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Don’t ask me to “play nice”
A Facebook friend posted this graphic, said he thought the statements were true, but asked if anyone could verify. The people who responded in opposition to Ryan’s policies were mostly women (I...
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Representative Clueless
As a matter of fact, we do understand. You’ll find our voter turn out information in your Binders Full of Women.
View ArticleBeing present
This year I will sign petitions, write letters, and call elected officials about the things that matter to me. And this year I will be more present in my beliefs by showing up. I began yesterday in...
View ArticleJanuary 17, 2014
West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources can’t seem to get warnings right in regards to the coal chemical contamination that continues to leave citizens looking for a glass of fresh...
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It isn’t about honoring heritage. The war is over. Really.
Georgia has issued a new car tag featuring the Confederate flag, with $10 dollars of the $80 fee going to the Sons of Confederate Veterans, who will use the revenue for “educational activities” and...
View ArticleIn the wee hours this morning
A couple of months ago I began posting links to news items on Rural and Progressive’s Facebook page. I was sleepless in the wee hours of the morning so I skimmed the news and found some interesting...
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Don’t tread on me
The Friday Photo July 18, 2014 Jody Hice and Mike Collins, the Republican candidates vying for Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, expound on the rights of citizens above big government. Eager...
View ArticleVictims are not volunteers
This letter was sent to The Sandersville Progress in response to owner Bob Tribble’s column. Bob Tribble’s column on August 26, 2014 included a statement that isn’t accurate regarding the child victims...
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Nikki Haley has no time for poetry
Newly inaugurated South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley didn’t have time for two minutes of poetry written for her second swearing-in yesterday. Marjory Wentworth, South Carolina’s poetry laureate, has...
View ArticleThe needle hasn’t moved much since last year
This was originally posted last year on September 11. We continue to be a badly broken country in too many ways. No photo today. How we have failed since September 11, 2001 Tonight President Obama will...
View ArticleTed Nugent thinks I ought to be shot
NRA board member Ted Nugent thinks I ought to be shot because I am a liberal, no, make that Liberal. Being a Liberal seems to be his only criteria. That’s right- Ted Nugent is now calling for law...
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And the winners are…..
Current leadership in the Georgia General Assembly never fails to disappoint. This year’s session has been a catalog of hate-baiting legislation against LGBTQ citizens and people of faith (and no...
View ArticleGit yur guns, boys!
What started after the 2008 election with the election of a black man to the White House, threatens to come full circle to a full-on “take back the government” uprising if Hillary Clinton is elected....
View ArticleTry this on for size
Trump supporters, male and yes, female, are burning up Twitter with the hashtag #repealthe19th. The 19th Amendment gave women the vote. Multiple polls show that if only women voted in November, the...
View ArticleVan Jones put his finger on it last night
Last Thursday I drove to Hendersonville, North Carolina for an annual event called Life Is A Verb Camp. On the way home Sunday afternoon I opted for less interstate and more two lane roads. In addition...
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Check the dictionary
The Friday Photo January 13, 2017 I did some checking on definitions last night. Carl Bernstein, who, with fellow reporter Bob Woodward, earned a Pulitzer Prize for the Washington Post after uncovering...
View ArticleHear the candidates with your own ears!
Early voting is underway across Georgia with hotly contested races for Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, Insurance Commissioner, and of course Congressional districts. Being an informed voter...
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Nikki Haley has no time for poetry
Newly inaugurated South Carolina’s Governor Nikki Haley didn’t have time for two minutes of poetry written for her second swearing-in yesterday. Marjory Wentworth, South Carolina’s poetry laureate, has...
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