I know the area well - and you were fortunate. My husband has told me never, never to stop there. Please be careful - not all of these thugs have just knives - and would not hesitate to shoot you. For some it's just an initiation act. Sick and dangerous times. Color has nothing to do in this situation.

we have had an affluent white collar person convicted of bribery of city officials

There is nothing 'affluent' about Clay Harris. Go on the Georgia Secretary of State website and do a corporate search using his name and find out how many companies he has been through as he has scammed government entities, businesses and other individuals over the years. There is nothing affluent about this crook other than he steals and operates off of 'other people's money'.

Two years ago, he would have gotten me for over $25,000 cept for the fact that I out foxed this crook and attached his money to lein before he was able to receive final payment on a project. Boy was he pissed.

I know I'm going to be called a racist for saying this but you've got to watch these high rolling minority enterprises. A huge percentage of them are shakey operators looking for a chance to pocket some cash while stiffing those they've gone in business with or those who they may use on project they were awarded because of their color. I've got personal statistics and dealings to back this statement.

Clay Harris..... you are deserving of every day you spend in jail.

Man if feels good to see a crook like him get it in the end.

Oh..but some of you Git haters can take joy that the honorable Reverend Wiley Jackson did burn me for over $21K. But I've learned alot since then and have learned how to handle characters like Harris.

Time after time bloggers from you to Denise Conners (ptewey!), to J. Martinez, to conservative after conservative have lectured "African Americans" and the NAACP to forget they are black Americans and just be Americans. Assimilate! Be as one with all society; colorblind.
J. Martinez expressed it here with this quote:
"Stop making excuses for the dregs of humanity. Stop blaming the victim. Take responsibility for your actions. Judge people "... on the content of their character and not the color of their skin"."

And he drove the "drop the hyphen" point home here with this quote:

"Until you do, and until you assimilate successfully in to THIS society (lose the hyphen, that's a 'dash' between anything and American for all of you with gold 'grills'), and follow THIS society's rules and mores, you will never know what we all learned many years ago. You can get ahead and succeed, and it really isn't that hard, but you need to leave the gold toothed, pant sagging, backward hat wearing, pimp glorifying, second language building, hyphenated, self aggrandizing, excuse making,'Diva' playing game in the ghetto and join the successful culture of American life. Follow Obama's lead, it worked for him."

You seemed to agree with Marty Mart here.

But facing a laundry list of crimes of theft and violence, only one of which having a black perp, , where did you focus?

"you've got to watch these high rolling minority enterprises. A huge percentage of them are shakey operators looking for a chance to pocket some cash while stiffing those they've gone in business with or those who they may use on project they were awarded because of their color."

Here's Mysteryman's list attached to a story of a violent white fellon below:

"Looks like a charming person. lets see so far in the last two weeks here in P.T.C we have had an affluent white collar person convicted of bribery of city officials, several home invasions, mail box theft by one of our outstanding neighbors, president of homeowners association charged with theft by conversion, also an outstanding neighbor. mailbox maulings, tire slashing,s and last but not least a carjacking.."

ALL but 1 of these criminals looks like you Git. But who cares? I don't. I just wonder why the focus always seems to come around to the minority criminal even on a news story of a white car jacker .

Git, I don't get it. Can we focus on race or not? Is race only to be mentioned when negatively attached to a crime or statistic? Is it still a bad thing for black Americans to say they are Black or African Americans? I guess I need the ground rules of when, how, and by whom race can be mentioned. Help a Diva out.

Cheers, and Merry Christmas.

I stand by my comments regarding Harris and the sleazy Reverend Wiley Jackson. I also stand by observations regarding the corruptness of the minority set-a-side scams and the many, many, many corrupt pieces of garbage that sponge off these programs while screwing folks around them and providing the taxpayers less than desireable results. I singled this segment of dregs out because I have crossed paths, been victimized, and fought these low lifes for years now.

Now you know good and darn well that I go after bad guys regardless of who they are. It just so happens that as a result of personal experiences with this particular issue I took liberty to go off on this particular segment of human debris.

Now... Let's talk about the mailbox thief. I don't know the details but I say let's string her up right next to Harris and Jackson. As far as that white trash carjacker goes (JMartines was right...he does look like a Delta Pilot) I'm for sending out a posse, tracking him down and stringing him up. He's already had enough trials as it is.

Who else am I leaving out here? How about that piece of human debris Bernie Madoff who bilked billions of dollars from unsuspecting investors. That white trash deserves a rope around his neck and instead of being placed in jail at the very least; he's suffering house arrest with an ankle bracelet in his $7,000,000 apartment.

Let me at 'em....

Git, I don't get it. Can we focus on race or not?

That's why I said "watch me be called a racist". I knew when I mentioned those clowns and the minority programs that they abused I'd be called out on the carpet for it.

Stop being so danged sensitive my friend. If it helps I'll start describing all the pale faced thugs, predators and pieces of human debris with the prefix 'whitey'.

Oh.... and I'm still trying to figure out what color that Blago guy is.

Cheers and Merry Christmas to you too.

See you in OKC on the 1st - 5th?

GET EM GIT... If people would stop being complete morons, in trusting every clown that steps up to em looking for a hand out. And actually get involved and check out someone that they are about to do bussiness with then could be this lifetyle called hustling would dry up. And the cons would have to get a job just like everyone else. But until the courts start sending the hustlers to the electric chair, as they should for people robbing folks of theyre entire lifes work. This lifestyle will only continue to prosper as long as there is an ample supply of fools...GOD BLESS

I work until 4 Jan. If I can make it happen by early 5 Jan, believe that I will.

Glad they got this clown! My hope is that folks are skeptical of all who seek to do business with them; all people on the side of the road with an "apparent" break down. Too many Madoffs and Ted Bundys have used their innocent, trusting manner and appearance to do truly horrible things.

Here is a link to a story driving this point home.

The couple that killed this youth minister was a young, innocent looking white couple. They would have fooled most of us. But we can never let our guard down in business or when dealing with strangers because the person you don't suspect will be the one that burns you.

Anyhow, Merry Christmas, be safe, and hope to see you and the family soon!
Cheers

Thanks. It seems you got my point. Truth is we are surrounded by evil these days. And you never know where it's coming from next. Guess that's what hurts so bad these day.... we're surrounded by Madoofs and Bundys and they look just like you and I.

These days everything that once was deemed evil or corrupt is now considered acceptable or noble while everything that was once considered honorable, decent and moral is looked upon as being unacceptable and obsolete. In spite of all the gains we've made in this country over the past half century I feel like we've sold our soul and are now beginning to reap the benefits of our world being turned upside down.

Hey! Shoot me an e-mail and I'll formally introduce myself.

Hang in there.

Speaking for myself, the rub comes when people who are U.S. citizens want to describe themselves as being African first not American. I have no problem with anyone who is a black American or a white American, or red American. It is when the perception is that another country is given a higher honor or claim to/or above America that people get irritated.

For those of us who hate criminals this story is about the worst. If this lady had a carry permit this joker would already be pushing up daisies, which is where he belongs.

GET A CARRY PERMIT PEOPLE!! The only good criminal is a dead one!!!.

For the record I tried to count to 10 before commenting on this and I got to 5.6.

PS: I got the secret of the golf ball in the wood carving out of my dad, you won't believe it. Merry Christmas Diva.

Have a great Christmas and New Year! I will toast to you and my fellow bloggers with only the cheapest yet underrated of foreign spirits:)

C ya next year!

Sky - my forefathers did not 'choose' to be called Negro, black, mulatto, etc. It was the law 'de jure', de facto' in this country - not just the south, to be identified by 'race' (really 'color') I haven't met a 'black' person or a 'white' person - but the rub is that persons with my 'color' have been called 'black', Negro, since our forefathers arrived from Africa. That 'rubbed' some of us the wrong way. . .and so. . as some are proud of their Irish genes or English genes, or Italian genes - we are also proud of our African genes. We are no less proud of our American heritage - in fact, for most of us, it's the only heritage we really knew about until recently. (DNA studies) African-American does not mean we're proud of being African first - it's just we don't want to be left out when people proudly speak of their 'heritage'. We are proud. We are Americans. I hope you understand – it’s not meant to rub anyone the wrong way – just an expression of pride of heritage.

I guess I have misunderstood the meaning behind the term. I thought that because of the emphasis on African first showed more pride in that country. I don't think I'm the only person to misunderstand the meaning behind the African-American term.

Anyway, have a Merry Christmas Davids Mom and all the other bloggers.
My hope is for blessings for all of us in the new year.

Merry Christmas to you too!. . and all bloggers.

I don't understand why a law abiding driver would have any complaints about DUI checkpoints. Criminals are caught at checkpoints, and once upon a time I was as guilty as a unit can get, but no longer. Now, I am in favor of taking every drunk off of the road each and every day.

"I can't wait until tomorrow, because I get more lovable every day."

You are a moron. Your ignorance is truly disgusting. Why don't you go to this link and e-mail some of your comments about how unimportant DUI enforcement is to some of these families:

http://www.madd.org/Victim-Services/Victim-Services/Victim-and-Survivor-Stories.aspx

I'm sure that even the lady who got robbed would tell you that stopping drunk drivers is incredibly important. Not to mention, it sounds to me like the police already did a pretty good job of figuring out who the robber is. Unless you have some psychic powers to contribute and tell them directly where the guy is hiding, then how about shutting your hole and keeping your idiotic comments to yourself.

Your calling me names such as "moron" and "ignorant" merely display your lack of vocabulary and education. Obviously, your education level is not in my neighborhood. As the TN Coboy would would say to the Mad Mothers: "I'm sorry about your damn luck". Have a blessed day.

There isn't a GPS locator on every car! The police did an outstanding job finding out who it was within hours and taking warrants on him. I'm sure there following up on every possible avenue they have. Give the police credit where its due! As far as the Check Points, don't drive drunk and you've got nothing to worry about.