DEL.ICIO.USATLANTA GAS SHORTAGE
Canceling UGA game ‘a ridiculous idea,’ governor’s office says
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Cancel this weekend’s UGA home football game to save gas?
“The governor is not going to consider a ridiculous idea like this,” said Bert Brantley, spokesman for Gov. Sonny Perdue.
In a radio interview Thursday on the continuing gas shortage in metro Atlanta, Tex Pitfield, chief executive of Saraguay Petroleum in Atlanta, suggested that Perdue cancel Saturday’s University of Georgia-Alabama game in Athens.
The aim, Pitfield said, is to prevent the burning of gasoline that it will take to move more than 100,000 people into Athens and out again.
Brantley responded, “We’re also not going to stop living our lives. People understand there are common-sense things they can do.”
Georgians, he said, would rise to the occasion to help conserve gas.
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By Tater Possum
Sep 29, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
How bout them Dawgs!! LMAO
The only reason the dogs wanted the game canceled is to prevent Alabama from smashing the crap out of them!!
Dawgs Suck
By Tater Possum
Sep 29, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this
The only reason the Dawgs wanted the game canceled is so they wouldn't have their butts handed to them by Alabama
Bull Dogs Suck!!!
By Joe Moe
Sep 29, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
The football game should have been canceled given the outcome and public schools should take two days off to help conserve fuel until it is back online.
By CAROL
Sep 29, 2008 6:41 AM | Link to this
THERE SEEMS TO BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE GOVERNOR. MAYBE HE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GETTING GAS BUT i KNOW ALL THE ORDINARY PEOPLE OF GA DO.
THAT IS WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR GOVERNMENT. NOBODY CARES ABOUT MIDDLE AMERICA IN ANY CAPACITY. IT IS VERY SAD
By fed up
Sep 28, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this
Perdue sounds like Marie Antoinette with her "let them eat cake" dismissal of starving subjects. Speaking of French; Perdue is defined as 'lost.' Go onto his website and tell him how unhappy you are. After Katrina he closes the schools when there was no shortage; and now he takes off for Europe and says it's self induced?! In one respect he's right... We put an oil man in the White House and his wonk in the Governor's mansion. Think about this when you VOTE.
By zippy the clown
Sep 28, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
THIS WAS TRULY SONNY'S ONLY CRISIS SO FAR AS GOVERNOR - GUESS WE NEED TO IMPEACH HIM......THIS SITUATION NEVER SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR - I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO WORK THIS WEEK AND IF THAT HAPPENS, WHO PAYS MY BILLS FROM A LOST WEEK OF WORK???.......
By Terry Miller
Sep 27, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this
This guy Tex must be a Democrat trying to get Perdue to commit an impeachable offense. If only Perdue WOULD, we might be able to save Jekyll Island from him and his cronies. He would certainly be impeached for messing with FOOTBALL!!! This is the South, after all.
By artyc
Sep 27, 2008 2:29 PM | Link to this
Mr. Perdue is so out of touch, his only
dream is of china, they should send him there aqnd run the georgia office. even in china you can buy liquor on sunday.
By artyc
Sep 27, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
Mr. Perdue is so out of touch, his only
dream is of china, they should send him there aqnd run the georgia office. even in china you can buy liquor on sunday.
By artyc
Sep 27, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this
Mr. Perdue is so out of touch, his only
dream is of china, they should send him there aqnd run the georgia office. even in china you can buy liquor on sunday.
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