Month: July 2009
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The real Deal – he’s a birther
It turns out that CNN’s immigrant-bashing Lou Dobbs isn’t the only prominent “birther” from Georgia who promotes the right-wing’s loony contention that Barack Obama is not a native-born American citizen. Joining Dobbs on the front lines of this crazy fight is Rep. Nathan Deal, the GOP congressman from Gainesville.
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Caption this
Too bad it didn’t go down like this. Instead it sounds like it was meh. Beer served: Bud Light for the President, Sam Adams for the Professor, Blue Moon ( owned by Coors) with orange slice for the Cop, and the VP goes non-alcoholic with Buckler.
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Strange days, indeed
Sens. Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson announced Thursday they will vote against the confirmation of federal Judge Sonia Sotomayor to a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. But there’s something weird about this.
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Dr. Joseph E. Lowery, one of 16, to receive a Medal of Freedom
Accomplished in fields ranging from sports and art to science and medicine to politics and public policy and representing a diversity of backgrounds, the White House announcement said the recipients were selected for their work as “agents of change.” “Each saw an imperfect world and set about improving it, often overcoming great obstacles along the…
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Kasim Reed and Labor
The Kasim Reed campaign has released a video of the press conference where the Atlanta Labor Council announced the endorsement of Senator Reed for Mayor. I know the video is somewhat old news but it does offer a glimpse of Kasim’s vision for Atlanta’s working families and how and why Kasim was able to secure…
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On Wearing Two Hats
A lot has been going on in the military as of late, and I guess that means I owe y’all a post about it. But in the meantime, I wanted to highlight something that caught my eye as of late. The AJC had a story this past weekend about Air Force Lt. Colonel Stan Brown’s…