Oconee County, GA Politics

Our esteemed representative Bob Smith wants to raise your natural gas bill.

Bumper sticker a ticket to free speech fight 03/24/06

As if the uproar over the first Dubai deal was not enough. 12th district congressman John Barrow uncovers the duplicity of the Bush administration in selling yet another important defense contract to the UAE.

71-acre subdivision fought by South Oconee residents 03/23/06

U.S. Hiring Hong Kong Co. to Scan Nukes - Yahoo! News

Don Nelson reports on Oconee County's chance to land an $80 million Presbyterian retirement village 03/23/06

Republican pollster Matt Towery confirms what I have been saying all along: Ralph Reed will bring down the rest of the GOP ticket here in Georgia.

| Richard Youngblood: President should listen to the country he leads 03/22/06

OnlineAthens Walter Morgan: America has been failed by President Bush 03/22/06

Jared Harper: What if no one paid for new gas pipeline? 03/21/06

I know of no reason why going to Trinidad and Tobago would be necessary to learn why a bill putting $300 million in the pockets of the natural gas industry is vital. Smith is in the pocket of industry and does not think about the best interests of his constituents.

Now the Democrats have a third office to be contested in the Georgia primary.

Some how I can't imagine too many people in Savannah's fabled St. Patrick's Day celebration would be too interested in the rhetoric of this self-righteous hypocritical windbag, but I suppose there are gamblers in every crowd. Ralph should know. I just don't think the taypayers of Chatham County should have to pay to move this shysters around on their busiest day of the year.

Police Chief Lee O'Dillon does a damn fine job of keeping the streets safe in the county seat of Oconee County, Georgia with little or no help from the Sheriff's Department.

Never too early to start handicapping the 2008 Presidential race. I would say Hillary is 3-to-2, Clark and Edwards 6-to-1, Vilsack, Rendell and Warner 7-to-1, Biden and Bayh 10-to-1, Richardson 12-to-1 Feingold 15-to-1, Gore 30-to-1, Kerry 30-to-1 for the Democratic nomination. I could not imagine Romney (12-to-1) being the Republican standard bearer if Guiliani or McCain (6-to-1) wants it, but none of those folks are going to light a fire under any Southern Republicans' ass. Frist comes off easy at 10-to-1. I would give Condi at 9-to-1 shot at it.

Some Republicans are still flogging a dead horse with Jane Fonda resolution by ex-news person Steen Miles, and it will come back to slap them in the face.