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Is Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed...

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Monday, October 17. 2011

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a coward for not forcing the unwashed occupy atlanta protesters out of their taxpayer-supplied home at woodruff park? [Full Story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Words of wisdom from Steve Jobs

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Wednesday, October 12. 2011

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After the Great Flood of 1994 when much of the wiring in our office was damaged, we switched from a complex, proprietary front end production system to producing your newspaper on Apple computers. [Full Story »]

Geiger’s Counter: Wow! What a game!

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Wednesday, October 5. 2011

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The showdown between border rivals Lamar County and Pike County Friday night at Pirate Field in Zebulon was all one could ask for in a high school football game. [Full Story »]

Our go to guy is gone

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Wednesday, September 28. 2011

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Editor’s note: This column consists of remarks Walter Geiger gave at the funeral of Doug Walter Sept. 23 at First United Methodist Church of Barnesville.

The Bible teaches us that God created man in His own image.
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'My new ride was canary yellow'

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Wednesday, September 28. 2011

By Greg Parrott

One of the biggest days in a young person’s life is when he or she get their drivers license. I remember well in 1975 when I earned my license. It was a whole new life of freedom. [Full Story »]

Michael Moore: Georgia run by racists, killers

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Friday, September 23. 2011

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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:

Liberal, leftist communist filmmaker Michael Moore has lashed out at the state of Georgia after the Wednesday execution of convicted cop killer Troy Davis. [Full Story »]

Should Troy Davis ride the needle?

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Monday, September 19. 2011

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Troy Davis has been on death row since 1991 for the shooting death of an off-duty Savannah police officer. His attempts to avoid Georgia's lethal injection gurney have failed at every legal turn. [Full Story »]

Sept. 11: The day the bad guys came

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Wednesday, September 7. 2011

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By Kay S. Pedrotti

People of my generation are apt to ask each other, "Where were you when ..." about events such as the Kennedy and King assassinations -- and Sept. 11, 2001. There are several vignettes about my experiences on 9/11 I think I can now, after 10 years, share in writing. [Full Story »]

A walk down football memory lane

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Wednesday, August 31. 2011

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By Ken K. Green

It’s football season and this week I feel compelled to share a bit of the local history of the gridiron game as discussed on Facebook’s Barnesvillle Memories page. [Full Story »]

Nothing beats high school football

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Friday, August 26. 2011

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With the possible exception of a fall Saturday afternoon at Sanford Stadium in Athens, nothing beats high school football. [Full Story »]

Lamar Republicans defend party

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Wednesday, August 24. 2011

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The local democrats in the Aug 9 edition of The Herald Gazette accused Republicans of everything except having good common sense. If that were true the Republicans wouldn’t have won a landslide congressional victory in 2010. [Full Story »]

Geiger's Counter: A long lost friend

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Sunday, August 21. 2011

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I was knee deep in a patch of browntop millet wondering if it would mature in time for dove season when I got a startling but pleasant surprise. [Full Story »]

Nero in the White House

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Monday, August 15. 2011

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By Mychal Massie

Three significant historical events have been eclipsed by Obama: 1) Jimmy Carter will no longer be looked upon as the worst president in American history; 2) Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton will no longer be recognized as the greatest liars in presidential history; 3) Clinton's stain on Monica's dress, and what that did to the White House in general and the office of the president specifically, will forever pale in comparison to the stain and stench of Obama. [Full Story »]

‘Suicide’ was drink of choice at city pool

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Wednesday, August 10. 2011

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By Ken K. Green

A couple of years ago, I was taking in a meal at a local eatery with my kids when my son returned from the soda fountain, handed his cup to me and said, “Taste this dad.” [Full Story »]

Economic skid: Stop rope-a-doping

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Monday, August 8. 2011

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Savannah Morning News

IT’S STILL about the economy. It’s still about jobs. It’s still about hope, not gloom and doom.

Yet President Obama and Congress have forgotten these things. So have congressional leaders of both political parties.
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