Common Folk Using Common Sense

The Rockdale Tea Party, scheduled for Saturday, Oct 3, 2009 and to be held at the Whistlepost Tavern in Conyers, GA @ 2pm. Flag waving and sign protest to be held on Hwy 138 next to Taco Bell from 10am-1pm. Live music, guest speakers, picket parties, and more. Speakers to include Gubernatorial candidates Ray McBerry [...]

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From the Atlanta Gun Rights Examiner, by Ed Stone, Atlanta attorney and President of Georgia Carry, a citizens advocacy group working toward the reform of Georgia’s poorly written, overly restrictive, ignored by the courts gun laws: Atlanta’s gun free zones are not free of guns or violent crime. Georgia has one of the toughest laws [...]

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The Tea Party is a protest of irresponsible and out of control government spending. The major theme for the Tax Day Tea Party is “Repeal the Pork. Cut Taxes.” We encourage you to bring your own handmade protest signs to the Tea Party. Protest signs that are not in line with theme of the event [...]

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From 11Alive (Atlanta): Thousands of Atlanta residents have received an email warning from a police major about rising, violent crime in Zone 5, which includes neighborhoods in downtown and midtown. Major Khirus Williams sent out the alert after a string of robberies and carjackings Monday night. Here is some of what he wrote: “Please, let [...]

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GeorgiaCarry.Org filed a federal lawsuit July 2 against Mayor Shirley Franklin and Hartsfield Aviation General Manager Ben DeCosta over their illegal policy and DeCosta’s specific threat to arrest (falsely) Rep. Tim Bearden. You may read the complaint here. Declaring the Airport to be a Gun-Free Zone, and threatening to arrest and prosecute Plaintiff Bearden and [...]

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From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: An Atlanta police recruit shot and killed a teen boy who tried to rob him at gunpoint early Saturday [Feb. 9], authorities said. The 14-year-old allegedly had confronted the recruit while he was in his vehicle in the parking lot of the Parkside Crossing apartments. Forest Park police Lt. Amy Wright [...]

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Flowers. In my yard. In the middle of February. This is nuts. Spread The Word:

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From 11Alive.com: A 19-year-old man was shot outside of McNair High School in Dekalb County on Friday [Feb. 8] night, while a high school basketball game was going on inside. Hundreds of kids were pouring out of the school just after the basketball game when the shooting occurred. DeKalb police are looking for the shooter [...]

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From Georgia Carry: A female student was the victim of an armed robbery Saturday on the campus of Georgia Tech. Below is the email from the Dean of Students. Campus Community, I wanted to inform you of recent criminal activity on the Georgia Tech campus. On Saturday at approximately 4:30 p.m. a female student was [...]

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A Proclamation: Through the generations, America’s men and women in uniform have defeated tyrants, liberated continents, and set a standard of courage and idealism for the entire world. On Veterans Day, our Nation pays tribute to those who have proudly served in our Armed Forces. To protect the Nation they love, our veterans stepped forward [...]

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From the campus alert email Georgia State University sent to its students recently: From: “Student Email Postmaster” Date: Friday, Oct 26, 2007 6:35 pm Subject: Campus Alert – Carjacking To: No To CC: No CC Campus Alert Carjacking and Kidnaping at K Parking Deck – Suspects arrested and victim uninjured On Friday, October 26, 2007 [...]

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From WSB radio: Resource officers at Sprayberry High School found a six inch folding knife during a random search of 17-year-old Michael Needham‘s Jeep. Despite telling the police the knife was accidentally left in the SUV after a camping trip, the teenager was jailed for 14 hours before being freed on bond. In addition to [...]

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From the AP via 11Alive.com: Standing erect and answering questions with soft, short responses, NFL star Michael Vick pleaded guilty Monday to a federal dogfighting charge and awaited a Dec. 10 sentencing date that could send him to prison. The plea by the suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback was accepted by U.S. District Judge Henry E. [...]

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From AFP via Breitbart: Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a dogfighting ring, according to a statement from his attorney. In the statement by attorney Billy Martin, Vick agreed to plead guilty and accept a plea deal and will “accept full responsibility for his actions and the mistakes [...]

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Darwin at work. We in Atlanta had a gruesome motorcycle accident Wednesday morning. A motorcyclist riding a crotch rocket tried to split the lanes between two 18-wheelers at about 100 mph. This happens all the time across Atlanta, many times in groups of 4-6 of them weaving in and out of traffic at high speed. [...]

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