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/2009/09/25/biden-to-tour-flood-ravaged-areas-perdues-in-panama/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/25/biden-to-tour-flood-ravaged-areas-perdues-in-panama/#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:30:17 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=25385 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/09/25/biden-to-tour-flood-ravaged-areas-perdues-in-panama/feed/ 9 'Georgia gets nothing. No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding.' http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/atlanta-to-receive-113-million-in-stimulus-funds-to-hire-cops/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/atlanta-to-receive-113-million-in-stimulus-funds-to-hire-cops/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:34:08 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22999 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/28/atlanta-to-receive-113-million-in-stimulus-funds-to-hire-cops/feed/ 3 Obamabucks could put 50 more police officers on patrol by fall, deputy chief says http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/08/last-weeks-top-posts-24/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/08/last-weeks-top-posts-24/#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:52:29 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20657 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/08/last-weeks-top-posts-24/feed/ 1 Readers argue the semantics of "ghetto," Atlanta's safety is called into question, and Barnes throws his hat into the gubernatorial ring. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/03/biden-to-perdue-on-rail-funding-georgia-gets-nothing/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/03/biden-to-perdue-on-rail-funding-georgia-gets-nothing/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:08:45 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=20503 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/03/biden-to-perdue-on-rail-funding-georgia-gets-nothing/feed/ 1 VPOTUS has a wicked sense of humor http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/03/my-take-on-biden-palin/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/03/my-take-on-biden-palin/#comments Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:25:03 +0000 Ken Edelstein http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6884 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/03/my-take-on-biden-palin/feed/ 20 A friend wrote: “Palin aside, I thought Biden really nailed it. Very likeable and quite the dignitary.” I agree. Biden’s objective was to attack McCain and tie him to Bush. Palin’s was to start getting taken more seriously — essentially a defensive objective at a time when her ticket needs to go on the offensive (but she [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/sarah-palin-bingo-game/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/sarah-palin-bingo-game/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:14:22 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=6817 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/10/02/sarah-palin-bingo-game/feed/ 1 Tonight at 9 p.m., the two vice presidential nominees from both major parties — where’s the Libertarian? — will face off in what’s sure to be a battle of the wits. In one corner, we have Sen. Joe Biden, a veteran lawmaker with a history of gaffes but who has more or less held it [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/sam-nunn-on-obama-biden-and-the-shoddy-state-of-affairs/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/sam-nunn-on-obama-biden-and-the-shoddy-state-of-affairs/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:34:27 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/sam-nunn-on-obama-biden-and-the-shoddy-state-of-affairs/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/28/sam-nunn-on-obama-biden-and-the-shoddy-state-of-affairs/feed/ 0 Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn held a conference call yesterday with reporters and spoke about Barack Obama’s selection of U.S. Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate, the Democrats’ chances of winning Georgia, and his own role in a possible Obama administration. If you want to hear the discussion in its entirety, check it out below. Download Bookmark [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/nunn-biden-best-vp-choice-georgia-is-in-play/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/nunn-biden-best-vp-choice-georgia-is-in-play/#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:30:50 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/nunn-biden-best-vp-choice-georgia-is-in-play/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/27/nunn-biden-best-vp-choice-georgia-is-in-play/feed/ 0 There are three words, former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn said, that describe Joe Biden, his former colleague and the man Barack Obama tapped as his vice presidential running mate. Experience, integrity and sound judgment. More like four words, but you get the idea. In a conference call with reporters today, Nunn framed the Delaware senator as a [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/atlanta-blogs-today-30/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/atlanta-blogs-today-30/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:45:35 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/atlanta-blogs-today-30/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/14/atlanta-blogs-today-30/feed/ 0  — Most often, Live Apartment Fire looks at the state of local television news with a somewhat cynical eye. But today, he gives major props to WXIA-TV’s Brenda Wood for the job she’s doing over in China for the Olympic Games. — At the Daly Briefing, our intrepid correspondent from the war zone shares a meal [...]