The Squawkbox: Feb. 11, 2018

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Lesson learned. Have some faith in the person you raised and don’t be so quick to rush to judgment. Emotions can cloud your ability to think.

You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment when you know that you just aren’t going to do anything productive for the rest of the day.

The documented facts in respect to the School Board are: (1) In 2000, the board passed a $20 million bond for which the final payments will be made in two years. The bond covered some financial mistakes. (2) The recent passage of the $35 million bond was to cover anticipated repairs with no contractor’s explanation. (3) You are and have been taxed at one of the highest millage rates in Georgia. (4) At least 25 percent of our tax digest is exempt.

The Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage. The Republican Congress was scared to legislate it.

Why are acorns called acorns? Shouldn’t they be called oak nuts? Or, should an oak tree be called an acorn tree?

Obama is visiting 11 states in the U.S., spending over $11 million dollars to buy illegal votes for mid-term elections.

Actually, I’m not complaining because I am a Senager. (Senior teenager). I have everything that I wanted as a teenager, only 60 years later. I don’t have to go to school or work. I get an allowance every month. I have my own pad. I don’t have a curfew. I have a driver’s license and my own car. The people I hang around with are not scared of getting pregnant. And I don’t have acne. Life is great.

A New York high school cancels a musical because a white girl earned the lead role. I thought the African Americans were trying to end racism in America.

No big deal about the Dow Jones plunge. For as long as I remember it has gone up and down like a roller coaster and probably will until the world comes to an end.

The squawker may not see Trump lying, but I hear him lying almost every day. About anything and everything.

How many #METOO lawsuits will be coming out of prisons for failure to protect inmates from each other’s sexual assault?

I’m 83 years old, live alone in a well-insulated 912-square-foot brick cottage with central heat and air. Never had reason enough to complain about my utility bill until today. It jumped from $250 last month to $402 today. I know we had a cold month, but are we getting gouged? Now that the esteemed city council has a finger in the pie, this stinks.

Trump reminds me of a kid on the playground that grabs the toy the kids are playing with and threatens to smash it if the other kids don’t play by his made-up rules. He didn’t have to end DACA; he did it to gain negotiating advantage. Is that his “art of the deal?” Sad.

Is anyone but me tired of seeing TV commercials repeated over and over? There must be a point of diminishing returns that requires a new commercial be made.

Now you can blame Obama’s policies for the Dow Jones dropping.