GA Governor: A Personal Story

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Tuesday October 31, 2006 · 4:25 PM PST

2006/10/31 · 16:25

Back in 2001 I coordinated a subcontract managed directly by staff in Governor Roy Barnes(D)Office. The lessons I was taught in the process on access and influence were disheartening, even disturbing, and I walked away from a very lucrative position for those and other reasons.

Back in 1965 Sonny Purdue and I were both non scholarship members of the University of Georgia freshman football team. We had to vacate the athletic dorm when the non football athletes arrived on campus and four guys ended up sharing two rooms and a bathroom at Paine Hall. Most afternoons in the fall Sonny and I would walk over together to the practice fields and limp back afterward. Read More

The October Surprise: The Way It'll Come Down

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Tuesday October 24, 2006 · 7:23 PM PDT

2006/10/24 · 19:23

In recent diaries concerning possible problems with the upcoming elections, some of the comments have suggested that we should be doing scenario planning. This is suggested as a possible scenario for a nasty October surprise. London Yank link has been documenting the build up of naval assets off the coast of Iran. These seem to have become considerable. Others that I don't remember have speculated that the end of the month will be the perfect dark sky for launching an attack. Read More

Election Fraud: Fighting Back

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Saturday October 14, 2006 · 12:49 PM PDT

2006/10/14 · 12:49

In the past week there have been a couple of diaries, including one by Jim J on the tenth, raising the issue of dealing with the inevitable election fraud and close elections in the upcoming midterms. Read More

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