Whoa! There was a 1/2 marathon race that started & finished near our business yesterday morning. One of the earlier finishers was wearing shoes and a 'speedo' (with his number pinned on his rear). Guess the organizers should replace the finish line physician with a psychiarist. Better yet, make his mother be waiting at the finish line. No boy would dress like that in 35 degree weather in front of his mom.
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3 online headlines on AOL news this morning: "How to Cope With Rising Gas Prices" * "How to Cash In on Soaring Food Prices" * "Seven Items That Will Cost More in 2011" -- And even with potUS Imam-a hoping gas will reach $5.00 a gallon, Social Security says there's no inflation to trigger any increases. Have I got some swamp land they may be interested in!
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L-E headline: "Fort Benning to hold town hall meeting on Facebook * (Meeting) will take place Wednesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m." -- While the concept 'is novel', balance will be missing. Why schedule something like this an a WEdnesdat evening when many active church-goers will be at their churches for regular Wednesday food and fellowship events?
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L-E headline: "Key issues facing Georgia lawmakers" -- Oops, my bad. Thought maybe some members were going to have their keys to the Capitol taken away.
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It's an absolute shame when voters turn to legislators looking for work. Legislators think making more government jobs is a solution, but we all know that too many government jobs is already part of the problem as government jobs do not promote economic recovery; in fact since their is no industrial growth involved, government jobs drain money out of the private sector. Voters should only ask legislators to create a better environment to attract new private businesses and investment. (shhhh, lower taxes works, including less local sales taxes).
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From L-E story: "... _____ , director of the Columbus’ Public Services Department, said five trucks filled with sand are ready to tackle icy spots on roads." -- Hmmm if a truck loaded with sand can climd an icy hill, is the hill really to icy to climb?
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In 1990, politics brought me in contact with 3 Columbusites that I had not met before, but made immediate impressions on me: Lonnie Jackson, Margaret Jenkins, and Ronzell Buckner. I came to love Lonnie Jackson, and his death was like losing another father. Margaret Jenkins was, and still is, a community leader, dynamo, and visionary for the future of this town. Then there is Ronzell Buckner. In 1990, i saw an intune and aggressive businessman looking toward the future; now what I see is a bitter man looking backward, rather than forward, in time. That's a shame.
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L-E headline: "ALABAMA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION * New Alabama ethics law suspends eduction (sic) association’s polling efforts" -- Cannot the L-E afford even cheap spell-checker software? What a setback to Alabama's plans for improving its education system. On second thought, this may be a way the Ledg-Enquir is using to fit 8 columns of news into a 6 column format.
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The Seattle Seahawks upset the defending Super Bowl champs in the playoffs, and Seattle still doesn't have a winning record for the season. Now, the NFL will have to come up with Plan B on how to promote a Super Bowl game with Seattle as one of the teams. Maybe a new rule will be in effect for next year tha a playoff team must have a better than .500 win/loss average.
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