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February 26, 2008
Needlessly Driving a Truck 118 Miles to Encourage Georgia to Practice Conservation or "Swallow This, Georgia!" or Things Government Does Poorly, Inefficiently, and Expensively #8,436: Being Funny
(Sorry, after scanning the airwaves today, I had to add to my header...)
So, a misguided surveyor has caused a misguided legislative actions in Georgia, resulting in a misguided use of city time and resources in Chattanooga. For a humorous publicity stunt, the action is, well, kinda lame:
"The city of Chattanooga, facing a possible Georgia land grab as part of an effort to get access to the Tennessee River, is sending a truckload of bottled water to Atlanta.Mayor Ron Littlefield said the water will be delivered on Wednesday by his aide Matt Lea wearing a coonskin cap.
The mayor has officially proclaimed Feb. 27, 2008, as 'Give our Georgia Friends a Drink Day.' The proclamation comes as a result of the Georgia Legislature passing a joint resolution that seeks to pursue reestablishing the boundary between Georgia and Tennessee.
The truckload of bottled water along with the proclamation will be delivered to the Georgia Legislature Wednesday morning.
'Please know that we are willing to help our neighbors to the south with this complimentary truckload of water,' said Mayor Littlefield. 'And along with this water, we want to send Georgia legislators a message that focusing on conservation efforts would be much more productive than an ill-conceived land and water grab.'"
Wow. Zinger.
While only slightly funnier, at least Gerald McCormick had the decency to simply call them "idiots" and not take up any more time or money with the matter.
On the flip side, I will be more interested in seriously considering State Sen. David Shafer's desire to stick a big straw in the Tennessee River when -- oh, I dunno -- Georgia seriously considers, say, the history of Forsyth County.
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February 21, 2008
I Am Change You Can Xerox
Watched most of the Democratic debate tonight. Thoughts...
1. Hillary needed a big win tonight to regain some momentum. She didn't get it.
2. I have never been less impressed with Barack Obama as I was tonight. But he still won.
3. Three quarters of the way through the debate, I was trying to figure out why neither Obama or Clinton were resonating with me -- despite my personal pre-debate pledge to try my best to hear them out, and despite the fact that they were trying their best to stick to the issues. Then, it hit me: I am not a Socialist.
4. On the flip side, I honestly don't care much for John McCain, either.
5. "Change You Can Xerox." Really, Hillary? Really? Fire whoever wrote that.
6. April is the 15th anniversary of the massacre at Waco. During the next debate, I would like someone to ask Hillary if the 29 children under the age of 14 who died during the siege at the hands of her husband's administration deserved universal health care. Before you vote, watch this. Hillary's buddy, Chuck Schumer, was a disgrace during the post-Waco Joint Congressional Committee hearings shown in the film.
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February 20, 2008
Hillary Clinton: A Mutha of a Mother
Ugh...
Sen. Hillary Clinton took a swipe at her daughter's profession today at an economic roundtable discussion at a restaurant in Parma, Ohio, suggesting wealthy investment bankers and hedge fund managers on Wall Street aren't doing real 'work.'
The lady is as cuddly as a porcupine.
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February 14, 2008
Poll: Which Would Be a More Boring Place to Work?
While in Pigeon Forge a couple of weeks ago for a marriage conference, I stumbled upon a shopping center that is home to -- not one -- but TWO of what would have to be the most dreadfully boring places on the planet to work.
Trouble is, I can't decide which would be more boring.
Would it be Wallet Works?
...or Mr. Tablecloth and MORE?
Please make your case in the comments below.
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February 08, 2008
The Basketball Diaries: A visiting British scholar considers the American spectacle known as UT Men's Basketball
This is pretty good.
"Although the enforced stoppages are infuriating, the first half has been thoroughly enjoyable. I’ve been especially impressed by the band as well, who do their best to whip up the orange-clad student section; the sound of Led Zeppelin’s “Immigrant Song” being performed by a marching band is a strange one indeed. The time-outs are also enlivened by what appear to be slave kids who appear from nowhere to wipe the surface clean. Is this some kind of Mascoting 101? I’m not entirely convinced it’s legal, but it does lend a surprising Dickensian air to proceedings."
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February 01, 2008
What I'm Diggin': February 1, 2008
The fact that WDEF's Allen Fairbanks won an Emmy. If you've never seen his work, you need to.
Interviewing people who haven't missed a single day of work in 56 years.
This film. I heard it was awesome. Mesh told me the same. I saw it last night, and it was.
My new favorite people-watching spot: the table on the corner facing the cash registers in the upper balcony seating area at the new Greenlife grocery store.
The realization that, ultimately, politics is not the solution to any of the problems that politics argues about.
Compound interest and personal responsibility.
Helping people, one-on-one and face-to-face.
Jolly Rancher lollipops.
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