[ale] Off topic - And now, Arizona

[Greg Freemyer]

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Larry Johnson
<larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Larry Johnson <larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> No.  I'm thinking of the actual proposal Oxendine has on the table to
>> connect GA 400 with I-675 by obliterating Morningside, Virginia Highlands,
>> Inman Park, and East Atlanta.  Oxendine actually took a bit of heat for it
>> early in the campaign, but basically stated that he loved East Atlanta, but
>> we all had to make sacrifices for the greater good (as in destroying some of
>> the best neighborhoods in Metro Atlanta).
>>
>> Larry
>>
>>
>
> Look, here's the grain of salt anything I say should be taken with.
>
> I'm a sixty year old southern guy, who grew up intown in Atlanta, and have
> basically stayed here.  I was involved in the Civil Rights movement, and my
> center of gravity is solidly on the Left.  When anyone complains that I'm
> insisting on "political correctness" I take that to mean "gee, we'd really
> like to make racist jokes, but you're being such a puritanical spoiled
> sport".  I never got caught up in the personality cult of Reagan, although
> compared to the depressing anti-intellectualism of the "Tea Party" movement
> Reagan was Will Durant.  I believe the earth is somewhere around 4 billion
> years old, that human generated global warming is a simple scientific fact,
> but that no matter what I believe some wingnut is going to be elected
> governor of Georgia.  If that wingnut is Oxendine I'll help raise the money
> for the lawsuit to block the destruction of the City of Atlanta.
>
> Cheers,
> Larry

Well, I'm solidly to the right, but I agree the destruction of major
portions of Atlanta just to connect 675 and 400 is crazy.

I even agree the earth is 4 billion years old.

Neither of those seem like left / right issues.  (Or do you think
everyone on the right is a young earther that wants to pave over the
world.)

Greg