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Fresh Loaf: 5 things to do: Monday

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:30:07 -0500

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1) Small Works Show continues at Anne Irwin Fine Art. [...]

Peach Pundit: Score One For The Good Guys: John Fuchko named Vice Chancellor, Cheif Audit Officer For University System Of Georgia

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:21:45 -0500

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I’m told Mr. Fuchko is the youngest person to hold this position:

John M. Fuchko III has been appointed chief audit officer and associate vice chancellor of Internal Audit for the University System of Georgia (USG) by Chancellor Erroll B. Davis Jr., effective Dec. 1.

Fuchko, who joined the staff of [...]

Peach Pundit: Rumors: Lunsford for Majority Leader or Speaker Pro-Tem

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:42:35 -0500

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Got word that several legislators have approached Rep. John Lunsford about running for Majority Leader or Speaker Pro-Tem. Word is that Lunsford was flattered by any consideration by his colleagues, but has not decided if he will pursue either position.

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Peach Pundit: Erickson to appear on Colbert Report

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 16:58:10 -0500

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Fresh from his cutting edge debate with Barbara Eden, head Peach Pundit honcho Erick Erickson has now set his sights on another media icon to tangle with: Stephen Colbert. As the Macon Telegraph is reporting, Erick will soon appear on Colbert’s Comedy Central show. Erick [...]

andy2000.org: White House Crashers

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:44:00 -0500

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Fresh Loaf: Add It Up: Atlanta 2009 runoff turnout bests General Election’s

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:15:17 -0500

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Breaking from tradition, more voters turned out for the runoff than the general election [...]

Confessions of a Political Junkie: links for 2009-12-06

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:02:28 -0500

15 Failed Predictions about the Future – Oddee.com Interesting list. [...]

Fresh Loaf: Photo of the Day: The Whigs

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:22:46 -0500

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His drum set comes with the halo [...]

Peach Pundit: The Prodigal Speaker

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 11:11:01 -0500

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The political events of the last month have been fueled by a growing sense of arrogance and entitlement which has infected state Republican leadership and driven them far from both the ideals they were elected to represent, and the people they were elected to serve.

I write this as someone [...]

Cracker Squire: For the president, a lesson in limits

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:43:00 -0500

From The Washington Post:

Seven days cannot encapsulate the whole of a presidency, but the past week was a vivid illustration of the arc of President Obama's first year in office.

The main events of the week for the White House -- a speech on the [...]

Cracker Squire: Tom Friedman on Afghanistan, Part II: May It All Come True

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:40:00 -0500

Tom Friedman writes in The New York Times:

President Obama certainly showed leadership mettle in going against his own party’s base and ordering a troop surge into Afghanistan. He is going to have to be even more tough-minded, though, to make sure his policy is properly executed.

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Cracker Squire: A New York Times piece on the campaign of Georgia's former and next governor Roy Barnes

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:39:00 -0500

From The New York Times:

Over the course of the summer, four men of a certain age looked around their respective states and registered displeasure. They concluded that they could do things better — yet again.

The four are former governors who have grown old enough since [...]

Peach Pundit: And you thought that Republicans were the only ones with ethics problems? Think again…

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:51:40 -0500

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As Democrats in the General Assembly and on the campaign trail moan about the “culture of corruption” which they feel is coming to light in the majority caucus, they would be well served to recall that people in glass houses should not throw stones. Take, for example, State Representatives [...]

Peach Pundit: Georgia Gang Live Blog 12/06/09

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 08:25:15 -0500

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Georgia Gang 12/06/09

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