I’ve lived in northeast Georgia all of my life.  My congressional district is the Georgia ninth.  According to the Cook Partisan Voting Index, my district is the third most conservative in the nation.  I’m nearly 46 years old, and the northeast part of Georgia has been very conservative for a long time.  Of course, I would have it no other way. That being said, I’ve never been much of a fan of the Confederate battle flag.  I’ve never purchased an item – t-shirt, bumper sticker, car tag, and so on – emblazoned with the flag.  And as far as I can remember, I’ve never displayed it at any time or at any place on my personal property. I recall once during my later teenage years, or perhaps my early twenties, while an undergraduate student, and while working on the landscaping crew at an upscale area golf course, I vocally expressed my disdain for the Confederate battle flag.  It was not unusual to see pickup...(Read Full Post)