Comments on: Senate starts surprise debate on Sunday alcohol sales — kills the idea, for now

By: william

william — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 23:16:41 +0000

Some of you are lucky. The religious morons here in Thomas county won’t allow any Sunday alcohol sales. Even the national restaurants in town can’t serve a glass of wine or beer with dinner. As if it’s anyone’s damn business but my own. When I buy a 25 steak dinner, I’d like a nice glass of wine, and it just chaps my shorts that some holy roller moron can decide I can’t do it. Maybe we should write our own referendum than says churches have to be closed on Sunday, as we don’t want to be awakened by those stupid bells.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:46:32 +0000

Just another sign that rural backwoods Georgia runs the state.

Only problem? Half of Georgians live around Atlanta. Almost all the money in the state comes from the city.

This dominance of civilization by worthless good ol’ boys not only is not fair to the upper half of citizens living in real places such as Atlanta, Athens, and Savannah, but it drives business out of the state. Georgia is a national joke for things like having no alcohol on sundays, being the #1 state for people under Dep’t of Corrections, not having respectable public transit, and having do-nothing state government that can’t even secure a water supply for its population.

But, hey, at least we are #1 in the nation for megachurches! I bet we are also #1 for police hired by private enterprise (including churches) to redirect traffic against DoT plans.

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By: PMC

PMC — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:53:26 +0000

So the state representatives are running shine now? What possible plausible reason could one have to issue a liscense for 6 days a week but not the 7th.

There is none, there is nothing logical to our blue laws. They are outdated and should be stricken from the record. They serve no worthy purpose.

By: professional skeptic

professional skeptic — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:03:17 +0000

Take a hard look, people of Georgia. This is exactly what we get when we elect a bunch of backwoods, slack-jawed yokels to run our legislature. Or a rural veterinarian to the office of governor, or a man who didn’t bother to finish his college degree to the office of Lt. Governor.

Ideology will reign supreme and vital issues will fall by the wayside. They’ll give us highways to nowhere and build fishin’ holes all over the state, but we won’t have adequate transportation development in our metropolitan areas, which collectively serve as the state’s economic engine.

We need to WAKE UP AND THINK, people, before we vote next time!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 15:32:53 +0000

Amazing. Apparently those that are voted into office believe that while the citizens of Georgia are bright enought to vote, pay taxes, serve our military and generally be otherwise upstanding citizens – we are not, I’m sad to say bright enough to decide that we’d like to have unplanned glass of wine with dinner at home on Sunday. Why not just put this up for popular vote?

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:01:53 +0000

Vote out anyone in office that votes no or tries to stop Sunday sales.
We have the power. Power to the people. Free at last. We will over come
this backwoods, live in the dark way of thinking.

By: Sonny DO

Sonny DO — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:16:11 +0000

Looks like this issue is “moving forward” again. I won’t let it pass. It is Too logical. The church must have “governance”.

By: Bryant

Bryant — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 23:36:33 +0000

Jesus H. Christ, when will our elected officials get a freaking clue???? I swear, the people in the Gold Dome seem content with keeping this state stuck in the past. It really bothers me that the people who run this state can be bullied by the religious right and groups such as the Christian Coalition. Seriously, do these people think that there’s going to be an exponential increase in sin if alcohol is sold on Sundays? Do they think that Armageddon is going to happen if Georgia residents are allowed to run to the local gas station to pick up a 12 pack for the game? All they’re doing is running a campaign of fear in an attempt to get people to believe in what they believe in, but their argument has no logic at all. Tell me, what’s the difference in buying alcohol at a restaurant and buying it from a store to consume in the privacy of your own home?

I really really hope that the next election will result in some competent, forward thinking people in office who will finally bring this state out of the dark ages.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:22:11 +0000

I can’t buy alcohol on Sundays at retails, but I can have as much as I want at restaurants. This has nothing to do with religion. It has to be something else since lawmakers are not so religious. For example, Bush who used religion as his political advancement.