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  • Tracking Michelle Obama's slave roots

    07/16/2009 3:09:31 PM PDT · by Repeal The 17th · 77 replies · 1,660+ views
    The White House is some 472 miles from Georgetown, South Carolina. But long before Michelle Obama was born, her great-great grandfather, Jim Robinson, likely toiled in the fields here six days a week, from sunup to sundown.
  • I AM JIM THOMPSON

    07/15/2009 4:48:07 PM PDT · by Repeal The 17th · 162 replies · 3,104+ views
    I invite you all to change your tagline to: I AM JIM THOMPSON!
  • THE EIGHT REPUBLICAN REPRESENTATIVES WHO SOLD OUT YOUR FUTURE

    06/26/2009 6:56:54 PM PDT · by Repeal The 17th · 49 replies · 2,177+ views
    The largest tax increase in the History of our republic. For: 219 Democrat: 211 Republican: 8 Against: 212 Democrat: 44 Republican: 168 THE EIGHT REPUBLICANS WHO SOLD OUT YOUR FUTURE: * Reichert-Washington-8th District * Bono-California-45th District * Castle-Delaware- * Kirk-Illinois-10th District * Lance-New Jersey-7th District * LoBiondo-New Jersey-2nd District * McHugh-New York-23rd District * Smith-New Jersey-4th District
  • H.R.2454

    06/26/2009 6:32:07 PM PDT · by Repeal The 17th · 50 replies · 2,092+ views
    H.R.2454 Title: To create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy. Sponsor: Rep Waxman, Henry A. Written by Butch Porter - National Chairman of the ACP Saturday, 27 June 2009 The absolute largest tax increase in the History of our Republic, coupled with an easily corruptible "trading" system which will further politicize and relinquish control of our industrial sector in the hands of over a DOZEN different Federal Regulatory agencies. For: 219 Democrat: 211 Republican: 8 Against: 212 Democrat: 44 Republican: 168 EIGHT REPUBLICANS SOLD OUT YOUR FUTURE: * Reichert-Washington--8th...
  • Can Small Cars Overcome Crash Fears?

    04/20/2009 5:24:02 PM PDT · by Repeal The 17th · 50 replies · 1,058+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | * APRIL 21, 2009 | JOSEPH B. WHITE
    The U.S. government's push to decrease the nation's output of greenhouse gases by increasing the fuel efficiency of the cars Americans drive is rekindling an emotional debate: Does driving a small, fuel-efficient car make you more likely to die on the road?
  • Georgia Senator, Johnny Isakson, vows to vote against cutting off debate on the "Stimulus Plan".

    02/07/2009 7:31:06 AM PST · by Repeal The 17th · 11 replies · 886+ views
    newsletter sent via email ^ | February 7, 2009 | U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (GA)
    Dear Friends, Last night the Senate announced an agreement on an economic stimulus bill that would cost anywhere between $780 billion and $1.1 trillion. Debate is scheduled to continue through the weekend with a vote to cut off debate on Monday. While proponents of the legislation claim it will stimulate the nation's economy, I firmly believe it does not do enough to confront the problems causing America's economic downturn. As a result, I will vote against cutting off debate on Monday. This legislation is yet another example of Congress throwing money at the symptoms but not getting to the root...
  • More than 900 Gwinnett inmates to be deported

    02/05/2009 4:30:01 PM PST · by Repeal The 17th · 7 replies · 369+ views
    Federal immigration officials flagged for deportation 915 foreign-born inmates at the Gwinnett County jail during a 26-day surge that ended on Thursday. Of the inmates identified as being in the country illegally, 489 had a previous criminal history, said Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway. Officials from the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results during a joint press conference Thursday at the conclusion of a targeted enforcement effort that began Jan. 12.
  • ARC (Atlanta Regional Commission) conducting survey for input on metro evacuations

    12/07/2008 10:02:31 AM PST · by Repeal The 17th · 9 replies · 552+ views
    -ATLANTA- Should someone call you this month asking your plans for evacuation on a gargantuan scale, don't fret - it's not an end-times conspiracy theorist. It's just the Atlanta Regional Commission. Starting this week, 10,000 random phone calls from the ARC will blanket the metro area, including Gwinnett, in an attempt to gather data on how residents might best be evacuated, if the need should ever arise. The 13-questions query residents as to where they get emergency information, their transportation preferences, as well as plans for household pets in an evacuation situation, among other questions. The random calls started this...
  • Gwinnett County residents could face $500 fine for not recycling [Georgia]

    12/05/2008 3:25:12 PM PST · by Repeal The 17th · 27 replies · 1,447+ views
    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | December 04, 2008 | PATRICK FOX
    Gwinnett County’s new solid waste management ordinance puts teeth into it. The ordinance provides for a civil fine of $500 for violations, which includes those who fail to “source separate residential recovered materials.” Gwinnett County Commission Chairman Charles Bannister said the move is in line with a state policy that local governments develop plans to reduce solid waste by 25 percent. “We don’t intend for this to be the garbage gestapo, running around, looking in people’s garbage about what’s there and what’s not there,” said Connie Wiggins, executive director of Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful, which is administering Gwinnett’s waste disposal...
  • -CHAMBLISS TAKES GEORGIA-

    12/02/2008 5:54:32 PM PST · by Repeal The 17th · 188 replies · 8,461+ views
    Georgia Secretary of State - Karen Handel ^ | December 2, 2008 | The Voters
    Take it to the bank.
  • Georgia - Early Voting Statistics

    11/03/2008 2:38:29 PM PST · by Repeal The 17th · 46 replies · 3,147+ views
    Early Voting Statistics as of 11/03/08 Number of ballots voted in person: 1,778,317 Number of mail-in ballots returned: 242,522 Total Number of ballots cast: 2,020,839 Turn out Demographics: Black Female 442,843 Black Male 262,360 White Female 677,667 White Male 542,449 Asian Female 6,889 Asia Male 5,128 Hispanic Female 8,625 Hispanic Male 6,289 Native American Female 160 Native American Male 137 Other 68,292 Total 2,020,839 Top 5 Counties in turn out: 1. Dekalb: 178,140 2. Fulton: 168,443 3. Cobb: 144,015 4. Gwinnett: 107,938 5. Henry: 69,064