GM To Get More Money From Government

By Tom, on May 27th, 2009%

As if the nightmare that is the government’s involvement in General Motors wasn’t already bad enough, it looks like it’s about to get worse.  As GM gets closer and closer to filing for bankruptcy, the talk seems to be centered around keeping the venerable auto giant afloat with help from Uncle Sam…to the tune of an additional $30-50 billion dollars.  That is on top of the $20 billion tax payer dollars already given to the auto giant.

Of course, it’s not like there isn’t an investment being made, right? Continue reading GM To Get More Money From Government

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SWGAPolitics.com Interview with Austin Scott, Part 2: Democratic Candidates and The Question

By Jeff, on May 27th, 2009%

After Rep. Scott talked about why he was running for Governor and what he thought about his GOP Primary opponents, we discussed his potential Democratic Party challengers in the General Election and The Question on everyone’s minds – will he drop out of the Governor’s race to challenge Jim Marshall for the 8th Congressional District instead?
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State House Bills I Find Interesting (HB1 – HB10)

By Jeff, on May 27th, 2009%

Conclusions:
HB 1: OPPOSE Rating: 3
HB 2: OPPOSE Rating: 2
HB 3: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 4: SUPPORT Rating: 8
HB 5: SUPPORT Rating: 7
HB 6: SUPPORT Rating: 8
HB 7: SUPPORT Rating: 7
HB 8: SUPPORT Rating: 7
HB 9: OPPOSE Rating: 1
HB 10: SUPPORT Rating: 8
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SWGAPolitics.com Bill Ranking Scale

By Jeff, on May 27th, 2009%

Now that I’m kicking off a ‘State House Bills I Find Interesting’ series in addition to the ‘State Senate Bills I Find Interesting’ series, this is a good time to introduce a new feature: a bill ranking system to complement the ‘SUPPORT’/'OPPOSE’. This will better note the level to which I like or dislike a bill, even though the ‘SUPPORT’ or ‘OPPOSE’ is how I would ultimately vote on it if I were a member of the General Assembly.
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But…They Did It Too!

By Tom, on May 27th, 2009%

Get onto a kid about anything, and you’re likely to be bombarded with calls that someone else did X first, or at least that they’ve gotten away with something similar. It seems that these days, people just can’t grow up, can they. Continue reading But…They Did It Too!

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SWGAPolitics.com In The Albany Herald!

By Jeff, on May 27th, 2009%

For those that missed it, SWGAPolitics.com was in the Albany Herald yesterday – on the front page, no less! :D

Duo brings politics to the blogosphere
by Carlton Fletcher

ALBANY – Jeff Sexton and Tom Knighton are unapologetically Libertarian, self-proclaimed computer geeks with a political jones that no time in rehab could ever cure.

They’ve combined those traits to create SWGAPolitics.com, a no-holds-barred blog that is rapidly becoming one of the region’s go-to places to get the latest on all things political.
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Twitter and 2010 GA Politics

By Jeff, on May 27th, 2009%

For those who don’t know, Twitter is basically a text messaging service where you send texts that can be read by the general public and can get into various conversations, 140 characters at a time. It is also called ‘micro-blogging’. To give you an idea of how long 140 characters is, the bolded portion of the first sentence is exactly 140 characters.

That said, it is becoming quite a hot bed of political activity, even here in GA. Indeed, as the recent Albany Herald article on SWGAPolitics.com mentioned, Twitter has been one of the ways I grew and continue to grow this site.

Here’s a rundown of the 2010 Statewide races on Twitter:
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