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September 29, 2008 at 11:19 am by Scott Freeman in News— Now in his second term of office, exactly what has Sonny Purdue accomplished beyond his fishing program? ATLmalcontent ponders that question as gas supplies dwindle while the governor twiddles his thumbs and says, “Crisis? What crisis?” Hell, Sonny ain’t even in the country. This week’s sign of the end of the world as we know it? The malcontent counted 32 cars waiting in line at one a.m. over the weekend at the lone gas station in Cumming that actually had gas.
— The banking bailout agreement is in place, and that worries Jason Pye. He notes that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been generous with elected officials on both sides of the aisle. And that Democrats also blew off the warning signs of the foreclosure crisis. He also notes that no one really knows how deep the financial consequences will be, and predicts taxpayers will never get that money back.
— It’s no surprise our economy is falling apart, Dcup says on Politits. And she offers up a very personal story to illustrate why so many of us owe too damned much money.
— Let’s see. The gas crisis. The banking crisis. The presidential debate. The Nichols trial. Lotsa news out there, right? Not at WAGA. The aptly-named Live Apartment Fire notes that WAGA devoted seven minutes of its newscast Friday to, well, covering an apartment fire live.
— Life is always richer with Driftgrift’s “Morning Wooten,” and the latest edition is especially delicious. DG is certain that Wooten lives in some alternative universe where Ward and June live around the corner, and Eddie Haskell represents the only Democrat in the neighborhood.
— And, finally, Chicken Fat offers a short but very sweet good-bye to Paul Newman. Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, owned a condo in Marietta at one point and Chicken Fat notes that he donated money for a much-need facelift to Glover Park. We’re gonna miss ya, Butch.
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