January 2014 – Page 232

David L. Tankersley, Sr., age 78, Fayetteville

David L. Tankersley, Sr., age 78, Fayetteville, Ga. passed away on January 5, 2014.

He is survived by his sons, David (Tracy) Tankersley, Greg (Theresa) Tankersley, and Kenny Tankersley; and 5 grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held on Thursday, January 9, 2013 in the chapel at Historic Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home, 2968 East Point Street, East Point, Ga. at 1 p.m. Interment will follow at Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Ga.

A visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 8, 2014 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

Carmichael-Hemperley Funeral Home – 404-761-1138.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/01-07-2014/david-l-tankersley-sr-age-78-fayetteville

Daisy Thomas, 80, of Fayetteville

Daisy “Fret” Thomas, 80, of Fayetteville, passed away January 2, 2014.

She is survived by her daughter Charita (Phil) Jones of Brighton, England; son Craig (Tanya) Thomas of Fayetteville; daughter Cindi Walker of Fayetteville; son Curt (Ada) Thomas of Philadelphia, Penn.; grandchildren Katryna, Krystin, Nafis, Aja (Kenneth), Ariana, Christopher, Ciani, Akia, Harvey, Edgar, and Darrell; 6 great-grandchildren; 5 sisters: Lonia Mae Jackson of Capital Heights, Md., Marguerite (Bill) Tabb of Wayne, Penn., Carolyn Jackson, J. Juanita Jackson, and Beryl Jackson, all of Mesquite,Texas.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/01-07-2014/daisy-thomas-80-fayetteville

Robin Sommers, age 49

Robin Sommers, age 49, passed away at home on January 4, 2014.

He was born on July 13, 1964 in Elizabethton, Tenn. Robin is a native of the Central Community of Elizabethton, Tenn. He has resided the last 16 years in Fayette County, Ga.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/01-07-2014/robin-sommers-age-49

Vid: 3 Reasons 2014 Might be the Most Libertarian Year Ever!

Between the Obamacare #FAIL, NSA revelations, low, low approval
ratings for Congress and the president, and midterm elections in
the offing, here are 3 reasons why 2014 just might be a libertarian
turning point.

Click above to watch the 2-minute video or click below to read
full text with mondo links, get downloadable versions, and
more.

View this article.

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Economic inequality: Another view

I write this article, with the permission of the person described in it. It is his hope that those who read it will begin to consider how fragile our democratic republic is.

Not too long ago, my family and I met in the home of a family we were beginning to become fairly close to. While our children played together, we talked, and the conversation turned to politics.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/bonnie-willis/01-07-2014/economic-inequality-another-view

Time for 2013 prognosticator to face the music

Foretelling is risky business, and this quasi-pundit is learning that he who lives by the crystal ball dies by the crystal ball.

My predictions for 2013 resulted in a mixed bag of hits and misses. It is now time to face the music with readers about the accuracy of my revelations in this column one year ago.

Here are the 2013 predictions and self assigned grades evaluating my effectiveness as a forecaster:

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/scott-bradshaw/01-07-2014/time-2013-prognosticator-face-music

Going our separate ways

Here’s a question that I’ve asked in the past that needs to be revisited. Unless one wishes to obfuscate, it has a simple yes or no answer.

If one group of people prefers strong government control and management of people’s lives while another group prefers liberty and desires to be left alone, should they be required to enter into conflict with one another and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences on the other group?

Yes or no. My answer is no; they should be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways.

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/walter-williams/01-07-2014/going-our-separate-ways

Lives in common

The woman looked over the selection of books, picked up four and smiled. “My husband said to buy whatever I wanted.”

She handed them to me to sign and told me her name. “I enjoy what you write so much. It’s the way I was raised. I understand it.”

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/blogs/ronda-rich/01-07-2014/lives-common

Water system is mismanaged

When I asked the cost of the park at the foot of Lake McIntosh, I was told, “One hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”

That sounded low, so I read minutes of the Water Committee and of the Board of Commissioners.

I found nearly $1 million in expenses, not counting some roadwork done by county Public Works, but including $5,000 for a bronze and granite monument to “memorialize” about 30 politicians and Mr. Tony Parrott. (You may recall he was demoted following the 2013 “stinky water” and other debacles.)

via The Citizen http://www.thecitizen.com/articles/01-07-2014/water-system-mismanaged

Don't Worry Folks, The Fed Says Stocks Aren't Overvalued

Remember when the Fed got its Series 7 and Series 63, and was solely engaged in the business of advising on stock valuation? Neiter do we. But that doesn’t prevent it from now openly opining on what it thinks is the fair value of stocks:

FED’S WILLIAMS SAYS U.S. STOCKS AREN’T OVERVALUED

So, the implication is one should buy stock then?

And if the market craters tomorrow, the Fed will surely make everyone who listened to this non-voting moron who has made a complete mockery of the Fed’s inflation and full employment mandates and replaced them with the “fair stock value” mandate, whole at the expense of all the other taxpayers, right?

Finally, since the market is not overvalued here, what is the Fed’s price target on the S&P 500, oh unregistered financial advisors-cum-Princeton academics of the Marriner Eccles building.

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