But wait! The county web site directed me to the Republic Services of Atlanta site. There, I learn that BFI is a subsidiary of Republic, but so is Robertson Sanitation, my hauler (and apparently the hauler of choice on my street). My guess is that nothing much will change for me and the neighbors; we will continue to use our Robertson cans.

I also learn, however, that our new pickup day is not today but Tuesday, five days away. I guess that I will be dragging my can outside to drag my can to the back of the house until next week.

If you have no idea what is supposed to happen on your usual trash day, start your search for the truth at the county site.

If private ownership, entrepreneurship and free enterprise are no longer cherished characteristics of our country to be jealously guarded and defended at all costs, then any form of government interference is plausible.

Using Kevin Perry’s (Exec Director of the Georgia Beverage Association) logic, it is perfectly all right to expand a “progressive” government program to achieve a societal goal to which we are “truly committed.”

For example, thousands of children are born to unwed, teenage black girls every year, despite the fact that the abortion rate for black women is nearly three times the rate of white women. These children and their mothers often find themselves on public welfare. The cost to society is measured in the billions of dollars, not to mention the cost to the black culture in terms of the damage to the traditional family.

If we are truly committed to reducing the number of children born to unqualified black mothers, we need to institute and continue to expand progressive government programs…. like forced, government-paid abortion for black teenage girls; mandatory tubal ligation for a second and subsequent unwed pregnancy; mandatory DNA testing to establish fatherhood and prison for black men who fail to support their children; mandatory vasectomies for repeat offenders; and the removal of children from mothers on public assistance.

After all, freedom is such an outdated concept….

If we are truly committed to reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills and increasing the amount of recycling in Georgia, Perry said, we need to continue expanding progressive recycling programs like Gwinnett’s across the state.

Must-do recycling has fans | ajc.com