Atlanta blogs today
September 19, 2008 at 12:15 pm by Scott Freeman in Blogroll— Reporter Cub writes about the Southern Baptist bookstores that pulled a gospel magazine from their shelves because — OH MY GOD — it had a picture of five female pasters on the cover. Such blasphemy! Bet the same folks will be voting for a female vice-president. You know, so long as they have their priorities in place.
— Some of the folks who banned the gospel magazine must’ve been in Tifton last weekend at the Omega Pepper Festival. As Blog For Democracy notes, some Obama supporters got the boot because they were trying to register voters. The audacity!
— Amy Morton over at Georgia Women Vote joins the chorus of those who are asking if Obama’s race is the reason he’s not 15 points ahead in the polls. When push comes to shove, will white people vote for a black man for president? Even if the alternative is a ticket with a VP candidate who thinks creationism should be taught in the public schools and conducts public business on her private yahoo email account?
— Over at Decatur Metro, there’s a celebrity slugfest going on: Who’s Decatur’s most famous resident?
— At the Wren’s Nest, there’s going to be a fund-raiser on Sept. 27 featuring Kingsized. The problem is they’re nervous that no one is going to show up because they were a little tardy in promoting the show. So here’s a plug in helping them get the word out.
— And, finally, with fall temperatures finally breaking through, we can actually sit outside without drowning in our own sweat. But where to go? Don’t fear. The fine ladies at Pecanne Log have come up with a list of favorite outdoor patios to have a brew and drink a toast to autumn leaves.
September 19th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
…not that I wouldn’t mind a personal concert by Kingsized drowning my sorrows in a sea of margarita from Taqueria del Sol, but thanks for the plug!
We’ve got a good crowd fixin’ to be there, but there is space left yet!
September 19th, 2008 at 1:02 pm
wow! atlanta blogs today contains a snarky comment about sarah palin?
never would have seen that one coming.
i think creative loafing should hire “DaleC” to write for this blog for some much needed, albeit tiny balance.
September 19th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
Save Georgia’s State Parks!
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/save-georgias-state-parks-historic-sites
September 19th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Can we please stop perpetuating the canard that Palin thinks “creationism should be taught in the public schools”? There are plenty (plenty!) of reasons to criticize the McCain/Palin ticket for, but this ain’t one of ‘em. [See http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html ]
September 19th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
How does one “debate” creationism/intelligent design vs. evolution in a public school science class without teaching the Old Testament?
September 20th, 2008 at 11:57 am
It’s hardly canard, Robert. As a mayor and governor, Palin has/had no power to have creationism taught in public schools. But it’s well-documented that Palin believes in creationism and, according to Andrew Sullivan’s web site, she helped push a drive to get like-minded evangelicals elected to her local school board.
And James, come on. You can’t pick a female version of Dan Quayle to be your VP and not expect to get ribbed about it.
September 21st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I’m flattered. What does the gig pay?