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As I write this column Saturday morning, prior to THE election on Tuesday, I have the feeling that it may be settled. The biggest question that I am asked, "Do you think Obama will beat McCain?" Back 40 or 50 years ago, there was this same feeling that it's a lost cause to try to have an honest election. More ... A few weeks ago, the same federal government that once encouraged banks to consider unemployment benefits as income on mortgage loan applications did something even worse. And we're not talking about playing subprime bingo with 700 billion tax dollars. More ... ATLANTA - Since January, Georgia's car insurance rates have increased 6.8 percent. According to filings with the state insurance commissioner, 18 companies increased their rates this year - both large corporations and small insurers. Twelve insurers filed for a slight decrease or no rate change at all. More ... Here is a quick look into three former Fannie Mae executives who have brought down Wall Street. Franklin Raines was a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Fannie Mae. Raines was forced to retire from his position with Fannie Mae when auditing discovered severe irregulaties in Fannie Mae's accounting activities. More ... The New York Times recently reported some surprising and discouraging trends about men and women who are unfaithful to their spouse. Researchers from the University of Washington are about to release data that has found the lifetime rate of infidelity for men over the age of 60 increased to 28 percent from 20 percent in 1991. More ... Victoria Reynolds spent some time in the Hospital in Donalsonville last week. She was dismissed on Sunday. Much improved. Birthday wishes go out to Mrs. Georgia M. Jaye on Nov. 1, also to Mr. K. C. Jones Jr. Nov. 1st, he is 67 years young. He is brother of Mr. Frank Jones who is a resident of Colquitt. More ... The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade in 2000. The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest. I decided we would have an election for a class president. We would choose our nominees. They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote. More ... About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier: More ... A real source of news provides unbiased, or at least balanced, reporting. I believe the authentic spirit of the "Liberal" has been lost and replaced with ignorant, one-sided "stories". I pray to God that folks are checking facts about presidential candidates! More ... |
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