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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Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
8:23 am
had become an embarrassment
Well he IS a Republican
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:24 am
the job in question is so new and amorphous that no one in state government even knows what it will pay.
All the used tote-bags he can carry.
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
8:24 am
If you ain’t first, you’re last.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
December 5th, 2012
8:24 am
The GOP wanted to roast Big Bird before Thanksgiving….
And now they are giving a huge Turkey to GPB.
Rise up angry Georgia.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:27 am
“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”:”
well, here is a list of business initiatives that you WON’T be seeing :
sustainable growth
resource conservation
green energy
thanks to the Agenda 21 nutters
(here’s one that I found earlier: http://www.freedomadvocates.org/articles/sustainable_development/public_officials_must_learn_about_agenda_21_20120307456/)
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:27 am
And Jay, I would like to think–I really really would!–that Georgia Goopers are capable of being embarrassed about a ban on involuntary chip implantation and conspiracy theories about Agenda 21, but if this act alone is your sole bit of evidence, I think I need more convincing.
(Over at Galloway’s they’re saying it’s a dead girl/live boy kinda thing. “Is it irresponsible to speculate? It would be irresponsible not to!”)
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
8:27 am
Nancy Zintak, vice president of marketing and communications of GPB, was heard off camera saying “WTF am I going to do with this clown act?”
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:27 am
“All the used tote-bags he can carry.”
answering the phones during the pledge drives?
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:28 am
The GOP wanted to
roastflip a Big Birdfyt.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:29 am
answering the phones during the pledge drives?
(Channelling Rude Pundit) I’d have him do something else with the phones.
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
8:30 am
state money and a make-work job
thousands of unemployed Georgians would love some of this big bird bank.
indigo
December 5th, 2012
8:31 am
Jay, you just keep forgetting this is Georgia and we WORK at being a nationwide laughingstock. Hey, nobody does last place better than us!!!!
Cosby
December 5th, 2012
8:31 am
Yawn, hate the GOP, ok keep it going..chip is a politician, same as Democrats. Makes no difference. Would love to see some details on what he did and did not do..real details, not just one liners that have become so common that no one, neven the likes of Jay, even tries to explain but takes a face value. Chip, however, moves on the another great paying job, supported again by the wonderful 48% taxpaying public..now that is a shame. Perhopas it is time for the 48% to cut paying for a TV publication!!
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
8:32 am
Chip is going to work in the tote making department? I hear he’s an expert at the iron-on decal machine.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:33 am
Jay may not remember this, but when I worked for the state leg, I managed to piss off the post Republican Revolution numpties so much, they tried to eliminate my position from the budget.
nice to know the party of “small government” doesn’t apply their philosophy to their own.
Corbin Sharpe. Baby Boomer leech...and earned it!
December 5th, 2012
8:33 am
I think everybody already knew he was just a chip off the ol’ roger…
But, with his new job, maybe he can tell us when those brain implant chip factories are hiring…
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:34 am
“Would love to see some details on what he did and did not do..real details, not just one liners that have become so common that no one, neven the likes of Jay, even tries to explain but takes a face value.”
clap if you believe, Cosby!!!
Lynn43
December 5th, 2012
8:34 am
I love GPS, but I would rather see it “go down the tubes” than have Chip Rogers attached to it. Our next move should be to get rid of this horrible man in the governor’s office.
oops
December 5th, 2012
8:35 am
another reason to separate government from public television.
all in all, probably better for the state that he go work in a rat-hole job than to mess things up at the Capitol
JF McNamara
December 5th, 2012
8:36 am
Sounds like, for once, my tax money was put to good use.
oops
December 5th, 2012
8:36 am
“they are giving a huge Turkey to GPB”
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 5th, 2012
8:37 am
Oh great, so Deal is creating GPB czars…. when will the entitlements end? I don’t imagine we’ll hear a real uproar over the state of GA by our right wingnuts friends to stop this (unless a way is found to blame it on Obama or the stimulus)
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:37 am
I love GPS, but I would rather see it “go down the tubes” than have Chip Rogers attached to it.
Whereas I’d preserve the global positioning system. Call me a wuss.
TaxPayer
December 5th, 2012
8:38 am
Chip’s first public broadcast should be something along the lines of Agenda 21 and how it is just destroying us by allowing others to take control of our very lives. Or something like that. How long would it then take Deal to pull the plug on that new job.
Republicans are a hoot, as long as they’re not given any power.
JamVet
December 5th, 2012
8:38 am
Would love to see some details on what he did and did not do.
Really? Then why haven’t you already informed yourself?
Willful ignorance is a great crutch.
Email them if you have anything to say about this bizarre decision…
ask@gpb.org
oops
December 5th, 2012
8:38 am
Reuters: Obama to stress need to raise debt limit “without drama”
This. The day after he drew a line in the sand.
Ok. Obama is either bipolar or out to deliberately sink the ship.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:38 am
“Whereas I’d preserve the global positioning system. Call me a wuss.”
just not as currently executed by Apple.
I mean, they really screwed the pooch on Maps on iPhone.
hamiltonAZ
December 5th, 2012
8:39 am
During the summer primaries, former Sen. Rogers described himself as an actor (or maybe it was “entertainer”). Perhaps, if he swears off politics, he can have a happy career in the broadcasting industry. Luzzem.
oops
December 5th, 2012
8:40 am
Nodrama Obama has become the drama queen
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:41 am
Obama is either bipolar or out to deliberately sink the ship.
Ok, Off Topic Troll-child:
Feel free to point out how his proposal would “sink the ship.”
Show your work. You are obviously Very Knowluhdgubble about this topic, so I’m sure you have it at the ready. Right?
If not, well, like I said about Chip downstairs goes double for you,
VaHi Guy
December 5th, 2012
8:41 am
“he is being paid to go away, using state money”
And we’re getting a lot better value for that money than spending it on drug-testing benefits recipients, or invading other countries, or . . .
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
8:41 am
ok keep it going..chip is a politician, same as Democrats.
Eleven minute deflection smells of desperation. Why don’t you and others ever defend the jackasses you vote for instead of always trying to deflect to Democrats? I would be embarassed as hell to be a Republican in Georgia. Y’all talk about people voting for free stuff, but damn, at least Democratic voters actually vote for the people who will do what they elect them to do. Republican voters would be much better served by voting for cinder blocks in Georgia.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
December 5th, 2012
8:43 am
I did hear one morning commentator speculate that Chippy was going to run against Chamblis for senate and that this resignation was so that he would not be distracted by state legislator matters.
TaxPayer
December 5th, 2012
8:44 am
Then again, if I were one to subscribe to the conspiracy theory behind every GOP move, I might be asking myself if Deal might be working on converting GPB into Georgia’s version of FOX by planting GOP operatives within the organization. After all, why stop at controlling just the AM airwaves in Georgia. In fact, did Ailes instruct Deal to do this. I think it’s highly likely although we can be sure that Ailes would deny it if asked.
oops
December 5th, 2012
8:46 am
“Feel free to point out how his proposal would “sink the ship.””
Requiring that taxes be raised in order to avert the fiscal cliff. Or if we’re speaking in nautical terms, he is requiring taxes be raised in order to avert the waterfall.
Loves Me Some Obama Kool-Aid
December 5th, 2012
8:47 am
No matter one’s ideology, this is ridiculous. No wonder the public has so little confidence in politicians. Wish somebody would pay me to go away
James
December 5th, 2012
8:47 am
Chip was and is a ZERO.
Perhaps he could work for the AJC.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
December 5th, 2012
8:50 am
debt limit…. oops….tax increase….oops
confused again….oops
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:51 am
I might be asking myself if Deal might be working on converting GPB into Georgia’s version of FOX by planting GOP operatives within the organization.
well duh. wouldn’t be the first time a very prominent Gooper tried it.
Peter
December 5th, 2012
8:52 am
Public Broadcasting………. isn’t that part of the cuts by the Republican’s as deemed not necessary so Rich Republican folks can hoard more money ?
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:52 am
oops, you obviously can’t grasp even the most basic concepts of macroeconomics, so, you know, FOAD with your off topic trolling.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:52 am
“Requiring that taxes be raised in order to avert the fiscal cliff.”
you do realize that economists on both sides of the aisle have said that taxes must be raised.
ad
December 5th, 2012
8:53 am
Well, they can’t do buy-outs like SEC schools do with their coaches, but they take care of their own.
Cherokee
December 5th, 2012
8:53 am
My first reaction to this was no more contributions to GPB.
But I hope people don’t carry through on that – as Jay said, this was likely engineered by the Governor – I doubt the good folks at GPB are any happier than I am about this.
As long as Georgians blindly elect Republicans, this kind of corruption will only increase.
Cherokee
December 5th, 2012
8:54 am
And let me once again apologize for my fellow Cherokee residents, for foisting this clown on the state of Georgia…..
Shar
December 5th, 2012
8:55 am
Poor Nancy Zintak. A fabulous, feisty, honorable woman forced to front for this payoff.
And wasn’t it the Republicans who chortled in concert over defunding PBS? Now it’s to receive extra funding to harbor their most embarassing, least defensible members?
I wonder if Roger’s removal from the Georgia Legislature will disqualify him for membership in ALEC, the organization he has been on track to lead. His ceaseless promotion of ALEC’s agenda has been one of the worst things he’s done.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
8:55 am
Ben Stein:
“I hate to say this on Fox, and I hope I’ll be allowed to leave here alive, but I don’t think there is anyway we can cut spending enough to make a meaningful difference,” Stein said. “We going to have to raise taxes on very rich people, people with incomes of like say, 2, 3 million a year and up, and then slowly move it down.”
Thinking he may have misheard the Ferris Bueller star, Steve Doocy asked Stein if he doesn’t think “Washington just has a spending problem.”
“I do not think they just have a spending problem,” Stein replied. “I think they also have a too-low taxes problem. And while all due respect to Fox, whom I love like brothers and sisters, the taxes are too low.”
http://gawker.com/5953010/ben-stein-tells-incredulous-fox–friends-hosts-taxes-are-too-damn-low
YouLibs
December 5th, 2012
8:55 am
dB
Damn, I miss Molly.
Loves Me Some Obama Kool-Aid
December 5th, 2012
8:55 am
I know this is a Liberal blog so the rules are to bash Republicans but can you admit that corruption is rampant on both sides? This is just a perfect example of that for the Republican side.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:57 am
I doubt the good folks at GPB are any happier than I am about this.
Yeah, I was this close to posting a truly cheap shot at GPB about their prime-time programming which is, let’s be honest, wretched, horrible, oftimes unwatchable, a pale shadow of the kind of vigorous, gutsy stuff I used to see on PBS in more enlightened locations/times.
But I suspect they’re doing the best they can with what they’ve got, which ain’t much. And if you stay up late enough you might get to see a “Frontline” or “Kicking Them in the Balls w/ Bill Moyers” or suchlike.
clem
December 5th, 2012
8:58 am
how much are they paying him? that should be public info. If more than minimum wage the taxpayer is really getting hosed. anybody see that job advertised? love the do as i say crowd, not as i do. the people of his district must be morons.
Loves Me Some Obama Kool-Aid
December 5th, 2012
9:01 am
Another example of political corruption and ethical lapse. Nothing new here….move on.
St Simons - aboriginal BOOTAKOOK 2014
December 5th, 2012
9:02 am
lord i was borrrn a gamblin maaaan….
can’t pay back his ‘loan’, the money ‘went away’…
looks like Chip ‘rolled the dice’ heheh and came up snake eyes.
now, the skool-fer profit snake oil salesman is taking a ‘job’ at
educational teevee.
Taking ‘bets’ heheh you find his crooked *ss at the trough of
the first for-profit-jesus-rode-the-dinosaur-charter-scam.
and the cherry on top – the birther activist, UN-is-using-mind-control,
chips-in-our-head, Agenda 21, loan scamming, sign stealing
anti-science fundie is going to Georgia’s educational teevee.
Damn, you couldn’t put Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, the Onion,
and Saturday Night Live in a room and come up with a joke that good.
Stay tuned for the GPB documentary “Deliverance”
DannyX
December 5th, 2012
9:03 am
“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.”
Correct, but even that couldn’t save him.
Rogers is a chip off the ol’ block. He is a part of a growing number of Georgia Republicans that proudly wear the badge of embarrassment.
Welcome to the Republican Hall of Shame.
Linda Schrenko
Glenn Richardson
Beth Merkleson
Sonny Perdue
John Oxendine
Lynn Westmoreland
Nathan Deal
Don Balfour
Gale
December 5th, 2012
9:03 am
I so wish Molly could post from the afterlife. She was one in a zillion.
Jay
December 5th, 2012
9:04 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.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
December 5th, 2012
9:04 am
Well, I got to admit you have to be pretty bad for that bunch to pay you to go away. I mean, I reckon I was wrong about the legislature. I thought they had no shame. But old Chip must of shamed them.
Even tho he did spearhead the effort to keep me and others from being chased down and having a chip put in my brain, I guess it’s time for him to go bum the rest of us for donations to Public Television. Now you just got to admit he’s good with rounding up money. It ain’t everybody that can get a bank to loan you over a million bucks and then blame the bank for loaning money you can’t repay. Sort of like shooting your parents and then begging for mercy because you’re a orphan.
Have a good Hump Day everybody. And if you can put in a good word with my boss to find me a cushy job that pays six figures in exchange for me leaving there I’d be mighty grateful.
alittlecommonsense
December 5th, 2012
9:06 am
At least Republicans try to do something about their embarrasments. I could name a dozen of them on the national stage that Democrats keep embracing year after year.
East Cobb RINO, Inc (LLC)
December 5th, 2012
9:06 am
So can I do my job so embarrassingly bad, that my current employer will pay me to go away? Can it work that way in the real world?
St Simons - aboriginal BOOTAKOOK 2014
December 5th, 2012
9:07 am
bu…bu…bu…Obama bengazi teleprompters!
that’s beyond sad, really
cyberteach
December 5th, 2012
9:08 am
This is a black eye for GPB. Is there no way they could have said no? If the governor wanted to force Rogers out, why couldn’t he arrange a job for him with one of his Gainesville businessmen buddies? I’m re-thinking my end-of-year extra donation to GPB if any of Rogers’s salary comes from donations.
alex
December 5th, 2012
9:08 am
Southern politics, pass the grits…Good to get rid of him, repubs evolving, taking care of their problem children, off to baording school for a year or two, then off you go.. Don’t like him being on the public dollar, take it out of Deal’s stipend….
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:08 am
Jay – he had to sugar-coat it with “I love my FOX brothers and sisters”, but yeah … I just about dropped my teeth!
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:09 am
“Obama bengazi teleprompters!”
you forgot the sociamalism
Mike
December 5th, 2012
9:10 am
I don’t know what the real reasons behind this were, but thank God he is gone on to something else.
I think his contemporary’s realized he was going over his own mental “cliff” and ushered him out.
Pete
December 5th, 2012
9:12 am
And, DannyX, we keep electing and re-electing these clowns. Will the GA electorate ever realize that just because somebody has an R behind his or her name does not mean he or she is competent and honest?
DannyX
December 5th, 2012
9:14 am
Michelle Bachmann, Herman Cain, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry, Mitt Romney…
Hmmmm…
I wonder if Chip will soon be announcing he is running for president in 2016. He sure fits the profile.
Whatever
December 5th, 2012
9:15 am
I’m glad he’s out but I don’t like the way they did it. What’s wrong with not voting him back in as majority leader and letting him leave on his own if he wants?
bookman parrot
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
To stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
8:52 am
An addition to economic knowledge. It would be great if libs/Dems would learn the even more basic economic concept of “don’t spend more than you make”. I’m sure you will come up with then just take more typical answer. To that I say “that is right up there with theft and organized crime”.
Jay
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
And FYI, using FOAD now gets you DQ’d by the ABN (automatic blue nose.)
GT
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
The voters of Georgia would have made the OJ Simpson jury blush. Romney was ready to put the ax to Big Bird, but this fugal confederate disadvantaged and educationally intolerant state legislature comes to the aid of the local PBS offering Rogers like an advantaged youth who has become the embarrassment to the family. There is some brilliance to it. The vast majority of the upper shelve programming audience of this network are from moderate to liberal lending. The powers to be in this state in one stroke undermine the value of this network and torture the few able minds of our community with the selfish greed trumping any virtue of character they have exiled to a place where his type could be a real study. It may be discovered in this time of global warming that there is also a mental cooling as lust like carbon blocks out the light of day.
East Cobb RINO, Inc (LLC)
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
I wonder if Chip will soon be announcing he is running for president in 2016. He sure fits the profile
Or for the US Senate seat held by Taxby.
TaxPayer
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
Chip should be given the late night time slot. I think he’d make an excellent test pattern.
alex
December 5th, 2012
9:16 am
Emory dropping Journalism ,visual arts, and P.E.Liberal arts education under duress.GOOD. Prepare the students for a job that can support them. Expensive school , parents are probably delighted:” No timmy you can’t go to a 45,000$ a year school and take P.E….” In the interest of full disclosure I was there in various educational capacities for 17 years….Next: the infamous Emory undergrad PSYCH degree……
Whatever
December 5th, 2012
9:17 am
Pete,
I agree with you but my dad was instructive in this. He was/is a lifelong blue-dog Democrat but feels the party has went so far left that his only choice is to vote R. Doesn’t really want to but doesn’t like any of the D choices.
I truly long for a solid, moderate third-party that combines good traits from both parties but I doubt we’ll ever see it.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:18 am
” It would be great if libs/Dems would learn the even more basic economic concept of “don’t spend more than you make”.”
thus sayeth the Republican, whose party decided to reduce their income while paying for 2 wars on a credit card.
sorry, but the GOP lost what little credibility they had in the fiscal conservatism department when Reagan was President.
Whatever
December 5th, 2012
9:20 am
USink,
No doubt that the R’s have no credibility when it comes to spending. However, it is going to take both sides agreeing to not spend what you don’t make.
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:20 am
“He needed to be gone. After voters in his north Georgia district were given the chance to do so but failed…”
No we did not fail. The dems have failed to even nominate someone worth as much as a recycled plastic shopping bag to run against Chip.
If you want embarrassment to this stae, look no further than Hank Johnson.
St Simons - aboriginal BOOTAKOOK 2014
December 5th, 2012
9:21 am
“you forgot the sociamalism” – you’re right UK
and the “wah, timmeh does it toooooo!” trolls
NO. No group has approached these depths of corruption.
Come to Jekyll Island. Look at it, dammit.
Then read your Ga Constitution, after you wipe the pee off of it.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:21 am
And wasn’t it the Republicans who chortled in concert over defunding PBS? Now it’s to receive extra funding to harbor their most embarassing, least defensible members?
We have always been in favor of funding PBS. We have always been at war with Eastasia.
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:25 am
“Y’all talk about people voting for free stuff, but damn, at least Democratic voters actually vote for the people who will do what they elect them to do.”
Yes, they voted for Hank Johnson to help prevent Guam from tipping over.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:25 am
“However, it is going to take both sides agreeing to not spend what you don’t make.”
and the Dems have come to the table with spending cuts
it’s time for the GOPpers to agree to revenue increases.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:26 am
So can I do my job so embarrassingly bad, that my current employer will pay me to go away? Can it work that way in the real world?
Google is your friend.
MiltonMan
December 5th, 2012
9:26 am
“thus sayeth the Republican, whose party decided to reduce their income while paying for 2 wars on a credit card.”
And Obama still has us there.
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
9:26 am
feels the party has went so far left that his only choice is to vote R.
The Dem party is a moderate party. If your dad thinks it is too far left then he should probably be voting republican.
ITS ALL BUSHS FAULT
December 5th, 2012
9:26 am
Another fine Red state crook , bankrolled by the inbred voters of the GA GOP.
alex
December 5th, 2012
9:27 am
Chicago timeline : Jessie Jackson Jr. institionalized…… Jessie Jackson Jr. reelected………Jessie jackson Jr, reinstitionalized—-Jessie Jackson Jr. resigning…..Crazy stuff on all sides and surely Ga. is not alone, either way, both are gone—GOOD. Welcome to politics…enter sausage….
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
December 5th, 2012
9:27 am
“And Obama still has us there.”
Iraq? not so much
Afghanistan – exit plan
deal with it.
Aquagirl
December 5th, 2012
9:27 am
Oh, you people are such cynics. Chip is doing this because he wants to spend more time with his kids. I’m not sure why he suddenly noticed these strange creatures inhabiting his house a month after his re-election but then Chip isn’t all that bright, bless his heart.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:28 am
An addition to economic knowledge. It would be great if libs/Dems would learn the even more basic economic concept of “don’t spend more than you make”.
It would probably be much better for us all if the Cons/Repubs realized you can’t purposefully cut revenue and continue to run a country. Seems as though y’all are purposefully trying to turn us into Somalia or something.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:28 am
Milton @ 9.20 AND 9.25, other than this one (1) unfortunate misuse of the English language in an otherwise perfectly reasonable inquiry about the environmental effects of stationing large numbers of troops in a small place–
do you have any other evidence of this “embarrassment” you speak of, regarding Representative Johnson?
Please, do try not to crash and burn like our “oops” just did.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:29 am
Jay @ 9.16, your blog, your rules, but you surely cannot deny that there are some who really should fornicate off and die.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:30 am
No we did not fail. The dems have failed to even nominate someone worth as much as a recycled plastic shopping bag to run against Chip.
You know, there’s this thing called a P-R-I-M-A-R-Y in which the candidate for the general election is selected. If you don’t want a person in office, you don’t choose them in the primary. That’s the easiest way to ensure somebody does not get elected.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
9:31 am
MiltonMan: Yes, they voted for Hank Johnson to help prevent Guam from tipping over.
You voted for Deal and Romney…
GA Citizen
December 5th, 2012
9:32 am
And now GPB is the latest joke in Georgia.
Glad I live in Atlanta and listen to Public Broadcasting Atlanta instead.
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
December 5th, 2012
9:32 am
Whatever, government economics don’t work the same as personal finance. Turn off the Fox News and learn something.
stands for decibels
December 5th, 2012
9:36 am
For those who seem unfamiliar with what should be a fairly familiar term:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipping_point
You’re welcome.
Mike
December 5th, 2012
9:37 am
Is this the “Chip” that played for the braves?
Aquagirl
December 5th, 2012
9:37 am
You voted for Deal and Romney…
But that doesn’t count. When Republicans elect an idiot Republican the blame lies with the Democrats.
There’s your party of Personal Responsibility.
Ronin
December 5th, 2012
9:38 am
It was politically, a mercy euthanasia, with a fat government job as a reward.
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.
+++++++++++++++++
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.
+++++++++++++++++++
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.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
10:52 am
Acutally it’s the bullet that kills the person
Wrong. Depending on the projectile used, a ball round will likely produce an entry and exit wound. If no vital organs are hit, it’s likely the person can survive the wound. If a hollow point round is used, then the damage to the body is what kills the person.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
10:52 am
appleseed:
“Ballistic expert,you make it sound so simple.”
It is ……….. never point a weapon at someone you don’t intend to shoot.
And if you ever do kill someone that way you didn’t “intend” to kill them.
You merely:
“Rendered them incapable of continuing the act which prompted you to shoot.”
Just trying to be helpful.
Tom
December 5th, 2012
10:53 am
Chip Rodgers is going to give his analysis on economic development and job-creating. This from a guy who stuck the tax payers a bank with a multi-millon dollar loan loss on a run down motel.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
10:55 am
Brosephus:
Kind of like a physics professor I once had who said that due to molecular sub-atomic structure that no two objects actually ever touched ………….. but for purposes of sex and hand grenades it was close enough.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
December 5th, 2012
10:55 am
P.S.
My 10:52 of course means the “legal” use of a firearm for self-defense.
Brosephus™
December 5th, 2012
11:00 am
Scout
I’m saving that 10:55
gette
December 5th, 2012
11:38 am
How ironic, because this is exactly the kind of payout that Amendment 1 would provide Principals of the newly annointed Charter Schools dictated by the new State CMTE that we don’t need. And who manipulated that? THE CHIPSTER!
GT
December 5th, 2012
11:57 am
Spending more than we bring in. We should not be in the market for war material or even mapping any events of war if this is our agenda. A fugal family does not plan an elaborate Christmas party, they just op out that they cannot afford this nonsense. Don’t have the party then tell your neighbors you cannot afford to buy Girl Scout cookies it is not in your budget. Be one way or the other not what is convenient to your agenda.
Jo Livingston
December 5th, 2012
1:18 pm
I read this story and it is all opinion. I guess we all know what they say about opinions, “They are like ——–, everybody’s got one.”
Patrick Thompson
December 5th, 2012
1:29 pm
He’ll be broadcasting about Education and Business? two subjects he knows little about, but, then again, he’ll just be reading scripts. Please don’t let this gambler near the GPB high school sports reports…
Small Town Writer
December 5th, 2012
3:12 pm
Gosh, this time GPB and the Governor aren’t even being subtle. So Chip will be infecting public broadcasting with HIS “take” on economic development in Georgia. A nice bit of free statewide advertising for the Deal – no pun intended – Administration.
James
December 5th, 2012
10:51 pm
I can’t imagine that the honorable Gov. Deal (R) would do something so shady. This article implies that the good Gov. ORDERED a state agency to create a position to hire this guy. Surly the new position was posted publicly and Chip was hired only after an intensive round of interviews. It goes without saying that Chip was selected as the best candidate for the job after going through the same process as anyone else in this great State. To imply that Chip got the job on a direct order from the Governor is beyond the pale. No one is going to convince me that our righteous Republican Governor would ever do such a thing.
IamAlwaysRight
December 6th, 2012
10:41 am
So he was a spokesperson for a sports betting company before State Senator. Was that a criminal or unethical act? I don’t see it. Is that what all you crazy people have a problem with?
Or he held a meeting on Agenda 21, which is nothing more that high density urban planning. Boring stuff to most of us, but important for future land use of Metro Atlanta. Is that the problem? Again, I don’t see it.
I apologize for not jumping on the Chip punching bag bandwagon. All you’re really doing is trying to guess why he resigned. Why attack him? Why is corruption assumed? It would make sense to assume corruption or unethical acts if he was Mayor of Atlanta. There’s a long history of that. But this guy is a decent guy and a pretty good statesman.
Its ironic, half the negative statements about Chip were for his view on “theories”. Yet, the comments are all theories as to why he resigned. You all bore me.
catlady
December 6th, 2012
11:30 am
Yeah, we have plenty of money to pay this joker for a non-essential job while kids are not even getting a full year of instruction. Kind of a Go Fish!, Nathan Deal version.
Hilarious
December 6th, 2012
5:08 pm
Thank God this state is run by Republicans, otherwise this guy would be handed a new job through crony corruption!
Why do Democrats hate America and children?
Rick G Woodstock
December 7th, 2012
1:00 am
Was it last year that Chip and the Boys chopped down the Hope Scholarship? Despite that this state has the money to give him a parachute? Why don’t we take that money and put 5 kids who deserve it through College?