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ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN
by Don Daniel
Ihave had lots of comments about the length of football
games and how a 60-minute sports event often stretches
out to three and often four hours. Some of the reasons
are the number of penalties, timeouts and advertising
that is built in. All of those factors got me to wondering
more about penalties, the kind and number. Of course there
are the more common penalties: holding, offsides, pass
interference and the ones that result in first downs and half-
way-to-the-goal walk-offs.
With all the long hair flowing
out from under the helmets of
both pro and college players,
I have wondered if there was/
is a "hair snatching/grabbing"
penalty. I played football in high
school and we were taught that
we were representatives of the
school and proper dress attire
and personal neatness were
expected by the coaches and
school. If our hair got too long,
hanging out from the helmets,
before we went to practice or
played in a game, a haircut was
required and it was a ultrashort
crew cut.
I guess the whole point I am attempting to express is that I
just don't understand the lack of personal hygiene long hair
represents to me. Guess dreadlocks wearers are saying, "look
who I am:'
I have never heard of a hair-snatching tackle but sure
would like to see some hair snatching and the penalty that
would result.
And writing of sports, the Califomia legislature is consid-
ering a law that would pay college football players and I as-
sume any other college sports players. I am in favor of that as
long as no scholarships, no free dorm rooms, no free books,
no free meals are given, and if they require class attendance.
You get the idea.
I DIDN'T take Latin in high school but it was offered par-
ticularly if you were thinking about going to college. I went
to college and didn't feel not studying Latin in high school
impaired me. But Spanish impaired me for three quarters.
So I am going to give you a fast lesson in Latin.
Constantly over the last couple of weeks, we have heard
our president being accused of'quid pro quo" and the
Democrats using the term to attempt impeaching President
Trump. if you are a Democrat you have to use the term in all
conversations and particularly when you are being inter-
viewed by CNN, The New York Times, The Washington
Post, NBC, ABC, CBS and Pravda.
As The Wall Street Journal points out, we are familiar with
Latin when we hear "magna cum laude" used to refer to
a student who was smart enough not to flunk out of high
school and college and had straight and no social life.
Here is the simple meaning of'quid pro quo"; this for that.
Guess that means if you pay $6 for a s'ri-pack of Bud, you
have received something for something, in other words,
quid pro quo.
AS WAS reported, there was a meeting of the city, county
and GDOT high mucketey-mucks to discuss the truck lanes
that are going to, according to a Forsyth dty councilman,
totally destroy many Forsyth businesses located adjacent to
1-75.
Again, it was an informative meeting emphasizing that the
idea of the truck lanes are a long, long way into the future
and no bulldozing is imminent.
I totally agree truck traffic is emerging as the primary
mode of moving goods from the port in Savannah into the
Atlanta market. Remember we get a healthy infusion of fine
money from the weigh station.
Many years ago, 18-wheelers were required to use the right
hand lane only and could only get out of that lane to pass
another. That was the law. The Georgia Motor Trucking
Association, led by a friend---Ernie Quigley lobbied the
Georgia Legislature to change the law so that trucks could
use the right hand, middle and left hand lanes. Let's revert
back to 18-wheelers can only use the right hand lane. Would
save a lot of taxpayer money.
COME FRIDAY, we just may see "destruction" under way
on the downtown site for the ultra-modem Forsyth City
Hall. Twenty companies responded to the demolition bids
and a company out of North Atlanta was awarded the bid to
do the job for $81,500 with the job being completed before
Christmas.
Hey, county employees don't feel bad because Forsyth city
employees are not getting a raise either, that was the vote at
last week's Forsyth meeting.
Remember the Segway scooter that former Forsyth Police
Chief Keith Corley scooted around town on? Wonder where
they are now? Been told they are in storage, but nobody
seems to know where. Maybe Mayor Wilson, instead of
his golf cart, and city Manager Janice Hall could use one to
patrol their dominion. Just an idea.
Here are a few unattributed council member comments:
"Could you integrate that"; shotgun house"; "That's differ-
ent from what I am talking about"; 'Tm not saying they are
not important"; "Regret now I think"; "Understand what I
am saying".
AGAIN NO correct answer to last week's "The Question"
which was Bill Weaver. So, here's The Question for this week;
how many days has it been since the County Commis-
sioners have refused to release the public document on the
investigation of the alleged "harassment" by Larry Evans?
Guess Will hasn't paid the county attorney fees or county
manager hasn't approved the release of the investigation.
The first correct answer after 12 noon Thursday, gets
a certificate for a Dairy Queen Blizzard, dozen Dunkin
donuts, Whistle Stop fried green tomato appetizer, slice of
Shoney's strawberry pie, single dip of your choice of Scoops
ice cream, slice of Jonah's pizza and a t-shirt from Forsyth
Main Street.
Don Daniel is the founder and former publisher of The
Monroe County Reporter. Email him at mediadr@bellsouth.
TRUTH OR FICTION? by Leora Clanzy
First the simple questions. Do
cows chew their cuds? True.
Do they have two
stomachs? False. Do
fish have gills? True.
Now for the harder ques-
tions. Is Trump a patho-
logical liar? False. Are those
who oppose him liars?
True. Is Trump trying to
build a wall for the safety CLANZY
of the American people?
True. Were our ancestors
immigrants? True. Was their aim to
kill and rape? False. Did they work
hard? True. Are the majority trying
to get in wanting to work?
False.
Are you getting the
picture? Besides the things
Trump did in the True &
False, he opened the doors
of the church. He's truly
seeking affordable health
care and all those things
that the N.W.O. accuses
him of. They are guilty. As
charged. I was a liberal when liberals
were hard-working Christians, but
now they have morphed into some-
thing I don't recognize. I hate what
is happening to my West Coast, too.
Many are saying "everything goes"
and calling it tolerance and good
will. That's dangerous.
Stand up and be counted! And
do me a favor: Check the facts on
both sides. Don't just concentrate on
main media. Wake up!I
Leora Clanzy and her husband
Jerome live in the Yatesville area.
JUST THE WAY IT IS by $1oan O!iver
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LowinaSt artide I called out the NBA
for its hypocrisy and for kow-
g to the evil, communist
gime in China. The com-
munists are oppressing and beating
protestors in Hong Kong, yet the NBA
came out in support of the commu-
nists and against the protestors. The
greedy NBA players and owners care
more about earning millions of dol-
lars than they care about the suffering
of the millions of people being op-
pressed under Chinese communism.
This all stemmed from Daryl Morey's,
the General Manager of the Houston
Rockets, comment
in support of Hong
Kong freedom fight-
ers. Morey tweeted,
"Fight for freedom,
Stand with Hong
Kong" For Morey's
comment, the com-
munists demanded the
NBA apologize - and
they did. The NBA
surrendered to their
communist overlords.
That should surprise
nobody because the
entire NBA is nothing
but leftist elites who detest the United
States and the freedoms we have.
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IT'S HARD to believe that a capital-
istic, American corporation, like the
NBA, would side with the commu-
nists; it's even more difficult to believe
that a black American athlete would
choose oppression over freedom.
That would be like a Jew siding with
the Gestapo during WWII. However,
LeBron James did just that - he sided
with the communists. LeCommie
]ames called Morey "uneducated"
for his "Stand with Hong Kong"
comment. Perhaps James should
re-distribute his hundreds of millions
to those that didn't earn it, in keeping
with communist equality. Historically,
we know that most African slaves
were captured by other African tribes
who then sold them to Muslim slave
traders. Back in the day, LeBron
would have been one of those tribal
chiefs selling his own people into
slavery for promises of riches. It's
despicable that James would side with
the communists.
DESPITE THIS country making
him one of the wealthiest athletes in
world history, LeBron James detests
America. James was bom poor, to a
single mother in Akron, Ohio. With
God-given talent, hard work, and
being fortunate enough to be born in
the United States, ]ames has been able
to live "the American dream" If there's
anyone whose life proves the decency
of America, it's LeBron ]ames - who
makes over $50 million per year. LeB-
ron proves that, in the United States,
anybody whowants to work hard can
earn the American dream. BUt James
is a fraud. Previously, he has said, "In-
justice anywhere is a threat to justice
everywhere" and "Our lives begin to
end the day we become
silent about things that
matter." Apparently,
freedom doesn't matter
to LeCommie because he
strongly opposes free-
dom of speech in China;
concentration camps don't
matter to lames because
he remains silent on the
millions of Muslims being
held in those camps in
China; and oppression
must not be an injustice to
lames because he is silent
on Chinese oppression of
millions of its own people. Of all the
complex problems in the world, the
clear right vs. wrong of the Chinese
protestors against the Chinese gov-
ernment is one issue where even a 5th
grader can see the wrongs of com-
munism. UnforUmately, the NBA,
LeBron James, and the American
media are not as smart as most 5th
graders.
Recently, I was asked, "Why do
you support Trump?" Yes, he can be
immature; he can be "unpresidential;"
he picks fights when he shouldn't; and
he frequently tweets when he should
be quiet. However, those things make
Trump who he is. I respond in a cou-
ple of ways. First, back in 2016, it's not
like the choice was between Trump
and Harry Truman; the choice was
between Trump and the worst person
to ever seek the presidenc Hillary
was, and is, a horrible, dishonest, vile
person. Since 2016, every time Hillary
speaks, she proves why Trump was
the only choice. Only a braindead, ig-
norant person would vote for HiltS.
On second thought, that describes
most Democrat voters I know.
SECOND, TRUMP is what
pushback looks like. Over the last 25
years, the media has become more
and more partisan, constantly bashing
and name calling Republicans. And
how have the Republicans responded
to this constant bashing? By cower-
ing in the corner, hoping they don't
get called some vile name. The media
pounded Bush-43 into silence. He
never fought back. McCain was called
a "maverick" whenever he criticized
Bush or criticized other Republicans.
McCain groveled to the press every
chance he got. Then, in 2008, when he
became the face of the Rep party - he
was bashed and called names yet was
too stupid to realize why he was being
targeted. He so wanted the media to
"like" him. Then, we have Sarah Palin.
She has a great story: elected to the
local school board, mayor of a small
town, elected governor, and then
selected to be McCain's running mate.
Instead of be'rag called a woman of
accomplishment, the media drug her
and stomped her, and her children,
through the mud; all the while the
weak "Maverick" did nothing to de-
fend her. McCain's treatment of Palin
was despicable. Next was Romney - a
decent person but it was much the
same with him; the media and the
Dems hammered him because he's
a Republican. Over the past several
decades, the media has shown noth-
ing but contempt, disdain and scorn
for Republicans.
SO, ALONG comes Trump. He
refuses to take the beatings the media
always gives to Republicans. He fights
back. Trump is pushback; the media
can't handle it. You would think that
other Reps would learn from Trump,
but that would be giving them too
much credit. Republicans so want
to be loved by the media, yet are too
ignorant to realize that the media will
never love them because Republicans
don't hate America, as do the Dems;
thus will never win approval from the
Dems, libs or the media.
WEEKLY THOUGHT: Monroe
County votes on November 5 for a
Transportation Special Purpose Local
Option Sales Tax (T-SPLOST). If ap-
proved, 100% of the money remains
in Monroe County.
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Back in June, Monroe County taxpayers paid $2,765 for an investi-
gative report into a county employee's allegation that commissioner
Larry Evans harassed her for not hiring his "niece". But commissioners
have refused to let the taxpayers, who paid for the report, see it.
They've kept it hidden from public view. Only District 3 commission-
er John Ambrose supports letting the public see it. If you think you
have the right to see the report, tell your commissioner or call the
office at 994-7000 and let them know. Meanwhile, we will count
the days they've kept their constituents in the dark until it's released.
Attention Voters:
he County will hold
a special election on
November 5th asking
voters to authorize a new
Transportation Tax (TSPLOST)
and allowing them to issue road
improvement bonds. As a former
Commission Chairman, I would
have never supported placing such
an important vote impacting the
County citizens on a guaranteed
low tumout special election. It
damages the public trust when
things like this occur; but that is
the difference between myself and
current Chairman Greg Tapley.
As a regular attendee of Commis-
sion meetings, I have been disap-
pointed at the lack of spending
restraint. You cannot call yourself a
conservative if you do not possess
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the ability to vote NO on more
taxes and more spending. We need
a local government in Monroe
County that understands more
taxation is not always the answer.
Unfortunately, you will not get it
from Greg Tapley; that is why I will
be running for Commission Chair
in 2020.
- Mike Bilderback
