Monthly Archives: October 2011

T-31, Out of Service… Job Well Done

Posted on October 27, 2011 by metrospirit

As I lay fingers to keys at this moment, I have no idea what was going through the mind of Christopher Hodges last Saturday night when he decided to use the Gordon Highway as his own personal shooting gallery. The…

National Media’s Dishonesty on Taxes

Posted on October 20, 2011 by metrospirit

I am beginning to think there is simply no other way to describe the misdirection and obfuscation seen in so much of the reporting on alternatives to our current income tax system than to call it fabrication and con artistry.…

Occupy Augusta Stumbling Out of the Block

Posted on October 13, 2011 by metrospirit

I read with a grin the opening “manifesto” of Augusta’s fledgling Occupy protest group, which is apparently coming soon to an open field somewhere near you. The following is the 13-point summation of what they call, and this is a…

The Must-See Film of the Year

Posted on October 6, 2011 by metrospirit

This past Tuesday night, as part of the ongoing Westobou celebration, the Augusta Library premiered a 20-minute documentary put together by Augusta native Hodges Usry on a little-known group of civil rights protesters hailing from Paine College (circa 1960) called…