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Peach Pundit: Roy Barnes To Endorse Kasim Reed

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:34:45 -0500

As suggested by Peach Pundit commenter “fishtail” here, Roy Barnes will endorse Kasim Reed for Mayor of Atlanta at a press conference tomorrow at 2:00 pm.

I’m sure this has nothing to do with an upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary.

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Peach Pundit: State Bar of Georgia biased against criminal defendants in latest ad?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:09:15 -0500

The State Bar of Georgia routinely will run advertisements on television across Georgia extolling the virtues of their organization or some other message which they perceive as being meaningful as part of their “Cornerstones of Freedom” public advertising campaign. From the Bar telling people [...]

Peach Pundit: Happy Birthday Jeremy Jones

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:53:40 -0500

Number of comments: 3

Mr. Jones is one of the 8 9 10 candidates running for the 9th Congressional district, and I’ve now met him at several events, including last night’s Walker County GOP Dinner. He’s also a frequent commenter here at Peach Pundit. More importantly, he was kind enough to invite me to [...]

JasonPye.com: How can government screw you?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:45:29 -0500

Nick Gillespie of Reason.tv explains the UPS/FedEx "bitch fight":

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Fresh Loaf: Atlantans share their moments of shame on film

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:45:12 -0500

Chomp and Stompers tell us why they too are not influential [...]

Peach Pundit: MacGinnitie Adds To Military Advisory Voting Committee

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:33:57 -0500

Number of comments: 4

Doug MacGinnitie announced today that he has added members to his Military Advisory Voting Committee. MacGinnitie has previously annouced his committee with the purpose of “finding and developing a plan to make voting for active military and overseas personnel easy and efficient.”

New to the team are:

Gary Smith, a resident of [...]

Going Through the Motions: Absolutely

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:30:00 -0500

Stefan at Blog for Democracy gets it exactly right in his open letter to Kasim Reed, who I support in the Atlanta mayor's race. While I want Reed to win, Stefan is 100% correct that HOW you win elections is very nearly as important as WHETHER you win elections, [...]

Lucid Idiocy (Politics): Barnes v. Perdue in 2014? Deja vu all over again

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0500

Mr. Galloway points us toward this story in the Rome News-Tribune, in which former Gov. Roy Barnes may have hinted at a willingness to serve just one term if elected again next year.

I've been meaning to see what the state constitution has to say about multiple,' [...]

JasonPye.com: Olbermann speaks the truth for once

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:11:32 -0500

I don't agree with Keith Olbermann very often, but he absolutely destroys Carrie Prejean here:
H/T: Below the Beltway

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JasonPye.com: ObamaCare will be a budget buster

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:01:08 -0500

Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute explains why ObamaCare is going to bust the budget:

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Blog for Democracy: Here's what should not happen...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:49:00 -0500

An Open letter to Kasim Reed:

While Lisa Borders endorses Kasim Reed at this very moment, we have an election that is teetering on a precipice, It can either be about our future, or about our past.

From Jim Galloways blog on the AJC...

During the next few [...]

Lucid Idiocy (Politics): Fox: Hannity to address video switch up tonight

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:18:00 -0500

On last night's Daily Show, Jon Stewart called Sean Hannity out for using video from a previous, much larger, Tea Party gathering to make a health care reform rally from last week seem significantly larger than it was.

If you haven't seen the video, it's nearly as hilarious as' [...]

Fresh Loaf: The 11 Least Influential of 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:57 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Congratulations to all of our losers...I mean winners [...]

Peach Pundit: ‘Faster Than A Trip Up The Connector at 5pm On Friday’

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:57:35 -0500

Number of comments: 11

I was told the other day that legislators are, in fact, working right now on transportation issues. Digging around a little more, I talked to a State Representative today who said he expects a comprehensive transportation plan to make it through the legislature “faster than a trip up the connector [...]

Fresh Loaf: Etymology of ‘Murder Kroger’

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:27:50 -0500

Number of comments: 10
Why, specifically, is it called that? [...]

Fresh Loaf: More Reed momentum for mayor, courtesy of Borders endorsement

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:24:56 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Borders endorses Reed, giving him additional momentum in the mayor's race [...]

Peach Pundit: Lisa Borders: I’m with Reed!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:47:39 -0500

Number of comments: 20

Atlanta City Council President Lisa Borders endorsed Kasim Reed for Atlanta mayor Wednesday, saying he was the best candidate to improve the city’s finances. The runoff between Reed and Mary Norwoord is set for December 1.

Earlier this week Jim Martin also endorsed Reed. Snore.

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Fresh Loaf: Morning Newsdome: Feeling mavericky

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:54:14 -0500

A daily round-up of the weird and wonderful from around the world [...]

Cracker Squire: Despite this breakdown, I feel relieved Army did not know before. I could not comprehend. -- Pentagon Only Learned of Hasan's Emails After Killings

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:50:00 -0500

From The Wall Street Journal:

The Pentagon said it was never notified by U.S. intelligence agencies that they had intercepted emails between the alleged Fort Hood shooter and an extremist imam until after last week's bloody assaults, raising new questions about whether the government could have helped prevent [...]

Blog for Democracy: Happy Veteran's Day!

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:28:00 -0500

I want to extend a special special thank you to all of the present and former Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines who have answered this nation's call to serve in every corner of the world. Georgians should be especially proud to know that this state is the [...]

JasonPye.com: Obama supports fines, brushes concerns over jail time for lack of health insurance

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:12:08 -0500

During a recent interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama said that he believed individuals that didn't buy health insurance should face some form of monetary penalty, comparing it to state requirements for car insurance (these types of mandates don't guarantee coverage), and brushed aside talk of possible [...]

JasonPye.com: Two Dems got pork in exchange for ObamaCare vote

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:57:44 -0500

Two California Democrats are bragging about pork they got out of the health care bill passed by the House on Saturday in exchange for their votes:California Democratic Reps. Jim Costa and Dennis Cardoza touted new funding for projects and facilities in their districts coming as a result of the [...]

JasonPye.com: Going to see The Get Up Kids tonight

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:44:44 -0500

Amanda and I are hitting the Old Spaghetti Factory and going to see The Get Up Kids tonight, who despite breaking up in 2005, got back together for a tour celebrating the 10th anniversary of the release of Something to Write Home About (which is still one of [...]

Peach Pundit: On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, the Guns of August Fell Silent

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2

It is 11 o’clock in the morning. 91 years ago at this very moment, World War I officially ended. While we call it Veterans Day in this country, most of the world knows it as Remembrance Day. The “War to End All Wars” was not really so. At this moment, [...]

Going Through the Motions: As if I needed more evidence...

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:30:00 -0500

...that FSU's defense sucks balls:

(via Tomahawk Nation)

Every single Division I-A opponent FSU has played this year had their best offensive game of the season against FSU. (Well, until USF bested its 6.3 yards per play against FSU with [...]

Confessions of a Political Junkie: Up

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:23:49 -0500

I have been wanting to see Up for a long time. I had hoped to take Evelyn to see it in the theater, but she was three when it came out and being a PG movie, we thought it might be a bit too intense.

I saw it last night.

Wow. It [...]

Peach Pundit: I find these stories funny

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:11:22 -0500

Number of comments: 20

The AJC wants to know if Georgia can afford the death penalty.

An accused killer from Pike County has sat in jail for nearly four years without a trial — not because of any problems with the evidence but because the state is seeking the death penalty and cannot pay [...]

Peach Pundit: State has negative revenue from corporate income tax | ajc.com

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:08:23 -0500

Number of comments: 18

We should scrap the corporate income tax anyway

In a sea of negative economic numbers, one stood out in the state revenue report Gov. Sonny Perdue issued Monday afternoon: In the month of October, Georgia actually had negative revenue from corporate income taxes.

That meant that over 31 days last month, [...]

Peach Pundit: Good

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:07:20 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Nobody needs to see kids’ underwear.

Richmond County school board members gave initial approval Tuesday night to a policy banning “saggy pants” from after-school events such as football games.

The measure, approved unanimously in a board committee meeting, must now receive the full board’s approval at its Nov. 17 meeting.

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Peach Pundit: Sad but necessary

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:06:26 -0500

Another indictment for trying to send kids to good schools.

Houston County grand jury indicted a Fort Valley couple Tuesday as part of an effort to curb improper enrollment in Houston schools.

George Randall Lucas and Debra Lucas, of 109 Summer Breeze Court, were indicted on two counts of false [...]

Peach Pundit: Depressing

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:05:16 -0500

Number of comments: 1

This is.

School systems need the state to put significant money toward school security, Bibb County schools Superintendent Sharon Patterson and two members of the school board told midstate legislators Tuesday.

Twice in recent months students have brought guns to school, and an elementary school principal was assaulted last week.

The system [...]

Peach Pundit: Do We Think It’ll Happen?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:04:02 -0500

Number of comments: 2

The Bulldogs are trying to beat Auburn for four years in a row. That hasn’t happened since 1944-48.

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Peach Pundit: Defamation

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:03:08 -0500

This is an interesting read.

Author Haywood Smith smiled Tuesday when her attorney said parts of her book read like scenes from the 50’s-era television series “I Love Lucy.”

In his opening statements to a Hall County jury Tuesday, Attorney Tom Clyde described “The Red Hat Club” as a humorous, “light-hearted [...]

Fresh Loaf: Borders/Reed press conference at 1:45 p.m. at Park Tavern

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:58:13 -0500

Number of comments: 6
Lisa Borders will endorse Kasim Reed at a press conference today at 1:45 p.m. at Park Tavern [...]

Peach Pundit: On this Veterans Day, Georgia will greet home some of its heroes

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:20:00 -0500

About 170 soldiers from the Monroe based 178th Military Police Co., Georgia Army National Guard, are expected to return home tonight after a yearlong deployment to Iraq. Officials said they expected the soldiers and their families to be reunited at Fort Stewart’s Cottrell Field between [...]

Peach Pundit: Veterans Day, 2009

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:05:08 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Today we honor those that have worn the uniforms of the military services of the United States, who have traveled into harm’s way to protect the very freedoms we enjoy and too often take for granted. These men and women risk all they know…but why? I [...]

Drifting Through The Grift: Franklin Ready For A Fight

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:59:00 -0500

It's been a while since we've ventured into the fetid swamp that is the mind of Rep. Bobby Franklin's (R-The Other Side Of Mars).

Jeff at SWGa Politics captured the above facebook posting where bombastic Bobby appears to advocate armed insurrection right' [...]

Oconee County, Georgia Politics: November regular meeting of Watkinsville City Council tonight on Veterans Day evening

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:54:00 -0500

AGENDA
CITY OF WATKINSVILLE
November 11, 2009

CALL TO ORDER

QUORUM CHECK

MINUTES
1. October 14, 2009

APPEARANCES:
1. Carol Tamborello – business license – A Child’s Closet – 10 N. Main Street
2. Ryan Hite – business license – Hite [...]

Drifting Through The Grift: Crist And Jeb?

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:45:00 -0500

Daniel Larison of the American Conservative asks a reasonable question.
In policy, Crist is hard to distinguish from the tradition of former Gov. Jeb Bush, who angered a lot of conservatives with his liberalizing views on immigration but who has otherwise been widely respected and admired by many rank-and-file [...]

Fresh Loaf: WSB: Borders to endorse Reed

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:18:58 -0500

Number of comments: 9
Press conference schedule for today. [...]

Savannah Red: Veteran's Day Syllabus: From My Bookcase

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:59:00 -0500

Taking stock of my bookcase on this rainy day off--a day to remember those who have fallen in the defense of our freedoms--I offer a syllabus for Veteran's Day:

Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power by Victor Davis Hanson.

From the chapter [...]

Oconee County, Georgia Politics: Oconee Rotary Club welcomes new members || OnlineAthens.com

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:53:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Dr. Jeff Davenport makes me feel better when my spine is not in alignment. Some people do not like chiropractic or massage, but I for one am extremely tactile and need this as part of my health regimen. Oconee Rotary Club welcomes new members || OnlineAthens.com [...]

Cracker Squire: Muhammad, the sniper who kept the D.C. region paralyzed by fear for 3 weeks, was executed. Good riddance for mankind. Another one is on the horizon.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:33:00 -0500

The Washington Post reports that John Allen Muhammad, the sniper who kept the Washington region paralyzed by fear for three weeks as he and a young accomplice gunned down people at random, was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection.

Hopefully it won't be too long before Army' [...]

Cracker Squire: Maine Finds a Health Care Fix Elusive

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:23:00 -0500

From The New York Times:

Maine is the Charlie Brown of health care. The state’s legislators have tried for decades to fix its system, but their efforts have always fallen short: health insurance premiums are still among the least affordable in the nation, health care spending per person [...]

Oconee County, Georgia Politics: Athens Academy unveils Lower School expansion || OnlineAthens.com

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:13:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
This is an amazing new facility for kids in preschool through fourth grade, and this article has a photo of a couple of kids I coach and my son's classmates.Athens Academy unveils Lower School expansion || OnlineAthens.com [...]

Fresh Loaf: 5 things to do: Wednesday

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:00:28 -0500

1) The Second City: Peach Drop, Stop and Roll continues at Alliance Theatre's Hertz Stage.' [...]

JasonPye.com: Veterans Day

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:49:25 -0500

If you know a veteran, please take time out of your day to thank them for protecting the freedoms we have.

To the veterans that read this blog...thank you for your service.

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Heneghan's Dunwoody Blog: Dunwoody News Tidbits- Veterans Day and everything else I could find of interest.

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:36:08 -0500

To commemorate Veterans’ Day, here are some overjoyed "children" greeting their returning soldiers. These reunion videos—for me, at least—shed a tiny beam of light on how emotionally draining being a military family can be. They’ll also make you want a dog. Click here and then find a soldier to [...]

Peach Pundit: Walker County GOP Straw Poll Results

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:11:18 -0500

Number of comments: 20

It’s Midnight, and I’m at IHOP in Ft. Oglethorpe GA (TN?) to give you the late breaking Walker County GOP Straw Poll results.

First, a note about the gathering. Frequent Peach Pundit commenter Nathan Smith is the 23 year old Chairman of the Walker GOP, and handles his job with a [...]

Fresh Loaf: 11 Least Influential Countdown: No. 7 — Sebastian Hurst

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:50:38 -0500

With home births facing unnecessary hurdles in Georgia, Sebastian will have to be delivered at a hospital [...]

Oconee County, Georgia Politics: Sonny Perdue to be next President of UGA?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:36:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Former UGA football player and Veterinarian Sonny Perdue, currently lame duck Repubilcan Governor of Georgia, has reportedly been "set up" to be the next President of the University of Georgia. This might come as a surprise to current UGA President Michael Adams, who has long been rumored to be the [...]

Fresh Loaf: Time and Place: Chomping

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:33:21 -0500

Chili — so wrong, it's right' [...]

Lucid Idiocy (Politics): Macon government: A cautionary tale

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:32:00 -0500

Tonight Macon Mayor Robert Reichert unveiled a long-awaited plan to lay off 31 employees and eliminate 36 open positions.

It appears he can do that, at least on an "indefinite" basis, without council approval, based on the way this vote went down, though a lawsuit is always possible.
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