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Obama anger is alive and well in Harris County, Ga., home of Callaway Gardens and…uhm…let’s get on with the story.

In response to the recent federal bail-out of General Motors and Chrysler, the Harris County Commission tomorrow will vote on a proclamation that calls for a boycott of the automakers’ products and urges other Georgia counties to follow suit.

Penned by Commissioner Charles Wyatt, the proclamation says the bail-out “will result in a heavy burden upon future generations of citizens of the United States” and “is not in the best interest of the United States or the State of Georgia.”

It goes on to say the county will not purchase any GM or Chrysler vehicles and urges the other 158 Georgia counties to “join us in sending a message to Atlanta, Georgia, and Washington, DC, of strong voices of unity against this recent action by the Federal Government.” It then “prays” the Association County Commissioners of Georgia (that’s not a typo, the organization only has one “of” in its name) “will stand with us.”

State Sen. Emanuel Jones, D-Decatur, and representatives from GM and ACCG, and Harris County workers employed by the automakers will attend tomorrow night’s meeting to urge the commissioners not to pass the proclamation. Cars are near and dear to Jones’ heart — he’s an auto dealer himself.

Judging that there are about five working journalists in Georgia at the moment, the event’s not likely to receive much attention. But it’s worth noting, simply because we love it when our down-South brethren introduce legislation like this.

UPDATE – Commissioner Wyatt says why he introduced the proclamation after the jump.

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This morning, a top-secret vessel of some sort — probably a manned missile capable of completely destroying our freedoms — was spotted near the Gold Dome.

The pilots of these mobile weapons — weapons, mind you, that could cripple the United State’s robust automobile industry — are so proud of their mission that they now brazenly maneuver around the state Capitol. Fictitious sources say this stealth chariot of death was not an escape pod for Bernie Madoff, who was in the city this morning shooting a rap video at a prison before he enjoys a well-deserved vacation in North Carolina.

KNOW YOUR ENEMY

After the jump, the spy attempts to evade CL’s roving Homeland Security unit.

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>> The Senate hath spoken. And the word is no bailout for you!

>> Many Georgians may be using food stamps to put that Christmas dinner on the table this year. After all, free chicken is the best chicken!

>> Naughty pinup girl Bettie Page, who kept men’s eyes on the prize in post-World War II America, dies of pneumonia at 85.

>> The Catholic Church officially reasserts that it disagrees with everything.

>> As if super hurricanes, giant tsunamis and melting icecaps weren’t enough to worry about, now we have to be concerned about “ecoflation” too. Humans -5, Global warming 15, 000.

>> In related news, if Obama has his way, those standings could change. Yes, we can.

>> Republicans continue to have revelations about how much they hate other Republicans. Specifically the loudly angry ones.

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