SWGA Politics

Austin Scott is Walking Across Georgia (and wants you to join him)[ June 26, 2009 – 7:00 pm]by Jeff Posted in » 2010 Campaigns

I just got off the phone with State Rep Austin Scott, who is a GOP candidate for Governor. I’ve been hearing rumors about him planning to walk across this Great State, and several people I mentioned it to saw it as nothing more than a campaign stunt.

I see it as a realist trying to do what it takes to get his message to Georgians.
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Business Isn’t The Bad Guy[ June 26, 2009 – 12:00 pm]by Tom Posted in » Editorial

In any economic crunch, people want someone to blame. For years, business has been a great scapegoat. From Hollywood films and novels, to real life, the faceless corporate monolith is always a great choice for a villain. In many cases, such as with Enron and Worldcom, it’s much easier to make that leap and easily a justified one at that. In most cases though, not so much. Read More …

Call Sanford Bishop NOW!![ June 26, 2009 – 10:52 am]by Publius Posted in » National

Tell him to vote NO on the massive tax increase that is HR 2454 “American Clean Energy and
Security Act of 2009″, AKA “Cap and Trade”.

Per Erick Erickson via twitter, Bishop has pledged to vote based on the number of calls he gets either way.

His DC office number is (202) 225-3631.

CALL NOW!!! The vote is within the next few hours of this post!

U.S. To Fund Somali Weapons And Training[ June 26, 2009 – 8:00 am]by Tom Posted in » National

For a nation with a huge deficit, heavy borrowing, and a situation that is developing a lack of trust in our currency (it’s only real value after all), we’re awfully free with our money, aren’t we?

President Obama decided to beef up support of the Somali government by providing weapons and training in an effort to combat Islamic insurgents. Of course, some of these troops we’re training may well be the very same people who drug Special Forces snipers Randy Shughart and Gary Gordon through the streets after they finally ran out of ammunition while defending a downed Blackhawk helicopter and it’s pilot. Read More …

Crap Like This Gives the Modern ‘Civil Rights’ Movement A Bad Name[ June 26, 2009 – 6:34 am]by Jeff Posted in » Editorial, National

So I go out scanning the national headlines via Yahoo News, like I do every morning when I don’t see anything in the local/State media that really piques my interest, and lo and behold I find this article on the front page of yahoo.com.
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