By jim smith

August 29, 2007 7:36 AM | Link to this

If I win the jackpot, I am going to put it in a trust fund for my dog.

By Ms. V

August 29, 2007 7:36 AM | Link to this

I would immediately leave my job. Give my 10% to my church, take care of my family, buy a new home for everyone in my family and then travel and enjoy my life.

By Ms. V

August 29, 2007 7:36 AM | Link to this

I would immediately leave my job. Give my 10% to my church, take care of my family, buy a new home for everyone in my family and then travel and enjoy my life.

By Here We Go

August 29, 2007 7:37 AM | Link to this

What would I do if I won?

I would put sidewalks inside every subdivision throughout DeKalb County. To many brand new subdivisions are being built without sidewalks.

By jim

August 29, 2007 7:37 AM | Link to this

i would pay off any debts that i have, also pay my moms debts off, put up money for my sisters for college, give a large sum to god through tithes and offering, buy my mom a house and a new car, and while im at it, ill by myself a new car..

By JLM

August 29, 2007 7:41 AM | Link to this

What if I won? I feel I have better odds at winning if, when purchasing the ticket, I announce that I live in a trailer and wouldn’t quit my job. In all honesty, I don’t know that I would call my job to say I’m quitting!

By Filster

August 29, 2007 7:41 AM | Link to this

I know everyone will think I’m full of it, but after setting up trusts for my family and ensuring that their futures are secure, albeit still modest. I would spend the majority of the winnings setting up trusts for charities and organizations that provide food and safety for children, families in abusive situations, and education. But first I’d tithe with the specific conditions that the money would not be used for such things as a new organ, new robes for the choir, retreats, etc. The money would have to be used 100% to spread God’s word and try as bring as many people to know God as possible. And yes, if I win and my true identity becomes known, y’all can bounce what I do with the money against what I said in this vent. I mean seriously folks, almost 1/3 of a BILLION dollars are at stake. How many cars, houses, boats, etc. do you need? Instead, think of how many lives you could touch. While it won’t make the entire world a better place, it sure can for at least a few people, and if that’s not a worthy cause then I don’t know what is.

By itsme

August 29, 2007 7:41 AM | Link to this

I would never worry about my family not having health insurance again.

By Dollar Menu-naire

August 29, 2007 7:42 AM | Link to this

Since I would instantly become a dollar menu-naire, I guess I’d go and purchase something from the McDollar menu.

By MARV

August 29, 2007 7:43 AM | Link to this

The first thing is get a lawyer and good financial advisor and then move out of Georgia and live in a normal state.

By marcusturner

August 29, 2007 7:45 AM | Link to this

i would pay child support up to date, so i could get my license back,so i can find a job, since these white people who make these stupid laws, that says, OK we’re gonna suspend your Driver’s License cause you aint paying your child support. so what we’re gonna do is since you lost your job, and havent found one yet. we’re gonna keep you from driving your car, so you cant find a job. so we can come lock you up.. Brillant

By JLM

August 29, 2007 7:46 AM | Link to this

Oh! And I would pay Couric to STAY in Iraq!

By Chris

August 29, 2007 7:46 AM | Link to this

I would invest all of it in safe, income-producing financial instruments. I would live off of the resulting income while pursuing art, music, literature, and travel. The bulk of the income would go to a foundation to fight kidney disease and to support those who suffer from it. I would not give 10 percent to a fictitious desert deity invented by Middle Eastern nomads.

By Amanda

August 29, 2007 7:47 AM | Link to this

If I won I would pay off all my debt and my families debt. Give to my church, set up a scholarship fund, annonymously give to families in need, quit my job, work PT or volunteer somewhere since money wouldn’t be an issue. I would also give to local dog rescue groups in Atlanta. Travel.

By Redd

August 29, 2007 7:47 AM | Link to this

I would pay Arthur Blank his 22 million that the Falcons claim Mike Vick owes them. Free MV7

By The Murf

August 29, 2007 7:48 AM | Link to this

I’d buy this paper then shut it down.

By anne

August 29, 2007 7:48 AM | Link to this

Assuming I don’t drop dead from a heart attack, the first thing I would do is hire an attorney and financial advisor. Then I would buy 25 acres of land and build five houses for my parents and siblings (we would be neighbors). Each house would sit on five acres of land. I would give my parents and siblings three million dollars each, put 15 million in a trust for my two children and give 10 million to various charities (Make-A-Wish, Carrie Steele-Pitts Home, Sickle Cell Anemia).

By Rita

August 29, 2007 7:48 AM | Link to this

I would give Grady Hospital 3 million pay off all my family members homes as well as mine. Buy a house in the mountains and on the beach, buy my husband a porsche, take care of momma & daddy & travel until my heart is content.

By biggus

August 29, 2007 7:49 AM | Link to this

Easy question…. Pay off ALL taxes 10% to God Give each family member a Million each and say “no more…until I die”… Buy a big ranch…..fence it in and start a wildlife rehab center AND raise and sell buffalo (bison)to Ted Turner while traveling whenever I want, wherever I want.

By GaLiberal

August 29, 2007 7:50 AM | Link to this

I’d call J. D. Wentworth. It’s my money and I need it.

By meagain

August 29, 2007 7:55 AM | Link to this

i would hire a lawyer to sue the State of GA who make laws that imprison men inside there home until there courtdate so they can imprison them in jail because they couldnt find a job quick enough. suspend there DL so they cant drive, so they cant go no where, daring you to drive so then you can get stopped by the police and get locked up that way. What a great STate i live in, and im from here.

By Dave

August 29, 2007 7:56 AM | Link to this

In order: pay taxes, pay off loans, get some much needed dental work.

Then I would buy an annuity and live off the interest from that annuity. Set up a trust for my immediate family, then spend my time gardening, studying and traveling.

By Carbon Footprint

August 29, 2007 7:57 AM | Link to this

I’d give one dollar to every single american in order to show why the american dream is nonsense.

Do you people realize that if every american made a million dollars this year we would have a 300 trillion dollar economy? (there isn’t that much money in FEMA contracts to not rebuild houses, nor in no-bid halliburton contracts to not rebuild Iraq)

See the problem with the american dream? It means there has to be 90 percent poor little people who are working slaves so that leona helmsley can steam clean her gravestones and pamper her beneficiary/dog.

Mutiny much? I’ve had it. How about you good folks? If there ever was a moral mandate for a death tax it’s Helmsley. I’d throw in an ugly tax on her smirking countenance too.

I say we take our country back.

Hillary 08.

We’ve got a country to save and a world to convince.

By J.T.

August 29, 2007 7:57 AM | Link to this

I’d finally celebrate my birthday on MTV’s Sweet 16 serve Jr. Bacon Cheeseburgers to my guests and buy myself a brand new 2007 Kia Sophia.

By Nope

August 29, 2007 7:58 AM | Link to this

Spend some, save some, give some away.

By Roy

August 29, 2007 7:59 AM | Link to this

20% for church, charties that feed the hungry, help the poor, help children etc. Provide for my family members. Then I would help Mike Huckabee become president. He is the right man at the right time for America.

By kgm

August 29, 2007 8:03 AM | Link to this

The first thing that I would do is to keep quiet about my winnings. I would then consult the advice of an attorney and a financial advisor. I would try not to have my legal name and picture released into the press as the last thing that I want is for everyone to know that I’d won. But…I’d pay off my debts, my roommates debts, probably get a townhome somewhere and finish school for starters.

By Trent

August 29, 2007 8:05 AM | Link to this

FIRST, I would NOT “blow it”. I would give a Tithe and Offering to my church, several other worthy causes, pay off ALL of my debt, give generous gifts to my Father and siblings, turn in my 2 weeks notice to my job, return to school, save, invest, travel, etc., etc….

By JJ

August 29, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this

Jim, that was kinda of funny. Just read the article and I cant believe that woman left $12 million to her DOG!!! Anyway, okay, I would go away somewhere and concentrate/pray about what to do, pay 10% tithes to church, quit my job…both of them in an elaborate way, set-up scholarships/grants for school, help family & friends(but I would have to think of a way to keep it a secret), travel, eat at all types of restaurants, buy a home with everything I want in it, hire a chef (sick of cooking), finally get all of my dental work done, exercise more (would have time, since I wouldn’t be working), finish my BA Degree, organize my own business/foundation for low income families/single mother’s (still thinking on it), pay for my daughter’s college education, pay off bills, save/invest. That’s just a few things…as you can read, I’ve thought about it…a little!

By Terri

August 29, 2007 8:12 AM | Link to this

Who, in their right mind, would give two weeks notice to an employer when they are sitting on millions of dollars? Not me. I would send them a postcard from Hawaii.

By Skipjack

August 29, 2007 8:13 AM | Link to this

I may buy a new car and a small vacation home, donate a lot of it, but, other than that, probably not much.

Unlike many of the folks on this blog, I’m happy with my life, love my job, and secure financially. During the past week on the way home from work I tried to figure out what I would do with the money and there weren’t many things I wanted.

As I read these posts, one thing I would buy are some basic English lessons for some of the posters.

By PJ

August 29, 2007 8:16 AM | Link to this

Standard stuff - attorney, financial advisor, get out of debt, take care of family, buy a home, and then I would buy a Roadtrek recreational van. I would map out the top 500 golf courses across the US and play golf every other day.

By cursive

August 29, 2007 8:16 AM | Link to this

I’d see how quickly I could blow it all on cheap women and booze.

By BlackAirForce

August 29, 2007 8:16 AM | Link to this

I would move to Jamaica and lite-up with the Rastas!

By Elizabeth

August 29, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

I would meet with my money manager and attorney, set up trust funds for family members and charities and leave Georgia.

By Bruce

August 29, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

I would rent a private jet. Fly to Las Vegas. Walk in to casino and then stroll up to the roulette table…and put it all on red. Win….double my money and fly back to Atlanta.

By Sue

August 29, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

I would give 10% to my church, pay off all of my debts, put enough aside to retire, establish scholarship funds for my kids, quit my job and then start traveling.

By JJ

August 29, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

The usual take care of the family, get the kids all in college, buy real estate, then take a cruise around the world.

However, WHEN I win all this money, I will give a large chunk to Gwinnett County schools, and purchase all school supplies for every single student!!!!

By Grocery Store Employee

August 29, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

All you idiots are f*ing stupid!!! Some of you are spending nearly $200 on lottery tickets, I have seen it!!! YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WIN THE LOTTERY!!!! YOU ARE WASTING MONEY!!! YOU ARE STUPID!!!

By Becky

August 29, 2007 8:18 AM | Link to this

Pay of the debts that I owe now. Give some of my family memeber’s new houses. Only some, because 2-3 of them would sell (or give away) for drugs..Set up a trust fund for the children in my family.. Put money in an interest bearig account for me & my husband..Find a needy family & help them out..Then buy some property & build a home on it..Buy a travel home & travel for as long as I wanted, then settle down..

By You Know Who

August 29, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this

I’d get a divorce.

By Raymon King

August 29, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this

If I recovered from the excitement, I would TCB, Paper-Doll from my job, pay up back tithes and offerings, reconsider my previous positions of the poor and needy and be nicer to more of them before I disappear alone.

By SP

August 29, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

The first thing I would do is set up a foundation that would fly people like Carbon Footprint out of the U.S. to any socialist/communist country they desire so that they can truly understand what this country is all about. Maybe then these idiots would understand what true poverty and oppression really is.

Then I would party like there’s no tomorrow.

By Ookie

August 29, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

I’d get some property in Va. and set my crew up in an illegal gambling / dog fighting operation.

By jp

August 29, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this

I’d be the first person to appear live on Fox 5….holding a piece of paper and saying,”The following is a list of people who can kiss my rich white butt”!!

By Keith

August 29, 2007 8:22 AM | Link to this

I win a dollar every time I don’t buy a ticket

By mitch

August 29, 2007 8:24 AM | Link to this

I would renovate my trailer with new furnisher and buy new tires for my camero. Then get my wive tooth fixed and build a new shed for my new bass boat.

By cursive

August 29, 2007 8:26 AM | Link to this

I’d see how quickly I could blow it all on cheap women and booze.

By DBH 1

August 29, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

Any thing I want to, but mostly play the guitar.

By linda johnson

August 29, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

WHEN I WIN THE LOTTERY BIG THE FIRST THING I WILL DO IS BUILD MY MOTHER A HOME OF HER OWN,SHE IS 65 YRS OLD AND HAVE NEVER HAD A HOME THAT SHE OWN ,ONCE SHE IS HAPPY THEN ITS ON.THAT WHAT I WOULD DO,WATCH THE HAPPINESS GLOW IN HER LIFE ,SHE DESERVE MORE THAN THAT.

By KB

August 29, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this

Be a greedy selfish b******* like all the other hypocrites in here… god doesn’t need anymore $. then id fart the star spangled banner and while moving to New Zealand.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 8:30 AM | Link to this

I would become a bishop so I could beat my wife and blame it on Satan. I would also set up a dog fighting operation, get caught, and then find God before my impending rape in jail. Last, I would become a vigilante, shooting any person with their pants below their butts. These morons don’t deserve to live, do they?

Really, I would give 10% to anti-church, pro-choice, and pro-common sense organizations to fight hypocrisy and the moral morons. The other 90%, I would use for bail for my many arrests from trying to pick up guys in airport bathrooms. Wait, I would have to use some of that money to prove I’m not gay.

By Jay

August 29, 2007 8:32 AM | Link to this

SP…..ha! ha that was funny…..”Carbon Footprint” you may need to loosen your wrist protectors while drinking the Hillary kool-aid!

By Brian

August 29, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

If I won, I would do several things:

1) Buy our own home, or maybe even build one, so we can STOP RENTING! 2) Pay off the mortages for all of my close friends and family. 3) Set up an account at a local mechanic that I trust so that all of our friends and family can go there to have any work done they need and it all be paid on my account. 4) Build a Boys & Girls Club in Lilburn, GA.

By Ms. Michelle

August 29, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this

After leaving the lottery office with my Mom; i would give at 25% to my church, send a messenger down to my job to pick up all my personal items, as well as hand deliver a letter to my boss stating I will not be returning to work My Mom & I would stay at a very, very nice hotel while our new home is being built; we’ll give our old home to a family friend along with the deed showing it’s been paid off; We would really help a several family members, i’d set up college funds for all my God-Brothers, and some of my God-Children. I’d be very generous to some of my close friends I would have a Homeless Shelter built like a Hotel, give some to Aids Foundation & American Heart Assn After doing all this i’d sit back relax, enjoy life, and if there’s someone else for me to bless i would seek guidance in God. Have a blessed day everyone!

By mg

August 29, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this

i tell you what i’d do, man - two girls at once.

By Vcatron

August 29, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

1. Learn to say NO to requests for money from “family and friends”.
2. Put the principal into a trust fund and live off the interest.
3. Set up a foundation funding college education for adults returning to college.

By mg

August 29, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

i tell you what i’d do, man - two girls at once.

By Brian

August 29, 2007 8:37 AM | Link to this

If I won the lottery, some things I would do are:

1) Buy or build a house so we can STOP RENTING! 2) Pay off the mortages of all my close friends and family. 3) Set up an account at a local mechanic I trust so that all of my friends and family can go there to get ANY work done ANYTIME they need to at no cost to them. 4) Build a Boys & Girls Club in Lilburn. 5) Still use my BOGO Free coupons at Frontera…but order Diet Coke EVERYTIME, instead of water :-)

By Mike W

August 29, 2007 8:41 AM | Link to this

I’d move far far far away from Atlanta.

By young

August 29, 2007 8:41 AM | Link to this

I would pay my 10% to the church. I would pay M.Vick’s 22M debt to the Falcons (at least that’s what they say he owes). Then I would move to a nudist colony & live fancy free (of course after a I get a nip/tuck here and there)

By Mike W

August 29, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

I’d move far far far away from Atlanta.

By dobearsbare

August 29, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

Family debts — check Trust funds for my children — check Mercedes G500 — Check Set up a charitable foundation — check Send my kids and their friends to private school — check. Then, it gets fun. Get a truckload of cash and go knocking on doors in my neighborhood. Anyone who will tell me how much they owe on their house, I’ll give them that amount of money. In cash. Strike that. Just go around handing out money in the amount of the average home value in the neighborhood. I guess at some point I’d have to go see the mouse. Buy my brother’s favorite car, put $500k in the trunk and drive it to Texas where he lives. Just show up in his driveway. Buy Oprah a car. Not. Learn to fly. Get a pilot’s license. Get a plane. Move to the south of France and party with the beautiful people.

By mike

August 29, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

Cloth the poor and feed the hungry… Also, hide from the gold diggers.

By Exsquid

August 29, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this

First, I’d celebrate with a fine dinner of liver and onions. Then I’d buy a solid gold toilet.

By Tony

August 29, 2007 8:50 AM | Link to this

I would pursue my dream of starting an orphanage

By John C. Snider

August 29, 2007 8:50 AM | Link to this

Well, I sure as hell wouldn’t waste any of my newly won earnings on some lousy church. I would pay off what little debts we have, buy a nicer house, maybe a getaway in the mountains somewhere. Then devote my time to the leisure and cultural projects I seem to have so little time for now…

By arice

August 29, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

I would get a lawyer, accountant, financial advisor, and a team of vets to nurse all of Micheal Vick’ dog back to health and open up a ranch where ALL stray and abandoned animals can live their days in an enclosed concete free environment. Cats, dogs, birds, monkeys and let mike vick work there a long as he does not schedule anymore late night illegal operations.

By DA

August 29, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

i wood buy me a rock n smoke it

By cathy lee

August 29, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

as broke as i am now i probably would be scared to spend a dime !

By diana

August 29, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

If I won, at that point I wouldn’t know what to do, but 1st give 10% to my church, then live my life as I do now, I do know men would be flocking to me more than a bunch of bees to honey, (they would just flock)money ain’t everything. really I can’t think

By Mr. Wamu

August 29, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

…cause chicks dig dudes with money.

If I won the lottery… 1. Give to my church 2. Pay off my debts 3. Give to the two charities I work
with 4. Buy a house 5. Give equal amounts to my family 6. Save, save, save 7. Then go buy my Aston Martin I know I wouldn’t quit my job b/c I acutally like what I do, plus I can’t sit around doing nothing for the next 30 someodd years.

By Mr. Wamu

August 29, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this

…cause chicks dig dudes with money.

If I won the lottery… 1. Give to my church 2. Pay off my debts 3. Give to the two charities I work
with 4. Buy a house 5. Give equal amounts to my family 6. Save, save, save 7. Then go buy my Aston Martin I know I wouldn’t quit my job b/c I acutally like what I do, plus I can’t sit around doing nothing for the next 30 someodd years.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 8:59 AM | Link to this

It’s funny to me that all of you would give 10% to a church. The last church I went to denounced the lottery. Don’t you think they would take the money from my lottery winnings in a heartbeat? Isn’t that hypocritical? I would move as far away from the wasteland of Georgia and enjoy life away from thugs, rednecks, and church freaks.

By Linda

August 29, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this

I would take care of my family, dearest friends and give to charity. I would also show Micheal Vick how to be a smart millionaire.

By Sandra Burch

August 29, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this

First I would drop down on my knees and give thanks to God. Pay my tithes and offerings, clear up my credit debt,pay for my children and grandchildrens college tuition, give my immediate family members a portion and my two best friends for over 15 years that have struggled like me because of lack of support from the fathers. Donate money to a few mothers that have gone thru what I have as far as trying to tough things out on your own without help from the non custodial parent or the justice system. I would be happy just to see my children could finally have the things in life the so very well deserve. I have a wonderful family.

By Sandra Burch

August 29, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

First I would drop down on my knees and give thanks to God. Pay my tithes and offerings, clear up my credit debt,pay for my children and grandchildrens college tuition, give my immediate family members a portion and my two best friends for over 15 years that have struggled like me because of lack of support from the fathers. Donate money to a few mothers that have gone thru what I have as far as trying to tough things out on your own without help from the non custodial parent or the justice system. I would be happy just to see my children could finally have the things in life the so very well deserve. I have a wonderful family.

By Sandra Burch

August 29, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

First I would drop down on my knees and give thanks to God. Pay my tithes and offerings, clear up my credit debt,pay for my children and grandchildrens college tuition, give my immediate family members a portion and my two best friends for over 15 years that have struggled like me because of lack of support from the fathers. Donate money to a few mothers that have gone thru what I have as far as trying to tough things out on your own without help from the non custodial parent or the justice system. I would be happy just to see my children could finally have the things in life the so very well deserve. I have a wonderful family.

By Sandra Burch

August 29, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

First I would drop down on my knees and give thanks to God. Pay my tithes and offerings, clear up my credit debt,pay for my children and grandchildrens college tuition, give my immediate family members a portion and my two best friends for over 15 years that have struggled like me because of lack of support from the fathers. Donate money to a few mothers that have gone thru what I have as far as trying to tough things out on your own without help from the non custodial parent or the justice system. I would be happy just to see my children could finally have the things in life the so very well deserve. I have a wonderful family.

By Sandra Burch

August 29, 2007 9:02 AM | Link to this

First I would drop down on my knees and give thanks to God. Pay my tithes and offerings, clear up my credit debt,pay for my children and grandchildrens college tuition, give my immediate family members a portion and my two best friends for over 15 years that have struggled like me because of lack of support from the fathers. Donate money to a few mothers that have gone thru what I have as far as trying to tough things out on your own without help from the non custodial parent or the justice system. I would be happy just to see my children could finally have the things in life the so very well deserve. I have a wonderful family.

By Thalia

August 29, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this

I’d immediately meet with my financial advisors and set up a revocable living trust. Then I’d claim the ticket in the name of the trust so no one would know who I am. A large chunk of my money would be placed in secure investments, like government backed annuities or something like that.

I’d give 10% to my church back home and my church here—with the stipulation that the monies have to be used to help church members in need—via scholarship, assistance fund, etc.

Next, I’d tell my lender where they could go as I pay my mortgage off in full. I’d then buy the other 4 townhouses on my block that are in foreclosure—I’d purchase them at their appraised value so my neighbors wouldn’t lose any more of their property value. I’d then lease purchase them to the honest people being squeezed out of the ‘American Dream’ thanks to those subprime lending snakes.

I’d set up a non-profit organization with a group of friends—we are currently getting our graduate degrees in education and we are always talking about what we’d change if we could. Our non-profit would open a charter school in the neighborhood I taught in when I first began teaching (city of Atlanta neighborhood).

I’d pay off the student loans of my sister, mother, and myself…go purchase a home in the best public school feeder pattern in the metro that we could realistically afford on our current salaries (currently low six figures), and continue to live low key as if we never won 325 million.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 9:06 AM | Link to this

Dear Morons,

You really think God cares about the lottery? There are people killed daily in Iraq, Darfur, and Somalia and you have the balls think he cares about your lottery win? That’s just ignorant! Hey, if any of you guys win, you can have real friends and not depend on invisible mythical characters to talk to.

By Jojo

August 29, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Lie in a million dollar pile of cash and roll around in naked bliss.

By Hound Dog mom

August 29, 2007 9:10 AM | Link to this

If I won the Mega Millions jackpot, I would: pay the taxes, give 10% or more to my little country church, tell my husband to retire from his post office job and then buy him a backhoe, trackhoe, bulldozer, and a big tractor to have fun with, buy my son a fully restored General Lee Dodge Charger, my daughter a vintage Ford Thunderbird, my son-in-law the Corvette of his choice and then I would sit back and watch them enjoy their new toys. I would not quit my job; I would be bored; you can only watch so much TV. Hey, its fun to dream about winning and its free to dream.

By Jokurone

August 29, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

buy me some high maintenance women 2-3 or so then leave on a never ending tour of the coolest places in the world. also buy a ticket to go to the space station.

By priest

August 29, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

i would take care of my entire family, and open a massive animal shelter where they would either be adopted or conitue to live at the shelter. no putting them to sleep.

By Darrell (of blackthen.com)

August 29, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

1. Wherever I am when I get the news, I get on my knees and thank the Lord God for His kindness and favor. Even if I’m in my car at the time, I pull over, get out and get on my knees right then and there.

2. Call my 68-year old mother and tell her she can now quit her job as a high school cafeteria worker and give her give her body a rest for however many years the Lord may have planned for her on this earth.

3. Call my sister and tell her she can quit her underpaid job at the Fulton County Tax Commissioners Office.

4. Call my manager and put in my two weeks notice. (Rich or not, you should still do things the right way.)

5. Hire an attorney, a tax advisor and a chef (to cook for the invitation-only party I’m gonna throw.)

By Tilla

August 29, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this

If I won the Jackpot, I would give to God first, pay off any debts I owe. Buy a house and car. Take some time off and travel, have always wanted to go to Hawaii. Devote time to going back to school and getting my degrees. Helping my family (of course). Just try to live a better life.

By who de who

August 29, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this

I would FREE Mike Vick and start a all Black Football team…

By Dooley DAWG

August 29, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

I’D PAY $5 Million to GET RID OF MICHAEL ADAMS —

F**K Mike Adams!

Go Dawgs!

By Mo&Rysmom

August 29, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this

If I won the lottery, I would give to God first and foremost..then definitely QUIT my job… I would treat my entire office to a catered lunch for a couple of weeks. I would set up trust funds for my kids and my niece and my god son but they must go to college. Then I would provide decent housing for all of my family. Probably take a chartered bus to Disney for a couple weeks all expenses paid. I guess we could fly though considering… the rest I would invest and live modestly in a nice home somewhere outside of Georgia. Somehow I dont think winning 300 plus million would ease my traffic woes in Atlanta.

By Brutally Honest

August 29, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

I’d quit my job because it’s immoral to take income away from someone who really NEEDS a job. I’d buy a nice house & better car, hire a maid, help my family & give to WORTHY causes, like animal charities & medical research. My taxes have already been supporting the lazy poor but I WOULD spend some of the money to deport them to prison camps where they can work off all the money they ripped off me for years. Anyone who gives to churches is crazy, they are the most hypocritical, money-grubbing slime around! I’d be very discreet about my change in fortune, as I don’t want a legion of filthy crackheads approaching me with their diseased hands out. If they tried, I’d have them arrested.

By Eric R. Simmons

August 29, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

To All that would buy houses, My name is Eric Simmons I am a realtor and my number is 706-537-2203. Let me know when you win, and we will get to work.

By Tha Dude

August 29, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

If I won the lottery, I’d spend half of my winnings on wine, women, and song. I’d probably waste the other half.

By Rob

August 29, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

I agree 100% with Filster

By Brent

August 29, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

I would make sure Rudy won the election in 2008, and that any of the Democrats espcially Hillary or Obama lost. I’d hate to know how messed up our country would be with either of those two in office. Also I wouldn’t do anything for the rest of mylife.

By Quinn The Eskimo

August 29, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

Spend most of it on strippers and beer. The rest I would waste.

By Jeff

August 29, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

Take care of some favorite charities like battered women with children shelters, animal rescue shelters and education scholarships. Pay all my bills and my family’s and friend’s bills & mortgages, get everyone above water. Find the best ski instructor I can and get my skiing up to par. Learn to skydive and buy a Birdman suit and “fly” through the Alps. Live every day like it’s my last basically.

By Becky

August 29, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Bishop Thug, how right you are about the churches..I think there are other people or groups that need, that will actually be grateful for donations..As for a 2 week notice, NOT..They don’t give you a 2 week notice that they are going to fire you do they? Eric, I only want to buy property, can we work on that?

By Jones

August 29, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

I’d buy the Braves. Rename the stadium Barry Bonds Field.

By It's my time

August 29, 2007 9:34 AM | Link to this

I would quit my job. Give 10% to my church, build a small subdivision for my family, start a business that I have always wanted to do. Travel and live the rest of my life in comfort.

By dee

August 29, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

Thank god!!! set up a trust for my kids . Donate , find a charity , tell my parents to stop working, travel , find me a hobby that will help the kids in the future and just keep on praying that I made it this far.

By Fanny

August 29, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

brutally honest, i find it funny you would give to animal charities AND medical research. ironic much? I would try to remain anonymous and help out as many people as i could in a sensible way with the help of advisors. set up trusts for all our nephews and niece, they would have to attend college to receive them and this would be paid for as well. buy a modest mountain house, farmhouse, beach house and apartment in NYC. Let all our friends and family use them for free; travel, donate a lot of money from charitable trust named for our grandparents to lots of different causes. I would pay back everyone who has ever helped us out or has been there for us through thick and thin. It’s a short list unfortunately: our parents, siblings and very close friends only. Maybe we could turn flipping houses into a charity of some sort to get families on their feet and into home ownership. Maybe set up a fund at vet offices around the country so low income pet owners can afford more care for their animals. And yes I would quit my job in a heartbeat. Let someone else have it who needs it. You can’t be a nice person and work for lawyers your entire life.

By Katie

August 29, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

I would first pay my 10% in tithes. Then I would by dream home on the lake, get my black on black 2007 tahoe, 2007 Z06 black corvette, 2007 Mustang GT, and a fully restored 1970 Z28 Camaro. Set up college funds for my little brother and two little sisters. Give my parents a few dollars. Buy my grandmother a house and a new buick since thats all she will drive. Continue to sell insurance. Open up the daycare center I’ve been trying to establish, open a group home for troubled teens, and buy a lot of real estate.

By Jerry

August 29, 2007 9:46 AM | Link to this

I would go to the Pink Pony and get one great big lap dance.

By smitty

August 29, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this

Why does everyone want to thank the mythical creature in the sky for winning the lottery.

How can you thank/love something that doesn’t exist?

By Wilbert

August 29, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

I would not start a job finish school since I will be done in May. Set up my friends with two companies I have an an investment in. Pay of my bills and most of my immediate families. Buy some land and build a compound for my family and I. Invest in some real estate, set my dad up so that we can start flipping property. Become a motivational speaker. Make the most of my winnings!!!

By Anonymous

August 29, 2007 9:50 AM | Link to this

If I won a $325 million lottery, I’d be ticked off because I’d probably get ONLY $260 million, after taxes. Then the church will have to figure out how to get $26 million of the $65 million that goes to Uncle Sam! After that, I would pack my bags, and everything I own, and get the Hell out of this insane and bigoted country. (By-the-way I am a Caucasian and Blacks are not the only people that are oppressed by this government.) Then, after paying off all of my debts with the remaining $260 million, I’d establish a lobbyist group to pressure our government to change our immigration laws so that no family will ever be torn apart, no mother will ever be forced to leave her child, and no immigrant, legal or illegal, will be ever be thrown into jail, denied medical care, and be left to die (It’s happening people - check it out!)

By Mike B

August 29, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

Morris Brown College would be out of debt!

By die hard MegaMillions future winner

August 29, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

10% to the Lord Pay all off my debts and family debts Bless a certain group of people then I would disappear out of sight so i can come up with a program to assist peopple in need here in the USA and aboard.

I would love to create an action flick in the ATL

I mean shoot I could live off the interest of $10 million per year and be comfortable

By SlimDiva

August 29, 2007 9:52 AM | Link to this

First and foremost I would give about 15% to God. I would ensure my children’s, grandchildren’s, nieces and nephews financial stability by setting up trust funds, which would also pay for their education. I would pay my daughter’s and my debt. Purchase homes myself, my daughter, my stepmom and each of my aunts, siblings and a few cousins and close friends in addition to giving them money. I would also assist a struggling family, and a single parent. I would contribute to foundations for autistic individuals, individuals suffering with rare blood disorders, for children whose parents have died, especially motherless daughters, and teenage mothers. I would also make profitable investments and WISELY live off the rest.

By jason

August 29, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this

i would buy the Ajc and fire most of the employess

By Ben

August 29, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

I’m buying a double wide and an old pick-up and moving the family to Alabama.

By Ree

August 29, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this

DRIVE TO WASHINGTON, DC & PAY OFF MY STUDENT LOANS WITH A BRINKS TRUCK FULL OF NICKELS!!!

By Want2bebless

August 29, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

I’ll pay off all of my bills,quit my job,buy me a nice house, a couple of cars, put my children a college fund and trust fund aside for them for the future, help my immediate family to get out of debt and be comfortable, give the church some of my earnings, then I will sit back and enjoy myself such as travel when I want to. I think I would also start investing in Real Estate. You know got to keep the money rolling in after the big win.

By Liz

August 29, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

here’s a weird thing. the place where I buy my lottery tickets had a sign on the door that read “tues & fri $250 million”. did that mean they knew that there would be no winner on tues? do you guys think this is rigged?

By John

August 29, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

Take the population of the entire United States and select two people. Those are your odds of winning. Still, I’d take it over 20 years, set up scholarships, help friends and family and travel while we’re still relatively young. The church should make out well - both ours here in Atlanta and the ones back home up north.

By Melissa Gusby

August 29, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

If I won today!!! Call my Mom and Dad first. Meet with the family financial advisor and the family lawyer. Set up Trust funds for my kids and 2 twin brothers. Give my immediate family members $500k —$25k upfront and the remaining funds spread over 5years, that’s it dont call me for no more $$$. Give my parents and brothers 1 million a piece. Pay off all my debts, my man’s debts, parents debts. Send the kids to private school. I would give to God by donating to various charities—Breast Cancer Foundation, American Heart Association, Lupus Foundation, AMerican Kidney Foundation.

Then me and my man are going overseas.

Oh! I wouldn’t quit my job. I would give my Broker $100k, cuz she is the best. I would still be a REALTOR. I would just start buying good real estate investments.

Now if you dont win, Call me so I can sell you some land to build that house. 4046678789. I’m a 5year-veteran, licensed REALTOR in the state of GA. Checkout my website www.gusbyhomes.com.

I know all y’all aint gonna win but facing foreclosure, so hit me up on y website.

By Eddie

August 29, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this

I would get a new trophy wife, heck…two of them.

By tina k

August 29, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this

first buy my self house in florida put some money in some kind of funds for my boys then help out family members last but not least give 10% to god.

By Patricia

August 29, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this

I would give my two daughters some money and also open a educational trust fund for my four grandchildren. I would buy a new car and purchase me a home and donate some money to the American Cancer Society. The rest I would put in a bank and investigate my money wisely.

By Koni

August 29, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

I’d thank God first and foremost and call my Accountant, the night of the Lottery Drawing. I would set up a meeting with her as well as my Attorney and Pastor prior to receiving the check. I would pay both the Federal and State Taxes on that which I am to receive and proceed with my Plans for the cash. I would pay off all of my debt, beef up my Accounts, set -up a HUGE Retirement Fund - so that you would never read about me becoming a broke or bankrupt Lottery Winner, buy some Land and build my very first Estate Home, buy a Townhome in another State, set - up a Trust for my Nieces, Nephews and Little Cousin, run my own Business, spend more time with my Sister whose health is ailing as well as my older relatives, assist some of my closest friends, travel more and donate money to the Charities or my choice…especially, Grady Hospital and women in Homeless Shelters from abusive backgrounds.

By tim

August 29, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

I would pay off all my debt and my kid’s school loans.I would also buy them their own homes.I would quit my job,but not right away.I would’nt give a dime to any church,but I would try to help as many truly needy people as I possilbly could.When I did quit my job I would travel.

By Tina B

August 29, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

I would gather all my family and close friends at the Blue Willow Inn in Social Circle. I would feed everyone and hand them all an envelope not to be opened until they get home. If you open before you leave the check will be cancelled. I would give a few million to Hosea’s William’s daughter because I think what she does is phenominal. Put 100 kids thru college and then disappear. I only need one house and 1 car and one SUV to haul stuff from Home Depot. Enough said.

By conflicttheorist

August 29, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this

2 chicks at the same time!

By Kim

August 29, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this

The very first thing I would do when I found out that the ticket was a winner is to call my boss and tell him I wouldn’t be in today. (I’d probably tell him why) Then I would have someone drive me to take care of my new found wealth, of course, there is no way I could drive myself. On the way, I would call everyine that keeps calling me wanting to know when they will get their check and I’d let them know…”It’s in the mail”. I would of course send those checks as final payments. Then, I’d call my parent’s leasors and ask if I could buy the house they rent, and I would surprise them with it. I would pay my brother-in-law’s business off, give my brother and his wife a nest egg, and put some comfortable amount in trusts or some kind of safe option for my girls college, weddings and to live happily ever after with. I would give money to my kids schools and pay off the building loan for my church and start a new fund there….anonymously- :) they’d never guess it was us! I would also set aside a couple million to help strangers with. If you can’t pay the electric bill, let me know, I will give it to you, or maybe I would call the elecric company and pay every bill that is past due for the month. Not sure of those details, but I would with out a doubt, help people that have a hard time month to month with trying to decide what week to pay elec. vs. car payment, who can wait the longest? I know what it’s like to call them and ask…what is the last day I can pay you before you disconnect? You hear of people that haved worked so hard for almost nothing, everything to us, and then they decide to “waste” a dollar and their lives are changed forever. Yeah, I know, money isn’t everything and wealth comes with a new set of problems, but I would rather people knock on my door asking for my help, than knocking on my door and leaving me in tears , worried and despirate. So anyway, on a positive note… I would get out of debt, help those that I am indebted to (for many reasons) and help those that tried as hard as I did to crawl out of our situations. Then I would call my boss, tell him I am coming back to work, (I might consider asking for a small reduction in hours) then I would do everything the same as always, except…I will spend a little extra time in Wal-mart, I’d finally paint the kids rooms, I BUY some grass for the yard instead of seed, I’d get my family what they really wanted for Christmas, and I would sleep so good from now on!

By NJ

August 29, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

It is sad to read how many people have been brainwashed into believing that giving a tithe to a church is a necessary and bonafide way to serve God. Might as well have a big bonfire with the money you’d donate. Wait, is that Reverend SuchandSuch I see driving down Peachtree in a new Benz… .

By Patricia

August 29, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

If I won $325 million I would give my two daughters some money for all the times that I was not able to help them. I would also open a educational trust fund for my four grandchildren. I would pay everyone that I owe off. I was finally purchase me a new car and a house. I would also donate some money to the American Cancer Society and the rest I would put in the bank and investigate it wisely.

By Peter

August 29, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

Pay all my Mom’s bills first……..go on vacation second……buy a Big boat, and a house on the water.

Travel on the boat and see the world.

By SowhatImfat

August 29, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

If I won the lotto I would make sure that my name does not get out in the press. All I need is for my family to find out….. But first I would have Gastric Bypass, Lipo, Vision correction surgery and hire a personal trainer so I can find me a man. Then I would pay off my parent’s debts and buy them new cars and give them some money so they can quit their jobs and stay at home together and bicker. Then I would quit my job, work on finishing up my bachelors and master degrees and then I would move the heck out of GA and build me a mini manision on the beach and live there until I croak. Then I would pay to get my will done and build my own Mausoleum so I can have somewhere to go in the afterlife….

By CC

August 29, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

First I would have to stop crying. Then thank god. call my financial advisor. find the best defense lawyer for the Jena6 boys. give to my church, buy me a condo in midtown and NYC.

By Larry

August 29, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this

If I won I would: 1. Give 10% to my church. 2. Pay off my credit cards, car note, and house note. 3. Set up college trust funds for my grandchildren. 4. Pay off my kids’ bills. 5. Put aside a portion for trips with my wife. 6. Bank the rest and live off the interest. What I wouldn’t do: Quit my job; although I’d have to work it out for more vacation time.

By Billie

August 29, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

I WOULD FIRST PAY MY TITHES…PAY OFF ALL OUR BILLS - I WOULD BE GENEROUS TO MY FAMILIES AND FRIENDS- GIVE TO CHARITY.. I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A NICE TRIP WITH MY HUSBAND… SET-UP A TRUST FUND..AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT ELSE I WOULD LIKE TO DO.

By KA

August 29, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

If I won I would first form a corporation, and have my attorney pick up the check. Nobody except my immediate family would know. I would invest the majority in CD’s and mutual funds, and create a foundation for my philanthropic donations. I would make anonymous gifts to selected people and organizations. Finally, I would move to the island I would buy, and leave no forwarding address. The rest of my life would be spent traveling and managing my investments, smile.

By Kman2g

August 29, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

I’d go to every NBA, NFL, Pro Tennis, NASCAR, NCAA Football and any other game I wanted to see for several years. Of course, I’d view all the games in style. When I got tired of doing that, I’d settled down and buy asmall island somewhere like Richard Branson and chill.

By Kman2g

August 29, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

I’d go to every NBA, NFL, Pro Tennis, NASCAR, NCAA Football and any other game I wanted to see for several years. Of course, I’d view all the games in style. When I got tired of doing that, I’d settled down and buy a small island somewhere like Richard Branson and chill.

By Wenomia

August 29, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this

I would purchase a new home for my parents. Start a foundation for battered women and children. Establish educational programs for children. Make a large donation to my church.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 10:29 AM | Link to this

I would spend it on booze and birds, then blow the rest. With this kind of money, you could probably have 3-4 girls at a time, not just 2!

You a-holes putting their phone numbers on here are something else. Yeah, I’m going to use some schmuck who solicits business in a blog. Sorry, if we win the lottery, we don’t want to buy land in the ghetto, so your services won’t be needed. And I sure as hell wouldn’t use someone who has been in the business for only 5 years.

By Mary

August 29, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

I love the posters who will take care of their mammas…….

I would take care of my entire family, get all the kids / nieces/ nephews, etc college funds, and nest eggs

I would invest heavily in real estate and start revitalizing in southwest Atlanta. I would become the “Queen of the Flip”…

I would take care of all my single-parent friends and their kids.

I would purchase homes in Ketichan, Alaska, Seattle, WA, in the Rocky Mountains, and then travel the world!!!

Then I would build two refineries so we don’t have to depend on foreign oil.

By Tommy

August 29, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

…I would renovate the Clermont Lounge and buy Blondie a penthouse…

By Jqueen

August 29, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

Give 10% to church, pay vow, and always be ready to assist others as God leads, create a trust and live off the interest (wouldn’t release my name to claim my ticket either), Pay off debts, Settle my family’s debts and futures, Buy lots of land and invest in other income-streams, Own Morris Brown and immediately get it back open so I could hear the band anytime I wanted, buy the AJC and boot the liberal and racist fools out, give two weeks notice at the job, start own film/tv production company, start getting heavily involved in the Georgia political arena, buy a pad downtown, travel, get a personal trainer, spread the Word about Salvation and rest.

By Debra

August 29, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

I would never get up at 0545 again in my life.

By francis

August 29, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

I’d build a great big bomb shelter underground and live in it. maybe buy a small island somewhere. maybe buy cuba.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 10:38 AM | Link to this

I wouldn’t pay a dime to single moms who have never been married. What reward should they get for being irresponsible? In fact, I’ll pay for unwed pregnant women to get abortions to keep them from polluting this world even more. This world would be a better place for it!

By C. Bowen

August 29, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

I would set up a foundation to provide scholarships for young girls at my old high school in my mothers name. My mother had to quite school in the 7th grade to work on the family farm but she was an avid reader and very intelligent. Mama was ashamed she did’t have a better education.

I would set up a “no kill” animal shelter and provide free spaying and neutering for any and all animals brought into the shelter.

I would move to the South of France and “Wait for GOD” on the sunny Mediterrean coast.

By Mark

August 29, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

I don’t think I understand why some people have said that they will take the cash to purchase an annuity. Presumbably, they chose the cash option from the lottery rather than choose the other option which is…surprise…an annuity.

By Mark

August 29, 2007 10:44 AM | Link to this

I don’t think I understand why some people have said that they will take the cash to purchase an annuity. Presumbably, they chose the cash option from the lottery rather than choose the other available option which is…surprise…an annuity.

By Shay

August 29, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this

I would have a baby because I refuse to bring a child in this world without the necessary funds to take care of him.

By alohavampire

August 29, 2007 10:46 AM | Link to this

If I won … Anybody who has ever screwed me over better watch out! I’d hire my own private army of lawyers, private investigators and shady computer experts.

I’ll ruin their credit, get ‘em fired in disgrace, get their home foreclosed, steal their wife, get their sister pregnant, and then go to sleep like a baby.

Next…. A boat. A big boat that takes $5000 just to fill the fuel tanks. The kind of yacht that can go anywhere, anytime.

Last… Gator tickets for life.

By ROD

August 29, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this

I WOULD GET MY LONG SLONG WET

By Larry

August 29, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this

I would Thank God, change my phone numbers and go to the movies.

By staci

August 29, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

I would continue to work but help everybody I know who is in need and give all my friends a monetary gift. Buy my mom a house, new car and give some church(small church) my 10% since I dont belong to a church.

By bravofan

August 29, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this

After reading many of these posts, I think most of you should go back to school and learn basic grammar.

By staci

August 29, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

I saw where a financial advisor suggested taking the annuity as the best option in the lottery pay off.

By William

August 29, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

If I won…..I would run through my job buck naked and tell my boss to kiss my a**.

By Tommy

August 29, 2007 11:00 AM | Link to this

…and I would pay for an education for all of these idiots who would give their money to “the lord”…or, in other words, a new Bentley for their preacher…

By John

August 29, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this

I’d take care of the essentials for myself and extended family…and then I’d buy land…as much as I could..undeveloped land..which would stay undeveloped.

By DB

August 29, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this

I wouldn’t tell ANYONE, except my husband. Not even our kids! The first thing I would do is call our lawyer and have a blind trust set up so that our names are not public. Then the trust would cash the ticket. No way I would ever burden my kids with that.

After that, I would pay off some credit cards and the house and fix the house up a bit. I’d pay off the cars. I’d make a nice donation to our children’s private school to repay their generosity with scholarships when we hit a bad patch a few years ago. I’d buy a lake house with a dock up in the moutains, and finally take the flying lessons I’ve always dreamed of. I’d set aside at least 10% for a charity foundation, and talk to my church about the best way to use it. I’d fund a secret scholarship for the children of my best friend’s college expenses.

And I’d never, ever, ever fly coach again!

By Russell

August 29, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

Just to counteract the religious fervor of this backwards thinking state; I would give a sizable amount to a skeptic society.

You can all have your invisible friends. I’ll take science any day of the week.

By stefanie

August 29, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

i would first of all thank god, give to the diabetes foundation, downsyndrome foundation,pay all my bills up,start trust funds for my kids, have me a house build, buy me that Jag.and just enjoy life and be comfortable.

By staci

August 29, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

WHO SITS AROUND ON A POST AND CRITIQUE PEOPLE’S GRAMMAR…LAWD!!! I AM GOING TO PAY YOU WIN..(bravofan)!!!!

By Joey Mills

August 29, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

I would move to Prague, CZ.

By tim

August 29, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

I would wake up on a beach, naked, broke as hell, wondering what the hell happened to the last 3 years of my life, and wondering exactly where in the hell am I? . or I would start a dog fighting ring so that I could add a couple of thousand dollars to the hundreds of millions I already have

By GeorgiaGirl

August 29, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

MARV I hope you win!!! If I win the lottery I’ll pay for MARV’s move.

By Ken Shamrock

August 29, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this

I pay on my debts as far as the money would go!

By Emmett

August 29, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this

I would leave the country without paying anything I owe!!!!!!

By Emmett

August 29, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

I would leave the country without paying anything I owe!!!!!!

By Sharon

August 29, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

I would pay off my church’s mortgage and set up a scholarship fund in honor of my late brother through the church. I would not give the church a percentage (tithes). You don’t know where the money would go. I would select ten struggling families and give them financial freedom. The criteria I use to select these families would be strict. I would call my mom and sisters and tell them to select a builder and design the home of their dreams.

By ed

August 29, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this

all you people giving 10% or 15% to GOD are stupid… is that the amount that gets you into heaven?? give me a break

By POO POO PANTS

August 29, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

Masturbate frequently and call it a mistake

By Mike Vick

August 29, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this

I would use the money to start a new kennel

By definately

August 29, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

Tell Barry Dendy to go to hell!!!

By ATL Pearl Girl

August 29, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Pretty easy actually.

I’ve already made a mental list.

It includes houses in everyone place I would love to live (small cottages mind you..)

It includes charities…. My father….. a new car……

and investing of course.

:::::::smiling::::::

By Jeff

August 29, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

Feed Mike Vick to a bunch of hungry dogs. Jail Mike Vick! JMV7

By Ginny

August 29, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

I’d find myself one hot shot attorney and accountant, then I would begin to share the wealth. I’d start with giving tuition to private schools to both my newphews. All my brothers and sisters would get new cars.My sister in law, who has breast cancer, would get a great trip anywhere she wanted to go and with anybody she wanted to take. I’d move my mom into a swanky retirement home, where she would never, ever have to worry about money again. I’d hire fulltime round the clock help for my mother in law. I’d pay off my sister-in-law’s doctoral tuition. I’d pay off my son’s tuition and establish a scholarship in his name at his school. I’d have money to pay my daughter’s upcoming tuition. I’d send my other son to graduate school. I’d set up an endowment so that all my neices and nephews could attend college. I’d give money to the cross country team at my daughter’s high school. I’d set up a scholarship in my husband’s name at UGA and I would go to Italy for about 6 months!

By James

August 29, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this

I believe that in order to even claim you winnings you have to agree to allow the lottery folks to use your name and likeness for publicity purposes.

By bravofan

August 29, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

Thanks Staci…you prove my point!

By Chief Wiggum

August 29, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

I’d do two chicks at the same time, man. Chicks did a dude with money.

By Melissa

August 29, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

With that money, I would retire from corporate America, sell my current house to my co-worker for $1 and move to a new home with acreage, donate money to JDRF (juvenile diabetes research foundation), set up trusts for my nieces and nephews to be accessed when they reach the age of 30, set up a trust for Atlanta Weimaraner Club Rescue, buy a very nice RV - load up my husband and pets and take a tour of the USA! Of course the other implied things - get out of debt, get family members out of debt and provide a stipend, etc.

By Samantha

August 29, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

1st - get a lawyer. 2nd - call work to say i’m not coming in and donate my stuff to charity 3rd - pay off my bills/family bills 4th - leave voicemail saying see ya when i see ya 5 - go on vacations

By Samantha

August 29, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

1st - get a lawyer. 2nd - call work to say i’m not coming in and to donate my stuff to charity 3rd - pay off my bills/family bills 4th - leave voicemail saying see ya when i see ya 5 - go on vacations

By Samantha

August 29, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

1st - get a lawyer. 2nd - call work to say i’m not coming in and to donate my stuff to charity 3rd - pay off my bills/family bills 4th - leave voicemail saying see ya when i see ya 5 - go on vacations

By Mark

August 29, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this

marcusturner 7:45 AM So it’s whiteys fault that you are a deadbeat dad, and a loser. I suppose it’s whiteys fault that you’re too ignorant to purchase condoms?

By World's Biggest Idiot

August 29, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

Oh, I’d give every penny away to those poor, unfortunate homeless so they can buy all the booze & drugs they want & to single AIDS/crack moms with a dozen illegitimate kids by just as mant “baby daddies” so that none of these fine folks would ever have to (horrors!) get a JOB! I myself would happily live in a cardboard box, knowing in my heart that I’ve enriched the lives of these worthy human beings & if you think I mean a word of this drivel, then YOU’RE the idiot..

By Press

August 29, 2007 11:43 AM | Link to this

If I won the $325 million i would take the cash option number one. So I would take home if I am the only winner about $130mil to $156mil.

First thing I would do is give 10 percent of my take to my church. So 13-15mil.

Secondly I would set aside 1mil for my daughter’s education which includes: private school, undergrad, as well as medical school.

I would give my mother my house full paid off with projected taxes covered for the next 20 years. I would start a business in the technology sector most likely a game publisher or open an internet cafe.

I would buy a larger house for myself in Atlanta and I would give probably 100k to 20 friends and family.

I would buy a home in probably four other locations in the world: A house in Brazil, A house in Japan, A house in South Africa, A house in Italy. Not a very large house in these countries but a house none the less.

I would set aside maybe 10 million for a rainy day in Euros or Pounds so that I can stay solvent.

I would donate 1.5mil to my former middle school, Ralph Johnson Bunche for the development of a technology enrichment program designated for the promotion of technology in predominately black schools.

I would do the same for my high school, and I would set up a full scholarship for 10 students to go to college on full scholarship to a school of their choice.

So in to sum it up 130,000,000 -13,000,000.00 Tithe -10,000,000.00 Offering -10,000,000.00 Rainy Day Savings - 4,000,000.00 Houses in Brazil, South Africa, Japan, and Italy - 1,000,000.00 New House in Atlanta -10,000,000.00 Business - 500,000.00 Daughter’s Education -20,000,000.00 Friends and Family - 500,000.00 Mother’s house and furniture - 1,500,000.00 Middle School Fund - 1,500,000.00 High School Fund - 2,000,000.00 Scholarship Money

Which leaves me with $56mil.which I would let sit and grow and grow and grow.

By Ookie

August 29, 2007 11:44 AM | Link to this

I would buy four dozen pit bulls for …ahem…pets

By India Vincent

August 29, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this

I would accomplish my #1 dream. Living DEBT FREE!!!

By jonesy

August 29, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

All the normal stuff - debts/family/friends/trust for kids. Then I would open a nice Lesbian Restaurant/Bar and would start a Lesbian travel and event planning business.

By Illume

August 29, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

After making sure that enough of the money is invested for the future, I would:

1) Buy/save the home of my priest and priestess.

2) Buy a new home for me, my mother, my adopted father, my brother, my fiance’s ex-wife, my-ex husband. (seriously!)

3) Build an animal rescue facility with KT.

4) Buy several vehicles for several people, including me.

5) Give some of it to the person who sold me the ticket. (not the store owner)

6) Visit Stonehenge

7) Give a proper two-weeks notice and spend my time working at the animal shelter. (see number 3)

It’s fun to dream, isn’t it?

By blowme!

August 29, 2007 11:51 AM | Link to this

I would buy an atomic bomb to stick up in THUGBISHOP’S ass! lmao!

By Illume

August 29, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this

After making sure that enough of the money is invested for the future, I would:

1) Buy/save the home of my priest and priestess.

2) Buy a new home for me, my mother, my adopted father, my brother, my fiance’s ex-wife, my-ex husband. (seriously!)

3) Build an animal rescue facility with KT.

4) Buy several vehicles for several people, including me.

5) Give some of it to the person who sold me the ticket. (not the store owner)

6) Visit Stonehenge

7) Give a proper two-weeks notice and spend my time working at the animal shelter. (see number 3)

It’s fun to dream, isn’t it?

By Melissa Gusby

August 29, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

Bishop Thug,

First of all you can’t find good land in the ghetto. You can’t get acreage in the ghetto. Apparently you don’t know anything about real estate.

And if you know anything about real estate, Most agents don’t make it past two years in the Industry. If you make it to five and beyond you are doing good.

This schmuck had done pretty well with or without soliciting. Doing that got me high-end clients that are entertainers, one that plays football for the Atlanta Falcons, businessmen and businesswoman.

But if you would have read the bottom of my post it mention something about those not winning and facing foreclosure call me. Before you go running off at the mouth don’t be too quick to judge. Don’t get me wrong I’d love to win those millions, but if i can’t I’d rather spend my time and knowledge helping homeowners prevent foreclosure and save their home.

I may have been licensed 5 years but I got 10 years of experience in this market.

If I did win those millions I would start a Home Buyer’s Foundation helping those purchase a home that live in an apartment or renting property.

Bishop, you said you would spend it on booze and birds. Don’t you think we got enough drunk fools driving and walking around here???!!

By fer

August 29, 2007 11:56 AM | Link to this

I would hire a financial advisor and an attorney and invest my money wisely. I would buy a small cottage somewhere on the shore and another in the mountains. I would sell my old Honda Civic and buy another. Every once in a while I would go to the bank, get a bag full of $100 bills and just wander around giving them to random people. I would set up a foundation to provide education and housing for people who have been struggling all their lives. I would outbid developers on prime land and then just let it sit w/ no development on it. Oh, this would all be such fun — guess I better go buy a ticket.

By Easy Living

August 29, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this

If I won the lottery, I would pay off debts for me and my mom, buy a house on the lake and fish with my sons. I’d quit my job, and start my own business, live an easy, low key life. I’d buy mom a new house and car here in the Atlanta area, and setup trust funds for the kids.

By Jeff

August 29, 2007 12:01 PM | Link to this

It would be such a blessing to get that much money for doing nothing that I would buy a large piece of land and start a dog fighting competition.

By dreamer

August 29, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this

Well, since I do not live in Georgia or near any of the participating states that play this lottery(I’m assuming that is the case) I would need one of you to share with me! I did live in Georgia for 5 years, know my way around so I can meet you for my share. And I would spend it on a new car for myself since I have never had one and a beautiful log cabin home with huge front windows. I would pay off my children’s college loans and see that my one and only grandbaby is specially cared for. Then I would be thankful daily for you sharing with me!!

By QC

August 29, 2007 12:08 PM | Link to this

First after i wake up from passing out! I would get on my knees to thank my Lord & Saviour Jesus Christ My Mom would never, ever have to work another day in her life; my church would get 10% and my life would be so much better cause i would enjoy it living good & debt free!

By msdebby22

August 29, 2007 12:09 PM | Link to this

Ya mean after the goverment takes it’s half of the winnings. I would be tithes to the church, Build my Mom and family new homes. Help all the elderly people of New Orleans who need help and want to return home.

By Mark

August 29, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this

I would walk down the middle of I75/85 totally naked with a sign around my neck that will read : F*** you. I’m rich.

To all the fools who would tithe their churches : Only idiots and children believe in entities that don’t exist.

By Chocolate T

August 29, 2007 12:14 PM | Link to this

If I won $325 million dollars I would go to my job and fart in the faces of all the people that I can’t stand. And urinate in the coffee, I would Xerox a copy of my rear end and post it on the entrance door, it would say I’m RICH BIACH! Hop on my yacht and sail the seven seas with a male revue!

By Chocolate T

August 29, 2007 12:15 PM | Link to this

If I won $325 million dollars I would go to my job and fart in the faces of all the people that I can’t stand. And urinate in the coffee, I would Xerox a copy of my rear end and post it on the entrance door, it would say I’m RICH BIACH! Hop on my yacht and sail the seven seas with a male revue!

By Erik from Atlanta

August 29, 2007 12:16 PM | Link to this

I go on a world tour: Aruba,Montego Bay,Cancun,Vegas,Maui,Virgin Islands,Cabo San Lucas,etc. or i just spend it all & find out who my real friends are.

By Micah

August 29, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

Pay off my brothers’ and sister’s mortgages. Buy a plane, get a pilots license and travel.

By Erik from Atlanta

August 29, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

I go on a world tour: Aruba,Montego Bay,Cancun,Vegas,Maui,Virgin Islands,Cabo San Lucas,etc. or i just spend it all & find out who my real friends are.

By Erik from Atlanta

August 29, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this

I go on a world tour: Aruba,Montego Bay,Cancun,Vegas,Maui,Virgin Islands,Cabo San Lucas,etc. or i just spend it all & find out who my real friends are.

By Gandolf, the White

August 29, 2007 12:20 PM | Link to this

Spend it all on w** and whiskey!

By Willie

August 29, 2007 12:26 PM | Link to this

Give 20% to god!!

Invest like hell

Buy all the companies that i owe and fire everyone!!!

By X - marks the spot

August 29, 2007 12:27 PM | Link to this

So Mark, i take it that you “don’t” believe in God or you just would’nt give back what belongs to Him?

By Sexzkitten

August 29, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this

The first thing that I would do is build my mother a bakery with all the latest gadgets, stock her shelves with all of her baking ingredients and buy my father a pick up truck(countryman) Second, I would donate some money to one of the “modest” churches here in Atlanta. Then of course I would hire a financial adviser and live happily ever after.

By texmex

August 29, 2007 12:29 PM | Link to this

I would buy a truckload of condoms and hand them out to all the n**** in Atl.

By G

August 29, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

Set up reasonable financial security for my family, pay off my close relatives’ mortgages, buy a nice home or two, a few toys, build a fine arts center in my hometown, charitable contributions at least 20%, travel.

By MR.ED

August 29, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

I WOULD PAY UP FIVE YEAR ON MY LOT RENT,GET ME A NEW TRUCK TO PULL MY TRAILER WITH “A TRIPLE WIDE”.GET MY WIFE A HOLE NEW SET OF TEETH AND BUY THE RED MAN PLANT OUT FOR HER.GET MY ONLY SON SOME FRENCH W** TO CHANGE HIS BUTT.I WOULD BUY ME A BRAND NEW PINTO 4WD,AND BUY UP ABOUT TEN TRAILER PARKS AND PUT NEW TRAILERS IN THEM FOR ALL MY FOLKS.WE WILL SEE YOU SOON MOTHERF—-ER

By T

August 29, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

Don’t know why that thing said error, so here is a shortened version:

—Get out of debt —Hook up parents —Hook up some family members/friends (some operative word) —Start community center —Get into interior design —Dabble in my passion for making music —Shop, shop, shop —Travel, travel, travel —Invest in rental property —Save

PLEASE GOD LET ME WIN! Crossing fingers PLEASE GOD! :)

By mike

August 29, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this

I would take the first million and pay off all of my and family debt. Then i would put all of that money in real estate, bond, and annunity for retirement. Yes, i would still work, there is no way that i would just sit around and watch tv.

By Jazzyone

August 29, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

I would take care of a few family issues make sure everyone was okay financially, make them sign waivers to not bug me after I give them their share.

I would come to work call my boss downstairs and slap the shyt out her and drive off!…..more to follw….

By Mark

August 29, 2007 12:35 PM | Link to this

X - marks the spot

Nothing belongs to “him”, as there is no “him”. I will never understand you illiterate lemmings….

By Brandon

August 29, 2007 12:41 PM | Link to this

I’d Quit my job. Move to Hawai’i, buy a HUGE HOME, 5 cars, 4 boats, 4 jet skies, go to College again, open up a bed and breakfast in Hawai’i, and put the rest in savings and live off the interest. My family would be set for life. I’d make sure my kids lives were set, and theirs too. Pay off all my debts, pay off my families debts, and move almost All my family to Hawai’i or Tuscany. Oh and I’d also Buy a house In Tuscany, in Canada, AND I’d buy me a house in Alaska. Who can go wrong there??

By JJ

August 29, 2007 12:44 PM | Link to this

Mark I agree 100%……why anyone would give any money to a mythical man in the sky is beyond me.

When I win the lottery, I’ll give you a call…….then we can start our own religion (we’ll call it Givemeallyourmoney-theology), and take 10% from the sheep that blindly follow us. Or better yet, we’ll tell then they need to give 25%…..it would serve them right!!!

By MR . EDII

August 29, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this

I WOULD GIVE MY OTHER 32 CHILDREN 1 MILLION DOLLARS A PIECE AND TELL THEM 2 NEVER CALL ME DADDY AGAIN AND TELL THERE MOTHER TO QUIT COMING TO THE FAMILY REUNION SAYING STUFF ABOUT ME THE ARE ALL MY SISTER, OH WAIT I DONT LIVE IN ALABAMA ANYMORE,SUE ME

By Yippey

August 29, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this

Before I claim $325MM, I would hire a financial advisor, lawyer, and accountant. I would buy my dream beach house in the Gulf Coast, and disappear for 3-months to think about how to manage our winnings. I would definitely give 10% to my church and charities that help children. I would give $1MM to close families and friends.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 12:53 PM | Link to this

Dear Melissa Gusby,

First of all, I am well aware there isn’t good land in the ghetto. I drive through it pretty much on a daily basis. I definitely wouldn’t be bragging about having a Falcon as a client. Do you feel guilty about selling Michael Vick the dogfighting land? And why do you assume if someone is drinking, they are walking around or driving? Since there would be birds involved, I seriously doubt I would leave my house. And if I was to leave the house, I would have Morgan Freeman, in full character from Driving Miss Daisy, to drive me around!

To the genius poster, blow me…you must be a Christian since you have a fascination about sticking something up some dude’s ass!

X marks the spot…what belongs to him? My money? Why is that? Did he work for me? You morons really amaze me. God doesn’t exist. If he did, do you think he would allow the things to happen in Darfur, Iraq, and Somalia? Oh yeah, he is too busy trying to sort out wife beating “bishops” and such.

By hll1955

August 29, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

of the 160 million cash option I would get…1 million to each parent, brother and sister in hubby’s and my family (9 million)on the condition that they never ask for money again. Unbreakable and untouchable 25 million trusts for each of my 2 daughters and their decendants..prenups mandatory. Hubby and I would travel. Maybe buy a home base somewhere where its sunny and cheap to live. Maybe on the Pacific coast in Mexico. Definately have servants to take care of the day to day stuff so we could just enjoy life and take off where and whenever we wanted to.

I would like to spend a month exploring Yellowstone, go fishing in Alaska, spend a month or more in each country in Europe. I would like to see China, and Tahiti, and every other place that I see that intrigues me.

We would invest our money and live off the interest.

It is so fun to dream of winning, and think of what you would do with it. I have even planned the house I would have built in Mexico. Ahh what a life it would be!!

By Mark

August 29, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this

JJ Sounds like a plan. We’ll even write a fiction book like the buybull…

By harold

August 29, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this

it sad so many people first thing they say is “move away from here”

why do we make here so bad? we all hate the way it is. why cant it be beter?

what do all teh good cities in the USA have in common (or what do they LACK in common)? Hmm……….

By Faye

August 29, 2007 12:59 PM | Link to this

GO INTO HIDING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By harold

August 29, 2007 1:03 PM | Link to this

if harold won he would hang out wearing saggy pants and a huge white T, because that’s what folks do when they got nothing else to do and no ambition.

By Mark

August 29, 2007 1:05 PM | Link to this

harold People want to move from here because of the filthy blacks. They ruin everything they touch. I surely would move away from the human flotsom if I ever won.

By Cori

August 29, 2007 1:07 PM | Link to this

Wear a disguise, accept my winnings, tithe, disappear from the publicity, take care of my family, and start my own charity.

By Me

August 29, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

If you take the cash option, you get 50% of the jackpot, so $162.5 million. After taxes, you get about 50% of that amount, so net winnings would be a little over $81 million.

I’d use my winnings to help push for the Fair Tax.

By dino

August 29, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

If I heard the news while I was driving home from work, I would turn around, clean off my desk and leave a posted note on the computer”I QUIT”. Then I would hire me a lawyer and buy suer insurance; fix up my house and yard, put my grand-daughter through college; buy my daughter a house/wmother-in-law suite for her brother,; buy both of them a car(but they would maintaine the insurance); purchase me a jet so that my dof and I could travel. Set up a trust fund for my three grand-children and my great-grandson. If anyone wants to come over for a loan they would have get pass my chow-chow. In other words, “if you didn;t know me when I was poor, you don’t know me now that I have money”.

By Cori

August 29, 2007 1:09 PM | Link to this

Wear a disguise, accept my winnings, tithe, disappear from the publicity, take care of my family, and start my own charity.

By X - marks the spot

August 29, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

Ok Mark when you die you’re gonna meet Him and then wished you’d known Him while you were here on His Earth, God Bless You

Russell When you die you’re not going to meet science you’re gonna be called up to meet Him in the air for your judgement! And you too will wish you’d got to know Him while you were here on His Earth, God Bless You

By Cori

August 29, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

Wear a disguise, accept my winnings, tithe, disappear from the publicity, take care of my family, and start my own charity.

By cathy lee

August 29, 2007 1:14 PM | Link to this

as broke as i am now i would not spend a dime!

By X - marks the spot

August 29, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

Bishop Thug if you read the bible you would know why all these things you mentioned are coming to pass, don’t worry sweetie you’re gonna meet him one just like we all will; you should really get to know Him he’s just like Coke He’s the real thing! God Bless you also

Have a great evening!

By Brad

August 29, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

After reading thru these comments I find it absolutely bizzare the amount of people who would act like fools if they won. “I’d walk down the middle of I-75/85 naked” “fart in the faces of people I can’t stand” “have a twosome”

While no doubt these are tounge in cheek comments I’m wondering if anyone has ever noticed the difference in those who are new to wealth v. those who grow up with it. (I’m not wealthy)

I sure hope idiots like the above don’t win.

By Angelo

August 29, 2007 1:17 PM | Link to this

First, I’d round up all the illegals and send them home and tell them not to come back, then I’d build a huge fence across the southern states, and dam up the Rio Grande!!!!! You know, stuff our PC government won’t do!!!!

Then I’d form a task force to find out why we need task forces.

Then I’d go to corporate America, and tell the clothing designers or whoever to quit making baggy pants.

Then I’d go educate young black america on birth control.

Then, finally, I’d gather up all the individuals who think they are owed something because their great, great,great great, someone or other was a slave, and put them on a ship back to Africa. Then they can call themselves American-Africans and p** off their own people.

By Joby

August 29, 2007 1:18 PM | Link to this

i would buy Big Macs for all of the world’s poor people.

By Koala

August 29, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this

It is said that 22% of the population believe the lottery will fund their retirement. I bet I know what hue that 22% are…

The same hue that would buy another million quick picks, clothing and jewelry, yet forget to pay their bills, get ripped off investing in some crazy scheme and end up BACK on welfare in two years or less. Tsk tsk.

By Mark

August 29, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

I would hunt down brad, and p** down his throat.

By YOUR BOSS

August 29, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

Come see me this afternoon. We have to have a talk about your constant blogging on the internet. You know who you are. Do you thinkfor a second that we don’t keep track of what you do during the day. If you think you’re still going to have a job by Friday then you have another thing coming. Pack up your stuff…. YOU’RE FIRED!!!

By heybud

August 29, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

Who knows what I’d do.

By Sin022

August 29, 2007 1:30 PM | Link to this

I’d spend every cent of it looking for love and if I go broke, I’d keep looking. No, not just the physical kind, the kind money can’t buy.

By lucinda

August 29, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this

Here’s what I’d do: 1. Not tell ANYBODY until AFTER I had my team of financial advisors/tax attorneys in place.

1. Get the check and make sure it clears.

2. Pay off the debt of people who have been kind to me over the years.

3. Pay off my own debt.

4. Plan a really nice Christmas vacation in Switzerland.

5. Buy a villa in Tortola, BVI. Invite friends to come, send them all air tickets, etc.

6. Maybe buy an Audi, maybe keep my trusty Honda. Maybe both.

7. Hire a trainer and get in fabulous shape.

8. Then figure out what to REALLY do.

By Nikki

August 29, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this

The very first thing I would do is have my grandfathers’ remains removed from Virginia and he would be laid to rest at Riverside National Cementary in Riverside, California besides my grandmother, secondly give my tithes/offering to my church home in California, followed by setting up trust accounts for my 4 children and more than likely my neices and nephews, small shopping spree, invest in a few stocks so that I will continue to be that millionaire, buy a house and 1 car, open my business, then spend some on other family members.

By Fred

August 29, 2007 1:41 PM | Link to this

I’d pay off as many of my wife’s credit cards as it would cover….

By Shay

August 29, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this

Dear Marcusturner: Your license needs to be taken away and everything else if you feel like you shouldnt pay child support or if its late. That kid didnt ask to be here and that kid didnt ask you not to be adult and take care of your responsiblities by keeping a job so your kid will not do without! I think they should throw dead beat loser in jail! If you dont want to take care of your child then be in jail.

I will use my money to put my dead beat sperm donor under the darn jail!

By Just Dreamin'

August 29, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

But several thousand acres of land, a new home, cars etc. for family and friends, donate to my charities and then enjoy life a little. Also I go around and give money away to unsuspecting people or leave it in places for others to find, not much just one’s and five’s but I’d be able to do it on a larger scale if I had that much. Nothing brings a smile to someone’s face quicker than finding a dollar bill on the ground.

By Satan

August 29, 2007 1:47 PM | Link to this

I would fund Mark & JJ’s new church.

By Buck from Tucker

August 29, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this

I gonna start a kitten fighting operation. Gonna be huge! I’ll have Siamese kittens versus Rusian Blues, Tabbies versus Tom Cats, Strays versus pure breds. It’s gonna be some killer entertainment for all my Tucker beer buddies.

Yeeeeee-hooooooooo! Tucker is gonna be tore with dead kittens. It’ll be a schlobber-knocker of a good time. Better than a new episode of ‘COPS’!

By James

August 29, 2007 1:49 PM | Link to this

Not gonna tell you!

By lloyd

August 29, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

I would get me a fancy suite in buckhead for 30 days, this will allow me to pay off bills, cut off my utilitys get me a passport and set up my family memebers and very very close friends and finally give some cash to my grandmothers church, then on the 1st of the following month I will be on the next plane to somebodys Island where there will be a yatch waiting on me that would cruise me around the world.

By Deputy Dawg

August 29, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

I would donate money to UGA to build an indoor practice facility for Mark Richt. I would also donate money to expand Sanford Stadium to 120,000 seats.

By bbcsickdawg

August 29, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

i’d take the cash out option after taxes, give 10% to the church, bury10% in the back yard, and spend the rest of it in 30 days without having anything .

By bbcsickdawg

August 29, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

i’d take the cash out option after taxes, give 10% to the church, bury10% in the back yard, and spend the rest of it in 30 days without having anything .

By bbcsickdawg

August 29, 2007 2:04 PM | Link to this

i’d take the cash out option after taxes, give 10% to the church, bury10% in the back yard, and spend the rest of it in 30 days without having anything .

By bbcsickdawg

August 29, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

i’d take the cash out option after taxes, give 10% to the church, bury10% in the back yard, and spend the rest of it in 30 days without having anything .

By bbcsickdawg

August 29, 2007 2:07 PM | Link to this

i’d take the cash out option after taxes, give 10% to the church, bury 10% in the back yard, and spend the rest of it in 30 days without having anything .

By Clay

August 29, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this

325,000,000 is about 130,000,000 after taxes taking the cash option. Uncle Sam gets a big cut. So I would probably fund a presidental campaign with the money that would have these goals: Promote the Fairtax.org agenda, build a wall and secure the borders of the USA with Mexico AND Canada, and continue the fight against enemies of freedom.

By Munchie

August 29, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this

I WOULD QUIT FINANCIAL FREEDOM, GET OUT OF DEBT AND LIVE HAPPY!!!!

By Brian

August 29, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this

First, I would pay my tithes to my church…second, I would round up all the memebers of my immediate family and come up with the best investment plan…then I would donate a good percentage to the relief funds for Hurricane Katrina..then I would give each member of my family a 50 thousand dollar check..then I would pay off all of there debts…then I would do something for myself..like a trip to Africa or something..then I would assist them in a relief funding I could help them with…cause the way I see it the Lord has blessed me and it is more rewarding to uplift the next person than to kick dirt on them.

By PMD

August 29, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this

I would break my Heavenly Father off with a serious piece of change (a WHOLE lot more than 10%).

I would pay off my student loans.

I would pay off the medical bills of the young brother who was jumped outside of Six Flags last month.

By vanessa

August 29, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

I would pay off all my bills, especially student loans. Meet with EVEYONE is my family and have their checks cut along with the deed to a new home. The stipulation would be that it couldn’t sell or refinace it for 50 years. I would buy my own home,travel and make sure that I would NEVER have to work again. I would take the pay out because then I can with it whatever I want to, when I want to. I would also add on to my church.

By Brian

August 29, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

First, I would pay my tithes to my church…second, I would round up all the memebers of my immediate family and come up with the best investment plan…then I would donate a good percentage to the relief funds for Hurricane Katrina..then I would give each member of my family a 50 thousand dollar check..then I would pay off all of there debts…then I would do something for myself..like a trip to Africa or something..then I would assist them in a relief funding I could help them with…cause the way I see it the Lord has blessed me and it is more rewarding to uplift the next person than to kick dirt on them.

By ookie

August 29, 2007 2:16 PM | Link to this

I’d purchase some property in rural Virginia. I’d build a great home. Then me and my home boyz would start a buzness in breeding pitbulls and even fighting ‘em. Yep, that’s what I’d do. Thug Life!

By Kaycee

August 29, 2007 2:18 PM | Link to this

I’d buy Brad a copy of Office Space for not catching the two chicks line.

Then I would take BishopThug and all my anti-Fundies to a nice steak dinner.

I’d then hire a plethora of pool boys to dance for me (relax, I’m a straight chick).

Then I would pay an exorbitant amount of money to a liquor store to defy ridiculous Georgia blue laws and remain open on Sunday to sell me booze. Because everyone has a price.

By Brian

August 29, 2007 2:22 PM | Link to this

First, I would pay my tithes to my church…second, I would round up all the memebers of my immediate family and come up with the best investment plan…then I would donate a good percentage to the relief funds for Hurricane Katrina..then I would give each member of my family a 50 thousand dollar check..then I would pay off all of there debts…then I would do something for myself..like a trip to Africa or something..then I would assist them in a relief funding I could help them with…cause the way I see it the Lord has blessed me and it is more rewarding to uplift the next person than to kick dirt on them.

By A Gnostic

August 29, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this

I would buy, foreclose and condemn every bit of church property in the state, and throw every bible-koran thumping christian-muslim out. all the world’s troubles are caused by religion, so i would try to eradicate the fairy tales.

By Mark

August 29, 2007 2:25 PM | Link to this

All of you fools who would give to their church should have the winnings revoked. Only people with sound minds and logic should win that much money.

By jim smith

August 29, 2007 2:30 PM | Link to this

“Hey Boss” you can’t fire me…I quit” let sing my song: “It’s my birthday…Got my paycheck…Don’t need my job back!”

By Camille

August 29, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

Create Jobs - Build Affordable Housing - Education Probably would create some competition/contests to those who innovative thinkers who could create higher paying jobs; Create ways to pay teachers more and attract teachers/business professional from corporations, greatly reduce class sizes, and offer everyone a college degree.
Set up a a couple of contests. One to offer a large amount to the one who could came up with an idea to create a company or business that could employ a large number (hundreds and thousands) of men and women at a good salary, and could be duplicated throughout cities; and the other who could build affordable housing options, etc.

By jim smith

August 29, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

“Hey Boss” you can’t fire me…I quit” let’s sing my song: “It’s my birthday…Got my paycheck…Don’t need my job back!”

By Onetrack

August 29, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

I would pay Kaycee for sex. As she said, “everyone has a price.”

By jim smith

August 29, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this

“Hey Boss” you can’t fire me…I quit” let’s sing my song: “It’s my birthday…Got my paycheck…Don’t need my job back!”

By Jim

August 29, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

People- These are the lamest ideas I have ever heard in my life. Come on you just won $325 million dollars. Whoever says, “I would pay off my family’s debt!” Well no kidding, you would pay it off, then give them boat loads of cash and then more cash.
Here is what I would do, I would turn into scrouge! Why, because I could. I would buy several businesses and fire people once I bought it, again why, because I could and it would be a great laugh. Sure these business’s would go under because I fired everybody, but again who cares, I have more money than some states do! Next I would build a neighborhood for all my friends, about 20 ridiculous mansion’s. Neighborhood would only be able to be driven by golf carts, it would have a club house with the best sports bar in America in it(oh yeah, none of yall can come because its mine and really private, unless your hot of course). I could go on and on about the neighborhood, but I am too busy laughing at how I can’t wait to buy business’s and fire everybody that works there. Now that is going to be fun! Have a great day.

By Joel

August 29, 2007 2:34 PM | Link to this

If i were to win the 325 million, i would proudly walk my gay ass through the office in my favorite pair of thong underwear and climb up on the CEO’s desk and take a big ole s**!!! then quit:)

By tm

August 29, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

I’d pay off the things/people that needed it, which would only take a small portion of the net winnings…and then I’d vanish, never to be heard from again and never to worry about stupid people again.

By Joel

August 29, 2007 2:35 PM | Link to this

If i were to win the 325 million, i would proudly walk my gay ass through the office in my favorite pair of thong underwear and climb up on the CEO’s desk and take a big ole s**!!! then quit:)

By B

August 29, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this

If I won the jackpot I would payoff my house, car and debt. Then I would put money into a savings account for my kids college education. Then I would quit my job and open my own business and take care of a few family members.

By tlc

August 29, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

Mark, that’s just plain and simply put “mean” of you. Practice what you believe in but don’t cast stones at others for their beliefs. You are an American right? It’s called freedom in this country el marco!

By High Life

August 29, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

Cheap booze and cheaper women…lots of ‘em!

By MR. ED 3

August 29, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

I WOULD BUY GREEN CARD FUR EVERYBODY,AND BUY ME A BIG OW JUNKYARD AND HIRE FRANKIE AND LET HIM DRIVE ME AROUND,PEACE LOVE AND HAPPINESS BLOOD CLOT

By Becky

August 29, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

A.Gnositc, please make sure that you include the Jevonah Witness’s in that group..

By harold

August 29, 2007 2:45 PM | Link to this

soembody said seal off the borders with mexico and canada. harold likes that idea, especially the US/Canada border, but then harold would move to canada!!!

By db

August 29, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

I would use my winnings to start a dogfighting operation.

By Jacqueline Bennett

August 29, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this

My daughter and grandson and myself will finnally have the home or house we have wanted for so long and my grandson would finnally have a yard to play in we have a car and there would be no more riding the bus my daughter would be able to finish college with no more stress for her or me over money issues life would be so much better for us.

By D

August 29, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this

I’d show Bush, Nardelli and every other greedy Republican/CEO, that you can live off a mere 20 million dollars for the rest of your life, with some good investments, no over-spending, no hookers, no mistresses, no drug habit, still be able to give to animal rescue organizations and still be able to live a really good life. you can be rich without being greedy and selfish.

By Steve F

August 29, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this

I would give marcusturner his child support so he could get his car and job back!!

By Mark

August 29, 2007 2:56 PM | Link to this

Some of you people’s first investment ought to be a dictionary. It’s quite obvious that this is a blog in a GA. newspaper.

By You Miserable Losers!

August 29, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

If you all hate your jobs so much that you would tell you boss to f*ck off as soon as you have some money, why not be proactive and find something you enjoy doing now, instead of whining about your situation? If I did win it all, I would keep my job, at least for the present, because I like what I do. Retire early, sure! Help those in need, absolutely. Now I know why so many winners go off and sulk, blowing their money in a few years. They aren’t winners, they’re losers, regardless of cash flow. Strive to be a winner!

By jonnah

August 29, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

Remember my name, I AM WINNING THE JACKPOT THIS FRIDAY. I will tell you what Iam going to do with the money at the press conference thanks.

By Socialisto

August 29, 2007 3:00 PM | Link to this

I would form a revolutionery group like FARC in Columbia and round up all Republicans and put them in prison camps and give us Democrats the socialist utpoia we all long for and deserve!

By MR.ED

August 29, 2007 3:00 PM | Link to this

MARK WHY DO YOU LIVER HEREEEE THEN GO BACK WHERE COMEEEE FROM . LOVE ALL OF THE LOVE FROM THE GA

By jason

August 29, 2007 3:01 PM | Link to this

I would sleep for a week and catch up on my rest then payoff my bills.take a trip around the world and buy a car dealership

By Liz

August 29, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this

I would pay off my house note along with my relatives and friends. Set up a trust for my daughter and of course give my church its share. I would also quit my job and do volunteer work.

By sharon

August 29, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this

Wow, there are some really, scary comments on this board. There are atheists, racists and the Micheal Vick obssessed. I’ve lost people in my life who were the salt of the earth, as good as they come. But yet the most disgusting and vile creatures are still here roaming the earth spewing their poison and hatred. Where is the justice.

By Me

August 29, 2007 3:02 PM | Link to this

I’d teach the AJC writers grammar, spelling and punctuation!

By Me

August 29, 2007 3:04 PM | Link to this

I’d teach the AJC writers grammar, spelling and punctuation!

By BadPAV3

August 29, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this

Two words: Ivory Back-scratcher

By Mary

August 29, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this

Well, I won’t be greedy, I’ll be happy with the interest. Or I’d be happy just matching 5 numbers and winning a mere $250K…….I don’t need $325. I couldn’t spend it. Other’s need it way more than I do apparently…….

I wouldn’t give Marcusturner back child support, I would give it to the child’s mother. Not one dime goes to a deadbeat dad.

By Just Sayin

August 29, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this

I would pay your mom all the money I owe her

By Dirtiestbird

August 29, 2007 3:09 PM | Link to this

Just a question on the tithing, does it ever go in the other direction? Meaning from the Church to the members! Just wondering!

By Becky

August 29, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t help out anyone that isn’t employed full time..I’m all for helping someone, but not if you aren’t helping yourself..As for my job, I like it, so I would probably give a month’s notice..It’s easy to ramble on about all the “dumb” stuff that I would do, but I really wouldn’t know until I actually win…Which will be this Fri. night…

By justicenow!

August 29, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this

I’d use every last penny to impeach bushmchiterhalliburtrovian. It would be SO WORTH IT!!!!!!!

Cheney too. He’s a meanie. !!!!!!

By burnedDave

August 29, 2007 3:12 PM | Link to this

My biggest fear is that I would take all that $$$, move to some exotic South Pacific Island, only to discover I could have lived there all along for about 35 cents a day.

By Chocolate T

August 29, 2007 3:15 PM | Link to this

Brad…lighten up, this is a blog for Pete’s sake. I am actually already rich. I am sitting at home writing on this blog and scratching my bare a*s laughing at how serious you are

By Mark

August 29, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this

MR.ED

You just proved my point.

By Lorene Smith

August 29, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

Give to both ofmy church, Take care of my family, and a few friends, and give to the Homeless,And Red Cross

By Stuart

August 29, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

One hand of blackjack!

By it's funny

August 29, 2007 3:22 PM | Link to this

I’ve read all these comments and I wonder if anyone else notices that the people who want to give their money to their churches sound so much happier than those who don’t believe in God. There are no Christians in this list of comments bashing non believers and calling them names instead of answering the question at hand. Interesting. Personally I have no idea what I’d do with that much money. But I know what kind of people I’d rather hang out with.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

it’s funny,

One of your Christian brothers offered to stick a nuclear bomb up my ass. I guess he is happy, though. The ass play reminds him of his childhood in church.

You Christians amaze me, think everyone who doesn’t believe in God isn’t happy. I’m very happy. Not only am I happy, I am sane enough to realize there isn’t an invisible man in the sky looking down on us.

By Becky

August 29, 2007 3:28 PM | Link to this

Mark, MR.ED only did that to make fun of you..He didn’t prove any point..

By Mr. GP

August 29, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this

If I won, I will help my family members,Help poor and sick people,contribute an amount to cancer research,build a new house and invest some money for my son, wife and myself. by Mr.GP

By Jan

August 29, 2007 3:30 PM | Link to this

After getting up off the floor, I would get the lawyer, financial advisor, etc.THEN…I would pay for the church that my church wants to build. Then I would buy my kids their own home. Then buy a super motor home and hire a driver to drive me and my husband all over the county to see the good old US of A!

By Jere Edmondson

August 29, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

I would pay off ALL debts and obligations and then throw a big party for all my family. At this gathering, I’d pass out envelopes with money for their futures. I would also buy my son and daughter the marina they’ve set their hearts on! I would live life, tithe, donate to charity, and let the world go by!

By Dork

August 29, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this

play with myself during a church service

By OutSideAgitator

August 29, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

SpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpendSpend

By blow me!

August 29, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this

For your information…you sick twisted retard. I am not a man…I am a woman. You seriously need to get a f*#kin life and stop stalking this blog. I think a psyche evalution is in order.

By Felicia

August 29, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

If I survive the heart attack surgery I’ll likely need after I discovered I won; I would buy my husband a more reliable car (maybe a lamborghini-ha ha), hire a full-time housekeeper and a part-time chef, and find many ways to donate to worthy causes.

By Ms. Michelle

August 29, 2007 3:41 PM | Link to this

It’s funny your comment is so true!

By Pac Man

August 29, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

I’d go to the Cheetah and make it rain on dem hos!

By bill

August 29, 2007 3:44 PM | Link to this

This type of jackpot payoff would be a catastrophe of monumental proportions. You would have to enroll in the best business school you could find to become a certified public accountant so you could manage the money. You would have to change your career to professional fund manager, in fact, you would be managing a bigger portfolio than most professional investment brokers. You certainly wouldn’t trust them to do it for you would you? The old addage about a fool and his money being parted would be your legacy if you did. I wouldn’t want to win….i hate reading financial statements and prospectuses.

By n

August 29, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

I would contract amnesia……….that way I will recognize no one!

By blow me!

August 29, 2007 3:47 PM | Link to this

Yeah BISHOPTHUG….that one was for you….3:39pm

By Too funny

August 29, 2007 3:48 PM | Link to this

It’s funny So you would rather hang out with sheep who can’t make their own decisions, allow their lives to be run by some person standing at the podium thumbing a fictional book, (the Buy bull), and telling you he talks to an imaginary person?

I prefer an independant thinker.

They’ve got you brainwashed don’t they?

Not bashing, just asking.

By D

August 29, 2007 3:49 PM | Link to this

you wouldn’t have to quit your job, any boss with half a brain(yeah,yeah, there’s a good joke in there), would need to just go ahead and fire anybody that won that much money, you wouldn’t really be able to discipline that employee for anything, the threat of losing their job wouldn’t be there. plus the affect it would have on the employees would be poison. but if I did win, and got my big check, no really, my big check, I hope they don’t make you carry that thing out into the parking lot on your way home, it’s like mug me, I’m over here, I would say ‘anybody that I haven’t heard from in the last 6 months, don’t call, and anybody that calls asking for money, is going on a list for people that aren’t getting any money. the ones that should be taken care of, they’re on the list without even having to write it out.

By It ISN'T so funny

August 29, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

It’s Funny: I’m not rich (yet??) but I donate generously to my SYNAGOGUE. According to you, though, non-Christians are God-bashing, stingy evil-doers. I think you owe me & mine an apology…but, I won’t hold my breath waiting for it. I know better.

By why ask why?

August 29, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

Hey churchies Fairy tales are for kids ok?

By Mike

August 29, 2007 4:02 PM | Link to this

I would immediately buy 325 million tickets for the next lottery.

By MR.ED

August 29, 2007 4:03 PM | Link to this

MARK KISS MY GRITS LOVE MR ED

By brneagle

August 29, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

After 4 or 5 days sitting on the “john”, I would rest a little while, eat a meal, then go sit on the “john’ some more.

By brneagle

August 29, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

After 4 or 5 hours sitting on the “john”, I would rest a little while, eat a meal, then go sit on the “john’ some more.

By d miller

August 29, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this

I would go back to college and get a Medical Degree. Then find the Doctor who gave me my VASECTOMY last week and return the favor and make his BOYS BLACK and BLUE for a week. Life would be good.

By Marcy

August 29, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this

I would do so much to take care of the situations with people who are ignored and i would definately not see me & my kids want for anything again. I feel lucky, I will win!

By Marcy

August 29, 2007 4:14 PM | Link to this

I would do so much to take care of the situations with people who are ignored and i would definately not see me & my kids want for anything again. I feel lucky, I will win!

By Mark

August 29, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

Too funny

Your comment is so true!

By A Good Stewart

August 29, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

I would tithe 10% to God Kingdom and then pay off my church building. I would visit the homeless. Pass out monetary treats. Visit my family and pass out monetary treats. Then, I would have my house customized. Buy a penthouse in midtown, customize my baby’s house and travel.

By Stix

August 29, 2007 4:18 PM | Link to this

I would buy the Atlanta Hawks and make a team out of them instead of the current WNBA team that we have here.

By getrich83

August 29, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this

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By Aubrey

August 29, 2007 4:28 PM | Link to this

I would put money in trust to purchase a building for my church and fund it for the next 10 years. Then I would buy a huge plot of property and set up a dog rescue group where lack of space was not an issue.

I would also purchsae enough land to give some to my family so that we could all build what we want. Not sure it would be in atlanta though. I hate the traffic here. Maybe i would get a helicopter or hire a driver.

By KRS_!

August 29, 2007 4:32 PM | Link to this

I THINK I WOULD DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING I WANTED!!!!!!!!

By harold

August 29, 2007 4:34 PM | Link to this

harold believes you should worship what you will. so, harold donates heavily to strippers’ college funds.

By alohavampire

August 29, 2007 4:35 PM | Link to this

I’d buy Cindy Sheehan’s property in Crawford, TX and erect a massive video wall that would display the TV show Lil Bush 24/7.

By Mel

August 29, 2007 4:36 PM | Link to this

First, I’d take care of my friends and family to the point where they’re comfortable for life. Then, I’d buy a cottage on the English coast and get the HELL out of this country, which is completely “over” and on its way to being a third world puppet of China. Oh, yeah, and Carbon Footprint, BishopThug, and any other progressive, non-religious freaks can come visit me whenever they want!! (And nobody has to say “don’t let the door hit you on the way out,” or some other smart-ass remark. Believe me, if I COULD leave, I WOULD!!)

By George

August 29, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

after taking care of my family and close friends, I would try to spend the rest of it as quick as possible having fun, probably in Las Vegas and going on cruises. I would also have a stable of old 60’s muscle cars.

By Mike

August 29, 2007 4:39 PM | Link to this

I would take a chunk of it and payoff the judge to ensure that Michael Vick gets 20 years in the slammer!

I would love to set aside a bunch of it to set up funds for the Humane Societies to take care of the homeless dogs and cats. Hey, call me soft hearted, but everyone can get a job, the animals need to be taken care of!

By Biss

August 29, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

I would open up a kennel called “Bad Newz Kennels” and I would raise Pit Bulls for fighting. I would then try and fight my dogs against other people’s dog for money.

This would help get me some small spending money. I would get some smart friends to help me run the place too.

By Not Kidding

August 29, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

Clearly, several hundred million dollars would CHANGE ALOT OF THINGS!!! FIRST: I would set up a couple of trusts for my two daughters with enough money in them, such that they would be comfortable, but not such that they would NEVER have to work in their lives. I would, however, make sure that my Mom, Dad and older Sister would NEVER have to work again (simply done for them with a couple million each). They are older and “simpler and wiser” people. I would invest in serveral stable and income generating financial instruments (with the advice of a financial planner and lawyer(s)) and live off of the resulting income; hoping that it would be at least $60-$80K/yr. oh - I am sorry…. all of this would be AFTER placing custody of the winning ticket in the hands of my Mother, and having her follow these instructions. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that my wife would unecessarily WASTE a good amount of that money and since we have never seen eye-to-eye on the virtue of effort and work in life and what the resulting money and expenditures on “NEEDS” (vs. “wants”) are… I would have to eliminate her from the equation, although not cutting her out of the deal by any means. She would have to live in moderation and if she didn’t like it…well…… she could leave and due to my Mother owning the ticket, could simply take the house and any other possessions she wanted outside of that $100+ million bucks!! I would give a healthy donation to the church - approaching 10%, but (sorry), likely not AT 10%. Then I would spend my time involved and able to attend my duaghter’s activities in school, etc. and creating other opportunities to make money without being foolish and losing it due to the proverbial “bad investments”. If someone wanted several million from me for a “new company/idea” - I would tell them that I owuld be a part of the 2nd round of Angel Investor funding, perfectly willing to miss out on some larger gains in order to play it safe. In the end, a lot of my time would go to being a part of some of what I feel is worthwhile causes and (likely) a VERY flexible job working towards those sorts of endeavors and leaving some sort of legacy - no matter HOW SMALL - on this Earth for strangers to take solice and strength in and for my duaghters to witness and (hopefully) lead them by example to live a life in which you have “truly contributed or given” to someone.

PS - I would NEVER miss another BCS Championship Game or Super Bowl as long as I lived!!

By T

August 29, 2007 4:48 PM | Link to this

I would pay off my car, student loans and credit cards. I’d pay off my brothers’ college tuition and my mother’s mortagage. I’d brake my lease and purchase a home in the Atlanta-area and build a family home in Florida or the Carolinas. I’d buy my boyfirend a pick-up truck and take a nice vacation. Lastly I’d donate to various charities and invest in the stock market.

By Wendy

August 29, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

First of all, I would not take the lumpsum option. The amount I would get yearly, I would give 15 % to the church, invest, pay all bills, build my dream home and travel. In addition to doing GOD’s will.

By G3

August 29, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this

After paying off ALL our debts, my family and I would buy some property in the mountains (20-30 acres) and disappear from society.

By Dejay

August 29, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this

If my heart could take the idea of winning over a quarter of a billion dollars….

First of all, say goodbye to the job. If I ever found out I won while at work, I’d drop everything and just leave. No 2-week notices, no tearfull goodbyes, heck, my computer and login would still be up while I vacate the premises. I’d send some $$$ back to my department but that’s just about it.

Tithe it and give an offering. I owe God some back payments and need to catch up. This would be a good starting point. Besides, considering the odds, who else could I thank for sudden financial independence?

Save it. Since I would be getting about $175-200 million of it after taxes, I’d put away at least $20 million in the safest money market account I could legally find, just in case things don’t go my way. I wouldn’t touch it unless I absolutely have to.

Invest it. I’d put just as much into investing in a business idea. How many folks have been asking for a real transportation solution? I know $20-40 million is a drop in a bucket but if you guess right, you’ll have enough coming back to last for generations. Ask the Rockefellers or Vanderbilts about that.

Spend it. The most fun part. The parents and siblings on both sides of the family would be taken care of (well). I’d be personally eyeing one of those $5 million 20-50,000 square-foot island homes that many other wealthy folks are buying nowadays and take the loved ones there. We’d have to get away; you and your family can quickly become a target of others once they find out you’re a millionaire.

By Big Dave

August 29, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this

Put myself on a budget and invest most of the money. No fancy cars or house for me. I would donate to several charities and just be a blessing to people.

By me

August 29, 2007 5:13 PM | Link to this

Quit my job, and walk out naked. Then go to every college and pro football game I want to see.

By Nickole

August 29, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this

I would pay off all of my mom’s bills - I would give to the church - my many missed tithes and offerings. My children would not have to wait till pay day to get new shoes or wait till next payperiod to go shopping - they would have everything that they need. I would go back to school full time and pursue my dream of becoming a nurse. Last but not least - I would buy my father a headstone for his grave.

By Small Chance

August 29, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this

I’d like to start a foundation that’s goal would be to get the Bible translated into every language. There are still a lots that need it. The cashflow from the trust could probably float 200-300 of these projects concurrently.

I’d also hire the best CPA in the world to make sure that I was only “giving to Caesar what belonged to Caesar” and not a penny more and not a penny less.

By ToePro

August 29, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

I would ask for it all in Cash and throw the money up into the air for God. Whatever he doesn’t keep and allows to fall back to earth, I’d spend on Strippers and Booze!

God Bless!

By adrien

August 29, 2007 5:24 PM | Link to this

Just act a fool. The End!!!

By adrien

August 29, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this

Just act a fool. The End!!!

By Techie

August 29, 2007 5:38 PM | Link to this

1. Purchase AJC 2a. Shut down AJC 2b. Bring back the afternoon Atlanta Journal, and report only positive news.
2. Visit every MLB stadium
3. Visit every Div.-1 College football stadium
4. Work on my golf game. Of course if 3-5 happen, 6 will be to hire a good divorce attorney!

By BigDaddy

August 29, 2007 5:40 PM | Link to this

BigDaddy would start collecting Russian mail-order brides…

By BigDaddy

August 29, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

BigDaddy would strongly encourage you to put the lotion in the basket…

By Gansta B

August 29, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this

I would cruise me down to East Point and get some good smoke. Cruise back by International Blvd and pick up some toothless ho. Catch the AIDS and spread it far and wide. Buy a church and burn it!

Pay that judge to burn Vick’s a$$. F%#@ Blank and his money.

Pi$$ on that rich white womans coffin and her dog for that matter.

Then tell the rest of you to f%#@ing wake up and find something better to do.

Take out a national campaign for all the prejudiced African Americans to stop B1TCH1NG and do something for themselves rather than blaming everyone else for the their problems.

By BishopThug

August 29, 2007 5:54 PM | Link to this

Why do people keep saying they will pay God? By giving to your local church, you aren’t paying God, you are paying the church. Like people have said before, you are paying for your pastors, bishops, or whatever title they give themselves to drive a luxury car and live a lavish lifestyle. What kind of a “person of God” would buy such an extravagent car when there are probably people in their church who could use that money for bills and whatever else?

Thanks for letting me know, blow me! that you are a woman. A top class woman, at that. The kind of woman you want to take home to Mom until she tells your Mom to f-ck off. Go back to your trailer park in Griffin, pay attention to your 6 kids by 6 different men, and get ready for this weekends Nascar race. Please get yourself spade so you can’t procreate another mongoloid child!

By SexyT

August 29, 2007 6:00 PM | Link to this

First of all i would retire my mom (62). Yea i think that is long enough. Then i would pay all my daughters tuition for college and let others use the grants that really need it. Then i would go on a long vacation. Then the money would be low so I would give what is left to my mom. Then i would find a job that i enjoyed going to everyday.

By Jay

August 29, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

I would remind Gangsta B to stay focused when someone ask you a question. You are cosumed with hatred. Check yourself man. Now to answer the question. I would not say a word to anyone. Park the money in a thirty day cd and take a long vacation to gather yourself and organize your next move.An remember, blind trust is the way to claim large sums of money.

By abisou

August 29, 2007 6:12 PM | Link to this

I would Thank the Lord first. I would like to think I wouldn’t go public. Then get a financial advisor preferably Gerri Willis or Robert Pagliarini either one. Have to give 10% of winnings to my tithes, etc. ELIMINATE BAD DEBT for myself and some family members. Build that dream kitchen with a Wolfe Stove for my mom. Build my sister a house that is accessible for her needs since she is physically challenged. Help rebuild a New Orleans community. Donate to kids hospitals like Eggleston Healthcare for Kids and Scottish Rites etc. Remodel my house and buy a house in my home state. Would like to pay myself $1500 a week and from that point listen to my advisor.

By Liberal Drive-by

August 29, 2007 6:32 PM | Link to this

I’d be a real a** from now on.

By Mr. J.

August 29, 2007 6:45 PM | Link to this

I would fund a program to teach people that spending money on lottery tickets is a STUPID TAX. Your chances of winning are close to ZERO. You’ll have more money for you future by investing $5/week in mutual funds. Then again, you’re all helping pay for my childs college education, which I thank you for. I’ll teach her how to become financially independent, while the rest of you teach yours how to dream about winning the lottery.

By kimberly Peake

August 29, 2007 6:47 PM | Link to this

If I won the lottery, I would give God His 10 percent plus some, Send 1 million to the Center for the homeless in South bend, IN. Set up college funds for my grandchildren, nieces, nephews, buy homes for all my sisters and my mother! Give to charities and travel!!!!!

By Mikee59

August 29, 2007 6:50 PM | Link to this

I would buy all the hungry people in the world a hamburger or get me a solid gold cadillac..One or the other.

By Danno

August 29, 2007 7:01 PM | Link to this

I would give away half right away to friends, family and folks in need. The other half would be given in time to help others. We would purchase two condos, one by the ocean and one in the mountains. I would trick out my 1998 auto and buy new vehicles for my family. We would travel to London and tour the United States modestly, giving cash to those in need.

By San

August 29, 2007 7:03 PM | Link to this

As soon as I check my ticket, I will fall on my knees and thank the Lord!! Next, call my friend and take the next flight out of the country to figure out what I’m going to do with the money. I’m not telling ANYBODY(except my friend) until I’ve made my list of family & friends and have decided EXACTLY what I’m giving them!!(I’m not going to allow them to tell ME what to do with my money)

Return to Atlanta after a couple of weeks. Call my attorney, who happens to be my Godsister and go pick up my CHECK!! Then I will call my parents.

Folks, your #1 mistake is to immediately pick up the phone calling your family and friends…screaming “I WON THE LOTTO”!!

Oh yeah, the first check written will be 15% to my church!!

By Long B

August 29, 2007 7:53 PM | Link to this

Move back to Jamaica..Build a castle on the hillside over looking the ocean front that the sun set on. Keep my house out here in the “A”,but buy investment Lofts and Condos downtown & rent them. As for Fam & Friends,”WE RICH B@#CH!” All praises to the most high.

By bill

August 29, 2007 8:05 PM | Link to this

I’d have no debt along with my immediate family. Build my dream home. Chisle away the faces on Stone Mountain. Live out my wildest dreams and die a happy person.

By Krazy Lady!

August 29, 2007 8:26 PM | Link to this

I would pay white house security so I could b*tch slap “Dubya”. I would not tithe to a particular church but tithe at least 15% to help those in need. I would pay off my family’s bills and give them a little extra to be totally self sufficient. Try to find ways to end homelessness. We are too rich a country to have people starving on the streets. I would like to travel and see the world. I would want to help everyone possible. People really needing help, not those looking to get some fast cash.

By buffalo

August 29, 2007 8:59 PM | Link to this

I’m going to Six Flags Baby

By juan

August 29, 2007 9:04 PM | Link to this

I’d go get the money, but not have a press conference. I would keep going to work just to see if anyone there figured it out. I would take all my vacation time eventually and one day throw a massive luncheon where I would help the most needy of my coworkers. I would take care of my family, but at the same time look to help others and organizations that are struggling.

By Allen

August 29, 2007 9:06 PM | Link to this

Hire Clark Howard to answer that question for me.

By Captain Stube

August 29, 2007 9:13 PM | Link to this

I’d take everyone I knew on a cruise, pay everyone’s bar tab, play $500 hands of blackjack, drink like Nicolas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas, and raise hell on the boat till either they let me steer it, or they make me walk the plank. If I was still alive after all that I would come home and bet heavily against the Falcons every Sunday en route to their 0-16 season.

By K-money

August 29, 2007 9:46 PM | Link to this

I would reject it - I cant afford the pay cut!!!

By Ex-Linker who cares!

August 29, 2007 10:17 PM | Link to this

I would buy Earthlink, and fire all of the jackasses that gave those 900 people pink slips on August 28th.

By MrLiberty

August 29, 2007 10:25 PM | Link to this

Spend the money on commercials to educate the american public as to why government in general is the greatest danger facing america today. I would especially focus on the actions of the illegal federal reserve, the international banking cartel, and how together they have destroyed the american dream while financing the bloodthirsty empire.

Only one candidate is bothering to point any of this out. Ron Paul.

Being able to restore the republic, educate america to how they have been victimized by the two major parties, and bringing back the constitution would be a great legacy and a great way to spend those millions.

Watching the glory and the benefits that would flow to every deserving american would easily make the expense worth it.

By Me

August 29, 2007 11:07 PM | Link to this

I would spend it on houses, and lots. Cat houses, and lots of Cats. OR Wine, Women, and Song. I don’t drink. I don’t sing. A good time would be had by all.

By dear shay

August 29, 2007 11:28 PM | Link to this

F*** YOU WITH A CAPITAL F… you didnt here me say s** about not paying child support.I’ve always paid my child support, how do you control getting laid off from your job. what a dumb ass!!! you think suspending someones license is a good thing, how the hell do you get to work, look for a job, or anything like that. yeah you might be the dumbest muthafucka on this blog…. my children are not a mistake, and its bitches like you, that lay on there back, and have babies with men that dont give a f*** about you and then, wont them put in jail… im not a deadbeat, i just f*** a money hungry bitch, like yourself…

By jthoms

August 29, 2007 11:36 PM | Link to this

The lottery is a tax on people who are bad at math.

By Russell

August 29, 2007 11:42 PM | Link to this

X-Marks the spot,

Part of Christianity is to turn the other cheek when someone disagrees with you.

However being informed and atheist gives me the freedom of judging you and your delusional beliefs.

I’ve worked in the church, drunk the Kool-aid and preached the gospel to the unconverted. Then I realized that the church was conning people out of their money and using an invisible father figure as a means of control over them.

If being a lemming makes you happy, then good for you, but don’t preach to me. I could run circles around you when it comes to biblical knowledge.

Do some research on your religion. Find out how the bible was created. That will start to open your eyes.
Don’t preach at me. I’m perfectly happy. And I hope you’re not playing the lottery and gambling. god doesn’t approve of gambling.

By mturner

August 29, 2007 11:45 PM | Link to this

thank you steve… ohhh to the d** mary, how does a man that wants to take care of his children,and has been,but cant now due to this dumb ass law get labeled as a deadbeat dad.ohhh i know go out and drive on a suspended license so i can get locked up..yeah that will do my kids alot of good. you must be white. or a d**, or someone who wants to see all the black men locked up..

By Chris

August 29, 2007 11:51 PM | Link to this

Take care of my Dad who is a disabled Vietnam Vet. Have a family reunion and tell most of the family to kiss my rear since they have been a joke most of my life. I would travel the world with my partner and experience the many people that makes this world so interesting. Buy out my HOA and turn the place into a nature preserve and donate the land to the city of Atlanta. Take care of some friends. Help folks who really need it such as single men who have strugled as they never get any help since they do not have kids to flash in everyones face which is sad but kids seems to be a free ticket to get anything! Guess all in all I would be happy!!!

By mturner

August 30, 2007 12:03 AM | Link to this

hey mark,your gay.. it aint black people who made theses laws about suspending someones license just because there on child support.. ohhh i see nothing can go wrong in a persons life, that would allow me to get behind on child support…getting laid off, car breaking down. etc.. anything right… ohhh i get it, i get laid off, i can go make someone give me a job… damn you should have told me that MARK, then i would have been done that.. your a feminist….

By todd

August 30, 2007 12:06 AM | Link to this

I would take care of my family and best friend. I would invest, save, and move to Montana.

By Greyhound Lover

August 30, 2007 12:56 AM | Link to this

First, I would pay off ALL of my debts. I would then allocate a set amount for all family members to be sure everyone was taken care of. The rest would go into a safe investment and I’d live off the interest.

I would then quit my job, purchase some land in which to build a “greyhound rescue farm”, which would become mine and my wife’s daily job. We would use this as a way to provide a greater means for the Atlanta greyhound adoption group, SEGA, and other appropriate greyhound adoption groups, to house and care for any dogs that they would not have the space for on their own.

By RD

August 30, 2007 1:10 AM | Link to this

I would first hire a lawyer and finanicial advisor. I wouldn’t work at my present job. I would first pay all my taxes, and all my debts, and immediate family members debts. I would then buy myself a new car, and cars for each of my three adult children. I would Set up a trust fund for my children’s college education. I wouly buy a house in Atlanta (near my kids) and buy a vacation house in the mountains, and one on the ocean. I would set up an investment fund to live on, and live off the interest.

I would either create my own non-profit foundation with the majority of the money,and give to different interests or give to foundations directly:cancer research,the environment,healthcare and education for women, children and the disabled, here and around the world.

By RD

August 30, 2007 1:13 AM | Link to this

I would first hire a lawyer and finanicial advisor. I wouldn’t work at my present job. I would first pay all my taxes, and all my debts, and immediate family members debts. I would then buy myself a new car, and cars for each of my three adult children. I would Set up a trust fund for my children’s college education. I wouly buy a house in Atlanta (near my kids) and buy a vacation house in the mountains, and one on the ocean. I would set up an investment fund to live on, and live off the interest.

I would either create my own non-profit foundation with the majority of the money,and give to different interests or give to foundations directly:cancer research,the environment,healthcare and education for women, children and the disabled, here and around the world.

By RD

August 30, 2007 1:20 AM | Link to this

I would first hire a lawyer and finanicial advisor. I wouldn’t work at my present job. I would first pay all my taxes, and all my debts, and immediate family members debts. I would then buy myself a new car, and cars for each of my three adult children. I would Set up a trust fund for my children’s college education. I would buy ahouse in Atlanta (near my kids) and buy a vacation house in the mountains, and one on the ocean. I would set up an investment fund to live on, and live off the interest.

I would either create my own non-profit foundation with the majority of the money,and give to different interests or give to foundations directly:cancer research,the environment,healthcare and education for women, children and the disabled, here and around the world.

By Ken

August 30, 2007 1:39 AM | Link to this

First and foremost hire a financial planner. I would pay the IRS!!! Pay off all my debts. Tithe to my church. Make my family members debt free then set them up on a plan of financial success. I would go on a trip around the world. I would help out in the neighborhoods I grew up in in Atlanta. Build my dream house within the city of ATLANTA!! Last but not least I would give to several worthy charities!! I would give my fiance the wedding she has always dreamed of!!!!

By John

August 30, 2007 6:18 AM | Link to this

How much is the take home pay after the split and after taxes?

By Bignow

August 30, 2007 6:35 AM | Link to this

I would donate $50 million to Grady. We are all in trouble if the close shop.

By Me

August 30, 2007 7:09 AM | Link to this

After collecting the $$$ - never set foot in Atlanta again.

By Mary

August 30, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this

Mark Do your legs work? Could you possibly use them to walk around and actually LOOK for a job, or are you going to continue to cry about a suspended license? So you got your license suspended, there’s MARTA, taxi’s, friends, etc. But, typically, you will sit and cry and not accept responsibility for yourself, and blame whitey for the laws you broke.

Next time, I suggest you use a condom and you won’t be in this mess.

By Smokey

August 30, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

I would lobby to legalize marijuana.

By Meghan Dupree

August 31, 2007 7:32 AM | Link to this

I would first pay off all of my bills and by a home that is not falling apart. Second I would send my parents on a long vacation and call in a demolition crew and rebuild their house as a retirement gift. I would also call in the landscapers to fix their yard. Third My daughter’s private school would be paid in full as with my school and my husbands. I would also help all who have helped my family in the past and I do remember those people. My charities would see some of that money and there are too many to name. I would also do some traveling and I would like to have a private concert by Def Leppard my friends and family are welcome to come.

By KH

August 31, 2007 7:36 AM | Link to this

I would fund a study to show how Atlanta encourages the growing population of homeless substance abusers who plague the city. Then I would fund a drug program, which moves them out of the city and on a farm or island.

By Carol G

August 31, 2007 7:50 AM | Link to this

I would use the money to buy a big farm outside my town (Carrollton) and set up a no-kill shelter for homeless or unwanted dogs and cats, with 24/7 veterinarian coverage. The homeless pets would have plenty to eat and could run around and play all day in a safe environment. Although there would be a hired staff, I would also recruit volunteers to play with them and pet them, and encourage school & senior citizens groups to come out to visit.

By Rusty

August 31, 2007 7:54 AM | Link to this

First I’d pay off all debt owed by me and my family. Secondly I would walk into the big boss’s office and lay down a couple of million and say I want this s.o.b. and that s.o.b. fired. Just to see if they’d take it.

By TSmith

August 31, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this

I would like to address the comments made by marcusturner… Sir if you won the lottery I think that the first thing you should do is go back to school and learn how to express yourself better, and as for paying your child support, STOP blaming others because you are a dead beat dad. It is because of men like you that these laws were made, they aren’t stupid, they are to get you to do the right thing. So what you can’t drive, find a job that you can get to by public transportation, show a little anitiative and stop complaining. Having your drivers license suspended is a small price for you to pay compared to what your child may be missing out on because of your lack of support, and on top of that if you have gotten to a point where you now have a suspended license, then you must owe alot of back child support. Also, lets stop with the “white man got me down crap”. That excuse is old and tired. I am a black woman and I am so tired of hearing it. If you have to work for McDonalds, Burger King, or wherever to take care of children, do that. Aren’t they worth it? Take up a trade, do whatever you have to do. You so dumb that you couldn’t even answer the question at hand which was, “What would you do with $330 mill?” Here was your dumb response, ” i would pay child support up to date, so i could get my license back,so i can find a job”. Brother you don’t even recognize that if you have that much money you don’t need a job, or maybe you will, and on top of that if you have that much money you wouldn’t need to get caught up on child support, you could make sure your child was taken care of for the rest of his or her life. Brother what you need is to get a clue!

By TSmith

August 31, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this

I would like to address the comments made by marcusturner… Sir if you won the lottery I think that the first thing you should do is go back to school and learn how to express yourself better, and as for paying your child support, STOP blaming others because you are a dead beat dad. It is because of men like you that these laws were made, they aren’t stupid, they are to get you to do the right thing. So what you can’t drive, find a job that you can get to by public transportation, show a little anitiative and stop complaining. Having your drivers license suspended is a small price for you to pay compared to what your child may be missing out on because of your lack of support, and on top of that if you have gotten to a point where you now have a suspended license, then you must owe alot of back child support. Also, lets stop with the “white man got me down crap”. That excuse is old and tired. I am a black woman and I am so tired of hearing it. If you have to work for McDonalds, Burger King, or wherever to take care of children, do that. Aren’t they worth it? Take up a trade, do whatever you have to do. You so dumb that you couldn’t even answer the question at hand which was, “What would you do with $330 mill?” Here was your dumb response, ” i would pay child support up to date, so i could get my license back,so i can find a job”. Brother you don’t even recognize that if you have that much money you don’t need a job, or maybe you will, and on top of that if you have that much money you wouldn’t need to get caught up on child support, you could make sure your child was taken care of for the rest of his or her life. Brother what you need is to get a clue!

By BE

August 31, 2007 8:23 AM | Link to this

After paying off all the taxes and my debts, and returning from my trip around the world, I would find a great children’s camp located on water for sale and purchase it. I would then open the camp at a reduced fee so that all could enjoy the pleasures I had growing up during summers at camp. Naturally, we would sell our home and live at that camp. My sister’s trailer in Texas would be sold and I would purchase her a new home — something she has never had.

By dr

August 31, 2007 8:31 AM | Link to this

If I won, I would get a lawyer and financial adviser. Most of us would get very stupid with that type of money. I would pay God first and build a new church. Then I would take care of my family. I would never work for anybody but the Lord with a daycare center, giving food to the hungry and any other thing that the church would want to do. I would also take care several of my friends that have stuck by me through all my hard times. I would never put my face on tv or let anyone know that I had won this money because you would never any peace. I would buy several things: my husband a truck, me another car and a house that is one story, never two story again on about five acres of land. I would love to have an annual event for my entire family. But spending so much money, I don’t feel that this is where I can find happiness.

By Tonia

August 31, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

I would first fall on my knees and thank GOD. Then I would invest most. I also would buy my daughter Pebbles her very own Mcdonalds and Taco Bell, and then I would make a lot of people happy. WISH ME LUCK

By Fanny

August 31, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this

carolG if you win give me a call! i would love to do that as well.

By Dee

August 31, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

First of all, I would not quit my day job because I have too much of my life invested in it and I want to be able to retire, with full benefits, in 9 years!!!!!!!! This much money would make life easy and enable me to pay off all my bills - WOW a zero balance on my ALL credit cards!!! Of course, GOD, family and friends would be taken care of.

As for the fantasy portion, I would buy as many acres as I care to have, build homes for family & friends who wish to live within the enclave, build the “all in one” partially glass enclosed guest/party house, with swimming pools/hot tubs, playgrounds - adult & kids versions, basketball court, football field, volleyball court,softball field fully self contained with the finest electronic equipment installed. LIFE WOULD BE GOOD!!

By itcouldhappentome

August 31, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

1)hire a lawyer & financial advisor 2)obvious-take care of family & friends 3)buy one-way tickets home for all of the illegal immigrants (how much does it cost to tattoo “illegal” on their foreheads so they can’t get back in?) 4)disappear 5)get a divorce; I’ve never been very good at being married 6)laugh a lot- all the way to the bank!

By Linda

August 31, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this

Give all my friends and family members some money, invest some, retire from my job, then vacation Baby!!! Alternating between living on various cruise ships and free suites at casinos and travel all over North America! Visting the Yukon Territory, Netherlands, etc!

By Jodi

August 31, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

All those who want to give to charity: PLEASE give to the Jodi Charity - I need my debt paid off and new furniture for the house I just bought. You can reach me at jodiATL@gmail.com

Ok, since I got that out the way :)

I would just live it up! Travel, Pay off debt, secure funds for my family and close friends, start my own business, enjoy life!!

By George

August 31, 2007 9:52 AM | Link to this

I would move to a blue state. And, if the right wing Republicans aren’t destroyed in 2008, I would move out of the country.

By Patrick

August 31, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

I would tell my boss exaxctly what I thought of her and how to get there. Since my birthday is next month. I would party Paris Hilton style and celebrate it in Paris, London, ATL, NYC and ITALY. Then I would start my own chartiable work to help abused children and start a college fund for single monthers who were abused by their husbands through work with transition housing for those type of woman. Then go tell my boss again what I thought of her and how she can get there..ha.ha

By Mike

August 31, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this

I would tell my boss exaxctly what I thought of her and how to get there. Since my birthday is next month. I would party Paris Hilton style and celebrate it in Paris, London, ATL, NYC and ITALY. Then I would start my own chartiable work to help abused children and start a college fund for single monthers who were abused by their husbands through work with transition housing for those type of woman. Then go tell my boss again what I thought of her and how she can get there..ha.ha

By Dwayne

August 31, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this

Didn’t you people watch Oprah yesterday? People turning a $1,000.00 into much much more. Like the Atlanta sisters that turned their $2,000.00 into $200,000 helping a local womens shelter. Yes I would buy me a house. I would buy my mom a house. I would but my sister a house. I would buy some vehicles. (Look for me Allan Vigil, and Atlanta Freightliner) I would make sure my nieces, and nephew are taking care of for life. I would help some needy families throughout the Metro Atlanta area. Like Monica Pearson said I would help Grady get stable. Then whatever else that might come up.

By Dwayne

August 31, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

Didn’t you people watch Oprah yesterday? People turning a $1,000.00 into much much more. Like the Atlanta sisters that turned their $2,000.00 into $200,000 helping a local womens shelter. Yes I would buy me a house. I would buy my mom a house. I would but my sister a house. I would buy some vehicles. (Look for me Allan Vigil, and Atlanta Freightliner) I would make sure my nieces, and nephew are taking care of for life. I would help some needy families throughout the Metro Atlanta area. Like Monica Pearson said I would help Grady get stable. Then whatever else that might come up.

By jane

August 31, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

If I won the lottery I would see to it that all the dogs that Michael Vick has ruined get the rehabilitation they need and make sure, if they do not find homes that they are taken care of the rest of their life.(that is if Vicks doesn’t take on the task)

By terry

August 31, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

I would pay off the house that no one will buy due to the idiots in the mortgage industry (no not you honey). Then i would pay everything off and move to florida and start my own charter fishing company. Also take care of every family member (almost)and then just kick back.

By Diane

August 31, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

I would find out the poorest country in the world and try to boost their economy by starting businesses. Quit my job. Buy a house on the lake. visit every country in the world before I die.

and now that I have the time and the money:

Things to do daily:

Some form exercise: Learn to dance, tango, salsa Get my black belt Learn to swim like a pro Garden Weight lifting Bike ride
Canoe
Fencing Fly a kite attached to your bike
Kayaking Mountain biking Paintball / laser tag Play Frisbee at night Sea kayaking Ski / water / snow Learn to play Golf Learn to sail Build a tree house Surf Grow my own veggies

Expand my mind: Learn to play drums Anatomy classes get a degree Learn to play piano Learn to sing Figure out the computer how electricity works what makes a plane fly Learn world religions Biology Learn to Paint on canvas Learn to draw Learn to cook well Read every day. Write my life history Write a fiction book Do my family tree back to Adam and eve Keep track of my dreams and learn to decipher them

Relax every day: See the newest movie Meditate everyday travel the world
Make a collage Shop for antiques Needle work Make a lot of my own natural products, soap, shampoo etc Take long baths Wake up without an alarm every morning Shop for clothes and household stuff Search for seashells Do nothing if you feel like it Grow and arrange flowers fishing

Socialize every day: Take classes on anything interesting Get with a group of friends and hang out Learn to golf Charity work Take some acting classes Join a gardening club Meditation class Yoga class Have parties every Saturday night meet the people from all over the world join a bridge club

Leave the world a better place: Get involved in charities Doc’s w/o borders Children w/ disabilities Clark howard Join political organizations Help with an archeological dig somewhere

Excitement: Travel fly in an ultra light Complete a fire walk Dune buggy riding Go four-wheel driving Go hang gliding Hot-air balloon ride Learn how to use a compass then go and use Paragliding Ride a horse Whitewater rafting Dirt bike Learn to fly a plane Become a space tourist

By Lovette

August 31, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

Chris, when you stand before that “fictitious desert deity invented by Middle Eastern Nomads,” having to explain why you only thought of yourself when He blessed you with life, health, air to breathe, a wonderful world to live in and a family to love you, what on earth will you tell Him when He has cautioned you, “Do not put your trust in riches” but you did?

By NIkki

August 31, 2007 10:26 AM | Link to this

If I won…I would pay off my debt; my mom’s debt; update house then sell and purchase new home for mom & myself; donate to charity that help homelessness; travel; relocate my aunt from NY to GA (if she wants) trust fund for nephew and godson; rest of money in bank (cd’s ira’s).

By LB

August 31, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

I would ask Leona Helmsley if she wished she could have a “do over.” She had all that money, and I don’t think she took any of it with her! Nope, the dog got it.

By LB

August 31, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this

To Fred, thank you, honey!

By Mark

August 31, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this

Anyone that would give money to a church is a total moron. Such ignorant lemmings….

By Grace Marie Fusco

August 31, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

What would I do with all that Mega Money.
I would give my two weeks notice at the law firm I work for. Move to Crestview, Florida or Richmond, Texas and open my son, who is 11, a designer handbag line so he can be a famous designer. I would plan a world cruise with my spouse and take my mom to Hawaii. I would be very happy and God willing we would be healthy, happy and live lnog enough to enjoy it. Oh - and a Lamborghini in Candy Apple Red for me and a Masserati for my spouse. My son wants a Hummer when he’s of age. A dollar and a dream. I would also put this girl in our neighborhood through school that is having some horrible family times and offer her to live with us.

By Dee

August 31, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

I’d move to South America and travel the world. See all thw wonders on this Earth before I die.

By Dee

August 31, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

I’d move to South America and travel the world. See all the wonders on this Earth before I die.

By baddog

August 31, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

GET VICK A GET OF OF JAIL FREE CARD JUST KIDDNG. I WOULD MAKE SURE MY FAMILY WAS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND A FEW FRIENDS. BUT MOST OF ALL I WOULD GO TO CERTAIN SCHOOLS AND MAKE SURE SOME KIDS BLACK KIDS GET THE CHANCE TO LEAVE THE STATE AND GO TO COLLEGE AND SUPPORT THEM UNTIL THEY FINISH. I’D KID OPERATION PUSH AND THE NAACP IN THE AZZ FOR NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE. I’D MAKE SURE THE KIDS IN EUGENA LA AND G. WILSON HERE GET THE RIGHT LAWYERS TO GET THEM FREE. AND I’D KICK THAT SO CALLED OMEGA MAN THURBERT BAKER IN AZZ AS WELL

By cwilli

August 31, 2007 11:42 AM | Link to this

I have always stated I would win the lottery, I think this would be the perfect moment. The first thing I would do, separate myself from family and friends. For those who know I’ve already stated I would be on the island of Hawaii but no one would know that because they only way they would be able to contact me would be via cell phone. I would then spend a million just get the spending bug off of me. And there is no particular order to doing things but I would give to a select church but it would not be a mega church one that is up and coming. Then of course I would take care of my immediate family whch consist of two daughters, one nephew and one cousin. Two dear friends rest sorry for you. After that I would build the home of my dreams and pray “God” let me live to enjoy it. Then I would purchase a suv and hire a cook and hairdresser. I would travel to those places I ‘ve never been and to those I want to go back to. I would liketo give money away at random, I would love to do that. After all I would never be able to spend it all, and I would love to help someone else that would be the most important thing to me.

By P

August 31, 2007 12:30 PM | Link to this

I would move to Vegas and buy me a casino.

By KEITH

August 31, 2007 12:31 PM | Link to this

I BE GETTIN ME ACADI ACCALADE WIF 20S AN SOME REAL BITIN RIMS BE GOIN TO ALL DA GOOD JAMS SPRED IT AROUN REAL GOOD KNOE WHAT IM SAYIN

By can't tell you my name

August 31, 2007 12:38 PM | Link to this

Invest in my church but I couldn’t let them know I won. Buy homes for 3 of my family members and furniture. Buy 5 cars for family members. Help people in my church by paying off bills and some mortgages. Invest in my son college education. Save and invst, save and invest. I would give my boyfriend about $10,000.00 to get lost. I would share with my co workers and yes my boss. As long as I can have 5 millions left in my account I ‘ll be happy.

By Rob

August 31, 2007 12:50 PM | Link to this

Keith,

I would buy you a new hood and sheet so you can be the sharpest peckerwood at your next meeting!!

By P

August 31, 2007 12:54 PM | Link to this

I would pay for a night with Shakira and Beyonce !!

By Tell it like it is

August 31, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

I would move to Hollywood and fork Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and both the Olsen twins all at the same time. Oh happy day!

By dowerubyouthewrongway

August 31, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

Just a little note to the good oh boys and gals.you sit up here just hateing people for the color of thier skin or what they might believe in.What is it that you guys believe in outside of hurting other people with your words and action? I’m sure your family looks up to you for the things that you believe in.Your the type of person no matter where you move to you would fine something to be unhappy about. people are diffrent it’s what makes the world go round. if everyone was the same we would all be as* hoes like you mark texmex mary bishopthug harol gnostic jim to funny and gangsta b. it’s so sad and funny at the same time that you could be the persom sitting next to me smileing in my face and hateing me at the same time. but then you wouldn’t know it was me looking at you!! you make me sick to say that am white. get a life!!!!!

By Genorous Heart

August 31, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

I would first visit Oprah for financial guidance, donate to many charities (including hers) and non-profit orgs. Pay all debts return the favor of friends that helped me. Bulid my dreams home in Trinidad, help my relatives, spend some save some and travel the world…:)

By Tell it like it is

August 31, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

I would buy a sign and post it in Forsyth County that read: Don’t let the sun set on your black ass.

By Tell it like it is

August 31, 2007 1:13 PM | Link to this

I would buy a sign and post it in Forsyth County that read: Don’t let the sun set on your black ass.

By KEITH

August 31, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

DIS GOES OUT TO MY MAN ROB WHAT YOU TALKIN BOUT MAN WHAT KINDSA MEETIN YOU BE THINKIN I GOES TO?

By Brent

August 31, 2007 1:16 PM | Link to this

I would get as far away from AmeriKKKa as I could!!

By Raymon King

August 31, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this

After winning, it might be hard to say right-off but I would not be waiting around too long to decide. I’s “paper-doll” so quick somewhere the postage might go up even more before anyone caught up with me to BEG BEG BEG and still go away mad.

By Raymon King

August 31, 2007 1:24 PM | Link to this

After winning, it might be hard to say right-off but I would not be waiting around too long to decide. I’s “paper-doll” so quick somewhere the postage might go up even more before anyone caught up with me to BEG BEG BEG and still go away mad.

By Raymon King

August 31, 2007 1:26 PM | Link to this

After winning, it might be hard to say right-off but I would not be waiting around too long to decide. I’d ” paper-doll (cut out from here) so quick to somewhere the postage might go up even more before anyone caught up with me to BEG BEG BEG and still go away mad.

By BigSaver

August 31, 2007 1:33 PM | Link to this

If everyone gave as much thought to funding their retirement as they do to how to spend their lottery winnings, we’d all end up alot happier.

By Raymon King

August 31, 2007 1:34 PM | Link to this

If you seek, ye shall find me probably in Japan, China, Africa or some other far away place. The Preacher said that Jesus paid the debt. I fall on my knees and thank Him and plant my feet on higher grounds. Been here, done some of that and time to “Papar Doll” for new ventures in my last days.

By miabyrd

August 31, 2007 2:00 PM | Link to this

with this winnigs I will first give 10 million to my Church new Life(pastor Marlin Harris) then take care of my family take my mom who is suffering from Cancer on a Vacation we never had a vacation ever, give some to homeless shelter treat myself to a home put some away for my kids education, buy my sister a car, my niece car-home put some away untill I pass, that’s what i would do if i win this Friday.

By AJM

August 31, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this

To Tell It Like It is:

You are an ignorant a**! With that kind of attitude, you don’t deserve one red cent. Go back to your trailer park in Forsyth County!

By Dudeman

August 31, 2007 2:11 PM | Link to this

I think all you people are retarded mindless idiots.

By miabyrd

August 31, 2007 2:12 PM | Link to this

with my winnings that i will picked up on Sat09-01 I will donate 20million to New life pastor Marlin Harris, take my mother who is suffering from cancer on a vacation we had never ever been on a vacation, give some to my sister and her kids,my brothers their kids, homeless shelter, sponser a couple of kids and send them to college, put some away for my kids college, purchase a home a new car and put some away to maintain me till I pass, but everyone around me would be blessed.

By AJM

August 31, 2007 2:13 PM | Link to this

To Tell It Like It is:

You are an ignorant a**! With that kind of attitude, you don’t deserve one red cent. Go back to your trailer park in Forsyth County!

By A

August 31, 2007 2:21 PM | Link to this

1) Pay off student loans 2) Pay off mortgage(s) 3) put the rest in TRUST so it will keep accruing for grandchildren’s education 4) Go to work for a charity as a volunteer or work for legalaid

By Juanita

August 31, 2007 2:22 PM | Link to this

I would quit my job, of course. I would donate a sizeable amount to some charities. The homelessness could really benefit from some help. I would buy my dad a house on a lake so that he could fish as much as he wanted and I would give my sisters and brothers money so that they wouldn’t have to work anymore. I would set up trust funds for my 3 kids.

By Watch Out Heff

August 31, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this

I’ll give Hugh Heffner a really big run for his money.

By mimi

August 31, 2007 2:41 PM | Link to this

The usual—pay off debt and take awesome vacations BUT I would also buy a swimming pool for every high school in Cherokee County starting with Sequoyah! Go Chiefs!

By visiondude

August 31, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this

first and foremost, i would thank God for his faithfulness, as i already knew this would happen to me. as much as i have “plans” in my head of the things i would buy, all that actually gets put on hold until He tells me what He wants me to do with the money he has entrusted to me. 100% of it is HIS money, not “10%”. so i would have to wait to see what He wants. God never gives money to a person just for their consumption. especially that amount. and play responsibly people. if you are “meant to”, you will. and it will only take a $1 QP to find out.

By Hayden

August 31, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

I would thank God for answering my prayer. I would get a good financial advisor and attorney and claim the money in the name of a trust. I would pay my tithes to my Atlanta church and my church back home. I would divide $10M between my family and friends. I would set up a foundation to help WORKING single parents and the elderly with their prescription medications. I would buy a condo on the beach and in Vegas. I would put my daughter in private school, sell my house and move somewhere - not sure where yet, but I would live between Georgia and VA.

By Amy

August 31, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

Move my family to a compound (too many minoritie and unmentionables here), travel, and put the rest in investments.

By Amy

August 31, 2007 3:05 PM | Link to this

Move my family to a compound (too many minoritie and unmentionables here), travel, and put the rest in investments.

By Greg

August 31, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this

If I win I’d; -Pay off all I owe, and leave my stuff it where it sits. -Take the wife to go buy alot land, w/ a lake or two. -Start Hot Rod shop, and hire crew of craftsmen. Foose would move to GA. -Build big house for me and my fam. -Buy boats, cars and bikes to the point storing them is a problem. -Hire chef, eat well -Hire personal trainer, hot female personal trainer -Continue to vote Republican -Never obey a posted speed limit again.

By Black Panther

August 31, 2007 3:32 PM | Link to this

Tell it like it is,

If you put that sign up your woman and momma would be very disappointed. They love it when me and my boys come by after dark…lol

By Hayden

August 31, 2007 3:32 PM | Link to this

Just a quick comment about previous posts - we have the right to believe in WHATEVER and WHOMEVER we want - that’s what makes this a great country.

By Mary

August 31, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

I would change my phone number.

By Justin S.

August 31, 2007 3:52 PM | Link to this

I would be responsible. I would pay off all my debt. I would setup college for my daughter. Buy a house, nothing toooo fancy just something nice. I wouldn’t quit my job, but I wouldn’t have to work as hard. I would help my little brother through college. Invest a few million so that the next generation of my family would be ok. Give some to charities of course. Enjoy life as it should be enjoyed.

By Mary

August 31, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this

I would take care of business to eliminate any concerns of mine and my family. Then I would do acts of kindness.

By Hayden

August 31, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this

Oh - one more thing. I would give my two week resignation and come to work for the next 2 weeks in jeans! LOL

By Crazies

August 31, 2007 4:47 PM | Link to this

Why would you give any to a church? So they can go out and brainwash people and fondle the altarboys even more? You sick, sick monkies!!

By Phillip Golucy

August 31, 2007 5:03 PM | Link to this

I would fly to nevada and spend a month banging every working girl in the state while vacuuming the state’s supply of blow with my nose. Then I would buy 10% of the state’s churches and turn them into strip clubs.

By Roger

August 31, 2007 5:28 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t waste time calling my boss to tell him i quit. He could figure that out when i didn’t show up for a few weeks.

By shanaynay

August 31, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this

I’d call my ex-husband and giggle.

By Red Forman

August 31, 2007 6:40 PM | Link to this

Carbon Footprint, I love you!!!

By chevy lee

August 31, 2007 7:30 PM | Link to this

Absolutly anything I wanted! First I would start by securing my kid’s future and the future of all of my nieces and nephews, pay off debts for me, my folks, my grandparents, move my grandparents up here so I can do for them what the rest of my lazy butt family won’t do, go into work, offer to “buy in” and then fire all the putz buckets I currently work with and cap it off laying on the beach with a cold drink! Then wake up and plan the next day.

By s

August 31, 2007 7:41 PM | Link to this

I would go out and by a steak dinner cause I’m tired of eating grilled cheese and eggs and what’s in the house. I want to buy what I want at the grocery store instead of living off $20 for two weeks.

By nelson

August 31, 2007 10:03 PM | Link to this

i buy a house and star my own bussines and give the opportunity to another people to have a real good life togeter with their family

By Cookie

September 1, 2007 9:13 AM | Link to this

It’s nice we all have these dreams. Maybe I am the only one to notice. When the Jackpot goes over 200 Million NOONE IN GEORGIA EVER WINS!!!!

We may end up with 5 of the numbers, we never hit the Jackpot with all 6 numbers. Think about it!!!!

By Sicko

September 1, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

I’d get some healthcare insurance/coverage, since that’s about what it costs.

By mwb

September 1, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

1. Pay for my son’s next 3.5 years of college, and neice and nephew now in college.
2. Purchase the youth bus for the church.
3. Build the education building the church needs.
4. Pre-pay infant neice’s K - 16 education.
5. Fund special needs programs and secondary sports at Gwinnett Schools.
6. Finally get debt-free and travel.

By pbred8

September 1, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this

Haven taken the annuity option, I’d put pay off my daughter’s student loans, her family’s morgage. Get her,sin i law, and myself a new car, make home repairs and improvements for myself, put about a million in a money market checking account. Then turn the rest over to my Edward Jones rep to invest. Next year, same thing. Let the money work for more money!!

By mturner

September 1, 2007 11:45 PM | Link to this

dear sellout TSmith….

first of all, thats the problem i aint behind alot. second, the white man aint got me down,, and i aint never said that, but it is the white law makers that made that law. and you can think its stupid all you want.. but when you lose your job to no fault of your own, why am i a dead beat dad… your a d-y-k-e or you hate your own race.dont say you dont, because how could you support a law that puts another obsticle in the way of a black person getting a job. and thats sad. because if you look at the statistics, more black men than white men have a criminal record that would make it alot harder to get a job,so thats a disadantage by its self, but then suspend our license,come on, your dumb as hell,so there for jobs are’nt just handed out to us as easy as it might be for you, cause your right, it’s easy to get a job at mcdonalds where you must work, but how is that gonna support a child. and then you have to live to, dont have access to public transportation, but do have a car,ass. but cant get there because i have no license, you can be content with working fast food, but i aint gonna settle for that. and just because i have children, doesnt mean my life has to end… I shouldnt be able to drive because i have a child, come the f*** on.. what would you do if you couldnt drive, if you even do… depend on other people to take you where you need to go, what happens if there late, what happens if you lose your job because they have other s** to do, and there late picking you up or dropping you off.must less being a burden to those people that your asking to take you every damn where.. what if you dont have access to public transportation…yeah, let me guess walk a thousand miles to find a job that pays 5.75 an hour, if you can do math, how would that take care of 2 children… hummmm lets see, it wouldnt…your a joke.. and if your really black, your no less than an oreo. you know white on the inside

By deidreNC

September 2, 2007 7:47 AM | Link to this

i would give enough notice at work so that my co-workers wouldnt be left in a bind—you still have to keep your humanity even if you become rich—well you dont have to but you should…

By monteal

September 6, 2007 11:14 PM | Link to this

I have a couple of different Ideas ( for the record I dont play the lottery, Its a slippery slope I dont intend on entering) but if a big bunch of money was dropped in my lap ( I agree with the tithers) then I would do alot of the stuff for family travel ect but I would also like to build a few apartment complexes to give people a alternative to the lodges ( I would drug test to make sure I’m helping people who just need a hand up, I would charge a reasonable rate instead of the rip off prices they charge and keep them clean and lots of security. to keep it safe. I hate it that our system stick it to the poor

then I would set up a organization that would help singe/divorced moms to be reimbursed their child support ( after a drug test)

I’ve found over the years that the drug abuser is by nature a lier and has little to no self control giving them money would be to thier detriment!

just a couple of Ideas