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Admitted, I had to select show all new topics in the political forum to get a full page (90 days wouldn't do it ) but if you discount the pinned topics, which were mainly rules dating to 2008, posters from the right dominated the posting with, by my count, 16 topics (64%) while those on the so-called left, started only 9 topics (36%). That is really not to far off in terms of the percentages of the folks in the county. It hardly seems reasonable that one-third of the people were so dominant that the other two-thirds who posted felt dominated ... unless of course the 64% are so (fill i

JSC: First, you're right, we had at Paulding.com a unique and outstanding example of a community web site. To wit: pcom won recognition as a 21st Century Newschallenge site (including some cash and I also won a car . At one time we were generating four-million page views a month and there were many days when we had 2500 posts. There are days now where we don't have any new posts. So yes, a lot of things have happened. Primary among them were things - they are called trends - that were changing things far beyond Paulding ... The biggest, baddest trend is the lust for money which

Koch's university donations bought influence in hiring, firing faculty https://nypost.com/.../kochs-university-donations-bought-influence-in-hiring-firing-fa... May 1, 2018 - — Virginia’s largest public university granted the conservative Charles Koch Foundation a say in the hiring and firing of professors in exchange for millions of dollars in donations, according to newly released documents. The release of donor agreements between George Mason ... How the Koch Brothers Are Influencing U.S. Colleges | Time time.com › Politics › Education Dec 15, 2015 - In all, 41 states and the District

Obviously I'm totally confounded by the blatant hypocrisy at play everywhere in 2019... The origin of my confusion is the airport and the notions of local far right expressed that the whole proposition of public financing and construction of a transportation facility is wrong and ought to be illegal is one of many surprises. As one who supported the airport, was I wrong to get idea that those who wrapped their opposition in the strict ideology of government non-participation in such a venture was absolute? So, when the absolutism of that stance was suddenly abandoned, I came into the

I disagree. This is precisely the type of effort that would be adopted in a blue state. Any study of vocational education on the federal level establishes the efforts as programs developed during moments of progressive dominance with the first major vocational education act passed in 1917 (Woodrow Wilson administration) and additional key expansions passed in 1963 (LBJ). The last major act was in 1984 which appropriated public funds for public vocational education. The real issue surrounding vocation education is the proliferation of private trade schools (for profit) and public funding

Gosh, I'm amazed. Trumpist Republican's actually supporting 'public education' ... don't you know Betsy DeVoss and the Koch's think public education of any kind is socialism! pubby PS: We all should know the logic behind the anti-public education stance of conservatives. They (like most of us) know that knowledge is power and surmise if others have knowledge and therefore power, they don't have that power and they want all the power. PPS: I think the aviation academy is a great use of the space at Silver Comet Field and am just gob-stopped by the local Luddite's attitudes surr

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Judging from the charges involving youth gangs; the age discrepancy (the 18 year old was visiting the 15 year old at his home; (and of course the source of the gun ...probably stolen ... is that the stolen property the kid was charged with?) ...the DA is going to ask for life (under 18 excludes the death penalty). I suspect the kid has some personality issues and may have insulted his inquisitors; but without more of a narrative placing the kid as the prime actor, I wonder if other factors like his school or previous run-ins with the police, residential history, etc. had to do with this.

Local Teen Murders Fellow Teen in Hiram Home (Paulding County, GA) On February 2, 2019 at around6:47 PM a 911 call was placed to Paulding E-911 reference aperson shot call at 99 Calm Waters Avenue, Hiram GA 30141. Deputies arrived on scene within minutes of the call goingout and discovered an 18 year old male who had been shot inthe head and was in grave condition. Fire and EMS personnelquickly arrived on scene and treated the victim whileDeputies began speaking with the witnesses to see what tookplace in the home. Shortly after arriving on scene, Deputies advised that theywere looking fo

Nice story Blunt Trauma. I feel cheated not knowing who it was you called so go ahead and say it. I will say a lot of the so-called rules of yesteryear were exaggerated and you could always name a person or business you did business with. We were a bit more concerned when stylish hyper-links to the business web site with an animated telephone number for non-business members.. pubby.

<adata-ipb='nomediaparse'href='http://adserv.paulding.com/x1/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a917e73b&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE'target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0"src="http://adserv.paulding.com/x1/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=2&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a917e73b"/></a> One dead, another seriously injured in earlymorning altercation on Mill Lane At 3:56 AM on January 27, 2019, Paulding E-911 received a911 call reference a shooting that had just occurred at 37Mill Lane Dallas, GA 30157 (Powder Mill Subdivision). While Deputies were enroute, an alert Trooper

What you don't seem to really grasp GD is that a trade deficit where we send them crisp pieces of paper in exchange for their goods is probably the best deal. As the article pointed out, the provision of more soy beans to china would mean more land and a lot more work on the part of farmers. That is not necessarily a bad thing until something comes up and the farmers end up holding soy beans with a price drop due to over supply. What you and Trump and a lot of other folks don't seem to grasp is that one of the reasons we've been able to do trade by sending those in other countries c

I think the issue in Nov. 2018 was that the chicken world guys, as you call them, were in the pocket of the same folks who, as you say, ruined any quality of life around Riverdale, College Park and East Point. The court records show that they were writing ordinances, marshaling and directing campaigns (in 2014) and basically managing, as best they could, Silver Comet Field to the benefit of HJIA. pubby

Elections have consequences. On this specific topic, the county attorney must have the confidence of the chairman and other members of commission. Obviously, Ms. Skipper had the confidence of the Todd Pownall commission. I do know that Jayson Phillips has as many years in the position as Ms. Skipper and was more trusted by the majority. pubby

I think when Mueller's investigative findings are revealed - we know only the tip of the ice burg - it will be more far reaching and devastating, not only to Trump's administration, but to the core of the unimaginably corrupt Republican political structure. It is Trump's FEAR that he's going down that is pushing him toward conflict with government by the people. He feels that he'd rather confuse things by creating a fight over immigration in the belief that it will divert the attention of the public from his proven criminal activities. Personally, I could agree to "a border wall" if

Democrats get tax refunds too, mojo, so it is disingenuous to imply they are disappointed at that news. The real point is that it is Trumps' incompetence and lack of character is what keeps a deal from happening. It is only because he flipped on a deal he had with McConnell and figured he'd rather fight the Wall issue than his corruption from Russian involvement in his election victory to his own personal criminal behavior in that event. There is no crisis on the border; illegal immigration is down significantly from 2017.The crisis is in the oval office and this whole shutdown is a d

The federal government does not run on a calendar year budget but a Fiscal Year budget that starts Oct. 1 and runs through Sept. 30th. That means that the 2019 budget is/was the responsibility of the GOP which controlled both houses of congress. This shutdown was not supposed to happen as Trump had 'made a deal' that Mitch McConnell though was so solid (and Schumer as well) that the resolution was passed by voice vote with more than 90 Senators doing the deal with 1.5 billion wall security funding. The money was set at this rate because the administration had not spent the existing 1.

I believe accommodations are proposed to get the IRS funded as this foolishness goes forward. The house will pass such piecemeal measures but whether the Senate will chip away at the shutdown out of ideological insanity is the question. This whole shutdown is only Trumps effort to play to his base - an example being cptlo's "Need to do away with about half the fed govt....at least." The democrats intransigence in negotiating is in large part payback for trump welching on earlier agreements not only with them but historically, as Donald is notorious for welching on business deals. That

So very sorry to hear of your wife's passing. I know that your gift to her of loyalty and care as she lived the last years was still a sacrifice for which you should be proud. You've got a lot to share with the world and frankly the world needs more of the love you showed. pubby

In regard to GD's arguments: Conservatives have been making mountains out of mole hill's so long when they look at the mountain of lies Trump piled up, they don't know what it is. In the old days we used to just say they couldn't tell sheeze from shinola. pubby

https://www.alternet.org/2018/02/two-santa-clauses-or-how-gop-conned-america-nearly-40-years/ Read the piece but haven't fact check it but the ratios seem reasonable based on general understanding. It says ... When WWII ended, the US debt was 119 percent of GDP. Truman and Eisenhower kept the top tax rate at 90 percent (the wealthy have always paid the same tax rate on the lower levels of income as everyone else - i.e. they pay the same rate as you pay including Social Security up to about $120,000 these days.) They dropped the debt to about 55 percent of GDP. Carter saw the debt dec

"The Beatles" is both the name of the album and the group. You've heard their songs, I wager. pubby

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That's funny. BTW, I think the local conservatives recognize that Trump is not only transactional in mind, willing to boldly lie and considers all this 'a game' that he or others can make money from. That is a lie and a highly divisive one at that. Hell its premise is an insult that says people want to lose what economic well being they have. Lying to increase distrust is a hateful act against all. As far as concern about winning vs. country ... this is not a monopoly game ... it is not a game at all. It is a conflict between the haves and the have nots and the haves are t