THE VENT

Not everyone can be in the parade. Some of us have to sit on the sidelines and watch it go by.

Will Luckovich still have anything to do after Jan. 20?

If I sell one share of my company’s stock today, I’ll almost have enough for a Happy Meal!

Big houses and big cars are over and done.

Don’t blame English teachers when kids fail to speak correctly. Most of the time they’re just imitating what they heard at home.

I wonder if the AJC would be selling T-shirts if John McCain had won the presidency. (Sure! Do you really think we would give them away? —- The Vent Guy)

If I had known when I retired that I would be ironing my own shirts … guess who would still be working? (Hey, is this the Vent or the shirt discussion society? —- The Vent Guy)

My horoscope said to “soar like an eagle.” I did, and I had the hardest time getting down from that tree.

Someone needs to lead Georgia’s Southern Baptists into the 21st century.

Most government workers got Veterans Day off, but my husband, who is a veteran, had to work. Am I the only one who thinks this is wrong?

Barack Obama’s vision of spreading the wealth is coming true. With stocks still plunging after his election, we will all be poor soon.

My recent U.S. citizenship ceremony at the Atlanta INS Center started with these immortal words: “We usually begin with our national anthem, but the machine’s broken.”

U.S. automakers have been building disposable cars and gas guzzlers and overpaying their union workers for years. Now they want the taxpayers to bail them out. Is this a great country or what?

Creating jobs for the unemployed? Why not bring back the jobs that were outsourced to other countries? Those jobs already exist.

Recently two very small, confused dogs tried to cross a street in Smyrna. Traffic came to a stop. Then two cars pulled around the line of stopped vehicles and ran over the pups. There is a place waiting for people like that.

My thought after seeing Colorado for the first time: I will never call what we have “the North Georgia mountains” again!

Women who pose for nude pictures shouldn’t complain if somebody finds a way to get a look at them.

As a Vietnam vet, I got sick when I saw in the morning paper that John Kerry was being considered for a Cabinet post!

Who cares about Doonesbury? Please bring back the Sunday “Mark Trail” nature feature. I enjoyed reading about “strange, known and unknown flora and fauna” from around the world.

For the first time in 20 years, there won’t be a Bush or a Clinton in the White House. Can we start fresh?

The only thing Bush had to do with cheap gas is that he’s leaving office.

AIG executives, you should not just be ashamed, you should be in jail! We want our money back!

Right turn on red after a complete stop means if there is no traffic coming. It’s not rocket science.

Let me get this straight: A 17-year-old needs parental permission to join the military, but a 13-year-old does not need parental permission to get an abortion?

If a kid is shy, riding the school bus may actually be the best thing. If kids don’t come out of their “shyness shell,” how will they survive in the real world?

I just got back from driving around France. Everyone keeps to the right except to pass. Americans do not seem to understand this custom. I guess it is a cultural thing.

It’s good to see Sarah Palin is a real American, whining and blaming everyone else for her failures.