By: J. Randolph Evans
Ever wonder how judges get to be judges in Georgia?
Well, in Georgia, there are two ways to get to be a judge. First, get elected. Second, get appointed.
Getting elected is pretty straightforward. Georgia elects its judges. Anyone who meets the legal requirements for being a judge can qualify with the Georgia Secretary of State during the qualifying period and appear on the ballot. It … Read more...
Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
How many of the last two generations remember, or even care that yesterday was the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the day America entered World War II, a war that caused the destruction of 50 million people. Eighty years before that, in 1861, America’s Civil War began with the shelling of Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
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Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
Tired of all the political rhetoric yet? Many are, including me, but this vetting process is an important part of choosing our elected leaders, especially the president of the United States. Only the Lord’s way is a better way. This process still has a year to go before the November 2012 election, which likely will be the most important election Americans will ever vote … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
So, here are the two dates to mark on the calendar: November 23, 2011 (the day before Thanksgiving) and December 23, 2011 (two days before Christmas). What makes these dates special?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 is the deadline for the so-called Congressional ‘super-committee’ (actually named the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction) to issue its recommendations for at least $1.5 trillion in federal deficit reductions over … Read more...
By Les Dunaway
So you thought Congress had driven a stake through Acorn’ s heart? They probably missed because it’s heart is way to the left of where you’d expect. This monster seems to be hard to kill.
The good news is that the monster hasn’t gotten any smarter. Fox reporters walked in an interviewed the conspirators in their “New York Communities for Change” office about their funding … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
As the 2012 elections approach, voters are starting to pay attention.
Everyone agrees that cable news and the internet (including Twitter and
Facebook) have changed the world – especially the way voters get their
information. Both cable news and the internet give them what they want
when they want it. Yet, local media coverage remains an influential
part of the voter decision-making process.
Every Georgia officeholder, … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
People are hurting across this country in a very real way. Many are
using their savings accounts or retirement accounts to just get by.
Others live from credit card payment to credit card payment to make ends
meet. For some, it has gotten so desperate, that they see no hope.
At an apartment complex in Canton, Georgia, a father killed his wife and
two year old … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
On Thursday, June 16, 2011, Congressman Anthony Weiner announced his resignation from the United States House. Headline writers, late night comedians and cable news anchors were greatly disappointed. Their ticket to double-meaning words and phrases and tawdry humor has come to an end. Oddly, he finally did something that both Democrats and Republicans agreed with.
… Read more...By J. Randolph Evans
Several Republican candidates for President appeared in Greenville,
South Carolina on May 5th, in the first of many “debates” to come. Not
every candidate or potential candidate made his or her way to South
Carolina, the home of the third state to decide in the nomination
process (after Iowa and New Hampshire). Indeed, several political
heavyweights who are considering a presidential run decided to pass on… Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
President Barack Obama has officially launched his campaign for
reelection as President of the United States. His budget for his
campaign is one billion dollars.
So far, Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing about the 2012
election – it will be a referendum on the first term of President Obama.
This is not to say that issues like the deficit, spending, gas prices,
unemployment, and … Read more...
By J. Randolph Evans
Everyone knows who Governor Nathan Deal, Lieutenant Governor Casey
Cagle, and Speaker David Ralston are. In fact, most political insiders
know who Senate President Pro Tempore Tommie Williams, Speaker Pro
Tempore Jan Jones, Senate Majority Leader Chip Rogers, and House
Majority Leader Larry O’Neal are. Yet, some of the most influential
Georgians don’t serve as governor or as a member of the leadership of
either political … Read more...
Observations©
By Donald S. Conkey
Civility in politics is possible – but not very likely! Politics is the means whereby free people express themselves and choose candidates for public office whose views of government are most closely in tune with their own views of government. In recent days I have been told by many that they refuse to watch the TV or read the paper because they are ‘turned off’ … Read more...