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I received an email today from Senator Saxby Chambliss, and I’m posting both his communication and my own.
Dear Ms. N: Thank you for contacting me regarding the National Security Agency’s (NSA) monitoring of conversations connected to terrorist activity and the treatment of military detainees. It is good to hear from you.
I certainly understand [...]

Governor Sonny Perdue is joining lawmakers and ministers on the steps of the Georgia state Capitol to pray for rain.
How totally embarrassing.
Well, Bush let ‘em down - “Tough luck, Georgia.”
Water is not a partisan issue. You have water or you don’t.
They’ve known about the potential problems of a rapidly-expanding state (and city) population for some [...]

Either way you interpret “WTF,” it was my first thought this morning.
“Do you smell a wood fire?”
“Is our house on fire?”
“Where’s the fire?”
“WTF??!?!?!”
The whole backyard was full of smoke. I went outside, and couldn’t find the cause.
I turned on the news. Weather report: Hazy, sunny, and smoky. Yeah, and? Only in Georgia would they simply [...]

Action from Common Cause
Georgia elects its judges, and doing so has worked pretty well over the years. However, we are now seeing high stakes races with big money coming in from attorneys and business interests. This year’s race for Supreme Court is heading towards a million dollars. Even the judges themselves generally [...]

Don’t let the Senate Legislate a Secret Pardon of President Bush - Take Action (Moveon.org)
This week, the Senate is planning to quietly hold a vote that would pardon President Bush for breaking the law by illegally wiretapping innocent Americans.
The bill would let the administration off the hook for breaking the law and make it legal [...]

It’s been raining for more than 24 hours. I’ve just been out walking in the back yard, and found big mushrooms growing under the oak trees. Last week, I saw others of the same type out in the woods; those were even more gigantic - three times as big.
Does anyone know what kind of mushrooms [...]

Double my pleasure on the results of the primary yesterday.
Mark Taylor beat out Cathy “Automaton” Cox to become the Democratic candidate for Governor in November. I think he’s got an excellent chance to get Sonny Purdue out of the Governor’s office in November.
And - YES! - Ralph “Damien” Reed is out of the race [...]