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Wow apparently we have a new King in Georgia - yeah Georgia of all places - why am I not surprised? Ya'll might remember Bishop Eddie Long from a sex scandal that was settled out of court in May 2011. The lawsuits say Long engaged in intimate sexual acts with the young men, such as massages, masturbation and oral sex. ...One Atlanta pastor predicted Long will survive the scandal beca...
DailyKos (Georgia) - 5:50 p.m. - 7 clicks 
The court decision is in: http://www.scribd.com/... Orly Taitz represented one of four plaintiffs challenging President Obama's eligibility for placement on the Democratic ballot in Georgia. The President and his counsel were subpoenaed to appear in court to defend against these challenges, but the President's attorney issued a nice letter to the judge stating that the Court had no bus...
DailyKos (Georgia) - 2:46 p.m. - 11 clicks
Every week, my email box sees newsletters from Georgia's two Republican senators. Often I delete them without reading, as their content is seldom uplifting if you are anywhere to the left of center, politically speaking. Here is an excerpt from the latest offering from Senator Isakson: On Tuesday, which marked the 1,000th day since President Obama's Democrat majority in the Senate ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mon 3:09 p.m. - 16 clicks
James Salzer pens a keeper in the ajc : Newt Gingrich described his first congressional opponent as corrupt and incompetent. His next one, according to Gingrich, supported welfare cheaters. After being elected to Congress from Georgia in 1978, his target became the liberal welfare state. He called the Democratic leadership destructive and thugs, dubbed his opponents’ positions radical and ...
Cracker Squire - Sun 7:26 a.m. - 14 clicks
though rebuffed by the marxist muslim kenyan usurper and his local attorney for georgia, michael jablonski, birthers won a long-fought once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to present their complete case, unopposed and unfettered , against their opponents' empty bench, in an atlanta courtroom on thursday: at long last, freedom-loving americans have the usurper on the run ... ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Sat 2:43 p.m. - 24 clicks
Maureen Downey in the ajc obverves, accurately I pray: I suspect Georgia voters are going to be wary of turning over the keys to their local treasuries to the state Legislature. School taxes represent a sizable chunk of the local taxes collected, and this constitutional amendment would cede unprecedented access to lawmakers in Atlanta in the name of school choice. The topic: Rep. Jone...
Cracker Squire - Jan 27 - 18 clicks
From The Wall Street Journal : North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue said Thursday she wouldn't seek re-election, an unexpected development that could complicate Democrats' efforts to hold on to the governor's mansion and President Barack Obama's chances of carrying the swing state in November. ...
Cracker Squire - Jan 27 - 16 clicks
I've been clearing out some of my old maps recently and publishing them, and this was my attempt at a 9-5 gerrymander of Georgia. 4 seats are black majority, 2 over 40%, and all but one are over 58% Obama. All 5 Republican seats are packed to over 70% McCain. I tried my best to satisfy the VRA here while still finding the limits of the state, so if you think I've made VRA viola...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Jan 23 - 3 clicks
Arrested for not providing identification on demand. Two Occupiers are now in custody for "obstructing" an officer. We must ALL OBEY the papers please request to be good Germans Americans. This yet again shows how far we have fallen as a free society. Madison County deputies arrested two protesters this morning, members of an Occupy Wall Street group that has walked all the way from Ne...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Jan 23 - 5 clicks
Some time before 900 CE, people begin migrating into what will become present-day Georgia from the area around the Mississippi River near present-day St. Louis. Culturally, archaeologists consider these immigrants to be Mississippian people and they know that this is a migration because the material culture they bring with them (and the material culture they leave behind for archaeologists to st...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Jan 22 - 2 clicks
From The Wall Street Journal : ROSWELL, Ga.—The waiting list for subsidized housing here, just 40 families long a year ago, is up to 500. The number of children eligible for free or reduced lunch is up 50%. A little more than a year ago, the Methodist church began seminars for marriages strained by job losses. Roswell is a pre-Civil War cotton mill town that grew into a w...
Cracker Squire - Jan 18 - 8 clicks
File this story in the overstuffed folder labeled Republican Hypocrisy That Borders on Satire . Georgia state Rep. Kip Smith, who is co-sponsor of a bill requiring that public assistance recipients be tested for drug abuse , has been arrested and charged with DUI. Smith, who has been pushing for mandatory drug testing of Georgia's poorest citizens, was pulled over and arrested while driving ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Jan 15
Sad face for Jennifer Keeton, who won't be able to pretend to be a scientist anytime soon. ( Alliance Defense Fund ) Jennifer Keeton failed in 11th Circuit Federal Appeals Court last week in her attempt to coerce Augusta State University (ASU) of Georgia into awarding her a master's degree the school contended she was refusing to earn. Keeton, a psychology student, refused to do coursew...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 21
So, I went to check my email. I still get mail from Ga Democrats. WOW ! Moved just in the knick of time. Now that Fig Newton has dropped in the polls and the president has risen in the polls...the republican red state has come up with a sure fire way to bring Newt into winning Georgia. Yes siree. They found them a sure fire way...NOT ! They decided to drop ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 21 - 2 clicks
Caregiver charged after alleged stabbing by mentally ill man Snellville police have charged a caregiver at a personal care home with reckless conduct after one of the men in her charge allegedly stabbed another resident. Typical of MOST of the caregivers I have the displeasure of talking to, this one was not giving very seriously ill people their medications on time and correctly. Most of ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 17
Today, the Sierra Club is celebrating a landmark victory that was a long time coming. We have reached a settlement with LS Power to cancel their plans to build two new coal plants - the Longleaf plant in Georgia, and the Plum Point 2 plant in Arkansas. These two coal plants are #160 and 161 on the growing list of new coal plants defeated by the Sierra Club and our allies since 2002. These are ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 12
Before we hit the numbers, a quick programming note. The polling Wrap returns on Monday night, while the normal weekend digest will remain in its now-customary position on Saturday evenings. Now, for those GOP primary numbers: NATIONAL (Fox News): Gingrich 36, Romney 23, Paul 12, Perry 8, Bachmann 5, Santorum 4, Huntsman 2 NATIONAL (Gallup): Gingrich 37, Romney 23, Paul 9, Bachmann ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 9
Vandiver Elizabeth Glenn, who goes by Vandy Beth, is a transgender woman who was fired from her job editing legislation for the Georgia General Assembly Office of Legislative Council when she informed her supervisor that she would be transitioning from male to female in 2007. Legislative Council Sewell Brumby conceded to the court that Vandy Beth's "intended feminine appearance" was the r...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 9
This is the first part of two posts describing a fascinating election in Georgia. The second part can be found here. Georgia is a red state. It votes reliably Republican; the Republican Party controls every level of Georgia's state government. It would be miraculous for Barack Obama to win the state in 2012. However, Georgia used to be a very blue state. It belonged to the Solid South, a D...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 6
A Georgia state senator wants to make all license plates in the state carry "In God We Trust"-- and make those who didn't want it pay to cover it up . Georgia SB 293 would amend current law to mandate that, starting next summer, all plates would be imprinted with the religious declaration. If someone does not wish to exhibit this statement of faith, they would be required to purchase a sticker...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 4
Georgia In 2006 Vandiver Elizabeth Glenn (only that was not her name at the time) told her supervisor that she was in the process of transitioning from male to female. Vandy Beth's job at the time was to edit the text of legislation. She first appeared in women's clothing at work at an office Halloween party. Sewell Brumby, who at the time was head of the Office of Legislati...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 3
Georgia took a big step toward a better, more progressive state today. As the founding Executive Director, I’m glad to announce that we launched Better Georgia with a statewide campaign to organize Georgia voters who are disappointed with the direction Gov. Nathan Deal and the leaders of our General Assembly are taking the state. Better Georgia will focus lawmakers on schools and jobs inst...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Dec 1
Today, I wrote the US Department of Justice to urge it to reject the proposed Georgia legislative maps for violating the spirit and intent of the Voting Rights Act. If you wish to write the Justice Department with your concerns about these maps aiming to create a super-majority white conservative control of the legislature, here's how you do it: Write a letter to the Department of Justice. Wher...
Blue Heart of Dixie - Nov 27
Turns out the Georgia business owner who won't hire till Obama is gone, is also a Birther, a Truther, an Oathkeeper, a Militia member, and he has ties to terror. ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 27 - 3 clicks
Back in October, a contributor for Tea Party Nation called for businesses not to hire anyone in a deliberate effort to hurt the Obama administration. Well, a Georgia crane operator seems to be taking up that offer. He claims that current conditions don't allow him to hire as long as Obama is in office . "Can't afford it," explained the employer, Bill Looman, Tuesday evening. "I've...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 25
Cumberland Island National Seashore. It's probably not a place you're familiar with, unless of course you're truly a National Park Service connoisseur or from southern coastal Georgia or northern coastal Florida. In fact, Cumberland Island is probably one of the less traveled parks and for good reason: there's no bridge to the island. The only way to visit is by ferry, boa...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 24
Georgia the Empire State of the South, was once a solid Democratic state. Giving us figures such as President Jimmy Carter, Sam Nunn, Wyche Fowler, and yes even Zell Miller who was a good Democrat until start drinking that hard right kool aid. When he did that he went from that to this . In 2008 alot of pundits was surprised on how well Obama did in The Peach State, coming within five points ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 18
A series of possible tornadoes have cut a path through east-central Alabama and west-central Georgia over the last few hours, knocking out power to tens of thousands and destroying many buildings in their paths. The same thunderstorm is responsible for all the damage, and it will take NWS surveys to be sure exactly what caused the damage. However, based on the damage reports, there's little do...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 16
I don't think I'm allowed to say the kinds of things I want to say about Georgia in the title, and technically I only promised I wouldn't post entirely blank diaries, so I'm going with blank title. Because seriously, WTF! A Democrat is sponsoring the "personhood" amendment In the Senate, the sponsor will be Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville – no surprise, given his pro-life reputation. In th...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 15
Originally posted at Fair and Unbalanced Troy Davis was executed in Georgia despite substantial questions about whether he committed the murder that put him on death row. Hank Skinner has just obtained a stay only two days before his scheduled execution in Texas, which incomprehensibly continues to fight DNA testing of key evidence that could prove Skinner's innocence -- or reaffir...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 7
A few meteorology students/meteorologists at my school have a Facebook page devoted to weather (and some news) in the Mobile and Montgomery/Auburn areas of Alabama, and one of them is covering a huge textile mill fire in downtown Columbus GA right now. He's reporting that the entire building is engulfed in flames and has started to collapse in on itself, the buildings around it and on the rail...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 5
So I have been ignoring Herman Cain for some time...he didn't seem to have much going for him as a candidate for the Republican nomination. And let's be realistic, it is too early in the race to have any real clue who the nominee will be. Romney and Perry remain the names most commonly viewed as the likely choices. But by now there have been a large number of polls, both nationally and, more imp...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 2
Remember a while back all the flak on the right about the Obama Administration's warnings about the threat of terrorist activities by far right groups ? Remember how propagandists like Michelle Malkin called it a "hit job" by the Administration? ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 2
Good work by FBI, and informants, in halting another terrorist plot against the U.S. And, no surprise, the alleged terrorists were not from any foreign group. The four men arrested Tuesday were from an anti-government militia group in the state of Georgia. ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 2
November 1, 2011 The Honorable Johnny Isakson 131 Russell Senate Office Building United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senator Isakson: During a recent talk at the Athens Country Club, you called for reform of entitlements saying, “…the real debt culprits are Medicare and Social Security.” You went on to predict that Social Security would begin to see benefit ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Nov 1
The Southern Baptist college in Rome, Georgia, aptly named Shorter (certainly shorter in human rights), has adopted a “faith” policy that bans the employment of gay people. The university also adopted a new motto: “Transforming Lives Through Christ.” Who would Jesus hate? Apparently Shorter University believes that a man who was inseparable from 12 other men would hate the LGBT commu...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Oct 28
While our eyes have been focused on Oakland this morning, another police raid has taken place at Occupy Atlanta. A Local station reported this as breaking news last night: An interesting moment occurs at 7:45 in this video where the reporter claims the police have asked his crew to move to the perimeter and he justifies not reporting the event up close because there are...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Oct 26
