THE VENT

No matter how fast-paced or hectic my life gets, I know I can count on one thing. The minute I walk into the Fulton County Court offices for jury duty “invitees” or any post office in the entire country, some employee there hits the slow-motion button. Truly, it’s as close to time standing still as it gets for human beings!

The country is in crisis, and there are people who are concerned about who was best/worst dressed at the Oscars?

Kudos to the Australian for a great Oscar show!

With the Georgia General Assembly now making deals on the Georgia Power nuclear project, can someone please explain what the Public Service Commission does? Is this even legal?

With the stimulus package passed and signed, can a 4,000-point increase in the Dow Jones be far behind? I guess only Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy know.

I trust Uncle Sam with $787 billion more than corporate America and their greedy executives. We all see how that went.

So … who’s the surgeon general now?

To the venter who stated that without shareholders, you don’t have employees and customers. Actually, there were companies with employees and customers long before there was a stock market. Without shareholders, you don’t have megacorporations, and you don’t have monopolies.

For over 20 years, I’ve been faithfully, dutifully making my mortgage payments each month. Boy, do I feel stupid!

I was in South Georgia recently and drove on a four-lane highway that had no traffic on it. We in Cobb County only dream of such roads.

You’re upset about diaper changing on your eating table? How about paying Delta Air Lines $300 a year to use the Crown Room and have to listen to screaming, uncontrolled children running around while the parents ignore them?

Filing for unemployment benefits is a truly humbling experience.

I subscribed to XM satellite radio when I could no longer tolerate another Shane Co. diamond commercial. I didn’t renew XM when I read Shane Co. filed bankruptcy, but the commercials are still airing. It’s time to renew!

There is a simple two-word answer to why it’s all right to call Nancy Pelosi dangerous: She is.

No, the most dangerous person for America just went back to Crawford, Texas.

Democracy: You vote us in, and when really huge issues come up, we’ll vote the way we want.

Anytime anybody starts a sentence like Obama does, “To be honest with you,” you know he’s not.

My neighbor lost his job. Business stinks. My stock portfolio looks even worse. And I’m still glad to have Obama in the White House rather than Bush.

My wife and I have been together for over 36 years. There can be only explanation: We have reconcilable differences.

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