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GO COMIX RE: OIL S POWER
The comic strip "Life with Greedo" [Sept. 5]
got me thinking: despite the skirmishes which
occasionally flare up in the Letters section, one
can only be encouraged by the Flagpole comix
page and its commitment to local and emerging
comic artists. Though the quality and craftsman
ship of the individual strips fluctuate often (and
drastically), please continue to threaten and de
light your readers with these local upstarts. They
monitor the weird radiation of Athens with the
stalwart click of a Geiger counter.
Martin Rogers
Athens
TOFU GODZILLA
I am tired of the stereotyping we anthropo
morphic soy products face. We are not all meek,
mild and helpless. I myself can bench press
25,000 pounds and can destroy Tokyo.
Tofu Godzilla
from Flagpole.com
RAILS NOT ROADS
The author uses a thoughtful analogy, but his
solution to Atlanta's traffic issue is short-sighted.
["Comment: Solutions for a Transit-Challenged
Region," Sept. 5] Traffic density would lighten '
but return to its original state within a couple
of years. In the short
term, railways seem
like an unreasonable
expense, but roads are
not free. The sooner we
develop an effective
rail system, the sooner
development will start
to happen around it.
It may take 10 years
before we have a proper return on the invest
ment, but think of how much worse off we'll be
in 10 years if we don't build it now! Short-term
solutions for traffic that would have long-term
benefits, in my opinion, would be: First, reduce
the number of exits on 285. It's a bypass; there
is no reason to have exits anywhere but at major
highways (85, 400, 75 and 20). There should
be no reason to encourage development along
the bypass. Second, on 75/85 through the city,
redo the lane divisions. Two "express" lanes in
the center in each direction, three regular lanes
in each direction. The center lanes would have
limited access to exits, and no return access to
regular traffic lanes.
David
from Flagpole.com
Oil has supposedly been "running out" for
decades. ["Oil & Power," Letters, Sept. 12] This
scare tactic is hogwash. The only thing we need
is capitalism to ensure it is properly conserved
and used according to its true value. Prices go
up, people scale back. Simple. Things get too
expensive, bam: alternative energy suddenly
seems like a more viable alternative. You rely on
government and politicians to make that happen
and you're really pissin' in the wind...
m.c.
from Flagpole.com
FOOTBALL N0TES.1
Great editorial, and it struck a resounding
chord with me [Pub Notes, Sept. 5]. I have often
wondered the same thing.
As a UGA alumnus and a die-hard Dawg, I've
seen us grow from a good, regional power to a
top-10, nationally-recognized brand. And brand
is the key word—sometimes I miss the days
when there were more die-hards and less glcry-
hunters.
Of course, being born in 1978, I cag never
remember a time when the Dawgs were poor for
more than a season or two. I only have vague
memories of Herschel, but since attending my
first game in 1985 (my dad scalped the tickets
and we sat near some drunks that would shame
most of today's student population), Georgia has
always at least been
"in the mix"—with the
exception of a few of
the Goff years and one
in the Donnan era.
My father (also a
UGA alum), however,
experienced much
the same agony as
you did—growing up
in the '50s and having to endure years of Tech
torment from Yellow Jacket hangers-on. I think
that's what made the late '60s and then the early
'80s so special to him and fans like him. He had
suffered the humility of the '50s (with the excep
tion of '59), and could finally gloat, much like
2002 was my time to finally brag.
Yet with that winning, as you point out,
comes the added pressure. And if the Dawgs had
taken a step back after 2002, it would be inter
esting to see where the program would be today.
In a weird way, it might almost be fun for us
true fans to see all the metro-area, come-lately
Georgia fans hop oft the bandwagon.
That said, I don't think I'd trade the pain of
losing for even that. As long as we continue to
win with class—which seems the standard under
BUMPERSTICKER OF THE WEEK:
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Mark Richt—I'll take the obnoxious new fans as a
tribute to our success. Keep up the good work.
Morgan Lee
Gainesville
FOOTBALL N0TES.2
Pete, I went to the game on Satuiday for the
first time in four or five years. During one of the
TV timeouts, I looked around thinking about how
different the stadium is since the days you and
I were little boys who would do just about any
thing to see "our Bulldogs" play. How many of
the fans would be here if we fell on a few years
of hard times?
I know times change and money makes the
world go around, but it hurts to see all the ads
in the stadium and to listen to the same over the
PA system. I guess one day soon, I will let my
tickets go and someone will be glad to get them.
I wonder if they will ever think about how much
the person who sat there for the previous 45
years loved 'The Georgia Bulldogs."
Mac Coile
from Flagpole.com
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