Let’s face it. The Vietnam War was not our finest hour. The Greatest Generation that took on Germany and Japan in World War II and prevailed came home and spawned a Not-So-Great Generation who put self above country. How the U.S. got sucked into the conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam going back to the mid-50’s, I will leave to your own research and study but … [Read more...] about July 7, 2024: Atlanta Veterans Attempt To Set The Record Straight On Vietnam War
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June 30, 2024: Hold The Kumquats, Your Modest And Much-Beloved Scribe Has Returned
Did you miss me? I hope so because if you didn’t the editors would probably say why are we running a guy nobody reads and who has never figured out that you are supposed to use indefinite articles for countable nouns in general and definite articles for specific countable nouns and all uncountable nouns. Let’s just run kumquat recipes instead. Editors can be a capricious … [Read more...] about June 30, 2024: Hold The Kumquats, Your Modest And Much-Beloved Scribe Has Returned
June 2, 2024: Sharing An Opinion On Cong. Carter’s ‘No Opinion’ Regarding Our Okefenokee
Dear Cong. Buddy Carter: Your appearance a couple of weeks ago before the Water, Wildlife and Fisheries subcommittee in Washington of which you are not a member but were allowed to question a witness panel about our Okefenokee was – shall we say – a bit out of the ordinary. According to news reports, you claimed you were not entering an opinion “one way or the other” … [Read more...] about June 2, 2024: Sharing An Opinion On Cong. Carter’s ‘No Opinion’ Regarding Our Okefenokee
May 26, 2024: It’s Hard To Be A Sore Loser In Georgia
The things you learn on this job. Someone called PromoGuy who, as it turns out, isn’t a guy at all, but a company that has something to do with sports betting says Georgians feel down for an average of 39 minutes after their favorite sports team suffers a disappointing result. It turns out that we are well above – or below – the national average. According to the guys at … [Read more...] about May 26, 2024: It’s Hard To Be A Sore Loser In Georgia
May 19, 2024: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects
If anyone in the governor’s office or Twin Pines LLC is listening, my open letter to Gov. Brian Kemp regarding the oxymoronic Environmental Protection Division’s consideration to allow drilling along the edge of our Okefenokee, they should know that the people of Georgia (or at least the ones who read this column – and that’s a lot) are livid, to put it mildly, at the political … [Read more...] about May 19, 2024: Some Random Thoughts On Some Random Subjects