. [Full Story »]

Whatever your politics, you gotta like Gov. Jan Brewer

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Tuesday, June 29. 2010

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She is calling Obama out... [Full Story »]

Tea partiers: The anger is real; the media picture isn't

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Monday, June 28. 2010

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By Kevin R. Kosar
The Athens Banner-Herald

Sharron Angle's recent U.S. Senate primary victory in Nevada was the latest in a string of high-profile tea party movement victories. The insurgency also helped Nikki Haley finish first in South Carolina's GOP gubernatorial primary.

Tea party voters helped Rand Paul defeat an establishment GOP Senate candidate in Kentucky last month, drove Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter out of GOP primary races and sank the re-election bid of Utah Republican Sen. Robert Bennett. [Full Story »]

Welcome, Petraeus

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Friday, June 25. 2010

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The Marietta Daily Journal

In changing commanders in Afghanistan, President Barack Obama performed a distasteful but necessary task, and did it reasonably well. [Full Story »]

Whom would you prefer...

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Wednesday, June 23. 2010

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...heading up our wartime efforts in Afghanistan - Obama or Gen. Stanley McChrystal?
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Whom would you prefer...

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Wednesday, June 23. 2010

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...heading up our wartime efforts in Afghanistan - Obama or Gen. Stanley McChrystal?
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Obama's loss is a victory for common sense

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Wednesday, June 23. 2010

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The Marietta Daily Journal

Tuesday's ruling by a federal judge in New Orleans against President Obama's six-month moratorium on deep-water oil-drilling in the Gulf of Mexico was a victory for common sense and, if upheld, would preclude the disastrous economic fallout for our neighbors in the Gulf region that the moratorium would bring. [Full Story »]

Overwhelming the system

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Monday, June 21. 2010

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By Wayne Allyn Root/Submitted by Bill Cherry

Barack Obama is no fool. He is not incompetent. To the contrary, he is brilliant. He knows exactly what he's doing. He is purposely overwhelming the U.S. economy to create systemic failure, economic crisis and social chaos -- thereby destroying capitalism and our country from within [Full Story »]

Things I am pretty sure of

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Friday, June 18. 2010

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By Walter Geiger

There are some things I am pretty sure of after my nearly 56 years of journeying along life’s road.

Here are a few.

I wonder if you agree.

• The longer a man or woman is in Hollywood with any sort of success, the more likely he or she is to implode. That’s why so-called agents get so rich. [Full Story »]

Is America still exceptional?

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Thursday, June 17. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

Is America truly exceptional anymore?

Is it automatic that it will be?

The notion of American exceptionalism -- the sense that America is unique and special in the family of nations -- has been with us since at least Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville's glowing scouting report on this still-young nation. Most Americans have come to believe in it, especially since the World Wars of the last century and America's post-war rise, first to one of two world superpowers, and, following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the world's only remaining one. [Full Story »]

BP: Clean the water, not your image

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Wednesday, June 16. 2010

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The Augusta Chronicle

At this point, a PR campaign from BP is completely pointless.

We know the oil spill is still there, we know that wildlife is still suffering, and we know that BP regrets the situation. We don't need anyone to present this information in a positive way, and we especially don't need anyone to hide the truth of injured wildlife images on the Gulf shore. We're not blind. [Full Story »]

Perdue fumbles fiscal responsibility

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Tuesday, June 15. 2010

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The Savannah Morning News

The governor made the wrong move vetoing budget review measures.

Governor Sonny Perdue is fond of using football analogies, so here's one he should understand: He fumbled the ball on the way into the end zone. [Full Story »]

Fly Old Glory proudly today

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Monday, June 14. 2010

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The Newnan Times-Herald

What are the four most popular holidays for flying the U.S. flag?

The most popular day is the Fourth of July, our Independence Day. Next is Memorial Day, followed by Flag Day and Veterans Day. [Full Story »]

Dear President Obama

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Thursday, June 10. 2010

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Submitted by Lee Otis Butler and several others...

Dear President Obama:

I'm planning to move my family and extended family into Mexico for my health, and I would like to ask you to assist me. [Full Story »]

The teacher and the preacher

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Wednesday, June 9. 2010

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By Walter Geiger

The Ailey Baptist Church has a baptismal pool hidden beneath a trap door.

The kids from the Methodist church down the street often snuck into the always unlocked Baptist house of worship and marveled at what they thought was a swimming pool. [Full Story »]