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Ralph “Baby Jesus” Reed has written a novel.
Dark Horse is a “political thriller” that follows a fictional presidential campaign through a brutal primary, a muddled general election, an assassination and war with them dang Eye-ray-knee-unz.
Dark Horse comes out on June 3 in hardcover, eBook, and stone tablet, in English and Aramaic. Reserve your copy now, though I’m sure it won’t be as good The Book of Ralph, available for free right here.
Calling Chuck Shepherd!
A Republican convicted of sodomy with a child under the age of 14 just tried to run for Newton County Board of Education.
Not a joke.
He withdrew his candidacy after the public found out that he’s a convicted child molester, but says he’s not done with politics.
From today’s Newton Citizen:
COVINGTON - Republican candidate Horace Don Gresham withdrew from the District 2 Board of Education race Wednesday, shortly before a hearing to determine his eligibility was scheduled to take place.
Three residents filed challenges to Gresham’s candidacy with the Board of Elections after news broke that he was convicted of sodomy with a child under the age of 14 in DeKalb County in 1988.
In a letter notifying the Board of Elections of his withdrawal, Gresham said he’s not finished with politics: He intends to run for the District 2 Board of Commissioners seat in 2010.
“These actions that I have taken was just a test run for me in running for the school board,” the letter states. “In other words, I have also used the newspapers to see what the voters thought about someone that had a record.”
I wonder if Gresham’s candidacy is an example of The Change We Deserve?
(Mortarboard-tip to Jim Galloway at AJC.com’s Political Insider for turning me on to making me aware of this story.)
Watch CNN Headline News anchor Mike Galanos hammer Mulligan’s owner Mike Norman during a phone interview.
Incidentally, Norman says the cartoon monkey on the T-shirt is not in fact Curious George, but a spin-off called Satisfied Fred.
Bragging is tacky, I know, but the CL You Shoot Flickr photo contest has been a smashing success. 40 new members have uploaded hundreds of great photos in just two weeks.
This week’s contest winner is mateofiero’s lovely snap of two smokers in Little Five Points.
The photo was apparently a happy accident. He was trying to take a photo of the woman when the man walked into the the frame.
You know, my only sibling is seven years older than me. I’m a happy accident, too.
So, mateofiero, contact me at andisheh at creativeloafing.com and come claim your prize — tickets and VIP to the 11th Annual Country Fair this weekend at Lakewood, and four tickets to Center For Puppetry Arts.
Keep the photos coming. There’s another prize for our favorite photo next week, and a prize in two weeks for the person who adds the most photos during the month that can be used with Urban Explorer listings.
No one can say President Bush isn’t making personal sacrifices for U.S. troops.
From Politico:
Q Mr. President, you haven’t been golfing in recent years. Is that related to Iraq?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes, it really is. I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the Commander-in-Chief playing golf. I feel I owe it to the families to be as — to be in solidarity as best as I can with them. And I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal.
Q Mr. President, was there a particular moment or incident that brought you to that decision, or how did you come to that?
THE PRESIDENT: No, I remember when de Mello, who was at the U.N., got killed in Baghdad as a result of these murderers taking this good man’s life. And I was playing golf — I think I was in central Texas — and they pulled me off the golf course and I said, it’s just not worth it anymore to do.
Here’s the video.
Is callowness an impeachable offense?
Former Congressman (and CL columnist) Bob Barr announced yesterday he’s running for President as a Libertarian.
Barr’s not going to win, but if the former Republican Congressman ends up on the ballot in Georgia, he could peel away enough voters from McCain to tip Georgia’s 15 Electoral College votes to Obama.
The last time a Democrat won Georgia’s Electoral College votes was 1992. That year, then Gov. Bill Clinton squeaked by then-President George H.W. Bush with 43.6 percent of Georgia’s popular vote, compared to Bush’s 43 percent.
Sharing Georgia’s ballot with Bush and Clinton that year was populist billionaire H. Ross Perot, who nabbed 13.4 percent of Georgia’s popular vote.
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
A bar-owner in Marietta is selling t-shirts depicting Sen. Barack Obama as a banana-chomping chimp.
From AJC.com:
Marietta tavern owner Mike Norman says the T-shirts he’s peddling, featuring cartoon chimp Curious George peeling a banana, with “Obama in ‘08″ scrolled underneath, are “cute.” But to a coalition of critics, the shirts are an insulting exploitation of racial stereotypes from generations past.
But don’t call Mike Norman a racist!
Norman said those offended are “hunting for a reason to be mad” and insisted he is “not a racist.”
Mrs. Winner’s gives you gas:
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Customers register to win at participating Atlanta restaurants
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From Saturday’s Washington Post. Emphasis mine:
“President Bush plans to call Chinese President Hu Jintao in coming days to seek his help pressing the Burmese government to accept more disaster assistance, U.S. officials said yesterday.”
No hurry. There are only 1.5 million lives at stake.
His driveway freshly pressure-washed for the occasion, Gov. Sonny Perdue welcomed U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the Governor’s Mansion on Friday. Perdue greeted the Sec-Gen at his car and escorted him inside for a joint news conference during which he answered polite questions about Georgia (he apparently likes it), Jimmy Carter (he apparently likes him) and the military junta in Burma (he apparently doesn’t like them).
Among the dignitaries at the press conference were Secretary of State Karen Handel, and, um, Bert Weiss of Q100’s The Bert Show in a suit-and-tie. Weiss told me he was invited by the governor to join him for lunch with Ban after the press conference. If I were Frank Ski, I’d be ticked.
Dekalb CEO and Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Vernon “there’s nothing illegal about a ménage à trois” Jones has campaign placards displayed in at least one comically appropriate location.
Percent of Americans who live in counties with unhealthful levels of ozone or particle pollution: 40
Rank of Metro Atlanta among cities most polluted by year-round ozone: 12
Rank of Metro Atlanta among cities most polluted by year-round particle pollution: 6
Rank of Plant Bowen, a Georgia Power coal electricity plant in Cartersville, among national producers of smog-causing sulfur dioxide: 1
Days in 2007 when Atlanta’s air quality was rated “Good†based on Environmental Protection Agency standards: 113
Days in 2000 when Atlanta’s air quality was rated “Good†based on EPA standards: 76
People in Atlanta’s five core counties with asthma or chronic bronchitis: 384,547
Population of metro Atlanta in 2007: 4,029,400
Projected population of metro Atlanta area in 2030: 5,261,534
Sources: American Lung Association, Atlanta Regional Commission, Environmental Integrity Project, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Environmental Protection Division.
JONNY GREENWOOD AT SOLD-OUT LAKEWOOD AMPHITHEATRE LAST NIGHT: Despite apparently letting an 8-year-old girl title their most recent album, Radiohead’s popularity among rock music fans continues to grow. (Photo by Perry Julien)
