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Newsjunky, that is my reaction that creationism and the 'truth' of a 6000 year old earth must be taught as a theory of equal standing in Georgia schools with evolution, which appears to be state policy as passed by the GOP legislature. Fact is the opposition to common core comes from the same source as the flip-flop the GOP has made on countless other issues from forced purchase of health insurance to keynesian economics - i.e. the black president is for it which means you must oppose it. pubby

mrshoward: For someone as challenged on facts on a vast array of policy, the reality is that most of what the right spouts - on topics from ebola to the core curriculum to "communism' - that the theme of conspiracy is a sword that you wield like Michonne lopping off heads of so-called walking dead. Just recognize that it is a two-edged sword. This editorial about ebola in today's NYTimes states the justifications: pubby

What you're really saying is that Obama came on the scene and when he first did (kind of like Clinton) he was overlooked by the GOP stink machine that is designed to redefine all Democrats, at least in the eyes of the Fox News viewer, as some kind of alien. Bottom line, the GOP thought that BO's skin was enough of a badge that they didn't have to do the complete hatchet job (that they had done on Hillary prior to the '08 cycle.) Beyond that, because his blackness was so obvious any attacks on the guy would sound like racist babble which it is. And the funny thing is that you think you'v

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I know you deny it but on January 20, 2009, the GOP leadership in Congress met and chose a strategy of obstruction. The point is no Republican did anything except obstruct and they started out doing that before he was even inaugurated. Here is a story from Time Magazine (Not exactly a bastion of liberality) As I was doing the research, I found these quotes from Jim Pence, whom I gather is the author of the Hillbilly Report: BTW: The more people get to know David Perdue, the more they dislike him. pubby

They've been screening people before allowing them on commercial aircraft or even boats (any enclosed area) for some time. I suspect if you're 'sick' and you want to get on a bus, someone with a stick would beat you into submission to keep you off in their own location. Taxis in the area are similarly discriminatory. No, you get isolated and no one will touch you for about a month ... that is if you survive. They just will put on things that look like space suits and if you're lucky, they'll poke and prod you as they try to save your life. I understand NewsJunky, that in your

I take umbrage at the aspersion that Democrats are low information voters, particularly by those in a party where 50 percent of the people think the universe is 6000 years old including candidates for high office like Mike Huckabee and Rep. Paul Broun. I won't comment on the skin color of the elephant in the room. I will only say that despite protestations to the contrary, it seems to be a BIG factor. A factor that looms like an enormous black cloud of oil-smoke that has blotted out all light, meaning and understanding. The cloud is so massive the silver lining has disappeared leaving noth

I did not say that they didn't sell ANY American made products. I said that they sell a lot of imported goods and I'd start describing you in terms of gigantic orbs if you say anything other that they sell tons, oodles, large amounts of imported goods from plastics to pots and pans. And to say they are among the largest retailers of American made goods is to say 'nothing' ... they are a large retailer and whether five percent or seven percent of the goods sold in their outlets are American made, that would make them one of the largest sellers of American made goods. I mean I suppose

Who are they? They are no one... it is a tool that some folks use to make threats of various kinds and do so with some decent theatrics. Who exactly they are ... who knows ... and I don't get the idea that they are really organized. Rather they are self-selected hackers who try to outdo each other as they screw with folks who are notorious for screwing with others. Probably the easiest way to understand is to go to youtube and view a few of their 'pronouncements.' One thing they don't do is adhere to democratic values. It might be useful to think of them as cyberspace Dexters. pubby

It is probably worth it. I tried it back in the 1990s and it didn't work at all with my accent. I didn't try voice recognition again until I got my android phone and wondered if the speech recognition would work given a phone has such a small processor. Worked probably 90 percent on the phone. The computer version can be trained more and there are industry specific add ons that will solve some tougher recognition issues. It will never be perfect but then you'll never speak perfectly. But since you do have one hand, your task in learning will be simplified. I almost wish I had a broke

I like this reform as a starting point. The parents are able to craft any agreement they want and if that agreement needs modification because circumstances change, the presumption is again reset. It seems like a clever way to handle one of the most contentious issues in most divorces. I particularly like it because it shows how a little common sense can be applied to the legislative process to make the laws more just and humane. Thus this is model of how folks ought to look at the law. pubby

your comment reminded me of the signature of another member. It read: I have a gun, bag, shovel & 10 acres. No one will miss you ... pubby

There are several real problems with quarantining Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea ... First, there is another name for a quarantine and that is siege or blockade, both of which are acts of war. Second, this point is also true: You could throw in having an educated public is another point. The success in containing prior ebola outbreaks occurred because the outbreaks, although in Africa, were answered quickly with medical aid, involved an intense but localized educational effort but basically wasn't in the middle of teeming slums where there was little medical care and education.

I think your short statement proves the point that when it gets down to it, good government is, was and always will be the issue. I think that if the county's civil service employees knew that the public would stand behind them if they said 'no' to an elected official; that we would stand with them when they do their jobs with full integrity and the law and the public would stand behind them if they blew the whistle on wrongs, we'd have made the type of progress that would have prevented this kind of tragedy. pubby

I just got through visiting with guntrucker here in the Pcom office. While we disagree on just about everything regarding policy, we do agree on two things. One is that there needs to be more than one party and the other is that, especially on a local level, each vote does count. I know he feels that about two parties because he was a staunch supporter of the two-party system here from the time he returned after his military service (His family is from here). He was a Republican in Paulding when there were but a handful - we're talking the 70s - and his loyalty to that party is unque

I believe it would be more instructive if you told us what US made products you did buy. I know that they sell, for instance, candy bars, coca cola, Lays potato chips and other similar American made goods but anyone who has been in any store knows that the 'buy American' advertising of Wally World a few years back was 90 percent PR and your defense that Dollar General is somehow making a great effort to bring manufacturing of textiles, housewares, small electronics, etc. back from over seas is pablum and frankly, I've had enough. More importantly, in the deposition, he was und

Not so quick, NJ: The reasoning is that the statements were made in a deposition and under oath and the folks at politifact say, in essence, that it is unfair as to the accurate statement that he didn't mention creating jobs in the US. The editors justify that by saying that Perdue was in fact at Dollar General creating thousands of jobs of retail clerks. Of course if you've ever been in a Dollar General, the only American jobs are stocking the shelves and running the register; everything else is manufactured (cheeply) in those same 16 countries. I think politifact was stret

His ads say that he's going to use his extensive experience, presumably in out-sourcing, to pull a turnaround. Obviously the first thing he'll do is consider outsourcing and as he looks up and down the federal government, the military is the most likely. And, just think of the opportunities of privatization in the process. To a person with David Perdue's history, this seems to make sense because he made millions doing just that. pubby

Actually I heard he had an idea about how to put boots on the ground in Iraq ... He wanted to outsource the feet to China figuring he could push the contract to a guy who could contract with the Chinese mercenaries for a quarter the price it would cost for GIs, they could mark up the services to 90 percent of the cost of the mercenaries like Blackwater and Uncle Sam wouldn't be any the wiser. He figures that a $100,000 investment would net cool billion in profits and considering the cost was less than Blackwater, he felt he was doing his patriotic duty. After all, he built his career on '

That is supposedly the role of the press. However, as the press has become more centralized - today just five corporate media entities control 90 percent of the reach of the media whereas in 1980 it took 50 corporations to have that level of impact - it has continued to become more and more trivial and entertainment oriented. Of course they claim that this is what the public demands. As far as the public record, it does take piecing together from a variety of sources. There is, nor can there be, any definitive source of information because there is no consensus of truth. Everyone has some

Just as it is not advisable to argue with those who buy paper by the ton and ink by the barrel, it is not wise to libel those in the legal profession because the cost the face to sue you (which ought to rank as one of Dante's levels BTW) is measured only in their own time. Of course as they all know, a person who has themselves as an attorney is a fool. You are right to say that the issue is not the letter that accompanies or designates the persons political party. Rather the issue is that there are those in both of those parties whose motivations are to game the system. Indeed

Because the way the state's laws are, there are two established political parties that have easy access to the ballot for the November election. I know that I'm a little older than you and that they still taught civics and government (and not to the test) when I was schooled. I also was educated in history and political science and having surveyed modern man's activities in governance from kings, princes and principalities to the history of little 'd' democracy and the way it morphed to empire to the rather bloody acts of special men whether by sword or cannon, sought to dominate, I've c

thought you might like to know that the Democrats in Paulding have a HQ right in the pcom offices. Certainly, it was a bold move on my part because, well see how that flies in the face of your pronouncement above. It is about the 'two party system' ... Georgia tradition is a one-party system which, when it was 'Democrat' had the built-in moderation because the conservative Democrats on the state level were moderated by the liberal national democrats. In short, the inter-party divisions covered the entire spectrum and the Democratic party represented all the people as a result. Wit

It would be easy to imagine how the situation could have been avoided. The county commission and its attorney's including the special one's in hotlanta, could have been more interested in justice as that is actually, or should be, part of their job description. If they lost in court in a fair hearing and this was the outcome, then I think everyone would be more resigned to their fate than outraged. The willingness to help is based in part on the understanding that they are us and they fought their fight against the county's oligarchs for us. pubby

Pessimism is among the least attractive attributes a person can possess. pubby