http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/georgia/ en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:03:58 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383220/posts Comedian Katt Williams has been jailed in Georgia on charges of burglary and criminal trespassing. A deputy at the jail in Coweta County, southwest of Atlanta, confirmed Williams was being held there and that a magistrate was expected to set bond at an arraignment Monday afternoon. The deputy did not have access to a police report to provide more details. Williams' real name is Micah Williams. He's known for his appearances on BET and HBO, including an HBO special, "Katt Williams: Pimp Chronicles Part NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2383220/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382683/posts The Tea Party Express II came to visit us in the Peach State this evening. Please post your pictures and comments here. Thanks to all who came out to support our Republic!! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382683/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:53:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381369/posts Some Chattooga (GA) High School students paid $50 in advance for their 2009 yearbook, but when they picked it up last week, four pages were cut out, literally. They were told the pictures were inappropriate. We wondered, how bad could they possibly be? What type of photos were so scandalous, they had to be removed from an already-printed school yearbook? The 2009 yearbook was delivered to students, two months late with pages 11-14 clipped out. The books arrived at Chattooga High in early September, but are just now going out to those students who had purchased them last year. On... WRCB http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381369/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 06:39:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379523/posts An archaeologist says excavations in southern Georgia have turned up beads, metal tools and other artifacts that may pinpoint part of the elusive trail of the 16th-century Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto. Dennis Blanton of the Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta was scheduled to present his findings Thursday to the Southeastern Archaeological Conference in Mobile, Ala. Excavations since 2006 in rural Telfair County uncovered remains of an Indian settlement along with nine pea-sized glass beads and six metal objects, including three iron tools and a silver pendant. Blanton says the artifacts are consistent with items Spanish explorers traded... hosted http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2379523/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379478/posts TBILISI -- The chairman of Georgia's opposition Labor Party is in Washington to discuss Georgian-U.S.-Russian relations and the recognition of Kosovo and Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, RFE/RL's Georgian and Russian services report. Labor Party Secretary-General Joseph Shatberashvili told RFE/RL that the main goal of Shalva Natelashvili's visit to Washington is "to start a dialogue with Moscow and Washington” on Moscow’s recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and Washington’s recognition of Kosovo. Shatberashvili says that Labor Party leaders believe that if Washington would revoke its recognition of Kosovo's independence it would cause Russia to reconsider its decision... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379478/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:49:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378709/posts Memory cards in seven voting machines were unintentionally left in Atlanta precincts Tuesday night, in a poll worker error that election officials say is not expected to affect the outcome of any race. Fulton County Board of Elections Director Barry Garner says he expects to gain access to the memory cards Wednesday morning and tally the remaining votes. Garner says poll workers in the seven precincts were in a hurry and did not ensure that all the cards were removed from the machines. He called the oversight unacceptable and said his office would put procedures in place to prevent such... 13 WMAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2378709/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 23:11:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376737/posts When the votes are counted Tuesday, the State Senate’s 1st District might have seen its first seriously contested election since 1992. One thing is certain: It will be the first election there since 1994 with no incumbent on the ballot. Not that the candidates are political rookies: Buddy Carter recently was in the state House and Billy Hair chaired the Chatham County Commission for eight years. Carter and Hair are Republicans, which is no coincidence. Shifting boundaries and political loyalties have made the lst – which takes in Bryan County and parts of Chatham and Liberty counties – a GOP... LuckyBogey's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2376737/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 19:02:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375178/posts An Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in Arizona with his car because she was becoming "too Westernised" has been arrested in Georgia, authorities say. Jim Joyner, a spokesman for the US Marshals Service in Atlanta, said on Friday that Faleh Almaleki was arrested when he arrived at Atlanta's airport. He had been sent from the United Kingdom after authorities denied him entrance. Almaleki, 48, awaits extradition to Arizona and will face two counts of aggravated assault, according to Peoria police. He is accused of striking and then running over his 20-year-old daughter and a family friend with... Nine News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375178/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 08:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373281/posts October 28, 2009 Note: The following text is a quote: Eleven Members/Associates of Ummah Charged with Federal Violations One Subject Fatally Shot During Arrest United States Attorney Terrence Berg, Eastern District of Michigan, Andrew G. Arena, Special Agent in Charge (SAC), Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), Detroit, Michigan, and Police Chief Warren Evans, Detroit Police Department (DPD), Detroit, Michigan announced a federal complaint was unsealed today charging Luqman Ameen Abdullah, a.k.a.Christopher Thomas, and 10 others with conspiracy to commit several federal crimes, including theft from interstate shipments, mail fraud to obtain the proceeds of arson, illegal possession and sale of... Detroit.FBI.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2373281/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:56:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369967/posts Authorities hoped to enlist the aid of a UPS manager in intercepting a package of marijuana. Instead, investigators say, the manager took matters into her own hands. Rather than let police know a package in her store contained suspected drugs, Anna K. Wright of Atlanta is accused of stealing the pot, selling it, and then lying about what she did. According to the U.S. District Attorney's Office, Wright, 33, was alerted that a package could arrive for a particular mail box. When it did, authorities wanted Wright to contact them. A package did arrive. But Wright apparently decided to take... Atlanta Journal Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369967/posts#comment Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:52:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368543/posts Hundreds of people have been arrested in Texas and around the country what officials say is the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel in the U.S WASHINGTON (October 22, 2009)—U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder calls the arrests of more than 300 people in a series of drug raids in Texas and across the country the largest single strike at a Mexican drug cartel operating here. Holder said at a news conference Thursday that the arrests over the past two days were aimed at the U.S. operations of the La Familia cartel. Click here to find out more! Holder... kwtx TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368543/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:17:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368088/posts The case for supporting Georgia is fundamentally based on American ideals. "The leader of the free world does not abandon its friends," Mr. Bakradze told us. "American diplomacy is more than European-style realpolitik. Yours is a country of values. We share the same values. They are worth defending." "In the end, America stands for something," he said. We fervently hope that this is still true. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368088/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:06:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365427/posts A top Chinese general will visit the United States this month and tour major U.S. bases as Washington seeks to improve relations and reduce the risk of conlict, offi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2365427/posts#comment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:22:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364552/posts It took 9 years to complete the Haitian monument in Franklin Square, but it took 230 years for the people of Haiti to receive the proper recognition for their role in the Revolutionary War. "The best moment in my life!" shouted Daniel Fils-Aime, who has seen this project through for those 9 years. "This recognition is a reward for all Haitians whether they are in the U.S. or Haiti," said Ralph Latortue, the Haiti consulate general in Miami. The monument was originally unveiled unfinished with only four statues in 2007, but thanks to a single-donor, the sculpture was recently completed,... WTOC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2364552/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:03:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364098/posts The U.S. Justice Department has denied Georgia Secretary of State Karen Handel’s appeal of its decision to reject Handel’s plan for verifying voters’ citizenship. Handel, a 2010 Republican gubernatorial hopeful, asked the department in August to reconsider its decision to reject the system. The Justice Department in May said the verification program is frequently inaccurate and has a “discriminatory effect” on minority voters. The decision meant Georgia had to halt the citizenship checks, which Handel launched in 2007 in response to the Help America Vote Act. That federal law required states to verify voters’ identity, but not necessarily citizenship. Handel... AJC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364098/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:13:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363394/posts HILLARY CLINTON’S words of support for Georgia during her visit this week to Moscow did little to calm fears in Tbilisi about Russia’s intentions in the turbulent Caucasus mountains. Two of Russia’s most powerful men sent shivers through Tbilisi during the US secretary of state’s stay in Moscow, with statements that fuelled worries the Kremlin’s fight with rebels in its own restive Caucasus republics could spill into neighbouring Georgia. The struggle between Moscow’s security forces and militants, once confined to Chechnya, is equally intense in two other Russian regions, Dagestan and Ingushetia, where police and soldiers come under daily attack... irishtimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363394/posts#comment Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:42:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361436/posts Sandy Springs police have arrested abortionist Daniel E. McBrayer, 58, on charges of punching a woman in the face during an afternoon "road rage" incident last Monday. Regina Ordaz says that McBrayer got out of his car at the intersection of Roswell and Abernathy roads, walked up to her car as she was stopped at a red light, and struck her in the face. Ordaz says she thought that McBrayer was going to ask her for directions or tell her that something was wrong with her car. She also says that McBrayer had cut her off several blocks previously, but... Lifesitenews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2361436/posts#comment Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:39:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355364/posts Congressman Dr Paul Broun will be on FOX Strategy Room Live Today at 4 pm Eastern time... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2355364/posts#comment Mon, 5 Oct 2009 19:05:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353721/posts This week's much-anticipated European Union-commissioned report into the causes of the Russian-Georgian war of August 2008 predictably spread the blame for the conflict around. ...Yet anyone who bothers to read the document will find that the Tagliavini Commission apportions the overwhelming part of the responsibility for the conflict on Moscow. In fact, it rejects practically every item in Russia's version of what supposedly happened last year. .... The report details the extended series of Russian provocations, accelerating in the spring of 2008, that precipitated the war. .... As will be recalled, Russia variously claimed it was protecting its citizens; engaging... wsj.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353721/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:50:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353726/posts We Are All Georgian (Aggressors) Now By Doug Bandow on 10.1.09 @ 10:02AM Last year the impulsive authoritarian Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili presented the meme that his was a heroic government victimized by the evil Russians. American politicians like Sen. John McCain rushed to the Georgian standard, declaring that "We're all Georgians now." Make that "We're all Georgian (aggressors) now." Yesterday the European Union provided additional evidence that Georgia actually started the war. Reports the BBC:As a European Union report into last year's conflict between Georgia and Russia puts a large part of the blame on Georgia, the BBC's Tom... spectator.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2353726/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 20:55:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2353438/posts Mosley drops bid to be challenger to U.S. Rep. John Barrow Vidalia doctor was preparing quest to challenge Democrat John Barrow A Republican who said he'd spend $500,000 of his own money in an effort to oust U.S. Rep. John Barrow in 2010 has quit the race. Wayne Mosley, a Vidalia doctor and former Army lieutenant colonel, e-mailed the news to his supporters Thursday. Mosley widely had been considered the strongest of three GOP would-be challengers to Savannah Democrat Barrow. "I think so," said Savannah political consultant David Simons, "especially because of the money." During the past two years, Mosley... Savannah Morning News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2353438/posts#comment Fri, 2 Oct 2009 15:46:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352837/posts A recent report of an ancient textile facility, of sorts, is turning heads.[1] Sifting through the debris on a cave floor in the Republic of Georgia, scientists recently discovered evidence that the early cave dwellers processed textiles in the cave. While searching for ancient pollen grains, they found tiny flax fibers in the dirt. Some of these fibers were woven, some were cut, and some were dyed black, gray, turquoise, or pink. They also discovered evidence that these people were processing fur (for clothing) and animal hides. What is surprising about the find is that this was supposedly happening 30,000... CMI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352837/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 21:51:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2352695/posts After Russia invaded the Nation of Georgia last year, Senator John McCain quickly condemned the action by the Russians, and declared that we are all "Georgians" today. Considering we have had at least two freedom movements in the past eight months which have been ignored by Obama, that should have been reason enough to support McCain in the Presidential election. Obama at first blamed both the Russians and the Georgians in an utter disregard for the Nation of Georgia, a small yet staunch ally of the United States, after several days of being called out by John McCain, Obama quickly... Right Handed Pitcher http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2352695/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 18:44:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352267/posts From RT on YouTube: A new EU report may finally answers the question as to which country started the Russo-Georgian war in August 2008. The European Union conducted a nine-month investigation into the issue and has concluded that it was Georgia, more specifically Saakashvili, who triggered the conflict. So why was the U.S. Government, along with the mainstream media, so intent on blaming Russia for the war? And what will these new revelations mean for Georgian relations with the United States and Europe? RT's Dina Gusovsky talks to Tsotne Bakuria, former member of the Georgian Parliament. Russia Today (on You Tube) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2352267/posts#comment Thu, 1 Oct 2009 05:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351338/posts ...There was this old Buick, a big late 60’s road yacht, crammed into the back of the trailer. The man and wife inside were hurt although not terribly so. But behind them was the little Datsun pickup truck (remember those?) that had hit the Buick hard enough to shove it into my trailer. The two girls inside were badly injured. The driver’s forehead had been essentially peeled back and the flap of skin was hanging down over her face. I eased it back into place and held it there to slow her bleeding until an ambulance arrived. The other girl’s... Burkhart's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2351338/posts#comment Wed, 30 Sep 2009 03:57:38 GMT