Month: July 2009
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Judge not
They laughed at Gov. Sonny Perdue when he unveiled a program to build more boat docks for bass fishing tournaments as his primary policy initiative. But that’s nothing compared to the way people will be laughing if Perdue makes the wrong choice on his next Supreme Court appointment.
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Just how bad is the worldwide economy?
It’s so bad, da’dum, that… Vatican Radio has had to seek ad revenue for the first time in 80 years to offset the cost of keeping up programing in 45 languages. Donations down Until now Vatican Radio has been paid for out of the Church’s central funds. The Holy See has just published its finances,…
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Palin urges ‘full-court press’ on socialists
Sarah Palin, soon to be the former governor of Alaska, continued her use of basketball-related metaphors Monday by calling for Americans to “get off the bench” and put “a full-court press on socialists like Barack Obama who are trying to slam-dunk us with their tax tyranny.”
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Clinton Delegate running for City Council
Miguel Gallegos, a Hillary Clinton delegate from the 5th Congressional District, is running for Atlanta City Council. Miguel seeks to replace Anne Fauver in this open City Council seat – District 6. According to SOVO, “He joins a race that includes Steve Brodie and Alex Wan, who are both gay men, and Elizabeth Coyle, a…
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Independence Day
“When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the…
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Sarah Palin will not seek re-election, and will resign…really?
(Updated by Paula to add Palin’s resignation speech.) Wow just WOW. Last Updated 3:44 p.m. ET. Sarah Palin has announced that she will resign as governor of Alaska and will not seek a second term. CBS Affiliate KTVA reports that at a press conference this morning Palin said she will resign the governorship within a…