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Sue Everhart: marriage equality would bring a ‘free ride’

April 2, 2013

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Apparently marriage equality will create another set of 21st century style welfare queens who will find new ways to leech off the government and your tax dollars. That’s according to Sue Everhart. Everhart, the chair of the Georgia Republican Party, is fretting over what marriage equality would bring people to do. Here’s what she told [...]

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Local NAACP investigates pastor’s arrest

June 15, 2012

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The Georgia State Conference and Fayette County, Ga. branch of the NAACP will launch its own investigation into the arrest of World Changers International Church Pastor Creflo Dollar, according to a local newspaper report. As you all know, Dollar was arrested last week on charges he physically assaulted his 15-year-old daughter. “Today, many parents in [...]

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Georgia DOT rejects Klan’s proposal to adopt highway

June 13, 2012

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It looks like there may be some hope for my home state of Georgia after all! The Georgia Department of Transportation on Tuesday denied a request from a Ku Klux Klan group who wanted to adopt a stretch of road in Union County, Ga. GDOT commissioner Keith Golden said it would cause concern among the [...]

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So, how about that post-racial America?

April 26, 2012

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Since people still like to believe we are in some form of post-racial utopia as we’ve elected a black president, some folks just aren’t convinced. From Fox 5 Atlanta: Residents are upset about a sign in Paulding County that uses a racial slur to refer to President Barack Obama. The sign, in front of the [...]

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Children’s takes on Georgia’s young fatties and their families

October 1, 2011

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Responding to the state of Georgia’s childhood obesity epidemic, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has launched its Stop Childhood Obesity campaign. It notes Georgia has the second highest rate of childhood obesity in the country and nearly 40 percent of children in the state are either overweight or obese, “indicating that nearly 1 million children are [...]

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