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Am I worth half as much as Andrew Sullivan? Up to you to decide (so far worth .26%)
Posted: June 1, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hireTags: Am I worth half as much as andrew sullivan, DaTipJar, have fedora will travel
A reception in Doraville
Posted: May 31, 2010 by datechguy in Afghanistan war, blogger for hire, opinion/news, special eventsTags: doraville, ga-4, Georgia 4th district, georgia trip, have fedora will travel, john king
The spread looked great.
There was a sandwich the size of 5 larges at Mighty Subs, cakes, chicken and when that started to run out Pizza. A steady stream of people came in to greet Doraville’s newly returned police chief.
John King had been had spent his time in Afghanistan training Afghan police, trying to change the a group from a society that is tribal in nature.
The Civic center was filled to hear his presentation and a great chunk of that group walked down the hill past the library to the City hall to join in the celebration.
It was the single most diverse group I had seen in my entire time in Georgia, White, Black, Asian, Hispanic, Mixed, all paying tribute to the chief who had returned alive from the war zone. I was told that the stereotypes of the south often portrayed in the North isn’t the reality. That day I saw a group of young white children gathered around an elderly black veteran of World War 2 talking about his time on the beaches of Normandy. The only thing I saw in their eyes was awe.
It was a good moment for a town that had come on some hard times. With the closing of the GM plant a source of jobs and tax funds had been cut off. The current mayor Ray Jenkins had high praise for his predecessor who had during those good times stockpiles millions for the city in CD’s in case of a rainy day. It had kept them going but with the county government also in tight straights the city was finding itself taking care of more and more duties that the county normally would.
It meant some hard times and people disagreed on how it was best to be handled, but those disagreements would be for another day. Today was for celebration and welcomes. the official one for Col King, but the people there were so friendly, so accommodating, and just so nice to a stranger with a strange accent who had come 1000 miles away to report on a political race that I it was almost as if the party was for me.
The Party went on for two hours after I left, I’m sorry I couldn’t stay but I look forward to seeing Doraville again someday.
The new media in action
Posted: May 31, 2010 by datechguy in internet/free speechTags: have fedora will travel, new media
You know looking at this picture at Atlanta’s airport I think it totally encapsulates the new media:
Writing the latest examiner column
Don’t need a desk don’t need a chair, give me my laptop bag, little battery life and some airport floor space and a stranger willing to take the picture and presto and an Examiner column and a blog post comes into existence.
Latest Examiner Article Looking for a cup of Peach Tea
Posted: May 30, 2010 by datechguy in blogger for hire, examiner columns, opinion/news, tea partiesTags: examiner, Georgia 4th district, georgia trip, have fedora will travel, tea parties
Juan of the Tea Party joins the Axis of Fedora
On the Plus side however Juan Did join the Axis of Fedora!
If you are not familiar with my examiner articles (and if you are one of my new Georgia readers you likely aren’t) the old articles are available here.
Remember the only money I make off of any of this other than direct reader support (thanks) is the nearly penny a hit I get on the Examiner articles, so if you are in a position to check them out please do so. To give you some perspective the 27,000+ hits already generated this year (thank you to all who have read btw) is not enough to cover the plane ticket to Georgia and back
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