Let’s be honest: Chip Rogers is being paid to go away
Can we at least be honest about this?
Sen. Chip Rogers had become an embarrassment to the Georgia Senate that he served as majority leader, to the Georgia Republican Party and to the entire state of Georgia. His strange obsessions, from a ban on involuntary chip implantation to conspiracy theories about Agenda 21, made him a laughingstock nationwide. His long-concealed history in the sports gambling business and ethical questions, including efforts to wriggle out of responsibility for a defaulted bank loan, compounded the embarrassment.
But most importantly, as majority leader, Rogers helped to preside over a state Senate that had become dysfunctional. He needed to be gone. After voters in his north Georgia district were given the chance to do so but failed, other means had to be arranged.
So last month, Rogers was informed that if he sought another term as majority leader he would lose. At the same time, he was also quietly offered a nice, cushy little job, arranged by the governor, at Georgia Public Broadcasting.
Put bluntly, he is being paid to go away, using state money and a make-work job as the carrot. In fact, the job in question is so new and amorphous that no one in state government even knows what it will pay.
Here’s a portion of the GPB press release, in which is it is announced that Rogers is being hired to create a “new programming initiative that will examine current economic development trends and spotlight job-creating companies throughout the state”:
“GPB has a long history of serving Georgians with programming that is relevant to career and consumer issues, said Nancy Zintak, vice president of marketing and communications of GPB. “We have long wanted to create a forum for our communities to learn about jobs in Georgia and areas of growth around the state.”
Right. With all the budget problems faced by Georgia, this is the state’s most pressing need, the place where we need to put new money. And in saying that GPB had “long wanted” to create such programming, “long wanted” should be understood to mean ever since the governor’s office contacted the agency and told them to put Rogers on the payroll.
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stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:38 am
Is this the “Chip” that played for the braves?
The Majority Leader impregnated a Hooters waitress?
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:40 am
I think all conversations about stupid voters start and end in Clayton county.
Just sayin’…………………
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:40 am
Aquagirl
I think that, in 75% of the cases, the idea of “personal responsibility” is that every other person is responsible for their f**ked up choices except them.
Dirty Dawg
December 5th, 2012
9:40 am
Damn, who knew that Republicans were capable of actually being embarrassed, or at least embarrassed enough to run somebody, sorta, off? Here all this time I thought that their only ‘running off’ offense was to be deemed a ‘moderate’. This is particularly odd given that there’s nary a peep out of em for all the Wingnut antics of the rest of their breed of politician – especially Congressmen, e.g., Broun, Price, Westmorand, Kingston, et. al. As for Hank Johnson, you people just won’t let the fact that he made a poor joke a coupe of years ago…go. Be careful, Cynthia could come back and make Republican lives really miserable…and frankly, I’d love to see it.
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:41 am
And I think Obama won Clayton county by like 83%………………
Mike
December 5th, 2012
9:41 am
BTW ….This “fiscal cliff” bologna is just that, bologna, imo.
Both sides are playing games with this as they know letting tax rates go back to pre 2001 levels will generate tons of money. They are just strategizing how to blame the other side for allowing it to happen.
curious
December 5th, 2012
9:41 am
If Rogers can con a bank out of $2.1 million, think what he’ll do for GPB. They’ll be awash in cash.
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:42 am
I love it when the little government-dependent libbies get on a high horse about personal responsibility.
Classic.
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:43 am
“You voted for Deal and Romney”
Voted for Deal because you nut cases nominated the re-tread proven loser Roy Barnes; did not vote for the loser Mittie Boy.
Soothsayer
December 5th, 2012
9:43 am
I think ya’ll are just plain bein’ too hard on ol’ Chee-uhp. He done his best to be a good REE-publican. Nobody’s perfect.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
9:44 am
Jay
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
And FYI, using [XXXX] now gets you DQ’d by the ABN (automatic blue nose.)
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Ok, I don’t know what [XXXX] means but it’s worse than XXXhat? Man, I miss all the good stuff. The day I work out late Jay climbs out of bed early and gives us fresh sheets and I miss the action……..
JamVet
December 5th, 2012
9:44 am
Ben, quit deflecterbating.
And is your arse still stinging from that humiliation on November 6th?
curious
December 5th, 2012
9:45 am
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:42 am
“I love it when the little government-dependent libbies get on a high horse about personal responsibility”
Are you talking about Rogers?
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:45 am
The “fiscal cliff” will return ALL federal income tax rates to the Clinton-era rates. If Clinton and his tax rates were so awesome, what is everyone afraid of?
Clinton raises taxes on the middle class, he is our savior.
Republicans take action that returns us to those exact same rates….they are evil and waging war on the middle class.
Ben laughs at the libbies……..
Whatever
December 5th, 2012
9:45 am
USink,
I agree. The GOP needs to agree to revenue increases. They are on the losing side of that battle.
However, we need to see real budget cuts across the board. We have 120T in unfunded liabilities. Most of that is attached to popular, yet unmanageable, social programs and defense. We need to have real conversations about those programs.
My fear is that neither side will ever want to tackle the real issues because of politics and we’ll end up like Europe.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
9:45 am
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:43 am
“You voted for Deal and Romney”
Voted for Deal because you nut cases nominated the re-tread proven loser Roy Barnes; did not vote for the loser Mittie Boy.
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you COULD have done like I did and voted for Monds instead of the thief or the liar…………
So who DID you vote for for president if you don’t mind telling?
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:46 am
When Republicans elect an idiot Republican the blame lies with the Democrats.
Aquagirl, you are implying here that Hank Johnson is similarly “idiotic.” For all I know, he may be.
It could be that the reasonable-sounding man I met quite a few years back, and who I saw/heard live/in-person/on-stage at a well-attended town hall meeting, which he essentially MC’d and held his own with a bunch of healthcare policy wonks, is an idiot. It might’ve been that he’d rehearsed a few hundred random lines and happened to spew them at the right moments.
That’s pretty much my sole exposure to the man. He’s not my congressman, after all.
But still I all see these assertions that he is an “idiot” from guys like Milton. And whenever I ask for some actual evidence, it gets reallll quiet. And I wonder why that is.
What could be… coloring their assertions, I wonder?
Aquagirl
December 5th, 2012
9:46 am
in 75% of the cases, the idea of “personal responsibility” is that every other person is responsible for their f**ked up choices except them.
You have about $2 million worth of proof from Chip “You Didn’t REALLY Think I Was Gonna Pay That Back Did Ya” Rogers.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:46 am
I think all conversations about stupid voters start and end in Clayton county.
On 11/2/2010:
Clayton County:
Nathan Deal (R)….. 10,627
Roy Barnes (D)…… 48,828
John Monds (L)…… 1,876
Neal Horsley (write in)…. 2
So, Clayton County has 10,629 voters who could be categorized as stupid. Were you one of those last 2 Ben???
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:47 am
“Ben, quit deflecterbating.
And is your arse still stinging from that humiliation on November 6th?”
No, because people like me aren’t the ones screwed by Obama’s policies. People like YOU are.
Next question……………….
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
9:48 am
Uh Jay ………….. Does Rogers believe Guam can “tip over” from too many troops ???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:48 am
MiltonMan: Voted for Deal because you nut cases nominated the re-tread proven loser Roy Barnes; did not vote for the loser Mittie Boy.
You obviously are not good at picking out nut cases. I voted Monds and Johnson. No wonder you’re a Republican. You can’t even guess correctly worth a damn.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:48 am
Neal Horsley (write in)…. 2
thanks. I was wondering where those two mules for Sister Sara trotted off to.
Ben Shockley
December 5th, 2012
9:49 am
Bro, why don’t you post the election numbers on the sheriff in Clayton county, and follow that up with a recitation of the felony indictments.
LMAO
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:49 am
Does Rogers believe Guam can “tip over”
Just when I think Scout can’t step in it any deeper, he bottoms himself.
nobodyyouknow
December 5th, 2012
9:50 am
God, I wish the cons could be as clean and ethical as the dems,
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
9:50 am
“Detroit councilwoman to Obama: We voted for you, now bail us out”
NOPE !
California should be on its own also !!
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:51 am
Ben
Were we not discussing Deal and other Republicans? I don’t deflect to off topic crap like you do. Why don’t you go count your 6-figure monopoly money.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
9:51 am
nobodyyouknow :
Don’t do that ! I almost spit out my coffee !
Bobby Ho
December 5th, 2012
9:51 am
Ben and Milton are getting the attention they don’t get elsewhere, so you are making their day.
You know like the class clowns in school.
Leave them alone and they will go away.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
9:53 am
Sooth: Doh. Ok thanks. I should have caught that one. LOL I asked a guy the other day what his FTW tattoo meant and felt equally stupid when he told me something I should have known. SOmetimes my brain just turns off I guess.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:55 am
“My fear is that neither side will ever want to tackle the real issues because of politics and we’ll end up like Europe.”
okay. you want to talk about being like Europe???
start implementing the dire cuts they have in the UK and elsewhere and you’ll see what “being Europe” really looks like (see: 3 quarters of recession and negative growth for the year here in the UK)
larry
December 5th, 2012
9:56 am
We had our state rep do the same thing Chip did, quit the legislature and got him a nice cushy job with the Dept. of Community Affairs. Except Mr. Hardin wasnt a big wig in the House, he still got him a nice cushy state job.
He!! , i’ll run for office , serve a couple of terms and then look for my cushy state job. Maybe Nathan will let me run that pawn shop on Hwy. 365 that he is financing for the porn king from California. I wonder how much interest he’s making off of that loan. I guess thats another story for another time.
Aquagirl
December 5th, 2012
9:56 am
Aquagirl, you are implying here that Hank Johnson is similarly “idiotic.”
No, I really have no idea what boogyman Democrat(s) MiltonBoy is blaming for his actions. I’ve always thought the Guam-tipping statement has alternate explanations and is no more noteworthy than the 57 States meme or any number of GW Bush funny outtakes.
I don’t worry until it becomes clear a politician truly and unquestionably believes something stupid, like Agenda 21, creationism, Neal Boortz Climatology, etc. That’s why I don’t vote Republican.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
9:57 am
Bobby Ho
December 5th, 2012
9:51 am
Ben and Milton are getting the attention they don’t get elsewhere, so you are making their day.
You know like the class clowns in school.
Leave them alone and they will go away.
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But if they go away who will we use as example of “totally ate up with the dumb ass” to show our kids who not to be like?
Well maybe not Miltie, he has good posts occasionally……….
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:57 am
“God, I wish the cons could be as clean and ethical as the dems,”
It’s a good goal – then you wouldn’t have the K Street Project, the C Street Scandal, and David Vitter in diapers …
Look before I leap...
December 5th, 2012
9:57 am
“Ben laughs at the libbies……..”
The sound of one hand clapping.
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:59 am
So who DID you vote for for president if you don’t mind telling?
Vote for Monds = wasted vote. I voted for the blank candidate.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:59 am
The sound of one hand clapping.
I don’t think “Ben” is clapping with that hand.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:00 am
“I voted for the blank candidate.”
that would be Romney.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:01 am
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:59 am
So who DID you vote for for president if you don’t mind telling?
Vote for Monds = wasted vote. I voted for the blank candidate.
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No vote is a wasted vote if you vote your convictions. Keeping that in mind yet using YOUR idea of a “wasted vote” how is leaving the vote blank NOT a wasted vote?
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:03 am
Fred @ 9:57
Besides, this blog would not be complete without our resident badonkadonk toboggans?
USinner
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:04 am
Brocephus … you are my heeeeeeeeeeeeeeero (was giggling about that all day yesterday)
oops
December 5th, 2012
10:04 am
“Wow, USinUK. I don’t have much use for Stein, but he did drop a megaton truth bomb on the Fox audience with that one.”
Yeah. The same guy who said repeatedly subprime debt wasn’t a problem immediately before the meltdown should be taken very seriously about everything or anything he has to say.
BenDaho
December 5th, 2012
10:05 am
You have no problem with Obama paying “czars” with taxpayer money. What does Immelt do anyway?
N-GA (on the winning side 2 federal elections in a row!)
December 5th, 2012
10:05 am
They should have gotten him a job with Ralph Reed……
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:07 am
USinner
I can’t even type it, much less think it, without laughing hysterically….
DannyX
December 5th, 2012
10:07 am
” I voted for the blank candidate.”
So you admit it, you voted for Romney.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:08 am
oops – awwwwwwwwwww … don’t you hate it when people tell you things you don’t want to hear???
no wonder you love FOX!
alex
December 5th, 2012
10:08 am
USin Uk , how about “the big dig” in Boston—both sides, both sides……..
Look before I leap...
December 5th, 2012
10:09 am
BTW Jay,
I posted this exact same scenario on Galloway last night.
You may drop my royalty check in the mail.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:10 am
UnU @ 9.57–if you were wondering whether Diaper Dave Vitter chose to deny access for disabled Americans who are visiting other countries?
Why of COURSE he did.
alex
December 5th, 2012
10:10 am
oops, any info on the basics of corporate taxes?
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:10 am
“I can’t even type it, much less think it, without laughing hysterically….”
that … and your Capt. Picard facepalm – definitely 2 contributions you will be remembered for.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:12 am
You may drop my royalty check in the mail.
Still waiting for mine from Rachel Maddow, who CLEARLY read my bit about the absurdity of the WaPo putting their Petraeus tape scoop in the Style section.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:12 am
Thanks to other people turning this blog into the doodle pages during the election, Picard won’t post anymore. Jay changed the rules a bit.
DannyX
December 5th, 2012
10:14 am
I wonder if Beth Merkleson is going to run for Chip’s seat. I hear she recently moved to Cherokee County. Now that her mother has fully recovered she has the time.
Jay
December 5th, 2012
10:14 am
Bro, it’s nothing I did.
Look before I leap...
December 5th, 2012
10:16 am
I think I was overseas when the Picard facepalm thingy happened.
Since I am a recovering Trek geek – care to enlighten?
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
10:16 am
Headline NBC: “Women walk in fear of Cairo sex mobs”
Oooops ……….. nevermind. I thought that was “Cairo”, Georgia.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:17 am
They should have gotten him a job with Ralph Reed…
hmm. were they to open a business called “Chip ‘n Ralph”
–would that be an executive golf course for bulimics?
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:17 am
All right you two, either get a room or let us in on what you are talking about. I know what the Picard facepalm is, what’s the other one?
Look before I leap...
December 5th, 2012
10:18 am
“I wonder if Beth Merkleson is going to run for Chip’s seat”
Hmmm – where is Karen Handel living now?
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:19 am
Jay
Ok, I remember you saying something about those things being kicked out as spam. I’ll have to try again whenever somebody deserves a serious facepalm.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:19 am
Look before I leap: I think this is it:
http://www.itusozluk.com/gorseller/facepalm/158487
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:20 am
“USin Uk , how about “the big dig” in Boston—both sides, both sides……”
um. how about it?
appleseed
December 5th, 2012
10:21 am
The GOC gang,and the Bush-whacking aftermath going to finish off our great country.(going over cliff)same as GOP.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:21 am
Fred
See my 10:03 post to you.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:22 am
“–would that be an executive golf course for bulimics?”
yay!!!
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:22 am
Look before I leap…
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Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 5th, 2012
10:22 am
I have finally heard a coherent explanation of the fiscal cliff issue from the GOP side: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/mr-burns-explains-the-fiscal-cliff-simpsons_n_2240270.html
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:23 am
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stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:24 am
Fred, nope.
rather than posting a linkee?
if you ever forget, just google “picard ascii”
(that’s super easy to remember yes?)
Erwin's cat
December 5th, 2012
10:24 am
I never knew that was Picard
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:24 am
Whoops. I was a minute late finding it. Sorry.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:24 am
aaaahhhhh, Bro … classic.
barking frog
December 5th, 2012
10:24 am
and Nathan Deals another hand and the public loses…and
the voters get what they deserve …just another day in the
democracy…
Look before I leap...
December 5th, 2012
10:25 am
Hey someone asked on Galloway last night, what happens to Chip’s “massive” campaign stash?
One respondent said he gets to cash it in and go to Disneyland.
Anyone here up on Ga campaign finance laws?
Before he gets a dime, he should be made to reimburse Bartow County for the money they have spent cleaning up the eyesore that was the Oglethorpe Inn.
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:25 am
dB: I forgot I saved it on notepad. I was looking in my bookmarks.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:25 am
Erwin’s @ 10.24, it’s what Picard did AFTER asking this existential question.
Newt Gingrich at his best...
December 5th, 2012
10:26 am
I know that this one is off topic, but Georgia politicans have “always” been an embarassment to this state….
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That “snub,” the Georgia Republican said, was “part of why you ended up with us sending down a tougher continuing resolution” — the stopgap spending bill that Clinton vetoed Monday. That veto led to the partial shutdown of the federal government, now in its third day.
“Not once did either of them say, ‘Let’s go in the back and sit down and try to cut a deal,” Panetta said. “Frankly, it would have been inappropriate. Everybody knew this was about a funeral. … This is bizarre. And even if that were the case — which it isn’t — why would you want to shut down the government because you feel snubbed?”
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
10:26 am
I never knew that was Picard
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-oAfd6t1wQJ0/UHRWSKeum8I/AAAAAAAAHRY/VhbHnfZCazA/s1600/picard-facepalm.jpg
Fred ™
December 5th, 2012
10:26 am
Look: He could also maybe pay back his 2.1 million dollar loan that he defaulted on for that eyesore………
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:27 am
dB @ 10:17
I’m glad that I had put my cup of coffee down before I read that. I could only imagine the pain of spilling coffee on my lap because I couldn’t stop laughing…
Look before I leap...
December 5th, 2012
10:27 am
@Fred and Bro and SFD
Thanks.
Make it so!
Newt Gingrich at his best...
December 5th, 2012
10:27 am
sorry…posted wrong item….
Speaker: Clinton ’snub’ was a factor
November 16, 1995
Web posted at: 12:15 p.m. EST
WASHINGTON (CNN) — As the government budget standoff continued Thursday, House Speaker Newt Gingrich indicated the Republican hard line was due, in part, to a “snub” from President Clinton during their recent trip to Israel for the funeral of assassinated Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta called the Gingrich comment “bizarre.” (216K AIFF sound or 216K WAV sound)
The speaker said Wednesday that tough terms in the government spending bill President Clinton vetoed Monday night were included partly as the result of pique he and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole felt on Air Force One during flights with the president to and from Israel for the funeral.
Gingrich and Dole had complained earlier about their lack of discussions with Clinton during the 25 hours of flying time. But Gingrich went a step further Wednesday by saying the incident contributed to the government shutdown.
“This is petty,” said Gingrich, indicating his displeasure at the way the two were treated. “You’ve been on the plane for 25 hours and nobody has talked to you and they ask you to get off the plane by the back ramp. … You just wonder, where is their sense of manners? Where is their sense of courtesy?”
That “snub,” the Georgia Republican said, was “part of why you ended up with us sending down a tougher continuing resolution” — the stopgap spending bill that Clinton vetoed Monday. That veto led to the partial shutdown of the federal government, now in its third day.
“Not once did either of them say, ‘Let’s go in the back and sit down and try to cut a deal,” Panetta said. “Frankly, it would have been inappropriate. Everybody knew this was about a funeral. … This is bizarre. And even if that were the case — which it isn’t — why would you want to shut down the government because you feel snubbed?”
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:28 am
Boner’s onus SHEETZ.
JohnnyReb
December 5th, 2012
10:28 am
Jay and fellow Moonbats, which alternate universe is today’s habitat? This is the way things are done when both parties have power. It’s done in business as well as government. If Rodgers were to stay in the legislature, you would be pi..ing and moaning about him next year. Deal finds a way to move him out, you p&m now. Truth is, you don’t have a solution. His voters put him back in; its out of your control. It may not be pretty, but it works.
Wait a minute
December 5th, 2012
10:28 am
I would be willing to put about 435 Representatives in Washington out to pasture for a price (throw in 100 senators as well). Oh wait, serve a term and get a pension and free health care for life, I forgot, they already get paid forever once elected. You elect a Bozo, you get a Bozo.
Speaking of the Executive Branch, let’s all get ready for the cliff. Your taxes are all going up. (at least for the 53% that actually pay fed taxes)
Drive By Bumper Sticker
December 5th, 2012
10:28 am
Guns Don’t Kill People!!
People WITH Guns Kill People!!
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
10:30 am
spilling coffee on my lap because I couldn’t stop
One-liners can be edjumacational. I was going to use the term “vomitorium”, only I found out that the word does not mean what I thought it meant.
Headin’ upstairs to check out the Boner.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
10:31 am
“and Barack Obamas another hand and the public loses…and
the voters get what they deserve …just another day in the
democracy…”
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
10:33 am
Drive By Bumper Sticker:
“Guns Don’t Kill People!!
People WITH Guns Kill People!!”
Acutally it’s the bullet that kills the person ……….. unless you hit them over the head hard enough with the gun itself.
Just sayin’
Boot
December 5th, 2012
10:36 am
How come Kyle mentioned none of this? Hmmm.
alex
December 5th, 2012
10:41 am
Krugman states on NPR that raising the minimum age for medicare will actually save very little money relative to what we need to save, let’s consider increasing the minimum age to 68 with means testing.. There has been concern regarding the physical deteroration of blue color workers needing the medicare earlier than the white collar worker…does not the ACA tske this into consideration and offer coverage?
guy
December 5th, 2012
10:41 am
Raise my taxes but don’t ask for more stimulus spending money. The elephants and donkeys are dumber than dirt.You can take either side you please but don’t be proud of either party that represents us. We are the fools who bitch,complain,make smartass remarks to each other,make fun of each other,and do nothing. Shame on all of us!!!!!!!!
appleseed
December 5th, 2012
10:44 am
Ballistic expert,you make it sound so simple.
alex
December 5th, 2012
10:47 am
10:22 keep up..Stupid/Cynicism, Suggestion: go to NPR for some information…..
Tap Out
December 5th, 2012
10:47 am
Nationally, Georgia is becoming a punchline….just like Florida, Texas, and Arizona. We are at least an entire generation away from having voters who care.
Joe Hussein Mama
December 5th, 2012
10:48 am
J. Reb — “If Rodgers were to stay in the legislature, you would be pi..ing and moaning about him next year.”
If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, you could have christmas every day, too.