From the "who'da thunk it" department: Looks like Gaddafy and Emperor Imam-a share an ironic parallel. Neither can/will produce a certified birth certificate, and neither has a clear religious history.
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Follow up on the MCSD giving $800.00 netbooks to all Carver High School students. Seems it's a problem caused by putting someone in charge of purchasing who sees a budget as an opportunity to spend rather than looking at options and figuring out how to save/spend less than is available. These $200-$300 dollar marvels were loaded with Microsoft Office Professional when "Open Office" could have been installed for free, and there's a 3 year tracking (which will have to be renewed) contract, versus simple software with GPS capabilities. The same lack of training as a buyer (versus spender)gave us cost overruns for the original SPLOST. Let's hope the process gets corrected FAST as ongoing purchasing will be required to replenish/replace obsolete technology, plus soon every high school will demand to be included.
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What a waste of time, effort, and ink! If I had a chance to ask 5 questions to successful local business people, I think I'd ask pertinent questions that would actually be of interest to the interviewee and the public.
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The same thing happened to Social Security and Medicare as with the GA Lottery; politicians saw huge amounts of money coming in, and diluted the original intent of the programs by expanding the coverage to include other people/programs that were not thought about in the original planning.
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Everyone has a thought about Nicklaus's 1986 win at Augusta. Mine? It gave him the right to present Larry Mize the green jacket in 1987.
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Whew! UGA vs MSU baseball...it was a Dawg ate Dog weekend.
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When a cellphone provider advertises free service for low income families, you can bet the users of other services are getting soaked by the government!
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