Tea Party racist?????? Give me a break.

You have got to be kidding me. This only further illustrates that the NAACP have become a completely useless instrument. By condemning the Tea Party movement as racist, is the NAACP saying that those its represents don't pay taxes?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leaders passed a resolution Tuesday condemning racism within the Tea Party during the 101st annual convention in Kansas City, Mo. The original called for the NAACP to "educate its membership and the community that this movement is not just about higher taxes and limited government." It suggested that something could evolve "and become more dangerous for that small percentage of people that really think our country has been taken away from them.""We felt the time had come to stand up and say, 'It's time for the tea party to be responsible members of this democracy and make sure they don't tolerate bigots or bigotry among their members,'" NAACP President Ben Jealous said ahead of the debate. "We don't have a problem with the tea party's existence. We have an issue with their acceptance and welcoming of white supremacists into their organizations."Tea party activist Alex Poulter, who co-founded a Kansas City-area group called Political Chips, disputed the allegations. He said the movement is made up of a "diverse group of folks who are upset with what is going on with this country." Poulter said he has seen no evidence of racism within the movement." It's unfounded but people are running with these accusations like they are true," he said.
A group called the St. Louis Tea Party issued its own resolution Tuesday calling on the NAACP to withdraw the proposal, which won't become official until the NAACP's national board of directors approves it during its meeting in October in Baltimore. Jealous also urged people to attend an Oct. 2 rally in Washington to remind Congress and President Barack Obama about the challenges facing minority neighborhoods.Though not affiliated with either major political party, tea party activists espouse a political philosophy of less government, a free market, lower taxes, individual rights and political activism.The group has faced occasional claims of racism, most notably in March near the end of the bitter health care debate. U.S. Reps. John Lewis, Andre Carson and Emanuel Cleaver said some demonstrators, many of them tea party activists, yelled a racial epithet as the black congressmen walked from House office buildings to the Capitol.Cleaver, D-Mo., also said he was spit on.A white lawmaker said he also heard the epithets, but conservative activists said the lawmakers were lying."They are pulling people together and focusing on the negative, and then it's hard to make anything positive out of that," said Anita L. Russell, president of the Kansas City, Mo., branch of the NAACP, which introduced the resolution. "And then these groups, these extremist groups, are looking for something, and they are latching on to this. The thing is going to grow and grow out of control."

And just when you thought it was safe to go to the bathroom....

July 3 marks 39 years since Jim Morrison, the deep-voiced front man for the band The Doors, was found dead in an apartment bathtub in Paris, France.But that doesn't mean "The Lizard King" isn't still making the rounds in one of his former West Hollywood haunts. As devout fans gather at his Parisian grave this weekend, looking for signs of the brooding singer and poet's spirit, they might be better served if they visited a Mexican restaurant at 8512 Santa Monica Blvd.
Mexico is a Los Angeles restaurant that once housed The Doors' recording studio where Jim Morrison recorded "L.A. Woman"; the bathroom was once the vocal booth."You feel it here almost every day, throughout the entire place, but especially near this spot," says Christina Arena, general manager of the festive restaurant that's been open about a year. And just what spot does Arena refer to? The unisex restroom. You see, the building Mexico occupies was formerly "The Doors Workshop," an office space/crash pad/recording studio used by the band in the late 1960s and early 1970s. And the restroom? It was the actual vocal booth where Jim Morrison recorded the classic "L.A. Woman" in 1970. Today, a framed plaque featuring the album cover, gold record and hand-scrawled lyrics hangs outside the famous john. Fans come from all over the world to pay homage to Morrison at this sacred site, and they may get more than they bargained for.

Transportation solved?????

How was your drive to work and then home today? If you felt the commute was too long and roads too crowded, then join other Americans who think the same way about our state. Spending on transportation in Georgia has lagged well behind the state's explosive population growth, and our state spends the second lowest per capita in the country on transportation, ahead of only Tennessee. Road projects in Georgia are funded mostly with money from the state's gasoline tax, but those revenues have tumbled amid recession. Less revenue means fewer road improvements.

This is a problem that our State legislators have struggled for years to remedy, to end some of the worst gridlock in the nation in Metro Atlanta and in Georgia, the ninth-largest state. Georgia business leaders have pressed hard for a transportation funding plan saying the state's spending has not kept pace with its explosive growth. Supporters say more money is needed to keep and attract businesses to the state, despite critics who say the plans focus too heavily on the Metro Atlanta. Ah, but in rides the General Assembly on a white horse.

The last session of the General Assembly brought us a new transportation funding bill that has been hailed by lawmakers as the solution to our state's transportation woes. The House and the Senate overcame years of struggle and approved an funding bill that would allow Georgia voters to decide whether to hike the sales tax by one cent to pay for roads, bridges and rail projects. Sounds pretty simple doesn't it? Under the plan, Georgians would vote during the 2012 presidential primary on whether to increase the sales tax for transportation. The state would be broken into regions and only regions that approve the sales tax increase would have the money to spend.

Ah, but there lies one of the problems of this much heralded solution, the timing. The 2012 Presidential elections, for most of the counties and communities in this state, is also the time for the renewal of local SPLOST taxes on the ballot. Each election cycle, nervous officials at the local level sweat the outcome of SPLOST votes from a public that increasingly feels it is overtaxed. So now, instead of voting for a simple 1 or 2 cent sales tax increase for a local SPLOST, the voters will also be asked to consider another 1 cent sales tax for transportation. Will the extra 1 cent sales tax be too much for voters to stomach?

This matters to local governments because, in this tough economy, they have a direct need for SPLOST funds to continue to flow in whether its too pay for upcoming projects, or projects that were approved when times were good. For them to even think of losing that revenue could very well mean tax hikes in other areas, or more cuts to services. Not a pretty thought for local officials to face.

And here is, what I consider, the major problem with the transportation bill passed by the General Assembly, a complete lack of backbone. Like everything else, the members of the General Assembly have unburdened themselves of making tough decisions by just passing it down the line to the local level. "You're roads are crappy, the traffic is congested? You should've convinced your voters to pass the sales tax." Where is the spirit of the General Assembly that, in the 1830's, financed a railroad project that gave Georgia more railroad miles than the entire rest of our country combined? Where is the General Assembly that in the 1940's and 1950's financed a transportation construction frenzy of paved roads and bridges that still adorn our highways. When you cross that bridge next time, look at the date on the side.

No, today's legislators don't seem to have the guts of legislators of old. They seem to be too comfortable in their positions of presumed power to take a hard stand on an issue that would completely reinvigorate commercial and industrial growth in our state, as it has in the past. Such a stand might possibly jeapordize their position, and that's just too risky. No, it's much better to just drop the load, like so many other loads, on local leaders. Let them make the tough decisions, and let them take the heat. Is it just me, or does that almost smack of cowardice?

And the trailers return.....

Now here is a good little story. After all the hell that was raised, and blame heaped on President Bush, it seems the Obama Administration is making its own blunders. The FEMA trailers that housed residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina five years ago were banned by the federal government after they were found to have toxic levels of formaldehyde. But they're being used in the oil spill disaster anyway. Disaster contracting firms like Alpha 1 are selling the FEMA trailers to cleanup workers in the Gulf of Mexico, where the demand for cheap, short-term housing has skyrocketed as crews work around the clock to battle the gushing crude. The notorious mobile homes start at $2,500. "These are perfectly good trailers," said Alpha 1's owner Ron Mason. "Look, you know that new car smell? Well, that's formaldehyde, too. The stuff is in everything. It's not a big deal."

You know Ron, that new car smell is pumped into members of my family buried in the red clay of Georgia, but that doesn't mean I want to enjoy its benefits as well. Residents living in the trailers after the Hurricane Katrina disaster had long reported suffering headaches, nose bleeds and difficulty breathing. The government sold the trailers in 2006. And in 2008, tests by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found hazardous levels of formaldehyde gas in the units. David Paulison, the FEMA director at the time, told NBC in 2008 that the agency "will not ever use the trailers again" to house disaster victims.But now, they're making a debut in the oil spill cleanup. "The price was right," Buddy Fuzzell, of Cahaba Disaster Recovery, a contracting company that bought 15 of the trailers for its cleanup workers, told the Times. And apparently, the gulf is not the only place the trailers are resurfacing. In western North Dakota, where there is an oil boom, there are reports that the trailers are being used to house oil rig workers as well. Instead of selling the trailers, why didn't FEMA just scrap them, or better yet, give them to Palestinian refugee camps.

US to sue Arizona over immigration?

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the federal government will sue Arizona, challenging the state's tough new immigration law, which gives police power to stop and question anyone they suspect is in the country illegally.Clinton told an Ecuadorean television station earlier this month that the Justice Department, at President Obamas's direction, "will be bringing a lawsuit." But she did not say on what grounds the U.S. would do so, and the Justice Department declined to confirm that such a case was going forward. But on Friday, a senior Obama administration official told CBS News a federal challenge to the law would be filed when the Justice Department finishes building a case.Clinton's remarks came as no surprise and another government source told the Washington Post "there is no reason to think" that her statement is incorrect. The Obama administration has indicated for weeks that a lawsuit is likely and the president himself has been highly critical of the law, which caused a storm of protest from immigrants-rights groups and various threats to boycott the state of Arizona. The American public, however, is divided on the law. A video of Clinton's June 8 interview was distributed by the ACLU (big surprise there), which has been calling for a federal lawsuit. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said she was "stunned and angered" to hear of Clinton's remarks, CNN reported. If the federal government intends to sue, Brewer said, "the least it can do is inform us before it informs the citizens of another nation."

Gwinnet County corrects payroll error, 16 years later.

There is a limit to what should be done in some cases, and this is definately one of them. Aaron Bovos, Gwinnett County's chief financial officer, has angered a lot of county employees earlier this week when he initiated a project to "clean up receivables and to eliminate outstanding obligations," by asking 180 employees to return bonuses that were overpaid back in September of 1994. Is it just me, or shouldn't there be a statute of limitations for asking for a gift back?
In his defense, Bovos and his office claim they are attempting to "better manage assets and resources, including collecting outstanding advances made to employees." Why did the county wait 16 years to correct an oversight on their part, and how did it happen?

In September of 1994 a new employee pay cycle was instituted in Gwinnett County where there was a shortening of one pay period from 14 to 12 days. The purpose of the shortened pay cycle was to ensure that those employees working reduced hours would receive less pay, but to counteract what might have been a bad financial shortfall for employees back in 1994, paychecks were increased, leading to the overpayment of 509 county employees to the tune of $114,876.55. Why did this generous act of bonus benevolence on the part of the county become a hot button issue all of sudden? Bovos said that the county has been carrying this past due account for 16 years and that it needed to be settled. Since he initiated work on collecting these over payments, 329 employees have already seen the overpayment debts taken out of their paychecks at retirement.
Current employees who still need to return the money have various options for paying back this debt. They can apply it towards vacation leave or a floating holiday or they can make a cash payment on their own. I think Mr. Bovos needs to find a better way to spend his time and resources. $114 thousand in overpayments made 16 years ago will not fix the millions that the county is now short of, and, after all, it was the county's fault, and not the employees.

North Korea threatens war.... again.

First of all, why is this little showdown between North and South Korea over a sunken South Korean warship not gaining a little more attention in the media. It seems that a few tar balls washing up in Key West is more important than the implications involved in this strutting contest in the Pacific. First may I remind readers that North and South Korea have never signed a formal treaty, and are still, technically, at war. Second is the fact that we have a large military presence in South Korea, and are tied by treaty to defend them in war. Thirdly we have a senile dictator in charge of the North who may wish to go out in a blaze of glory. And forthly, we have a weak government in Washington that may not have the stomach or balls to stand up to the North as we should. And now for a little background.

Tensions deepened today on the Korean peninsula as South Korea accused North Korea of firing a torpedo that sank a naval warship, killing 46 sailors in the country's worst military disaster since the Korean War. South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed "stern action" for the provocation following the release of long-awaited results from a multinational investigation into the March 26 sinking near the Koreas' tense maritime border. North Korea, reacting swiftly, called the results a fabrication, and warned that any retaliation would trigger war. It continued to deny involvement in the sinking of the warship Cheonan.
"If the (South Korean) enemies try to deal any retaliation or punishment, or if they try sanctions or a strike on us .... we will answer to this with all-out war," Col. Pak In Ho of North Korea's navy told broadcaster APTN in an exclusive interview in Pyongyang.An international civilian-military investigation team said evidence overwhelmingly proves a North Korean submarine fired a homing torpedo that caused a massive underwater blast that tore the Cheonan apart. Fifty-eight sailors were rescued from the frigid Yellow Sea waters, but 46 perished. Since the 1950-53 war on the Korean peninsula ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty, the two Koreas remain locked in a state of war and divided by the world's most heavily armed border. The United States currently has 28,500 troops in South Korea, and thousands more in Japan which is in range of North Korean missiles. The exchange of war rhetoric raised tensions, but the isolated communist regime - already under international pressure to cease its nuclear weapons program - often warns of dire consequences against South Korea or Washington for any punitive steps against it. Its large but decrepit military would be no match for U.S. and Korean forces. The impoverished country is already chafing from international sanctions tightened last year in the wake of widely condemned nuclear and missile tests. U.N. sanctions currently block funding to certain officials and companies, while North Korea is barred from exporting weapons and countries are authorized to inspect North Korean ships suspected of carrying illicit cargo. The Obama White House called the sinking an unacceptable "act of aggression" that violates international law and the 1953 truce. Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama declared his support for South Korea, calling North Korea's actions "inexcusable." China, North Korea's traditional ally, called the sinking of the naval ship "unfortunate" but stopped short of backing Seoul.

And why is Kathy Cox resigning?

Georgia’s fourth-graders rank 35th in the nation for reading proficiency levels, according to a recent study.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation discovered 71 percent of the Peach State’s fourth graders attending public schools scored below proficient in reading levels in 2009. Some of the key challenges affecting reading proficiency across the state are chronic absenteeism, summer learning loss, poor health and nutrition, parental involvement and low-performing schools, according to a news release.
Low-income and minority children disproportionately read below grade level, according to the study. That is “a clear indication of systemic failures that have plagued our education system both statewide and nationally,” the study said.
The study finds that nationally two out of every three fourth graders overall are not proficient in reading, according to the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Pakistan says "YouTube bad."

We have consistently viewed Pakistan as being pro-Western, and part of our ongoing alliance against terrorism, but apparently that pattern is shifting. Pakistan has blocked access to some of the Internet's most popular websites -- including YouTube and Wikipedia -- over what it calls "sacrilegious" content. This move comes a day after the government blocked facebook because a page on the social networking site encouraged users to post drawings of Islam's Prophet Muhammad -- which Muslims consider blasphemous. A statement from the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, quoted by several news agencies, says the government blocked YouTube and Facebook after the two websites failed to remove "derogatory material." It cited "growing sacrilegious contents" on YouTube but didn't elaborate. It also didn't explain why Wikipedia and the photo sharing site Flickr are also part of the ban.

Kathy Cox to resign...

The Governor’s office has released a statement on Kathy Cox, who will be resigning her office:
Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today regarding State School Superintendent Kathy Cox’s announcement that she will become the founding CEO of the U.S. Education Delivery Institute (EDI) on July 1. Governor Perdue will appoint a new state school superintendent upon Supt. Cox’s departure, per Article 5, Section 2, Paragraph 8 of the Georgia Constitution.
Below is the Governor’s statement:
“Superintendent Cox has been a passionate advocate for Georgia’s students, committed to improving achievement for every child. She pushed strongly for a more rigorous curriculum, which is preparing our students to compete on the global stage. While we will miss her here in Georgia, I share her excitement in this new opportunity.”

Gov. Perdue involved in road construction?

I don't know why there is such shock at this report. Road politics have always been a mainstay in Georgia history since the paving began a century ago. But it seems a three-month FOX 5 I-Team investigation learned that Georgia taxpayers will spend $100,000,000.00 to widen a state highway through Governor Sonny Perdue’s hometown of Bonaire. The new highway will also run right along property owned by the Governor. Project records show that Governor Perdue was actively involved in deciding where the road would go. This seems brazen enough, but the crown for raod politics would have to go to Jim L. Gillis, who was Georgia's highway commissioner for many years.

Distillery to open outside Atlanta

The Georgia Distilling Company would like to formally announce that we will be holding a simple groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new facility on May12, 2010 at 10am that morning. We hope this will be the beginning of an important piece in the future of Jackson/Butts County, and wish to share this moment with you, and other members of our community. A rendition of the finished building will be on hand to view, and Shawn Hall, Dan Rivers, and Bill Mauldin will be on hand to talk with members of the community and answer any questions. Should you have any questions you may contact us at

Shawn.Hall@Georgiadistilling.com
Bill.Mauldin@Georgiadistilling.com

404-281-5484

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you there.

The location is 540 W Third St in Jackson, right across from the Butts County Administration Building.

Another Carter that just doesn't get it

It seems that there are handbills being passed out in the State Senate district where Jason Carter is running, and a picture can be worth a thousand words. The handbill supposedly shows a younger Jason Carter with the late Yasser Arafat, that maniacal terrorist who led the PLO for decades, and states that a lot of his contributions are coming from outside this state and country. It seems the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter hasn't learned a thing about what NOT to do to win an election in a conservative state. The younger carter is running for State Senate in district 42.

Don't let your kids wear USA T-shirts, it's offensive to minorities

American students take note: Wearing the Stars and Stripes on Cinco de Mayo could get you kicked out of school for the day. At least that's what happened Wednesday to five sophomore boys at Live Oak High School in Santa Clara, Calif. School administrators deemed their conspicuous American flag apparel "incendiary" and likely to provoke fights on a day when many other students were permitted to don the red, white and green designs of the Mexican flag in celebration of that country's heritage. "They said if we tried to go back to class with our shirts not taken off, they said it was defiance and we would get suspended," said Dominic Maciel, one of the students sent home.
According to the local newspaper, the incident occurred at 10:10 a.m., when Maciel and his friends Matt Dariano, Daniel Galli, Austin Carvalho and Clayton Howard -- all of them decked in various articles of clothing with U.S. flag designs -- were seated at a table outside the school on their lunch break. Assistant Principal Miguel Rodriguez approached the group and asked them to follow him to the principal's office, where they were told to turn their T-shirts inside-out "or be sent home," to avoid any confrontation with the numerous students displaying Mexican colors.Wearing Mexican flag colors is a popular custom on Cinco de Mayo, a holiday originally commemorating a May 5, 1862, Mexican military victory over occupying French forces that has expanded over the years into a celebration of Mexican culture and heritage. About a quarter of the population of Santa Clara County, where Live Oak is located, is Hispanic or Latino, and Maciel himself is part Hispanic.The boys have not publicly admitted to wearing American flag colors for any specific reason, but they said others were doing the same and did not receive the same scrutiny. Still, they decided they would rather be sent home, as they thought turning the American flag around would be "disrespectful." Many of them called their parents, some of whom were outraged by the school's position.

Has it gotten this bad folks? Are we now so damn politically correct that we have to watch what we do 24-7? Will this same school system ban Mexican flags on the 4th of July, Veterans Day, or Memorial Day? Highly doubtful.

The award goes to......

Well it seems that Creative loafing has released a list of the best and worst in Georgia politics, and wouldn't you know it, my opponent in the state house race has made the list. Congratulations?

http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/the_kill_the_poor_award/Content?oid=1548853

How do you spell your name again?

Of all the embarrasing things after so many years of service, this one is embarrasing. How do you misspell someones name on a retirement cake?

Georgia GOP to Boyd... "No Oath, then no run"

Boyd said he objected to the loyalty oath, which says the signer pledges allegiance to the GOP, because the party is far from perfect and he wouldn't swear to always support the party's actions. He tried for a compromise by producing three variations of the oath, all of which elaborated on the original by declaring his independence from party dogma when appropriate.
As Boyd laid out his documents on a conference room table at the Capitol, party chairwoman Sue Everhart was standing over him. "No," was all Everhart said.

Statehood for Puerto Rico?

Puerto Ricans ought to hold a referendum on whether to keep their island a commonwealth or consider statehood, independence or some other status, the U.S. House voted after an impassioned debate today.The island became a U.S. territory in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans are American citizens but cannot vote in presidential elections and have only a nonvoting representative in Congress. Puerto Rico's lone delegate to Congress, Pedro Pierluisi, argued that Puerto Ricans should have the right to decide their own destiny.

"Patience is a virtue, but my people have been patient enough," Pierluisi said."The fundamental justice of our cause -- to enable a fair and meaningful self-determination process for the people of Puerto Rico after more than 110 years of inaction -- is beyond question," said Pierluisi, who favors statehood. But Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., said the Puerto Rican people have not requested Congress to intervene. "Instead of dealing first with the very real concerns of how the people of Puerto Rico survive day by day, we are telling them our priority is to debate a status bill that will not become law," she said. "This is a disgrace."The bill, which has not yet been voted on in the Senate, sets up a two-step process. Puerto Ricans would first vote on whether to keep the status quo. If they voted for change, they would then choose among statehood, independence and becoming an independent nation in "free association" with the United States. Micronesia and the Marshall Islands, for instance, have free-association relationships with the U.S. that make them independent but have agreements in place for U.S. defense and economic aid. Critics charged that the bill was unfairly weighted toward statehood. In past votes in Puerto Rico, statehood and commonwealth ran neck and neck, with less support for independence options. But the first vote in the bill's two-step process would pit the current status against all other options combined."It's spelled the same in English as in Spanish: No, no," said Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., in voicing his opposition.Much of the controversy over what Puerto Rico should do focuses on how its options are defined. Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., said those who advocate keeping the island's commonwealth status overpromise that they will improve on the current situation by staying U.S. citizens, but picking and choosing among U.S. laws."I want that for the Bronx," he said. "That's a great deal."Lawmakers also voted on amendments dealing with who exactly gets to cast a ballot in the referendum and the issue of language on the island, where English and Spanish are official languages but Spanish is more widely spoken.The bill allows not only the 4 million residents of Puerto Rico to vote, but also people born on the island who live now on the mainland now -- something advocated by Gutierrez, who favors independence for Puerto Rico."The people of Puerto Rico are a nation," he said, adding, "They have a language and that language is Spanish."The bill doesn't bind Congress to accept Puerto Rico as a state. And it doesn't say how large a majority of Puerto Ricans are needed to choose a new political status. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said Congress ought to require that two-thirds of residents approve before statehood is allowed."You don't want to get married to someone who is only 51 percent sure, for goodness sakes," Chaffetz said. A Puerto Rican state would get two senators and probably about six seats in Congress, according to the Congressional Research Service, forcing Congress to decide whether to increase the size of the House or take those seats from other states. In the latter case, New York and Missouri likely would each lose a seat and four other states -- Arizona, South Carolina, Texas and Washington -- would miss out on seats they would have otherwise gained under the next round of reapportionment.Serrano said Puerto Ricans are ready to vote on an option that removes them from being a U.S. territory."From the time you're 10 years old, all you debate in Puerto Rico is status and baseball. And status is bigger," Serrano said.

GOP to Crist.. "We want our money back!"

Now that Charlie Crist has left the Republican Party to mount an independent run for Senate, Texas Sen. John Cornyn wants a refund of all the money his political action committee donated to the Florida governor. Cornyn, who runs the GOP campaign operation for the Senate, expects a number of Republicans to demand money back from Crist because they don't want his independent bid to be financed with party funds.
"People have already asked for their money back and I expect that to continue," Cornyn said Thursday. "I certainly will request the money I donated to his campaign from my leadership PAC back."The conservative Club for Growth said it planned a campaign to get donors big and small to ask for refunds. The group led a similar effort in 2009 after Pennsylvania's Arlen Specter switched from Republican to Democrat. Cornyn also said he expects Crist will have a hard time raising money as an independent, especially now that Republicans are lining up behind his opponent, state House Speaker Marco Rubio. Cornyn, formerly an enthusiastic backer of Crist, is among the Republicans who have urged the governor to drop out of the Senate race completely, to avoid boosting the chances of Democrat Kendrick Meek. Crist, whose fortunes within the GOP have faded in recent months,officially announced in St. Petersburg that he was quitting the Republican Party.

Three qualify for State House District 110

As of today we have 3 candidates who have officially qualified to run for House Dist 110, the seat being vacated by Rep. John Lunsford who is making the transition to the State Senate. Ron Moon of Butts Count, Tom Nicholson of Henry County, and Lee Spahos of Henry County have all officially qualified as of today. Good luck guys, but I'm sure there will be more candidates to come.

Musical Chairs at the Gold Dome

It seems that some of our candidates can't make up their minds down in my neck of the woods. Earlier this week State Sen. John Douglas qualifyed for re-election to his seat, as did State Rep. John Lunsford. Then came news that PSC Bobby Baker was retiring, and the entire game plan changed for both these fine candidates. Now I don't fault them, nor do I call this opportunism, we just wish Commissioner Baker would have let his intentions be known before the week of qualifying, as there is now a scramble to fill the empty seat left by Rep. Lunsford who will now run for the Senate seat vacated by Sen. Douglas to run for the PSC.

Florida's GOP Governor to run as an Independent

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said that he WILL be mounting an independent run for U.S. Senate, after the head of the GOP's re-election committee declared that the governor has "zero chance" to win as a Republican. He made the comments after Rob Jesmer of the National Republican Senatorial Committee wrote in an e-mail Monday that Crist should drop out of the race completely if he believes he can't win the primary. "We believe there is zero chance Governor Crist continues running in the Republican primary," Jesmer wrote in the memo to party officials and fund-raisers in Florida and Washington. Jesmer said the committee is prepared to support former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio if Crist runs as an independent. According to recent polls, Crist trails Tea Party favorite Rubio by an average of nearly 23 points.A three-way race would pit Crist and Rubio against Democratic Rep. Kendrick Meek.

It's official.... Scott's In!

The news is apparently in. Georgia state Rep. Austin Scott is planning to drop his campaign for governor and launch a challenge to Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall in the state’s 8th Congressional District. Scott, who was first elected to the Georgia Legislature at 26 and has served there since 1997, has failed to gain traction in a gubernatorial primary that includes multiple statewide Republican officials, but he’s regarded as an up-and-comer in his party.
“He’s got a base in the district,” the Republican source said. “He brings to the table the financial resources to give Marshall a tough fight. And he’s hungry.” Marshall won reelection against retired Gen. Rick Goddard by over 14 points in 2008, but his district broke for Sen. John McCain on the presidential level by a double-digit margin. Expect Scott’s announcement soon: Georgia’s filing deadline is Friday.

A drag queen in Congress?

Is it just me.... or does Cynthia McKinney look like Hank Johnson in drag? Take a look at they way the handle their job, and then you decide.

A real Democrat......

And just when we thought we had made an improvement over Cynthia McKinney, we find that her replacement is just as nutty, if not worse. Its bad enough for the voters of the district to have these two morons representing them in Washington, but it's downright embarrassing for the state of Georgia as a whole. I think our dear Mr. Johnson (I'm sorry but I can't seem to call him a Congressman), needs to take a basic course in geology. Now he thinks that Guam will capsize, I guess he'll next be afraid that Denver, the Mile-High city, will float away.... It's the perfect explanation of why the Democrat mascot is a jackass.

Healthcare Deform

Greetings comrades! Are you readers rejoicing, as I, the fact that we are now citizens of a new socialist republic? No longer must we labor and concern ourselves with providing for our own security, health, or welfare. We may now eat our fill of Big Mac's and pizzas, and the filthy rich will foot the bill to solve all our medical ills. May our great Comrade Obama have a memorial placed in Washington where we grateful masses may reflect on his triumphant reversal of over 230 years of American personal liberties. Do you agree?

President Abraham Lincoln once stated that if this country ever came undone, it would not be from without, but would be from within. My friends, that is what transpired in Congress over these past few weeks, our beloved country has been undone. Three generations have now fought and died to preserve our freedoms, and the freedoms of others, from socialism and communism. We won the Cold War abroad, only to sold out by aging hippies, bra burners, and new age liberals here at home. Yes, these are our current leaders in Washington who, like the old Merle Haggard song, "love our milk and honey, but preach about some better way of living". Now look, we can all agree that something had to be done to curb rising healthcare and insurance costs. But we screamed, I repeat, SCREAMED at the top of our lungs that this is NOT what we wanted. But yet, once again, the American majority went unheard and utterly ignored. We asked for limits on the malpractice suits that increase our insurance costs, the liberal courts struck them down. We asked for fewer government regulations and interference in healthcare, we received a new government bureaucracy. We asked to let competition between private insurance, healthcare providers, and drug companies drive down costs. Instead we get a government option that will put private companies out of business, drive up costs, and deliver poor services and results. We have enjoyed freedom of choice in planning our healthcare options as families and small-business, and now we'll be penalized and fined if we don't buy into a government run option. I know this plays like a broken record, but name one thing the federal government runs efficiently today.

The experts, if you can call them that, say Obamacare will only cost a mere $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years. Yeah right, since when has our federal government been good at budget predictions? As the screws tighten on families and small businesses, and as our government taxes the heck out of private insurers who compete with them, the number of uninsured will rise and be forced into the government plan. 30 million uninsured Americans will balloon to 60,70,80 million or more, and the costs will skyrocket to $500 billion a year. My generation suddenly has the prospect of not only having an insolvent Social Security program when we retire, but also a healthcare program that will tax us to death and be run like a VA. Retiring in the Caribbean is suddenly looking so much better for my family.

But perhaps the liberal plan is to let this pay for itself through attrition. How can it do that? It's simple adding and subtracting. Americans who work and pay income and social security taxes are between the ages of 18-65, right? You "add" more money from this group through new taxes on just about everything from their personal income, their employers income, heck even the hot dogs at a Braves game may have a new "fat" tax added. But after the age of 65 two things happen. First is the obvious fact that these Americans tend to retire and draw Social Security benefits, and the second is that their health tends to fail at a much quicker rate than younger age groups. It's the age where Americans cease to be "contributors" to the federal government and quickly become "users" of federal benefits. Therefore you "subtract" from this group by limiting the health care and services these seniors receive. Older Americans will be denied operations and treatments that would keep them with us, the life expectancy for this group falls, and the government stays in the black. Fewer people live long enough to draw social security and medical benefits they paid a lifetime for. Nice plan for all, except our senior citizens.

Then there are the comparisons between ourselves and Europe, "If they can do it, why can't we?" Here is why. The nations of Europe can afford socialism solely because we have protected their butts for 60 years with our armed forces. They've been creating a costly cradle to grave society because they spend but a tiny fraction of their budgets on defense, and we even help pay for what little they do spend. They know that you can't have both guns and butter, and so they chose the butter and let Uncle Sam provide the guns. You would think that we learned this little lesson in the 60's when President Johnson launched Medicare and other sweeping welfare programs, while trying to fight a war in Vietnam. The economy tanked, our budget ballooned, and only by dipping into Social Security was it able to balance out. Now we're fighting two wars, throwing money away on "stimulus" programs, and now this?

Now for the sweet secret to this madness. Most of these changes won't take effect until 2014, with the first major tax increases to be delivered only in 2013. Why do you suppose that is? It's to keep the most drastic portions of this legislation, those regarding YOUR care and how to fund this abomination from taking effect until our President, and his politburo, are safely re-elected in 2012. You will see little change until after these elections, and then WHAM! As the hangover from another inauguration wears off, your employer, your insurance, and your wallet are going to be hit by federal pickpockets, on a scale never seen before. They are hoping that your world will go on as it is now, and you will skip happily to the polls thinking that conservatives had healthcare reform pegged all wrong. Don't be played for a fool people. Hold fast against this so-called reform, and let your government officials know where YOU stand on the issue.

Hot dogs may lose to communism

I tell ya, there are too many studies being conducted today. One example of doctors and scientist have entirely too much time on their hands is a new policy statement from a pediatric group stating that the hot dog is a hazard for kids. You heard right, the all-american hot dog. Many regard the hot dog as a ballpark mainstay, a perfect partner to the hamburger or, for a hot-dog eating champ, a little snack. But of all snacks, the hot dog has proven most treacherous, causing about 17 percent of food-related asphyxiations. About 10,000 children younger than 14 are rushed to the hospital each year after choking on food, and up to 77 young people die is what the group states.

All of this may be prevented,according to these braniacs, with warning labels on packaging for hazardous foods, recalls on foods known to cause choking, and even the "redesign" of risky products like the hot dog. Some food packages that already feature warning labels could spread the trend, with voluntary help from the industry and the USDA, which has jurisdiction over meat products such as hot dogs. The Food and Drug Administration said it would review the group's statement recommendation for recalls.

That leaves a lingering question: How does one redesign the hot dog? One way to cut down on a frank's choking risk would be to eliminate its cylindrical, potentially windpipe-lodging shape. The group's policy statement suggests cutting foods that present a risk to children in a way that changes their spherical nature, such as quartering grapes and slicing hot dogs into lengthwise strips. Strips? Yeah, that'll be the new ballpark and grilling sensation.

Finally!!!

All I can say is it is about time! Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday. Landrieu is the city's first white mayor since his father, Moon, left the post three decades ago.Landrieu's victory party was a nod to both: the ballroom of a the Roosevelt hotel - recently reopened after a post-Katrina restoration - was festooned with Saints-themed black and gold balloons. A roving brass band played Mardi Gras tunes and he prefaced his victory speech by leading the crowd in the Saints' "Who Dat" cheer. "We're all going together and we're not leaving anybody behind," he shouted to a jubilant crowd as family members, including his father and his sister, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, stood beside him.With all of the precincts reporting, Landrieu had 66 percent of the vote. The campaign also focused on the city's violent crime and slumping finances. Landrieu, who lost to Nagin in a runoff four years ago, was a welcome change for some voters who grew frustrated with the city's current mayor. Little known outside New Orleans before Katrina, Nagin became a central, and sometimes controversial figure, in the city's struggle to recover. Though he won re-election as he courted black voters in the 2006 campaign, Nagin notoriously pledged after the hurricane that New Orleans would be a "chocolate city" again, offending many whites. Polls showed his popularity fell sharply in the years after the storm.

India tells Al Gore to "shove it"

In this new century full of talk about global warming and how any day now Arizona really will have oceanfront property, we get a breathe of fresh air. You see my friends, the Indian government has moved to establish its own body to address and monitor science surrounding climate change, saying it "cannot rely" on the official United Nation panel. What that really means is that they don't want the world sticking its nose into Indian affairs. Who can blame them?

The move is a severe blow to the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) following a claim of the UN that the Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035. Sounds like vintage Al Gore doesn't it? But this claim was not repeated in any peer-reviewed studies and was completely rebuffed by scientists. India's environment minister Jairam Ramesh announced that the Indian government will establish a separate National Institute of Himalayan Glaciology to monitor climate change in the region. "There is a fine line between climate science and climate evangelism," Ramesh said. "I am for climate science."

I like the term "climate evangelism".... it has a nice ring to it and is fairly true. That has been the basic theme of all this global warming nonsense, spreading a false gospel and predicting the end of the world. At least India, a third world nation that this IPCC is supposed to be helping, woke up to the realities. What India also failed to mention is that they would like to continue the industrialization of their country, without the bothers of "cap and trade" type legislation. They also would like to continue building coal fired power plants at their current rate or faster to support that industrialization. That is something the big bad UN would frown upon.

Its too bad that our President can't see the UN for what it is, but then again he's beholden to the "climate evangelists" until the next election in 2012. Perhaps he should take a look outside the window of the White House and see the effects of one of the coldest winters in 25 years. Then tell me, Mr. President, that the Earth is getting hotter. But just in case, I think I'll buy some more land in South Georgia, as that will be the new Gulf Coast in 2035, according to the UN.

You just gotta love our elected officials.....

You know some things are just beyond belief. It seems that news has broken saying that our dear Gov. Perdue wants to make a drastic change to our state government. Sure, he has proposed some whoppers before, but this one takes the cake, literally. It seems that he no longer feels that we poor, ignorant, uneducated, tax payers are worthy or qualified to vote or campaign for four top level positions in our state government. He feels that it is best that these individuals be appointed by the Governor, instead of being elected at large. The four are state school superintendent, agriculture commissioner, labor commissioner and insurance commissioner. Mighty funny how these positions are up for grabs in this election, and have active candidates whom the public can investigate and get to know before they give them that position. If the Governor has his way, you'll no longer have that chance. And you though cronyism was bad now, wait until those posts are given to the best friends or contributors of a sitting governor.

Now this change will require two-thirds approval in each house of the Legislature, and will have to be ratified by the state's voters. The governor elected in 2014 would be the first to appoint people to the four positions. Appointments would require confirmation by the Senate. But its just plain scary that, with all the things our State SHOULD be working on, this is what they come up with. Just whose side are they on anyways?

Harry Reid puts his foot in his mouth....Again!

It seems that the Democrats have a bit of an ego problem. First we had Al Gore claiming he invented the internet. Then we had President Obama acting as though he were a King and above criticism. And now we have the wonderful Senator from Nevada. Sen. Harry Reid, who last month apologized for privately praising President Barack Obama's lack of a "Negro dialect," posted a Black History Month essay on his website Monday in which he takes credit for racial integration in Las Vegas.One problem: Some local black leaders and historians don't remember him having had a significant role in that effort and the senator himself made no reference to it in his 2008 memoir.

It just shows, beyond, question, how far Democratic leaders are from reality and how distorted their views of themselves are. Perhaps Sen. Reid was trying to over-compensate for his remark regarding the Presidents' "dialect". Perhaps he was trying to pander to his constituency in Nevada to shore up his chance in an election year. Whatever his personal reasonings, the point to be taken by Americans young and old is clear. "If you have to tell a lie, the bigger it is, the more people will believe it." Adolf Hitler, "Mein Kampf". And todays message from history, boys and girls, was brought to you by Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.

Our energy policy

My how the American public has a short attention span on important issues. It was just a short year ago that gas prices were at an all time high, ethanol was becoming the fashionable rage, and "drill here, drill now!" was the chant of the marching public. But isn't it interesting how when the prices get lowered, the public gets comfortable again, and all the protesting is put to rest. Yes readers, today I'd like to talk about the energy policy of our country; how we got here, and where we're going with it. Yes, we all know that this country seems hopelessly dependent on foreign oil, but did you know that this is the result of a well thought plan by our very own State Department?

You see, during the Second World War, the bean counters in Washington realized that this country was supplying 85% of all oil for the Allied war effort, and at that rate our natural resources would be depleted within 60 years. So they came up with a brilliant idea, and it was at the time. Develop and use oil resources from other nations, and thereby conserve ours. This would, and has, left us with a large natural supply for any forseeable national emergencies. This plan worked brilliantly for 30 years, until the arrival of the oil embargo in 1973 and the formation of OPEC. Unfortunately, it seems for us, the "other" nations got smart. They began to realize that oil gave them power, and when the prices shot up and severe shortages hit America in 1973, they realized just how much power we had given them. Our world has never been the same.

With the wealth received from oil revenues, small and unimportant tribal kingdoms suddenly became major players on the world stage. Half-pint, would be dictators built up large armies to terrorize their own people and neighbors, thanks to oil revenues. They also privately financed bands of forgettable Islamic terrorists to execute their vendettas on the West and Israel, and we are still reaping this whirlwind from groups like al-Queda. What does this mean? It means, dear friends, that our current energy policy could be considered "aiding and abetting" the enemy.

To change we must continue pressuring our leaders in Washington to reinvent our energy policy, and not get complacent when gas prices go back down, because they will eventually come back up. And never forget that high gas prices are the surest way to destroy a vibrant economy, and I consider it to be a huge factor in our current recession. But the answer is not returning to an era of bicycles and horses and candlelight, its called letting industry do what they do..... Innovate! American industries should be allowed to develop our own natural resources in fossil fuels, while continuing to fund and develop efficient alternatives. Instead of hamstringing our automakers with rules and regulations, why not offer liberal tax and financial grants to fund research in battery and fuel technologies, much like we do for defense contractors. The return on our investment would be staggering, and would carry over for another century perhaps. We may very well find ourselves eventually using gasoline for nothing more than powering classic cars. At the least, without a need for oil, it would turn the Arab world back into the impoverished wasteland it was, and take a major thorn out of our sides.

We need to also stop handicapping public utilities with guidelines that can't always be met. I'm sorry, but Georgia is not a choice candidate for renewable energy sources, and we must therefore rely upon coal and nuclear for our main power sources if you want cheap electricity. And cheap electricity is a must if you seek industrial growth and quality of life for your family. Perhaps one day, when our nation revamps its utility grid, vast solar farms in the deserts out west can light up Atlanta, but not today, nor in the next decade.

In short, the answer is to continue looking to the future and let industry lead the way, not government. Let energy conservation be gained through technological improvements, and not through government imposed rationing. Let the consumer dictate what kind of cars should be built, and not officials in Washington. Let cleaner air come through industrial innovations, and not "cap and trade" style legislation. This country has always been the greatest innovator thanks to our industry and a "hands off" approach by government. So let America be American, and let's solve our energy problems in an American way.

The President seeks to CUT the budget?

See I told ya. Never underestimate the politician Obama when it is an election. When your party loses an important election in Massachussetts, what do you do? You spin around a appear to stand for what your opponent does to win the next election. Apparently thats what President Obama is currently trying to do when it comes to the budget. After giving us record setting deficits, and running up a natgional debt that cannot be repaid any time soon, Obama is calling for budget "cuts". Yes, you heard me right.

But after you rule out spending freezes and big reductions to defense, Social Security, Medicare and other big-ticket "nondiscretionary" items, what is there left to cut from the federal budget? How about grants to manufacturers of worsted wool products? That's a savings of $5 million a year. Stop broadcasts in Croatian, Greek and Hindi on the government-run Voice of America and you save $3 million. And if every worker in the Department of Labor remembers to turn off their computer at the end of the day? That's a whopping $727,000 over five years. If those and $23 billion worth of other cost-saving measures detailed in President Barack Obama's 2011 budget proposal don't seem to add up to much in a $3.8 trillion spending package, just wait. Once our Congressmen get a hold of them, the actual spending cuts are likely to be smaller. Of the 121 programs the president sought to end or shrink in his 2010 budget, for a projected one-year savings of $17 billion, Congress only approved $11.5 billion, or 60 percent.

This year, Obama wants to terminate, reduce or find savings in 126 areas. Some of his ideas are virtually cut-and-paste items from last year's budget.Take the C-17. The Pentagon stopped requesting more of the cargo planes in 2007 because it had all it needed. That didn't go over well with lawmakers from the 43 states where the aircraft provided jobs, and every year since, Congress has insisted on buying more. Once again, the 2011 budget calls for an end to the program for a savings of $2.5 billion over the next 10 years. Smaller programs are just as difficult to kill. Last year, the administration tried to eliminate the Rural Community Facilities program within the Department of Health and Human Services, arguing that it duplicated wastewater treatment programs run by other federal agencies. Congress ignored the proposal and kept the $10 million program, which again is slated to end.
Still, the president has called for a three-year freeze on nonsecurity discretionary spending to save $250 billion over 10 years. To help achieve those savings, his budget identifies inefficient, redundant or outdated programs ripe for elimination. Some, like canceling NASA's $3.5 billion return mission to the moon, are big-ticket items. Others, like zeroing out a $1 million college scholarship program for Olympic athletes, are not. Here are other items on the chopping block or due for some paring, in no particular order:

......A long-discussed and controversial plan to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The proposal to eliminate $197 million for the project will have a powerful ally on Capitol Hill: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
.......Subsidies to wealthy farmers, a perennial budget target that has avoided getting hit in the past. The proposal would cut the cap on direct payments to wealthy farmers from $40,000 to $30,000 and reduce income eligibility to save nearly $2.3 billion over the next 10 years.
.......A program that pays states to clean up abandoned coal mines that have already been cleaned up. Savings: $115 million next year and $1.2 billion over 10 years.
.......A $5 million Forest Service economic development program that funded, among other things, "a water musical festival."
.......A planned $20 million refurbishment of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center in New Mexico. The linear accelerator was built 30 years ago and no longer plays a critical role in weapons research.
.......A $120 million program that allows low-income people to get their Earned Income Tax Credit in advance. About 80 percent of those receiving early payments were later found ineligible.
.......An $18 million program to clean up and redevelop "brownfields" -- abandoned, idled and underused industrial and commercial facilities in urban areas.
.......A $761 million reduction in spending on construction of housing for low-income elderly and those with disabilities.
.......Pet congressional health service projects worth $383 million that are not subject to the usual competitive or merit-based process for funding. Included in the cuts would be proposed health care clinics in Alaska and Mississippi.
.......A $12 million program to give grants to improve security on inter-city buses.
Two National Park Service programs to restore historic buildings and promote heritage tourism, for a savings of $30 million.
.......An exchange program for Alaska Natives, native Hawaiians, children and families living in Massachusetts and members of Indian tribes in Mississippi that have historic links to whaling and trading.
.......Grants to art organizations in the nation's capital, including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, for a savings of $5 million.The budget proposal includes around-the-edges savings culled from ideas submitted by federal employees through the SAVE Awards program. Among the ways federal agencies are proposing to do their part to reduce red ink:
.......The Social Security Administration could save $150,000 next year by allowing applicants to make appointments online.
.......The Air Force could save $2 million in 2011 by tailoring more than 12,000 cell phone plans to actual usage.
.......The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates $2 million in savings next year by allowing veterans to keep their medications instead of throwing away leftovers when they are discharged from the hospital.
.......The Treasury Department sees $2 million in annual savings by eliminating paper pay stubs for more than 100,000 workers.

Big or little, many of the reductions will be tough to push through a Congress that traditionally refuses to go on a no-pork diet when it comes to spending. In introducing his budget, the president alluded to the standard operating procedure when it comes to budget time."In order to meet this challenge, I welcome any idea, from Democrats and Republicans," he said. "What I will not welcome -- what I reject -- is the same old grandstanding when the cameras are on, and the same irresponsible budget policies when the cameras are off. It's time to hold Washington to the same standards families and businesses hold themselves. It's time to save what we can, spend what we must, and live within our means once again." Strange words indeed for a man as spend friendly as the President is.

A new lease for nuclear power?

One should never underestimate the wilyness of President Obama. As his poll numbers continue to sink and Democratic futures are looking slim this next election, he has stolen a few plays from the Republican handbook. President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation. Obama singled out nuclear power in his State of the Union address, and his spending plan for the next budget year is expected to include billions of more dollars in federal guarantees for new nuclear reactors. This emphasis reflects both the political difficulties of passing a climate bill in an election year and a shift from his once cautious embrace of nuclear energy. He's now calling for a new generation of nuclear power plants.

During the campaign, Obama said he would support nuclear power with caveats. He was concerned about how to deal with radioactive waste and how much federal money was needed to support construction costs. Those concerns remain; some say they've gotten worse. His administration has pledged to close Yucca Mountain, the planned multibillion-dollar burial ground in the Nevada desert for high-level radioactive waste. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has been criticized for his slow rollout of $18.5 billion in loan guarantees to spur investment in new nuclear power plants, and the administration killed a Bush-era proposal to reprocess nuclear fuel.What has changed is the outlook for climate and energy legislation, a White House priority. The House passed a bill in June that would limit emissions of heat-trapping gases for the first time. But the legislation led to a Republican revolt in the Senate, where the recent election of Republican Scott Brown from Massachusetts has made the measure even more of a long shot.

Obama reaffirmed his commitment to a bill in his State of the Union speech as a way to create more clean-energy jobs, but added that "means building a new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants in this country." To back that up, he is expected to seek $54 billion in additional loan guarantees for nuclear power in his 2011 budget request to Congress on Monday, according to an administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the request has not been made public. White House officials say Obama's actions reflect his long support of nuclear power. But lawmakers from both parties say the speech reflected a new urgency and willingness to reach out to Republicans who have criticized Obama for not talking more about the role nuclear energy can play in slowing global warming. The 104 nuclear reactors in operation in 31 states provide only 20 percent of the nation's electricity. But they are responsible for 70 percent of the power from pollution-free sources, including wind, solar and hydroelectric dams.Several analyses of the climate bills passed by the House and under consideration in the Senate suggest that the U.S. will have to build many more plants in order to meet the 80 percent reduction in greenhouse gases by 2050 called for in the legislation. One of those studies, by the Environmental Protection Agency, assumed 180 new reactors would come on line by 2050.
This is definately good news, but it could very well be just talk designed to win over a fewe votes and some support in the coming elections. We just have to wait and see what develops, and if the President follows through with this idea, or if it is just more idle talk.