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News, Opinion

ISIS Beheads a Fifth Non-Combatant

By Homer Scarborough from the Checkerboard Gang There is a video of the murder of most of the victims of the barbaric beheading of the non-combatants murdered by ISIS making the rounds…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 18, 2014

Georgia, News, Opinion, Politics & Elections

Georgia Democrats Need a Good Kick in the Ass

This will be a much shorter and more focused article about the Midterm. For a much longer and more detailed analysis please see my article Democalypse 2014 Postmortem: An Analysis of the…

Dr. Alan Wood
November 12, 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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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

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

Health, Lifestyle, News

Ebola: Paranoid Frenzy in America While Brits Remain Calm Cool and Collected

In some pockets of America, people are freaking out about getting Ebola. Parents in Mississippi kept their children home from middle school because the principal recently traveled to Africa. A Texas college…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 30, 2014

News, Politics & Elections

On David Perdue, Dollar General and recalls of Chinese-made toys

By Daniel Malloy U.S. Senate candidate David Perdue, a Republican, answers questions about his business record at a campaign stop in Buckhead. AJC/Chris Joyner The chief item on Republican U.S. Senate candidate…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 30, 2014

Georgia, News, Watchdog Reports

Everything Peachy in Georgia: If you live in Hall County that is..

Hall County just happens to be the home of Nathan Deal. The largest city is Gainesville which is where Deal’s Salvage yard recently leased/sold to Copart is located. I used the hybrid…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 28, 2014
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Georgia, News

POVERTY-Do you really know what it’s like?

Posted: Tuesday, October 28, 2014 1:17 pm By Lucie R. Willsie lucie.willsie@gaflnews.com via Cordele Dispatch Poverty. It is not a game. It’s real life. And it’s all around us. And many agencies and…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 28, 2014

Crime & Justice, Georgia, News, Watchdog Reports

Strange Deaths Linked to Judge Jason Deal’s Actions

By Garland Favorito Dawson County officials are under scrutiny since the Sheriff’s office forcibly arrested a non-partisan videographer, confiscated her camera and returned the video with a gap that eliminated her…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 28, 2014

News, Politics & Elections

Unopposed Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions Still Spends Nearly $1 Million on Campaign

How does a senator running unopposed for re-election in a red state during a good year for Republicans manage to spend nearly $1 million? It adds up fast. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.,…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 27, 2014

Lifestyle, News, Technology

Tim Cook Says Alabama Needs to Move faster on Gay Rights

Earlier today, Apple CEO Tim Cook was inducted into the Alabama Academy of Honor today, and during his acceptance speech he took some time to address several issues. The first issue was that…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 27, 2014

Georgia, News

Republican Georgia State School Superintendent, Dr. John Barge Endorses Democrat

I am thrilled to announce that I have been endorsed by the current Georgia State School Superintendent, Dr. John Barge. All around Georgia, people from across the political spectrum are uniting behind…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 23, 2014

Georgia, News

Hecht accuses Attorney General of wrongdoing in Balfour Case

Democrat Greg Hecht accused Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens of wrongfully trying to solicit money from state Sen. Don Balfour while Balfour was being investigated for misspending state funds. Hecht is challenging…

Dr. Alan Wood
October 23, 2014