Oconee County, GA Politics

There are no organized cross burnings that I am aware of in Oconee County, Georgia in 2012. Feel free to let us know of any klaverns that are meeting at night down some dirty back road, and we will gladly expose the racist cockroach scum for what they are. That much being said, there really does not need to be any white hoods, cloaks and horses pulling burning crosses to lynch African Americans to taste the contempt our local public seems to have for anything resembling real integration on any scale resembling the rest of our country. The secret klan meetings may no longer be taking place in open space, but they have moved on to the country clubs, golf courses, board meetings, the authorities, the foundations, the church meetings, the not-so-secret lodges and groups, and good old boys and girls getting together under whatever auspices they wish to cover their fat and wealthy asses with at the moment. We are not talking about Southern heritage here people, but we are talking about Sou...

I love basketball. I am more than happy to share the joys and triumph with anyone willing to listen. That is why I ask your indulgence for a few moments so I may share my tale of thievery and woe. At age 47 I am pulling a Rodney Dangerfield and going back to camp. Not just any camp, mind you, but the Oconee County resident Coach Mark Fox of the University of Georgia men's basketball team's Father-Son camp in a couple of weeks. My 10-year-old son can truly use the tutelage of the outstanding instructor. Me, it is to see if I can hit the three in a real game on the big stage in Stegeman.  A red Wilson ball and blue Wilson ball - both as ugly as could be found at the Mego-Lo-Mart - were snagged by me to see if I could get back in shape. No luck and soon thereafter they were snagged by someone in my 'hood.  I purchased a couple of the cheapest, odd looking rubber basketballs like this other than it has some really odd "havoc" scallops in the weave instead o...