Oconee County, GA Politics

Everytime MSNBC's Keith Olbermann picks out our moronic Congressman as the Worst Person in the World, I keep thinking that voters in the 10th District will suddenly wake up out their collective doldrums and decide we could do a whole lot better and elect someone with a brain, but then the cruel hand of fate slaps me upside the head and reminds me that ignorance is sometimes bliss here. Congressman Broun has slipped to a new low even for him here, and I shake my head in sadness and pity. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and News about the Economy

There is a small brick house on Milledge Avenue near Five Points in Athens next to an old girlfriend's one-time house not far from Memorial Park at an intersection with a stop light. It is for sale and it has a Halloween display in front, neither of which by themselves makes this a remarkable story. It is that they have decided to place a fake headstone with a Barack Obama '08 sign on it that makes this so reprehensible. Why not go ahead and burn a cross and hang a noose from a tree? It is ugly, uncalled for and an embarrassment to all of Athens and surrounding areas. Political speech is protected speech, so therefore people can scream "Terrorist," "Treason" and "Kill him" at rallies for John McCain and Sarah Palin when attacking the character. It does not allow us to perpetuate a hateful mindset where joking about death, especially the death of one of the people who will be President of this country. You can express your political sentiments witho...