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If this doesn't scream "Failure", Im unsure what does. Georgia opens first jail devoted to U.S. veterans The problem of US military veterans falling into a life of crime after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan has reached such levels that a law enforcer in Georgia has opened what is believed to be America’s first county jail devoted to veteran inmates It is true that running afoul of th...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Sun 4:31 p.m. - 9 clicks 
The Honorable Johnny Isakson 131 Russell Senate Office Building United States House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Senator Isakson: In a recent appearance before the Fayette County, GA Chamber of Commerce, you said “…Social Security and Medicare are contracts with our government. They are contracts, not gifts. They should not be invalidated but they must be reformed. Social ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - May 3 - 4 clicks
This is 100% Grade-A OUTRAGEOUS! DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF OUSTS FAMILY (AGES 83, 62, 3) FROM THEIR HOME AT 3 AM DURING EVICTION RAID The scene early this morning at 3662 Wellhaun Road in Decatur resembled that of a major drug bust with officers sneaking around in the middle of the night. Instead of a bust however, officers knocked on the door of 62 year old Christine Frazer’s house at 3 AM to...
DailyKos (Georgia) - May 2 - 4 clicks
Female Democrats in the Georgia House of Representatives protest abortion bill. (RhReality) Acting on contentious legislation passed by the Republican-dominated state House and Senate, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) signed a bill Tuesday that forbids abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy except when the woman's life is at risk. No exceptions are allowed for rape or incest. The...
DailyKos (Georgia) - May 2 - 2 clicks
In coming months, we will find out if the Supreme Court overrules a major portion of the Affordable Healthcare Act . Many of us were not happy that a single payer system was not pursued. At least this type of government insurance could have passed constitutional muster. Now, the Supreme Court's right wing is relishing the idea of sticking it to the Democrats by killing the health pu...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Apr 30 - 2 clicks
From the AJC's Political Insider : U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss on Monday said he’s taken heart from Mitt Romney’s mention of the possibility of doing away with mortgage interest deductions on second homes, and said he’d like to see a presidential debate this fall dedicated to the federal fiscal crisis that will immediately follow the November election. “I was glad to see [Romney] at least...
Cracker Squire - Apr 23
This story speaks for itself (from the Atlanta Journal Constitution ): The Kalonji family had just closed on a foreclosed home and were told by their real estate agent they should go over to the house and change the locks. But when Jean Kalonji and his wife, Angelica, started working at the home, an armed man and another person who appeared to be the man’s son allegedly confronted them. “H...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Apr 22
As they sip Mint Juleps in a few days along the Front Nine on Master's Sunday here in Augusta - there is a new Controversy facing the elite Club. The Augusta National Golf Club has a long proud legacy of racism, elitism and sexism. It wasn't long ago when blacks were not allowed to be members - but there was no denying Mr. Elder, Mr. Woods and others. Of course black caddies were encourage...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Apr 6 - 2 clicks
Georgia's anti-picketing bill, SB 469, was not passed by the state House before the end of the legislative session at midnight on March 29. That means the bill, which was written by the Georgia Chamber of Commerce and amended repeatedly as opposition grew, is dead. While that's cause for celebration, the Georgia legislature did pass other key bills taking aim at unemployed people, welfare ap...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 30
(Connor.carey at en.wikipedia) Georgia Republicans continue the push to pass SB 469, the anti-picketing bill that has temporarily united tea partiers and unions in opposition. With just days before the legislative session ends: The Republican-led [House Industrial Relations] committee held the sudden vote on Monday morning with little notice, posting the hearing on the calendar les...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 28
Today, Georgia's SB469, the bill that seeks to ban picketing, passed a House committee. It has already passed the Senate. What we wrote about the other day, and what has been quite interesting about this issue, is that SB469 has brought together labor unions and the Tea Party, as well as the Occupy movement . They all agree it is an utter bastardization of American values and ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 26
Unlikely allies, for the moment at least. Here's one way to know an anti-union bill has gone too far: when it draws the opposition of not just a local sheriff and Martin Luther King III , but of tea partiers. That is the case with Georgia's SB 469, which would impose large fines on various types of labor-related picketing. The Atlanta Tea party sent an email to its members opposing the ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 23
Georgia Grassroots Nonprofits Unite! A Green Leadership Initiative Augusta, Georgia to Atlanta, Georgia And both side of I-20 "Integrate the Green" Solar winds bring the energy to spark change in Georgia basements. http://claimingastreetnamedking.wordpress.com/... ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 12
March 7th was “Crossover Day” for the Georgia General Assembly, a day when all bills presented must pass the House and the Senate before midnight. (In other words, an avalanche of anti-American GOP bills in the 11th hour.) The Atlanta Progressive News blog captures the day’s roundup of events best: A number of regressive and oppressive measures related to abortion, charter schools, civil ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 8
Soon to be illegal in Georgia? (Laura Clawson) Wednesday was the last day for the Georgia legislature to have passed bills through the Senate or the House in time for the other chamber to make them law this session. As part of the flurry of activity that the day occasioned, the Senate passed SB 469, the bill that would effectively criminalize union picketing, applying restrictions and fin...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 8
Mitt Romney continues to stagger toward the finish line like some punch-drunk sailor after a night of heavy carousing. He wins...but somehow, the closer you look, he's really losing. The media is focused on Ohio, because Ohio is a bellweather state, and because Romney only won due to Santorum's incompetence in not being on the ballot in every district. But the other big state for the evening, ...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 7
Sign up here to have the Daily Kos Elections Digest emailed to you every weekday morning Results : AK , GA , ID , MA , ND , OH , OK , TN , VT , VA 4:00 PM PT : Gingrich wins Georgia. Someone wake up Newt and let him know. 4:03 PM PT (David Nir): Not sure why Virginia hasn't been called yet—the exit polls show Mitt Romney winning 63-37 over Ron Paul. (Rem...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 6
A quick look at a map of Asia will show that the western boundary of Asia in Russia is the Ural Mountains, about 1250 km (750 miles) east of Moscow. The remainder of the western boundary of Asia, though, is much farther to the west - the Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea. Turkey (except for Eastern Thrace), Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Lebanon,...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 5 - 2 clicks
Newton Leroy Gingrich has to have a good showing in Georgia. He's admitted that's important, if he's to continue as a candidate for the presidency of the United States. Which, presumably, accounts for the message he delivered Friday in Brunswick , on the Georgia coast. “Barack Obama clearly has a vision, but it’s the wrong vision,’’ Gingrich said. Obama’s vision is of a socialist struc...
DailyKos (Georgia) - Mar 3 - 3 clicks
