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Dave June 11, 2013 at 01:12 am
I may be one of those people you are disparaging. I buy foreclosures and a few short sales, make…Read More repairs and rent them. You may not like your neighbors, however, in many cases, they are the same people that lost houses. It's a much better situation than having neighborhoods scattered with empty, boarded up homes.
Dr. Kuchapeov June 14, 2013 at 01:12 am
Both the bond market and housing markets will burst and crash by the end of September. Read the WSJ…Read More everyday and the tell ya!
Chris raley June 17, 2013 at 11:29 pm
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Chris raley June 18, 2013 at 12:02 am
Charles dont use this forum to cry about your addictions. This is a serious issue, not your mirror.…Read More Face those demons like a man. We are discussing why the government is making our people suffer needlessly. You may not understand this as you blame pot for your alcohol, and crack addictions. There are loads of Vets, elderly, disabled, sick, and injured that can benefit from this natural medicine. Instead it is used as a way to keep the black man down, and fill prisons for cash. Its a dirty, racist game these states play, and it costs us tax payers big! Do you pay taxes Chuck? If you do pay close attention. 50 billion dollars will be spent in the "War on Drugs" this year. That's your debt to repay to the tune of 15 trillion dollars in debt. That number is forecasting to double within the next three years. Marijuana is the largest cash crop in the world. With hemp plants growing as we speak this plant will save our corrupt, immoral, puss filled country from a catastrophic collapse.
JB June 4, 2013 at 08:58 am
To Mr Bill Adams.....there is no such thing as a MODERN Christian. You are either a Christain or you…Read More are not. While we as Christians love the sinner we are not to love the sin nor are we to back those sinners who are committing a sinful act. We should, however, with love in our hearts try to win their souls for God and preach what the Bible teaches. Which by the way, the Bible tells us it is wrong and a sin for a man to lie with a man.
Jana Crump-Aquino June 4, 2013 at 06:13 pm
I wonder how many gay teens were in that audience, who felt horror at that standing ovation? How…Read More many stood next to the parents who didn't know it wasn't a choice, who were standing and applauding next to a child who was already so emotionally torn up inside with the thought of telling these parents they were gay?? How many of these teens will commit suicide rather than tell these parents? Good move church, who is supposed to be preaching forgiveness, understanding and give support to the needy. Who decides what emotion is needy? Feeling gay, or thinking about getting a divorce, or losing your job and needing help? I am not gay, but I wholly believe in living, and let live, and helping where you can with no judgment! This church should be ashamed of itself! This is exactly why I don't go to church, and worship in my own way. They are all a bunch of hypocrites and should be ashamed of themselves.
Gary "Photog" Adams May 18, 2013 at 04:30 pm
Thank you so much Lynn for your kind words. We're honored to have you as part of our…Read More "family."
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Helen E April 14, 2013 at 04:36 pm
In 1997, when the number "42" was universally retired, 13 active players were wearing the…Read More number and were allowed to keep using it until they left baseball. Mariano Rivera, the consummate closer for the NY Yankees, is the last player in Major League Baseball wearing Jackie Robinson’s No. 42.
He will retire at the end of this season...and Robinson's number will also be retired.
Daniel Tewfik April 17, 2013 at 09:34 pm
Retiring Jackie's number was huge. I created a visualization of MLB teams who have retired numbers…Read More (including 42). Check it out: http://bit.ly/14wUpGq
Pam J March 22, 2013 at 04:18 pm
Except for times when messages through social media may stop something bad from happening, I can't…Read More think of anything good about letting children get on Facebook, text, or tweet. The internet is good for researching, but there is so much out there that you would never want your children to see and there really isn't a perfect way to prevent them from seeing everything. It irritates me to no end when I see kids in stores with their eyes and fingers glued to their cell phones, paying no attention to what is going on around them. Adults are just as bad. A lady walked into me yesterday because she was texting and not paying attention.
Adelaide Maisy March 25, 2013 at 06:46 am
Yes, they should be monitored. For those who say that kids also need privacy, there is the case of…Read More the unfortunate Amanda Todd. I watch who my son is talking to on Facebook using an app called Qustodio that allows me to view the profile pictures of accounts that he engages with. Such monitoring is for their own good. Qustodio is a nice app. Just Google for it.
Greg T March 28, 2013 at 06:11 pm
That is a good point. Can you also agree that there is another group of people who commit mass…Read More murder yet don't use guns? Ever heard of suicide bombers? Just saying that taking guns away doesn't take violence away, or mass murder. Timothy McVae (spl?) in Oklahoma?
Lowell March 28, 2013 at 07:38 pm
Pam, why must the answer be your solution or no solution? That's rather closed-minded. My problem…Read More with nearly all the proposed laws and changes is that, in fact, they would have done nothing if already enacted to change any of the mass shootings that are causing all the hand-wringing. Come up with something that actually addresses the problems and would have saved the victims and you'll get more support.
Pam J March 29, 2013 at 03:01 am
I agree that there are other ways that people are being killed, but a bigger number is by gun.…Read More Unless you include planes flying into buildings. But that's terrorism. But the last time I looked, having and making bombs is illegal. Guns are not. The kids at Columbine were making bombs and I think they set a couple of them off, but everybody that died did so by gun. And Lowell, the only solution I have "proposed" is wider background checks. Is that wrong?
Sandra Price March 18, 2013 at 01:25 pm
I had a blast in 93 but I remember 73 even more. I was living in Macon, GA. My mother was 37 years…Read More old and 8 months pregnant. We had 18" of snow. My mother was so worried she would go into labor early because you could not get out. Everybody was stranded. As a 14 year old though, it was wonderful. Maybe we can have a blizzard every 20 years. If so, we are due!
linda Hull March 17, 2013 at 10:05 am
They need to be banning GMO foods as Russia did or passing laws which requires them to label which…Read More foods have been genetically altered as this is the real threat not a soda. It seems to me this is more about control and seeing just how far the public will allow the government to intrude of their lives even into their fridges
Pam J March 17, 2013 at 03:52 pm
Charles, I hope I never get diabetes either. Some people get diabetes regardless of their diet. My…Read More mother is borderline, but the doctor says it is controlled by her diet. Which is funny considering what she eats. Every person is responsible for what they do with their lives. I love Krispy Kreme doughnuts, but I also know they are bad for me. I have one every now and then because they have no health value whatsoever. I think that most people know that a big soda drink is not good for them. But it should be their choice, not the government's. Until we outlaw cigaretttes, leave everything else alone.
Pam J March 17, 2013 at 03:54 pm
Charles, I am sorry about your mother, but who exactly are you blaming for what happened to her?
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Tammy March 15, 2013 at 01:10 pm
Sounds like somebody has been watching a little too much Fox News :)
patrick March 11, 2013 at 02:59 pm
Amazing that this is our legislative slate here in Georgia. Gambling for education funding…Read More controlled by a private Lottery, more guns in more places, removing income tax so we can pay fees elsewhere, restricting our ability to drive in the left lane at the speed limit, banning cell phones when driving instead of incorporating technology that would just turn them off while in movement or used in a holster (not the hands) - wasting taxpayer dollars while Georgia continues into decline.
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Pam J March 11, 2013 at 10:11 pm
Well, are box cutters more dangerous than some of the knives they are going to let on planes? Slit…Read More or stab, you can still injure or kill someone. But then again, laptops are allowed on planes and you could bash someone over the head with one of those things too.
Jim Hartzfeld March 5, 2013 at 07:54 pm
Yes, this is a beautiful setting. It's the Ida Cason Callaway Memorial Chapel at Callaway Gardens.
J March 7, 2013 at 05:51 pm
While it is nice to have a thank you or some kind of politeness or appreciation from doing a good…Read More deed, I think what's most important is our conscience. We cant control how other people respond to what we do when we do good things. I do believe in karma. When someone doesnt appreciate any good deed that I do, I brush it off and know some good energy will come back to me and I know at the end of the day I have a clear conscience. Some people are just ungrateful and unappreciative and sadly enough we can't control that. I continue on this path, because I do hope it becomes a ripple effect.
Karen March 7, 2013 at 07:38 pm
Doing the right thing is always right when it comes to finding a large amount of money. You always…Read More have to ask yourself if that had been you that lost the money, wouldn't you want that person to do all they could to make sure it was returned to to you? There will always be jerks out there who never show appreciation for good deeds. Shame on the man who did not take the time to personally thank you. You proved you are a better person than him.
Charles Schwable March 8, 2013 at 01:37 am
Some people that have been down and out and on the streets have found large sums of money to turn it…Read More in have been blessed either by God or the person who lost or misplaced the money with a job or other needs they have prayed for so honesty is the best policy! I used to work with a elderly grandmother in the 90's at Shoney's restaurant on Thornton Rd who struggled to raise her grandchildren because her daughter was on drugs and had custody of her grandchildren and customers who come up to her and hand her hundred dollar bills and tell her the Lord told them to do this when she didn't have a way to keep those kids either clothed, fed, or a roof over there head so you never know if that money dropped on ground was a test from God or honest mistake.
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