Morning Reads – Thursday, August 17, 2017
On this date in Georgia history, Leo Frank became a victim of a lynch mob in Marietta. Frank had been convicted of murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1913. His case was always in question and evidence pointed to another person, but several witnesses gave conflicting testimonies during the ctrial, leading to his conviction. Frank was sentenced to death, but Governor John Slaton commuted his sentence to life in prison. It was lawyer Tom Watson who told Georgians to “take justice into their own hands.” Frank was kidnapped from the state prison and lynched. No one was ever charged with his death. All of this occurred on August 17, 1915 and some 70 years later in 1986, the state of Georgia pardoned Leo Frank.
Peaches
- Rural Georgia continues to lose jobs and youngins’
- State law stands in the way of Confederate monument removals
- Georgia judge suspended over Facebook posts
- Georgia Public Service Commission isn’t back up on Vogtle
- 30 Georgia businesses join anti-drilling alliance
- Georgia mom with special needs child is lobbying GDOT
- Company ordered to pay $300,00+ in gas leak at Georgia sperm bank
- Georgia named “Best States for Aerospace Manufacturing”
Jimmy Carter
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe and cops offer conflicting stories
- Iran is mocking us and apparently it’s news
- Mental evaluations for illegal immigrants seeking asylum
- It’s Georgia Washington on the chopping block now
- Trump is anti-Amazon….still.
- Sarah Palin has managed to make it back into the headlines
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The best spot for the eclipse: On Stone Mountain. No Democrats.?
Not true. My co-worker will be on the grounds somewhere. His boyfriend is a professional photographer on assignment and he’s going along.
I’m reading a (fiction) book right now whose premise is that July 28, 1851 was the final day that magic existed on earth because photography destroyed witchcraft and the eclipse on that day was photographed worldwide (or something like that).
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland.
Excellent so far.
Let us know if the book finds the world better or worse for its loss.
What’s with some of the Republican establishment shocked and distancing themselves from Trump, a small number even calling him out by name? There wasn’t one trait or view Trump displayed or expressed at the press conference Tuesday that we haven’t seen before. Anyone genuinely surprised hasn’t been paying attention for well over a year.
There’s just no room to hide anymore. Plenty are still trying though. All this talk of Washington and Jefferson, “alt-left”, all a distraction, a way to avoid looking in the mirror.
What’s that old saying “if you are going to attack the king you better not miss”? Nobody fears this king anymore.
You’re wasting your time if you’re trying to explain to lost causers the distinction between slaveholding Washington being honored as the revolutionary founder of our country, and those “honored” for fighting to maintain and expand slavery, the country’s birth curse.
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Lots of talk about history and changing history. Lee, unlike some common Confederates, knew exactly what he was fighting for, notwithstanding the craven delusions of lost causers to the contrary.
Electric Car Start up in Georgia http://news.wabe.org/post/ga-entrepreneur-powers-electric-vehicle-startup
Judge resigns http://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/local/gwinnett-magistrate-judge-resigns-after-facebook-comments-about-protesters-in/article_ea5e797d-43bf-5b00-a1ce-b6eab0165420.html
The lose of growth in rural areas is not new, it’s just now hitting Georgia. The small towns of my childhood in rural Wisconsin were already starting to decline as the ag industry became more technologically advanced and the need of small town shops was lessen due to the increase of interstates and highways. My graduating class of over 600 students in a rustbelt industrial city (35,000ish) surrounded by dairy farms saw over 60% of the kids move away (including me). The city keeps growing, but that has more to due with who moves there from other parts of the state from rural areas and the upper middle commuter class where mom works in Appleton and dad works in north Milwaukee .
This is from 2015 by Christopher Dickey. He wrote it around the time of the release of one of his books, and South Carolina removing the Confederate battle Flag. Still rings true today.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/confederate-madness-then-and-now
Thanks for the link. I think some statues do need to come down though.
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It’s the context, as you so well explained a couple of days ago.
And so it begins…
http://www.wtoc.com/story/36159988/city-council-send-resolution-to-ga-governor-to-rename-the-talmadge-bridge-add-the-other-side-to-the-confederate-monument-in-forsyth
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Maybe a Sherman statue? 😉
Of course it does, Sis. Agitators gotta agitate! Any bets on resulting violence?
Noway, let me ask you a question. Do you think there should be some kind of basic civics test before someone is allowed to vote?
Nope…
The City of Savannah had petitioned the state at the time the current bridge was under construction in the late 1980’s to not use Talmadge as the name. About every 5 years or so the renaming topic come up, and this time it has the backing of the Chamber, the GOP mayor, The local tourist industry and major holders of shipping slips. It didn’t happen over night.
The sidewalk and some of the fencing was damaged when one of the live oaks planted in 1875 next to the monument fell in Mathew. Also the path from the formal park (the fountain area) south past the confederate monument, the tennis courts and the War of 1812 & Spanish American monuments needs to be fixed from basic wear – what better time then now to update some of the area. The city has Georgia Historical Society markers for both Confederate and Union events already. We have the only urban slave quarters still inexistence in the south. If any resulting violence should occur it will be between the Parks and Monuments Committee and the Historical Review Board. The monument is the marker for the southern border for the National Historical District for the downtown, so they have shared oversight. Then it has to be approved by the MPC and then the city counsel. It took then 18 years to get the outdoor stage designed and constructed to the north east of the monument.
Only speculation: Next these fools will target Confederate cemeteries. Bank on it. The crown jewel in that coming effort will be marches and protests at Arlington. Don’t you just love the Tolerant Left?
Keep yor eyes, peeled. Public or private don’t matter to these revolting individuals. Loved the quotes from 1861, though. Glad to see you (or B, sorry if they weren’t yours….) are getting closer to the actual 20th century with that incendiary rhetoric and dastardly deeds.
Noway, I thought you were a true law and order type, where a crime is a crime regardless of the party affiliation of the perp. But it doesn’t seem that way at the moment…
At this point it doesn’t matter if they actually do it or not. You already believe it and will believe it happened even if it never did. And someday a fringe cave dweller will post a picture of a lone graffiti artist tagging a concrete wall with a graveyard in the distant background and that will be all you need confirm your preconception.
Bethe…Are you talking anout the crime of 150 year old remarks or 115 year old statues? And what are the statutes of limitations on statues?! Do tell…
No, about the man (in Charlottesville) who drove his car into a crowd of ppl, and killed and injured.
Of course that guy should be prosecuted to the fullest extent possible. He killed somebody! Don’t underdtand where you’d think I’d think otherwise. My beef is the fomenting of anger based on events that occurred over a century ago.
Over a century ago. Laughable.
The effects are still felt today. My own parents in the late 80’s denied the ability to rent a house because “we dont rent to n*****s”.
Me, denied a rental apartment after an application, credit check, stellar references. Approved for the apartment. All of this done over the phone. I showed up in person to drop off the deposit check and pick up the keys. And suddenly the apartment is no longer available for rent. This was 2004. Right here in metro Atlanta.
Yep. racism totes died over a century ago.