tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51227491112429889562011-07-30T15:42:49.092-04:00The political lansdcape of the Peach StateBill Mauldinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276725297668725235noreply@blogger.comBlogger341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5122749111242988956.post-77437350192969543472010-07-14T04:36:00.003-04:002010-07-14T04:40:58.539-04:00

You have got to be kidding me. This only further illustrates that the NAACP have become a completely useless instrument. By condemning the Tea Party movement as racist, is the NAACP saying that those its represents don't pay taxes? National Association for the Advancement of Colored People leaders passed a resolution Tuesday condemning racism within the Tea Party during the 101st annual

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July 3 marks 39 years since Jim Morrison, the deep-voiced front man for the band The Doors, was found dead in an apartment bathtub in Paris, France.But that doesn't mean "The Lizard King" isn't still making the rounds in one of his former West Hollywood haunts. As devout fans gather at his Parisian grave this weekend, looking for signs of the brooding singer and poet's spirit, they might be

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How was your drive to work and then home today? If you felt the commute was too long and roads too crowded, then join other Americans who think the same way about our state. Spending on transportation in Georgia has lagged well behind the state's explosive population growth, and our state spends the second lowest per capita in the country on transportation, ahead of only Tennessee. Road projects

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Now here is a good little story. After all the hell that was raised, and blame heaped on President Bush, it seems the Obama Administration is making its own blunders. The FEMA trailers that housed residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina five years ago were banned by the federal government after they were found to have toxic levels of formaldehyde. But they're being used in the oil spill disaster

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the federal government will sue Arizona, challenging the state's tough new immigration law, which gives police power to stop and question anyone they suspect is in the country illegally.Clinton told an Ecuadorean television station earlier this month that the Justice Department, at President Obamas's direction, "will be bringing a lawsuit." But she did not

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There is a limit to what should be done in some cases, and this is definately one of them. Aaron Bovos, Gwinnett County's chief financial officer, has angered a lot of county employees earlier this week when he initiated a project to "clean up receivables and to eliminate outstanding obligations," by asking 180 employees to return bonuses that were overpaid back in September of 1994. Is it just

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First of all, why is this little showdown between North and South Korea over a sunken South Korean warship not gaining a little more attention in the media. It seems that a few tar balls washing up in Key West is more important than the implications involved in this strutting contest in the Pacific. First may I remind readers that North and South Korea have never signed a formal treaty, and are

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Georgia’s fourth-graders rank 35th in the nation for reading proficiency levels, according to a recent study.The Annie E. Casey Foundation discovered 71 percent of the Peach State’s fourth graders attending public schools scored below proficient in reading levels in 2009. Some of the key challenges affecting reading proficiency across the state are chronic absenteeism, summer learning loss, poor

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We have consistently viewed Pakistan as being pro-Western, and part of our ongoing alliance against terrorism, but apparently that pattern is shifting. Pakistan has blocked access to some of the Internet's most popular websites -- including YouTube and Wikipedia -- over what it calls "sacrilegious" content. This move comes a day after the government blocked facebook because a page on the social

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The Governor’s office has released a statement on Kathy Cox, who will be resigning her office:Governor Sonny Perdue issued the following statement today regarding State School Superintendent Kathy Cox’s announcement that she will become the founding CEO of the U.S. Education Delivery Institute (EDI) on July 1. Governor Perdue will appoint a new state school superintendent upon Supt. Cox’s

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I don't know why there is such shock at this report. Road politics have always been a mainstay in Georgia history since the paving began a century ago. But it seems a three-month FOX 5 I-Team investigation learned that Georgia taxpayers will spend $100,000,000.00 to widen a state highway through Governor Sonny Perdue’s hometown of Bonaire. The new highway will also run right along property owned

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The Georgia Distilling Company would like to formally announce that we will be holding a simple groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the new facility on May12, 2010 at 10am that morning. We hope this will be the beginning of an important piece in the future of Jackson/Butts County, and wish to share this moment with you, and other members of our community. A rendition of the finished building

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It seems that there are handbills being passed out in the State Senate district where Jason Carter is running, and a picture can be worth a thousand words. The handbill supposedly shows a younger Jason Carter with the late Yasser Arafat, that maniacal terrorist who led the PLO for decades, and states that a lot of his contributions are coming from outside this state and country. It seems the

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American students take note: Wearing the Stars and Stripes on Cinco de Mayo could get you kicked out of school for the day. At least that's what happened Wednesday to five sophomore boys at Live Oak High School in Santa Clara, Calif. School administrators deemed their conspicuous American flag apparel "incendiary" and likely to provoke fights on a day when many other students were permitted to

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Well it seems that Creative loafing has released a list of the best and worst in Georgia politics, and wouldn't you know it, my opponent in the state house race has made the list. Congratulations?http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/the_kill_the_poor_award/Content?oid=1548853

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Of all the embarrasing things after so many years of service, this one is embarrasing. How do you misspell someones name on a retirement cake?

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Boyd said he objected to the loyalty oath, which says the signer pledges allegiance to the GOP, because the party is far from perfect and he wouldn't swear to always support the party's actions. He tried for a compromise by producing three variations of the oath, all of which elaborated on the original by declaring his independence from party dogma when appropriate.As Boyd laid out his documents

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Puerto Ricans ought to hold a referendum on whether to keep their island a commonwealth or consider statehood, independence or some other status, the U.S. House voted after an impassioned debate today.The island became a U.S. territory in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. Puerto Ricans are American citizens but cannot vote in presidential elections and have only a nonvoting representative in

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Now that Charlie Crist has left the Republican Party to mount an independent run for Senate, Texas Sen. John Cornyn wants a refund of all the money his political action committee donated to the Florida governor. Cornyn, who runs the GOP campaign operation for the Senate, expects a number of Republicans to demand money back from Crist because they don't want his independent bid to be financed with

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As of today we have 3 candidates who have officially qualified to run for House Dist 110, the seat being vacated by Rep. John Lunsford who is making the transition to the State Senate. Ron Moon of Butts Count, Tom Nicholson of Henry County, and Lee Spahos of Henry County have all officially qualified as of today. Good luck guys, but I'm sure there will be more candidates to come.

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It seems that some of our candidates can't make up their minds down in my neck of the woods. Earlier this week State Sen. John Douglas qualifyed for re-election to his seat, as did State Rep. John Lunsford. Then came news that PSC Bobby Baker was retiring, and the entire game plan changed for both these fine candidates. Now I don't fault them, nor do I call this opportunism, we just wish

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Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said that he WILL be mounting an independent run for U.S. Senate, after the head of the GOP's re-election committee declared that the governor has "zero chance" to win as a Republican. He made the comments after Rob Jesmer of the National Republican Senatorial Committee wrote in an e-mail Monday that Crist should drop out of the race completely if he believes he can't

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The news is apparently in. Georgia state Rep. Austin Scott is planning to drop his campaign for governor and launch a challenge to Democratic Rep. Jim Marshall in the state’s 8th Congressional District. Scott, who was first elected to the Georgia Legislature at 26 and has served there since 1997, has failed to gain traction in a gubernatorial primary that includes multiple statewide Republican

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Is it just me.... or does Cynthia McKinney look like Hank Johnson in drag? Take a look at they way the handle their job, and then you decide.

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And just when we thought we had made an improvement over Cynthia McKinney, we find that her replacement is just as nutty, if not worse. Its bad enough for the voters of the district to have these two morons representing them in Washington, but it's downright embarrassing for the state of Georgia as a whole. I think our dear Mr. Johnson (I'm sorry but I can't seem to call him a Congressman), needs

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Greetings comrades! Are you readers rejoicing, as I, the fact that we are now citizens of a new socialist republic? No longer must we labor and concern ourselves with providing for our own security, health, or welfare. We may now eat our fill of Big Mac's and pizzas, and the filthy rich will foot the bill to solve all our medical ills. May our great Comrade Obama have a memorial placed in

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I tell ya, there are too many studies being conducted today. One example of doctors and scientist have entirely too much time on their hands is a new policy statement from a pediatric group stating that the hot dog is a hazard for kids. You heard right, the all-american hot dog. Many regard the hot dog as a ballpark mainstay, a perfect partner to the hamburger or, for a hot-dog eating champ, a

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All I can say is it is about time! Frustrated by term-limited Mayor Ray Nagin's leadership of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina, voters elected Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu to succeed him Saturday. Landrieu is the city's first white mayor since his father, Moon, left the post three decades ago.Landrieu's victory party was a nod to both: the ballroom of a the Roosevelt hotel - recently

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In this new century full of talk about global warming and how any day now Arizona really will have oceanfront property, we get a breathe of fresh air. You see my friends, the Indian government has moved to establish its own body to address and monitor science surrounding climate change, saying it "cannot rely" on the official United Nation panel. What that really means is that they don't want the

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You know some things are just beyond belief. It seems that news has broken saying that our dear Gov. Perdue wants to make a drastic change to our state government. Sure, he has proposed some whoppers before, but this one takes the cake, literally. It seems that he no longer feels that we poor, ignorant, uneducated, tax payers are worthy or qualified to vote or campaign for four top level

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It seems that the Democrats have a bit of an ego problem. First we had Al Gore claiming he invented the internet. Then we had President Obama acting as though he were a King and above criticism. And now we have the wonderful Senator from Nevada. Sen. Harry Reid, who last month apologized for privately praising President Barack Obama's lack of a "Negro dialect," posted a Black History Month essay

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My how the American public has a short attention span on important issues. It was just a short year ago that gas prices were at an all time high, ethanol was becoming the fashionable rage, and "drill here, drill now!" was the chant of the marching public. But isn't it interesting how when the prices get lowered, the public gets comfortable again, and all the protesting is put to rest. Yes

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See I told ya. Never underestimate the politician Obama when it is an election. When your party loses an important election in Massachussetts, what do you do? You spin around a appear to stand for what your opponent does to win the next election. Apparently thats what President Obama is currently trying to do when it comes to the budget. After giving us record setting deficits, and running up a

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One should never underestimate the wilyness of President Obama. As his poll numbers continue to sink and Democratic futures are looking slim this next election, he has stolen a few plays from the Republican handbook. President Barack Obama is endorsing nuclear energy like never before, trying to win over Republicans and moderate Democrats on climate and energy legislation. Obama singled out

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