Month: July 2009
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Men we love part XXVII
Jimmy Carter, for many reasons but most recently for saying this… So my decision to sever my ties with the Southern Baptist Convention, after six decades, was painful and difficult. It was, however, an unavoidable decision when the convention’s leaders, quoting a few carefully selected Bible verses and claiming that Eve was created second to…
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Ruling will leave developers high and dry
There is a lot that could be written about federal Judge Paul Magnuson’s ruling that the Corps of Engineers has been illegally allowing metro Atlanta governments to withdraw water from Lake Lanier, but let’s focus on this aspect of it: if the judge’s ruling sticks (and I think it will), then all of the developers…
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Sen. Sessions is all about the crack cocaine
The first step in recovery is to admit your addiction… h/t Firedoglake
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What others are saying
My “cousin” Craig Crawford does some blogging on CQ Politics and offers this insightful analysis of the expected fallout from this week’s Senate hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor:
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Profiling Atlanta Mayoral candidates: The Lisa Borders Edition
The third in a five-part series by 11 Alive features Lisa Borders, candidate for Atlanta Mayor.
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About that Georgia Supreme Court vacancy…
In the wake of Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears’ retirement June 30th, many were eager to see who Sonny Perdue would appoint to the Georgia Supreme Court to replace her. Nominations flowed in to the Judicial Nominating Commission, and about a month ago the JNC forwarded to Perdue a 9 member “short list” of candidates…