Crazy in Georgia

8 Random Items for 2/13/2009 #8

Johnathan McGinty at Tondee's Tavern on a few of our Georgia Congressmen in Washington ...

What other state can challenge Rep. Paul Broun, who suggested that President Obama was conspiring to set up an American Gestapo and march our country toward a forced socialist dictatorship?

What other state can boast Rep. Phil Gingrey, who dared question the authority of Rush Limbaugh, only to resort to public groveling on the latter's show (merely reaffirming Limbaugh's rightful spot as head of today's GOP)?

What other state can offer up someone like Rep. Tom Price, who resorted to dangling what appears to be a dead mouse as a way to defend his indefensible opposition to the economic stimulus package?

What other state has someone like Rep. Jack Kingston, who - in addition to numerous other falsehoods - claimed that Obama refused to put his hand over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance?

It isn't often than my rep, John Linder, looks reasonable by comparison. There is something seriously sick at the heart of many people of my home state. I'm not sure where we place the blame, but I think it has to go with the people who elect these monsters. 

Darn Those Regulations!!!!

8 Random Items for 2/13/2009 #2

Georgia could require pickup truck drivers to wear seatbelts if a bill that passed the Senate Thursday becomes law. For years, agricultural interests have opposed the idea, saying it is an unnecessary regulation that could hinder farmers.

Well, that's the beginning of a recent article in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution and I find it hilarious. Wearing a seatbelt would hinder farmers? How?

The best part is that the bill will probably die a quick death in the House because in the state of Georgia, saving 105 lives a year and receiving an additional 4.6 million dollars from the federal government is not as important as the "freedom" to not wear a seat belt.

This is a deeply stupid state.