Monthly Archives: March 2012

What a Web

Posted on March 15, 2012 by metrospirit
You’ve got to love technology. Not only is it a tool that broadens our boundaries to truly outrageous proportions, but it allows us to make sense of the world around us. Take the free Google translator. Without it, we never…
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Neal Down Saga Picks Up Speed

Posted on March 15, 2012 by metrospirit
Rumor has it that the grand jury that handed down the indictment on Joe Neal, Jr. and his former wife Caroline Caldwell had a difference of opinion drawn along racial lines when it came to the charges of rape of…
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Even from Rush, God Don’t Like Ugly

Posted on March 8, 2012 by metrospirit
by Austin Rhodes I am adopting a new theory on this whole Rush Limbaugh/Sandra Fluke mess. But first, a few important words from our sponsor… In the event you have been on the Moon and missed the mess, America’s No. 1…
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Looking Ahead: Obama 2.0

Posted on March 8, 2012 by metrospirit
As you’re reading this, it’s a couple of days removed from Super Tuesday. As I’m writing this, Super Tuesday hasn’t happened yet, so based on the trajectory of the GOP primary season so far, I’m going to guess that one…
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Faulty System

Posted on March 8, 2012 by metrospirit
Though news leaked out Monday regarding a city investigation into time fraud at the Recreation, Parks and Facilities Department, insiders are reporting that time fraud is just the tip of a very large and very dirty iceberg. The Insider has…
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You’ve Been Played

Posted on March 8, 2012 by metrospirit
The whole thing was calculated, well played and ultimately successful. Rush Limbaugh’s ploy to get back in the national spotlight worked perfectly last week, when the syndicated right wing political talk show host publically made fun of Georgetown law student…
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Neals Indicted

Posted on March 8, 2012 by metrospirit
Former Summerville Neighborhood Association President Joe Neal Jr. and his wife, Caroline Caldwell Neal, have been indicted on charges that they raped their 18-year-old babysitter. Neal, who is 43, twice filed for divorce against Caroline Caldwell Neal, who is 23,…
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Local GOP Power Grab Indefensible

Posted on March 1, 2012 by metrospirit
by Austin Rhodes As a veteran of this area’s extremely lopsided political wars of the last 47 years (my entire life), I know what it feels like to have “the other side” lie, cheat, and steal in an effort to…
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The 2012 Oscars: A Projected Recap

Posted on March 1, 2012 by metrospirit
The Metro Spirit’s print schedule sometimes throws a wrench in my editorial plans. As I write this, we’re roughly 48 hours away from the Academy Awards (or, if we’re being specific, 48 hours away from Joan Rivers screeching about peep-toe…
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Operation Smoke Screen Clears the Air

Posted on March 1, 2012 by metrospirit
Odds are that we’re going to be talking about Operation Smoke Screen the way we now talk about Augusta Ink, the undercover sting that garnered nationwide attention for the way deputies and agents used a Tobacco Road tattoo parlor to…
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