Comments for Political Vine: The Insider's Source on Georgia Politics

Comment on Crony Capitalism vs. Free-Market Capitalism by Liz

Liz — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:14:23 +0000

Amen. Thanks for speaking up Bill.

Comment on Tora! (Newt!) Tora! (Newt!) Tora! (Newt!) by jack bouroudijian

jack bouroudijian — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 06:18:18 +0000

The most ardent of Ron Paul’s followers think the US government is too big when it has more people than the secret number Ron Paul has written on his magic anti-alien hemp underpants.

Comment on HD 43: Lamutt’s Troubles Deepening by Jim Phillips

Jim Phillips — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:00:58 +0000

I received a call on October 5th, 8:53 p.m. from the ID: Advisor. The robo call indicated this was an Alert regarding information you may have received that was false and misleading. Close to the end of the call it indicated the call was from Robert Lamutt’s campaign. Obviously it was in reference to a mailer from John Carson about Mr. Lamutt’s current federal and state tax liens. The robo call did not say what was false or misleading about the mailer. If Mr. Lamutt is asking for our votes then why not tell us what is false our misleading about your financial situation? His response that he could have gone bankrupt and walked away from everything is more misleading. As indicated in your article, if you file bankruptcy those federal tax liens stay attached to you even after your bankruptcy.
It is clear Mr. Lamutt has financial problems so why would we want to put a person in office, along with the other people that are not paying their taxes.

Comment on HD 43 Update; Herman Cain’s Surprise; Brian Kemp’s Big Decision, & Other News by Bill Simon

Bill Simon — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:38:23 +0000

I can never get that right between “who” and “whom.” Thanks, Jim!

Comment on HD 43 Update; Herman Cain’s Surprise; Brian Kemp’s Big Decision, & Other News by Jim Carson

Jim Carson — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:17:04 +0000

Grammarian, edit thyself:

“State Senator Chip Rogers may have schizophrenia with WHOM he is supporting…”

Sorry, couldn’t help myself after you so eloquently praised the pollster who [not whom] got it right!

Comment on Georgia House District 43: Lamutt, Liens & Laurens by Pat Stumpf

Pat Stumpf — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:31:32 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. This is why everyone should research the candidates and their actions.

Comment on Debt Limit: Let The People Decide by Michel Phillips

Michel Phillips — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:26:23 +0000

Interesting proposal.

Even though I’m with Paul Krugman in thinking that we need to spend a lot more in stimulus now and cut later, after the economy recovers–which is the opposite of what the American people voted for last November–I think this referendum plan might have some merit. At the very least it would force the people to live with the consequences of their decisions. And avoiding consequences has been the core of the GOP’s appeal since Reagan. The GOP has been assuring people that they could have both low taxes and all the government that’s really important, and if it doesn’t work out then it must be the fault of Somebody Else–it certainly can’t be that the average American wants to have his low-tax cake and eat his high-services government, too.

On the other hand, the history of important referenda in California is not encouraging. In 2010 Californians voted BOTH to remove the 2/3 requirement for the legislature to pass a budget, AND to create a new 2/3 requirement for the legislature to raise taxes. They substituted one form of paralysis for another. Maybe the USA as a whole would be more sensible, or maybe not.

The most hopeful sign I see in this whole fiasco is the idea of a bipartisan commission whose package of recommendations would get a guaranteed vote, no filibuster, no amendments. This actually works with military base closings, which present the same core problem as the deficit: the “tragedy of the commons.”