I really try to keep up with the happening around the world, but apparently I have missed something. 

Last Sunday Gadhafi's son advised that the United States was making a grave error in supporting the rebels as they were the bad guys.  He advised it would all come to light and the United States would see the truth.

Last night (Monday) President Obama revealed he was keeping his promise and turning the support of the Libyans over to the United Nations.

This morning the United States representative in the United Nations advised that the White House had not decided to turn the support over as yet because our President is considering arming the rebels of another country.

Did I miss something?

I have some questions.  Is the United States now supporting the al Quida through our President's actions?
Does the President believe he can go on national television and lie to the American people without retribution?
Can he? 

I need more information which I am most likely not going to get.  Does he have intelligence from our foreign spy network to confirm that the rebels are the bad guys?  Is their information more reliable than that received concerning Iraq?  What happened overnight to change the "White House's" mind?

Trying to make sense out of all this and hope I am not alone!

Overdone

For years our little county government ran like a well oiled clock with 3 clerks and an administrator in the commissioners office. With little economic growth in the county as well as nationwide, the commissioners feel the need to add more personnel.  A payroll clerk, an accounts payable clerk, a receptionist/secretary, an office manager and now a fire fee clerk to handle the all encompassing clerical duties for a county of around 17000.  Talk about efficiency and wastefullness and the county is suppose to be in a budget crunch!

Somebody needs to start tapping that oil reserve in Montana and the Dakotas before we all go broke!

Who are the "good ole boys"?

I have heard the term "the good ole boys" throughout my lifetime and I have often pondered who these boys are and how did they get there.

Is this a group of friends that rule the world?

Is it the financially elite that control all official matters?

Is it the family that has earned the respect of his friends and neighbors, co-workers, fellow church members and most of all his family?

From the highest to the lowest positions in government, there is always a group of "the good ole boys" and they are not the same group or following the same rules. 

I will continue looking, but if any one finds "the good ole boys" please let me know so I can see what is so special about these guys.

Happy reading!
Belle

Splost Vote

The vote on the splost tax passed in our little county this week.  I support the tax as a means of generating revenue to continue services to the community - and ours has been hard hit economically in the past few years, but then so have many others.  County government should not be in the money making business.

There are many counties that continually increase property tax, while others institute an local income tax.  The splost tax distributes the burden of tax among those that spend money in the county.  If you don't have money to spend, it has no impact. 

I feel that our commissioners are not wise stewards of the monies they receive for county operations, but when constituents are always screaming for more and better services there must be a way to support those services.

For the past 20 odd years our population has not changed more than 2000 people and that was when there was manufacturing and a college in the county.  Our county is included in the Metro Atlanta network only because the majority of our population work in the network and live in our little county.  There are so many disadvantages to this designation and few benefits. 

Thanks for those that supported the splost and remember to pray for our commissioners in their decision making in the use of these funds. 

Happy reading!
Belle