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  1. Pubby,

    If I understand correctly, you say that many people were against a general station airport because they didn't want growth.

    You say those fears are both unfounded and backward.

    You say this is true also of the commercialization of the current airport battle.

    You say that no one questioned Blake Swafford's credentials, at the time, to manage a general aviation airport.

     

    As you know, I am mostly neutral about the commercialization of our airport.

    However, you do bring up some points that bother me about our county doing so with the same people running the project.

     

    1. Your point about people's fear of growth by having a general aviation airport being unfounded are right on target.

    As far as I know, the airport has not helped growth in this county.

     

    2. You say the same thing about bringing in commercial flights.

    I tend to agree with you, allowing commercial flights, with the status quo, will not bring growth.

     

    3. You bring up that no one questioned Mr. Swoffards capability in managing a general aviation airport.

    I agree, that given the circumstances at the time, perhaps it would not have been fair to question his abilities.

    But after so much time and so much money spent and so little return, wouldn't the leaders and people of this county be stupid to not start to wonder if he was the right person for the job?

     

    In summery, I agree with you pubby.

    Given the people who are tasked with running the airport project, the citizens of Paulding have nothing to fear about the county growing if commercial service comes to our airport.

     

    However, they may have much to fear from having to pay the bills for all this non growth.

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  2. Sorta off topic (yeh, shocking ain't it), Harry Truman was well known for his salty language.

    Once he gave a speech to a ladies club where he used the words "horse manure".

    After the speech was over, one of the ladies went up to Bess Truman and told her that she really needed to speak to the president about not saying the word manure.

    Bess replied, "Madam, if you only knew how hard it was for me to get him to use the word manure."

  3. If the little ole city of Smyrna, who has neither airport nor movie studio, can televise their city council meetings live, which they have been doing for over 15 yrs, I would think a big county such as Paulding, should be able to do the same.

    In fact, for anyone to think that they can't.... well, let's just say that no one believes they can't.

     

    They simply choose not to.

    End of that story.

    Close the book and return it to the library.

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  4. One of the questions that was asked of the Marshal was, "if the property has no mortgage, then why are the owners paying rent to live somewhere else?" The answer was that there is NO room in the house to actually live because of all the junk piled up.

     

    I bet you would work for the Marshal's office for fairly cheap delivering those citations.

    They should look into hiring you.

  5.  

    And that's the bottom line.

    People have no social skills anymore, it's all about me and mine.

     

    Wee weeing is a natural thing also and like many men, I like to wee wee outside.

    I have decided that since I like to wee wee outside, I am going to do so when ever I want.

    I can be just as selfish as the rest of the people today.

    (only bad thing is, what if I do wee wee in public and nobody notices :( )

  6.  

    They are full of cheeze.

     

    If it requires a Uverse tech to visit the VRAD near your home, you can forget it happening tonight. If it is an internal network problem then it should be fixed within an hour or two--or much less depending on the skill of the engineers.

     

    The people fronting incoming calls are Tier 1 CSM's. The next time you call back ask to speak to a Tier III--this should at least get you someone with rudimentary networking/telecom skills. The last time I spoke to a Tier I--I was lied to. I knew I was being lied to. So, I drove to the VRAD and DSLAM that services my neighborhood. I called uverse tech support back and asked what the status was. The CSM put me on hold to 'call the technician.' She came back and told me they were onsite and resolving the issue. The problem, however, is that I was parked in front of the VRAD. I had taken a picture before I called. I asked the CSM what her email address was so I could send her the pic. She hung up.

     

    I finally got the most senior person on shift. I explained the situation and the fact I had pictures. The next business day they called me exactly when they said they would. The guy that called was apparently one of the senior account retention reps. He literally put me on hold, called the technician, and stayed on the phone with me until the dude pulled up in my driveway so he could get verbal verification from me that he was in fact present.

     

    Good luck.

     

    ATT people lied?

    Say it ain't so!

    You know how to tell if they are lying to you.....their lips are moving.

    (or if you are on the phone, you hear a voice)

  7.  

    I suppose you could make the argument that race 'has nothing to do with it', NJ ... That argument would go like this ... The GOP has been just as disrespectful of every Democratic candidate for office and President since ... well Jimmy Carter ... or maybe Kennedy (you know the ultimate sign of disrespect is a bullet to the brain).

     

    I think it is probably due to some academic work regarding linguistics and how to destroy democratic systems so that the oligarchs can present the appearance of democracy. While the argument is more tenuous going back to Kennedy; it becomes probable beginning with Nixon and his dirty tricks unit which destroyed Democratic candidates like Muskie (The Canuck letter forgery) or even Nixon's interference in the Paris Peace Talks in 1968 which derailed a likely settlement to the Vietnam War to keep us at war. (Fear that audio tapes held by Lyndon Johnson were in the Democratic HQ at the Watergate is the presumed real reason for the senseless bugging and burglary at the Watergate.)

     

    pubby

     

    Pubby, pubby, pubby.

    First, the GOP had nothing, I repeat, NOTHING, to do with JFK being shot.

    Second, it is a fact that the ONLY REASON that JFK was president, in the first place, in order to be shot, was because his father, old Joe (bootlegger) Kennedy made a deal with organized crime, re: Sam Giancana, to rig the votes in Illinois, thus getting JFK presidency.

    Third, if you want to talk about dirty tricks, you should look at JFK's and LBJ's campaigns, now THERE were some real dirty tricks.

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  8.  

    To attack Valarie Wilson on her support for Common Core is simply put: childish. Valarie Wilson has the necessary leadership experience that is needed as a State School Superintendent.

    Students in New Jersey—ranking #1 in education—have a better chance in college than students in Georgia. Over the last few decades, the United States educational rankings have plummet. As of 2014, Georgia ranks 32nd in the entire nation. The state’s grade is based on low spending and poor school systems. With Common Core in place, it would allow states to compare standardized test scores, ultimately setting a common mutual ground for all students within the nation. Common Core does not dictate that states have to follow the standard verbatim. However, states must adopt at least 85% of the standards, leaving 15% to modify. We need Common Core or we (Americans) will continue to fall behind South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sweden, and Finland.

     

     

    I wouldn't give you two cents for common core.

    In fact, I would bet that those taught by common core couldn't figure out how to get two cents out of a nickle.

  9. Ok, sorry it took so long to reply. I am getting new dentures and they use wax to make a replica of what the acrylic ones are actually going to look like. Well after that appt I kept feeling like something was stuck in my throat and that was the only thing that made sense. Well it got to feeling so bad and when I took my nighttime meds a couple got stuck in the same spot. Went to ER and no wax but pus pockets from strep. Lol!! Anyway thanks!!

     

    In case you do swallow some of that wax in the future, just know, you won't be the 1st, in fact, I doubt you will be the 100,001st.

    I hope you get better soon.

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