http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/14/atlanta-tea-party-with-sean-hannity-to-feature-shit-sandwiches/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/14/atlanta-tea-party-with-sean-hannity-to-feature-shit-sandwiches/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:39:04 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=18405 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/04/14/atlanta-tea-party-with-sean-hannity-to-feature-shit-sandwiches/feed/ 19 The Georgia Libertarian Party is awesome. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/burma-holding-up-foreign-aid-just-like-the-us-did/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/burma-holding-up-foreign-aid-just-like-the-us-did/#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 20:55:09 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/burma-holding-up-foreign-aid-just-like-the-us-did/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/22/burma-holding-up-foreign-aid-just-like-the-us-did/feed/ 0 This week’s Don’t Panic explains why Cyclone Nargis has killed and will continue to kill so many Burmese. I compare Nargis to Hurricane Katrina in the story, sticking to the geographic and meteorological similarities. Yesterday New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Lolis Eric Elie noted the similarity between the Burmese junta’s reaction to Nargis and the Bush Administration’s reaction [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/12/bush-plans-to-call/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/12/bush-plans-to-call/#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 15:31:58 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/12/bush-plans-to-call/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/12/bush-plans-to-call/feed/ 2 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. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/30/homeland-insecurity-tb-traveler-was-on-government-no-fly-list/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/30/homeland-insecurity-tb-traveler-was-on-government-no-fly-list/#comments Wed, 30 May 2007 13:33:54 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/30/homeland-insecurity-tb-traveler-was-on-government-no-fly-list/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2007/05/30/homeland-insecurity-tb-traveler-was-on-government-no-fly-list/feed/ 3 Today, the AJC has an excellent story about a Fulton County man who flew to and from Europe despite being infected with a rare and exceptionally dangerous strain of tuberculosis. Worthy of another front-page story is the fact that the man discovered an unlocked backdoor into the United States. The infected man evaded the U.S. “no-fly” restrictions, [...]