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The Georgia General Assembly, the traditional way station for gubernatorial candidates en route to West Paces Ferry, is left with a single Republican and Democrat in next year's governor's race.
House Speaker pro tem Mark Burkhalter (R-Johns Creek) declared Thursday he'll skip the 2010 race. He dined with four close friends to weigh the decision. "It was very positive," he said. "If I had listened entirely to them, I would have run. They gave me some great perspective and the sense of comfort and confidence that friends give you."
But , he said, "it really boiled down to 'what did I think over the next 18 to 20 months that I could do to most positively affect the future of the state?'" That, he concluded, is to remain in the House and grow the conservative majority, even though opportunities like this may arise once in a career.
The next day, U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-Grantville), former minority leader in the Georgia House, announced that he'll stay in Congress. "It's best for me to remain in Congress where I think I can make a difference as a legislative fighter."
For Republicans, the sole candidate with legislative experience remaining is state Rep. Austin Scott of Tifton, first elected to the House 14 years ago at age 26. The sole Democrat serving in the House is Minority Leader DuBose Porter of Dublin, first elected in 1982. Georgia Attorney General Thurbert Baker, who's also announced, represented DeKalb County in the House for nine years before being appointed attorney general in 1997.
Georgians have not elected a governor without prior legislative experience in almost 60 years — the last being Herman Talmadge in 1950. Ernest Vandiver and Lester Maddox weren't legislators, though Vandiver as lieutenant governor presided over the Senate. Maddox was chosen by House Democrats over Republican Bo Callaway in an election thrown there by a 1966 write-in campaign for former Gov. Ellis Arnall.
Both Scott and Porter have an uphill struggle if they are to continue the tradition. Baker is not somebody I'd bet against, though statewide voting patterns favor Republicans.
Scott plans to mount a campaign by raising $100 from 100 people in all 159 counties, he told the hometown Tifton Gazette in announcing. In a race against two opponents who'll be well-financed and who have already demonstrated they can win statewide — Secretary of State Karen Handel and Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine — Scott is a real long shot.
He has some appeal, though. He's young and photogenic and because he's not well known and not from metro Atlanta, he could, with sufficient money and the right campaign team and message, emerge as a contender. As politicians go, he's as reliable as they come. Once he makes a commitment, his word is his bond — even if it turns out to have been unwise.
As chairman of the House Governmental Affairs Committee, he is one of just a handful of free-market conservatives serving on a 2007 task force studying whether to eliminate the archaic Certificate of Need law that preserves health care monopolies. The legislation would pass through his committee. He agreed as a task force member to abide by the majority's recommendations, in effect surrendering much of his legislative power on the issue. On another occasion, he committed to support the governor's veto of the 2007 budget, a commitment he honored even though it briefly cost him his chairmanship.
He was the lone elected Republican at the mansion with former Gov. Roy Barnes and other Democrats planning strategy for changing the Georgia flag in 2001. Not surprisingly, his district is never safe, though he has won for 14 years. He's a long shot, not well known and not secure at home. But there are enough elements to his story to make him a candidate who could gain traction.
Porter has the problem that he and former state Adjutant General David Poythress of Gwinnett County, and possible-candidate Barnes are all competing in a primary where half the voters will be be black. Baker is Georgia's first black attorney general and, following the historic success of President Barack Obama, there's likely to be a surge of interest in electing the first black governor.
Barring scandal, any of the Democrats will have a difficult time reaching West Paces Ferry except by tour bus.
The field may be fixed now. If so, it's likely a 60-year tradition will be broken.
April 24th, 2009
8:59 pm
Sorry, but your friend Burkhalter sounds to me like a self-indulgent prick. In short, a weenie. According to you, his cop-out is supposed to be some whiney BS about how much he can do to amend the planting soils of the GOP? Give me a break! What an effing ponce!
Screw him. Now, on to actual women and actual men. Are there any? Let's see…
April 24th, 2009
10:38 pm
Vote Libertarian…that's all you need to know.
April 25th, 2009
1:36 am
Wooten says approvingly: "Once he makes a commitment, his word is his bond — even if it turns out to have been unwise."
Christ on a stick, man. Are you so in love with doctrine that you would tout a man who will stick to his guns, no matter what, even when he knows he is in error?
Life on earth is all about adaptation to changing conditions and information. Stand athwart this primary imperative and you will perish.
Thus is the path of Common Sense Conservatism.
April 25th, 2009
5:53 am
Where is the governor concerning the 10th bank failure in GA? (at least were no 1 at something) Oh, were they all being run by Republicans? The Repubs have problems running a one car fumeral. All talk, no management, no ethics!
April 25th, 2009
8:59 am
Thurbert Baker will NEVER win. He has no support in the African-American community based on his decisions regarding key cases – like Genarlow Wilson.
TB doesn't even require his own staff to follow the law, so how can Georgians trust this man? He employs people as favors to others, credentials, integrity and morality have no place in his decisions apparently.
April 25th, 2009
9:14 am
Karen Handel has my vote. Look at the MESS men have made in the state. I would like for her to have a college degree but Sonny has 1 and look at the poor job he has done..
*************Handel 2010***PALIN MCCAIN 2012**********
April 25th, 2009
9:19 am
"He was the lone elected Republican at the mansion with former Gov. Roy Barnes and other Democrats planning strategy for changing the Georgia flag in 2001."
He doesn't stand a chance in a statewide race. Next.
April 25th, 2009
9:26 am
Based on what you've written, Jim, Rep. Scott sounds like he would be a great "concessionaire" selling hotdogs.
I'll predict Karen Handel wins the governorship.
April 25th, 2009
9:54 am
Churchill's mom it is possible that a women could do a better job a Govonor than Sonny, I suspect that you could have done better than Sonny. Look at Condi Rice, she has a PHD from the best schools but was a total failure in the Bush administration. In my time Lester Maddox was the best Governor in Georgia , he was a man and did not have a college degree. At this point I don't like any of the Republicab choices or Roy but will probably give Handel a chance.
April 25th, 2009
1:16 pm
I suggest we recruit Gov. Perry from Texas.
April 25th, 2009
1:46 pm
I'm interested to see how much of Georgia's politics is impinged by transportation issues. Yesterday we were discussing "smart growth", a rubric for a string of subordinate principles aimed at guiding development and redevelopment. "Smart growth" policies are all over the map when it comes to transportation, (public) transit and gridlock. Their implementation would, in general, tend to obviate a lot of transportation woes, but in some cases the policies exacerbate transportation problems.
Jim Wooten generally dislikes the power-hungry "smart growth" crowd, and usually identifies them with advocates of costly, unrealistic transit utopianism. Still, I think that the implementation of many of their "smart" principles would help to melt gridlock on the cheap.
On an unrelated note, at my church's fundraiser today I met a kindly AJC flack whose business it is to travel from event to event, setting up tents from which to tout the paper and sell subscriptions. He told me that the AJC plans to roll out a new, color-coded graphic format in its analog product in the coming days, and he added that today's paper contains a couple articles describing the publisher's plans. It sounds interesting. I've been pulling pork since early this morning, or I'd have read the articles by now so as to report to those of you with an interest. Perhaps one of you might know already what's in store, in which case, please do tell.
April 25th, 2009
2:00 pm
Call me a sap, but I like this version of Burkhalter. His reluctance to step up, in my mind singularly qualifies him for leadership.
I'm sure you know what I mean.
April 25th, 2009
2:18 pm
@Ga Values,
Sometimes I get this eery sense that we are discussing public figures who are wraiths, publicly defined and conceived, rather than actual human beings. So it is with your weird references to Condoleeza Rice.
For starters, why do you presume to call her "Condi", rather than, say, "Secretary Rice", or "the former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice:, or else, simply, "Dr. Rice"? Do you similarly refer to Henry Kissinger as "Hank", or "Harry"? What do you call The All Bright, when you refer to her? Is she "Maddy" to you?
You say that Dr. Rice took her PhD from "the best of schools". With all due respect to the Universtity of Denver, her terminal alma mater, it is not commonly perceived as one of the best of schools. The fact is that the lady fought her way out from behind the 8-ball, and has spent herself doing it on the fumes of her own ambition and sense of duty.
Disagree with her, if you want to. Trust me, she'd be willing to have lunch with you and dispute you point-for-point, if that's what you'd like.
But she's long since earned the right not to be "Condi" to such as you.
April 25th, 2009
4:01 pm
Whoever becomes the next Governor he or she must make transportation the #1 priority. I also hope we won't have a "nanny" like the present occupant who won't let the people of GA decide their own issues, i.e., to tax themselves for transportation projects, to vote as to whether alcohol can be sold on Sundays, etc.
April 25th, 2009
4:09 pm
He's been a dinosaur who at several times when we needed him most, seemed extinct.
Let's extinguish his kind, then.
April 25th, 2009
4:40 pm
Poultry 2:18 pm
A little over your head or just drinking?
April 25th, 2009
7:49 pm
Poultry: Let's remember the entire economic and political mess we are in did not just materialize since Jan. 20. The Repubs are very good at DENIAL. Look at how they have created the Reagan myth that he was a fiscal conservative. In revisionist history one can create any fable one wants to. That is why 65-70 percent of Americans don't believe the Repubs any more. It seems that red state GA and a few other southern states are mired in the illusion that Repubs have the answers.
April 25th, 2009
9:40 pm
Ga Values, you petty turd,
I tried to respond to your wisecracks fulsomely, but the AJC censored me, as the AJC will do anyone who says something non-AJC.
April 25th, 2009
10:05 pm
April 25th, 2009
10:30 pm
the race for the guv'nah? who best exemplifies conservatism's economic elasticity? What does Wooten's waist-band of right wingers think? I'm sure they have a candidate who looms large in their ballbriggand tea-baggin' plans. I like Wooten's band of top drawer unmentionables, commonly known as "the sisterhood of the traveling skidmarks" .
Real unitards.
Conservatism is in good hands.
April 25th, 2009
11:57 pm
It's pretty damn hard to reach West Paces these days, because Purdue proved to be a moron when it came to solving any traffic problems, and like all the Republitards in the gold dome, he wati oblivious to the traffic crisis that continues to drive
April 26th, 2009
12:05 am
all significant companies away from the Atlanta area.
All the irrelevant crybabies keep pointing to significant issceues like Michell's arms, or proving Obama wasn't born in the US, but when it comes to where it really matters Republitards, the party of Wooten continue to fail to grasp issues and when a significant election happens, they get their butts handed to them.
Congrats to new NY Congressman Scott Murphy who won the NY 20th. After a month, the Republitard conceded that the Party of No Ideas got their butts kicked once again on the national scene.
Once again the Rethugs have DUHfeat they can believe in that signals what will happen again in 2010 and 2012. Senator Franken continues to hire staff, while the idiots from Jawjaw cry about a 25 year old cold war plane they want to waste your tax money on. Saxbuh ought to hitch up a dodo bird and fly into Kabul. The party of racism has become the party of bufoons.
The Bush strategy sure paid off in Pakistan which will very soon be Talibinistan.
April 26th, 2009
12:48 am
Looks like the ole Nuclear Options and all the filibuster threats after it by the Repubtards are about to bite 'em in the Republibutt.
Health care will happen, and like many issues the fillibuster is not going to be a factor. "Reconciliation" will be imposed per Senate rules, and requires only 51 votes. When this happens, we will have at least 59 with the addition of Franken, and with one more retirement, we'll get 60 easily anyway.
I'd read up on "reconciliation" Repubtards, because it's making all those filibuster threats clown like, including Sackbutts theory that he was necessary to keep the filibuster from cloture.
According to the paper the AJC uses now for its national and international reporting, since they have morphed fully into a mediocre high school paper, when they aren't slumming with Associated Right Wing Press the threat of filibuster has produced an ultimatum–"reconciliation" will kick in 10/15 or sooner if the Repubtards continue to be the party of DUH NO.
"Republicans are in a tizzy because Democrats are threatening to use the budgetary procedure known as reconciliation — it reconciles policy with fiscal guidelines — to overhaul the health care system, possibly enact climate change legislation and rewrite education policy.
They have good reason to fret: If Democrats successfully invoke reconciliation, such major bills could pass by a simple majority vote, denying Republicans the filibuster, their sole remaining weapon to influence federal policy given the Democratic grip on government.
"It stinks," Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said as he pondered the prospect of Democrats pulling the trigger on reconciliation.
But there are a couple of problems for Republicans as they push back furiously against the idea, chief of which is the fact that they used the process themselves on several occasions, notably when enacting more than $1 trillion in tax cuts in 2001.
That means critics can have a field day lampooning Republicans and asking them — as Senator Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent, did repeatedly the other day — why reconciliation was such a good idea when it came to giving tax cuts to millionaires but such a bad one when it comes to trying to provide health care to average Americans."
April 26th, 2009
7:57 am
After losing last year's presidential election, the national Republican Party seems to have lost its way.
Yelling "no" at every idea proposed by President Barack Obama doesn't seem to be working for the GOP congressional leadership. A blast of "no"s is followed inevitably by a rise in Obama's popularity. The Republican lawmakers never seem to have any workable proposal for a follow-up to "just say no."
Oh, I forgot, the GOP produced a budget alternative, but it omitted any numbers. Budgets without numbers are difficult to navigate.
Republicans also can't seem to find a new leader to carry their non-message. Surely, someone out there is willing and able to pick up the banner of Lincoln, Goldwater and Reagan and charge ahead. Texas Gov. Rick Perry has suggested that secession may be the "new way" for the GOP. New way to what? The federal pen? Promoting secession is a felony, even if the governor claims to represent the Alamo.
Let's get serious. Let's recruit somebody with a proven record who can pick up the pieces of the Republican Party and put them together again. Let's bring back former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
This nation – this state, too, for that matter – thrives when we have two strong, competitive parties at work.
When I started in this business four wars ago, I wrote at least one column each month devoted to the need for a two-party system in Georgia. I saw a strong Republican Party as the perfect policeman for the corrupt bully Democrats. The incumbent Democrats repeatedly accused me of being a Republican mole. My late father warned me to stay away from Republicans. "They're not going to be around much longer," he would say.
Finally, when Georgia Republicans gained full power in 2002, long after Newt had departed the scene, they simply replaced the Democrats. Georgia remained a one-party state; all that changed was the label. Greed simply moved from one side of the aisle to the other. There wasn't a dime's worth of difference between the parties. I started a campaign to recruit conservative moderates to take charge.
The first moderate Republican I discovered way back in the 1970s was Newt Gingrich, R-Carrollton, a pointy-headed professor with the fire to become a lead dog in Congress. He repeatedly assailed the Democrats as crooked and uncaring. He ran twice for the House without success, and then lightning struck. Newt was off to Washington.
A funny thing happened when he got there. Newt became a first-rate congressman. He understood the needs of his constituents. When he represented a South Atlanta district that included Hartsfield Airport, Gingrich delivered the goods. Whatever the airport needed – upgraded electronics or more landing lights – Newt delivered. Nothing was too good for Newt's airport when the gift came courtesy of the taxpayers.
When he moved up to speaker and to a new district north of Atlanta, Gingrich became a key player in helping Lockheed Martin win and maintain big defense contracts. Defense contracts meant steady jobs. "Bring Home the Bacon" Gingrich was a lawmaker who seldom received public recognition for his astonishing pork-barrel talents. He was much better known as the firebrand ideologue who gave us "The Contract with America" – a covenant asserting, among other things, that term limits were needed to clean out the deadwood in D.C. Republicans swore to abide by the contract, and they raced back into power. They also ignored term limits. Newt and his merry elephants had fooled the voters.
Didn't matter much. In Washington, Newt embarrassed himself with a little extramarital hanky-panky and fits of squalling brat-ism, but he was a fine, high-achieving House member. Republicans ought to consider restoring him as leader of their party. Once again, Newt could lead the elephants out of the wilderness of defeat and back toward power.
Of course, Newt would have to change his style slightly. He'd have to stop mumbling, "Kill all Democrats." Yet, with just a tiny bit of a makeover, Newt could resuscitate the party, and he wouldn't even need to play the part of a cigar-smoking radio buffoon.
April 26th, 2009
9:01 am
It saddens me that the GOP has reduced itself to something it sees as a "conservatism" it cannot construe except through the late Mr. Reagan. To me, the party stands for the things for which the nation has stood at proud moments. It stands for our tradition, which it is not willing to trash.
The cold fact is that George Washington's rejection by London, their refusal to grant him a knighthood in recognition of his achievements in beautiful Virginia, gave him the resolve to make war on those prigs. We all know that the Revolutionary War would have gone to the British had it not been for Washington; what we deny is that, for Washington, it was a ruthless grudge match. It was payback.
These are some of the realities we dare not, but should, teach to schoolchildren.
Abraham Lincoln revered Washington and understood the elder president well. He saw that Washington found himself in a tragedy of his own making, that Washington's lust for vengeance put his mortal soul in peril. The likely explanation for Washington's ultimate magnanimity is that Washington washed hands he knew were bloody and dirty.
Lincoln felt the same way. As he racked up death tolls unprecedented, sleeplessly, he feared for his immortality.
If we're going to have collective schools that teach about our nation's heritage, why can't we have ones in which the truth, rather than some jive, is taught?
April 26th, 2009
9:01 am
Churchill's mom… Palin is a fool, nearly as bad as Rice.
April 26th, 2009
9:06 am
A new Politico poll released Tuesday finds that President Barack Obama enjoys broad support — some 66 percent trust Obama a "great deal" or "some" — and is named the most popular figure in politics today.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, meanwhile, found themselves on the opposite side of the popularity fence.
Palin, who enjoyed broad support among the conservative base of the Republican Party during her run for the vice presidency last year, got the highest "untrustworthy" rating of all the major political figures surveyed at 33 percent. Voters were asked if they trusted the politician "to identify the right solutions to the problems we face as a nation."
Ranking second-worst in the "untrustworthy" column was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who polled at 32 percent. Pelosi came in last when asked if respondents trusted her "a great deal" — at just 26 percent.
April 26th, 2009
9:09 am
Rice is a fool is she, Caribou Barbie?
Let's see you top that one. Go ahead. Try to top it for foolishness.
April 26th, 2009
9:43 am
VOTE LIBERTARIAN – John Mond is running for governor on the Libertarian party ticket. If you would like the Government out of your wallet and your bedroom, he's the way to go.
The political world is headed for a rude awakening by citizens tired of our current nanny and police state.
April 26th, 2009
9:47 am
About 25 companies received more than $100 million in Mr. Murtha's earmarks in the current military bill while their executives contributed more than $350,000 to his campaign.
Only one business appears to have received an earmark without any contribution last year: Pittsburgh Electric Engines Inc. of Mount Pleasant, Pa. Its founder declined to discuss how he won the support.
April 26th, 2009
10:48 am
Karen Handel has had the state in hot water on voting rights issues. Then there is the mess with ballot counting and absentee voting. She is singularly NOT qualified to lead, and should have already been removed after her poor work in 2008.
Women don't need tokens!
April 26th, 2009
10:49 am
Saxby got a lot more then $350,000 for his vote for TARP.
April 26th, 2009
1:24 pm
Pardon me, but mAy I plese yawn now?
Thank you.
April 26th, 2009
1:37 pm
I never thought I'd live to see the day when Democratic shills, in lockstep with their clueless flock, would come to defend their party's standard-bearer on the basis of his somewhat favorable ratings in the most favorable of polls.
Democratic Party, USA: we've got the polls on our side, for now!
April 26th, 2009
2:53 pm
Good afternoon, Jim,
The problem with electing a Democrat in Georgia is that he's about where the Republicans ought to be and the Republicans are trying to see just far into outer space they can venture. You claim for Austin Scott that "his word is his bond — even if it turns out to be unwise." It seems that most Georgia Republicans could make the same claim. Wisdom, as you suggest, is not one of their prominent traits. Let's hope Mr Porter can rally the Democrats and win this race so that the "conservative majority" has much needed checks and balances. We all saw how much damage they did the last time, and it's time to rein 'em it.
April 26th, 2009
3:32 pm
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April 26th, 2009
6:44 pm
great, along with such names as Ripsnorter, Rebelvengeaner, Garboon and Poltroonasty, among others. Just "great…[for a]…blog like this)))".
April 26th, 2009
7:40 pm
Poultry: feeling a bit peckish today?
Our state really cannot take any more Republican "leadership."
April 26th, 2009
7:59 pm
Nah, catty, but thanks for asking. I'm 100% devoid of peck. I'm in fact impeccable.
I don't care whether our state gets Republican leadership or the other kind, as long as it's led for a change.
April 26th, 2009
10:49 pm
Pubtards are the party of clowns, regression and "no" whether they are bible thumpin' Georgia hick crackers like Purdue, or the clowns in the legislature. The only place pubtards have a chance of being elected is in the redneck south with few exceptions and that will change soon as the Hispanic population increases to the point of 1/4.
Congrats to Mr. Murphy in NY that showed exactly what happens when Michael Broken Steele makes personal appearances on behalf of the RNC. He handed the pubtard's butt to him who was 20 full points ahead at the beginning of the election for the 20th US Congressional district. Another US Dem vote.
Congrats to vet Purdue who has no clue what to do if Swine Flu gets lethal and pandemic. No Vaccines. Antigens not chosen for one that wouldn't be available for 18 months at the fastest. Maybe he can use the Tamiflu that he bought for $6 million that had no efficacy against H5N1 Birdie flu and promotes resistance in that disease for the Swine Flu. It and Ralenza are the 2/4 neuraminidase inhibitors with Swine flu efficacy.
April 26th, 2009
11:26 pm
even though opportunities like this may arise once in a career.
Isn't looking at politics as a career a lot of the problem now?
April 26th, 2009
11:27 pm
Anybody know how to turn the italics off once you've turned them on?
April 27th, 2009
1:21 am
I didn't know you could turn the italics on. LOL How did you turn them on? I usually do it manually–that's the only way I know how to "mark it up." It looks like you got it "turned off." Your moonshine supplier must be first rate.
April 27th, 2009
1:23 am
I thought Roy was running. Roy forgets more every 15 seconds than Porter or the less than mediocre AG every knew.
April 27th, 2009
6:46 am
April 27th, 2009
8:13 am
Hey Poultry! Maybe you should seek a position with KFC. You have all the political acumen of a fried chicken thigh.
April 27th, 2009
8:50 am
If I was going to drink corn liquor I'd make my own.
April 27th, 2009
9:23 am
[...] Jim Wooten on a governor's race likely to depart from tradition. [...]
April 27th, 2009
9:55 am
I was re-reading an article the other day about the notion of the Peter Principle. The Peter Principle is the principle that "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence."
I think this aptly applies to most if not all the Republican GA legislators and their leadership, and I use the term leadership very loosely. If GA is to work its way into the 21st century (from the 19th where it currently resides) we need leaders who will lead creatively and boldly. That does not fit the description of the current crop of Republicans.
April 27th, 2009
10:10 am
As Republicans continue to prove that they're just as pro big government as the Democrats, more and more people are getting fed up with the two party system and going to the Libertarian Party. Many people say they'd like to see a third party be competitive, but that it's a wasted vote. You'd see more Libertarians on the ballot if the Republicans and Democrats hadn't created such difficult barriers for anyone besides them to be on the ballot on the first place. If the Libertarian candidate in this race, John Monds, gets at least 20 percent of the vote, the Libertarian Party will gain equality in Georgia. Don't you think that's worth voting Libertarian for?
April 27th, 2009
10:14 am
Also, Oxendine says he'll veto any Sunday alcohol sales bill that crosses his desk if elected governor. Why is he so afraid to let the people vote on this issue? I'm voting Libertarian, for John Monds. At least Libertarians realize that things like blue laws should be created at the very lowest level possible if they must exist at all… not statewide.
April 27th, 2009
10:22 am
Director Casey,
Your sources are A1. Indeed I do work for KFC, seven days a week. Up on Cobb Pkwy. I'm the one who makes The Big Chicken work. With the hand crank I roll its eyes, and with foot pedals I make its lips move. I bet you didn't know that chickens have lips.
It can be exausting work up there, especially on hot days, but someone's got to do it. And I can truly say, with a degree of pride, that I know how to get inside a chicken's head.
Call me the Chicken Whisperer.
April 27th, 2009
10:44 am
Oh, let us not forget, guys like Oxendine, Perdue, and other self-serving politicians know what is best for the children. Remember in the "dark ages" it was only the clerics that were allowed to read, i.e. then have all the power. I am soooooo very grateful that Sonny and Oxendine and their lackeys make all the decisions for me, then I can sit back, relax, and don't have to think. "OH what a relief it is."
April 27th, 2009
2:43 pm
Good point, retiredds.
By the way, "cleric" meant "literate" and, correspondingly, "literate" was defined as "clerical", just as, in later days, to have work as a "clerk" meant, foremost, that you had arithmetic. Divines all could read, but many of those who could read were not divines. All clerics were males, yes; monks and priests, not necessarily. The cleresy were the literate class, the ones considered qualified to run affairs.
I pontificate like this because I really appreciate your comment about elite vs. popular "literacy", and because this whole crazy Medieval story is playing out again right now, in Afganistan, under America's nose.
May 6th, 2009
10:53 am
1. I'm glad this is Sonny's last term. I never voted for him anyway. Many of you cried because Roy Barnes had revised that racist (Southern) flag so you ran to the voting booths and put Sonny in. This really solved the issue, didn't it? We'll get you for messing with our Southern heritage. Now many of you, like me can't wait for his last term to end so he can pack his s*hit and leave. Vote out all of the ReTHUGS. Time for a BIG change in this State. Just like California. Boot out Gov. Davis and put in Arnold. The movie star will fix all of our problems. California is broke and has gotten worse.
2. Karen Handel? What in the h*ell do some of you see in this chick? She has everyone of you fooled. Remember voting rights issues?
3. How come the Southern states are still RED? Isn't GA purple, hoping that it turns BLUE? The ReTHUGS got all of you by the butt cheeks. The South, will it ever learn? H*ell no!
4. We should all think seriously about doing something with our transportation system. High Speed Rail (HSR) is the new mode of transportation. HSR is going to hit BIG time and will be the new mode of transportation whether GA likes it or not. Go ahead Georgia and stay behind. You'll get left in the dust. Small minds that are scared of growth. Business as usual is going out the door. Wake Up Georgia!


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Nov. 14, 2012
Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts
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The Brock University Wind Ensemble presents "Dizzy Fingers"
On Tuesday, November 27, 2012, the Department of Music's University Wind Ensemble will explore the full breadth of wind ensemble repertoire as they present "Dizzy Fingers: an evening of musical fireworks from Shostakovich to Hindemith." The evening will feature a special debut performance by the Brockbusters, Brock University's Jazz Band. Both ensembles perform under the baton of conductor Zoltan Kalman.
The University Wind Ensemble enjoys a rich tradition of providing positive, life-enhancing experiences for young people through the study and performance of wind band literature. Talented brass, woodwind, and percussion performers engage with their peers and conductor while pursuing their passion and enjoyment of music through creative expression. The Wind Ensemble showcases the talent of 60 musicians drawn from the Brock community, local high schools, Niagara and Southern Ontario's professional music community including Patrick Beard from the Niagara Symphony, and Dave Pearson and Mary-Anne Pearson from Hamilton's Symphony on the Bay.
High school students from the Niagara Region include: Kendall Gallagher and Kaidi Bishop from E.L. Crossley Secondary School, Fonthill; Brandan Roberts from Laura Secord Secondary School, St. Catharines; and Breton Lalama from Notre Dame College School, Welland.
The Wind Ensemble's program, entitled "Dizzy Fingers," features masterworks of the past and present including Dmitri Shostakovich, Festive Overture; Paul Hindemith, Wind Symphony in B-Flat; Philip Sparke, The Year of the Dragon; Carl Maria von Weber, Clarinet Concertino featuring our very own Charlotte Mahy; Alan Silvestri and Glen Ballard, Polar Express; Maurice Ravel, Pavane for a Dead Princess.
Kalman feels, "The upcoming Wind Ensemble performance will demonstrate the versatility and virtuosity of the group, and will highlight brilliant classical works and a refreshing walk on the easy listening Pops side."
The Brock Jazz ensemble – the Brockbusters – is made up of 20 members, forming a standard stage band setting. The Brockbusters are a Brock club, so while this is a first step towards more diverse programming, this genre of music is not part of the Music department's curriculum.
"I believe a jazz band should be an integral part of a balanced University music program, and it is my hope that students will be able to take it for credit in the near future," states Kalman. The mission of the Jazz Band is to provide a venue to jazz lovers in the community.
Such performances from the Department of Music are a key part of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts' mandate in building connections between the community and the breadth of talent and creativity at Brock University.
Plan to join us on Tuesday, November 27, 2012, and experience the sounds of both the Brock University Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band, at 7 p.m. in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre. Tickets are $5, and can be purchased at the Centre for the Arts Box Office, or at the door.
Media day: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 6 p.m., held in the Sean O'Sullivan Theatre, Brock University.
For more information contact:
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Memories - Michael Thies (Sales Manager)
Champaign-Urbana always seemed like a good place to grow up to me. There was always plenty to do and, if you wanted to, you could start a band and play shows. By the time I reached high school I had discovered punk rock and taken to heart the DIY mentality of bands like The Clash and Minor Threat, something that ultimately led me to figure out what types of bands were playing in my own town. One of the very first local shows that I attended was the Red Hot Valentines at the IMC in Urbana. The Plain White T's opened up, which feels a bit odd looking back, because what seemed important that night was that there was a whole music scene happening in my town. I didn't need to travel to Chicago to see live music and I didn't need the radio or MTV to tell me what to listen to.
I didn't know it when I was 15, but I would eventually discover that CU was home to an independent record label called Polyvinyl. Though I had missed the early days of the label, it seemed to fit right in with my experiences growing up here. Matt and Darcie had started off running a zine and setting up a distro at the back of shows held in basements, VFW halls, and other DIY spaces and these are the same types of shows that made it possible for me and my friends to start bands.
Being open to trying something new and having the vision to see it through is largely what punk rock has come to mean to me and I feel like this is precisely what Polyvinyl has continued to do throughout its 15 years of existence. Though the label has come a long way since the days of basement shows, the DIY spirit has remained a consistent part of everything that we do. It seems fitting to me now that the Red Hot Valentines were in fact signed to Polyvinyl, and one of my closest friends, Ryan McCoy, who plays in the band Midstress (check them out on our benefit comp for Japan!) and helps pack mail order at PV, was also at that show. Polyvinyl has played a huge role in the development of the Champaign-Urbana music scene, and consequently, Polyvinyl has played a huge role in my life. Being able to work here is a real privilege and I can't wait to see what the next 15 years will bring.


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Don't Cry for the Publishers (though you are free to shake your head) » Arjun Basu
The publishing industry had the luxury of sitting back and watching everything that happened to the music industry and they learned almost nothing. They had 10 years to watch record stores vanish, the rise and fall of Napster, the felling of empires (hello, Mr. Bronfman!), downloading, the rise of the indie artist, the uptick in touring, everything, all of it happened to a comparable industry a decade earlier and the publishing industry…dithered. They watched what happened to Hollywood and the video industry and they…dithered. A collective Nero playing the violin.


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March 31 is the last day for walk-in customer service at 189 Tricare offices in Hampton Roads and across the country in the U.S.
The closures are part of the reorganization of the military medical system under the Defense Health Agency. There are three in Hampton Roads - adjacent to Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, at the 633rd Medical Group at Joint Base Langley and at McDonald Army Health Center at Joint Base Eustis in Newport News.
The move is a cost-savings measure that will free up resources for other health care programs by saving the Defense Department $250 million over the next five years, Tricare officials said.
According to data provided by Tricare, utilization rates at service centers in military hospitals and clinics nationwide have varied from eight to 3,000 customers per month, while the cost of running a center ranges from $30 to $216 per walk-in.
"Many Tricare Service Centers were seeing small numbers of walk-in customers each day. It didn't make sense to continue this approach from a customer service perspective or a cost perspective," Tricare spokesman Austin Camacho said late last year.
The change means that troops have one less box to check when they arrive or leave a base; nearly 50 percent of visits to the centers were simply for in- and out-processing, officials said.
The rest of the visits largely involved changing primary care providers and asking billing-related questions — services that can be done on the Internet or by phone, Pentagon officials concluded.
To accommodate additional customers, Tricare will bolster its online capacity and offer mobile applications as alternatives.
Beneficiaries also can call a toll-free phone number in their Tricare region to get the same services.
Customer service contacts for all Tricare regions can be found online.
Officials have been working to get the word out on the upcoming change.
Military treatment facilities, for example, have been instructed to post signs and advertise in base newspapers. Tricare newsletters sent to beneficiaries also have noted the change.
"The change will not — let me repeat that — will not affect any Tricare medical benefit or health care service," said a Pentagon spokesman, Army Col. Steve Warren.
Overseas locations will remain open for customers.
Health Benefits Advisors in Hampton Roads contact via phone:
Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, 757-953-2610
Naval Station Norfolk Branch Clinic (Sewells Point), 757-953-8708
JEB Little Creek Branch Health Clinic (Boone Clinic), 757-953-8183
Oceana Naval Air Station Branch Health Clinic, 757-953-3933 (option 7)
Naval Weapons Station Branch Health Clinic, 757-953-8441
Northwest Annex (Chesapeake) Branch Health Clinic, 757-953-6246
Chesapeake TRICARE Prime Clinic, 757-953-6382
Virginia Beach TRICARE Prime Clinic, 757-953-6710


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IGN Presents: Inside Devil May Cry Creator Hideki Kamiya's Secret Arcade
September 15, 2014 - We traveled to Japan to play games with Hideki Kamiya and discover what makes the Resident Evil 2, Okami, and Bayonetta director tick.
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Style and Grace: How Combat Works in The Wonderful 101
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Wonderful 101 Nintendo Direct Announced
August 7, 2013 - Platinum's 'mass-hero action game' will receive its very own Nintendo Direct on August 9.
The Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta 2: Platinum's Deadly Weapons
July 19, 2013 - Why action fans need Platinum's pair of very different, but equally promising games.
"You Don't Need DLC" For The Wonderful 101
July 8, 2013 - Platinum Games won't be creating DLC for The Wonderful 101, as it's put everything it wants to put into the game already.
E3 2013: Multiplayer Hits Wonderful 101
June 11, 2013 - Nintendo's spotlight on Wonderful 101 didn't last long, but gave us some basic multiplayer details - and told us where we could learn more.
Nintendo Teases E3 Games
May 31, 2013 - Nintendo is teasing its E3 Nintendo Direct, including appearances from Mario, Wind Waker, Wonderful 101, Pikmin 3 and more.
All Today's Nintendo News in One Place
May 17, 2013 - The latest Nintendo Direct was less eventful than some, but still revealed two new Sonic games and anticipated release dates.
The Wonderful 101 Release Date Announced
May 17, 2013 - Nintendo has announced when the project from PlatinumGames will be released...and it's not too far off.


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What a blast this will be! It had sounded as though LSU wasn't very interested in this. Apparently that perception was false. A Packers game at Lambeau is already the closest thing to the college game day experience in the NFL. I love the idea that Lambeau will be used for these types of games. I'm going to try to get tickets but I have a feeling it's going to be a tough score. Some people will go just for an opportunity to see a game at Lambeau.
I'd still love to see the Big Ten Championship game in Green Bay. I know the Packers' Mark Murphy loves the idea, but the Big Ten seems to love Indy. That first Big Ten Championship game between UW and MSU will always chap me. Imagine a game like that played in the November cold of Lambeau Field.


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By Sara Castellanos
VoltDB, a Bedford-based startup that bills itself as being able to offer the world's fastest operational database, has appointed executives of Acquia and Bit9 to its board of directors.
Tom Erickson, CEO of Burlington-based cloud-hosting firm Acquia, and Patrick Morley, CEO of Waltham-based security firm Bit9, were added to VoltDB's board of directors, the startup announced Monday.
"VoltDB stands alone in its ability to drive real-time next-generation Big Data applications," Erickson said in a statement. "Its unique capabilities are ideally suited to help organizations immediately derive value from the massive volumes of data generated by interconnected people and devices, machine-to-machine and Internet of Things."
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This interview with Tom Erickson, chief executive of Acquia, an open-source software company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
Any leadership lessons early in your life?
I grew up in a very small town in Wisconsin, a classic Scandinavian town where it wasn't encouraged to brag. My father was a leader just by virtue of his personality. He ran a store that's still in the family. He was president of the City Council, president of the school board, and was a leader of the business association. He was one of those quiet leaders who just did his thing.
He had a very different leadership style than me, because he was blessed with a patience that I don't have. He was able to help people, over an extended period, think about things differently. We were one of the very first schools in our part of the state to receive a computer. My dad had been really active about saying, "We need to be on the forefront of what's next." I glued myself to that computer.
What about early management experience?
I got a job out of university with a small company called PSDI. I had eight other job offers, but I chose them because they said, "You'll be promoted if you work hard." Within a year, they sent me to Australia to open an office there. I was 23.
I was a technical guy with an engineering background, but I learned how to sell there. That was probably a pivotal point in my career — learning that it wasn't magic. Coming from a small town, I just assumed that there were certain tracks in life, and that moving across them was hard. But I learned that I could sell.
By Gilles Bernard
Burlington, Mass.-based Acquia might hold its initial public offering as early as this year.
"We don't have a specific time frame other than to say we're certainly big enough to do it now," the firm's CEO Tom Erickson told the Boston Business Journal in a recent interview.
The company, which offers cloud hosting and tools for development software Drupal, released its 2013 growth numbers last week. In the last year, the company cited revenue growths of 50 percent, hitting its record revenue of $68 million. The company reaped around $45 million in revenue in 2012 – more than double that of 2011. Acquia's revenue has grown for 19 consecutive quarters.
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Burlington-based Web publishing software firm Acquia said Wednesday it received $45.3 million in revenue in 2012, more than doubling its top line from the previous year.
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Acquia previously reported receiving $21.8 million in revenue in 2011. Those revenue results had made Acquia the fastest-growing software company on the 2012 Inc. 500 list, and the eighth fastest-growing company on the list overall.
The firm says it now has more than 3,800 customers, up from about 2,000 at the end of 2011. New customers include Georgetown University, Olympus Corporation of the Americas and Polycom.
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The chief digital officer, a relatively recent addition to the C-Suite, is already making his influence felt on today's technological landscape and, by extension, everyday living. Companies that have yet to hire a CDO, but who regard a great digital customer experience as core to the business, should consider making room for one.
From morning coffee (Starbucks Corp. has a chief digital officer) to the evening panel discussion at the local university (Harvard University has one as well), there's now a CDO considering the digital implications of experiences that you might not expect. Going through Times Square, I'm reminded that NYC now has its own chief digital officer, that there's a CDO at the nearby CVS Caremark Corp., and a CDO at the New York Stock Exchange.
It's fairly easy to pinpoint the trickle-down difference at this everyday level, compared to the days prior the appearance of the chief digital officer. Whether you're Whole Foods Market Inc. or Warner Music, you now likely have somebody — even if he or she doesn't have a CDO title — with full responsibility for how technology frames the customer experience. It's at this personal interaction level where the CDO's impact is most keenly felt.
BURLINGTON, MA – March 1, 2013 – Acquia, the leading open cloud platform for integrated digital experiences, today announced that Acquia CEO Tom Erickson will be among the featured executives of high-growth companies who will present at the 2013 Montgomery Technology Conference.
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Attractive Jobs Await Ag Grads
Agricultural students find encouraging job prospects when they graduate, according to California universities.
I can't recall the last time I saw a farmer holding a pitchfork, wearing overalls and chewing on straw, but that stereotypical image of a farmer and agriculturalist still captivates the imagination of many Americans.
Recent media coverage has also demonstrated an antiquated view of food and fiber production, misinterpreting U.S. Department of Labor and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics information to proclaim college degrees in agriculture as "useless" or "headed for the dustbin."
This lack of understanding about where food comes from and the array of people working to get it on our plates represents an opportunity to invite the public to learn more about farming and ranching, as well as how valuable ag degrees truly are.
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I have experienced that firsthand. After graduating with an agriculture diploma, I worked in outreach for the College of Agriculture at California State University, Chico, and now have a position focused on encouraging more students to consider a career in crop protection as a licensed pest control adviser.
There is such tremendous demand for PCAs that my position was created solely to recruit more young people into this path. One of the articles downplaying the importance of agricultural degrees came to my attention when one of the many young people I work with sent me a panicked email, questioning his career choice after reading the article. I quickly assured him that agriculture was a great path to be on and itemized the reasons.
Here are facts we should share with young people, as well as anyone who questions if there is a place for agricultural graduates in our economy:
A June 2011 study by the California Community Colleges Workforce and Economic Development Centers of Excellence found that agricultural jobs are expected to grow by 180,000 positions in the coming years. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated a decrease in production jobs, reflecting increased mechanization and productivity, the growth in supporting industries such as research, processing, marketing and sales outpaces this loss.
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The Centers of Excellence study also found that the average salary in California agriculture pays $7,000 more per year than a position outside of agriculture. A career in agriculture can be in an office or in the outdoors, in sales or production, working with plants, animals, people or in a laboratory. Agricultural careers are available in big cities and in small towns. They are well-paid careers and best of all, they are rewarding.
This story is published courtesy of the California Farm Bureau Federation. Shannon Douglass of Orland chairs the state Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. She may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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More than 100 guests were in attendance to officially commemorate the momentous occasion. On Sunday afternoon, after a brief ceremony, the transition was kicked-off with the unveiling of the newly-etched Tomsich Entrance Gates featuring the University of Mount Union name, located on the corner of State Street and Clark Avenue.
"We stand here today in a position of great strength with an extraordinary opportunity before us," said Dr. Richard F. Giese, president of Mount Union during the unveiling ceremony. "We are primed to reach new heights, to form an institution that inspires young minds for engagement in our 21st century world. In the years that come, we can further foster what is already outstanding to ensure an even more exceptional future for the institution as a whole, and more importantly, for our students who are at the heart of our very existence."
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House and Senate ag leaders, after reconciling differences over a 5-year farm bill this weekend, hope to gain swift passage of the bill this week.
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Miller spent the entire preseason on the active/physically unable to perform list and sat out Pittsburgh's first two regular-season games while recovering from a torn ACL and MCL in his right knee. The ninth-year veteran suffered the injury in the 2012 finale against Cincinnati last December.
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2009 — $342,958
2010 — $315,524
2011 — $446,578
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Whitfield County has no way of knowing if it is getting the money due for housing state inmates, according to a financial audit.
The county jail houses 35 to 40 state inmates at any given time, and the state reimburses the county $22 a day per inmate.
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In a county that's trying to save money by making employees take four furlough days a year, closing the courthouse for extra days and requiring safety workers to rotate extra days off, Whitfield officials say every dollar helps and the audit's findings are cause for worry.
"If there's funds we're not receiving from the state that's owed, that's always a concern," County Administrator Mark Gibson said.
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There are at least four agencies responsible for billing and collecting, and the clerk of courts office is responsible for collecting information on the inmates and getting signatures from the district attorney's office and the judges who sentenced the inmates. Then the clerk's office mails that information to the state, and the sheriff's office sends the bill to the state, Gibson said.
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