Last week, I gave

my responses to "21 rules for being a good little Republican in

21st century America," which have been floating around on the Internet.

time of endings, a time of beginnings

One

Citizen's Perspective

This is a week for

passages, preschool to kindergarten, fifth grade to the middle years,

eighth grade to high school, and for hundreds of high school seniors,

the giant passage, high school to all points beyond.

In

today's fairy tales, women rock

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

It is only a recent

phenomenon that children's animated movie heroines kick butt. Would

it have made a difference if girls and boys of a different era had grown

up watching girls in Disney movies react actively and aggressively instead

of passively?

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Tennant:

'Denial ain't a river in Egypt, King Bob'

It just gets more

and more amazing as time goes on...

BOE

muddling, not mulling, new schools

Will it be a little

too late, or is the Fayette County Board of Education confused, or perhaps

they are just muddling along as usual?

Good

old boy politics: Lenox still just doesn't get it

Sometimes, even

when you put it in print, some people still do not get it. Such is the

case with the current Peachtree City mayor, Bob Lenox.

Teenage

vandals making life miserable

Who is responsible?

Fly

those flags this Memorial Day

As commander-elect

of VFW Post 9949 we urge the residents of Peachtree City and Fayette

County to display the flag on Memorial Day in memory of all those that

served this great country of ours. The veteran may have served in combat

or in our military forces anywhere, but pay honor to them for all the

wars and time that the men and women gave so that we today live in the

manner that we have for once and for all.

Change

county commission elections so that districts elect their own reps

Recently the newspaper

reported there is a chance that Fayette County could have three congressional

districts. The article commented as to the potential for multiple districts

and received input from state legislators. It did not conclude that

this would be good or bad for the county.

Let

PTC Council individually pay for traffic upgrades

[Cal Beverly's column]

was very informative and well written. My issue is with the city. When

my family moved to Peachtree City four years ago, it was because of

its "small town" feel. If all the citizens are honest with

themselves (and quit bragging about PTC being this great "upscale"

community), I'm sure they know that the small town feeling is quickly

going to be history.

Add

these Delta employees to 'crybaby' roster

Delta Airlines has

always prided itself in saying that it take care of its employees and

also that its work force will always be the highest paid in the industry.

Zell's

zig-zagging irrelevant; Demos will retake Congress

I'd like to respond

to Dave Hamrick's column regarding Zell Miller's possible switching

political parties.

Slavery:

What does history say?

I, like Mr. Greg

Sims, desire the truth to prevail. I took his suggestion to read various

speeches from the Civil War era, and I would like to share my summary

of what I found.

Teens

and dress codes: It's a fashion thing, duh!

It was with a great

deal of shock that I read A. M. Muska's rebuttal to Ms. Greer's letter

to the editor. Greer's letter talked about the oppressive dress code

at area schools.

School

has been responsive

I wanted to give

a brief update on what has happened since I e-mailed the letter about

my Fayette Middle School daughter's fashion travails.

This

could help some save on taxes

One of my neighbors

recently informed me of considerable property tax savings. I could have

taken advantage of this three years ago. The information is on the back

of your tax bill, but I never look there after getting over the "sticker

shock" amount on the front.

If

council obeys its own ordinance, big boxes may have lost right to build

I am in favor of

governmental accountability and obeying the ordinances that are provided

for the protection of our health, safety and welfare.

Why

should PTC taxpayers be forced to pay for traffic generated by big boxes?

"PTC Taxpayers

Pay Again; Developer Gets Break."

U.S.

unpreparedness threatens another Pearl Harbor

Suppose that on

Dec. 7, 1941, the U.S. had in place at Pearl Harbor advanced radar,

the latest antiaircraft weapons, adequate pursuit and interceptor aircraft

that compared to the Zero in maneuverability, and a navy already equipped

with carrier task forces. In other words, a military specifically designed

to thwart the most capable potential adversary in the Pacific. Would

the Japanese have dared to attack?

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