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/2009/08/11/a-teabag-a-day-keeps-health-care-away/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/11/a-teabag-a-day-keeps-health-care-away/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:51:16 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=23599 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/08/11/a-teabag-a-day-keeps-health-care-away/feed/ 6 GOP, Tea Partiers, and corporate lobbyists host "town hall" forum to bash health care reform. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/13/ralph-reed-vows-to-re-revolutionize-christianity/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/13/ralph-reed-vows-to-re-revolutionize-christianity/#comments Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:46:37 +0000 Asher Smith http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=22248 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/07/13/ralph-reed-vows-to-re-revolutionize-christianity/feed/ 2 Ralph Reed lays the groundwork for the 5th — or is it the 8th? — act of his political career. http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/23/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-still-exists/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/23/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-still-exists/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:28:14 +0000 Thomas Wheatley http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/?p=21272 http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2009/06/23/atlanta-blogs-today-yes-it-still-exists/feed/ 1 Ralphie, Tea Parties and accusations of slander http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/mccain-reed-saga-on-film/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/mccain-reed-saga-on-film/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:33:09 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/mccain-reed-saga-on-film/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/mccain-reed-saga-on-film/feed/ 2 Our friends at American News Project filmed a video in which they provide a rundown of yesterday’s John McCain fund-raiser in Atlanta — you know, the one former Christian Coalition president Ralph Reed tried to hype, then backed away from. (Reed didn’t attend the event.) Follow the jump to view the video. Bookmark It http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/morning-headlines-117/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/morning-headlines-117/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:25:31 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/morning-headlines-117/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/19/morning-headlines-117/feed/ 0 OBAMA’S SECRET: The Democratic presidential nominee has picked a running mate. But he’s not gonna tell you who it is. NO-SHOW REED: After hyping John McCain in anticipation of last night’s Atlanta fund-raiser (and after the GOP candidate allegedly told him ‘no thanks’), baby-faced former Christian Coalition prez Ralph Reed decides not to grace the event [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/atlanta-blogs-today-32/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/atlanta-blogs-today-32/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:01:24 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/atlanta-blogs-today-32/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/18/atlanta-blogs-today-32/feed/ 1 — A year ago, Amy Morton was in Iowa campaigning for John Edwards. On Georgia Women Vote,  she recounts her trip and a tender moment with Elizabeth Edwards. — Speaking of disgraced political types, who gave Ralph Reed a ticket back into the party? ATLmalcontent looks at John McCain’s association with Reed and smells a “sell-out.” — [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/13/atlanta-blogs-today-29/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/13/atlanta-blogs-today-29/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:05:27 +0000 Mara Shalhoup http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/13/atlanta-blogs-today-29/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/08/13/atlanta-blogs-today-29/feed/ 0 — Georgia has its own Montauk Monster, and it’s called, simply, Bigfoot. Details will be unveiled Friday, so says Peach Pundit. — Despite evidence to the contrary, Georgia Politics Unfiltered claims, “There is no sex in the courtrooms of Cobb County Superior Court (or the judge’s chambers for that matter).” Does lesbian sex count? — Georgia [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/#comments Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:29:36 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/16/ralph-write/feed/ 4 RALPH REED AT ATLANTA PRESS CLUB: I swear that it’s perfectly Christian to take millions from one casino to lobby against a competing casino. Ralph Reed is a long-time master of fiction. What J.K. Rowling has done for juvenile wizard stories, Reed has done for the myth that the Republican Party is a beacon of Christian [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/the-book-of-ralph-reed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/the-book-of-ralph-reed/#comments Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:26:16 +0000 Scott Freeman http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/the-book-of-ralph-reed/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/06/02/the-book-of-ralph-reed/feed/ 0 Disgraced right-wingers don’t die, they just write books. Ralph Reed, who became the first executive director of the Christian Coalition and used it to become a national player in Republican politics, has taken a cue from Newt Gingrich and turned to fiction. Reed, who was defeated in the Republican primary two years ago by Casey Cagle in [...] http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/16/baby-jesus-has-written-a-novel/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/16/baby-jesus-has-written-a-novel/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 14:47:13 +0000 Andisheh Nouraee http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/16/baby-jesus-has-written-a-novel/ http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/freshloaf/2008/05/16/baby-jesus-has-written-a-novel/feed/ 1 Ralph “Baby Jesus” Reed has written a novel. Dark Horse is a “political thriller” that follows a fictional presidential campaign through a brutal primary, a muddled general election, an assassination and war with them dang Eye-ray-knee-unz. Dark Horse comes out on June 3 in hardcover, eBook, and stone tablet, in English and Aramaic. Reserve your copy now, [...]