Wow, guess what? Another new online news service by a veteran AJC reporter and editor of investigations, Jim Wallis. He’s going after public corruption stories- awesome! Apparently, he used to write these kinds of stories for the AJC; you know, the research-based stories the AJC doesn’t run no mo’. Behold; seeing is believing: Atlanta Unfiltered. Maybe someone should have told […]
Read moreTomorrow, John Monds, who ran for Public Service Commission in 2008, will announce tomorrow his Libertarian candidacy for Georgia Governor. “During his campaign for Public Service Commission (District 1) in 2008, Monds became the first Libertarian to break one million votes in the United States,” according to a press release obtained by APN. That’s a big deal. Other 2010 candidates- […]
Read moreCouncilwoman and Mayoral candidate Mary Norwood has released her 12 point plan to tackle crime in Atlanta. Here’s what it is: #### Fix today’s crisis! End the furloughs of our police and firefighters. Keep precincts and fire stations open and staffed 24/7. Pay police and firefighters’ salaries from thetaxes Atlanta already collects. Find savings in other departments. To fund our public […]
Read moreUS Sen. Feingold (D-WI) has introduced a bill to abolish the federal death penalty, S. 650. The bill has no-cosponsors. “Feingold’s Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act of 2009 would put an immediate halt to federal executions and forbid the use of the death penalty as a sentence for violations of federal law. The use of the death penalty has been […]
Read moreA recent poll conducted by Insider Advantage shows former Gov. Roy Barnes–who a source tells APN is considering a 2010 run for governor–would be competitive against two out of 3 possible leading Republican candidates. Based on the current poll, Barnes would beat Karen Handel (SOS and former Fulton County Chair) and John Oxendine (Insurance Commissioner), but not Casey Cagle (Lt. […]
Read moreProgressive economists (Krugman, Reich, Baker, Stiglitz) warn that time is running out on the Paulson/Geithner approach of trying to bribe the Lords of Finance who destroyed the economy with hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to fix it. The standard approach in such situations is nationalization/rationalization/ reorganization — the government temporarily takes over insolvent banks, fires the management, wipes out […]
Read more(APN) ATLANTA — About 100 activists rallied and marched downtown Thursday, March 19, 2009, to protest the US occupation of Iraq during an event marking its sixth anniversary. Activists, led by the Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition (GPJC), Iraq Veterans Against the War, and others, urged President Obama to immediately withdraw all US forces from Iraq. Additionally, they called for […]
Read moreThis article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service website at: http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46183 WASHINGTON, Mar 18 (IPS) – Due perhaps in part to the country’s economic woes, but also a major shift in political culture, discussion of marijuana legalisation has risen to a level of openness and prominence previously unseen in the United States. When the Kellogg Corporation cancelled the publicity contract […]
Read moreA new book by Ellen Hodgson Brown, Web of Debt: The Shocking Truth about Our Money System and How We Can Break Free, explores why the private banking system in the US is causing our current economic troubles, including massive debt to private banks. Samples of the book are available at www.webofdebt.com. From the website: “Our money system is not what […]
Read moreLibertarian US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has introduced a bill demanding transparency at the Federal Reserve. Most of Ron Paul’s bills are not economically progressive in any way. Also, most don’t get more than one or two cosponsors. However, this one has 39 co-sponsors, the majority of whom are Republicans, including 3 GA Republicans, US Reps. Broun, Kingston, Price. It […]
Read moreI have just emailed the White House to let the President know that I cannot accept his invitation to canvass for passage of his budget this weekend. While I support his budget items for universal healthcare, green energy and other forward-looking domestic programs, I am opposed to his escalation of the war in Afghanistan (and now Pakistan), the continued occupation […]
Read moreAs part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the Obama administration announced Wednesday the Department of Health and Human Services will provide $65 million for congregate nutrition programs to be provided at senior centers and other community sites. Additionally, there will be $32 million for home delivered nutrition services delivered to the elderly at home and $3 million […]
Read moreYahoo! News reports today that the United States is formally endorsing a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality. Former President Bush refused to sign the declaration and the United States was the only western nation not to sign when the declaration came before the U.N. General Assembly in December.
Read moreEight Democrats and six Republicans from the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to President Obama Tuesday cautioning the new president against escalating the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. (Text of letter at end of this post) “More Members of Congress need to tell the president that they have major concerns about sending another 17,000 troops in harms way in […]
Read moreSB 13, sponsored by Georgia State Sen. Preston Smith (R-Rome), would allow district attorneys to seek life without parole for murder without having to ask for the death penalty first to obtain such a ruling. But the bill is now in danger of dying on the vine for the third year in a row and in the same manner. On […]
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