http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/georgia/ en-us Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416029/posts New population figures give a boost to the GOP By: Chris StirewaltPolitical EditorDecember 28, 2009 The 2010 census is sure to be controversial.Republicans will thunder about the community organizers who get hired to do the counting, and Democrats will wail that the homeless and migrant workers are undercounted.But in the final pre-count estimate just released by the Census Bureau, we already have a broad idea of where the results are headed and what they will mean politically.The numbers are cause for alarm for Democrats.Of the states gaining House seats -- Texas (three) and Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, Utah... Washington Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416029/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416397/posts Today, while Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas, radical Muslims will be gathering in Atlanta, Georgia for the beginning of their annual hatefest. The irony of this cannot be overstated, as the group sponsoring the event, ICNA, and its followers openly denounce Christians and propagate material cursing and calling for violence against Christians. ICNA or the Islamic Circle of North America was created nearly 40 years ago as the American affiliate to the terror-related Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), the Muslim Brotherhood of Pakistan. But while JI has focused the majority of its faith-based ire on Hindus, the religious groups of choice... Front Page Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416397/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:23:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416405/posts To those who feel the need to speed: Be warned. For the fastest of fast drivers, it’s about to get really expensive. Going 85 miles per hour or more on most Georgia roads -- including interstates -- will cost a speeder an additional $200, when a new "super-speeder" law takes effect on Friday. On two-lane roads, meaning one lane each way, the extra fine kicks in at 75 mph. That’s on top of whatever ticket the speeder gets for going over the speed limit. “It’s a lifesaving law,” said Bob Dallas, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, noting... The Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416405/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 18:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412876/posts An angry customer destroyed more than $1,000 worth of perfume Saturday afternoon after a clerk at Joy Joy Beauty, 224 Hawthorne Ave., told her she could not return several items without a receipt, according to an Athens-Clarke police report. The customer tried to return the items about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, and pushed over a large plastic display stand holding several hundred sample-size bottles of perfume that cost $3.50 each, police said. The display stand broke, and every bottle of perfume smashed against the floor as the woman stormed out of the store and drove away in a green van, according... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412876/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:48:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411252/posts 18 states allow for recall votes on US Senators. The 18 states allowing for recall are as follows: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin. The Senate oath of office is: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well... Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411252/posts#comment Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410625/posts Packed into Shoney’s in a standing room only crowd, more than 125 people gathered Thursday night for Dalton’s first Tea Party. Ned Wilford of Dalton said he’s an independent but leans toward Republican values and is considering becoming a Tea Party member. “I think the only way we’ll get it turned around is on the grassroots level,” he said. Walker County Tea Party organizer James Groce estimated 30 to 40 of the attendees were from Whitfield County. The rest were from Tea Party organizations in other North Georgia counties interested in helping start the movement in Whitfield. Tea Parties are... The (Dalton) Daily Citizen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2410625/posts#comment Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:25:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409582/posts With its jobless benefits fund sapped by high unemployment, Georgia will be forced to seek a federal loan to make next week’s payout, the state’s labor commissioner says. The state has paid $1.6 billion to laid-off Georgians this year, an average of $33 million a week. Checks are cut on Tuesdays, and as of Wednesday the trust fund for unemployment benefits had about $25 million left, Thurmond said. “As commissioner of labor it is my primary responsibility to ensure that all jobless Georgians eligible to receive benefits receive those benefits,” he told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Georgia will join more than... Atlanta Journal and Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409582/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:47:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407765/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/December/09-nsd-1338.html FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, December 14, 2009 Terrorism Defendants Sentenced in Atlanta Ehsanul Islam Sadequee Receives 17 Years in Prison; Co-defendant Syed Haris Ahmed Receives 13 Years Ehsanul Islam Sadequee, 23, of Roswell, Ga., and Syed Haris Ahmed, 25, of Atlanta, were sentenced today in federal court following their convictions earlier this year in separate but related criminal trials, the Justice Department announced. "With their words and their actions, these defendants supported the wrongheaded but very dangerous idea that armed violence aimed at American interests will force our Government and our people... US DOJ.gov - Justice.gov/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407765/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 09:14:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407008/posts By ELLEN BARRY Published: December 13, 2009 MOSCOW — Voters in Abkhazia, the separatist enclave in Georgia, have re-elected President Sergei V. Bagapsh by a decisive margin, amid protests from the Georgian government that the vote was invalid. In final results of the Saturday vote announced on Sunday, Mr. Bagapsh won 59.4 percent of the vote, more than he needed to avoid a second round of voting. His closest rival among four other candidates, Raul Khajimba, a former agent in the Russian F.S.B. security service, trailed with 15.4 percent. Turnout was 73 percent, election officials said. Mr. Khajimba alleged widespread... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407008/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:55:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404063/posts NEWARK, N.J. — Prosecutors don't understand how a fugitive wanted in New Jersey worked for the Homeland Security Department in Georgia despite a nationwide alert for her arrest. Tahaya Buchanan was sought on a 2007 indictment on charges of staging the theft of her Range Rover. FOX NEWS.com (AP) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404063/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 22:36:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173004/posts <p>IF YOU ENJOYED the election crisis of 2000, you’re going to love what Democrat leaders are cooking up for November.</p> <p>"George Soros has purchased the Democratic Party," charges Republican National Committee spokeswoman Christine Iverson. (2) Some might dismiss Miss Iverson's comment as hyberbole. However, Soros' massive soft-money contributions have indisputably given him power over Democrat strategy.</p> RichardPoe.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1173004/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jul 2004 00:55:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402813/posts James Groce said he and many others across American believe government is spending too much, taxing too much and borrowing too much. “We expect our government to show fiscal responsibility. A lot of our politicians aren’t doing the job we elect them to do,” Groce said. Many of those people, including Groce, have come together in Tea Party organizations to speak out against big government. “We have groups started in Dade County, Walker County, Catoosa County, Gordon County and Gilmer County. We are trying to get them started in all the 9th Congressional District counties. We lack Whitfield and Murray,... The (Dalton, Ga.) Daily Citizen http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402813/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 14:31:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400241/posts MORROW, Ga. - A man dressed as an elf was jailed after he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite, police said. Southlake Mall in suburban Atlanta was evacuated but no explosives were found. Police in Morrow, Ga., arrested 45-year-old William Caldwell, who was being held without bond Thursday in the Clayton County jail. He was not part of the mall's Christmas staff. pmsNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2400241/posts#comment Fri, 4 Dec 2009 16:09:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393853/posts The FBI says a Centerville man is charged with buying and shipping about 7,000 stolen cell phones in connection with an international ring trafficking weapons and stolen goods. According to the FBI, Hussein Ali Asfour of Centerville is charged with conspiracy to transport stolen property and faces up to five years in prison. A criminal complaint in the case listed his address as 100 Cross Link Trail. USA Today reports that Asfour was charged along with four other men, including three accused of trying to buy Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and machine guns destined for Syria or Iran. USA Today describes... 13WMAZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2393853/posts#comment Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:05:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392943/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMonday, November 23, 2009 Arrests Made in Case Involving Conspiracy to Procure Weapons, Including Anti-Aircraft Missiles Arrests were made today in a case involving a conspiracy to procure weapons, including anti-aircraft missiles. A criminal complaint, unsealed today, charged Dani Nemr Tarraf with conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft missiles (FIM-92 Stingers) and conspiring to possess machine guns (approximately 10,000 Colt M4 Carbines). In addition, Tarraf and other defendants — including Douri Nemr Tarraf, Hassan Mohamad Komeiha, and Hussein Ali Asfour — were charged with conspiring to... US DOJ.gov - JUSTICE.gov/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392943/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:32:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392921/posts ATLANTA – A riding lawn mower may have four wheels, a powerful engine and can cost as much as a used car. If it's stolen, however, the Georgia Supreme Court concluded Monday that it's not a motor vehicle. The 4-3 decision overturned the conviction of Franklin Lloyd Harris, who was convicted of felony motor vehicle theft after he loaded a Toro riding mower in 2006 from a Home Depot in Dalton into his van and sped away. Because Harris was a repeat offender, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Public defender Michael McCarthy told the justices that while... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2392921/posts#comment Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:11:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391691/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/readout-vice-president-biden-s-call-georgian-president-saakashvili Home • Briefing Room • Statements & Releases The White House Office of the Vice President For Immediate Release November 19, 2009 Readout of Vice President Biden’s Call to Georgian President Saakashvili Vice President Biden called Georgian President Saakashvili on November 18, 2009, to discuss democratic reform in Georgia and to reiterate the United States’ strong support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Vice President underscored the importance of sustaining the commitment to democratic reform to fulfill the promise of the Rose Revolution. He also emphasized that all parties should live... WHITEHOUSE.gov http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391691/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:29:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390755/posts ATHENS -- To the Bulldog Nation, the Uga mascot is royalty, the lineage anointed to represent the University of Georgia. But to the Seiler family, the English bulldogs are family pets. That is sadly evident at times such as these. In only his second season as Georgia's mascot, Uga VII has passed away. Uga VII passed away suddenly Thursday morning at his home in Savannah. At 4 years old, he was practically a pup and had served as Georgia's mascot for not even two full football seasons when he unexpectedly succumbed to heart problems. Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390755/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:54:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388467/posts ATLANTA -- In the waning days of the Great Recession, the federal government is still jumpstarting the economy and propping up financial markets. It is also trying to sell Dresden Heights, a failed condo development on a noisy freeway ramp next to a Motel 6, a Waffle House and a Do-It-Yourself Pest Control. For more than a year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has been seeking a buyer for 36 partially built condos it inherited from a high-flying, short-lived Atlanta bank. The agency has been fending off vandals, haggling with architects and uncovering the developer's blunders, all in a bid... WSJ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388467/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:09:02 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