Never Loan a Democrat Anything

The irony is just so ripe in this story. First off, being a liberal herself she should have known better than to loan another liberal anything. The number one rule in their book is possession is 9/10ths of the law. How else can you explain why most Democrat lawmakers die in office? Once they get that seat they own it, and ain't no way they are going to give it back. They certainly aren't voted out.

Angela Moore ran for Georgia secretary of state last year. She said the DeKalb Democratic Party won't return the more than $10,000 worth of furniture she says she loaned the organization.

"If you loaned me something, it is my responsibility to give it back," Moore told Channel 2's Tom Jones. Moore said the DeKalb Democratic Party doesn't seem to understand that concept.

Good luck getting the stuff back or any sort of reimbursement. Oh, and remember to vote Democrat. They're real good with other people's stuff. Or something.

Illegal Immigrants Decide Shutting Down Downtown Atlanta Is A Good Idea

File this under how to make friends and influence enemies.

Supporters of illegal aliens took to the streets of Atlanta today creating traffic jams, inconveniencing folks during lunch time and just in general pissing a lot of hard working folks off. Way to go. We got the message. Now leave. No, I mean leave all the way. Right back to where you came from.


The Georgia legislature is considering legislation which would allow law enforcement to check the status of persons detained for criminal violations, require compliance with the federal E-Verify system, and require proof of citizenship prior to receiving public assistance.

The illegals with their liberal supporters are threatening boycotts and scariest of all say they have some entertainers who won't perform in the state. Oh I am trembling now. For a state with 10.4% unemployment, with unemployment in the African American community hovering around 25%, this is a hard sell.

After all, like I saw on a bumper sticker once, Ask the Indians how allowing illegal immigration worked out for them.

I love the quaint catch phrase about humans are not illegal. They are right. According to Obama and Planned Parenthood they are an inconvenience and they have a solution for that.

Nothing would please me more then this summer when school is out, rather then park all those school buses for the summer, load them up with all the illegals we have detained and head for the nearest border crossing. Imagine ribbons of yellow crossing American highways.

Since the county I live in has started enforcing the immigration laws granted to them by ICE we have seen a mass exodus of folks with dark tans and accents that ain't quite southern. It is nice to drive down the streets and not have to be bilingual to read the store signs or the billboards.

So Glad For The Era of Post Racial Politics

Well, well, well, what is a Democrat supposed to do when asked about members of his party switching to the Republican party? Why tell them to keep their "white sheets handy for the midnight meetings" of course.


The esteemed elected official might want to remember that the switch to the Republican party in the state really got a boost when two African American gentlemen announced that they were switching parties

Two African-American Democrats on Thursday announced that they were joining the Republican Party.

Hall County Commissioner Ashley Bell and former state executive committee member Andre Walker said the Democratic Party had grown too liberal and they are finding a new home with the Republicans.over a disagreement with what the national Democrat party stood for.

The other gentleman in the video, while obviously appearing nervous at the comment, let it pass. He then later asked State Senator Robert Brown to apologize for making the obvious reference to the KKK and by extension smearing all Republicans.

Today Mr Brown held a mini press briefing where he once again proved that being Democrat means never having to say you're sorry and issued a short statement saying he never made reference to the KKK. Ummm, yeah except for that part about white sheets and midnight meetings. He took no questions and on the way out somebody who was accompanying him apparently knocked a reporter down.

As Brown and his aides left the Macon City Hall chambers, 13WMAZ's Bofta Yimam says a man who arrived and left with Brown knocked down Macon Telegraph photographer Woody Marshall.

Stay classy Dems.

Guns Are Bad but Dems Are Cool With Knives

You have to go all the way to the end of the article to find out any clues as to the identity of the perpetrator.

When Cobb County police arrived, the man was arrested on charges of aggravated assault and felony theft. Officers told Cavitt he ranted anti-Republican rhetoric throughout the process.

If the Dems are this out of control in what is essentially a local state election I can't wait for the news once they fully come to grips with the tsunami that is expected today.

For the record Craig Prewett is the Republican in this race and Steve Thompson is the Democrat incumbent.

Lamour walked out of his front doors and confronted the man, who replied, “You shouldn’t be voting for this Craig Prewett fellow, you should vote for Steve Thompson,” said Prewett’s spokesman John Harris. Lamour said he followed the man across the street, where the man began pulling signs out of Prewett’s front yard.

Lamour told Channel 2’s Ross Cavitt that when he told the man to stop, the man pulled out a knife and “lunged at him.” Lamour said he screamed, and his brother, Edgar Lamour, and Prewett rushed to help him.

Just remember folks, you need to keep an eye out for those Tea Party members with their Gadsen flags and American flag shirts. Black Panthers with billy clubs and crazed supporters engaging in knife attacks and tearing up campaign signs are simply thinking of the children. Or maybe not.

The three got into a car and chased the accused attacker, who had sped off in a pickup truck, Lamour said. They followed him through residential areas, and the man nearly hit someone at Powder Springs Elementary School, where a bus driver called the police, Harris said.

And what is this with the guy getting in a pick up truck? I thought only racist Republicans owned pick up trucks.

Tale Of Two Parties - Which One Is In Disarray?

Although I am fed up with the politicians robo-calls, laugh at most of the commercials on the tv, and am mainly looking for the main event in November, I still enjoy watching all the games being played out in Georgia in regards to the governors race. What I find especially amusing is stories which has statements like this.

What follows is a story about the state of state politics in Georgia. It's a saga about the difficulty of being a Democrat running for statewide office in Georgia, a state where Republicans rule.

Really? Is that why the most recent governor is the first Republican to hold the office since Reconstruction?

What is making all the buzz around here is the buzz surrounding former governor, Democrat Roy Barnes who lost to said Republican in his reelection bid 8 years ago, trying to stay as far away from Obama as he can, going almost so far as leaving the state, when the PrezBo is here for a DNC fundraiser. Of course it is for the little people, if by little you mean someone who can afford $1,000 to get in the door and for $10,000 you can get a picture.

On the other hand you have Republican candidate for governor Karen Handel who is locked in a runoff race with former US Representative Nathan Deal. Sarah Palin has endorsed Karen and will be coming to Georgia to campaign with, and hold an event with Karen on the eve of the runoff election.

So while at least one of the Republican candidates is running towards someone who is supposed the most toxic substance in existence next to oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico, the Democrat is fleeing to parts unknown and denying any knowledge of who this guy Barack Obama is.

Besides the governors race there is also a campaign for one the US Representatives, held by a Democrat, Sanford Bishop, in a solid Democrat area of the state, but one in which even the incumbent Democrat is trying to disassociate himself from Democrat leaders, in particular Nancy Pelosi.

Mr Bishop's Republican challenger,Mike Keown, leveled the charge that Mr Bishop voted with Nancy Pelosi most of the time and the Bishop campaign was quick to deny the allegation. Well Politifact did some digging and welll...

The Washington Post keeps track of votes by each member of Congress. Bishop voted on more items than Pelosi, so we checked every time they voted on the same issue. PolitiFact Georgia reviewed their records and found that Bishop and Pelosi have voted on the same items 97 times since June 2008. The two voted the same way 92 of those 97 times, according to the Post database. The Post database found Pelosi voted with the majority of Democrats every time during this current Congress. Bishop voted with his colleagues in the Democratic Party 97.7 percent of the time during this Congress, the Post found.

When the Bishop campaign disputed the source of the data and provided an alternate Poltifact obliged them and found this.

PolitiFact Georgia also checked the Web site of OpenCongress, which detailed information of each bill. We found 61 pieces of legislation (we excluded a comparison of how they voted on congratulating the New Orleans Saints for winning the Super Bowl) that both Bishop and Pelosi voted on. The two representatives voted the same way for 58 of those 61 bills.

The last fall back statement from the Bishop campaign was of that it was the Republicans fault he voted the way he did.

"It only makes sense that Congressman Bishop would vote with his party to end Republican obstruction," he said.

What is it the Democrats don't understand about them being the party in power with the majority of votes and in truth there is little the Republicans can do to block them?

Sanford Bishop is no different from my Democrat representative, David Scott, who professes to be a Blue Dog but danged if I can find a single spending bill he has voted against.

Former Governor To Obama - I'm Busy

Former Democrat Georgia governor, and now candidate for governor again, Roy Barnes apparently has better things to do when Barry O comes to Atlanta for his $10,000 a pop photo op.

Not even an Aug. 2 visit to Atlanta by President Barack Obama will bring Barnes back. “He’s going to be in Middle and South Georgia,” campaign manager Chris Carpenter said Saturday.

Barnes has bet his campaign on rural Georgia — the one that turned its back on him in 2002 for his removal of the Confederate battle emblem from its place on the state flag.

To be sure the furor over the flag did get folks passionate, but what really did Mr Barnes in was the teacher's union. He proposed all sorts of measures to hold teachers accountable and was for a merit pay system. This didn't sit well with the teachers and they either stayed away from the polls or voted for his opponent, our current governor and the first Republican governor of the state since Reconstruction.

Good ol Roy has the Democrat vote sewn up in the state but his problem is the Dems ain't exactly too enthused about turning out at the polls as witnessed by our recent primaries. Republicans turned out in almost a 3 to 1 margin. Garnering all the Democrat votes in the state won't get him elected, and the current attitude towards all things Democrat in this state are so toxic that he can't really count on turning too many Independent or Republican votes to his side.

The sad part is I like Roy, or used to anyway. We were neighbors, sort of. We lived in the same city for awhile and his brothers still run the local hardware store, but with this campaign season he has completely forgotten about those reforms he proposed as governor and is now groveling back to the teachers acceding to their every wish. Some people may not have been in Georgia when he was governor, some may have forgotten how his actions as governor now no longer reflect his campaign statements, but the vast majority of residents do. To borrow an expression from a license plate that used to be popular around these parts, "Forget, Hell No!"

Bloody Tuesday in Georgia and The 'Ox' Got Gored

With very little attention, Georgia held it's primary elections yesterday and while most of the attention was centered on the various races in which the Republicans were competing because of the vast number of candidates, the real news did come out of the race to determine who would be the Republicans choice for governor.

As expected the Democrats simply voted for their incumbents, seems they are resistant to change and only reserve that sentiment for their bumperstickers.

In the governors race on the Republican side there were four candidates who were in serious contention. John Oxendine, the current Insurance Commisioner. Nathan Deal, the recently resigned US Representative, Eric Johnson, former long time state representative and Karen Handel, the former Secretary of State. Throughout the entire race poll after poll showed the 'Ox' leading with the others only being pretenders to the crown. Well yesterday the people spoke, and the 'Ox' got gored. Karen Handel garnered the most votes with Nathan Deal coming in second forcing a runoff on August 10.

Karen Handel (R) 230,446 (34%)
Nathan Deal (R) 155,063 (23%)
Eric Johnson (R) 136,005 (20%)
John W. Oxendine (R) 114,216 (17%)
Jeff Chapman (R) 20,503 (3%)
Ray McBerry (R) 17,064 (3%)
Otis Putnam (R) 2,522 (0%)

The contest is now on to see which candidate can woo the vote of the other candidates over to their camp for the runoff. Adding to the drama is the fact that Sarah Palin endorsed Karen and Newt Gingrich endorsed Nathan Deal.

The early campaign themes are being established with Karen promoting a theme of not being a life long politician and Nathan trumpeting how he is the only true conservative in the race. We will see which message resonates more with the drive by voters, but personally I want more concrete policy plans. You can only go so far on slogans.

On the Democrat side they selected former governor Roy Barnes. The whole thing that cracks me up about the Barnes campaign is that he now has commercials running about how much he loves teachers and basically is willing to bow down to their demands. I say funny because they are the ones who saw to it that he didn't get reelected eight years ago. When he was governor he tried to crack down on the teachers and their union by demanding accountability and pushing other things such as merit pay and school choice which put him at odds with the teachers union and in the subsequent election they showed him who was boss by electing the first Republican governor of Georgia since Reconstruction.

Well I guess Mr Barnes learned his lesson, but I find it so hypocritical. He is proving himself to be nothing more then a politician who will do anybody or anything to get into office. I am hoping come general election time the residents of Georgia will remember this amazing turn around in regards to the Education Politburo that exists in this state. The other thing Mr Barnes has going for him right now is that while the Republicans will still have to duke it out for another 3 weeks he can hone his message, which no doubt will change now that he is gearing up for the general election as opposed to primary battle with other Dems, and we will get to enjoy how much more his message gets nuanced. In Demspeak that means turning 180° on issues and not being called a hypocrite.

Probably the biggest piece of bad news for the Dems is the total vote counts. There were 676,342 votes cast for the Republican candidates compared to only 274,900 votes for the Dems in the contest.

Palin or Gingrich - Which One Can Deliver

The Georgia governors race on the Republican side is a) Very crowded and b) Bringing out the heavy weights in the endorsement battle.

Yesterday Sarah Palin lent her endorsement to gubernatorial candidate Karen Handel on the heels of the previous endorsement from Arizona governor Jan Brewer.

Today Newt Gingrich announced his endorsement of former congressman Nathan Deal for the top job in the state.

The guy that is leading in the polls, John Oxendine, the current Insurance Commissioner, is beset by so many ethics investigations and allegations that I can't figure out how he is even considered a serious candidate.

Newt is one of Georgia's favorite sons so we will see if his endorsement can somehow pull Deal up in the polls. The primary is next week, with early voting already going on and most polls show a 3 way race among the 8 Republican candidates between Handel, Deal, and Oxendine.

In the meantime all the Ox can do is run blatantly misleading ads against the other candidates with the money he got from campaign contributors which are the subject of one of the investigations against him. Sure he has more campaign cash then the others, but it's source is highly suspect, and I don't guess that cash can buy him any endorsements.

Let's see who has the clout among Georgia voters. Palin or Gingrich.

Shocka: Republican Candidate Has Gay Friends

There is a very contested governors race going on in Georgia, which of course means nothing to people outside the state, but some of the non issues they are rolling around in the mud over are, well childish.

In fairness and some sort of vain attempt at disclosure I will admit that I am partial to Karen Handel in this race. She is the former Secretary of State who fought hard to have legislation passed to verify the citizenship status of those who vote, and was fought every step of the way. In Georgia you need to show photo ID when you use your credit card for a purchase but not for casting a vote. It just doesn't make sense.

Anyway now the latest hit job on her is coming from former congressman Nathan Deal who retired from congress right after voting no on the health care bill to pursue his run as governor. He is shocked, shocked I tell you to find out that Karen may have some friends who are gay and may have actually belonged to a group called the Log Cabin Republicans, which represent the gay community.

Is Mr Deal trying to say that gay people can't be conservatives? Not real smart for a party which is trying to make inroads in to those voting blocks that have always been considered solid Democrat.

I quite frankly don't see what his beef is.

So far in this race I have crossed candidate Oxendine, the current insurance commissioner, off the list. A lot of it has to do with how he conducted business while acting as insurance commissioner. From buying himself new fancy cars to some of the funding he has received to run his campaign, to his absolute silence during the Obamacare debate. He did not speak up for the citizens of Georgia and only made a weak statement against it after it was passed. The Ox is part of the 'Good 'Ol Boy' network in politics in Georgia and he is counting on that to help him win the primary battle, and polls do show him leading, but in my eyes he is dirty and running on nothing more name recognition. Most might call this old news, but I think it is important to remind people that past performance can be an indicator of future performance, just like voting records can.

Sure the state's public schools face $180 million in cuts and Georgia's nursing homes must fill a $37 million funding gap, but a few key lawmakers weren't going to be denied the chance to plug a little pork in the bareboned budget. Special projects ranging from libraries to a Civil War Naval Museum managed to find room in this tight budget.
So much for being united in sacrifice.
Apparently you don't even have to be a legislator to tap into more than your fair share of state money - just ask John Oxendine. While other state officials combed through their budgets looking for places to scrimp and save, Georgia's insurance commissioner found a way to get a brand new car fully equipped with the luxury bells and whistles.
Just days after being reelected last November, Oxendine's office put in a request for a 2003 Ford Crown Victoria. The car's $25,322 price tag included $6,362 for options such as leather seats, six-disc CD player, ''premium'' cassette player, electronic instrument panel and upgraded suspension, according to news reports.

That was in 2003, and even thought the request was denied, he went around the normal channels and got his car. Arrogance doesn't begin to describe this guy.

It looks like I will now add Nathan Deal to the list. It isn't so much that I have reached the point where I am dedicated to voting for someone yet as much as I am crossing names off the list.

In the past I always tried to keep an open mind and look at candidates from both major parties, but after the actions of the Democrats over the last couple of years, from their over the top rhetoric where they have called average Americans everything but Klingons, and one of them may have done that for all I know, and their continuing power hungry grab for power and money I won't even entertain the thought of seriously considering anybody who chooses to align themselves with the Dems. Sorry Mr Barnes.

Ready For The Next Carter?

Without a lot of fanfare, Georgia has been having a spate of elections to fill vacant seats in both the state assembly and to fill the US House of Representative seat that was formally held by Nathan Deal, who resigned after his no vote on healthcare to pursue his race for governor.

Neither race had much suspense as far as which party would win, rather which person. Nathan Deal's district is solid Republican, more importantly it is labeled conservative and no Democrat even challenged for the seat, leaving it up to the 6 Republican/Libertarian/Independent candidates to duke it out. As expected, with so many people on the ballot, a runoff election will now have to be held to determine who gets to warm that seat temporarily. I say temporarily because regardless of who wins this round, they will immediately have to turn around and begin campaigning for the regular primary election scheduled for July. This creates the unique chance for the folks of the 9th Congressional district to be voting 5 times between now and November. This was the first which now leads to the runoff election in June. In July are the primaries for the regular elections, which has 7 declared candidates. Should another runoff be necessary it will be held in August. Finally in November will be regular nationwide general election.

The other election held was to fill an empty seat in the Georgia State Assembly which was vacated by the retirement of current that seat holder. What made this race interesting was not only the inclusion of Jimmy Carter's grandson on the ballot, but also the degree of voter turnout. The district is solid Democrat with no Republicans on the ballot, but once again there was representation from the Libertarian and Independent party.

Jason Carter won the seat, which state law requires to be filled even though our legislative session is over, making this a largely symbolic win. What is important however to those who follow politics closely is the voter turnout, which in this solid Democrat district was only about 10%. It is a clear indication that the fervor that swept through the Democrats in the last presidential election has evaporated, and portends even more trouble for the Dems in November. If they can't even rally the bedrock of their constituency to turn out to vote for the grandson of the now second worst president it does not bode well for them.

I am not foolish enough to believe that this section of the state can be seriously challenged by the Republicans. C'mon these people are represented by Hank Johnson, the representative who has concerns about Guam sinking from having too many military personnel stationed on it, and before that they had Cynthia McKinney. They will turn out to vote for the person with a D behind the name, mostly out of respect for the highest grade they achieved in high school, but it does spell bad news for the Dems since it looks like their base is going back into the closet.

The Carter name was enough for him to win and now that his foot is in the door we can expect to hear more from him.

Those Racist Republicans In Georgia

Sundays are slow days in the blogging world so I decided to waste some bandwidth and do a piece with a tilt to my home state of Georgia, and one which will no doubt wind up rather lengthy. The subject of this posting? Calling attention to swelling ranks of minorities who are calling the Republican and Libertarian parties home. Both groups are associated with conservative views, and thanks to the efforts of the mainstream media and liberal talking heads, therefore in some way connected to the Tea Party movement. I want to state from the outset that I have not determined if any of these candidates have either received support or acknowledgment from any Tea Party organization or if they have any connection to the Tea Party. It is just that the conventional wisdom nowadays seems to be that if you are conservative you are somehow a de facto member of the Tea Party. By extension, being associated with the Tea Party you are therefore a racist.

Let's see if I can strike a few blows against that stereotype.

First up. John Monds, Libertarian candidate for governor.

He advocates a repeal of the state income tax, instead prefering a sales tax system modeled on what is done in Texas and Florida, supports charter schools with more local control of schools. He does, however, give a nod to the notion of global warming, while disputing claims that it is caused by humans and opposes any cap and trade policy.

Next is Victor Armendariz, who is running for the congressional seat in the Fourth District on the Republican ticket currently held by that noted geologist, Hank Johnson.

What does this candidate of Hispanic heritage feel about immigration policies?

We have always had immigration. In fact, this legal immigration is and has been an incredible source of prosperity for America. Illegal immigration threatens the foundation of this system. There is no doubt that we need to fix our immigration system, and it must begin by securing the border and fixing the visa and entry process. This should not include amnesty.

He supports the Fair Tax, doesn't believe the government can create jobs--except, of course, government jobs--and is a strong advocate for the Second Amendment.

Also running on the Republican ticket for Hank Johnson's seat in the Fourth District is Cory Ruth.

His campaign website is still under construction and I could find very little out about him.

In my congressional district we have not one but two African Americans running on the Republican ticket for the chance to unseat the noted race card playing Congress critter David Scott. I will do ladies first, and she is someone I have written about before, Deborah Honeycutt.

She is a doctor and small business owner and advocate. This is her third attempt to unseat the Democrat in a district that is so solidly Democrat it sometimes has to be frustrating trying to sway the voters. I will give her a lot of credit, however, for not giving up.

This year she is joined by Rupert Parchment on the Republican side for the chance to send that thin-skinned David Scott back to the home he lives in that isn't even in the district.

His policy statements are still a little nebulous but he appears to be in favor of more school choice so we will have to wait to see if he moves beyond flowery catch phrases and provides more details and specifics.

And last but not least is a candidate for the position of Labor Commissioner, Melvin Everson.

Mr. Everson's priorities lie in trying to boost employment and job creation in the state. Our unemployment rate is currently above the national average--I think the last numbers put it at 10.8%--through a combination of cooperation with the technical colleges in the states and attracting companies to locate to the state. This is good news for those who pursue a blue-collar career and one I welcome. While much time is spent moaning about the loss of manufacturing jobs in the country, so much emphasis has been put on the younger generation to attend schools which provides academic schooling at the expense of creating people who possess technical skills that having a technical skill nowadays has become a stigma.

So there you have it. A state deep in the heart of Dixie with a wide variety of minorities competing all across the board for elected office as conservatives. Maybe later I will do a piece on the women of the GOP here in the state, but the message I want to convey is don't buy the stereotype that the Republican or other conservative parties are simply made up of angry old white men. Learn something about the candidates and their stance on the issues and vote accordingly, then make those we elect accountable.

For those so inclined, an excellent source to find out about candidates in the state of Georgia is Politics1.

It's All About The Kids

We are all familiar with the common refrain among teacher unions that everytime they are lobbying for better pay, more vacation time, and better pension plans that it is all about the kids.

Well of course that is unless the governor of your state proposes cuts to those programs and tries to introduce programs to hold educators accountable. All of a sudden their political vendettas take priority over the kids. In Georgia they are trying to compete for a $400 million grant for the schools. Everybody wants the state to try hard and get this money. Well everybody but the biggest teachers association in the state. In Georgia we technically don't have teacher unions, rather they are called associations.

The teachers union, er excuse me, association is a powerful force in the state, and in fact they are one of the primary reason that our current governor is a Republican. The first one since reconstruction, please remember that all you race baiting types. When Sonny Perdue was running for governor, the current governor, a Democrat, had proposed several reforms to the education system including teacher accountability and the possibility of merit pay for the good teachers while making it easier to get rid of the bad ones. So now the teachers associations are against the very governor they helped to put in office.

Georgia's second largest teachers' group said Wednesday it will send a letter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan formally opposing the state's bid for new federal school reform grants.
The announcement by the 43,000-member Georgia Association of Educators comes on the heels of a legislative victory it shared last week with the state's largest teacher group, the 78,000-member Professional Association of Georgia Educators. Both groups successfully fought efforts by Gov. Sonny Perdue to create a merit pay system for teachers or, at the least, to create a statewide mandate to make student performance part of teachers' job evaluations.

I guess this makes the teachers association sort of apolitical huh? They will oppose anybody who tries to hold them accountable, and the children be damned. They are just props to be used to further their political agenda.

One More Reason Not To Go Into Politics

“The babelicious lobbyist factor has definitely diminished,” said state Rep. Stephanie Benfield (D-Atlanta). “Heels have gotten shorter; skirts have gotten longer.”

The Georgia legislature, still reeling from the resignation of their House leader after it was revealed he had carried on an affair after a failed suicide attempt, and amid constant reporting of numerous members who have evaded paying their taxes, are on a ethics reform kick.

For the most part this type of attention to ethics is a good thing, and unlike the Nancy Pelosi version of ethics reform, real measures are being taken to clean up their act in Georgia.

Secession Battle Brewing In Atlanta

Having a front row seat to this story, and seeing that it is now making waves outside of the Atlanta area, I guess it is alright to put my 2¢ in.

Those who have existed off of the taxes paid by the producers in the northern part of the county are the ones wishing to make this about race. They are Democrats after all and everything is all about race to them. The true fuel behind this fire is financial. The residents of the northern part of Fulton county, which encompasses the city of Atlanta, are sick and tired of having their tax money sent down the road while they get nothing in return.

What nobody can answer is how is it that the sides of the county managed to get this way. Well the answer isn't race, but it is related to personal beliefs that guide your life.

The difference between Republican and Democrats is no better illustrated then it is here. In the south is the folks who wish for the state to care for them from cradle to grave, never having to be responsible for their actions and always blaming their plight on somebody else.

To the north, a group that still believes in what has always led to success in this country. Self reliance, risk taking, and initiative to do things for ones self.

What used to be Milton County is now largely white and Republican and affluent. Atlanta and its southern suburbs are mostly black, are controlled by Democrats and have neighborhoods with some of the highest poverty rates in America. Buckhead, a trendy Atlanta neighborhood known for its clubs, restaurants and mansions, would remain in Fulton County.

The other issue, which is sort of a which came first, the chicken or the egg, type argument. Do you become a Democrat because you are poor, or are you poor because you are a Democrat? The same question goes to somebody who identifies with the Republican party.

Well you can't change your skin color. You can change your politics. If I thought for one minute that adapting some sort of philosophy would improve my lot in life I would probably pursue it enthusiastically. Instead of heaping scorn on those who succeed and demanding that they give me what they have earned I want them to share with me how they did it.

No, what is brewing in Fulton county in Georgia is not about race. It is about money and finances. The reason this will probably never make it through the state house is because the city of Atlanta also relies on the tax money paid by the residents of the northern part of the county, and they hold enough seats in the state house to block any efforts for this cash cow to leave. Atlanta is already in so much debt because of its' decades of Democrat leadership that there is no way they would let their Republican brethren leave to fend for themselves, and just further show the failings of liberal policies.

The recent mayoral election for Atlanta pointed this divide out dramatically. Both candidates were Democrats, one was a white woman, the other a black man. The black man once he accused the woman of being a Republican, a charge which was blatantly false, and by promising to give folks in the southern part of the city even more goodies won the election. What he hasn't explained yet is how he is going to pay for any of it since the city has about a $14 million shortfall.

By the way the people cited in the report claiming that this is about race are all Democrats and black.

Is Jim Marshall The Next Democrat Defection?

Jim Marshall represents the 8th Congressional district in Georgia. He is a Democrat, although you wouldn't know that if you visited his web site. The only hint you get is from some videos he has posted in which the banner at the bottom identifies him as a Dem.

The reason I bring this up is because he voted against both the cap and trade and health care legislation put forth by his Democrat colleagues. The other reason is because there are now five challengers to his seat, all self-identified as Republicans, and none of them came from the normal political farm system.

[Diane]Vann is the fifth Republican to announce her run, and the primary is scheduled for July 20. Ken DeLoach and Valerie Meyers, both of Houston County, and Angela Hicks and Paul Rish of Bibb County also have announced runs for the seat.

That's right, these are real average citizens, just the type that organizations like GOOOH promote and the Tea Party members wish to see.

Diane Vann is a former veteran and now a registered nurse.

Ken DeLoach is an educator and an associate pastor.

Valerie Meyers is a technical writer and information technology business analyst. She did work for the Ron Paul campaign.

Angela Hicks is a small business owner.

Paul Rish is the President and CEO of his own company Rish Telecommunications Consulting and is Chairman of the Bibb County Republican Party.

I don't have any real beef with Jim. He is a distinguished Army veteran and is more conservative then a lot of the Republicans in Congress, and from what I know and can tell, he has done a good job of representing his district.

With that said, however, given the current climate in this country where a lot of folks want to see everybody in Washington sent packing, one of these Republican challengers could very well take the seat. There is still a tough primary season ahead, and Marshall has the money and the name recognition that comes with being an incumbent, but in a year in which the American electorate is growing increasingly fed up, that may serve more as a liability then an asset.

It will be interesting to see which one of these challengers comes out on top of the heap in the primary and then to see what sort of challenge they can mount against the incumbent.

Of course, if Jim Marshall switches parties all bets are off and no doubt he will return to Congress. By the way, Marshall is in one of those districts where you have to have (D) behind your name normally to get elected, so his voting record may not matter to most of the folks in his district. That is the case in my district, where they continue to send the Dem back to Washington even though I doubt very many of the people who vote for him could tell you one thing about his voting record.

National Guardsman in Runoff Election

This is for a state legislature seat that was vacated by a Democrat I highlighted earlier who was involved in money laundering, along with a laundry list of other charges. All of the candidates for this position were Democrats, but one of them is a National Guardsman currently serving in Iraq.

Early in the campaign one of the candidates tried to get Malik Douglas disqualified because it is against the law for active duty military to seek political office. The challenger put forth the theory that since he was serving in Iraq he was Active Duty. Fortunately, a judge didn't buy it and then the Secretary of State, Karen Handel, a Republican issued a statement further supporting the efforts of Mr. Douglas.

In a press release Handel said, “The State should not create higher hurdles for brave men and women serving in the Armed Forces who want and are otherwise eligible to stand for election here in Georgia.”

It is no surprise that all of the candidates for the position are Democrats since that portion of the metro Atlanta area is nothing but folks who got no further in the alphabet then the letter D and anybody with a Bush/Cheney bumper sticker on their car caught on that side of town simply has suicidal tendencies; but still, once again the Dems show how they support the troops but not the mission. By the way, there are conservatives in that area but none of them put an (R) behind their name.

To read about Ron Sailors and his sordid past that led to this special election simply click on his name in the labels section.