Sunday Squawkbox

♦ The Hickory Grove/U.S.82 intersection is dangerous and getting worse. And someone is still playing with the lighting. On any given night, two of the four floodlights are on, sometimes a third light comes on, but all four lights are never on. Check for yourself.

♦ “Since we don’t know where we’re going, we have to stick together in case someone gets there.” — Ken Kesey

♦ Yo: BJ’s reality is a half-baked “not-in-my-world garbled collection of nonsense. Classic election denying, holier than thou, Trump grab-bag of nonsense, 1960s segregationist misogynistic garbage. She lives in a world no one with a half an ounce of sense would go near. You too are a lost soul. Will leave the light on; maybe you can find Terra firma again.

♦ Carlton, your article on the attitude of employees in fast-food joints, convenience stores, etc. in Albany is right on. And, yes, it does cost those businesses money. Much is due to the demographics in Albany and other areas with the same demographics. It is a result of what they’ve been taught, that they are victims, everyone out to get them.

♦ I told my kids I never wanted to live in a vegetative state, dependent on a machine and fluid from a bottle. If that happens, pull the plug. They pulled the plug on my computer and threw out my wine.

♦ Kudos to B.J. Fletcher for her squawks. Though I might not always agree with her, I haven’t seen her lie about anything. I really credit her for using her actual name. The best thing about her squawks is that all the SMRs who are not on her level now have a champion who posts squawks far more intelligent than anything they can post. Signed, Yours Truly

♦ Claudine Gay was guilty of 50 counts of plagiarism and promoting anti-Semitism. It has nothing to do with her race; in fact, had she been white, she would have been fired on the spot. The fact the left wing claims racism for her resignation is racist.

♦ You people who teach your children that they are victims and the ones who teach their children that they are entitled are both doing your young people an injustice. All children, no matter their station, must prove themselves worthy of the things that come to them.

♦ I hear rumblings that dramatic changes are coming to The Albany Herald. That can be a good thing. Please don’t let altering Carlton’s duties be one of the changes. He means a lot to our community.

♦ T. Gamble’s article on college football is spot on. Results of NCAA rules are making the sport implode. Myopic.

♦ Lucy McBath is a prime example of someone taking advantage of our current political system in Georgia. She can’t run in a district where she might be challenged; she keeps flip-flopping from one to the other each election cycle, depending on the district that has the larger black population. She is just as useless as Marjorie Greene.

♦ Why isn’t Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful active anymore? For years, Duncan D. Trash marched around town, combatting litterbugs. Now KADB does little to nothing. I know dozens of people that would volunteer to help regularly.