Month November 2014

News, Opinion, Technology

Why Net Neutrality is Essential and Ted Cruz is an Idiot

Net neutrality is the principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 10, 2014
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Georgia, News, Opinion, Watchdog Reports

Citizens Want A Direct Say in Georgia Government

Many people falsely believe voter initiated referendums are allowed in Georgia and you would be dead wrong. In Georgia we have legislatively-referred constitutional amendments. This is a proposed constitutional amendment that appears on a state’s ballot as a ballot…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 10, 2014
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Crime & Justice, News, Watchdog Reports

Policing For Profit- The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture

One of the comments in a recent article I wrote on medical cannabis mentioned Civil Asset Forfeiture so I became curious about where Georgia ranked. It got a D-. Do you think the Internal Revenue…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 8, 2014
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Opinion, Politics & Elections

Yet Another Democratic Party Postmortem

By Ken The 2014 midterm has proven to be another major setback for the Democratic party. Both midterm elections during the Obama administration have been unmitigated disasters. If the Democratic party can…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 8, 2014

Technology

Solution to Netflix Stall Error at 25% on Playstation 3 then Reboots

Ever since Netflix updated their application on the PS3 from 2.1.7 to 2.1.8 I have experienced an error where Netflix stalls at 25% and will not load any further. When you try…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 7, 2014
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Georgia, Health, News

A Look at Medical Marijuana in Georgia: Why So Slow?

Yes I called it marijuana and not cannabis for the same reasons people use the term tobacco and not Nicotiana tabacum. There is no reason to try and sanitize a word or plant that…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 6, 2014
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Georgia, News

Nathan Deal Honors Mack Burgess in Victory Speech

I noticed I have been getting a lot of people coming to my blog looking for information about Mack Burgess. Apparently my blog is at the top of the Google search for…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 5, 2014
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News, Politics & Elections

Democalypse 2014 Postmortem: An Analysis of the Midterm Bludgeoning

I don’t think too many people that were politically savvy were shocked that the Senate went red last night, but I think many were surprised at the extent of this thorough trouncing.…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 5, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections

GEORGIA PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS 2014

Some people may have noticed a few amendments referendums on the ballot. Not much publicity was given to any of these, so I wanted to make sure people understand what they mean.…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 4, 2014

News, Politics & Elections

I am not the American Comeback Committee!

Recently I have been receiving a lot of very angry letters that have the mistaken idea that I am the one responsible for all those annoying phone calls and fliers in the…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 3, 2014

Education, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Anthony Tricoli was the USG’s Scapegoat, he was the USG’s Fall Guy” says State Legislator

For thirty-three years Dr. Anthony Tricoli provided outstanding leadership in higher education institutions in both California and Georgia. And for nearly one-third of that time, Dr. Tricoli served as a college president. …

Dr. Alan Wood
November 2, 2014
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Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Was Dr. Anthony Tricoli another victim of Georgia’s Good ol’ Boys Cronyism?

“He is a man of integrity, strong moral and ethical character and behavior,” said former USG Chancellor Erroll Davis. So why was Dr. Anthony Tricoli removed as president of a university that…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 2, 2014

Georgia, Politics & Elections, Watchdog Reports

Deal Of The Century

By Charles P. Pierce on October 30, 2014 Outside of a five-state moonshine ring, or a preacher with a taste for rubber suits and meth, can you think of a more purely Southern political scandal…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 1, 2014

Education, Watchdog Reports

Olens Denies Former GPC President Tricoli’s Contract Exists

Former GPC President, Dr. Anthony Tricoli filed RICO charges against the Attorney General and the University System of Georgia. Many statements of fact in Tricoli’s case support the need for the jury…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 1, 2014

Crime & Justice, Georgia, Watchdog Reports

Root of All Evil: Four Part Series on Corruption in Georgia

Bill Simon wrote a four part series on corruption Georgia that deserves another look. Below are a few short excerpts with links to his full articles. Bill is a Republican unlike me…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 1, 2014