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Congressman calls on Administration to repeal failed ‘stimulus’
In response to new unemployment figures showing that more than one in ten Americans are out of work, Congressman Jack Kingston (R-GA) called on the Administration to change economic course and aba...
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HOW THEY VOTED
The following is how U.S. Representatives from the State of Georgia voted on the House Health Care Bill.
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Are we headed in the wrong direction again?
In the early 1990s some people expressed delight over the North American Free Trade Agreement ( NAFTA ) that President George H. Bush (Bush I) championed,
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People care about this community
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the annual Community-Wide Planning Retreat held on St. Simons.
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Economic woes hit school system hard
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Just a few weeks back this newspaper issued a warning about the Appling County Board of Education’s FY2010 Budget.
Let’s commit to make a difference
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We read about it just about every week in this newspaper. Local law enforcement officials receive a call to a domestic issue at a local residence between a husband and wife.
Community very fortunate to get funding
by Jamie Gardner
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After reading a piece in the Atlanta Journal Constitution over the weekend, Appling County is very fortunate to be receiving funding to complete the widening of U.S. 1 from the Bacon County line to...
Consumers can read the writing on the wall, why can’t government?
by Howard Rich, Chairman of ALG
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Over the last three decades, American consumers have demonstrated precious little in the way of fiscal responsibility.
Federal jobs very lucrative
by Jamie Gardner
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According to a recent report issued by the Cato Institute, a non-profit public policy research foundation headquartered in Washington, D.C.,
Above the masses
by Jamie Gardner
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Is it me or does it seem that some of our elected officials feel that they are above the electorate that put them in office, and in some cases, even feel that they are above the law?
national news
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Moderate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend....
By ANNE FLAHERTY
Sun Nov 22 21:25:53 -0600 2009
HEGANG, China (AP) -- When gas levels suddenly spiked deep in the Xinxing coal mine, Wang Jiguo grabbed two co-workers and they ran for their lives. Minutes later, there was a huge bang, a torrent of hot air and the earth shuddered....
By CARA ANNA
Sun Nov 22 20:21:40 -0600 2009
NEW YORK (AP) -- The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday....
By KAREN MATTHEWS
Sun Nov 22 21:28:16 -0600 2009
MIDDLETOWN, Pa. (AP) -- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission says the small amount of radiation detected at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is not significant....
Sun Nov 22 20:14:19 -0600 2009