Name the new rulers of the Georgia Senate
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a crisis.
Two weeks ago, the Senate Republicans overthrew Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and declared that they would be ruled by a Committee on Assignments – Senate President pro tem Tommie Williams, R-Lyons, five GOP caucus officers and two Cagle appointees.
There have been worse names for a power elite, though none come immediately to mind.
Loading ...Senate Republicans need your help in arriving at something with a little more flash. Jiggy, as the young people used to say – a decade or two ago.
We’ll start with these suggestions – many of which are already floating around the state Capitol. Pick your top three.
More can be added through comments below. If they’re good enough, we’ll add them to the survey.
The nominees are:
– Committee on Assignments: A slow starter, but it is the proper name. Even rebellions find legitimacy to be a handy thing.
– Committee on Public Safety: Just a historical reminder that not all revolutions ended with General Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown.
– The Kryptonite Cabal: All lieutenant governors will be asked to check their capes at the door.
– The Crazy Eights: A chance for senators not only to wear blue jeans in the chamber, but leather jackets as well. Biker chicks not permitted.
– Los Ocho: In anticipation of a great deal of Arizona-style legislation after the holidays. Possibly for exclusive use in Mundo Hispanico.
– The Power 6 Plus 2: For an eight-member committee that shares six members’ worth of clout. It has a Dave Brubeck feel.
– Tommie’s Rangers: Simple, direct. We’re talking movie franchise here.
– The Magic Eight Ball: A committee with eight members is likely to rely heavily on phrases like “Reply hazy, try again” or “Better not tell you now.” Alternative: “Eight Is More Than Enough.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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50 comments Add your comment
The Snark
November 18th, 2010
3:50 pm
How about the “Committee on Collecting Lobbyist Checks”?
Ed
November 18th, 2010
3:59 pm
“Four Loko”
Cutty
November 18th, 2010
4:07 pm
Lords of the Flies.
chuck padden
November 18th, 2010
4:12 pm
Casey Control Committee
tom watson
November 18th, 2010
4:35 pm
The Capitol Creeps
cs
November 18th, 2010
4:36 pm
Orion’s Octagon
Selah
November 18th, 2010
4:37 pm
How about… JIm didn’t have any news today so he just settled for slander.
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Mr. D
November 18th, 2010
4:44 pm
Macon Mob
Bernard Winestein
November 18th, 2010
4:48 pm
Deal Doe’s.
Charles Askew
November 18th, 2010
4:50 pm
Tommie and The Who.
Delvin
November 18th, 2010
4:51 pm
Coup de Casey.
No Dog in this Hunt
November 18th, 2010
4:52 pm
The bucks stop here committee. All money and blame will be targeted on these eight legislators.
Elmo (Fair looking seemingly nice guy)
November 18th, 2010
4:57 pm
Eighter from Decatur
Fist full of dollars
November 18th, 2010
4:59 pm
If you want to play,ante up, Deal.
A Political Demgrapher
November 18th, 2010
5:01 pm
The Sansabelters
Jay
November 18th, 2010
5:05 pm
1) Eight Degrees of Power
2) Committee of 1/3 (because they control 1/3 of legislature process)
3) The One True Committee
4) The One and Only
Jay
November 18th, 2010
5:07 pm
“The Power 6 Plus 2: For an eight-member committee that shares six members’ worth of clout. It has a Dave Brubeck feel.”
for true Brubeck feel it should be:
“Take 8″
JD
November 18th, 2010
5:08 pm
Committee to Re-Elect PoliticianS
MD
November 18th, 2010
5:15 pm
REPULICANS THANK GOD.
Jay
November 18th, 2010
5:16 pm
5) Eight Senators to tie Cagel’s shoes
6) The No-Name Committee
Will the committee take over the Lt office as their conference room? I just thinking?
JD
November 18th, 2010
5:20 pm
Latinos must be getting a good laugh from this — and we used to thumb our noses at their annual coups!
Jay
November 18th, 2010
5:20 pm
7) The Senate of the Senate
DFH
November 18th, 2010
5:30 pm
Ocho Loco
Double Zero Eight
November 18th, 2010
6:07 pm
Deals’s Dirty Dozen
Double Zero Eight
November 18th, 2010
6:13 pm
Correction to my previous post: Deal’s Dirty Dozen Minus Four
bart
November 18th, 2010
6:30 pm
What a joke our legislature is!
GaBlue
November 18th, 2010
6:42 pm
I like “Deal’s Dirty Dozen!” So what if the number is off by a few? This is Georgia; the voters don’t care whether the math adds up. (Hence, Governor Deal who will erase $4 mil/debt on $135K/yr.)
Amused
November 18th, 2010
6:42 pm
The AJC seriously pays someone to write this stuff??
chuck padden
November 18th, 2010
6:57 pm
MAXIMUS DOOFIMUS
Peggy Sue
November 18th, 2010
7:01 pm
I assume you were talking about Sen. John Bulloch’s blue jeans that he wears at least 2 days a week, into the chamber, during session. Everyone knows that Sen. Bill Jackson has one coat, the black leather one that wears every single day.
chuck padden
November 18th, 2010
7:43 pm
Peggy Sue…these geriatric Senators are so cool, aren’t they? You ought to see them out at Johnny’s Hideaway boot-skooting around the dance floor with their young hottie lobbyist chicks. If their wives and the folks back home in Mayberry could see them, there would be a great hull-a-bu-loo
pn
November 18th, 2010
9:18 pm
The Flat Earth Society
Chuck Allison
November 18th, 2010
10:21 pm
Jim Galloway, are you totally out of anything to write about? This is a total waste of time and paper space. Write about something sensible or resign!
young james
November 18th, 2010
11:41 pm
The Eight Great Americans?
Sweet Pea
November 19th, 2010
1:07 am
The Backroom Deals
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david c
November 19th, 2010
3:50 am
Howzabout “we’ll be spending your unemployment benefits on coke and hookers, it’s the ATL after all” group.
Ostrich Racer
November 19th, 2010
7:42 am
“The Octagon.” Sort of has an MMA/UFC feel to it — “On Thursday, Sen. Butterworth will enter The Octagon to defend his MARTOC vice-chairmanship….”
Colleen Boyle
November 19th, 2010
7:48 am
Well, since we Georgians VOTED them into office, perhaps you should consider that the majority of us are delighted that this is NOT a bunch of liberal Lemmings, whose Big Plan is to give our country over to illegal aliens and terrorists. We are moving forward by taking our country and state back….. so I think Back to the Future is appropriate. As for this columnist, I’m thinking ‘Jim Go Away’ would be a perfect name.
Southern Humorist
November 19th, 2010
7:51 am
“The Taylor Tah-lee-bon” REDUX
Charles
November 19th, 2010
8:17 am
Who gives a f***k?
Douglas
November 19th, 2010
8:24 am
I vote for Snark’s “Committee on Collecting Lobbyist Checks” although I would change “on” for “for.” ‘Cause that’s what it’s all about, ain’t it?
WE have lost our way
November 19th, 2010
8:51 am
The ” What the hell are we doing Committee “
alex
November 19th, 2010
9:20 am
The Circle of Jerks
Uncle Jessie
November 19th, 2010
9:38 am
Boss’s Hawgs, Yee Haw,
Buck Mulligan
November 19th, 2010
9:57 am
Shut Up And Deal
Just a taxpayer
November 19th, 2010
4:56 pm
White Men in Suits
ED
November 19th, 2010
9:04 pm
Asses and Eights!
missmollie
November 20th, 2010
7:13 am
I like Coup de Casey…
GA GOP
November 20th, 2010
9:40 am
The real rulers are the people. Now that conservatism is here after 100 years of liberal Democrap rule, the people will be represented in the state capitol for once. I fully trust the state senate 100 percent. Libs, quit questioning freedom.