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Something about Waffle House just brings out the best in people.

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KID ROCK: He's upset because a Dekalb County judge doesn't think U.S. troops and roadside garbage are comparable.

“Singer” Kid Rock has lashed out at the Dekalb County judge who sentenced him to 80 hours of community service for his role in an October 2007 Waffle House scuffle.

Mr. Rock asked that the court count his performances for U.S. troops stationed in the Middle East as community service.

The judge said no, pointing out the “singer” should not get community service credit for activities he was already planning on doing.

Kid Rock responded with a self-righteous rant on his web site:

Apparently, he thinks it’s more important that I do something else rather than sing, shake hands and take pictures with the men and women who put themselves in harms way to protect the very freedoms he and all of us live by.

Mr. Rock apparently doesn’t realize that by insisting his performances for U.S. troops be counted against his sentence, he’s comparing the performances to punishment. The whiny little bitch is saying that singing for U.S. troops in Iraq is like a prison sentence, or picking up trash from the side of the road.

Pamela, what were you thinking?

(Photo by Perry Julien)

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Lovers of the late-night patty melt and mindblowing chocolate pie now have a place to go where they can bow down before the gods of grease. Local bloggers Rusty Tanton and Amber Rhea visited the just-opened Waffle House Museum in Avondale Estates — the popular chain’s original location — and have photos, trivia and thoughts about the joint. View Rusty’s musings here. Amber’s photos and thoughts are here and here, respectively.

(Photo courtesy of Rusty Tanton’s Flickr)

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— Over in Iraq, the Daly Briefing is getting ready to come home. Which means it’s no time for complacency because that can get you killed. He makes a final trip down into a bunker when they hear explosions near their compound. When they emerge, they learn that a convoy with an Iraqi official was bombed. From the way the walls of the bunker shook when the bomb went off, he instantly knew people had died.

— On the local front, Georgia has become a battleground state as the polls show “that one” and Jim Martin have closed the gap on J-Mac and the Sax Machine. How’d that happen? While we all sat in gas lines — when there was gas — Sonny went on vacation (oops, I meant to say he went on an economic development trip) to Spain. And as Raleigh at Inside The Sprawl notes, Republican numbers had to go down every time Glenn Richardson opened his mouth.

— And, as Jason Pye points out, the Republicans do idiotic things. A prime example is how the AJC busted Sonny over the weekend because while state agencies are under a mandate to cut costs by six percent, he’s going full steam ahead on his own pet project: the $23 million “Go Fish Center” in Perry.

— With the races closing in Georgia, Bill Clinton came to Atlanta Saturday night on behalf of Martin, and Amy at Georgia Women Vote was there. She got up close and personal with Clinton, and was awed by his charisma.

— At Georgia Politics Unfiltered, Andre takes note that the daily papers in Macon and Columbus each endorsed “that one.” I ventured out into 770 territory over the weekend, and was surprised by the sparsity of political signs for Johnny Mac and Caribou Barbie. Is Georgia going to go Democratic in this election?

— And, fiinally, Amber Rhea checks out the new Waffle House museum so the rest of us don’t have to. And she wants to go back. Check out her report here.

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The Waffle House Museum will be open tomorrow, Saturday, October 25, between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. for Avondale Autumnfest.

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KID ROCK AT THE TABERNACLE SATURDAY: Hours before he and his entourage were hauled off to DeKalb County Jail for scattering, smothering and covering a customer at a Buford Highway Waffle House

(photo by Perry Julien)

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