Faith The Company We Keep, the Legacy We Leave admin, September 15, 2025September 15, 2025 Pull up a chair. The sweet tea’s cold. Faith • Family • September 15, 2025 By Dean Burnette – Georgia clay on my boots, gratitude in my heart I don’t want to post a political persuasion targeted at a specific group of people, so I won’t write anything that…
Politics When Faith Meets Politics: What Kind of Representative Do We Really Want? admin, September 5, 2025September 5, 2025 When Faith Meets Politics: What Kind of Representative Do We Really Want? A Southern Fried Thought on Character, Conviction, and Kandiss Taylor Well now, pull up a chair. I’ve been stirring a thought around in my head all morning, and it’s got more kick to it than a pot of…
The People’s Champion: Kandiss Taylor for Congress admin, August 24, 2025August 24, 2025 The People’s Champion: Kandiss Taylor for Congress By Dean Burnette | August 24, 2025 Pull up a chair, friends. This one’s worth your time A Story Worth Telling I’ve lived long enough in the South to know a real story when I see one. Kandiss Taylor’s is one of those…
General Who is the Federal Reserve, and Who Are They Working For? admin, August 3, 2025August 3, 2025 The Federal Reserve: Who Holds America’s Purse Strings (And Why It Matters) A Bank Like No Other Picture this: a mighty oak door creaks open in a stately marble building. Inside, a handful of folks in tailored suits shuffle papers and sip coffee while deciding how much it’ll…
Politics DEI: When Good Intentions Meet Questionable Results – A Southern Perspective on Modern “Equity” admin, July 29, 2025July 29, 2025 July 29th, 2025 Well now, bless their hearts, I just read about a gathering down in Savannah where folks were singing the praises of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs. Now, before y’all start reaching for your smelling salts, let me be clear as sweet tea on a summer day –…
Politics A Call to Unity: Standing Strong Division within the Georgia GOP admin, July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 By Dean Burnette | Southern Fried Thoughts July 22, 2025 — Y’all, something’s been weighing heavy on my heart. I got a postcard in the mail from something called Cross For Georgia, making some mighty serious accusations about our state GOP leadership. At first glance, it…
My Old Facebook Posts Savannah’s Horses, Political Posturing, and a Side of Cold Water: My Southern Fried Take admin, July 8, 2025July 8, 2025 (A Southern Fried Thoughts Post by Dean Burnette) Well now, Savannah, Georgia. There ain’t many places on God’s green earth that capture the soul of the South quite like her. Moss-draped oaks, history whispering on the breeze, and yes, those beautiful horse-drawn carriages clip-clopping down cobblestone streets, a living postcard…
Politics The Founders’ Gamble: How America’s 249th Birthday Proves the Old Boys Were Right All Along admin, July 4, 2025July 4, 2025 A Southern Perspective on Why Thomas Jefferson Would Be Grinning Like a Possum Eating Sweet Potato Pie Author: Dean Burnette Date: July 4, 2025 Well, folks, happy birthday to the grand old lady herself. Two hundred and forty-nine years old and still the prettiest girl at the dance. As the…
Politics The Truth About -isms: Why Americans Know Exactly What They’re Rejecting admin, June 28, 2025June 28, 2025 Posted in Politics | By Dean Burnette Well now, my friend David done stirred up something fiercer than a hornet’s nest at a church picnic with his recent Facebook observations. He’s got some thoughts about why folks like Zohran Mamdani and Bernie Sanders ought to quit calling themselves socialists if…
Politics When Pigs Wrestle admin, June 16, 2025June 16, 2025 How to Spot the Mean-Spirited Politics That Ain’t Worth Your Time Posted in Politics • By Dean Burnette Well now, friends, I’ve been chewing on something like a hound dog with a tough bone, and I reckon it’s time to spit it out. After attending our recent Georgia GOP State…