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CODE OF ETHICS: Seek Truth <5*? Report It - Minimise Harm - Act Independently - Be Accountable. Where the press is free and every man able to read,, all is safe. Thomas Jefferson 4 THE GEORGIA POST You can't go home again Y bu Can’t Go Home Again (1940), is a novel written by Thomas Wolf. The plot involves a fledgling writer whose successful novel reminisces about his family and hometown. The novel is not well received among his family or hometown to his bewilderment and dismay. Boy, do I know how he felt! The place I grew up is no longer my hometown. I hardly recognized it. We’d gone to Miami to celebrate James’ father’s home going and burial this past week. The South Florida we saw just looked down right wrong. I had planned a column on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the historic march on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963, but it will have to wait until next week because I just have to share with you about the odd cultural shock and disorientation when we visited. It’s not the place I grew up. Part of that was driving by what should be a building repurposed as a parking lot or how tiny the house I grew up in looked. There are all of these new (at least to me) high rise apartments and office buildings all over the place. And, with the addition of housing came the addition of people to populate them. It felt claustrophobic. There were just too many people going too many places at the same time. Traffic way scarier than when I grew up there—I mean way, way and it was horrific / - -s ’ OF THIS & THAT Trenesia Stubbs Do you know most of the stars in the city have been wiped out by street and advertising lighting? back then. Stop means spin tires on pavement, signal ing is optional and hand signs plentiful. Again, the cause was just too many cars on two few roads. Oh, that’s another thing! Major road construction is pretty much going on somewhere at all times. The pace is too quick for me now. Everyone seemed to be in a hurry and rude. Of course, it might have been that we weren’t in a hurry and we’d forgotten how to drive under those circumstances. I met. James’ family members are sweet and I’m so thankful I had an opportunity see some and meet some. That’s a second happy thing that happens at funerals. Funerals connect and reconnect family and family friends. Do you know most of the stars in the city have been wiped out by street and advertising lighting? We looked up and were able to make out three or four stars the night we first looked. I’ve gotten used to being able to star gaze here in Roberta and seeing as much of the entire kit and caboodle as you can with out a telescope. Walking back to mom’s house one evening a patrol car turned the corner and we nearly waved at the police officer before we remembered that gesture might be misinterpreted. Nuts! The drop dead deadline for submission of this column is upon me and I’ll not be able to tell you any more of our adventure down the rabbit hole if I’m to keep my promise to our editor. We’re thankful we were able to spend time with my father and James’ mother while we were in Miami. That place where only James’ mother and my father make it home. TRENESIA STUBBS is a contributing columnist and you can email her at trenesis@pstel.net. [LiEinniisTr® TTcuii Imw Where are the dead? Editor, The Georgia Post: I have attended many funerals during my life, and have noticed that at the majority of them the preachers delivering the eulogy at some point puts the dead person in Heaven with God. One notable exception to this is a funeral where the preacher delivering the eulogy thought that the person had lived such a bad life that he had gone to hell to be toimented in flames. Well, the de ceased person’s friends did not like the idea that the preacher had put their foimer comrade in hell so they beat him up—once at the church and again at the preacher’s home. There are other incidents that can be cited and other scenarios presented, the particular out comes of which would depend on what specific religion one would adhere to. For instance, if you are a Buddhist you probably DEAD, Page 7 Opinions expressed by writers on this page are their own alone. THEY HAVE A NEW PROCESSING CENTER ON THE WESTCOAST WHERE ALL OF THIS COUNTRY'S MAIL IS SORTED... YA MEAN, BEFORE MY LETTER ARRIVES AT A HOUSE JUS' DOWN TH' ROAD, IT'S GOTTATRAVEL WAY OUT WEST?!! RIGHT-THEY say it'LLSAVe Lots OF MONEY... IF THAT'S THEIR IDEAOFSAVIN', NO WONDERTHEY'RE GOIN'BROKE! Let's just be content There is always someone waiting, just looking for someone to say something they can take the wrong way. A s humans we are never happy. When it rains, we complain about the _ rain. When we have no rain, we complain about the lack of rain. When it’s hot — another complaint. Same thing when it is cold! Just one of the attributes of being human I suppose, but people can get stuck in the complaint mode and not seem to be able to get ont. When we complain about everything it can become a habit and I am a firm believer of our words affecting our attitude. I will be the first one to admit, it is hard not to complain. I have aches and pains when I get up in the morning and that makes it easier to complain. I have begun to say a prayer of thanksgiv ing before getting out of bed. When I wake up I am alive to live another day, what ever it may bring so I am thankful to be breathing. No one wants to be around a per son who constantly complains! All of ns are really blessed in so many ways and should always be thankful instead of complaining. But it seems that whatever is going on is never enough — rain, wind,time etc. People complain on FB and they air out their dirty laundry. Personally, I just don’t get it. I have made the mistake a couple of times of com menting on political posts which were close to idiocy and I conld not resist. Of course, someone always wants to start an argument so I now bite my tongue and say a prayer every time I even think about com menting on those posts. My daddy always told me there are two things you just cannot talk about with everyone and those are politics and religion. I have come to learn that he was right. Seems we cannot have a civil con versation anymore as people are just too eager to create some kind of con troversy or want to judge what you have to say without really asking you to explain. There is always someone waiting, just looking for someone to say something they can take the wrong way. I have even known people who complain about getting older. I figure it is better than the alternative myself. There is no magic potion and no getting around getting older. No matter how many facelifts you have or if you try to dress young, the fact does not change the number of years you have lived on earth. You can em brace it or spend a lot of money on procedures or products that could have been spent more wisely. Yes, I wince when I find another gray hair or see another wrinkle on my neck but I am not going to stress over it. I believe God has given each of us a certain number of days and one day, no mat ter how young or old we may look, our number will be called. Embracing the fact that you will get older is less stressful than worry ing or complaining about it all the time. I am trying to be content in whatever state I find myself. That does not mean I do not keep moving forward or do not continue to have dreams. It just means being more accepting of the things in my life which happen and that includes getting older. There is much to be said about getting older. Hopefully, though not in every one’s case, you are also wiser and have learned from your past. Some places also give dis counts to senior citizens and I can’t figure out why one place considers 55 as a senior citizen, and another 60 or older. Everywhere you look people are complaining about the economy and I can certainly relate because busi ness has been down everywhere. But sometimes, that kind of talk spreads and makes things worse. Busi nesses don’t realize that if business is down that means you need to do something to get business into your establishment. That means, it is time to advertise what you have so people will know. Make something happen by advertising. Do you support your local economy or complain that so and so’s prices are higher so you had rather run to wally world which eats up gas and more time? True, you cannot always find what you need but if you don’t at least look you won’t know if you can get it local. People complain about local busi nesses closing and they don’t stop to realize that the purchase they just made on-line contributes to the downfall of local businesses. Yes. I realize ah the arguments which could be made on this point. But if we really thought more about shop ping locally, we would have a more thriving local economy. I challenge you to evaluate yourself and see how much you complain. If it seems excessive, then reboot yourself and strive to be more posi tive and do less complaining. It is a process and takes time and work every day but if you keep at it, your attitude will have changed for the better. Wishing you contentment. VICTORIA SIMMONS is publisher of The Georgia Post. You can email her at vsimmons54@gmail.com. THURSDAY AUGUST 22, 2013 A liquid travesty C oke is one of the latest but definitely not alone in marketing unhealthy choices to consumers and when these same distributors of junk choices try to hypocritically get into advising the public on healthy choices involving their prod ucts, “it almost churns my stomach.” If we knew how many people have suffered and are suffering from diseases largely brought on by the bottled, processed drink industry and the billions of dollars profited by them, we would not trust advice on health issues from them or their profit driven motives. Coke’s new ad will be to counter the public’s awareness of the dangers of the toxic aspartame that is used in their diet sodas. Due to falling sales (1% on Coke and 3% on Diet Coke) they want to convince the market that it is okay to consume this toxic sweet ener. “I’ll assure you they are not so concerned about our health as they are their falling market share.” Aspartame is laced throughout so much of our food supply that you can almost rest assured that if it’s a processed food or drink, “you’re getting a dose of it,” and when it’s in liquid form, imagine how fast it enters the bloodstream and then throughout the body! Aspartame has been linked to cancer, diabetes, psychological disorders, slows down weight loss, birth defects, vision problems, brain damage and seizures. When there is a chemical that enter the body, it can break down into other more toxic substances, such as aspartame breaking down into DKP which can produce a chemical that induces the growth of brain tumors. It can also change the chemistry of the brain when the methanol (a component of aspartame) breaks down into formaldehyde which gathers in areas of the brain causing inflammatory reactions which can lead to degenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Artificial sweeteners, including aspartame prod ucts, are also bad for our thyroid, “this is the organ that regulates our metabolism.” These sweeteners are also neurotoxic (nerves and brain) causing an inflammatory response from our body, leading to a release of cortisol, which in turn will signal our body to retain belly fat! Most other bottled drinks that are not diet drinks are loaded with processed sugars or high fructose corn syrup, and this includes regular sodas, fruit drinks, sweet teas, sports drinks, etc. and when we These sweeteners are also neurotoxic (nerves and brain) causing an inflammatory response from our body, leading to a release of cortisol, which in turn will signal our body to retain belly fat! dump these drinks into our system it can lead to dangerous sugar spikes, which cause obesity and diabetes. (Sweet liquid drinks are weight gainer drinks) which means when we drink these, (espe cially when combined with inactivity), we are apt to wear what we drink!” Hydration is next in line for survival behind our need for oxygen, “which makes the beverage industry a marketer’s dream!” When in ah actual ity, these industries take water (that is naturally ours in the first place), load it up with sugar, caf- fein, carbonation, phosphoric acid, etc. and then turn back around and sell it to us, “marketing it in a way that makes us think it has a higher value then the original base ingredient that makes up the drink...“WATER!” God designed our body’s makeup with around 60% water, with some vital organs that are 70- 80+% water, “so its pretty easy to see what we should use to hydrate our body!” The occasional soda, fruit drink, sweet tea, etc. is not so bad, “it’s the habitual drinking of liquid toxins and sugars that causes problems and when combined with inactivity and lack of sweating, “the effects are even more toxic!” Do we really want to regularly drink something that contains phosphoric acid (a highly corrosive acid in sodas)? And do we really want to dump a load of sugar and caffine into our body if the caffine makes us temporarily insulin insensitive, when we need insulin sensitivity the most? “Will the things that taste good to our mouth feel as good to the rest of my body, or are the desires of my mouth contributing to illness and disease for the rest of my body?” WADE YODER is a Master Trainer & Fitness Nutrition Specialist. You can email him at: vclub@comsouth.net is published every week by Crawford Publishing, LLC. Floyd Buford - President Victoria ’’Vicky” Simmons - GM/Publisher vsimmons54@gmail.com or byronbuzz@pstel.net Renee Goggins - Layout/Graphic Design Robbie Robertson - Distribution Carey Lee - Sports Photography Denisia Stallings, Student Assistant Contributing Columnists: Trenesia Y. Stubbs, Charles Cook, Nancy Gibbs, Billy Powell, Angie Carr, Wade Yoder, Dan Gatlyn, Rev. James Snyder, Spencer Price POLICIES Deadlines are Noon on Friday prior to issue. 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