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From the 2-29-2012 Dublin Courier Herald : Senator Olympia Snowe of Maine surprised the political world Tuesday with the announcement that she will not seek a fourth term in the U.S. Senate. The decision puts what was considered a safe seat for Republicans into play, and possibly the best potential for Democrats to pick up a seat from Republicans. Republicans have looked at Senate takeover to ...
Cracker Squire - Fri 6:02 a.m. - 9 clicks 
A bill that would effectively criminalize union picketing was passed by the Georgia Senate Insurance and Labor Committee Tuesday. "Conspiracy to commit criminal trespass" was demoted from being a felony to being a "high and aggravated" misdemeanor, but the bill, written by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce, retains elevated penalties for broadly defined violations including pickets that "c...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Thu 11:06 a.m. - 11 clicks
For any who may be reading this series for the first time: this is a thought experiment where I try to see what would happen if the size of the House of Representatives were doubled to 870 members from 435. This series is both highly theoretical and very unlikely to ever occur. Ahhh, the south. Where white Democrats are a dying breed (except maybe in Georgia). I've already diaried my Doubl...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Wed 3:47 p.m. - 7 clicks
Newt, Calista, Former Congressman Bob Barr, Georgia Governor Nathan Deal In the week prior to Newt’s homecoming celebration in Carrollton, GA last night, local establishment newspaper Times-Georgian carried no less than five pump-up-the-volume stories about this epic event. -- Newt's visit to Carrollton is set for February 28 -- Tuesday will be a Welcome Newt Day -- Governor to...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Wed 3:03 p.m. - 5 clicks
By Jonathan Blazer, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, ACLU On March 1, a federal Appeals Court in Atlanta will consider the constitutionality of anti-immigrant laws passed last year in Georgia and Alabama . And as with April's Supreme Court consideration of Arizona's "show me your papers" law, the legal stakes are high and the rulings much-anticipated. But in a sense, the verdict is al...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Wed 7:46 a.m. - 8 clicks
Georgia already has some of the key anti-union laws that states like Wisconsin and Indiana have been fighting it out over in the past year. But that doesn't mean they can't try to pass even harsher anti-union laws. The state Senate is considering a bill that would basically make it illegal for unions to picket—or impossible for them to do so within tightened legal restrictions, anyway. Alt...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Tue 2:42 p.m. - 9 clicks
Georgia Republians make their contribution to cutting unions off at the knees. Info is coming in right now. Read what I know so far here . ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Feb 22 - 5 clicks
From the 2-20-2012 Dublin Courier Herald : Georgia leaders were all smiles Friday as they officially announced the rumored biggest economic development deal since Kia chose West Point to locate their auto manufacturing facility. Caterpillar, the maker of trademark yellow heavy construction equipment will be building a new $200 Million plant straddling the Clark and Oconee county lines...
Cracker Squire - Feb 22 - 4 clicks
If the Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, and Michigan primaries were tonight, the most likely outcome is that Willard would lose all four. That is shocking. I do wish for Rick Santorum to win the Republican nomination for President for the obvious reasons. ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Feb 21 - 3 clicks
From The Washington Post : In an unnoticed 1992 speech, Newt Gingrich in a single utterance took aim not only at a beloved conservative icon but also at a core tenet of the conservative movement: that government must be limited. Ronald Reagan’s “weakness,” Gingrich told the National Academy of Public Administration in Atlanta, was that “he didn’t think government mattered. . . . The Reaga...
Cracker Squire - Feb 21 - 4 clicks
It used to be a given, a basic right of citizenship. These days when you ask that question: Can I Vote? the answer may be: It Depends. Why New Photo ID Laws Mean Some Won't Vote by Corey Dade, NPR.org -- Jan 28, 2012 It depends on what state you live in, and how well-prepared you are . When you go to exercise your civic duty this year, don't be caught unawa...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Feb 18 - 4 clicks
The Georgia Legal Services Program hopes you will check out their new PSA on Teen Dating Violence. February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month - teen violence against your daughter (or son) by a "date" is not acceptable - ever. Any form of teen violence should not be tolerated - just like Domestic Violence – it is wrong. Dating violence is a big problem because one out of three teenag...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Feb 9
For ten years now, the state of Georgia has been under the exclusive control of Republicans. Republican governor, Republican-controlled house of representatives and a Republican-controlled senate. All statewide offices are filled by Republicans, including the Office of Secretary of State, currently held by Brian Kemp who allowed the recent birther hearing to go forward, previously held by Karen ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Feb 8 - 3 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) - Feb 6 - 2 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) - Feb 6 - 2 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) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
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) - Feb 6 - 2 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) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
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) - Feb 6
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) - Feb 6 - 2 clicks
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) - Feb 6 - 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) - Feb 6
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) - Feb 3 - 2 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) - Feb 3 - 2 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 - 2 clicks
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 - 2 clicks
