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This video features some classless hood rat on MARTA. First she yells at an old lady. Then she starts spitting the worst freestyle rap in the world. When the passengers start defending the old woman at her she starts claiming that the defenders had raped her in the past. Finally someone rips her hair off and she exits the train screaming “I’m pressin’ charges, I’m pressin’ charges, I’m pressin’ charges.”

Awful, yet wonderful. What’s the over/under on how long before this chickenhead ends up in a women’s correctional facility. We say about 3 months. You must watch this.

[This is our scholarly image.]

The Fort Mill Times Reports that Georgia’s football team, with a score of 965, has the highest APR in the SEC.  We realize that the SEC haters will equate this to winning a gold medal in the Special Olympics, but hell, our football team had a higher score than Tech’s.  Further, Georgia’s Men’s and Women’s basketball teams both finished in the top 3 of the SEC.

Congrats to the athletes and AD Damon Evans on the great work.  This is the type of publicity Georgia needs.  It is especially great when it comes at the same time as this little gem.

The Fort Mill Times Summary of Georgia Schools and the APR. 

Here is a little ditty for the Tech kids. We realize how terrible things have been around here. Finals hell.

The Hawks won last night at Phillips Arena to even their series with the Celtics at 2-2.  Here is a video of Al Horford (who we officially forgive for having gone to Florida) getting in Paul Pierce’s grill in game 3.  Just prior to this moment Pierce had taken a flop that would have made Cristiano Ronaldo proud

[Do you think Rachel Ray might know how to balance a budget?]

1. The AJC has a report on a poll saying that metro voters would pay higher sales tax for more public transport.  We have a better idea, how about apportioning some of the already existing state transportation budget to methods of transportation other than roads.
2. Creative Loafing has details on the impending city budget cuts and tax hike.  Shirley Franklin - at midnight she turns back into Bill  Campbell.
3. Bloglanta talks Castleberry Hill.
4. How can you tell Forsyth is the new Gwinnett County?  They are getting an AMC Movie Theatre.  Colonial 18 4-eva yiggity yo.

EDSBS has this cut from the Cartoon Network show Squidbillies. We pretty much already knew that God sounded just like Larry.

We are in the eye of the finals hurricane.  Here is another AJC story on GSU football.

We saw this article in the AJC.  Grady says it may not be able to work the Peachtree this year.  They go on to say this.

The overall cost of Peachtree coverage, not counting setup, is close to $20,000, Grady officials said. Grady does not bill the Atlanta Track Club, which furnishes some equipment to the bike teams. “It’s the hospital giving back to the community,” Davenport said.

Wow, whatever will the Road Race do?  We are guessing they will hire a private company to work the event.  Some quick arithmetic indicates that $20,000 is barely more than one percent of the amount of money brought in by entries alone.  Add sponsorship dollars and we are guessing this sum equates to less than one-half of one percent.

[Taking bids now!]

This is not a clever ploy.  Outside the city (and often within) Grady is seen as a money hemorrhaging, medicare/medicaid abusing, hospital for the poor.  The Peachtree Road Race is one of the hospitals best opportunities to show exurbanites all the good it does.  Remember, it is much easier to hate things you aren’t familiar with.

The papers reported this yesterday.  The following e-mail was just sent out to all GSU students.

Georgia State University Faculty, Staff and Students:

Are you ready to tailgate??!!   If you are, then plan to be at the Student Center Atrium tomorrow (Thursday) at 2 p.m. for the announcement regarding the future of football at Georgia State.

You don’t want to miss this one!!

Don’t know what the “You don’t want to miss this one!!” language means.  Surprises possible???

This team will provide more opportunities to play near home for many talented Georgia high school athletes.  Believe us, there are hordes of them.

Georgia State, soon to become our own little USF.

[Will Judson Hill, Phil Gingrey, Newt Gingrich attend?]

Well, not exactly.   He is coming to the Cobb Energy Center on 10 May 2008.  Is Cobb County really in Jon Stewart’s target market?  In those environs being seen at a Jon Stewart show might be worse than being seen at a liquor store. The tickets look pricey according to Cable & Tweed.