Couple of things
- I've heard The Departed isn't as good as Raging Bull or Goodfellas, but it is about time that Martin Scorsese won an Academy Award. And though it would have given me immense joy if Abigail Breslin had knocked off Jennifer Hudson for Best Supporting Actress (since I'm absolutely tired about hearing how wonderful the latter is), I was happy to see Little Miss Sunshine pick up a couple of awards.
- I'll be honest, this guy is probably right. If gross negligence on the part of the company results in hundreds of people getting ill, then I think the company should have to take some responsibility.
- Speaking of movies, I saw Hustle and Flow on Saturday, and it was excellent. And while Terrence Howard was arguably good enough to win an Academy Award, I was more impressed by the strong performances by both Taryn Manning and Taraji Henson. One of them should have at least been nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
- I'm glad to see some sort of common sense legislation coming out of the Georgia General Assembly regarding Jekyll Island. My concern has been that we'd hand the keys over to developers who would transform that property into something resembling Tybee Island. It's refreshing to see the Jekyll Island community rallying together to argue against any development on the untouched southern portion of the island. Of course, the leadership in the Georgia General Assembly often ignores the wishes of the locals, so we'll see what happens.
- I met with both Andy Herod and David Hamilton this past weekend and recorded a pair of podcasts that, once I work my way through some technical difficulties, I will be sure to put online for folks to listen to.
- Erick at Peach Pundit is right about this. Shouldn't we be transporting nuclear waste through sparsely populated areas rather than, say, through the middle of the largest city in the Southeast? And should we really be advertising the fact that we may do just that?
- At his blog, Blake focuses on the best news possible regarding the 10th Congressional District race ... no more Ralph Hudgens. A race between Brian Kemp and Tom Chasteen would result in a legislator with a connection to Athens-Clarke County, which is a very good thing.
- I'll be honest, this guy is probably right. If gross negligence on the part of the company results in hundreds of people getting ill, then I think the company should have to take some responsibility.
- Speaking of movies, I saw Hustle and Flow on Saturday, and it was excellent. And while Terrence Howard was arguably good enough to win an Academy Award, I was more impressed by the strong performances by both Taryn Manning and Taraji Henson. One of them should have at least been nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
- I'm glad to see some sort of common sense legislation coming out of the Georgia General Assembly regarding Jekyll Island. My concern has been that we'd hand the keys over to developers who would transform that property into something resembling Tybee Island. It's refreshing to see the Jekyll Island community rallying together to argue against any development on the untouched southern portion of the island. Of course, the leadership in the Georgia General Assembly often ignores the wishes of the locals, so we'll see what happens.
- I met with both Andy Herod and David Hamilton this past weekend and recorded a pair of podcasts that, once I work my way through some technical difficulties, I will be sure to put online for folks to listen to.
- Erick at Peach Pundit is right about this. Shouldn't we be transporting nuclear waste through sparsely populated areas rather than, say, through the middle of the largest city in the Southeast? And should we really be advertising the fact that we may do just that?
- At his blog, Blake focuses on the best news possible regarding the 10th Congressional District race ... no more Ralph Hudgens. A race between Brian Kemp and Tom Chasteen would result in a legislator with a connection to Athens-Clarke County, which is a very good thing.
posted by Jmac at 6:56 AM
7 Comments:
Am I alone in thinking that Raging Bull is overrated?
Just curious.
Okay, so Heidi and Lynn are celebrating that Ralph is gone. But why do it so publicly? This is another example of their lack of vision/common sense/decent southern manners that plagues this city. So what happens if he gets elected? He will treat Athens even worse. What is the point of publicly attacking him? If they want to say it privately, that’s fine. If they want to say it after he loses (if he loses) the special election, that’s fine. But IF he gets elected, Athens is the loser, not Ralph Hudgens.
“Even if voters send him to D.C., he’ll be far enough away where he can’t hurt us, they said.” – this indirect quote says it all. He might not be able to “hurt” you, but sometimes it's just as bad in D.C. when someone can’t help you. Athens has federal initiatives it needs congressional support on, including the Poultry Research Center, federal research funding and NBAF. And the other "national" democrats in D.C. certainly aren't going to send things back to a little democratic island in Georgia.
The ACC leadership has a nasty habit of publicly dogging other politicians (Perdue, Smith, Chambliss) and thinking it won’t hurt Athens, or that their honesty will win them votes they obviously don’t need. But when you’re the minority party in a state as republican as Georgia, this is a recipe for disaster, and contributes to the fact that ACC gets little support from D.C. or the gold dome. Why should these guys go to bat for Athens when Athens politicians stab you in the back (or the chest) every chance they get?
FWIW: Heidi made no public statement about this. In fact, she has no recollection of making any such statement at all but, if she did, it was meant to be a private joke and was never for publication. She was pretty disappointed that Blake chose to print that as though it was some "official" position.
I was really disappointed to read any statement like that attributed to "they said" as though this was something said in unison - nobody believes that for a second.
Blogs by reporters are very strange beasts...I don't think I want to say more about that at this time, though.
Your righteous indignation is unwarranted.
Xon -- nope, I think the same thing. I've tried to watch it a couple times and I can't even make it all the way through. I think I've seen all of it, but never in one sitting.
I love The Departed, but I was somewhat surprised that it won. Not that it doesn't deserve it, but because usually some movie I don't like wins.
But then again, I think Citizen Kane sucks a big one.
In other Oscar related news -- am I the only person who is completely tired of "Al Gore actually won the election" jokes?! I mean, dang.
JMac-
A couple points on the peanut butter thing:
1. "gross negligence" is a legal term of art that has a specific meaning (and is defined differently from state to state). It's unclear to use "gross" as a modifier of "negligence" unless you're using in the specific legal sense.
2. "If gross negligence on the part of the company results in hundreds of people getting ill, then I think the company should have to take some responsibility." Way to go out on a limb. If allegations of negligence or gross negligence are proved, the company will pay (or if it looks like they probably can be proved, the company will pay through settlement). It's black-letter-law that if you are negligent and it causes foreseaable harm, you're on the hook. Can, however, this guy prove it up?
Darren
The oscars are useless anyway. The only genre that can win best picture is drama.
It is extremely difficult to crack open those huge containers for the nuclear waste. The kind of firepower necessary to do it, if done in public, is itself already a concern, not so much the spread of nuclear waste. If the concern is a hijacking or a terrorist attack, you should be more concerned about petroleum distribution centers, such as the one along Jefferson, just up from Kathwood.
As for concerns about exposure, you work everyday near an amount of radioactive substance whose minimum safe distance for LOS exposure is about a mile away. Of course, there's a lot of stuff between you and it, for right now. But it's exceptionally deadly stuff, and yet there it sits. Without protest, without complaint.
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