http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/now-oxendine-gets-cartoon-treatment/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/now-oxendine-gets-cartoon-treatment/#comments Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:43:42 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=26629 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/10/26/now-oxendine-gets-cartoon-treatment/feed/ 1 'When you needed a good laugh from a terrible video, the Ox was there' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/03/erick-erickson-bans-himself-from-peach-pundit/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/03/erick-erickson-bans-himself-from-peach-pundit/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:22:04 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=23242 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/03/erick-erickson-bans-himself-from-peach-pundit/feed/ 10 You can say anything on Peach Pundit, as long as you don't quote its founder. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/12/fort-botched-gwinnett-drug-raid-shows-need-for-no-knock-warrant-ban/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/12/fort-botched-gwinnett-drug-raid-shows-need-for-no-knock-warrant-ban/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:33:25 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=10791 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/12/12/fort-botched-gwinnett-drug-raid-shows-need-for-no-knock-warrant-ban/feed/ 1 State senator says bungled raid is example of why legislation is needed. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/21/poll-georgia-slightly-favors-mccain-chambliss-and-welcomes-barnes-back/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/21/poll-georgia-slightly-favors-mccain-chambliss-and-welcomes-barnes-back/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:45:20 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7701 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/21/poll-georgia-slightly-favors-mccain-chambliss-and-welcomes-barnes-back/feed/ 2 A recent Democracy Corps poll shows Georgia still leans red — but also wouldn't mind seeing a second Barnes term as governor. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/14/poll-martin-three-points-behind-chambliss/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/14/poll-martin-three-points-behind-chambliss/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:01:36 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=7269 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/14/poll-martin-three-points-behind-chambliss/feed/ 1 Polls continue to show U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss with a tight race against Democratic nominee Jim Martin: From SurveyUSA: Four weeks ago, when SurveyUSA began tracking the Senate race in Georgia, Chambliss, who is running for his second term, led Martin by 17 points. Two weeks ago, before the candidates debated, Chambliss led by 2. Today, in [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/30/poll-martin-now-two-points-behind-chambliss/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/30/poll-martin-now-two-points-behind-chambliss/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:13:12 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6691 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/30/poll-martin-now-two-points-behind-chambliss/feed/ 0 Andre Walker at Georgia Politics Unfiltered points us to a WMAZ (Macon) poll conducted by SurveyUSA that says U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss now leads Democratic nominee Jim Martin by just two points. This latest poll seems to confirm the numbers released by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) yesterday that showed Chambliss leading Martin by just [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/apn-responds-to-andre-walker/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/apn-responds-to-andre-walker/#comments Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:35:42 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/apn-responds-to-andre-walker/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/31/apn-responds-to-andre-walker/feed/ 1 Just an update: Matthew Cardinale, who broke the story about blogger Andre Walker’s payments from U.S. Rep. David Scott, responded late last night to my inquiry about Walker’s own response to his story. Walker argued yesterday that Atlanta Progressive News, where Cardinale is news editor, was being hypocritical because APN took campaign ad money from three [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/andre-walker-apn-got-money-from-three-candidates-also/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/andre-walker-apn-got-money-from-three-candidates-also/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:50:20 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/andre-walker-apn-got-money-from-three-candidates-also/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/andre-walker-apn-got-money-from-three-candidates-also/feed/ 38 The Atlanta blogger who got in hot water this morning for taking money from politicians is accusing his accusers of doing much the same thing. “This just another case of the pot calling the kettle black,” Georgia Politics Unfiltered’s Andre Walker said in an e-mail about Atlanta Progressive News. APN reported early this morning that [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/atlanta-blogs-today-19/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/atlanta-blogs-today-19/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:14:14 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/atlanta-blogs-today-19/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/atlanta-blogs-today-19/feed/ 0 — It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I don’t know how I feel. GriftDrift has posted another installment of “My Morning Wooten” and … he says Wooten makes sense. WTF? Thankfully, by the end he’s poking at Wooten for pulling out the usual canard about the liberal media. There. [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/political-blogger-andre-walkers-conflict-of-interest/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/political-blogger-andre-walkers-conflict-of-interest/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:36:38 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/political-blogger-andre-walkers-conflict-of-interest/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/07/30/political-blogger-andre-walkers-conflict-of-interest/feed/ 8 SEE UPDATE here. A leading Georgia political blogger is being accused of conflicts of interest for doing work for politicians and failing to disclose it. The issue raises a couple of broader questions about ethical standards for political bloggers. Atlanta Progressive News released an investigative article early this morning that details work done by Georgia Politics Unfiltered’s [...]