Why Ga. has so little to show for being so ‘business friendly’
In November, Georgia was ranked 4th in the nation for its pro-business environment by Site Selection magazine, which specializes in corporate relocations. The Georgia Department of Economic Development was understandably quick to seize on that happy news, giving it prominent play on the department’s website.
Such rankings appear to validate a concerted, decade-long effort by Georgia’s leadership to make the state as business-friendly as possible. Our state and local business tax burden, for example, ranks eighth lowest in the country, according to a 2012 analysis by Ernst & Young. And as Site Selection noted approvingly, the 2012 Legislature continued that effort by eliminating the sales tax on energy used in manufacturing, enhancing tax incentives and “strengthening” open records laws by delaying public release of economic development deals.
When the 2013 Georgia Legislature convenes Monday, it will no doubt attempt to continue that crusade. For example, while state legislators are likely to approve using tax money to help finance a new stadium for the Atlanta Falcons, they could balk at renewing a much-needed hospital tax that will help keep tens of thousands of poor Georgians covered by Medicaid.
You see, using tax money to help the Falcons and the NFL, the most profitable sports league on the planet, is “economic development”, while helping poor families get medical coverage is considered welfare.
The larger question, however, is whether the state’s strategy is achieving its goals. And that in turn depends on what you choose to measure. For example, here is how Site Selection has ranked Georgia’s business climate each year from 2002-2012:
2002: 4th
2003: 7th
2004: 4th
2005: 3rd
2006: 4th
2007: 2nd
2008: 10th
2009: 8th
2010: 6th
2011: 2nd
2012: 4th
For more than a decade, in other words, Georgia has never ranked out of the top 10 for business climate, and over that period it has averaged in the top five. That tells us that year after year, for an extended amount of time, our leaders have succeeded in crafting government policy to produce exactly the kind of regulatory and tax environment that business leaders say they need to produce growth and prosperity. So by that measure it has been a great success.
But what do we have to show for it?
— We have an unemployment rate of 8.5 percent, significantly higher than the 7.8 percent national average and the ninth highest rate in the country, tied with Mississippi. And it is not a short-term phenomenon. Our unemployment rate has exceeded the national average for each of the last 64 months.
— In 2001, Georgia had the 17th highest poverty rate in the country. By 2011 it had the nation’s sixth highest poverty rate. We are slipping and slipping fast.
— In 2001, the state ranked 25th in per capita income and was rising rapidly in that critically important category; today, it ranks 39th in per capita income. In fact, after adjusting for inflation, state per capita income has declined by 3.5 percent since 2001.
To make matters worse, while trying to create a diligently “pro-business” environment, state government has also attempted to shrink the social safety net substantially. In a piece headlined “Georgia’s Hunger Games,” Slate reported last month that thanks to aggressive government efforts to deny benefits, fewer than 7 percent of the 300,000 Georgia households in poverty collect benefits through Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, more commonly known as welfare. Nationally, the comparable number is 27 percent.
Is that punitive approach working? Not so you’d notice. We also have the nation’s fifth highest rate of those without health insurance, and the fourth highest differential between rich and poor.
In other words, there is no sign that pursuit of a narrowly defined “business-friendly” climate has resulted in a more people-friendly climate. And isn’t that the real goal?
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Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:15 pm
READ THIS AND WEEP…
NO!
TaxPayer
January 9th, 2013
3:16 pm
Cons don’t even like Cubans.
td
January 9th, 2013
3:16 pm
Thulsa Doom
January 9th, 2013
3:13 pm
And God forbid if there would have been more then one attacker in this situation because she was out of bullets with that little revolver and only six shots.
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
3:16 pm
WE HAVE SOLVED OUR CARBON PROBLEMS HERE IN THE US
We?
Republicans do not solve problems.
They do everything in their power to pretend that they don’t even exist.
The NRA is not the solution to our problem. The NRA is the problem. ~The ghost of Ronnie “Union thug” Raygun
DannyX
January 9th, 2013
3:17 pm
“About that debt:”
Gosh Towncrier, just yesterday you were telling everyone not to post links to partisan websites.
Granny Godzilla
January 9th, 2013
3:19 pm
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/keith-ratliff-fpsrussia-dead_n_2439284.html
Live by the sword……
Condolences to his family.
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:20 pm
dbm: currently government owns most streets and roads, but they should be privately owned.
Oh HELLLLLL no.
We tried that, a few times. Can you say $18 tolls?
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:21 pm
Thulsa: This is a frightened lady hiding with her kids in a crawlspace hoping the home invader won’t find them. He agressively searched them out and he did find them. And this frightened little lady unloaded out of fear for herself and her children.
And instead of a killing weapon she had a weapon that was just as effective in targeting and contact that disabled said attacker (say some advanced futuristic tazer or cattle rod), then she would not have had to fire bullets into him.
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:22 pm
Thulsa: You REALLY can’t think outside your little box, can you?
That’s why *I* make the big bucks where *I* work. What about you?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:22 pm
Ratliff was known as an outspoken gun advocate. In a message posted to Twitter on Aug 11, 2012, he wrote: “I went to the movies with my pistol in my pocket the whole time I was praying that somebody would try to pull a Batman!”
Wow!
DannyX
January 9th, 2013
3:24 pm
“Live by the sword……”
“I went to the movies with my pistol in my pocket the whole time I was praying that somebody would try to pull a Batman!”- Keith Ratliff
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:24 pm
td: “The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.” Thomas Jefferson
“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”-Unproven! This quote was not found in the Jeffersonian Cyclopedia but several websites have attributed this to Jefferson.
OR, as many have done before me:
“The problem with td is that he doesn’t know what the f*** he’s talking about” – Thomas Jefferson
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:25 pm
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:12 pm
Oddly since 1995, the temperatures have been flat…
Interesting stuff here for the open minded..
http://fabiusmaximus.com/2012/02/03/34885/
the cat
January 9th, 2013
3:25 pm
Adam-diet coke out of nose. snort
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:26 pm
Re: Ratliff: Like I said, having a gun is not a deterrent, which is what broguht up Thulsa’s claim that a man who already was invading a home was “deterred” by getting shot, showing he didn’t understand the term “deterrent.”
Dharma Bum
January 9th, 2013
3:26 pm
This is off-topic, but if there are still people that haven’t seen the Alex Jones gun control meltdown with Piers Morgan, here it is for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XZvMwcluEg
Dim the lights, pop a bag of popcorn, and watch the hilarity… this guy is a few fries short of a Happy Meal.
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:26 pm
LOL thanks cat
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:27 pm
said JAMVET as he is licking Matt Damon’s boots trying to stop the natural gas boom which is causing the drop in US carbon emissions…………. then put us back on coal and gas so we dump more carbon into the atmosphere
how does that logic work?
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:28 pm
Dharma: No thanks, seen it enough.
I guess it doesn’t occur to the rabid that if they get their wish and “defend” themselves against the government that they will all die.
Towncrier
January 9th, 2013
3:29 pm
“And what do pornography and public profanity have to do with public safety?”
Well, since you are so keen on correlations (as with recent global warming and the advent of the industrial revolution), why don’t you explain the correlation between the rise of violent sex crimes and the repeal of obscenity laws beginning in the 60s?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:29 pm
showing he didn’t understand the term “deterrent.”
Unskewed deterrence.
TBS
January 9th, 2013
3:29 pm
Dharma
Check out his website “Infowars”.
It has all the latest NWO and black helicopter conspiracies just waiting for you to read.
There are a few on this blog that post from his site from time to time.
Regnad Kcin
January 9th, 2013
3:32 pm
“said JAMVET as he is licking Matt Damon’s boots trying to stop the natural gas boom which is causing the drop in US carbon emissions…………. then put us back on coal and gas so we dump more carbon into the atmosphere’
Ah, you DO realize you make no sense, right?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:32 pm
JAMVET
None of this will have an impact. First, a ban on assault weapons will be such a long process to iron out that anyone who want’s one will have one prior to any attempt to enforce. Same thing with magazines. Who will define mental illness? Does that mean someone with bi-polar can’t but someone with ADHD can? No way a means can be developed to determine which diagnoses apply and how exactly to measure same…
Unfortunately, cat is too far out of the bag..
1) ban assault weapons
2) ban high capacity magazines
3) mandate that all gun owners take mental and firearms competency tests.
td
January 9th, 2013
3:33 pm
Adam
January 9th, 2013
3:24 pm
OK, I look up the quote and it does appear to be a bogus quote and I stand corrected on this one.
““The problem with td is that he doesn’t know what the f*** he’s talking about” – Thomas Jefferson”
Now this is coming form a person that thinks man made global warming is proven science beyond any doubt. LOL
Bob
January 9th, 2013
3:34 pm
“Jacob J. Lew, President Obama’s presumed choice to lead the Treasury Department, has close ties to Wall Street, receiving more than $900,000 in bonus cash from a division of Citigroup just as the company was getting bailed out by U.S. taxpayers.” Maybe GA should be a biz friendly as Obama, his people always seem to come out on top. Just think how long it would take Jay to whine about this appointment if Bush had done it. Would it be out of line if we asked Lew if he paid taxes on his bonus or if he pulled a timmy geitner and cheated on his taxes.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:34 pm
SPEAKING OF MATT DAMON
did you know his ANTI-FRACKING movie is funded by…………… get this
the UAE……….. the 3rd largest member of OPEC
NOW THEY WOULDN’T WANT THE U.S. TO STOP FRACKING SO we WOULD BUY MORE OPEC OIL WOULD THEY??????????????????
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:34 pm
Dharma Bum
January 9th, 2013
3:26 pm
That was beyond ridiculous. The guy wouldn’t shut up long enough for dialogue. He was so paranoid he would be exposed that he released an avalanche of prepared words as if he may forget one or two points..
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
3:35 pm
Matt Damon???
Really?
Lordy, you must be one of those movie addicted Hollyweird Republicans, Sammy.
Do you take heat to the movie theaters?
LOL…
Granny Godzilla
January 9th, 2013
3:35 pm
Gun advocates need to tell Mr. Jones to take a chill pill.
He behaves like the poster boy for restricting access to those with mental issues.
TBS
January 9th, 2013
3:36 pm
TC @ 3:29
“Sexual assault has fallen by more than 60% in recent years.2 Had the 1993 rate held steady, 6.8 million Americans would have been assaulted in the last 13 years.
But, thanks to the decline, the actual number of victims was about 4.2 million. In other words, if not for the historic gains we’ve made in the last decade, an additional 2,546,420 Americans would have become victims of sexual violence”
http://www.rainn.org/
Georgia on my mind...
January 9th, 2013
3:36 pm
Nice article Jay….Keep the “facts” coming. Nathan Deal will continue to send this state on a downward spiral!! When he leaves office, he will probably be out of debt and a multi-millionaire. You get what you vote for Georgia!!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:36 pm
The only real question surrounding guns is obvious..
What would Jesus do?
Tee hee
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:37 pm
“Made it, Ma! Top of the world!”
– Thomas “Cody Jarrett” Jefferson
Dharma Bum
January 9th, 2013
3:37 pm
I’m not sure if he is serious, or just an incredible troll.
Towncrier
January 9th, 2013
3:37 pm
About the right to bear arms, here are (only) some useful quotes:
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
Thulsa Doom
January 9th, 2013
3:38 pm
“And instead of a killing weapon she had a weapon that was just as effective in targeting and contact that disabled said attacker (say some advanced futuristic tazer or cattle rod), then she would not have had to fire bullets into him.”
Adam,
You should really quit with the idiot speak before you get too far behind. So what and where is this magical futuristic tazor that you speak of? A freaking cattle rod? Seriously. A cattle rod or tazor against a gun? You really haven’t thought any of this through have you? You have to be in a certain range to use those things punkin- as in 3 feet. So if this guy is looking at and aiming at you from 20 or 30 feet away you’re screwed. Gawd you say some dumb things. You might as well have recommended a Star Wars light saber.
And yes. I understand the term deterred quite well even if I did misapply it in one sentence.
As for being the big money guy at your office what I’ve found through years of experience is that when someone has to brag about how much money they supposedly make they are full of shyte 99% of the time.
Fred and I may not agree on much. But we both agree that we know a bullshyter when we see one. The idea that you are a registered Republican,that you are a small business owner, etc. are patently absurd. Fred was right- You’re full of shyte dude.
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
3:40 pm
SR, yep a slippery slope, to be sure.
But after this latest slaughter – one of first graders, no less! – in a LONG, LONG, LONG line of slaughters, I am for the first time in my life sick of doing nothing about scumbags with heavy firepower.
Doing nothing (i.e., being a Republican) will no longer be acceptable.
It is to the point that I’m for marginalizing those slime merchants in the NRA, The ones that police chiefs around this country are also fed up with…
DannyX
January 9th, 2013
3:40 pm
“The only real question surrounding guns is obvious..
What would Jesus do?”
Or maybe… What would Jesus pack?
Towncrier
January 9th, 2013
3:40 pm
“Gosh Towncrier, just yesterday you were telling everyone not to post links to partisan websites.”
About scientific questions, silly (on the theory that the question of whether or not recent global warming has been mainly anthropogenic is NOT going to be answered by all of the political pundits who have weighed in).
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:40 pm
for the SLOW LIBERALS
1) the U.S. is using more natural gas from fracking
PROBLEM NOT SOLVED
2) this use is decreasing the use of COAL
3) COAL is a HUGE contributor to CARBON EMISSIONS
4) the reduction in COAL has help the U.S. reduce carbon emissions to 1992 levels
5) LEFTIES want to STOP FRACKING
6) stopping FRACKING will increase use of COAL
7) increasing use of COAL will increase CARBON EMISSIONS to its highest levels
here we have a solution to our carbon emissions and LEFTIES want to destroy it and make the problem worse
to paraphrase Taylor Swift……….. its just so exhausting trying to talk logic with lefties……… they will never…… ever……… get it back together…………..
Towncrier
January 9th, 2013
3:42 pm
“What would Jesus do?”
Why don’t you try to answer that question yourself and see what you come up with (hint: it will require actually reading the gospels and not relying on Cliff Notes or some such thing)?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:43 pm
How about personal force fields?
Nothing will work except possibly more vigilence and perimeter security systems…those will be far from foolproof as well…
We should set up a new agency like the Homeland Security. Yeah we can require all children without respect to color religion etcetera, all teachers, all faculty, all other employees and all visitors to get scanned and dump contents out of backpacks. It sure has saved our bacon probably hundreds of times from terrorist attacks…what a joke…
How about a color coded system or duck tape…anyone?
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
3:43 pm
Taylor Swift???
Who the hell is he?
Matti
January 9th, 2013
3:43 pm
“…Nathan Deal will continue to send this state on a downward spiral!! When he leaves office, he will probably be out of debt and a multi-millionaire.”
My sources tell me that the $4 mil in personal debt he had when he took office two years ago is nearly all settled now. Quite a feat on $135K/yr salary and a few meager perks, huh? Heck, if Daddy Deal really wants to help the citizens of Georgia, he’ll hold personal money management seminars for the rest of us! Let’s hold our breath and see.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:44 pm
jesus said render unto smith and wesson what is smith and wesson’s
and unto God what is God’s
he would have packed an UZI because he would have had to serve a mandatory tour in the Israeli military
and the money changers would have left EARLY
hamiltonAZ
January 9th, 2013
3:44 pm
” Any analysis that does not take demographics into account is incomplete.”
An examination of where we are compared to where we were DOES take demographics into account. It’s convenient but erroneous to “blame the minorities”
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:45 pm
“Do, or do not; there is no try.”
– Thomas “Yoda” Jefferson
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:45 pm
Towncrier
January 9th, 2013
3:42 pm
Yeah I read those books before….it was difficult to get past all the begetting at the beginning….Maybe he could turn all the guns into gummy bears…
Thulsa Doom
January 9th, 2013
3:45 pm
Gotta leave the kookapolooza for a little while. It’ll be interesting to see what kind of bullshyte our little faux registered republican comes up with this time. Jeez.
Regnad Kcin
January 9th, 2013
3:46 pm
Uncle Samantha – good job trying to create a frackin’ kerfuffle. Please be aware that this current blog is about Georgia’s business climate, and that Blogspot would be delighted to host your views on whatever you’re trying to talk about instead.
Hope this helps.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:46 pm
if you think DEAL made out………….. check out SONNY
watch………. that amendment #2 that passed where the state can LEASE land/property now………… bet that Sonny’s new company makes out like a bandit getting leasing contracts from the government
stands for decibels
January 9th, 2013
3:46 pm
Uncle Sam @ 3.40, you might want to do a bit of research on the type greenhouse gases typically emitted while doing the fracking necessary to extract all this fabulous and totally safe and environmentally friendly natural gas.
http://www.nature.com/news/methane-leaks-erode-green-credentials-of-natural-gas-1.12123
Put short, there is no free lunch. Natural gas is better than coal, but it’s not the only solution, and it’s hardly benign.
(and stop assuming stuff about people you don’t know. I know that’s a tall order, but you might at least try.)
Granny Godzilla
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
Mark my words.
Reasonable gun control is going to happen this time.
And sooner than we think.
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
Primary problem is the kick backs and pay offs the corrupt Atlanta gub’ment cartel demands.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:44 pm
That’s funny. What would Muhammed do?
Georgia on my mind...
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
if Daddy Deal really wants to help the citizens of Georgia, he’ll hold personal money management seminars for the rest of us!
____
Believe me, I would be the “first” to sign up!
Matti
January 9th, 2013
3:48 pm
Uncle Samantha,
Governor Shady is just getting warmed up. I believe his goal is to best Sonny on the crooked meter by at least 50% before it’s all over.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:48 pm
typical liberals
they CRY for years to cut Carbon emissions………… so we cut Carbon emissions
then they can’t accept that so then they cry its not the carbon its the METHANE………….
is it CHICKEN LITTLE or the LITTLE BOY WHO CRIED WOLF??????????
that is the question
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:48 pm
Joseph was so determined to protect the vulnerable infant that he kept a gun right there beside the manger. As the shepherds, the Wise Men, the angels approached, he said, “Don’t come any closer,” successfully keeping them at bay. As Jesus got a little older Joseph taught him to fire a weapon at a target in the shape of a Roman soldier.
Later, when he recruited disciples, the Jesus I’m imagining made sure they were armed. After all, we know from the Good Samaritan story that robbers preyed on travelers. And there were all those dangerous Romans soldier occupying the land, denying the Jews of all liberties. Surely Jesus and the twelve spent hours by Lake Galilee practicing their shooting skills.
One day Judas said, “I hear the Romans have new guns, more powerful than an ordinary rifle. Their guns can shoot bullets in rapid succession.”
“Then we must have them too,” Jesus replied. When Judas returned with thirteen AK-47s, Jesus and the twelve had confidence that these weapons would provide the protection they needed. Besides, firing these guns made them feel like real men.
When crowds began to gather around him, a gun-toting Jesus told this parable: “One time there was a wealthy merchant. A robber came to his place of business, but the merchant had a gun and was able to kill the robber. Behold, we live in dangerous times when we must protect our families and ourselves. Only with powerful weapons are we safe.” And the crowds believed him.
What about the night Jesus was arrested? While some of the disciples napped, others played cards. Jesus, though, was engrossed in prayer. So he was taken completely by surprise when Roman soldiers burst on the scene. Still, he was able to reach for his AK-47 fast enough. The disciples too. They mowed those soldiers down—like the good guys do in movies.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:49 pm
Granny Godzilla
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
What does that look like? Given our constitution, courts and NRA I can’t see anything that will work and is practical at the same time..
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
3:49 pm
Sounds to me like reasonable gun control would be to get illegal guns out of the hands of Mexican drug cartels, street gangs, convicted felons and the insane.
Regnad Kcin
January 9th, 2013
3:50 pm
“registered republican”
The next step to confiscation!
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:50 pm
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:48 pm
Bravo! That is a masterpiece…now tackle Muhammed.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:51 pm
…now tackle Muhammed.
No, sport.
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
3:52 pm
Kamchak – are you on meth again?
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:52 pm
BIG MO might start a SPONTANEOUS PROTEST with firearms, grenades and explosives
Granny Godzilla
January 9th, 2013
3:52 pm
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am…
January 9th, 2013
3:49 pm
Granny Godzilla
January 9th, 2013
3:47 pm
What does that look like? Given our constitution, courts and NRA I can’t see anything that will work and is practical at the same time..
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.
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Of course you can’t I specifically said reasonable.
We will have a stricter assault weapons ban, we will have large capacity magazines banned, the
gun show loop hole closed, a ban a private sales, increased law enforcement and mental health
reviews and registrations that are regularly reviewed.
DannyX
January 9th, 2013
3:53 pm
Kamchak, that Shock and Awe Jesus story really warmed my heart.
Blessed are the gun toters.
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
3:54 pm
There is nothing like an arrogant and ignorant atheist….. that thinks they know it all but knows nothing.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:54 pm
Morality? — Will you ever stop beating your wife?
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:55 pm
CARBON EMISSIONS DOWN?
Please…according to some sources, they are up globally and stable in US over the past decade yet temperature, by any measure, remained stable…
How does that work?
http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2012/07/02/global-carbon-dioxide-emissions-facts-and-figures/
Towncrier
January 9th, 2013
3:57 pm
Alright…this “conversation” is losing altitude fast. I’m out for now. Pleasant evening all.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:58 pm
pssssssssssst Stevie
they are down in the u.s. because we are using more natural gas and less coal………. OMG………. how many times can you try to teach a liberal????????
they are up globally because china and india the other nations ARE USING MORE COAL AND DRIVING MORE CARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as taylor keeps saying in her song
THIS IS SO EXHAUSTING
Thomas
January 9th, 2013
3:58 pm
I still laugh remembering Cynthia Tucker getting crushed in a debate about gun control. Good ol’ Cynthia Tucker- truly a spokes person for everyone in her on mind.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
3:58 pm
. I’m out for now.
New sock-puppet in 3…2…1….
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
3:59 pm
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
3:54 pm
An arrogant bible smacker who spends tax free dollars in an attempt to impose his BS to influence political or scientific issues is actually worse than any arrogant atheist. At least the arrogant atheist doesn’t exclusively use a old book of parables that has been translated more time than anyone will admit..
Why do you care if gays marry and women can make their own personal decisions? Why do you think your beliefs are superior?
getalife
January 9th, 2013
3:59 pm
Bat crap crazy.
Looks like more gun regulations are coming .
Give us some more of that con drama.
stands for decibels
January 9th, 2013
3:59 pm
Off topic (but aren’t they all, 600+ posts in?)–
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/white-house-responds-to-1-trillion-platinum-coin
Glad to see the White House hasn’t outright-rejected a perfectly reasonable (if silly sounding) Plan B.
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
4:00 pm
Show me ONE example where the gub’ment saved a victim’s life in the case of armed home invasion ……if you are waiting on the gub’ment just color yourself TO LATE & maybe TO DEAD.
stands for decibels
January 9th, 2013
4:01 pm
Thomas @ 3.58, I don’t remember Cynthia Tucker ever getting “crushed” in *any* debate, and certainly not by any right wing gun-sucking numbskulls.
Perhaps you can supply a link.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
4:02 pm
I still laugh remembering Cynthia Tucker…
^^^^^^^^^^^^Pulitzer Prize envy^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
4:04 pm
Stevie Ray joins Kamchak at the Meth Lab. I don’t care if you marry your pet chihuahua …… and why should I?
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
4:04 pm
Is Taylor Swift married to Matt Damon?
And is Thomas speaking in tongues again? (grin)
NEW YORK — Steroid-tainted stars Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa were denied entry to baseball’s Hall of Fame, with voters failing to elect any candidates for only the second time in four decades.
Bonds received just 36.2 percent of the vote, Clemens 37.6 and Sosa 12.5 in totals announced Wednesday by the Hall and the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. They were appearing on the ballot for the first time and have up to 14 more years to make it to Cooperstown.
Excellent…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
4:05 pm
TO[sic] LATE & maybe TO[sic] DEAD.
TOO IRONIC!
Adam
January 9th, 2013
4:05 pm
I’m employed by a company in CT, remote.
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
4:05 pm
Cynthia Tucker mostly crushed herself with her idiocy.
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
4:05 pm
Immorality, Air Iran is ready when you are.
You’ll have plenty of other US gubmint haters there to pal around with…
Bob
January 9th, 2013
4:06 pm
Jamvet, you and the left never seemed to interested in the hundreds of school age children that have been murdered in Chicago during Obama’s years in office. Why is it that everyone is now whining for gun control after some white kids got killed, why have we not heard much of the murders in Chicago ? Hundreds of black kids die we hear nothing, 20 white kids and we need to take action.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
4:07 pm
Cynthia Tucker mostly crushed herself with her idiocy.
Doubling down on the Pulitzer envy.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
4:07 pm
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
3:58 pm
So when we get coal emissions down another 50% or so, the sky is not gonna fall?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
4:08 pm
… why have we not heard much of the murders in Chicago ?
Why indeed.
It’s just been a drugey staple since the Newtown shooting.
Thomas
January 9th, 2013
4:09 pm
Pulitzer Prize Envy- too funny- maybe better than P&nis envy
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
4:09 pm
Got to go make some electric tea – so as I can unnerstand use geneouses on hear.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
January 9th, 2013
4:09 pm
Morality?
January 9th, 2013
4:04 pm
So much for an educated conversation. I’m going to hell. KAMCHAK i will see you there…please bring the virgins and meth lab..
You know what Samuel Clements said about “faith”? He defined it as believing in something you know isn’t true…”
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
January 9th, 2013
4:11 pm
too funny- maybe better than P&nis envy
Not nearly as funny as me predicting your arrival the same minute that you showed up.
too little time
January 9th, 2013
4:12 pm
I’d offer that while the business environment in GA is good, the massive sprawl produced from 1990-2007, and subsequent collapse of the construction industry, the huge foreclosure rate caused by subprime lending, has hobbled GA and especially Atlanta metro’s economy. Now, 30% of Atlanta homeowners are underwater, banks have folded, and we are still recovering where other metro areas have already recovered.
Georgia fell further in the economic downturn than most states, and still has not recovered.
UNCLE SAMANTHA
January 9th, 2013
4:12 pm
silly liberals
tricks are for gun makers
ban assult weapons and they will find a way around
instead of using military size ammo………. they will switch to hunting rifle size ammo
then call them HUNTING RIFLES
hunting for pig, coyote and small game
can’t ban hunting rifles
Thomas
January 9th, 2013
4:12 pm
FU
JamVet
January 9th, 2013
4:13 pm
Bob, and YOU are concerned about black children???
Anywhere in this country???
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your cancerous Obama Derangement Syndrome is the only thing you care about.
I stand with the police chiefs in this country.
You soft-on-crime Republicans stand with the NRA and the heavily armed psychopaths…