SWGA Politics

Education in 1984[ June 8, 2009 – 6:25 pm]by Jeff Posted in » General

Note: 1984 was published 60 years ago today, and in honor of that occassion I am re-posting this article. This was actually one of the first political blog posts I ever wrote, back way before the idea for SWGAPolitics.com had ever entered my head and I was still doing everything in Myspace.
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Booming Stereos[ June 8, 2009 – 3:00 pm]by Tom Posted in » Albany Dougherty County

Everyone has experienced those moments. You’re stuck in traffic, listening to your own car’s sound system and your favorite song comes on. Your lips start to curl ever so slightly at the thought of the rhythm pulsing through the speakers mounted onto your doors. The lyrics start to drift through as if a choir of angles had parked itself in your back seat. Then, all you here is BOOM-CHICKA-BOOM-BOOM from the car next to you. Ah, driving in the Good Life City. Read More …

State Historic Sites in Danger[ June 8, 2009 – 2:35 pm]by Bill Waller Posted in » State

Because of budget cuts, the state is looking to make some changes at some of the state owned historic sites. These changes will happen almost immediately with July 1 as the date they will become effective.

The sites that are on the chopping block include the Dahlonega Gold Museum, Chief Vann House, Etowah Indian Mounds, Fort Morris, Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation, Jarrell Plantation, New Echota, Pickett’s Mill Battlefield, Robert Toombs House, Traveler’s Rest, Lapham-Patterson House, and the Jefferson Davis Capture Site.
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A Well Informed Electorate[ June 8, 2009 – 12:00 pm]by Tom Posted in » Editorial

“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government;… whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.” –Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was far from a perfect person, but he was definitely a wise one. He understood that if people understood the issues, they would take the right course more often than not. And yet, we find ourselves, as a nation, taking on more and more tyranny willingly. How could that be? Well, it seems clear that the electorate isn’t very well informed, doesn’t it? Read More …

Perhaps He Should Have Thought a Little More[ June 8, 2009 – 8:00 am]by Tom Posted in » National

Any time a President gets involved in the inner workings of Congress, or really any executive gets into the legislative matters, there is a chance of backlash. Here in Georgia, good old King Roy got bounced out of the Governor’s Mansion for his manner in working with the General Assembly. Now that President Obama is getting into the issue of health care, the backlash is already starting. Read More …

Plains Independence Day Tea Party[ June 8, 2009 – 6:04 am]by Jeff Posted in » Local

Basics:
Date: July 4, 2009
Time: 10a – 1p
Location: City Park, Plains, GA
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Plains Independence Day Tea Party Should Have More Open Mic Time[ June 8, 2009 – 5:52 am]by Publius Posted in » Local

The following is an email written by Kyle Constable, the local leader of HUCKPAC and newly-elected Treasurer of the GA Teen Republicans, to our fellow organizers of the Plains Independence Day Tea Party.
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