January 9, 2018 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, January 9
Oh. Well, then.
Meanwhile, it’s Special Election Day! Georgians living in SD 17 and HD 111 vote today to determine who they’ll send to the General Assembly to fill the seats vacated by former Senator Rick Jeffares and former Representative Brian Strickland; Strickland is one of the candidates for SD 17.
- For your consideration: The Girl Scouts suggest renaming Savannah’s Talmadge Bridge for founder and Savannah native Juliette Gordon Low.
- P.S., the Girl Scouts do more than sell cookies and, yes, the Gold Award is just as big of a deal as Eagle Scout.
- Beaverpond marstonia, a tiny snail that lived only in southwest Georgia, is now extinct.
- Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue urged the president to rethink his NAFTA stance.
- You’ll be whistling by the time you finish reading about how we almost never heard Macon native Otis Redding’s “Dock of the Bay.”
- I bet you’re totally whistling right now.
- The Yankee roots of Georgia’s anthem.
- Seriously, people didn’t know that tune and lyrics are from The Battle Hymn of the Republic? TIL.
- In certain states *coughGeorgiacough*, college football is big money.
- The Economist examines whether voters who don’t vote should be allowed to stay on voter rolls.
- This profile of Michael Dukakis is lovely.
- Georgia-centric true-crime podcasts.
- The day after Christmas, I my family and were diving into the individual beef Wellingtons I made for dinner when my mother and at least three of my sisters busted out their iPhones, and before I could turn to my husband and mutter, “What fresh hell is this,” they gave me a crash course in HQ, the phone-based trivia game that, according to the New York Times, is “dystopian ‘Jeopardy!’: not the trivia game we wanted, but the one we deserve.”
- I totally would have won the jackpot had my spouse not insisted that the US has more wind power than China I mean COME ON.
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Teri
Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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Phyllis Hatcher is running for State Senate District 17. A Call to Service
Inspired by her deep faith, Phyllis answered the call to join the ministry. She became a pastor in the United Methodist Church and has since served in non-denominational congregations as well. She has a Degree in Religious Studies from Beulah Heights University and is pursuing her Master Degree in Religious Studies from American Bible University. Phyllis founded Phyllis Hatcher Ministries, a coalition with benevolent care agencies originally operating in Henry County that has since expanded. Some of the agencies involved are United Way, ACFB, We Care Ministries and McDonough Housing Authority.
This is but one of many projects that Phyllis has been a part of that reach out and help others (the poor, the homeless, veterans, single-parent families, victims of crime, the unemployed, and other everyday citizens) – including membership in the League of Women Voters, Diabetic Foundation, NAACP, the National Council of Negro Women, the Henry County Ministerial Alliance, as well as Vice President of The Boys and Girls Club in Rockdale County, President of the 4th Congressional District’s Federation of Democratic Women, and Past Worthy Matron of Peace Chapter 140 in Locust Grove.
Phyllis Hatcher has a reputation for simply getting things done. Her recent accomplishments include seven years of the Summer Food Program, the Annual Back to School Supply Drive, the Annual Turkey Giveaway, and the Annual Toy Drive. From assisting the homeless to feeding the hungry, Phyllis Hatcher has built a life of service. She is now working to bring this servant leadership approach and “can do” attitude to the Georgia State Senate. Phyllis represents hope and positive change for ALL Georgians. Bridging the Gap is essential.
Phyllis Hatcher believes that, though we are already blessed to live in a great state and nation, we must never be satisfied with the progress we have already achieved. We must push on to ever greater progress. This is our birthright as Americans.
Visit her webpage http://www.PhyllisHatcher.com
ESPN tread a thin line last night. It’s multiple relatively short duration close ups of Trump during the national anthem were long and plentiful enough to indicate Trump doesn’t know all of the words to the national anthem, but short enough so that that would not be unmistakable and incur the wrath of the man MAGA.
ABC News kept a camera on Trump throughout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQwcoBxq2fo
In fairness, how many people REALLY know each and every word of the national anthem? Most people don’t even know its actual title, or even what the song is describing. Seriously. I have stood next to folks at many a sporting event who get through the first line okay, fade through the second come back blaring ‘And the rockets red glare’ through ‘flag was still there’, wing the next line and come out swinging again at ‘the land of the free and home of the brave’.
I probably wouldn’t want them to be president either.
How many of them are POTUS? Maybe we need a test. Can he recite the Pledge? The premable to the constitution? Has he ever read the Constitution? Is it too much to ask that the “POTUS” at least understand the US?
It is not every day that I agree with Justice Clarence Thomas. However, he explored issues in the Barney Gattie interview that the majority opinion, and the press results, did not consider.
This is a good case against the death penalty. If Keith Tharpe had been given a life sentence, nobody would have played gotcha with a drunken, elderly juror.
https://chamblee54.wordpress.com/2018/01/09/when-you-agree-with-justice-thomas/
How are you going to fix this before middle America figures this out and you tick off your base Mr. President?
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/08/business/economy/gop-says-tax-bill-will-add-jobs-in-us-it-may-yield-more-hiring-abroad.html
Happy birthday, Tricky Dick.
It’s political season. Let’s hope our utility rates go down as GA Power gets a windfall of cash under the new tax bill. A bunch of states are looking into it. Come on Cagle jump on this. What candidate could be against lowering your electric bill. https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060070317 , http://www.timesunion.com/business/article/PSC-acts-to-ensure-ratepayers-get-utilities-tax-12482508.php http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/louisianas-john-bel-edwards-wants-trump-tax-cuts-to-benefit-power-customers/article/2645309 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Oklahoma-Corporation-Commission-member-calls-for-12482095.php http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/federal_tax_overhaul_will_lowe.html
I ran across this today on a website for a fund-raising training company. I’m not going to name the company, yet.
I found this very interesting and would like to hear comments on what you think. I may or may not comment on your opinion, as my grandmother used to say “Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.”
Here it is exactly as they have it on their site:
XXXXXXXX is a values-based business. We are about changing the world and working with organisations that share our values.
We are a team of people who believe in equality, fairness, compassion, and love.
We work with progressive charities and movements working in social justice, poverty alleviation, education, arts, human and animal rights, anti-discrimination, and protecting the environment.
This includes LBGT+ rights, Planned Parenthood, ACLU, Amnesty International, WWF, Greenpeace and progressive political organisations like GetUp! and MoveOn. We won’t work with organisations that oppose these movements.
Please do not give those people your money. This is one step above an outright scam. If you need a fundraiser then hire one. Don’t use someone with a title of Fundraisingologist or someone living in Australia. If you need a fundraiser for a non profit then hire someone. There are lots of those types of folks out there. I know I’m a conservative and I believe people should learn from their mistakes, but these people will steal you money. Only pay someone based on what they raise. Not to give you ideas that you already know.
Also, fundraising isn’t hard. It’s all about being persistent and a borderline and sometimes an outright ass. “So, John I see you gave $100 last quarter. Could you do more? I think you can do more. We need help fighting crazy Nancy Pelosi / evil Paul Ryan. Your $1,000 will help us do that.” Then you settle for a $500 check which is what you wanted all along.
There you go. Now pay me $1,000 for what that stupid company was going to tell you.
believe me I’m not in the market for that type service. I thought it shall I say interesting that they claim “We are a team of people who believe in equality, fairness, compassion, and love.” yet they go on to say “We won’t work with organisations that oppose these movements.”
So if you don’t believe the way they do they can refuse you service….. Nice. Just wanted to see if anyone picked up on that.
Of course. You can refuse service to anyone except if you are a Christian baker.
I believe that if you presented/advertised yourself as a Christian baker, you could refuse service if someone asked you to do some non-Christian thing.
Like you can’t make a Christian bookstore sell you a copy of Aleister Crowley’s “The Book of Thoth”. Or a Kosher deli sell non-Kosher meat.
(Not sure if this is true, just seems to make sense.)
“I believe that if you presented/advertised yourself as a Christian baker, you could refuse service if someone asked you to do some non-Christian thing.” That is what common sense and normal people would say. But David Cole is having to defend himself for doing just that. The Christian baker story is not an hypothetical. It is real.
Well, that one is complicated of course. The law says you can’t discriminate based on sexual orientation, and he claims that violates his religion. The court will have to decide.
By what standard is baking a cake to order non-Christian? It’s not as if that requires the baker approve of a marriage.
So to be tolerant you also have to accept intolerance?
That’s absurd.
The left shows a wonderful aptitude for intolerance and hypocrisy.
Left: “Science!!!! Look at the science!!!! Global warming is real. Scientist say so!”
Right: “Scientist and doctors say that a baby’s heart beats at 8 weeks. A heart beat represents life.”
Left: “You right wing nut jobs are so intolerant of a woman’s right to murder their child.”
Tolerance doesn’t mean you don’t have any beliefs. It just means you recognize that others may have different beliefs. Scientists having a disagreement isn’t intolerance, it’s science.
Let’s not talk about abortion though.
Why? Are you intolerant on that issue? I have no problem with people having firm beliefs that are opposed to my own. I have a problem when people are inconsistent in their beliefs. That especially includes the right.
So to be tolerant you also have to accept intolerance?
That’s absurd.
Well I agree but in this case this group refused service to a lady who was raising money for her right to life organization. Now can you explain to me what the difference is in refusing to bake a cake for a gay couple because it went against David Cole’s beliefs?
For full disclosure if the Gay couples money is Green I’d bake a cake for them but does that make me a bad person because I have a preference to green money…. Could be…
BTW thank you Eiger and Benevolus for playing. It was interesting.
“But to equate the role or acceptance of science in the debate over abortion rights to the role or acceptance of science in climate change is a little off the mark.” Nuh-Uh
Also I’m not debating “abortion rights.” That has been settled and women have that right. I will however continue to highlight the left’s hypocrisy when it comes to abortion and science.
Love my Dawgs!! But not enough “magic out there in the moonlight” to make it happen. Saban joins The Bear in football lore. Damn impressive, to be brutally honest. Back to the drawing board with heads held high!!
Speaking of mention of Otis Redding, I could have sworn that the lyrics of ones of his songs was “slip away, slip away, slip away, slip away…” and that is exactly what you could see happening in the fourth quarter for Georgia last night…those championship chances “slipping away” as the offense went anemic. Lesson learned: you cannot let up against the Tide; one touchdown in the second half will not cut it. Certainly UGA fans can be proud of getting this far, but the road to the next championship is a grinder—going 10-1 in a regular season in the SEC is no cakewalk, and Georgia could have easily lost in the Rose Bowl if they had not made that field goal with one second left in the first half. Or could have lost at Notre Dame, where UGA prevailed by one point last fall. As the Nick says, success is momentary—have to keep working for it.
“Let’s not talk about abortion though.”
Of course not!
Eiger just thumped B! Damn, that was good!
Oh, one other thing, “Roe will eventually Go…”
Abortion is Murder. Always will be.
The Weenies beg for leniency for a S***bird like Tookie, Tookie, Tookie, yet scrape a baby from a uterus like last years’ Halloween pumpkin.
“I don’t know of any serious parties on the left…” Is this guy one of your serious parties, Drew? LMAO! Did you all know we have only 59 days to act?!?!?!?!? Yep, anything after, well, I guess we’re all Doomed! Yall are becoming cartoons!
http://dailycaller.com/2018/01/09/washington-governor-claims-just-59-days-to-save-children-from-global-warming/