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Four-time winner of the Georgia Press Association's Best Humor Column

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June 30, 2014: Help Is On The Way For Dealing With The Humor-Impaired

July 7, 2014 by webmaster Leave a Comment

The things you learn while surfing the Internet in desperation for column material. Did you know that there is a National Association for the Humor-Impaired? May Jimmy Carter (speaking of the humor-impaired) wash my socks if I am not telling the truth. According to their website the organization’s CEO, Dr. Stuart Robertshaw, is a professor emeritus of psychology and … [Read more...] about June 30, 2014: Help Is On The Way For Dealing With The Humor-Impaired

June 24, 2013: A Visit With Carl Sanders Recalls Tumultous Time In Georgia

July 2, 2013 by webmaster Leave a Comment

When Jimmy Carter ran for the state senate in 1961 and was defeated, he claimed voter fraud.  Carl Sanders, president pro tem of the state senate, supported Carter’s claim and provided legal counsel from the Democratic Party.  Carter prevailed. Fast forward to 1970.  After serving as Georgia’s governor from 1963-67, Gov. Sanders ran again.  In those days a governor could serve … [Read more...] about June 24, 2013: A Visit With Carl Sanders Recalls Tumultous Time In Georgia

Sep. 21, 2009: Carter Is Poster Boy For “Acts Based On Racism’

September 21, 2009 by webmaster Leave a Comment

CARTER IS POSTER BOY FOR “ACTS BASED ON RACISM’ I don’t know how Jimmy Carter can look himself in the mirror. He has made hypocrisy an art form. When asked recently about the actions of South Carolina Republican Cong. Joe Wilson, who stunned the crowd during President Barack Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress on health care reform a couple of weeks ago by yelling, … [Read more...] about Sep. 21, 2009: Carter Is Poster Boy For “Acts Based On Racism’

Jan. 26, 2009: Note To Jimmy Carter: There Is A New Sheriff In Town, And He Has Your Number

January 26, 2009 by webmaster Leave a Comment

NOTE TO JIMMY CARTER: THERE IS A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN, AND HE HAS YOUR NUMBER He may have done some things you like and some you don’t like in his first few weeks in office, but President Barack Obama has hit a home run in his appointment of former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell as his special envoy for the Middle East, and veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke for Afghanistan and … [Read more...] about Jan. 26, 2009: Note To Jimmy Carter: There Is A New Sheriff In Town, And He Has Your Number

Dec. 1, 2008: Jimmy Carter Gets Left Holding The Bag

December 1, 2008 by webmaster Leave a Comment

JIMMY CARTER GETS LEFT HOLDING THE BAG “Mr. President, I understand you wanted to see me? And why are you holding a garbage bag?” “Yes, I did. I need to get out of the country for a few weeks. Rosalynn is getting on my nerves. She’s always making me take out the garbage. I am the past president of the United States and a Nobel Prize winner. Nobel Prize winners don’t take out … [Read more...] about Dec. 1, 2008: Jimmy Carter Gets Left Holding The Bag

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State Sen.Steve Gooch, R-Dahlonega, has announced he is running for lieutenant governor.  Gooch is the guy who said that approving permits to strip-mine the Okefenokee for titanium dioxide to manufacture, among other things, toothpaste whitener is not a legislative matter.  It is up to the bureaucrats to decide. This, despite overwhelming opposition from Georgians across the state.  File that away and remember it when it comes time to vote.  I know I will. … [Read More...] about A long memory

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Yarbrough received over 1,000 email responses last year – both positive and negative. Though most of the emails he receives support his viewpoints, one thing is for sure: Dick Yarbrough’s column speaks to people and they respond. Here is a sampling of email responses Yarbrough has received in the past:

  • Thanks for writing what we all are thinking.
  • I am annoyed by anybody who presumes to know what Georgians think.  And that, sir, includes you.

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July 2021: Dick's NEW Edition of his popular book 'And They Call Them Games' -- a look back at the 1996 Olympics Just in time for the 25th anniversary of the Olympic games in Atlanta, Dick's book has been re-released and is available now on Amazon.  If you're a fan of Dick, or the Olympics -- or both! -- you won't want to miss this! > Follow this link to order.   February 2020:  Grady-Yarbrough Fellows Announced for Spring … Read more... about News

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