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I was a Corpsman, not a Corpse-man

By Tom, on February 11th, 2010%

A week ago, President Obama had a very Bush-like gaffe.  Three different times in a speech during the National Prayer Breakfast, he made reference to Navy “Corpse-men.”  In my mind, this is akin to Bush talking about “nucular” weapons, but I take a special affront to the Commander in Chief not grasping the correct pronunciation of the members of the United States Navy Hospital Corps.

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Lee County Commission Meeting: January 26, 2010

By Jeff, on February 11th, 2010%

The public will never know about exactly what was said and discussed at the “retreat” (taxpayer funded vacation) the County Commissioners took to Callaway Gardens on the weekend of Jan 16, 2010, but this is the video I recorded of their next meeting, on Jan 26, 2010.

Notice how little time they spend on matters discussed at the truly open meeting they had on Jan 12, and how much time they spend on issues raised at Callaway Gardens while hidden from public view. It certainly didn’t escape my attention. Any who. As always, the only edits made in these videos are to cut them into clips to fit inside youtube’s 10 minute maximum video length.

Here’s the agenda and agenda packet for this meeting.

Part 1 (Agenda items 1 – 8E)

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In Committee Today: Thursday, February 11, 2010

By Jeff, on February 11th, 2010%

Senate Education and Youth Committee (pdf)

  • SB 298, Senator Valencia Seay’s bill making first aid certification a high school graduation requirement
  • SB 132, Senator Vincent Fort’s Dropout Deterrent Act
  • SB 386, Senator Don Balfour’s bill to establish a performance-based salary schedule for teachers

Senate Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Committee (pdf)

  • SB 237, Senator Jeff Mullis’ bill banning fuel price gouging during abnormal market disruptions
  • SB 384, Senator John Bulloch’s bill allowing the Office of the Insurance and Fire Safety Commissioner to regulate manufactured homes

Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee (pdf)

  • SB 148, Senator Davis Shafer’s bill regarding the Georgia Occupational Regulation Review Law
  • SB 150, Senator David Shafer’s bill repealing OCGA 43-22 regarding Junk Dealers
  • SB 335, Senator Jack Murphy’s bill allowing local control on alcohol sales on premises within 100 yards of housing authority property

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Austin Scott Introduces Bill Making John Oxendine a Felon

By Jeff, on February 11th, 2010%

In this country, we have protection from ex post facto laws – laws that make an action a crime after the action has been done. So the bill Austin Scott introduced yesterday, HB 1166, wouldn’t apply to the thousands of dollars John Oxendine has already raked in from insurance companies – but it would apply to any future contributions to Ox, so long as he is the Commissioner of Insurance.

The bill would also make State Senators Ralph Hudgens (the Chairman of the Senate Insurance Committee who is running for Commissioner of Insurance) and Seth Harp (who is also running for Commissioner of Insurance) felons, and possibly a few others in their race.

This bill is a complete political stunt by Scott to make a point both in his campaign for Governor as well as the allegations flying in the Insurance Commissioner’s race, and because Hudgens in particular would be caught up in it, it has absolutely no chance of becoming law in its current form. IF it actually manages to become law, it will be heavily modified and a shell of its current version.
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