Couple of things

- Of course, I'd like to see our state's leaders actually commit to funding education, but I also recognize the reality of this. So, I'm not opposed to seeing tuition hikes on students, and HOPE adjusted as necessary with full funding for low-income students and a graduated scale that allocates less funding for students who come from wealthier families.

- Speaking of school funding issues, read J.T.'s retelling of his tongue-lashing of Rep. Bob Smith.

- It's absolutely stunning that so many awful journalists are consolidated inside the Beltway. Consider this story which proclaims the House's health care reform bill 'DOA' in the Senate and uses Republican Sen. Lindsay Graham as the source.

- If Rep. John Barrow is gonna oppose the signature piece of progressive legislation of the past 40 years, then it's fair to ask why Athens-Clarke County progressives should continue to back him.

- Jim Whitehead - he of the 'let's blow up the University of Georgia' fame - has apparently determined that liberal money is just as good as conservative money as he's opening up a tire shop in these parts.