Fearful of Election Day aftermath, a Woodstock community will lock its gates
Updated at 5:15 p.m. to included comments from Calvin Moss, the Woodstock police chief.
Original: This embarrassing item just appeared on The Caucus, a New York Times blog:
In Woodstock, Ga., about 30 miles north of Atlanta, the president of a homeowners’ association sent an e-mail on Sunday informing residents that the entrance gates would be closed 24 hours a day beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, out of concern over possible civil unrest after the election.
“I feel it is better to take a position of caution to enhance controlled access to the community until we see what (if any) negative repercussions may occur because of the results of the election,” wrote Bill Stanley, the president of the homeowners’ association at the Cottages of Woodstock, a residential community for people 55 and over.
Here you thought zombies weren’t real. On the other hand, it does send an interesting message to the grandkids: “You’re on your own.”
The NYT quotes Stanley as saying that he was ordering enhanced controlled access to the community on the recommendation of the Woodstock police department.
Added: But we just fielded a call from Calvin Moss, the Woodstock police chief, who said that he has had a conversation with Stanley this afternoon — and Stanley denied getting any such information from the Woodstock police force.
“We have no reason to believe that the election and its aftermath will be anything but peaceful,” Moss said. “Certainly we would give no one that kind of information.”
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Ralph
November 5th, 2012
2:44 pm
Good grief.
Tom
November 5th, 2012
2:47 pm
Note to Bill & The Cottages:
Rioters’ rule of Thumb #1: Destroy your own ‘hood….not other peoples’.
(Hey, nobody ever accused mobs of being very bright)
safe
November 5th, 2012
2:53 pm
And if something were to happen and he had not taken steps to prevent, how quick would you, Mr Galloway, be to condemn him? I am sure, with your cyrstal ball, you know exactly what will happen.
Woodstock Community Closes Gates To Protect From Civil Unrest, Teens On Lawn — Peach Pundit
November 5th, 2012
2:54 pm
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Jussthinkin'
November 5th, 2012
2:55 pm
Perhaps you folks haven’t seen the gutter-mouthed 97-year old and her minions in an Obama internet ad that threatened violence if Obama loses the election. The old wench’s language is enough to turn one off completely but, apparently, the Obama re-election team thinks it is appropriate.
Oh, I forgot: you have to go on FOX News to see anything untoward when it comes to Obama.
brent
November 5th, 2012
2:59 pm
Will the gates be locked to keep the crazies in or out?
BW
November 5th, 2012
3:03 pm
Brent
My question exactly
kenneth smith
November 5th, 2012
3:05 pm
Will it’s only 2012 and some people think Georgia has changed. Welcome to the state that some people refuse to make and changes. Dr. M.L. King Jr. we are still working on it.
Heika
November 5th, 2012
3:10 pm
This incidentally is the prime demographic for Old Glory Insurance – in case they’re attacked by robots. Robots are strong, and they eat senior citizens’ medicine for fuel.
Mayhem
November 5th, 2012
3:15 pm
Scenario 1: You’re in line to vote, the line is 2 hours long, it’s 6:00p.m.. You’ve voted, it’s 7:15, but you can’t go home because the gates are locked?????? WTF????
Scenario 2: You work nights. you get home at 3:00 a.m. What should you do for the next 15 hours????
I would be pitching a fit if my HOA decided to LOCK the gates at 6:00. Excuse me, but I pay my HOA fees, and I damn well better be able to get home at 8:00…
This is ludicrious, not to mention stupid. Reasons number 1-10 why I will NOT live in an HOA neighborhood. These people think they have the power.
muddy waters
November 5th, 2012
3:15 pm
Spittle-on-the-chin, alarmist wingnuts running the homeowners association in a gated community in Woodstock, Georgia?!!
I’m SHOCKED!
LoganvilleGuy
November 5th, 2012
3:16 pm
I’ve worked in law enforcement for many years. I can assure you that readiness/preparedness plans were made in 2008 in case President Obama lost the election. There was plenty of street level intel to suggest there was going to be civil unrest if that scenario played out. The chiefs were particularly worried about violence from youth.
Carlton Davis
November 5th, 2012
3:19 pm
Anyone who takes the comments of people in ads seriously should be on the short bus for eternity. Watching Fox News for anything other than comedy also illustrates one’s shortcomings.
GaBlue
November 5th, 2012
3:19 pm
Attention Woodstock:
Unlike the epic concert for which you were named, nobody wants to go to your corner of Rednekistan.
Jon Lester
November 5th, 2012
3:19 pm
Pen themselves up and then tell everybody? That’s not a smart strategy.
Jimbo
November 5th, 2012
3:22 pm
Welcome back to the Stone Age. So much for the evolution of the species.
Cutty
November 5th, 2012
3:22 pm
“But every now and then, I wonder
If the gate was put up to keep crime out or
Keep our ass in”
-Goodie Mob, Cell Therapy
Jussthinkin'
November 5th, 2012
3:26 pm
OOPS! Forgot to include the URL for the disgusting ad, sponsored by (who else?) Michael Moore and MoveOn.org. These are the type people who should make Democrats proud that they are supporting Obama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDHUikky-q8
rex
November 5th, 2012
3:26 pm
Don’t be so quick to scoff, ladies and gentlemen.
http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-19-15.pdf
Aquagirl
November 5th, 2012
3:28 pm
Oh, gawd, I really want to go hang outside their gates and play Soviet military marches.
The chiefs were particularly worried about violence from youth.
Unlike Juss @ 2:55 who is hiding under his bed from the legions of cussing grannies.
Chuck
November 5th, 2012
3:30 pm
So, if there is a riot there, do they really think that one gate and maybe one unarmed security guard would stop a mob from busting down the place?
Michael
November 5th, 2012
3:32 pm
This just shows the paranoi that has been rampant in letters to the editor. Bet they will have their guns and Bibles with them as well. As an Independent this just shows why I cant vote for most Repulicans any longer as they feed this kind of fear. Paul Broun comes to mind.
GaBlue is an idiot
November 5th, 2012
3:33 pm
Woodstock was incorporated in the 1800s.
Heika
November 5th, 2012
3:33 pm
@geilt I am curious about this “soialism” that the AJC allegedly promotes. Is it somehow related to soybeans? I know that vegetarians promote soy as an alternative to animal meat. Please, discuss!
LoganvilleGuy
November 5th, 2012
3:36 pm
@Aquagirl -
In the case of severe civil unrest, a gate or an armed guard isn’t going to do much of anything. I was merely pointing out that making plans and/or trying to be prepared for civil unrest is not being paranoid.
Just Thinking (and spelling)
November 5th, 2012
3:38 pm
Thanks for the link, jussthinkin’ that was hilarious and made my day, I thought I was not going to laugh more than I did at the absurdness of this article until I read some of the comments here!
Raoul
November 5th, 2012
3:39 pm
Can we lock the residents in starting at 6am? They are clearly too stupid to vote.
Tom
November 5th, 2012
3:40 pm
My advice….swat rioters with your pineapple flag.
Voto no tsplost
November 5th, 2012
3:43 pm
What an embarrassing bunch of wing nuts, geez anyone that lives in a locked gated community is waaay out of touch with reality.
PamJ
November 5th, 2012
3:43 pm
What the hell is in Woodstock -vast hordes of gold and silver. HAhha
Voto no tsplost
November 5th, 2012
3:43 pm
Great idea!!!!
Typical Redneck
November 5th, 2012
3:45 pm
Locking the gate? Wus, buy a gun.
BlueX2
November 5th, 2012
3:47 pm
@LoganvilleGuy – really? That ‘intel’ didn’t come to other police departments, at least not to those of us in the larger agencies.
Aquagirl
November 5th, 2012
3:48 pm
I was merely pointing out that making plans and/or trying to be prepared for civil unrest is not being paranoid.
I’m sure rioters will drive out to a seniors community in an exurb for their civil unrest. Thank goodness we built those HOT lanes so they don’t get stuck in traffic.
Why, I take random drives on the weekend up I-575 looking for nice little cozy places for my riots, just in case the good spots are all taken. It’s like fishing.
Tom
November 5th, 2012
3:48 pm
@Raoul – Wow, and supposedly it’s the GOP that tries to suppress votes.
josh
November 5th, 2012
3:49 pm
Wow. Just how unruly do they expect Georgia republicans to get when Obama is elected?
Truth
November 5th, 2012
3:50 pm
Ahhh… the south. Love it!
Jussthinkin'
November 5th, 2012
3:51 pm
Just Thinking…; Yep, the brain-dead Carlton Davis would probably agree with the video produced by YouTube along with the super heroes Michael Moore and MoveOn.org. The lame-Stream media won’t publish that sort of trash or let on that it exists but FOX News will. But then only the intelligent watch FOX…and yes, I’m one of the intelligent.
Committed to freedom
November 5th, 2012
3:53 pm
Unless by chance write-ins for Ron Paul or votes for Gary Johnson exceed those for Obamney/Rombama, big government/big spending is going to win the day. The status quo will keep the dependent classes well funded so civil unrest should be at a minimum. Small government is not going to win. Sound money is not going to win. Freedom and liberty are not going to win. The status quo will be maintained, the car will continue heading towards the financial cliff, and the welfare/warfare queens will continue to receive all of their checks.
Crazy Like A Fox
November 5th, 2012
3:54 pm
Hopefully, Jim Galloway will spend his election evening at West End Mall or Auburn Avenue.
Jaynie
November 5th, 2012
3:55 pm
Aquagirl, love the comment. Sarcasm at its best. Too bad a few of the right wingers will take you seriously and be on the look out for Rioters R Us on 575.
Jussthinkin'
November 5th, 2012
3:56 pm
AquaGirl – 3:28; Actually it’s all of you foul-mouthed grannies that I shy away from. I’m afraid that they still have too many female hormones left and they attack. Does that pretty well explain your behavior? Why don’t you grace us with some really vulgar and vituperative rants?
Aquagirl
November 5th, 2012
3:56 pm
But then only the intelligent watch FOX…and yes, I’m one of the intelligent.
It’s nice to know true patriots are warning us of the scourge of cursing elderly women. I was so under-informed I had no idea.
Now I barely have time to load the rocket launcher after I finish my MRE.
cc
November 5th, 2012
3:56 pm
I will be very surprised if there aren’t riots after Hussein is defeated tomorrow. Every good rioter knows that there are very few grievances that can’t be soothed with big screen TV’s, Nike tennis shoes and high-end blue jeans. Lottery tickets, cigarettes and alcohol complete the rioters shopping, or I should say “looting”, list.
WARNING: Rioters should be very careful to restrict their activities to the City of Atlanta. Other areas have a very low tolerance for such actions!
Devil's Advocate
November 5th, 2012
3:57 pm
I think the USA and the world was shocked by Obama’s victory. Sure, he had momentum going in but it was one of those things where you wouldn’t believe it until the final vote was counted. Had Obama lost in 2008, I doubt very seriously that there would have been any civil unrest larger than seen after a sports team wins a championship.
Jump to tomorrow, I wouldn’t be surprised if some knuckleheads act the fool around the country but I doubt it’ll be anything long and sustained.
hnbc
November 5th, 2012
3:58 pm
Good grief. In response to someone’s post … the gates are locked to keep the crazies in!
home&home
November 5th, 2012
3:59 pm
By chance, are there any pink flamingoes in this neighborhood? I’ve heard that means, well, something significant…
Granny
November 5th, 2012
3:59 pm
You people are so funny today, thanks for all the laughs! One think I know for sure is the HOA people do think they got powers beyond the sky, and you know what, around here they do! That’s the scary part and that’s the reason I’m trying so hard to get out of here. Whoever is elected President, I hope he can help with this real estate mess so I can sell this house.
sheepdawg
November 5th, 2012
4:00 pm
racist bigoted wing nuts, their days are numbered, even in our bright red state
southern hope
November 5th, 2012
4:04 pm
Aqua Girl, you are truly hilarious.
RGB, I don’t mean to sound harsh but your opinions are off the deep end…..do you truly believe what you’re saying? (or is something using your name & having fun with you?)
you guys need to move about in the real world a bit…it is NOTHING like what you’re imagining….
chris
November 5th, 2012
4:06 pm
And if Romney loses, all the NRA nuts, Klan members, Neo-Nazis, and militia men will declare open season on all minorities. Lock down all the trailer parks, while you’re at it.
muddy waters
November 5th, 2012
4:09 pm
Hope the HOA President made sure they laid in a big enough supply of Depends to last for the duration of the riots.
LookingforaridetoWoodstock
November 5th, 2012
4:09 pm
Aquagirl – you finish your MRE and you’ll have a lot of time to get that RPG loaded…because you won’t be going to the bathroom for 3-4 days…..
Carz
November 5th, 2012
4:09 pm
Sounds smart to me. i was considering keeping my middle schooler home on wednesday if Romney wins.
rock in my shoe
November 5th, 2012
4:10 pm
civil unrest after the election if ( fill in the blank) wins. which candidate is he talking about?
doesn’t everyone in there have a pass code to leave or enter the compound?
FM Fats
November 5th, 2012
4:10 pm
Street intel and Loganville is the funniest juxtaposition I have seen in a week.
Aquagirl
November 5th, 2012
4:10 pm
In response to someone’s post … the gates are locked to keep the crazies in!
Clearly this strategy has failed.
Garsua
November 5th, 2012
4:10 pm
I lived in GA during Bush V Gore..don’t remember any riots..Why now?? Oops, This racists folks are out there actively engaging in race bating.
Georgia Voter
November 5th, 2012
4:12 pm
Seriously? This kind of thing, as well as some of the comments here, truly make Georgia look seem like a backward, ignorant state. I try to defend Georgia, and tell my friends that we’re not cousin-kissing, racist hillbillies, but nobody believes me.
FM Fats
November 5th, 2012
4:12 pm
There must be some bad brown acid in Woodstock.
WTF?
November 5th, 2012
4:13 pm
Wow I didn’t realize that Woodstock has become such a dangerous ghetto and I live less than 10 miles sout of there! I guess I will lock my car doors even though my car is in a garage, double make sure the garage door is closed, then I gotta make sure my door to get to the garage is locked, Gonna be a lot of nothing going on after the election.
cc
November 5th, 2012
4:13 pm
Tom@3:48 pm:
Dims used the New Black Panther group to suppress votes during the ‘08 election. I believe they have abandoned that in favor of merely voting several times. They also vote dead folks for good measure.
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:15 pm
Get off my land!!!
Good call
November 5th, 2012
4:15 pm
You all must not ever go on Twitter. Try searching “riot” and see what comes up. There are plenty of people threatening to do that (and worse) if Obama loses.
John Jowers
November 5th, 2012
4:16 pm
Unlikely there will be riots in Woodstock, but they are fairly common after something as simple as a championship sporting event.
http://www.bet.com/news/sports/photos/2012/04/foul-play-riots-after-sporting-events.html#!040412-sports-riots-disco-demolition-night
slk
November 5th, 2012
4:16 pm
and peolpe wonder why companies won’t move to Ga.?????? Go figure..
Patrick
November 5th, 2012
4:17 pm
@LoganvilleGuy
Civil unrest??? Let’s cut the political correctness. Just like illegal immigration, policies are put in place to keep the good folk safe from all those unlike them. Ya wonder why the South still has problems?
Scott Fresno
November 5th, 2012
4:18 pm
I’m locking my gates, too. When Obama wins, there is no telling what those mad tea partiers will do!
Denise
November 5th, 2012
4:19 pm
This is the NUMBER ONE reason why I am leaving next year…TOO MUCH IGNORANCE. You can lock your gate all day but wait until you get to hell…there won’t be anywhere to run. So sad.
Road Scholar
November 5th, 2012
4:19 pm
Enter your comments here
BigAintheBigA
November 5th, 2012
4:19 pm
This is really a dumb article. My parents live in that community and it’s a nice little place. Minorities are welcome. The head honcho of the HOA sends out group emails all the time to the residents and one of the issues they’ve been debating for several months is whether or not to keep the gate closed. They’re usually open during the day and closed at 6pm This is really a trumped up non story and possibly draws attention to a harmless and vulnerable community of senior citizens. Please get a grip people.
chris
November 5th, 2012
4:20 pm
Will be so glad when the election is over. So tired of people showing there true colors, so to speak. What a bunch of hateful, lousy, southern, bigoted, morons.
Skitty Fritty
November 5th, 2012
4:22 pm
chris:
I love your comment because it shows your true colors. There are no hateful, lousy, bigoted, morons up north?
BS
November 5th, 2012
4:22 pm
Carlton your just another liberal idiot that cant except the truth..! FOX is the only news outlet anymore that I can get the truth. After NBC,ABC,CBS,CNN chose to coverup the Benghazi murders I have no faith in them to report the truth, they are all in bed with Nobama same as you…!Why would you vote for a man that has twenty three million out of work,eight percent unemployment,added six trillion in new debt and ignored the plees for help of the four Americans that were killed in Libya, and has ties to a terrorist “Bill Ayers”.The only people that will vote for him are the blacks,gays,hispanics,unions,food stamp moochers and the stupid,which are you….The only reason there should be rioting is if you idiots put nobama back in office……!
Auntie Christ
November 5th, 2012
4:22 pm
BlueX2
November 5th, 2012
3:47 pm
@LoganvilleGuy – really? That ‘intel’ didn’t come to other police departments, at least not to those of us in the larger agencies.
**********************************************
You must not be on the mailing list of any wing nut relatives who feel they have to keep you informed of the socialsit/muslim/fascist revolution just around the corner. Look for the emails that say Fwd Fwd Fwd Fwd Fwd “You gotta read this!” or “WARNING! Please read and pass along! “
Road Scholar
November 5th, 2012
4:23 pm
Lock the gates. Load your guns. Sit in the dark.
Oh, and don’t let the hum of the drone over your shoulder alarm you.
I’m more fearful and entertained by the idiot right and their paranoia.
Me
November 5th, 2012
4:25 pm
Yes, please keep blaming the South. This absolutely does not happen anywhere else.
Skitty Fritty
November 5th, 2012
4:26 pm
I wish I lived up North again where everyone hated each other over their last name and not their skin color. An Italian has to hate an Irish man and so forth.
Road Scholar
November 5th, 2012
4:27 pm
BS: Because your man Bush (shrub) left this country in shambles. Remember that? Now try real hard…..
And your moniker befits you and your beliefs!
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:27 pm
AJC your lack of moderation is ruining this site for everyone.
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:28 pm
You are pathetic.
Skitty Fritty
November 5th, 2012
4:28 pm
Road Scholar:
How long will it take to bring our country back? 10 years, 20 years? Why can’t our President just lead and quit blaming everyone else including Bush?
Skitty Fritty
November 5th, 2012
4:29 pm
By the way, it is Rhode not Road
Optimistic Voter
November 5th, 2012
4:32 pm
This is absolutely too funny! And a complete disconnect from reality.
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:32 pm
I will find you you stupid imposter.
RUKiddingMe
November 5th, 2012
4:34 pm
Probably trying to avoid another Trayvon Martin…
southgate
November 5th, 2012
4:34 pm
Loganville Guy, night security at the Waffle House does not actually constitute working in law enforcement.
Falcon Chuck
November 5th, 2012
4:35 pm
Hey Kenneth Smith, exactly what are you “working on?” You referred to Georgia as having not changed. What freedoms do you not have? Do you want jobs for minorities that they are not qualified for? Reparations? Property seizures of non-minorities? Or just jobs? Please explain, there are so many agendas out there nowadays for helping the so-called disadvantaged.
Lynn
November 5th, 2012
4:36 pm
Because everybody is just dying to get into Woodstock. Please.
woody
November 5th, 2012
4:40 pm
Behaving like colonists in the Belgian Congo! Why don’t they just… move somewhere else? Like: Finland.
loretta
November 5th, 2012
4:41 pm
I live near those gates and the community is modest and full of much older adults who have worked hard and are trying to hold on to their way of life. I’m betting most drive very economical cars, save their ziplock bags, watch every penny so they don’t have to burden their children or ask the government for any more than they feel they have earned over their years in the work force. I don’t get it at this point but I would imagine that when I am in their shoes, I might feel a threatened by the ways of the big sprawling, disposable world…cut them some slack and don’t be so judgmental till you have walked a mile in their orthopedic shoes.
deegee
November 5th, 2012
4:42 pm
If Obama is re-elected I won’t be able to come near my 87 year old Fox News loving mother for at least a month.
markie mark
November 5th, 2012
4:44 pm
I think you guys are missing the point here….in most HOA’s the gates are not normally closed for homeowners in the ‘burbs. They are not locking people out, just closing the gates so you have to use your pass key or code to get in…..jeeze people, think before blogging
Tmck01
November 5th, 2012
4:47 pm
Everyone talks about riots if President Obama loses…as if only democrats, minorities or blacks will be the ones causing the havoc. What about if he wins? I’ve heard conversations, read online comments and threats from those of the “whiter” presuasion wage war and violence if he gets back in the White House…KKK cowardly boys have ironed their sheets in preparation for it. Are you kidding me? Look at history and tell me which race is the one more prone to violence against another race all in the name of civil rights…that’s what I thought.
If it walks like a duck........
November 5th, 2012
4:49 pm
Can’t fix stupid
KH
November 5th, 2012
4:49 pm
I am one of the few I suppose that is a little cautious of violence tomorrow night, I have lived here long enough to remember the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict and there WERE shootings and there WAS violence. My dad unfortunately was there at the time where and when the shootings took place and actually had to hole himself up in a locked room at the Marta station during the chaos, he was absolutely terrified. Hopefully it is just being over cautious but how quickly we forget!
GA Voter
November 5th, 2012
4:50 pm
This simply means the access gates will be closed. Only to be opened by residents as they come and go. They won’t be locked out. They are still free to come and go as they please.
ohforfour
November 5th, 2012
4:50 pm
Some of our local folks just aren’t too bright…
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:54 pm
HA- HA looks like I win punk! They just yanked your fake a$$ because they traced your IP address. The 99% will always win! OBAMA 4-EVER!
ohforfour
November 5th, 2012
4:54 pm
That’s right….. Rodney King Trial – 2012 Presidential election. Roughly the same thing….
Duh
Johnnywad
November 5th, 2012
4:55 pm
What’s the worst they could do?Slash your golf cart tires…..
peteyboy
November 5th, 2012
4:56 pm
RGB is so right on with his comment
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:57 pm
@peteyboy that’s what I was saying too. RGB knows his stuff.
Bernie Matt
November 5th, 2012
4:58 pm
Alright peace out everyone. You know who the real me is.
Mark T
November 5th, 2012
4:59 pm
Maybe you should check twitter Jim gullible, hundreds upon hundreds of blacks tweeted if Romney wins they were going to riot among other things…I guess we should just assume there joking right?
Kris
November 5th, 2012
4:59 pm
Break out your finest tin foil hats…..the aliens from from the planet Kolob are mounting an attack .They will be easy to spot look for the secret underwear and the secret polygamy pledge.
The gates in Woodstock are locked to keep out the political arsonists.
Re-elect President OBAMA!
LooseScrew
November 5th, 2012
5:01 pm
Because the very first thing any decent crowd of rioters is going to do, would be to vandalize a 55+ community 40 minutes north of Atlanta………
truthbtold
November 5th, 2012
5:01 pm
The Civil Unrest will come later if Romney is elected. You think we have been in a recession – This candidate will surely sink the country into a depression. This is a candidate with no plan of action for anything at all. He just wants to be elected, and those that are supporting him just want to see what happens. What happens is party politics runs the country. The Republicans will not support any legislation proposed by a Democratic administration, and The Democrats will not support any legislation proposed by a Republican administration. And with Romney, half of the Republicans won’t even support him. This country is just that divided. People will not even support what’s in the best interest of the country. They just want to win!
Dawg
November 5th, 2012
5:01 pm
Kris I just have a regular tin foil hat. It isn’t very fine. Is that ok?
Aquagirl
November 5th, 2012
5:02 pm
They are still free to come and go as they please.
Unless they vote for Obama, in which case they will be scourged at the gates and their heads displayed on pikes.
Bet that’ll keep the riff-raff away.
Tomahawk Holmes
November 5th, 2012
5:03 pm
Romney will “fix this on Day One”!
Easy
November 5th, 2012
5:04 pm
Almost a record, it only took six blogs for the CLOSED gates to become LOCKED gates! You folks should have paid more attention in grade school and just maybe you would learned to read.
» Woodstock Community Closes Gates To Protect From Civil Unrest, Teens On Lawn Marvin Arrington Jr.
November 5th, 2012
5:07 pm
[...] Jim Galloway has quit pointing fingers at me long enough to make sure we know about this little gem from the New York Times. A gated community near Atlanta has decided to step up security this week. The reason is not burglaries, but another issue entirely: the presidential election. [...]
Dale
November 5th, 2012
5:11 pm
Seriously? Wondering what kind of people live there? This is one sub division I won’t be looking to move to.
Kris
November 5th, 2012
5:15 pm
@ Easy…..he story mentions “closed and Locked”….Jim which is correct?
The Right 1
November 5th, 2012
5:15 pm
Obama supporters have been sending out Tweets threatning to “take to the streets” if Barry is beaten. I guess this HOA took them at their word.
alcam
November 5th, 2012
5:22 pm
if the men in the ‘hood come to woodstock to protest and the gates are closed, what they supposed to do?
What next!
November 5th, 2012
5:32 pm
Jim
I know who Stanley and Thomas are because you identified them. Who is Bentley? Unless I’m getting old (heaven forbid because apparently your readers hate old people… I’m only 77) I didn’t find him identified in your post.
Edward
November 5th, 2012
5:32 pm
So, when there is violence in the African American Community, committed by African Americans, after Romney wins the election, what will you limp wristed apologists have to say?
Blame Bush?
binq
November 5th, 2012
5:36 pm
I am amused by the posts about the derogatory comments pertaining to rednecks and southerners . Most of the people posting are most likely from the north to begin with and chose to move here for a job and a better life. I am the only native I am aware of and i am supposed to turn the light off when i leave. By the way, Delta flys nonstop to most of your former hometowns.
SemperFI
November 5th, 2012
5:38 pm
ITs amazing to see the comments. I defend your freedoms with my life as well as many other hispanics, black, italian, asians , and many other marines. We dont see color. Only light green and dark green marines. While some of your sad attempts at saracasm border racist and pig headed its still amusing to see we as Americans cant have an intelligent conversation of ideas without the racial under tones…high end blue jeans and tennis shoes? For all you idiots behind the keyboards black or white we cant get along as americans how do we defend the war on terror where they only care to harm americans. Whether you are pro mitt or pro bama do it intelligently minus the insults.
southern hope
November 5th, 2012
5:38 pm
“Good call” at 4:15 pm — for the heck of it, I took your suggestion and typed in “riot” at Twitter to see threats by Obama supporters that they’re going to riot if he loses. Guess what I found? Conservatives saying that they think liberals are going to riot if Obama loses….please please realize that many of you just aren’t living in reality world….
Mac
November 5th, 2012
5:39 pm
Voter intimidation & hateful ignorance – way to give the rest of Georgia a bad rep! .
jgalloway
November 5th, 2012
5:41 pm
Dear What next!
Thanks for the catch. I’m old enough so that my typos are entire words these days.
Pete
November 5th, 2012
5:44 pm
I am more fearful of unrest from the right should Romney lose, not from the left should Obama lose.
Athens Girl
November 5th, 2012
5:48 pm
Gee and people wonder why we’re trying to move out of Woodstock.
Intown
November 5th, 2012
5:50 pm
right, because the first thing someone would do if their candidate doesn’t win is drive up to freakin’ Woodstock, Ga to ransack a senior community. Me thinks those gates are pointless to begin with.
DwayneL
November 5th, 2012
5:53 pm
Can’t blame them….obama supporters tend to be violent thugs!
AMEN RA
November 5th, 2012
6:12 pm
THIS IS NOTHING NEW IN THIS RED NECK STATE, THAT WHY YOU ALL ARE SO FAR BEHIDE IN EVERY THING .BUNCH OF FOOL .HOTEP
islandsole
November 5th, 2012
6:23 pm
I don’t think that people realize that when the gates to a subdivision in Georgia are closed, it doesn’r mean they are locked. It simply means that anyone entering the subdivision will need to use their access card/code or have a resident let them in.
Bill Stanley
November 5th, 2012
6:24 pm
He said “enhance controlled access” not lock the gates. It’s a gated community that generally leaves the gates open with no access control – for 24 hours they will now actually just use what their HOA fees have paid for.
Why why why?
November 5th, 2012
6:34 pm
Tom
November 5th, 2012
3:40 pm
My advice….swat rioters with your pineapple flag
HILARIOUS! Post of the day!
planet kolob
November 5th, 2012
6:35 pm
This is the funniest sriff I’ve read in a long time. And i mean the comments from both sides.
Why why why?
November 5th, 2012
6:41 pm
BS
November 5th, 2012
4:22 pm
FOX is the only news outlet anymore that I can get the truth.
You should see Chris’s 4:20 post. I think that was directed to you.
DB
November 5th, 2012
6:47 pm
I don’t know what’s funnier — some 55+ community barring its doors after an election or the comments on this blog!!! Aquagirl, you may have to buy me a new monitor — this one has Diet Coke all over it from my laughter! And T, your comment on “and you thought zombies weren’t real” really scared up a cackle — I wonder if they happened upon them filming a scene from “The Walking Dead” near Atlanta and misinterpreted it?!
Everyone chill out. It will all be over tomorrow, thank God. Everyone can go back to muttering and yelling at the news, instead of each other.
I was so disappointed today when a co-worker picked up a Staples ad and then put it down, shaking her head. “Oh, I’m not buying anything from Staples — their chairman is a big Romney supporter.” I asked her, sarcastically, if she had information on the voting habits of the chairmen of Office Depot, Office Max and other office supply stores around town, so that she could be sure not to darken their doors if THEY were Romney supporters, too. She laughed — uncomfortably. I wish people could simply respect other people’s right to vote their conscience, instead of casting aspersions on their character and intelligence if they don’t feel the same way you do. Let’s do this: Let’s just ASSUME that people are voting for the candidate of their choice because they truly believe that candidate is the best choice for this country, and let’s not assign evil motives to those who vote differently. I truly believe that most people vote the way they do because, out of love for our country, they take the responsibility for choosing our President seriously.
JL
November 5th, 2012
6:54 pm
Are the riots inside or outside the gates? Will there be popcorn?
cc
November 5th, 2012
7:02 pm
“I truly believe that most people vote the way they do because, out of love for our country,”
Yep, it’s not unusual at all for 97+% of one race of voters to decide that a member of their own race is the best candidate, and vote accordingly “out of love for our country”.
No . . .
Not unusual at all!
Rerun
November 5th, 2012
7:04 pm
Why is it that when the minority in question here does not get their way, the fires start? And why as a society do we accept that?
Serious Robuck
November 5th, 2012
7:10 pm
cc, I hope you have some medication handy for tomorrow night. You’ll need it, I think. By the way, has anyone ever told you you’re a racist?
Woodstock Community Closes Gates To Protect From Civil Unrest, Teens On Lawn
November 5th, 2012
7:11 pm
[...] Jim Galloway has quit pointing fingers at me long enough to make sure we know about this little gem from the New York Times. A gated community near Atlanta has decided to step up security this week. The reason is not burglaries, but another issue entirely: the presidential election. [...]
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:16 pm
CC SAYS if blacks vote for OBAMA they dont love their country but if we vote for whites then we love our country…lol…that poor racist
cc
November 5th, 2012
7:21 pm
“By the way, has anyone ever told you you’re a racist?”
You can forget the “racist” crap, it doesn’t work on me. Besides, the biggest racist bigots I’ve ever know have been black . . .
But you go ahead and follow the Obama “talking points”. That is exactly what you have been programmed to say.
Idiot . . .
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:24 pm
cc says blacks who vote for blacks are racist…lol
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:25 pm
the MORMON MESSIAH will be toast tomorrow as he rifdes back off into the sunset with his weird sons behind him…
Hillbilly D
November 5th, 2012
7:26 pm
Nothing an HOA does would surprise me. Glad I’m not subjected to the rules of one.
Chuck Allison
November 5th, 2012
7:26 pm
It’s just like New Year’s eve. Better to stay home and be safe than sorry. Vote early and get home before dark.
Jeff
November 5th, 2012
7:26 pm
Another backward and embarrassing action putting GA in negative light to the rest of the world. So glad I moved out of Woodstock 16 years ago. Geez!
Jedripit
November 5th, 2012
7:26 pm
Why can’t we ever get it the way we need it, like:
Fearful of Election Day aftermath, a White community in Woodstock will post volunteer armed guards at its gates
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:27 pm
i’ll be watching the election results from the BLUE FLAME …mmmm chocolate pudding
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:28 pm
hope WOODSTOCK residents have their robes ironed…nothing worse than wrinkles sheets
cc
November 5th, 2012
7:28 pm
“So glad I moved out of Woodstock 16 years ago. ”
Probably not nearly as happy as the residents of Woodstock were to see you go!
Whirled Peas
November 5th, 2012
7:29 pm
In 1990 I had just moved here from Minnesota and had a 9th floor corner office downtown Atlanta. I watched the crowd roll out of the 5 points MARTA station like a hive of bees angered by the Rodney King decision. I watched the savage crowd descend on a poor white guy walking down the street and beat him within an inch of his life. My view of the world changed in an instant and I realized what a bunch of animal low-lifes lived here.
Then I turned on the radio and listened to the radio station reporter in the helicopter above describe these vicious animals as “demonstrators”. In an instant I realized that the people were not being informed by the press what was going on. My view of the press was changed in an instant. I called my wife and told her to pull the kids out of school, lock the doors and stay inside.
22 years later I remember those images like they were yesterday. If I see them again, I’ll be ready.
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:30 pm
@whirled peas
dude eat some peas…lol
Jedripit
November 5th, 2012
7:31 pm
From Anti Racist Rules for Whites (Woodstock breaks the rules):
“No matter how dangerous blacks are, being scared of them is worse”.
Gunluvr
November 5th, 2012
7:31 pm
If there is a problem the limit of advance won’t go any farther than the MARTA lines mainly on the south side of town. There’s not gonna be a replay of the riots in downtown like in 92. People are ready this time.
hermancain
November 5th, 2012
7:34 pm
you woodstock folks like a good negro like me dontcha…i’m not like them uppity negros from up north
ERMAHGERD GERGER BERDERGS
November 5th, 2012
7:37 pm
Let’s be honest, there aren’t enough Democratic voters in Woodstock to ever conjure up something that could be called a riot.
hermancain
November 5th, 2012
7:38 pm
WILL THEY LET a good boy like me in?
ReaderRick
November 5th, 2012
7:38 pm
Remember it is a HOA, they have always done silly things that the home owners disagree with.
Pippi LongSausage
November 5th, 2012
7:40 pm
You mean there will be hoards of angry old, white men looting and burning when Obama wins?
cc
November 5th, 2012
7:40 pm
Whirled Peas:
I was there . . .
We found that pepper spray dropped from the helicopters was dispersed well by the wind from the props, although physical contact was required in making arrests.
No one has adequately explained to me why something that happened in LA was of such consequence to people in Atlanta, other than the fact they just wanted to riot.
hermancain
November 5th, 2012
7:42 pm
@long sausage
ahh the food ole days! damn liberals done messed this country up
hermancain
November 5th, 2012
7:42 pm
@long sausage
ahh the good ole days!
SS88
November 5th, 2012
7:47 pm
Woodstock has 23,896 residents. 79.3% of the residents are white. This is a residential community for folks 55+. Who exactly are they expecting to riot? The local bridge club?
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:48 pm
will they have a sundown laws to keep blacks out of woodstock too?
hasher
November 5th, 2012
7:52 pm
I was present at a Veteran’s Day ceremony in a small town in Georgia after Obama’s first year in office. A top official from a small local college spoke to the crowd of veterans and patriots. He quoted from the declaration of independence and exhorted the crowd that we have a right and a duty to revolt. The right wing and their claim to be the only Christians and the only patriots threatens this country in a very real way. This election will prove to them they are not speaking for country but only for their own paranoia. We elected Obama. We will elect him again tomorrow.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
November 5th, 2012
7:56 pm
Good luck with that Hasher! I sincerely hope you are wrong — for the good of EVERYONE in this country!!!
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:56 pm
@hasher
the rightwingers are a bunch of angry rabid chickenhawks , nothing more. nobody fears them theyre amusing at best and nauseating at worst
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
7:58 pm
old rightwingers fondly remember the days when whites struck fear in the hearts of blacks. now theyre fearful of everything; gays,blacks,hispanics,liberals,muslims etc.
Serawyn
November 5th, 2012
8:02 pm
I notice the only place the word LOCKED is used is in the title. The quote says closed. There are a lot of gated communities that open the gate early in the morning and close them at a certain hour. It seems to me this community has just decided to close them early on Tuesday. I am quite sure that they will be able to get in and out by a controlled access panel, or whatever set up they have there. Seems it is the person who TITLED the article knew how to get people to react the way they wanted. A CLOSED and LOCKED access gate are two different things.
rrssc
November 5th, 2012
8:03 pm
Hope the riots don’t interfere with any pineapple parties.
rrssc
November 5th, 2012
8:05 pm
About the only thing there is fewer of than democrats in Woodstock is blacks. So, the fear of civil unrest must be associated with the angry old white gun-toters up thisaway when the muslim beats the mormon.
230gr Full Metal Jacket
November 5th, 2012
8:07 pm
Face it folks — it doesn’t matter who wins tomorrow night, because WE ALL LOSE if either of these morons gets elected. Obama is a proven bigot/racist and an utter failure as a POTUS. He even makes George Bush look smart (and i didn’t know ANYONE other than Jimmy Carter could do that!!). Romney is just another schmuck who thinks he is smarter than everyone else because his Daddy had money. Either way, WE lose.
But as a devout independent, I do find it interesting to read the posts on here. They would certainly lead any reasonable adult with an IQ above 2-digits to the conclussion that those on the left are even more racist and hypocritical than those on the right (just an independant outsiders observation, nothing more).
And remember folks: VOTING FOR SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE IS JUST AS RACIST AS VOTING AGAINST SOMEONE BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE!!! If you vote for Obama because he is supposedly “black” then you are no better than a klan supporter who votes against Obama purely due to his race. Vote for the individual based on his ideaology, not based on what the DNC/RNC talking points tell you!! I’m begining to believe that we, as a nation, are no longer capable of cognitive logic or independant thought.
Liars to the left of me, jokers to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you……………………………..
Woodstock Native
November 5th, 2012
8:15 pm
I’m betting it’s the old people neighborhood that is on Trickum rd. that backs up to the new city hall. Also I like how people say we’re rednecks here, well there are a minute few, I consider myself one. However, 98% of Woodstock today is made of transplants from other states, if you go to Townelake, most of them are from New York state. If you are reading this and live in Woodstock, I bet you are one too.
MITT NEEDED A TELEPROMPTER
November 5th, 2012
8:18 pm
@full metal jacket
u sound like an ignorant rightwinger…
Truth is
November 5th, 2012
8:19 pm
Grumpy old white guys do get testy when they don’t get their own way. Probably is a good idea to lock them out until they calm down.
Alphadog
November 5th, 2012
8:19 pm
News flash, Bubba… MARTA don’t go to Wodstock
Marie
November 5th, 2012
8:21 pm
Paranoia at its best.
Dave
November 5th, 2012
8:26 pm
I think I’m in love with Aquagirl.
Georgia Peach
November 5th, 2012
8:29 pm
You people really respond to fear….
Mike
November 5th, 2012
8:29 pm
Today I went to Walmart and saw a pickup truck with three….yes, three…traitor flags (aka confederate flags) flying from the back.
What a shame. It’s only because of the UNION’s First Amendment that those traitors are allowed to fly that ugly flag at all. It’s not illegal, but it’s UNAMERICAN.
Regardless, they can keep flying it from their pickup trucks all they like, but it’s the UNION flag that their kids pledge allegiance to everyday in school, and it’s the UNION flag that dominates the flagpoles at the library, post office, and everywhere else.
The good guys’ flag flies highest.
UGA ECONOMICS MAJOR
November 5th, 2012
8:32 pm
georgia and the south ..really has anything changed???wow cant wait to move out of the south when i retire????SUBURBAN ATLANTA AND THE SOUTH DECORATED TO APPEAR PROGRESSIVE….
MT
November 5th, 2012
8:41 pm
I say let em, Folks up their are so outta touch anyway by living in their bubbles, they forget that their isn’t a large amount of black folk that live up there. Woodstock/Cherokee isn’t the most welcoming friendly city/county anyways and this stunt just plays into the stereotype. No news shocker here. LoL
freeloaders
November 5th, 2012
8:42 pm
you can bank on the fact that these retirees have or will greatly outstrip any payments that they made to Social Security and Medicare. When they started paying in, the life expectancy that was used to calculate their payments was much lower. They’ve reelected the same group of thieves over and over, holding them to nothing and allowing them to run up deficits in the trillions. Now this generation of Baby Boomers has bankrupted the nation and they should be scared that the rest of us wake up and put a stop to it.
CIA
November 5th, 2012
8:45 pm
The US just needs to separate itself into various nations. The Northeast (from Maine to DC and S. FL). The Southeast (KY, GA, SC, NC, TN, AR, LA, MS), Greater Texas (TX, NM, OK) Midwest (MN, IL, KS, SD, ND, NE, OH, MI, IN, VA, WV), Western States of America (SoCal, UT, CO, ID, MT, WY, Southern NV) and the NorthWest (NoCal, WA, OR, Northern Nev), Alaska would be its own country as well. Hawaii could be its own country but have a military agreement with the Western States of America.
hasher
November 5th, 2012
8:45 pm
We pay way too much for health care. That is an undeniable fact. Single payer system would have been better but impossible to achieve. Obama set us on the right path.
We don’t need to be the lone ranger policing the world. Obama has us out of Iraq and exiting Afghanistan.
We have the worst distribution of income since the 1920s. This is the prime source of our economic problems. Plenty of wealth – supply. Too little demand – wages. Our companies are making record profits. Obama had identified this issue and is addressing it.
Our military is too large. I wish Obama would attack this juggernaut more directly.
I see a clear choice and I am confident that the POTUS will continue to lead us to peace and prosperity.
billy
November 5th, 2012
8:46 pm
mr. galloway, do you seriously get paid to just post other stories? where do i sign up? obviously you let someone from a ny blog to do the work for you. once again, where can we all sign up to do what you do???
CIA
November 5th, 2012
8:47 pm
Just divide the country up. Carve it up. We could even give certain parts of the country to Blacks, and Latinos only. The people in this country don’t know what they have here, don’t appreciate it and sure as hell don’t deserve it. 100 Hundred years from now Kids will be reading about a once great strong country called the United States of America.
Kris
November 5th, 2012
8:51 pm
Aha..Big Bird is safe behind locked/closed gates.
I have a idea lets put shady dEAL behind bars to keep out the political arsonists.
Mayfair tower
November 5th, 2012
8:55 pm
the mayfair tower a high rise licated in midtown has a board that steals from its members. id b happy to have a board worried about my safety, instead of trying to figure out how to keep stealing from the members.
cc
November 5th, 2012
9:05 pm
“Aha..Big Bird is safe behind locked/closed gates.”
Good!
That will make him easier to locate as Thanksgiving approaches!
Fry Big Bird . . .
Vote American! Romney/Ryan – 2012!
lol
November 5th, 2012
9:10 pm
woodstock lol
between all the brokeback yanks that couldn’t afford alpharetta and their inept police, im not in the least bit surprised.
OldTimer
November 5th, 2012
9:10 pm
The last time the South won a civil war, would be, uhh let’s think, oh here it comes, never.
Jersey Boys whupped em good and solid.
bill
November 5th, 2012
9:11 pm
Been oiling my Remimgton 870 for just such an occasion
Simon Jester
November 5th, 2012
9:12 pm
Well, let’s see. The leftist idiots have been threatening to riot and worse if Obama loses, so why is this crazy and/or racist? Most people using the term “racist” are ignorant of it’s meaning anyway.
For one, I don’t see Obama’s followers as having that much ambition, so except for a few cases, I think it will be pretty quiet if he loses. If anyone but Obama’s followers were making these threats, they’d be calling for arrests.
Kris
November 5th, 2012
9:33 pm
@ cc…Thats why Big Bird is behind locked gates in Woodstock to protect him from political arsonists,
OBAMA 2012
Thrash
November 5th, 2012
9:38 pm
If we have to endure a little violence to get rid of the brown clown then so be it.
John
November 5th, 2012
9:42 pm
Woodstock is awesome!!
RUkiddingme
November 5th, 2012
9:43 pm
Just moved from Georgia and do not miss home when I see redneck gutter trash like this. FYI- NO ONE with any brains, class, or teeth, wants your tacky Woodstock McMansion- for shame!
A.B. Normal
November 5th, 2012
9:49 pm
HOA = Horribly Onerous A$$holes
DebDoes
November 5th, 2012
10:02 pm
I’ve bought a supply of white shirts and black pants while I ride my bike around town and my husband is looking for a few more wives……if Romney wins. Now will someone tell me how many grandmothers did Romney really have? I heard it was a lot. Go Vote!
Question Man
November 5th, 2012
10:05 pm
Isn’t it reasonable to worry that Republicans in Woodstock will riot on Tuesday after Mitt loses?
Glen
November 5th, 2012
10:07 pm
Since a Romney victory is all but assured, we’ll soon find out if obama supporters are sore losers or not. I hope not, but based on the left’s rhetoric, I don’t blame anyone for being prepared.
And the comment from safe is right on target. If something does happen, the same folks in the media that are making fun of the folks in Woodstock will lambast the HOAs for not taking prudent steps. Monday morning quarterback suck!
bigdawg1
November 5th, 2012
10:11 pm
“Stupid is as stupid does!”
-Forrest Gump
Renard
November 5th, 2012
10:12 pm
I believe that’s called “sitting ducks”. LOL
Renard
November 5th, 2012
10:12 pm
Enter your comments here
B. Thenet
November 5th, 2012
10:24 pm
I suspect the President of that HOA is a regular commenter at InfoWars or Free Republic. What a joke.
MAXXA
November 5th, 2012
10:24 pm
It’s fun to read all the snarky comments from libs mocking people who would dare take steps to protect themselves from potential threats …all while we are seeing their (lib) brothers and sisters in NJ/NY whining heavily about how little good ole uncle sam has done for their liberal asses a week into the hurricane aftermath.
Snark on oh good, tolerant and all knowing libs. Snark on. Da Gummit will be there to save you. Trust me.
Kris
November 5th, 2012
10:24 pm
It’s a sure bet that with Barrack Obama as commander and chief we will not be fighting (god forbid) any future wars with bayonets and the finest show horses.
Now the HOA in Woodstock that’s a horse of a different color.
Re-elect President OBAMA
MacGirl
November 5th, 2012
10:26 pm
Entrance gates being closed doesn’t mean they are “locked”, preventing cars/residents from driving in. It means you have to have your access card to open the gates. They live in a gated community. Why is it such a big deal? It’s their right to not allow non-residents to roam around. (Gated communities also have to pay to maintain their streets, since the city doesn’t maintain roads once it becomes a private road).
MacGirl
November 5th, 2012
10:26 pm
Entrance gates being closed doesn’t mean they are “locked”, preventing cars/residents from driving in. It means you have to have your access card to open the gates. They live in a gated community. Why is it such a big deal? It’s their right to not allow non-residents to roam around. (Gated communities also have to pay to maintain their streets, since the city doesn’t maintain roads once it becomes a private road).
MacGirl
November 5th, 2012
10:26 pm
Entrance gates being closed doesn’t mean they are “locked”, preventing cars/residents from driving in. It means you have to have your access card to open the gates. They live in a gated community. Why is it such a big deal? It’s their right to not allow non-residents to roam around. (Gated communities also have to pay to maintain their streets, since the city doesn’t maintain roads once it becomes a private road).
tom
November 5th, 2012
10:28 pm
Jim galloway, what a true joke you have become. Apologize some for joe hellfire lowery. Pretend like their will not be civil unrest if obama does not win tomorrow. Who am I kidding, your fatass has always been a complete farcical joke. Your ignorant, pathetic ass would not know journalistic objectivity if it bit you on the nose. Go back to masturbating about obama, you partisan loser.
Fun Size
November 5th, 2012
10:34 pm
OMG!!!!!! I would NEVER want to live anywhere with a HOA, let alone an idiotic one led by Chicken Little himself. I’m over 55 myself but these folks give our demograpic a bad rap….if there is anarchy, nobody is gonna be targeting the Villages of Woodstock LMAO!!!!
bali high
November 5th, 2012
10:35 pm
Scotty! Please beam me up!, No intelligent life here in woodstock, And HURRY!
bali high
November 5th, 2012
10:44 pm
Another liar, Must be Mitts cousin.
Kris
November 5th, 2012
10:55 pm
Sorry Captain I can only beam bali 47% of the way to the planet Kolob….
TechRon
November 5th, 2012
11:10 pm
Silliest nonsense I ever heard of.
TunaMan
November 5th, 2012
11:10 pm
this guy is a Nut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bull Connor
November 5th, 2012
11:16 pm
Wow…..do we really have to vote, or can we just install Mitt Romney as our next President and Lester Maddux as Vice President They have all the answers……. I think, just ask my best friends Neal Bortz and “Fox & Friends” . I love Woodstock…..Sincerely, Bull Connor & Lester Maddux
Levi
November 5th, 2012
11:30 pm
As long as everyone’s lawn is cut to the proper length………I don’t see a problem.
Dunwoody
November 5th, 2012
11:41 pm
This is stupid. Clearly, the president of the homeowners’ association is just trying to keep his folks from going out and getting into some sort of trouble should the election not go their way. If he can keep the people in this area fenced in, they won’t be about to go out and cause trouble.
rlm
November 5th, 2012
11:43 pm
How funny. This man is wigged out. He needs to watch the movie, ” The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming.” Somebody get him a helmet and a riding crop.
Kris
November 5th, 2012
11:58 pm
Woodstock would be a good place for shady deal to hold his dirty deal meetings after all it behind closed locked doors…Ever wonder why deal always does the dirty Dealing late Friday and over the weekend? Where there is political arsonists there is a shady deal happening.
BlueX2
November 6th, 2012
12:03 am
@ Tom – That should be “there” not “their.”
Don Coyote
November 6th, 2012
12:18 am
Whatever you do, make sure you don’t wear your hoodie in Woodstock tomorrow night.
PuddleStank Jankins
November 6th, 2012
1:06 am
Well this is about as ignorant a thing as I’ve come to expect out of Woodstock.
“Better lock yours doors I think there might be some angry black ’round here somewhere Oh’ Lord Jesus save me from the minorities!”
No, yeah, but seriously. I’m going to post flyers of this neighborhood around low-income housing in Atlanta tomorrow morning so all of the peasant folk know where the Obama “My President is Black” Gucci Mane ElectionFest AfterParty is going to go down. It’s gonna be off the hizzle for shizzle am I right?! Regardless of outcome there’ll be free food (I suggest slow cooked pork with a bit of fried chicken and mashed potatoes… That sounds delicious, I can’t wait) and free alcohol. I’ve got the flyers printed already, purple and gold baby.
Ya’ll are going to learn to love your fellow man. Interracial tolerance party!
John
November 6th, 2012
1:17 am
Kinda funny how this gets press yet when blacks threaten violence if Obama loses, the media ignores it. Just like Benghazi.
ga dawg
November 6th, 2012
1:24 am
this is nothing more than moronic paranoia by some tea party nut
Sunny Day
November 6th, 2012
2:05 am
Speaking of voting, you folks up there best vote Mr. Bill Stanley out as president of the HOA asap! NY or some major loony liberal bastion may have trouble but a retirement community in Woodstock puhleeeese!
David
November 6th, 2012
5:53 am
There will only be riots if the DARK age comes to an end. There will definitely be unrest if that happens…how else will those people get their new TV’s and stereos?
Tiredoffools
November 6th, 2012
5:59 am
Well, most HOA presidents are looking for ways to exert their authority, but even if there IS civil unrest, the outlying areas of Atlanta should be safe – that’s why people move to suburbia – to get away from the trash element in the cities. And all of you laughing at the possibility of unrest, I bet YOU won’t be going to downtown Atlanta – or any other big city – when Obama loses tonight.
Michael B
November 6th, 2012
6:04 am
We’ll wake up tomorrow and it’ll still be America, and most likely the world will not end. Angry and frightened old white people will still exist, and moronic rants will continue. Ben Gazzara was a heckuva actor, although Fox seems to want to mislead us about that – and pretty much everythig else. Stay away from the Kool-Aid.
Trouble Solver
November 6th, 2012
6:10 am
I’ll be sitting on my porch with a shot gun…waiting for this unrest.
Julia
November 6th, 2012
6:16 am
Oh for the love of God. this is what happens when people watch Fox News. it has created a nation of idiots. anyone who has something to say about that can just bite me.
Trayvon Hunter
November 6th, 2012
6:18 am
Expect the Trayvons to riot. The good news is they will riot in their own pot.
catlady
November 6th, 2012
6:32 am
Well, now we know where to go to raise h3ll!
Mongo
November 6th, 2012
6:35 am
Smart move.
Michael Marr
November 6th, 2012
6:45 am
Four years of crazy culminates with this. Four years of angry rhetoric will no doubt lead to some crazy shooting up some politically related person or entity that offends them.
On the other hand, I don’t think the gangbangers, drug dealers, killers, robbers and disgruntled teenagers care about who represents us when they shoot up the place. That’s our true day to day problem, not which political party we want to steal from us.
nancy
November 6th, 2012
6:50 am
The Man that is Mitt ROMNEY THE JOB “CREATOR’s” SOLUTION IS
Let Detroit Go Bankrupt
By MITT ROMNEY
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html?_r=1&
nancy
November 6th, 2012
6:50 am
Romney on “Women’s Rights And Choices Based On Religious Conscience”
http://womeninbusiness.about.com/od/womenspolitics/a/Where-Does-Mitt-Romney-Stand-On-Womens-Issues_2.htm
In the thick of the race to seek the Republican presidential race nomination, the GOP stands accused of engaging in a “war on women,” something the GOP loudly protests at every turn.
But as Shaw Kenawe points out, the GOP’s “determination to make a legal medical procedure more and more difficult for women, and for the presumptive nominee, Willard [Mitt] Romney, to say that one of the first things he would do as president is withdraw all government funding from Planned Parenthood, an organization that serves the health needs of poor women who are under insured or who have no insurance at all.”
Jennifer Epstein (Politico.com) reminds us of Romney’s public position on women’s rights. ” Romney’s statement that he would ‘get rid’ of Planned Parenthood and his support for a congressional measure to give any employer the chance to opt out of covering any health expense for “moral reasons.”
Marie Diamond also shared insights about Romney’s ambiguity on choice issues, “Although he claimed, ‘I would like to see the Supreme Court return this right to the states,’ he has recently pledged to push for federal abortion restrictions … Romney said he would expand a Bush-era rule that allows doctors to deny women access to contraceptives.”
Igor Volsky wrote an article (2011) about Romney’s intentions if he became president. “In the final days of the Bush administration, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) adopted a “conscience rule” permitting federally funded health care providers to opt out of health care services they found objectionable.” President Obama reversed the rule that, “could allow practitioners to deny women access to commonly used methods of birth control like ‘oral contraceptives, emergency contraception, and the IUD.’”
Mitt Romney has pledged to restore and strengthen the conscience protection. “We have to allow people to practice their faith and when they have a matter of conscience that they can’t participate in some form of activity which violates their faith, then they should be able to abide by their faith, particularly when there are plenty of opportunities for people to have a service provided.”
nancy
November 6th, 2012
6:51 am
Paul Ryan says RAPE IS ANOTHER FORM OF CONCEPTION!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cat5SyMBSpk
nancy
November 6th, 2012
6:51 am
8 years of mismanagement of the US economy requires 8 years of fixing. The people criticizing Obama for not fixing the economy in 4 years need to stop drinking the Kool-aid and use their common sense. When Obama took office, we were losing 600,000 jobs a MONTH! When Obama took office, banks were going BANKRUPT. When Obama took office, we were spending BILLIONS on a war in IRAQ. When Obama took office, Wall Street was losing BILLIONS of dollars. When Obama took office, the value of our houses were under the prices we BOUGHT them. When Obama took office, BIN LADEN was still threatening the US with MORE terrorism. And when OBAMA took office, the American CAR industry was going BANKRUPT.
What did Obama achieve in 4 years?
We are NO LONGER LOSING 600,000 jobs, but NOW we have growth in JOB CREATION bringing the UNEMPLOYMENT f
rom 10 percent to 8 percent. He added FOUR MILLION JOBS during the 4 years which is a HUGE CHANGE from the 600,000 jobs we were LOSING in 2008.
The Banks are PROFITABLE under his presidency. The AMERICAN CAR industry was SAVED by OBAMA , although ROMNEY said LET THE AMERICAN CAR INDUSTRY GO BANKRUPT.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html?_r=0
Obama ended the WAR IN IRAQ, AND KILLED OSAMA BIN LADEN. The Housing Market is going back to the way it was because of the OBAMA’s presidency. And finally, the HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANIES CAN NO LONGER REFUSE YOU INSURANCE FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITION.
And this is only in 4 YEARS. AS I SAID, 8 YEARS OF DAMAGE REQUIRES 8 YEARS OF FIXING.
Willis
November 6th, 2012
6:53 am
With all the guns won’t they be able to defend themselves? Just set up vigilantes at the gates with their assault rifles and prepare for war!
Willis
November 6th, 2012
6:56 am
Why does Romney get a tax deduction for his show horse?
Victor Gagne
November 6th, 2012
7:10 am
This is why “Friends don’t let friends buy a condo”. You have got to be nuts
to ever buy one.
Victor Gagne
November 6th, 2012
7:10 am
This is why “Friends don’t let friends buy a condo”. You have got to be nuts
to ever buy one.
cc
November 6th, 2012
7:15 am
This thread has deteriorated to the point of sheer stupidity with posts from the brainwashed, brain-dead Obama worshippers. Most of you are so programmed (or blindly prejudiced?) that you wouldn’t recognize an original thought if it hit you squarely in the backside. Why not take your mindless drivel and attempt to sell it to people dumber than you are, if you can find any such people?
BigAintheBigA
November 6th, 2012
7:17 am
Repeating myself here but this is a completely bogus and actually irresponsible story. I have relatives that live in that community and it’s nothing like it’s being portrayed. The leaving the gates closed issue has been a popular topic for the community of SENIORS for some months now. Nothing to do with the election. Rummy yellow journalism at it’s finest and quite probably more trouble than it’s worth. Just scare the devil out of a bunch of harmless old folks why don’t you.
Ga Oldtimer
November 6th, 2012
7:17 am
…Unfortunately, all of you should direct your animosity towards the AJC, for irresponsibly running this story to begin with…….. SHAME ON YOU AJC, and your TWO-BIT editorial crew….
raleturn
November 6th, 2012
7:31 am
The reality is we do have 2 certain elements of society that react different when the do not like an outcome. All one has to do is look at the state trial of the officers found not guilty in the beating of Rodney King and the state trial of OJ Simpson found not guilty of murder. While both elements of society did not like the outcome, only one was willing to take it to the point of violence. It reads as if the HOA president in Woodstock is being a prudent individual who has a fiduciary responsibility to the subdivision.
cc
November 6th, 2012
7:49 am
Ga Oldtimer:
You are EXACTLY right!
Ol' Timer
November 6th, 2012
7:57 am
First, the internet commercial with the ol’ folks acting a little raunchy was a joke. Kind of like a SNL skit, but apparently some are not able to pick up on satire and missed the point.
As far as the threat of violence is concerned, I can’t imagine it happening but it has often happened following championship sporting victories — and we didn’t hear about gated communities shutting down.
On the other hand, people should be genuinely pissed at the attempts to suppress the vote with voter registration purges and reduced hours for early voting. Strangely, these extreme measures were not taken in previous elections — and 2000 does provide a precedent for underhanded, Karl Rove inspired, dirty tricks and underhanded dealings.
And, so it goes. . . .and remember, WE GET THE GOVERNMENT WE DESERVE!
cc
November 6th, 2012
7:58 am
raleturn:
Additionally, the HOA president has evaluated those past reactions you mentioned and based his actions accordingly, as any wise person would.
The fact remains that this is a non-story and an editorial written to evoke the basest response from people. This column obviously was successful in that regard, but it will not be in the running for the Nobel prize for literature.
steve
November 6th, 2012
7:59 am
Those Rednecks have nothing to worry about because Obama will be re-elected!!! LOL
How sad in 2012!!
cc
November 6th, 2012
8:03 am
“the attempts to suppress the vote with voter registration purges”
Yeah, imagine that? Those nasty people attempting to remove illegal aliens from the voter roles! Why, the next thing we know, they might even try to remove (gasp!) dead people!
just me
November 6th, 2012
8:03 am
I think its a good idea. If you live in that community then you will be able to access the gate to get to your home. It is to keep the looters out. Ya know the ones that dont work – the ones that think robbing someone who does work is a job,
Moon Mullins
November 6th, 2012
8:04 am
The old folks are worried that if Romney loses they’ll be assailed by hordes of Mormon Missionaries on bicycles! And, that can be a frightening scenario!
Justin
November 6th, 2012
8:05 am
Oh, please…as if anyone would ever want to even go to Woodstock!
Moon Mullins
November 6th, 2012
8:07 am
@cc — And, how many have actually been found? It’s a red hering and anyone with a modecum of common sense knows it. If you’ve read what is actually happening, you’d be concerned too. But then again, maybe you wouldn’t.
Travis McGee
November 6th, 2012
8:09 am
I can’t imagine why the Republicans have gone to so much trouble trying to suppress the vote when they can just go to their Supreme Court, like they did in 2000, and accomplish the same outcome.
cc
November 6th, 2012
8:13 am
Moon Mullins:
Well, Moon, I don’t know how many were actually removed? Do you? Last I heard, the Obama government was refusing to cooperate in making available their records to the state. How convenient! The democrat party would lose half its voters if illegal aliens and dead people were purged from the voter rolls. They would lose an additional ten percent if all fraudulent voter registration were discovered.
woodrow
November 6th, 2012
8:22 am
Actually, I fully understand where this fear comes from. Most of it comes from the media.
Garo Palmer
November 6th, 2012
8:22 am
If they keep the gates closed and locked how will the FEDEX/UPS trucks get through to deliver their tax payer subsidized medications?
starlifter
November 6th, 2012
8:32 am
We have all kinds here, myself I’m putting signage out to help get them in my field of fire. Don’t want to haul all that ammo around.
On My Way
November 6th, 2012
8:34 am
“On day 1 I will privatize Medicare and Social Security.” I’d lock the gates too!
jd
November 6th, 2012
8:37 am
cc is an ah! (ass hole) in case you can’t decipher the script…hahahahaha
Clark
November 6th, 2012
8:37 am
Ignorance at its best. Reminds me of the Conyers and Covington residents that are moving away from the area because of the blacks moving out to the suburbs. They literally printed an article in the newspaper about their ‘white flight’. It may be 2012 but the majority of white people in this country are still racist and will always be racist.
independent
November 6th, 2012
8:38 am
Someone famous once said, if you give up freedom for security – you deserve neither. I wonder what he said about intelligence and credulity?
jd
November 6th, 2012
8:40 am
Unfortunately for the white rascist who want to re-locate to get away from the ‘others’, you can’t afford to purchase anywhere but where your poor ass is located presently. Get for real! You are part of the NEW SLAVERY CREW! hahahahahahahaha
R
November 6th, 2012
8:45 am
You really have to be a complete idiot to vote for obama this time. Good grief the guy has been a disaster on the economy and then you have this libya cover up which the media ignores. Worse than watergate by far and the media doesn’t cover it. Disgusting.
EYRACE
November 6th, 2012
8:49 am
In the worst days of the “Cocaine Cowboys” back in the 1970s in Miami, where the violence got so out of hand there were even shootouts in the concourses at Miami International Airport and many killings in Mall parking lots, the Miami Mayor in public stated that the Citizens mightthink to arm themselves because the Authorities could not really protect them. I have always remembered those words, “We cannot really protect you.” Once one thinks about the concept of Police response time, it is possible to clearly understand why the Mayor is unfortunately right.
Bob the Builder
November 6th, 2012
8:50 am
Yankees: It is horrible down here; bugs, humidity, rednecks. What ever you do, don’t move here!!
Election Game Week - Page 8
November 6th, 2012
9:18 am
[...] are golden): Fearful of Election Day aftermath, a Woodstock community will lock its gates Fearful of election results, Woodstock community will lock gates | Political Insider [...]
Optomistic Thinking
November 6th, 2012
9:20 am
So you look at one profane granny and you stereotype her as the voice of a whole race of people? How ignorant can you be? One thing is for sure, you don’t have to go to Fox news to get the nastiness and outright lies coming from the GOP, it is available in all forms and unfolds right before your very eyes. But the lies will not discourage the will of the people, and your suppression and scare tactics will only serve to encourage even those who may have been struggling with the decision. They will come out in full force for president Obama. After it is over many of you GOP heads will try to blame Hurricane Sandy, and since hurricanes are forces of nature and acts of God, I guess you and blame divine intervention. That will go over well with the evangelists. One thing is hopeful, since president Obama will not be running for a third term, we expect the GOP to once again meet on the night of the inauguration, but this time they need to change the agenda to “how can we work with the reelected president on moving the country forward in order to keep our jobs and do what our voters are paying us to do? “
jude the obtuse
November 6th, 2012
9:35 am
It’s embarrassing to acknowledge that I am the same race as these silly people (and that includes the right wing commentators on this page as well as the sequestered minions of Woodstock). The Michael Moore ad was in somewhat bad taste, but, really, just a silly joke to anyone with any brains. It’s funny that Hannity accuses the Democrats of picking on little things, but has no compunction about attacking this ad as the worst thing that ever happened to humanity. There are real issues in this election and they’re centered on the fact that the Republican party is 100% backing the uber-rich, new aged, robber barons that are almost completely in charge of this country now. The Dems aren’t much better, but they do offer some relief.
Sideline Dude
November 6th, 2012
9:36 am
I agree with Bill. Heck, I’ve got my pistol ready just in case. It’s time for us God fearing, conservatives to take back power from the liberal, socialist, spend, spend Democratic pigs. If it causes the government owes me a living types to riot, so be it. God Bless America.
middle class latino citizen
November 6th, 2012
9:46 am
The GOP is catering to the ignorant and using primitive devisive tactics. I’m not saying all repubs, but the majority are just bandwagoners that are fed by the conservetive media. I have been listening to conservative radio for the last few months, these guys get paid millions to cater to a very primitive instinct in humans. FEAR. And the people are eating it up like candy. But I see the light. I wish for them to get crazier, since this will guarantee they do no see the white house again.
Call a spade...
November 6th, 2012
9:47 am
I can’t remember minorities threatening others after or during elections. It seems in this country’s history that’s been the other way around, especially here in the south.
OBIWAN
November 6th, 2012
9:47 am
If Obozo wins there will be no issues, if Romney wins there will be riots…..Shows the character of the Obozo voters….
AllAmericanColoredGirl
November 6th, 2012
9:48 am
@Jussthinkin’ – are you seriously putting that link up as more than an illustration of democratic creativity? It was a satire, but it’s clear that neither you, nor your candidate of choice, have any imagination — or a clue.
So what?
November 6th, 2012
9:49 am
The right hates the left. And as these vents prove, the left hates the right.
The people who live in Woodstock like it there, and the people who live intown like it there. Get over your righteous selves and stop the childish back and forth.
BOB FROM ACCOUNT TEMPS
November 6th, 2012
9:50 am
Maybe this from the washington times drove them over the edge – KUHNER: Obama backers threaten postelection violence, Grievance politics have set the stage for mayhem
Call a spade...
November 6th, 2012
9:50 am
@sideline dude
Point to the political unrest caused by the minorities. Oh you must be talking about marching for the right to vote. Darn, if they would have just stayed in their place.
Optomistic Thinking
November 6th, 2012
9:53 am
R, wrong again, just reverse what you said to you must be an idiot to vote for Romney. The man when in his comfort zone, where you can really be true to yourself, said 47%, nearly half of Americans are victims and will not take responsibility for their own lives so he could care less about them, he would overturn Roe vs Wade by appointing justices who would, he could not support equal pay for women, he would outlaw abortions and put women in jail if they were caught doing so, he said let Detroit go bankrupt with no private sector investors willing to provide the capital needed to keep them from liquidation, he then came back and attempted to take credit for the car industry success (what an idiot), then said president Obama has a war on women (what an idiot), then lied about the president selling Chrysler Jeep to the Italians who were moving Toledo jobs to China when they are actually expanding in China but also adding 1100 jobs in Toledo (what an idiot), put up ads lying about gutting $716 billion from Medicare, the same $716 billion in savings Ryan had in his budget, said he wanted to cut taxes fro everyone including the 1% then came back in the first debate and said he didn’t say it. Does he think the American people are that stupid we cannot remember what he said from one day to the next? Well apparently he is right. Using his salesmanship of selling a false bag of goods, some, like you, have gotten ROMBOOZLED! How can you honestly look at yourself in the mirror after voting for this idiot?
Carol
November 6th, 2012
9:53 am
At first glance, this fear of “others” is highly amusing;
on a deeper level, this type of delusional thinking is very disturbing.
Moon Mullins
November 6th, 2012
9:56 am
@cc — You’re in the running for The Dumbest Posts of the Day Contest. You shouldn’t have taken P.E. instead of Critical Thinking.
cc
November 6th, 2012
9:56 am
jd@8:37 am:
Rfer my post @ 7:15. You are the PERFECT example!
Your creative writing skills need a lot of work, too.
Have a contented little ignorant life . . .
LawDawg
November 6th, 2012
9:58 am
LoganvilleGuy is good at making stuff up.
rrssc
November 6th, 2012
9:58 am
In and out of the voting polls in less than 10 minutes in Woodstock this morning. I guess all the scaredy cats decided to just stay holed in all day instead of waiting until 6:00 to fortress themselves in.
LawDawg
November 6th, 2012
10:00 am
I cannot wait for this election to be over. I have to assume the average IQ of the posters of the previous 280 or so comments is about 87.
cc
November 6th, 2012
10:01 am
Moon Mullins:
Any insult coming from you is taken as a compliment.
Kris
November 6th, 2012
10:07 am
Leave it to the North Georgia ex-urbs to distinguish themselves yet again! You know, Tennessee would probably let you act that way really close to their cities – where the decent jobs are – check it out!
And the Black Panthers are back in Philly...
November 6th, 2012
10:10 am
Read all the Tweets promising rioting if Romney wins and then tell me who is crazy Gally-boy….
Don't Tread
November 6th, 2012
10:13 am
Seems the people living in there don’t get their HOA money’s worth. Why have the expense of access control if you’re just going to leave the gates open most of the time? There’s enough thugs running around loose (aside from any threats of violence if 0bama loses) to justify always using the access controls that were bought and paid for.
Steve Smith
November 6th, 2012
10:22 am
“We have no reason to believe that the election and its aftermath will be anything but peaceful,” Moss said. “Certainly we would give no one that kind of information.”
Obviously none of you use twitter.
Just google search Twitter Obama Riot. There are more than one or two hits.
Samerin Khai, Doctor of Oncology
November 6th, 2012
10:28 am
We have isolated the cancerous tumor, and it appears to be growing in the Southeastern region.
The core is located at the corner of Capitol Ave and MLK Jr. Blvd, but it has spread out to the far reaches of the state.
So far it just sits and watches Fox News all day and occasionally sends race joke texts to cousins, but we’re keeping a close eye on it.
Woodstock Resident
November 6th, 2012
10:30 am
This has got to be a farce. I live in the same community that this neighborhood is in and there is no talk of anything like that here. This is an upscale golfing community not rednecksville as someone penned. Not sure why some crazy person would even suggest that gates will be locked. That is ludicrous!
Prince of Darkness
November 6th, 2012
10:34 am
Ima go buckwil’ if Romney win.
First Ima go up to Dunwoody and slap some white women and turn their strollers over.
Then Ima go to a Baptist church in Forsyth COunty and hog-tie the pastor and his lover.
Then Ima go to a Christian academy in Cobb County and and break all the windows in the Corvettes in the student parkng lot.
After lunch I’ll probably take a nap before heading out to Marietta Country Club to do doughnuts in the zoysia.
Ima tear it up people. Be very skeered!!!
Oh, wait. Never mind. This just in: Obama will win, and then I’ll just go back to work at my job making more money than you while you sit around whining about Obama for four more years.
Yellow Hammer
November 6th, 2012
10:35 am
Lord Have Mercy On Us All……..
Pandora
November 6th, 2012
10:35 am
The reason why they think it will be a riot is because President Obama will be re-elected. Everybody knows that the racist rednecks that are voting for Romney ONLY because he is white will have a fit because Romney will lose..Praise God that President Obama will be re-elected! OBAMA 2012!!
cwilli
November 6th, 2012
10:38 am
I wanted to speak on this yesterday, if you look for trouble you will find it. I don’t have a clue where this community is located nor do I care. To come out and annouce such a thing is horrible. This is an election who wins wins bottom line. I do say there is an bad element in the air and the wind is not blowing the direction you think it is. So stop looking for trouble. just stupid it also shows your mentality.
Call a spade...
November 6th, 2012
10:44 am
It’s quite telling that the mindset of many on this blog is that minorities will be the violent group. I seem to remember 4 little girls being blown up in Alabama during voter registration drives and man named Medgar Evers being shot to death outside his home. Do any of you remember the students killed in Mississippi? Political violence is uniquely suited for whites because it’s about intimidation and control. Fact is you’re losing your majority so there’s no need for minorities to become violent. Time is on our side.
HOA Member
November 6th, 2012
10:46 am
If I lived in this community, I would be preparing to file suit against this Bill Stanley character.
He has mischaracterized the neighborhood as an area so crime-ridden that the gates must be locked 24 hours a day. This representation can only diminish property values by casting the community in a bad light.
He should pay each homeowner 10% of their current property values as damages.
Shirley
November 6th, 2012
10:50 am
Just send Big Bird everthing will be fine.
Dung Shooken
November 6th, 2012
10:50 am
“Wow. Just how unruly do they expect Georgia republicans to get when Obama is elected?”
You don’t have to worry about Republicans getting unruly, but you DO have to worry about them wrecking this country (and they will) if they lose. They are so full of their ideological black and white kool aid that they WILL NOT tolerate losing without stonewalling, roadblocking, disrupting and completely wrecking the United States economy just to make a point.
Romney himself “warned” what would happen if Obama is re-elected. You want to see who will destroy this middle class? If Obama is re-elected, it will be the Republicans. And they won’t even flinch while doing it. That’s how extremist they are. Mark my words people.
Best Of The Best
November 6th, 2012
10:54 am
When saviour Mitt takes office, guess brother Jesse Jackson will have something to protest. He’s been awfully quiet of late. It would have to have been a white conspiracy to get Romeny elected. How anyone could vote for Obama is beyond me. Guess race does play a part in American politics. More Obama equals more socialistic policies.
Dung Shooken
November 6th, 2012
10:58 am
There’s nothing wrong with “socialistic policies”, as far as I’m concerned there is no more noble thing than for a Government to take care of its people. This isn’t the Soviet Union and communism we’re talking about here, you dorks.
bigdawg88
November 6th, 2012
11:02 am
If you thought that moveon.org ad was serious, you are not intelligent.
Sandy
November 6th, 2012
11:05 am
I’ve heard similar paranoia from many other people here in Jasper, Georgia: People in line at the Kroger supermarket; my neighbors in my subdivision; my landscaper’s friend; on reality TV shows. People seem to think that the apocalypse will be broadcast in your neighborhood tonight. Personally, I think the chance of civil unrest is highly unlikely. From the people I’ve spoken with they seem to think that if there’s any unrest it will not be from the Black people of Georgia but from the disgruntled White people afraid of an Obama victory.
cc
November 6th, 2012
11:09 am
“This isn’t the Soviet Union and communism we’re talking about here, you dorks.”
Your schooling, particularly as relates to governments, was woefully inadequate.
Ghost
November 6th, 2012
11:13 am
Welp, that’s the red state hysteria and paranoia for ya. Not surprised, frankly.
Don't Tread
November 6th, 2012
11:15 am
There’s nothing wrong with “socialistic policies”…
…unless you like freedom.
J-Jo
November 6th, 2012
11:21 am
The initial headline was definitely humorous and/or disheartening. But, thank you Mr Galloway, for updating to get some more facts and quotes in there, to give a fuller and more objective picture.
Optomistic Thinking
November 6th, 2012
11:27 am
Hey R, here are 25 reasons you should cast your vote for Obama. Do you have a competing list for Romney?
1. “The Affordable Care Act is saving my daughter’s life.”
Stacey, Arizona
2. “Obama is for the vets. He helped us wind down in Iraq, he’s improved mental health policy with VA benefits.”
Joel, Minnesota
3. “Obama stuck his neck out for us, the auto industry. He wasn’t going to let it just die, and I’m driving in this morning because of that, because of him.”
Brian, Ohio
4. “Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.”
Joe Biden, Delaware
5. “Supreme Court Supreme Court Supreme Court.”
Andrew, California
6. “Arithmetic.”
Bill Clinton, New York
7. “He cares for the 100 percent.”
Shana, Texas
8. “When Obama came into office, he successfully renewed our country’s place in the community of nations, making cooperation in tackling the world’s challenges possible.”
Willis, North Carolina
9. “The actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid.”
Colin Powell, Virginia
10. “I was really very grateful to him for standing up for those kids who are having a really rough time out there because of their orientation.”
Jane Lynch, California
11. “For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together.”
Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey
12. “He has a real plan for rescuing the economy that passes the ‘math’ test.”
Teresa, Virginia
13. “Having someone in office who understands how powerful our voice can be is very important.”
Jay Z, New York
14. “I am voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden because I can trust them to care for the middle class and restore the American dream.”
Steven, Florida
15. “The first measure he signed into law after becoming president was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — so a female high school counselor or physical education teacher can fight for equal pay for equal work.”
Connie Britton, California
16. “I believe in the America he wants for my grandchildren.”
Nancy, Michigan
17. “We need four more years of repair, of helping the middle class achieve a sustainable economy.”
James Taylor, North Carolina
18. “I’ve watched him fight for our country, stand by the middle class, the working class, the military, the education of our children, universal health care, women, the environment, and matters of national and domestic security.”
Susan, Virginia
19. “The gifted 12-year-old I taught, whose parents were deported and left her here with her grandmother, will be allowed to stay and finish her education. She’s been in the U.S. since age one.”
Jamie, North Carolina
20. “I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics.”
Michael Bloomberg, New York
21. “I have four children who are under 26 and able to stay on my health care plan. That’s been huge.”
Amy, Pennsylvania
22. “He’s fighting to defend and better Social Security and Medicare — because millions of Latino seniors rely on them.”
Cristina Saralegui, Florida
23. “Thanks to the President’s efforts to keep student loan rates low, I can expect to save nearly $1000 as I work to repay my student loans. And I don’t have too many of those, thanks to the Federal Pell Grant program.”
Sam, Minnesota
24. “It’s been wonderful to have President Obama as a champion for access to health care for all women in this country.”
Cecile Richards, New York
25. “Re-electing Barack Obama would lead to a stronger economic recovery than would be the case were Mitt Romney to win on November 6th.”
Jared Bernstein, Washington, D.C.
Adam and Eve
November 6th, 2012
11:31 am
HAHAHA-hey all of you Republican “Christians” please remember that Mitt Romney believes the Garden of Eden is in Missouri! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! In America! HAHAHAHAHAHA
Sparta_Bubba
November 6th, 2012
11:37 am
Who wanted to take a swing at the President? GOP?
J Martin
November 6th, 2012
11:39 am
Somebody listens to WAAY too much talk radio…
Predictive Text
November 6th, 2012
11:46 am
GA election forecast: cloudy with a chance of retard.
Mormon Principles
November 6th, 2012
11:49 am
As a Mormon, I am voting for Romney.
He is the one true believer in Superjesus, and I can’t wait to get married to all of my female ninth grade students after he makes it legal.
cc
November 6th, 2012
11:52 am
“GA election forecast: cloudy with a chance of retard.”
As proven by the sky today and the posts of the Obama supporting retards . . .
Miss J
November 6th, 2012
11:52 am
Wow….it’s a sad day for democracy when folks feel they have to be on “Lock Down” due to someone getting elected President.
What are we teaching our kids… don’t comprise – don’t try to work out differences with others….have an US against THEM mentality.
Lincoln, Washington, hell even Ron Regan are all rolling over in their graves…..WHEN ARE WE GOING TO WAKE UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
STOP THE MADNESS………..
Sparta_Bubba
November 6th, 2012
12:00 pm
Well said Miss J. You have to understand that no one has ever willingly given up control and that is what the Repubs perceive is happening. This is the “Me” generation who was taught “it’s whatever you want.”
Sparta_Bubba
November 6th, 2012
12:03 pm
So if ole Shmitt wins do you think he will try to legalize polygymy and make his ancestors legit? And will they be baptising the dead in the White House?
cc
November 6th, 2012
12:15 pm
“What are we teaching our kids… don’t comprise – don’t try to work out differences with others”
Some folks seem to have a difficult time doing that when they are fighting for their very life. Ask some of the victims of past experiences with the compromise and working out differences (RIOTS).
TH FROM MC
November 6th, 2012
12:21 pm
Romney will win and we will take back our country. Bring it on liberals – I am locked and loaded.
all2jesus
November 6th, 2012
12:21 pm
The only someone that you should fear and that’s the judgement of God. Regardless of who wins, God is in control and will always be in control. My trust is not in a man or women, but the one who died for me.
ASHCAN!!!!!
November 6th, 2012
12:30 pm
I’m reading a lot of these blog responses and wondering why people automaticly think its the obama voters(losing) who will be out raged???? and not romney voters( losing). Sounds like finger pointing at just blacks to me.
K Swiss
November 6th, 2012
12:42 pm
Republican ( and RACIST) SCARE TACTIC……….These guys are IDIOTS!!
WHO – EXACTLY – will be coming to a GATED SENIOR LIVING SUBDIVISION TO RIOT!!
Keeping the concept of Southerners are STUPID INBREDS – ALIVE AND WELL…I pity the residents
Camden74
November 6th, 2012
12:44 pm
Maybe they believe there will be a Rosewood or Tulsa type situation, but in REVERSE!
A Liberal in ATL
November 6th, 2012
12:46 pm
If there are riots in Woodstock, I’m sure it’s what God intended.
all4jesus
November 6th, 2012
12:50 pm
I agree with all2jesus.
I put all my trust in the holy lord.
Whatever life throws at me I will be ok because mf my trust in babby jesus.
When satan tries to make me look bad at work I just trust the holy scriptures and take confort knowing thatmy aslvation is in heaven and that those minions who seek to defeminate me will be punished in the end.
Such a Proud Heritage
November 6th, 2012
12:56 pm
The Voting Rights Act of 1965] is a landmark piece of national legislation that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans.
Echoing the language of the 15th Amendment, the Act prohibits states from imposing any “voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice, or procedure … to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.
This law is only 47 years old. Many people voting today remember when it passed.
With this kind of recent history I wonder who should actually be paranoid?
That’s right, whitey. It’s you.
So lock yourself up in your trailer with all your guns & ammo.
If you were disturbed by the first four years you haven’t seen anything yet.
We got your jobs and your schools, and now we’re coming for your guns.
Sucks to be you, cracker.
Seriously
November 6th, 2012
1:02 pm
Hey R, here are 25 reasons you should cast your vote for Obama. Do you have a competing list for Romney?
1. “The Affordable Care Act is saving my daughter’s life.” Stacey, Arizona NO IT’S NOT IT IS SAVING YOU FROM HAVING TO USE YOUR OWN MONEY TO SAVE YOUR CHILD
2. “Obama is for the vets. He helped us wind down in Iraq, he’s improved mental health policy with VA benefits.” Joel, Minnesota OBAMA HAS TO TAKE CARE OF THE MENTAL PEOPLE, THOSE ARE HIS VOTERS
3. “Obama stuck his neck out for us, the auto industry. He wasn’t going to let it just die, and I’m driving in this morning because of that, because of him.” Brian, Ohio HAVE YOU SEEN DETRIOT LATELY, WHAT IS THE UNEMPLOYEEMENT RATE OF MICHIGAN?
4. “Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.” Joe Biden, Delaware THE WORLD IS BETTER OFF WITHOUT OBL, OF COURSE THEY ARE NOT AS WELL OFF AS THE UNIONS OF GM
5. “Supreme Court Supreme Court Supreme Court.” Andrew, California PLEASE DON’T LET AND CONSERVATIVES ON THE COURT DIE IN THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
6. “Arithmetic.” Bill Clinton, New York I AM SURE THERE WILL BE SOME FUNNY MATH COUNTING VOTES IN OHIO TONIGHT
7. “He cares for the 100 percent.” Shana, Texas HE CARES ABOUT TAKING AWAY FROM 50% AND GIVING TO THE OTHER 50%
8. “When Obama came into office, he successfully renewed our country’s place in the community of nations, making cooperation in tackling the world’s challenges possible.” Willis, North Carolina THAT NOBLE PEACE PRIZE SURE WAS GREAT, LOOK AT ALL THE PEACE
9. “The actions he has taken with respect to protecting us from terrorism have been very, very solid.”
Colin Powell, Virginia I THINK THEY ALL STOPPED ATTACKING BECAUSE OBAMA HAS APOLOGIZED TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE WE ARE SUCH BAD PEOPLE
10. “I was really very grateful to him for standing up for those kids who are having a really rough time out there because of their orientation.” Jane Lynch, California PARENTS THIS IS YOUR JOB YOU LAZY NO GOOD SPERM AND EGG DONORS
11. “For me, President Obama is our best choice because he has a vision of the United States as a place where we are all in this together.” Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey BRUCE, YOU STILL TAKE ALL THOSE DRUGS?
12. “He has a real plan for rescuing the economy that passes the ‘math’ test.” Teresa, Virginia OBAMA MATH $2T IN $T5 OUT, YEP THAT WORKS
13. “Having someone in office who understands how powerful our voice can be is very important.”
Jay Z, New York AS LONG AS HE HAS A TELEPROMTER HIS VOICE IS POWERFUL
14. “I am voting for Barack Obama and Joe Biden because I can trust them to care for the middle class and restore the American dream.” Steven, Florida WE HAVE A MIDDLE CLASS?
15. “The first measure he signed into law after becoming president was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — so a female high school counselor or physical education teacher can fight for equal pay for equal work.” Connie Britton, California SO GLAD THAT WAS HIS FIRST ACT, REALLY THERE WASN’T MUCH ELSE GOING ON THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY MORE IMPORTANT
16. “I believe in the America he wants for my grandchildren.” Nancy, Michigano ONLY IF YOUR GRANDCHILDREN ARE 65 YEARS OLD WILL THERE BE AN AMERICA LEFT FOR THEM
17. “We need four more years of repair, of helping the middle class achieve a sustainable economy.”
James Taylor, North Carolina IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE IF THE FIRST 4 YEARS SHOWED US SOMETHING
18. “I’ve watched him fight for our country, stand by the middle class, the working class, the military, the education of our children, universal health care, women, the environment, and matters of national and domestic security.” Susan, Virginia HE IS GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, THINK OF THE 14M AMERICANS THAT ARE NOT DRIVING TO WORK NOW AND PUTTING THAT NASTY STUFF IN THE AIR
19. “The gifted 12-year-old I taught, whose parents were deported and left her here with her grandmother, will be allowed to stay and finish her education. She’s been in the U.S. since age one.”
Jamie, North Carolina BUT SHE WILL LEAVE WHEN SHE GRADUATES AND GO BACK HOME BECAUSE THERE ARE NO JOBS HERE
20. “I want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics.”
Michael Bloomberg, New York LOL
21. “I have four children who are under 26 and able to stay on my health care plan. That’s been huge.” Amy, Pennsylvania OF COURSE IT IS, THEY CANNOT GET A JOB AND PAY FOR THEMSELF.
22. “He’s fighting to defend and better Social Security and Medicare — because millions of Latino seniors rely on them.” Cristina Saralegui, Florida EVEN THE ILLEGAL ONES
23. “Thanks to the President’s efforts to keep student loan rates low, I can expect to save nearly $1000 as I work to repay my student loans. And I don’t have too many of those, thanks to the Federal Pell Grant program.” Sam, Minnesota SAM IS LUCKY, BECAUSE MOST KIDS THAT HAVE LOANS WILL NOT PAY THEM BACK BECAUSE THE ONLY JOB THEY CAN GET WILL NOT AFFORD THEM TO PAY IT BACK. OF COURSE YOU ARE AN IDIOT TAKING OUT $120,000 IN LOANS TO BECOME A SCHOOL TEACHER
24. “It’s been wonderful to have President Obama as a champion for access to health care for all women in this country.” Cecile Richards, New York I HEARD THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF MEN ONLY HOSPITALS
25. “Re-electing Barack Obama would lead to a stronger economic recovery than would be the case were Mitt Romney to win on November 6th.” Jared Bernstein, Washington, D.C. BASED ON THE LAST 4 YEARS?
James
November 6th, 2012
1:07 pm
If Obama loses you can bank on there being trouble in the bad lands – it’s not rocket science!
Dung Shooken
November 6th, 2012
1:17 pm
Seriously: Heck and shucks, Jed, you done writ a whole buncha clever stuff! You must know what yer talkin’ about!
It’s too bad I’m not running for President because I wouldn’t pander to or put up with any of you redneck morons, I’d shove socialist programs so far down your chicken throats that you’d have to unzip your fly to get it out of your mind! Dumb ignorant hillbilly clowns.
Alex Hamilton
November 6th, 2012
1:28 pm
The great feature about this government that we founding fathers dreamed up was the orderly transfer of power. Anyone who does not believe in the orderly transfer of power…
Kennedy
November 6th, 2012
1:30 pm
I am sick and tired of being called a racist because I am NOT voting for Obama. Herman Cain was my first choice for republican candidate and he is 100% black!! So, make up another name to call me, but racist is not one of them!
Cavalier75
November 6th, 2012
1:40 pm
Can’t we use the Black Panthers to help protect us, wait they are protecting the polls from people not voting for Obama. Keep my gates open, I need target practice.
Ricker
November 6th, 2012
1:46 pm
I’m sure that all of Southwest Atlanta is chomping at the bit to get their hands on those Guy Lombardo tapes and chenille pillows. Come Wednesday, everyone in Bankhead is going to be strutting around in velcro shoes.
Seriously
November 6th, 2012
1:47 pm
Dung – I believe that you might be the ignorant one. I have a MBA and a job, you? I don’t watch MSNBC thinking that everything they say is the truth. I also have my guns and Bible and I did not vote for Obama.
Vote Red
November 6th, 2012
1:50 pm
I’m sure if Romney takes it there will be those that think it’s time for crime!
Marie
November 6th, 2012
1:55 pm
So are the “gate shutters” planning on rioting in their own subdivision? To date, the only people I had ever seen running around in the streets with guns threatening post election violence were the tea partiers. Is their fear that progressives will take lessons from them and start fuming, spitting, gun wielding and chanting “We need to take our country back! By force if necessary!?”
Seriously
November 6th, 2012
2:10 pm
Marie – please sure the photos of the tea parties running around in the streets with their guns. Lots of photos of people looting in their streets in LA and New Orleans but I don’t think they were tea party people.
Cam
November 6th, 2012
2:48 pm
Marie – please sure the photos of the tea parties running around in the streets with their guns:
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/attention-liberalsprogressivesdemocrats-what-is-it-you-dont-like-about-the-tea-party/question-2793451/?page=8
Marie
November 6th, 2012
2:57 pm
Seriously – Here is better than a photo. Here is a video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB9IXTcEh10&feature=related
Or do your own Google search on “Guns + photos + Tea Party Rallies”…silly hats, Scooter chairs, violent messaging on signs and guns. And before you think that I am anti-gun, I am not. I am actually a gun owner. I purchased and learned how to use them in reaction to all of the hatred coming from the right. And my post said nothing about looting. I was talking about post election threats of violence from people who did not like the outcome of the election.Even after Bush was given the 2000 election you did not see progressives in the streets threatening violent overthrow of the government and at rallies carrrying guns. For the past 4 years republicans have been saying “We need to take back our country!” From whom?! It is my country too! But just to show you that I am willing to learn something from the “other side”, if Romney wins, I will be sure to write all of my congressmen and heartily encourage them to show the new president the exact same co-operation, courtesy and respect that the republicans have given President Obama these past 4 years. How is that for fair.
Seriously
November 6th, 2012
3:25 pm
That video was nuts. I can’t believe I never saw that video of “the only people I had ever seen running around in the streets with guns threatening post election violence were the tea partiers.” Seriously those people were acting just crazy. Except of course there was nobody running around the streets and the 3 people they showed with guns were doing it according to the law and the police in the video looked really worried about the people running around the streets with their guns. Hatred from the right? Really? That is laughable. I sure hope you write your congressmen because that is a great right we have, or at least until Obama takes it away. Bush was given the election in 2000, curious if you will feel the same tonight when Romney gets more votes but Obama wins the election.
Patriot
November 6th, 2012
3:39 pm
Marie & Seriously:
You both make good points, but I really think you should consider this video, as it represents a genuine Murican cultural artifact, as well as illustrating your important conerns:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wroj0FLvzs
Marie
November 6th, 2012
4:02 pm
Seriously – If like in 2000, the Supreme Court gives the election to either candidate, like they did Bush, yes, I will be incredibly upset. The electoral college is a not a joke, it is a criminal action to disenfranchise the American people. It should be popular vote, period. And yes, hatred from the right. I am a gay American, and I am so incredibly sick and tired of people on the right stating that gay people caused the hurricanes, and that gay people should be put in fenced compounds, and that gay people caused the crash of hetero marriage (how exactly do we cause straight people to divorce?) and the death penalty should be re-instated for being gay. So yes, I have guns to protect myself from the crazies on the right. And how exactly is Obama taking away the right to write your congressman.