Police car has religious symbol added by officer.

Driving home today from work, I was passed by an Alpharetta Police car. Alpharetta is a bedroom community of Atlanta. It is maybe 20 miles north of the city. It has it own government, city hall, police and fire department. What amazed me about the car, tag number 131031 and car number 85, was that it had a little fish symbol on the back of the trunk lid. Who would have thought that the separation of church and state could be broken by a display on a police car? Police, who are trusted to protect and serve, displaying a religious preference seems odd. I wonder if Alpharetta would look the other way if one of its cars displayed the Star of David or an Islamic symbol? How about if one of it officers displayed the little evolution fish with feet? Probably not.

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Texas and Religion make great bedfellows.

Where else but Texas can a Christian school teacher become impregnated by a 13-year-old student. Praise the Lord! I bet she wishes she had been teaching sex education! What a shame the religious right wouldn't let her.

When can we start publishing the political affiliation of child molesters? I can see it now:

Republican John Noname was arrested by Anywhere County police officer and Democrat Bill Goodman for molesting 8th grader and political independent Suzy Littlegirl. Noname is a church deacon and pro-life protester who may now add child molester to resume. He voted for Reagan twice, and Bush twice, although one Bush was younger than the other. He feels abortion is evil, but thinks little girls feel just dandy. He has said abortion should be outlawed in all cases, unless it involves getting rid of evidence, say his in the belly of a minor girl.

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Watch, email link to friends, and then vote on November 5.

Again, watch this, email link to friends, and then vote on November 5. Ask if any Democrats you know need rides to a polling station.

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Water should remain in the government's control.

In the book and movie Dune, water is bought and sold. Water is a much desired but scarce commodity. Water is a sign of wealth. And in fact, water is life.

Can Georgia be getting closer to that? With booming sprawl and a litigious battle over water flowing in the Chattahoochee with neighboring states, will water become a resource that is bought and sold? The Atlanta Journal Constitution is a little bit worried about that:

Now that Georgia -- known for its lush green landscape -- faces a crucial water shortage, some experts argue that the market is the best way to value and distribute water. But water-market experiences in other parts of the country and the world paint a grim picture of greed, injustice and environmental neglect:

In Texas and California, business has won the right to buy and sell water and water rights. Speculators can control important aquifers and through mismanagement even delete them to dangerously low levels. In Bolivia riots have broken out when the government has privatized the city's water system, and in the middle east, war could break out over, not oil, but water.

Georgia has been in a statewide drought for many years. Watering restrictions have become commonplace year round. Moratoriums on new construction have slowed growth and hurt the house building industry. This is prime picking for an "Enron" like management company to come in and privatize water distribution. Is our government moving that way, even though most Georgians assume that water will always be managed by our local government? Recommendations by the Joint Water Plan Study Committee do not include any such statements, as again the AJC points out:

Language guaranteeing that withdrawals from streams or underground aquifers would not impair long-term use and sustainability of the environment was deleted. While some committee members said it wasn't necessary, no state law or court decision guarantees that protection.

This is an issue that Georgians should stay on top of. Any legislation needs to be very specific on water being managed for the state's and it citizen's well being, not the well being of a private company's bottom line.

Probably not the best way to get you fiancé's attention.

Dawn Kirk has been accused of stalking herself. The 24-year-old stalked herself via the internet for a while, and then even escalated to stalking herself in person. Probably a bad idea to get the Roswell police involved. Then they ended up calling in the FBI. Now Dawn is facing up to five years is prison. The relationship with her fiancé has ended.

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