It's Joe Wilson of South Carolina...you cannot get to his website. If a Democrat had yelled out at Bush..."you lie!!" It would be treason.

OOOBAMA!!!!

One of the greatest political speeches I have ever heard,. He was not petty even though a numskull called him a liar. He was great.

A member of the United States Congress has yelled out" liar" to the President of the United States in a speech before a Joint Session on Congress.

09/09/09

I guess I have to say something on this day of 9's....I continue to be amazed at the stupidity of a significant number of Americans. Birthers, death panels, keep government out of my medicarers...I just do not know what is going on. Where are the sane people? Someone has got to come forward and stop these maniacs. To actually not allow schools to listen to the President is outrageous. Most of this is in the South. Could racism be behind alot of the rhetoric? Before you knee jerk into no, think about it.

The very people who are most negatively affected by corporate wrongs are the ones out protecting the obcene profits of banks, health insurance companies, oil interests, etc. It is very puzzling....but then most of the people who fought for the Confederacy to protect the right of a handful of wealthy planters to own slaves never owned a slave. Go figure. (Bernie if you say something about the Civil War not being fought over slavery I will vomit)

Get rid of Medicare immediately!

All of these morons who are screaming and yelling in the so called townhall meetings, and the members of Congress who oppose the public option should DEMAND the dismantling of Medicare. If they want the government out of health care, the single payer, government run system must go.....and while they are at it, get rid of Veterans' hospitals, Medicaid, public health departments, any government grants to fund doctor and nurses training, and we certainly do not need the CDC. Why doesn't someone actually investigate who these so called protestors are. Wouldn't it be interesting if we found out that health insurance companies are paying them?

Football Season is here!

I have a love/hate relationship with college football. I hate the game with its macho grunting and not so bright players but I love the hoopla of the game...the bands, the fans, the cheering, the tailgating. It is soooo Fall. Football season in Chapel Hill is much more relaxing than Athens. This year the Tarheels should be pretty good so things may get out of control on occasion, but be assured that it will be reserved excitement. At least there is ECU coverage here. Go fighting Pirates!

What in the hell is going on?

School systems around the country are kowtowing to the lunatic fringe and either not showing Obama's speech on September 8th, or allowing parents to write letters to the school asking that their child not watch THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Some are keeping their children at home so they will not be exposed to the elected President. What!!!???? I cannot for one minute believe this. Schools should show the speech and tell parents they can keep their brats at home and accept whatever action comes with missing school. I cannot begin to imagine what would have happened if I had REFUSED to show speeches by President Bush or Reagan. Check the policy your local school system has regarding this issue and make a call! Fulton County has adopted a namby pamby statement which acquiesces to the right.

Atlanta

I went back to Atlanta this weekend for the first time in almost a year. The traffic is still horrible and everything is still manicured. But the downtown area is really booming and that's good because the rest of Atlanta exists because of the city. That was always one of my beefs...people rarely felt an obligation to "downtown". Complaining about paying for Grady Hospital, the sewers, or anything in the city is a major pastime of OTPers (outside the perimeter) forgetting that their little enclaves would not exist if it weren't for downtown. But it was wonderful visiting with friends who I miss and it was good to get back to the land of moderate traffic and very few billboards. Funny...I did not see any double wides in the atl.

My Em

Emily is a Phi Beta Kappa!!! So proud. Two Phi Beta Kappa children make a Mom proud.

My Brink

The most recent Brinkley move has little blog material. It went smoothly with the movers coming right on time and being very efficient. See, that's not very funny. There was a small problem with her car, but even that got solved with little problem. The newest new place (number 7 since college) is great. It's in VaHi and in walking distance of many restaurants and bars. We are so glad and proud that she has a great job with people she likes. Go Roy...win one for the sane people!!!! Call her Leonard and take her to dinner.