As I pulled into Beverage World to pick up a six pack of cold beer, I noticed a truck in the parking lot with a huge bumper sticker that read “Bring Back Capitalism”. This gentleman was presumably in the privately run store purchasing some sort of libation made and sold by a private brewer. Like a lot of the “Don’t let the government come between me and my Medicare” folks, this dude needs to spend a bit more time with Proverbs’ 17:28.
A fitting tribute
…adding. Love the “mainstream media” lamentations. Because Morris News with it’s 11 newspapers and it’s ~700K newspapers in circulation is most decidely NOT mainstream establishment media.
Figures
Once again, the wheels fall off.
37 games to go and 7.5 games back for a wildcard spot.
That’s refreshing. No, seriously.
State Rep. Austin Scott (R-Tifton):
“It was a good meeting, very fact-based. I leave that meeting very much convinced that conservation is the route Georgia must go now. We need to find the water systems that have the highest seepage rate, we need to start fixing those problems, do a cost benefit analysis [to see] where we can save the most water for the least amount of money. And we need to start today.
“Absolutely, it’s ahead of building reservoirs. The cheapest gallon of water is the one that you never use. As a fiscal conservative, I believe that conservation is the cheapest way to solve the problem. Seepage rates run anywhere from about 10 to about 18 percent.”
Now, I don’t think Scott really has a chance in the race for governor, but I really appreciate his approach on water. Yes, we should build additional reservoirs and search for ways to achieve ”water independence”, but an acknowledgement from the right that water re-use/return and other sensible conservation tactics are a key part of the solution is actually really nice to hear. Contrast that with Oxendine’s “Dig Here, Dig Now” and you get a clear picture of who is more interested in rhetoric and who is more interested in workable solutions.
The Cumming Braves?
Well, okay, probably not:
A new zoning designation that would allow for a commercial sport facility is on its way to Forsyth County’s planning board.
The county commission on Thursday voted 4-1, with Commissioner Jim Boff opposed, to move forward on the proposed ag-recreational zoning.
The “ag-recreational” is a new one for me. I suppose the assumed intent is to keep the property tax burden low while creating some flexibility of use. I’d prefer that approach over offering an “incentive package” the county might otherwise dole out to lure some regional sports complex/presence onto a commercially zoned piece of land. Of course, they might do both anyway!
Let’s just hope they are thinking about putting this kind of stuff in the right places. With this commission I’m not real confident about that particular leap of faith.
Things I don’t understand
My inbox informs me that a draft Jane Kidd for US Senate site is up. Okay, no biggie there. What I don’t get is that it was passed along by a person who spent the better part of last year trashing said draftee.
Politics is weird.
Deep Thought
Resisting the urge to up-sell myself when changing my own oil is more difficult than I thought. Damn you K&N!
Just in time for hurricane season
I lived in NOLA for a few years in my younger days. I’m not a native, but I have relatives in Baton Rouge and a strong connection to the area that goes all the way back to my early childhood. I love that place. In 2007, I went back and had the opportunity to work on a Habitat for Humanity home in St. Bernards Parish. I saw first hand what a devastated post-Katrina New Orleans looked like – and that was nearly 2 years after the storm. The house we worked on was in a distressed area even before Katrina, and the street was about 10 feet underwater when the storm passed.
That’s why I get royally pissed when dicks like this continue to perpetuate zombie lies. It’s especially maddening when said dick has no clue about the area or circumstance beyond the teevee, a cruise ship, and google earth. I mean, really, it’s a level of wankery I’ve almost never seen before.
Diseased.
(h/t to grift’s tweet)
Things which make Erick Erickson’s head explode
For nearly one-out-of-three voters (32%), Jimmy Carter is the living ex-president who has done the best job since leaving the White House, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
George W Bush will rise in the rankings when the genuis of clearing brush in Crawford is finally revealed.
