Georgia on my mind

About Georgia: It was on my mind.

This entry is another that contrasts the sense of entitlement the rightist brain trust seems to possess versus the relative humility that everyone else has.

When I read about a certain GOP politician harboring a grudge against the Democrats because he thinks Jimmy Carter kept his family from going on vacation when he was 10, I got the impression that they probably went on vacation more than once that year. I grew up in the '70s, and I know that Republicans who opposed Carter on economic issues were usually financially secure, and probably didn't have to worry about not having enough money to go on a trip.

If a working-class kid from Kentucky like me went on 2 vacations in 1978 (albeit within Kentucky and Ohio), the average Republican household could likely afford 3.

The attitude of the politician in question reminds me of the reaction of some of my classmates regarding the 8th grade class trip - which I wrote about in my book 'The Fight That Never Ends'. Indeed, I got ridiculed in high school because I'd never been to Florida.

Normally, as long as I can travel outside a radius of 50 miles or so once a year, I'm more than satisfied. And a couple weeks ago, I did so in Georgia.

This was just a one-night trip, and it was in the very closest corner of the Peachtree State. One of the purposes of this fact-finding mission was to test a new GPS a family member buyed. And trust me, I worked on this blog while I was away. This was only my third overnight trip in the history of this blog.

What facts did I find? Fact #1: it rains a lot on my trips. Fact #2: the GPS works. Fact #3: I amassed over 100 photos and videos with the Eyewitness Cam:

http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/lastword/roadpics/ga09a.html
http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/lastword/roadpics/ga09b.html
http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/lastword/roadpics/ga09c.html
http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/lastword/roadpics/ga09d.html
http://www.angelfire.com/yt2/lastword/roadpics/ga09e.html

One Allowed Cloud was seen in that photo set that's just begging for defiance: the "no cruising zone" in Athens, Georgia. It's unconstitutional under the freedom of assembly, of course, but who's keeping track? (Me.)