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That’s what the Georgia legislature has done.  Today, Sonny Perdue signed into law a bill giving tax breaks to wealthy senior citizens.  That’s a loss of almost $400 million in revenue.  Meanwhile, the legislature also passed a law to eliminate a refund given to the nation’s poorest Georgia–which will only save $29 million.  What kind [...]

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Say it isn’t so.  This recession is bringing out the worst in people.  This morning thieves stole batteries from some DeKalb County school buses.  See here.  In total, 50 buses have been hit and each bus has three batteries.  That’s 150 batteries, ya’ll. WTF?  How many batteries can you sell on the low without drawing [...]

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In addition to being afire and falling into the ocean, California is now exporting their Chihuahuas. Californians are apparently over their fascination with the dogs and have been turning them in left and right to shelters. Rather than euthanize them, the little poopers are being sent to new homes in other states. I am happy [...]

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Time Magazine is touting the past ten years as one of the worst decades ever. (See here). I can’t say I disagree. We opened the decade with a stolen election, developed a deep intimacy of a hanging chad, experienced the worst act of terrorism on American soil, entered into two drawn out wars with massive [...]

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Lottery Snottery

Teachers are being furloughed and Georgia’s higher education system has announced more fees charged to student students and employee cuts to offset the effects of the state’s budget crisis. Meanwhile, employees of the Ga Lottery, which was instituted to fund education in this state, are enjoying fat bonuses. What’s wrong with this picture?

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The various stimulus programs have pretty much been a bust for me. I didn’t qualify for the last two stimulus checks in the mail. And because my car gets 20 mpg, I also don’t qualify for the oh so popular Cash for Clunkers. Bummer. I was cringing today as I paid $15 for 5 1/2 [...]

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ATTENTION ALL NEGROES:  If you are over 50 years old, a learned scholar, walk with a cane, and have difficulty opening the front door of your own home, you will be arrested for being  a grown ass man in your own house. I learned a new word this week– mancession–a recession in which most of [...]

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Last week certain news outlets were reoporting on this woman in Connecticut who is divorcing her husband and contesting a post-nuptial agreement she signed.  Her beef?  $43 million dollars is not enough to live on.  She spends $53,000 a week and at that pace, she’ll burn through the money in about 15 years.  After I [...]

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Well, it’s official.  The age of greed is dead, or at least is dying an agonizing death.  The White House this week has spent a lot of time trying to quell the so-called ”populist outrage” against AIG which signed up for welfare and then dared to pay undeserving executives millions of dollars in bonuses.  But we’re not satisfied seeing CEO [...]

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