Atlanta blogs today
October 6, 2008 at 12:08 pm by Scott Freeman in Blogroll— The wit and wisdom of Caribou Barbie is still a hot topic around the blogosphere and if you haven’t seen the latest SNL take, it’s a must-view. Amy Morton at Georgia Women Vote gathers some pointed post-debate feedback.
— Meanwhile at Going Through The Motions, the lovely Sara wonders why Americans seem to vote for the person they most identify with rather than the person they agree with politically. When she broached the topic with her Republican father, he dismissed her for using a “liberal talking point.” Ouch.
— Why does it matter? Dcup brings it home at Politits as she details her family’s fight to stave off foreclosure. And their lender gave them a cynical Catch-22. The bank first said they wouldn’t discuss helping them “work through it” until they brought their mortgage up to date. After that happened, the bank said they didn’t qualify for any programs to adjust their rate because they weren’t late anymore.
— TV stations love “gotcha” journalism, but Doug at Live Apartment Fire takes WGCL-TV to task for its report on Atlanta sanitation workers who allegedly lounge around during working hours and then go out when the overtime kicks in. Trouble is, Doug points out, the station never actually got them on camera doing anything wrong. It’s an example of a story rushed out before its time.
— Is anyone in a good mood these days? Edwin, at Chicken Fat, had to pick up friends returning from a trip at the airport and found himself lost and circling Hartsfield/Jackson in heavy traffic. Instead of helping him out, a grumpy cop slammed his fist on the windshield of Edwin’s car and told him to get moving.
— And, finally, the fine ladies at Pecanne Log had an even worse weekend after discovering they had missed the event they’d anticipated for months: the annual bowling showdown between the Furries and the Klingons. What they don’t know is the bowling match never happened. It was a trap. The Klingons ate the Furries, then trashed the bowing alley and took off in search of Spock.
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