July 22, 2009 RSS feed / Opinion

The Gettysburg Reunion of 1913

Do you know who Gen. Robert Edward Lee, Major Gen. George Edward Pickett and Major Gen. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain were? More...

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, Sanford Bishop, Nancy Pelosi, and Democrats in Congress railroaded a 1201 page law, the Clean Energy Act of 2009, commonly known as the Cap and Trade Act. More...

Another Opinion from the South

Forgiveness And Getting On With Life With so many congressional sins being made public in the national and world news of late, we wonder what sort of nation we are becoming. More...

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Tax on Tax on Tax

At first I thought this was funny, then I realized the awful truth of it. Be sure to read all the way to the end! Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table at which he's fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule. More...

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All the way home

It really was a dark and stormy night. And I was ... home alone. (Except for the cat, Mr. Rogers). I was listening to the Braves on the patio radio when the announcer broke in to say heavy weather was approaching. More...

Comments made in the year 1955!

"I'll tell you one thing, if things keep going the way they are, it's going to be impossible to buy a week's groceries for $20.00." "Have you seen the new cars coming out next year? It won't be long before $2,000.00 will only buy a used one. More...

Ebony Dots & Dashes

Had a call from my granddaughter, Mrs. Vickie J. Donnell. She is spending some time with her daughter, April, who gave birth last week to her first son. She had a bad time with this birth. More...

CHITTLINGS AND CORNBREAD AND OTHER STUFF TOO.

My friend Doyle Gray and The Siggsby Kid, George Whitfield, were talking of food. I jokingly asked the kid if he was on any special diet as to the upcoming fight. More...

As You See It

So other than the obvious reasons that we all know (they are her best friends and were hand-picked by her), what legal basis is Barbie using to exempt the financial officer and the county clerk from "Barbie's Rules"? It's hard times. More...