http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:57:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/29/election-night-party-planner/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/29/election-night-party-planner/#comments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:28:00 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=8135 On Election Night, will you be partying with the winners, the losers or the also-rans?]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/29/election-night-party-planner/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/29/wonkette_interviews_bob_barr/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/29/wonkette_interviews_bob_barr/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:09:46 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6653 Libertarian Presidential nominee and former CL columnist Bob Barr was interviewed by Liz Gorman of Wonkette during Friday’s debate between the Barack Obama and John McCain. Skip the “festive” guy talking about conspiracies and start watching at 1:50. Barr shows his human side when he’s asked whether facial hair has any place in our armed [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/29/wonkette_interviews_bob_barr/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/barr-on-troy-davis/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/barr-on-troy-davis/#comments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:30:11 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6393 Former Georgia Congressman and current Libertarian presidential nominee Bob Barr has been an outspoken supporter of Troy Davis, the death row inmate who received an eleventh-hour stay of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday. Here’s Barr’s reaction to the stay “While the death penalty is an important tool in our legal system, it should only be [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/24/barr-on-troy-davis/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/atlanta-blogs-today-47/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/atlanta-blogs-today-47/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:01:33 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/atlanta-blogs-today-47/  — At Live Apartment Fire, CL gets some props from Doug Richards for the “delightfully evil” cover photo of Bob Barr that was shot by Joeff Davis. And Doug contrasts that with the shadowy photo of John McCain in the Atlantic that made Johnny Mac’s crew go ballistic and forced the magazine’s editor to apologize [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/atlanta-blogs-today-47/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:00:39 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/ Troy Anthony Davis, who is scheduled for execution tomorrow despite a heap of evidence that suggests he might be innocent, has gathered the support of former President Jimmy Carter, Nobel Peace Prize-winner Desmond Tutu, Pope Benedict XVI, the Rev. Al Sharpton, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, Libertarian presidential hopeful Bob Barr, and New York Times columnist [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/big-support-for-troy-davis/feed/ troy-davis-pic.jpg http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/barr-messes-in-texas-with-mccain-obama/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/barr-messes-in-texas-with-mccain-obama/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:17:46 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/barr-messes-in-texas-with-mccain-obama/ Last week, former Georgia Congressman Bob Barr won a legal battle to get on the Nov. 4 ballot in Pennsylvania as the Libertarian presidential nominee. A local Republican Party official had filed a lawsuit last month to have Barr’s name stricken from the ballot, despite an earlier pledge by John McCain that he would not [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/barr-messes-in-texas-with-mccain-obama/feed/ barr-0188.jpg http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/bob-barr-in-the-new-yorker/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/bob-barr-in-the-new-yorker/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:52:48 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/bob-barr-in-the-new-yorker/ Following CL’s lead, the New Yorker also has a feature story on Bob Barr this week. It’s pretty good, but they spelled his name wrong. Bookmark It ]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/bob-barr-in-the-new-yorker/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/republican-turned-libertarian-delivers-manifesto/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/republican-turned-libertarian-delivers-manifesto/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:59:04 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/republican-turned-libertarian-delivers-manifesto/ We writers are pleased when people read our articles and we’re thrilled when they take the time to send us a comment. So imagine my giddiness yesterday when I saw that one Zac Carter had penned, er, tapped a 1,280-word response to my cover story about Bob Barr. Apparently, the article about Barr’s efforts to [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/19/republican-turned-libertarian-delivers-manifesto/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/air-loaf-bob-barr/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/air-loaf-bob-barr/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:46:27 +0000 Alicia Wages http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/air-loaf-bob-barr/ Today’s Air Loaf features CL’s Chanté LaGon and Scott Henry discussing Bob Barr’s potential to be a spoiler in the U.S. presidential race — the subject of this week’s cover story. Air Loaf is broadcast weekdays on 1690 WMLB-AM at approximately 8:10 a.m., 12:20 p.m. and 6:20 p.m. Download Bookmark It ]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/air-loaf-bob-barr/feed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/bob-barr-plays-ralph-nader-in-georgia-and-elsewhere/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/bob-barr-plays-ralph-nader-in-georgia-and-elsewhere/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:19:00 +0000 Scott Henry http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/bob-barr-plays-ralph-nader-in-georgia-and-elsewhere/ It’s the biggest night of the year for Georgia Libertarians. Daniel Adams, the state party chairman, seems energized and a bit anxious as he crisscrosses the room greeting guests. In a few minutes, the Libertarian Party’s 2008 presidential nominee is expected to arrive as the guest of honor, and Adams wants his group’s chief fundraising [...]]]> http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/16/bob-barr-plays-ralph-nader-in-georgia-and-elsewhere/feed/ news_cover1-1_20.jpg