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We're moving on to step three. It's time to start calling Congressional offices and HCAN makes it easy to call toll free here. Can you guess which members of Congress from Georgia have pledged support for the HCAN core principles......
Blog for Democracy - Sun 8:44 p.m.
Select works from renowned contemporary artist (and current Atlanta resident) Brian Dettmer will be on display at the Saltworks Gallery until August 1st.......
Blog for Democracy - Sun 7:44 p.m. - 4 clicks 
The fate of the Georgia-Florida football game in Jacksonville has taken on a new twist -- with a splash of lime.University of Florida president J. Bernard Machen is urging the city to curb excessive imbibing by shutting down easy access......
Blog for Democracy - Sun 5:19 p.m.
Nathan Deal took a plurality of the straw poll votes for Governor in Cobb County. Courtesy of Political Insider: Deal, 120 (28%) John Oxendine, 111 (26%) Karen Handel, 99 (23%) Eric Johnson, 43 (10%) Austin Scott, 35 (8%) Posted in Politics Tagged: Nathan Deal ...
Left On Lanier - Sun 10:45 a.m. - 7 clicks
The previous (Poll Monkey) poll, mysteriously stopped counting votes at 77. So let's try it again, this time using Poll Daddy, and with the addition of Jesse Spikes. Apologies for the do over. If the election for Mayor of Atlanta......
Blog for Democracy - Sun 10:44 a.m. - 9 clicks
Miguel Gallegos, a Hillary Clinton delegate from the 5th Congressional District, is running for Atlanta City Council. Miguel seeks to replace Anne Fauver in this open City Council seat - District 6. According to SOVO, "He joins a race that......
Blog for Democracy - Sun 4:21 a.m. - 9 clicks
From the ajc : Israel on Wednesday sent home two of the 21 people taken aboard a ship that attempted to break through a blockade and deliver supplies to Gaza. The other passengers remain in Israeli custody, among them former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney . . . . ...
Cracker Squire - Fri 9:57 p.m. - 3 clicks
According to Wikipedia , this selfish disappointment will be teaching a course in family law at the University of Georgia Law School. Coach Adams must have hired her. The only course she should be able to teach would be one on Benedict Arnold. I hate to say it, but I do not wish her well. I have rarely in my life been so disappointed in someone. I am embarrassed I supported her so vigoro...
Cracker Squire - Fri 9:26 p.m. - 11 clicks
Not sure how to begin this post: It could have been named: Romeo seeks 9th District Congressional Seat Evans encourage Iranians to Take up Arms against Government Evans promises to bring back Goldwater Ideals to North Georgia Evans Teabags the Fourth of July Alright here we go. Mike (I Make Romeo and Juliet look like a comedy) Evans was on the Martha [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Fri 10:07 a.m. - 8 clicks
This blog has been kind to former Forsyth County Commissioner David Richard. It’s a good thing to have a fiery leader sometimes, and Richard certainly fit the bill. Richard lost a primary fight (as an incumbent) last year, and has been replaced by Patrick Bell on the County Commission. A news article regarding Bell’s pro-business stance [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Fri 10:07 a.m. - 5 clicks
Don't forget to set your DVRs for the premiere of Drop Dead Diva, not only co-starring Margaret Cho but also partially filmed in Decatur. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry about this. At any rate, it makes......
Blog for Democracy - Fri 8:57 a.m. - 4 clicks
Tomorrow marks the 40th anniversary of the Atlanta International Pop Festival:Before there was Woodstock, there was Atlanta Pop. Forty years ago this weekend, an unimaginable multitude descended upon the Peach State for a weekend of peace and music that essentially......
Blog for Democracy - Fri 2:20 a.m. - 2 clicks
Massive downturn in traffic the past month. It’s probably because there is no longer an American Idol recap, which drove huge amounts of out-of-state vistors to the blog. Never fear, we didn’t need those punks anyway. Lake Lanier water levels 23% left on lanier, inappropriate candy (both tied at 15%) adam lambert 13% nathan deal for governor 6% great white attack, Mike [...] ...
Left On Lanier - Thu 11:21 a.m. - 3 clicks
Great alt-pop song, plus you can watch a drummer progress from casually bored to HOLY-CRAP-I-GOTTA-POUND-THE-SKINS!!! Posted in Uncategorized Tagged: ting tings ...
Left On Lanier - Wed 11:44 p.m. - 3 clicks
By Chris Kromm Facing South At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras today were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses. ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Jun 29 - 4 clicks
On Friday, June 19, President Obama nominated Judge Beverly Baldwin Martin to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, a circuit consisting of Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. This is Obama's first nomination to the 11th Circuit and his second to a court directly involving Georgia (the other being Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court), his fifth judicial nomination overall (He now has eight.), and ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Jun 26 - 3 clicks
