“Ground Zero is sacred ground where over 3000 persons, including the husband of a former congressional staff member, were viciously murdered by religious extremists on September 11, 2001. Although the authorities in NY have apparently authorized the construction of the mosque adjacent to the site, it strikes me as extremely inappropriate and wrong.

August 18 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a conference call from Washington Wednesday, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced $20 million in stimulus funding will flow into several south Georgia counties to allow for broadband Internet service.

Touting it as an investment in economic development and commerce, Vilsack said that $13 million in stimulus funds have been allocated for the development of high-speed broadband in Baker, Calhoun, Early, Mitchell and Miller counties.

Numbers tell what lawmakers do, don't

By Bob Keefe

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

11:57 a.m. Sunday, August 22, 2010

Georgia's congressmen are back in the state until early September,
soliciting votes and campaign contributions and explaining totaxpayers
how they earned their pay in Washington.

But did they?

It all depends on what you think is important - ideologically and fiscally - and how you measure accomplishments.

BY BEN WRIGHT