The Vent / Metro

Don't you just hate it when you click on a news story and you must watch an advertisment video before seeing or watching the story?

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Separate Medicare & Social Security from Welfare (food stamps, free phone, free housing, etc.) and then we can have a serious discussion about entitlements.

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I would think the city of Atlanta would save money by firing anyone who stole gas?

Score: 611

Victor Hill, who was indicted earlier this year on dozens of charges, has been sworn is as Clayton County's sheriff...Seriously?? It's like asking the wolf to watch over the flock of sheep!!

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To paraphrase Mark Twain: "America has no native criminal class, except perhaps Congress."

Score: 467

If the first checked bag was FREE, the plane would board so much quicker and leave on time. Southwest figured it out years ago, but Delta and the others just will not admit it...

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This state can ALWAYS find ways to waste money and defy the wishes of the voters.

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Why is it that you think you know what I think? I am liberal and agree that union membership should be voluntary.

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I have always claimed Georgia is full of fools in the governing department. Now I have proof.

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Who would have thought that the Myan Calendar would out live the twinky ?

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Gwinnett County "sting" on the texting-while-driving law gets 3 drivers who didn't understand the scope of the law and get a warning while promising not to do it again. So people will quit fiddling with their smart phones if it's illegal but not just because it's unsafe? Sounds about right.

Score: 210

If all these food additives are deemed safe for consumption by federal regulators, I say fine, let the federal regulators consume them.

Score: 193

Please let the auction of Lindsay Lohan's storage locker be on "Storage Wars."

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Blame Bill Clinton and the 1996 Telecomunications Act for the sorry state of Atlanta's radio. Monopolies don't care anything about quality or variety. Our stations are now owned by big faceless corporations which are centrally programming for the least common denominator.

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Building a new Amtrak station is like rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic....

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The world is now made up of one integrated global economy. We can either choose to participate and plan accordingly or get ready for a 3rd world standard of living.

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Since most of the intelligent American public accepts, but does not like, that we need to raise taxes, cut Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid, why can't the President and Congress accept it?

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The President won re-election. Get over it!

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I would bet that most people in Georgia would agree with me that it is time to repeal the Second Amendment.

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