http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf Atlanta news and views, one slice at a time Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:08:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/perdue-scolds-houston-mayor-over-language/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/perdue-scolds-houston-mayor-over-language/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:08:32 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/perdue-scolds-houston-mayor-over-language/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/23/perdue-scolds-houston-mayor-over-language/feed/ 10 It’s amazing the things a governor will take the time to do and the things he’ll choose to ignore. For example, Gov. Sonny Perdue recently wrote a letter to Texas Gov. Rick Perry about some “salty” words uttered by Mayor Bill White of Houston toward two female Georgia Forestry Commission employees helping out with Hurricane [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/#comments Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:51:43 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/22/morning-headlines-139/feed/ 1 INVESTMENT BANKS: A thing of the past. RED, WHITE AND SACRÉ BLEU: TIME magazine bears the sobering message that all this federal financial fiddling is making us kind of French. BRIAN NICHOLS TRIAL: Scheduled to begin today. PUMP SLUMP: Gas is hard to find in parts of the Southeast as pipelines are slow to rebound from Ike, but [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/morning-headlines-136/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/morning-headlines-136/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:49:20 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/morning-headlines-136/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/17/morning-headlines-136/feed/ 1 AIG: U.S. taxpayers save the insurance giant from its own bad investments via the Fed’s historic $85 billion bailout, which, despite its unfairness, was needed to prevent the worldwide financial bedlam that would follow an AIG collapse. STREET CRED: Wall Street’s free fall has given Obama an opening, but while he does poll better than McCain [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:11:54 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/15/morning-headlines-134/feed/ 0 SARAH PALIN: The NY Times examines her governing style, which includes hiring several high school friends to high-paying state jobs for which they had no relevant experience. BEAR MARKET TO FLEA MARKET: The Lehman Brothers investment bank announces it will file for bankruptcy, and despite the possibly market-soothing buyout of Merrill Lynch by Bank of America, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/georgia-gas-price-gougers-payday-ruined-by-gov-perdue/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/georgia-gas-price-gougers-payday-ruined-by-gov-perdue/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:50:42 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/georgia-gas-price-gougers-payday-ruined-by-gov-perdue/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/georgia-gas-price-gougers-payday-ruined-by-gov-perdue/feed/ 2 Gov. Sonny Perdue wrapped his arms around each and every one of us today and activated a law that penalizes retailers who gouge consumers on the price of gas and other products. “The threat of Hurricane Ike has disrupted the production of distribution of gasoline, which will have an effect on prices,” said Perdue. “However, we [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:01:21 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/12/morning-headlines-133/feed/ 2 SHARP AS ATTACK: Obama will kick off today a more aggressive approach in campaigning and defending himself against recent truthy attacks from the McCain campaign. HURRICANE IKE: The National Weather Service warns of “certain death” for coastal residents around Galveston who try to ride out the storm. Houston, however, is doing just that. In metro Atlanta, [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/morning-headlines-132/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/morning-headlines-132/#comments Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:52:00 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/morning-headlines-132/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/11/morning-headlines-132/feed/ 0 BUSH: Secretly ordered the recent covert military strike in Pakistan, according to the NY Times, a major detachment from the usual U.S. tactic of using unmanned Predator spy planes to fire at suspected al-Qaeda targets in the country. MCCAIN: Leads Obama by 18 points in Georgia. HURRICANE IKE: Barreling toward Houston and Galveston, expected to be a [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/morning-headlines-131/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/morning-headlines-131/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:42:22 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/morning-headlines-131/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/10/morning-headlines-131/feed/ 0 HYPERCAMPAIGNING: The late conventions combined with unprecedented early voting in various states has drastically changed the formula for how to campaign on the home stretch. SMASHING SUCCESS: The Large Hadron Collider — the $9 billion, 17-mile atom smasher that will replicate the moments following the Big Bang and which some skeptics worry will create Earth-swallowing black [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/morning-headlines-130/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/morning-headlines-130/#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:42:34 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/morning-headlines-130/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/09/morning-headlines-130/feed/ 0 DAVID FRANKLIN: The ex-husband of Mayor Shirley Franklin and a chief architect of the Maynard Jackson political machine died Sunday at 65. TRAVELATROCITY: Atlanta and several other U.S. cities are suing 17 online travel sites including Orbitz, Travelocity and Expedia, alleging the companies have cheated the cities out of millions in taxes. REVACUEES: Gulf Coast residents who [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:48:29 +0000 Russell McLendon http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/09/08/morning-headlines-129/feed/ 0 ELECTORAL CURRENT: The Christian Science Monitor examines this year’s swingingest states, and how swinging they are compared with 2004. HURRICANE IKE: Hits Cuba, downgraded to a Category 2. It’s expected to head Gulfward from there, meaning Georgia’s streak of dodging major hurricanes will likely stay intact. The downside of that is Lake Lanier won’t get much [...]