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Opinion - Topics from December, 2011

My window is special

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Saturday, December 24. 2011

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By Walter Geiger

My window is different than all the others along the pedestrian bridge that links the Medical Center of Central Georgia with the parking deck across Hemlock Street.

The glassed in walkway is three stories off the ground and all but one window pane is tinted. My window has a clear pane. I figure the original glass was broken at some point and replaced before the tinted glass could be matched. [Full Story »]

Two vastly different opinions on entitlements

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Laura Geiger

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Monday, December 19. 2011

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What follows are two vastly different views on entitlement programs in America. The first, and rather lengthy piece, came from the left leaning LikeTheDew.com and was penned by Joy Moses. The second, submitted by Killer Kilpatrick, came from The Independent Institute.

Note: the figures Moses refers to were not included due to html issues. [Full Story »]

You may be a liberal if...

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, December 16. 2011

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By Dr. Spencer Price

If you have enough free time to spend days or even weeks wearing the same smelly clothes, sleeping on the streets, and relieving yourself in public while protesting how unfair the world is (but only, of course, if you’re not schizophrenic). [Full Story »]

Make lasting memories this Christmas

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Walter Geiger

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Wednesday, December 14. 2011

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When I was young, my parents had a classic recording of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. It was generally played for us on Christmas Eve.

If the narration of Orson Wells and the voice of Lionel Barrymore as Ebenezer Scrooge did not pin us to the bed while ‘Santa’ arranged the presents under the tree, the sound of Marley’s ghost dragging his chains and cash boxes would. [Full Story »]

Need for Christmas giving is greater than ever

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Wednesday, December 7. 2011

The economy here in the United States is in dire straits and shows no real sign of imminent recovery. The same is true for Georgia and the local economies here in Lamar and Pike counties.
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Government for or against the people

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Walter Geiger

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Tuesday, December 6. 2011

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By Dr. Spencer Price

In the purest sense, governments deal with the governed in one of two ways: by either promoting or limiting individual freedoms. It’s that simple. [Full Story »]

Johnson case evidence should be presented to grand jury

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Walter Geiger

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Friday, December 2. 2011

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By Dewitt Edenfield

Why do we the citizens who put the people in the positions of legal authority – the very ones who decide which cases should be brought before the grand jury – accept it when cases that should be presented are not, for whatever reasons? The one that hurts the most – and presents the worst picture of our legal system – is the Donna Marie Ogletree Johnson murder case.

We know Donna Johnson was killed in a manner that was both violent and diabolical. We know there was enough evidence to make an arrest. We also know there was – and is – sufficient evidence to present the case to the grand jury. [Full Story »]