Wednesday, April 28, 2004

Come on, what did you really move here for?

Some of you may be wondering how my war on wisteria is going, almost a year after I wrote about it in my first column for The Citizen.

Let’s remember military is there for all of us

By MICHAEL BOYLAN

Politics is a nasty, nasty business.

Divas’ rules of romance

By RONDA RICH
Guest Columnist

The divas, it was decided at a recent meeting, have very precise rules for men who wish to date, love or marry us.

Environmental gains are many

By R. HAROLD BROWN
Professor Emeritus
University of Georgia

"This is my long-run forecast in brief,” said free-market economist Julian Simon in “The Skeptical Environmentalist” by Bjorn Lomborg: “The material conditions of life will continue to get better for most people, in most countries, most of the time, indefinitely. Within a century or two, all nations and most of humanity will be at or above today’s Western living standards.

What are Southerners actually celebrating?

Those celebrating Confederate Memorial Day and others expressing acceptance and understanding for the Confederacy and Southern heritage appear to have their collective heads stuck in the sand. They would hope to convince the man in the street that the Southern cause was noble and righteous. Perhaps a revisionist historical account sympathetic to the Southern cause has, over the past century, obscured their minds of the culpability of those Southerners that dared secede from the United States.

Cart parking solution can help MHS, Holy Trinity

I am currently serving with the U.S. Army in the Middle East. As a resident of Peachtree City and a member of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, I have an idea that may be beneficial to both the church and McIntosh High School.

Apologize, please, for all the slurs against Christians

Isn’t it interesting how liberal critics can get away with saying anything they want about Christians? My favorite example of this free pass are the legion of self-appointed experts on anti-Semitism who said Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of The Christ” would ignite orgies of violence against Jews all over the world.

9/11 Commission waste of our time and money

Thank you, Condoleezza Rice, for your great performance before the 9/11 Commission. For me the issue is simple: 9/11/01. We were attacked; 3,000 innocent people lost their lives. My memory is not so much the planes diving into the building, but the innocent people jumping to their deaths, and the last phone calls made by those on the planes to their loved ones.

Cain will focus on GOP ideal of limited gov’t.

The citizens of the state of Georgia deserve an education about a number of issues in this campaign, not just a spectacle of government bureaucrats and their diary of broken promises. Whatever happened to the Republican principles of limited government?

Glenn no expert on Medicare

I was shocked to see that Dylan Glenn is hosting a seminar on Medicare in our area. The article says that he is the Governor’s deputy chief of staff, even though other articles I have read refer to him as the former deputy chief of staff.

PTC amphitheater, tennis center questions remain unanswered, debts remain unpaid

What should be done with the improvements made to the amphitheater and tennis center?

Seniors should find out how to use Medicare card

In November 2003 our elected representatives in Congress, with the support of President Bush passed HR 1, a major expansion of Medicare benefits. Added were a prescription drug coverage program, increased preventive services, and greater choices through a Health Savings Account.

Will The Fred now pay to fix tickets for featured entertainers?

On April 24, during the concert by K.C. and the Sunshine Band at the Frederick J. Brown Amphitheater in Peachtree City, the headline entertainer told a story about being ticketed by [a] Peachtree City [police officer] earlier that day for a golf cart violation.