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For the last few days of 2009, we here at SWGAPolitics.com are taking a look back at the most viewed stories of 2009, as well as each author’s Top Stories from his perspective. This morning, we find out what Tom’s Most Viewed Stories are… As an author, I’ve been afforded a unique opportunity to reflect on my body of work with Southwest Georgia Politics. Jeff released my top ten articles that received the most views. I am somewhat surprised that a few which received loads of comments, did not make the list. However, the ones that generated the most interest seem to have a common theme. In case you missed the list, here were the top posts for 2009 by yours truly: I’ve argued before, sometimes successfully and other times not so much, that an assault on any freedom is an assault on every freedom. I’ve pointed out the ludicrous nature of attacks on our civil liberties by those who defend others. Frankly, that’s the majority of the people too. So why am I revisiting it again? Continue reading Why we must defend that which we hate I’ve seen at least a few blogs planning a 2009 Year in Review series for this week, and I liked the idea so I’m running with it. So here’s my plan: Today, this entry will be the 10 most viewed stories of 2009 from our newest author, Bill Waller. Friday morning, we will begin discussing the SWGAPolitics.com 2010 Legislative Agenda, the issues that we as SWGAPolitics.com feel the General Assembly needs to act on during the 2010 session. Without further ado, Bill Waller’s Top 10 Most Viewed Stories of 2009: Weds night, we received an email through the Contact Us page asking if we had heard anything about a new challenger to Sanford Bishop. Bill replied that he had. Apparently, the guy had issued a press release in Thomasville earlier this month, where he is popular with the local Tea Party crowd. I did some research on the name Bill gave, and I found this article from the Thomasville Times-Enterprise from nearly three weeks ago – and almost NOTHING else. As in this profile page from his current employer is literally the only thing that I’ve found so far other than the Times-Enterprise article. A couple of months ago, I became aware of a religious liberty and property rights issue up in Sandy Springs, a new city just north of Atlanta. Normally, this wouldn’t really warrant an entry on SWGAPolitics.com, because even with the religious liberty and property rights issues, it is a local issue up there and cities all across the State and nation take similar actions with alarming regularity. What makes Sandy Springs a bit more important is that one of its City Councilmen is running for statewide office – specifically, Doug MacGinnitie and the office of Secretary of State. The basic story is this: A church (in this case, a Scientologist church) buys a piece of property and wants to renovate it to suit their religious needs. Some neighbors get pissed off, and take the issue to their local city council, who denies the church’s religious liberty and property rights and sides with the neighbors. But it wasn’t the entire City Council. In fact, the 6 voting members were split down the middle, with the Mayor casting the deciding vote against the church. But which side was Doug MacGinnitie on? Did this Secretary of State candidate side with religious liberty and private property rights, or did he side with those who wish to deny these rights? When you swing a pendulum one way, it will go a certain distance before stopping, reversing, and swinging an equal distance the other way. If energy is added on the return swing, it will actually go further on that swing, before once again reversing and swinging an equal distance the original direction. This will continue ad infinitum, until eventually the pendulum makes a complete revolution on its axis. Even then, if more energy is continually added, the swinging will continue to get faster and faster, and the revolutions will thus happen more and more frequently. That is a basic concept of science. But why am I bringing up science on a political blog? Because when you have only two political parties and/or only two competing ideologies in politics, you get an effect that is very much like a physical pendulum. One Party will achieve power and advance its agenda as far as it can, swinging the pendulum as far in its direction as possible. Eventually – and it could be a LONG wait for that eventually – the other Party will gain power and work to swing the pendulum as far in its own direction as possible, thus adding to the energy of the swing and advancing its agenda further than the original Party could advance theirs. The problem is, BOTH of the two primary competing ideologies in this country seek to advance government control in our lives, whether it be in the master suite, the executive suite, or the operating suite. They seek to limit our freedoms to advance their own agendas. They fight each other, and We the People get screwed in the process. So what can be done about this? In Albany, at least one family will spend Christmas morning without a loved one that was still in their life a week earlier. The family of John Slappey will spend Christmas Day mourning his loss. Unlike the vast majority of the people who have written about this situation, I actually knew John. Continue reading Remembering what’s important With the Senate’s vote on the new healthcare reform bill now in the history books, both sides are getting ready for the final fight as the House and Senate sit down and work out the details between the two chamber’s bills. What follows is a statement released by the Saxby Chambliss’ office just moments ago. Continue reading Saxby Chambliss on Healthcare Bill Since it’s Christmas Eve, I thought I’d write a quick little poem to outline what I’d like for Christmas…from a political standpoint. Hey, politics can be fun too! Continue reading What I want for Christmas |
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