Comments for Georgia Legislative Watch http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com Your inside source to the Gold Dome Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:43:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 Comment on S.B.454: “Baseball, Beer, & Peanuts As American As Apple Pie” by Tekneek http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/sb454-baseball-beer-peanuts-as-american-as-apple-pie/#comment-4451 Tekneek Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:28:16 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/sb454-baseball-beer-peanuts-as-american-as-apple-pie/#comment-4451 So, they should sell beer at the stadium, like they let some restaurants, but not at any stores? If they cannot see the hypocrisy in that position by now, I fear for the mental capacities of those involved. So, they should sell beer at the stadium, like they let some restaurants, but not at any stores? If they cannot see the hypocrisy in that position by now, I fear for the mental capacities of those involved.

]]> Comment on Water plan approved, signed into law by Georgia Fiddles while Texas Roars Ahead http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/water-plan-approved-signed-into-law/#comment-4441 Georgia Fiddles while Texas Roars Ahead Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:37:59 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/water-plan-approved-signed-into-law/#comment-4441 [...] despite annual rainfall higher than London’s. So what does the legislature do? It passes a ridiculous Water Plan, which achieves nothing except to give the Atlanta Metro Water Board more power than the water [...] […] despite annual rainfall higher than London’s. So what does the legislature do? It passes a ridiculous Water Plan, which achieves nothing except to give the Atlanta Metro Water Board more power than the water […]

]]> Comment on $21.4 Billion by Okay, So Maybe It Isn’t That Bad - Bilgistic.com http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/214-billion/#comment-4298 Okay, So Maybe It Isn’t That Bad - Bilgistic.com Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:05:04 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/214-billion/#comment-4298 [...] of what I’ve said. I dug into the legislative agenda coming from Governor Purdue (thanks to Georgia Legislative Watch for the file). In terms of the venture capital fund, this is what it says: Create the Georgia [...] […] of what I’ve said. I dug into the legislative agenda coming from Governor Purdue (thanks to Georgia Legislative Watch for the file). In terms of the venture capital fund, this is what it says: Create the Georgia […]

]]> Comment on Democrats Response to State of the State by State of the State | Peach Pundit http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/democrats-response-to-state-of-the-state/#comment-4297 State of the State | Peach Pundit Thu, 17 Jan 2008 05:08:13 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/democrats-response-to-state-of-the-state/#comment-4297 [...] [UPDATE] The Democratic Party’s response is here. [...] […] [UPDATE] The Democratic Party’s response is here. […]

]]> Comment on State of the State by State of the State | Peach Pundit http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/state-of-the-state-2/#comment-4295 State of the State | Peach Pundit Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:14:19 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/state-of-the-state-2/#comment-4295 [...] case you missed it, the transcript of the Governor’s State of the State address is up over at Georgia Legislative [...] […] case you missed it, the transcript of the Governor’s State of the State address is up over at Georgia Legislative […]

]]> Comment on HB89 - Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions by tailgunner http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007_08_hb89/#comment-4294 tailgunner Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:35:56 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007_08_hb89/#comment-4294 I agree - individuals should be allowed to decide what can and cannot come onto their property - such as their home. While it is in my vehicle, however, it is not on anyone's property but my own. Tell me I can't bring it into my office? Fine. But tell me I can't keep it in MY own private property is overstepping the bounds - and telling me that I must leave myself open to being shot at, carjacked, robbed, beaten, stabbed, or accosted on my way to and from work is overstepping the bounds of reason, trampling on my right to protect myself, and violates my constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Period. But why not carry your zeal one step further. Put a large sign on the side of your car that says "I DO NOT HAVE A GUN IN MY CAR". Just make sure all your affairs are in order first, for the sake of your heirs. You are free to do all of that - but you do not, nor will you ever have, the "right" to put that sign on the side of my car, or anyone else's. And that, sir, in effect, is what you want to do. I agree - individuals should be allowed to decide what can and cannot come onto their property - such as their home. While it is in my vehicle, however, it is not on anyone’s property but my own. Tell me I can’t bring it into my office? Fine. But tell me I can’t keep it in MY own private property is overstepping the bounds - and telling me that I must leave myself open to being shot at, carjacked, robbed, beaten, stabbed, or accosted on my way to and from work is overstepping the bounds of reason, trampling on my right to protect myself, and violates my constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Period. But why not carry your zeal one step further. Put a large sign on the side of your car that says “I DO NOT HAVE A GUN IN MY CAR”. Just make sure all your affairs are in order first, for the sake of your heirs. You are free to do all of that - but you do not, nor will you ever have, the “right” to put that sign on the side of my car, or anyone else’s. And that, sir, in effect, is what you want to do.

]]> Comment on HB89 - Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions by Jason Pye http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007_08_hb89/#comment-4291 Jason Pye Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:28:33 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007_08_hb89/#comment-4291 <i>So why do companies feel they are above the law, are entitled to summarily disregard the Constitution...</i> With all due respect, sir, individuals have a right to decide what can and cannot come on to their property. Before you label me a liberal, I am a member of Georgia Carry and a libertarian. I hold both the right to keep and bear arms and the right to property as sacred. So why do companies feel they are above the law, are entitled to summarily disregard the Constitution…

With all due respect, sir, individuals have a right to decide what can and cannot come on to their property.

Before you label me a liberal, I am a member of Georgia Carry and a libertarian. I hold both the right to keep and bear arms and the right to property as sacred.

]]> Comment on HB89 - Firearms; carrying and possession; change provisions by tailgunner http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007_08_hb89/#comment-4290 tailgunner Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:32:10 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2007_08_hb89/#comment-4290 I hate the arrogance of employers who not only forbid employees from bringing a legal firearm to work with them in their vehicle, but will fire an employee if they dare to bring one in their own personal vehicle with them to work and leave it in their locked vehicle during work hours. Their reasoning is that the parking lot is “private property” and they do not allow “dangerous weapons” on “company property”. Excuse me – but my pickup truck is my private property, and I have the right to have whatever I choose to have in it. Not to mention the fact that I have the inalienable right to protect myself while traveling to and from work – a right no uninformed, paranoid corporate policy monger with a personal liberal agenda has the right to take from me. When did the Constitution become void where prohibited by law? And to make matters worse, how do these corporations “discover” a weapon in a vehicle? By breaking into it and searching it, of course! Aside from being criminal activity (breaking and entering), it is also illegal search and seizure. If a police officer pulls you over for speeding, unless something is in plain sight in your vehicle (for instance, laying there on the seat) that officer must ask your permission to search your vehicle, and if you deny that permission they must go through the legal process of obtaining a search warrant from a judge. So why do companies feel they are above the law, are entitled to summarily disregard the Constitution, and fire you with impunity for daring to exercise your Constitutional right to keep and bear arms when they themselves have violated a gun owner’s Constitutional rights on several points, not to mention state laws, to search a vehicle in the first place? No one has the right to violate my Constitutional rights – not a corporation, individual, police officer, or anyone else – including the manager of a shopping center who decides (as in Nebraska) to post a sign on the doors forbidding firearms on the premises. When the owner of manager of a property does that, it is supposedly enforceable, by law, to deprive me of my second amendment rights. (And by the way, that “warning” sign on the doors at Westroads Shopping Center in Omaha barring firearms from the premises didn’t stop the nut case with a rifle from going in there with a weapon and shooting innocent shoppers, but it did stop law abiding citizens from being able to defend themselves, or anybody else for that matter!) Who the hell do they think they are – and who are the Constitutionally ignorant legislators who “gave” them that “right”? I hate the arrogance of employers who not only forbid employees from bringing a legal firearm to work with them in their vehicle, but will fire an employee if they dare to bring one in their own personal vehicle with them to work and leave it in their locked vehicle during work hours. Their reasoning is that the parking lot is “private property” and they do not allow “dangerous weapons” on “company property”. Excuse me – but my pickup truck is my private property, and I have the right to have whatever I choose to have in it. Not to mention the fact that I have the inalienable right to protect myself while traveling to and from work – a right no uninformed, paranoid corporate policy monger with a personal liberal agenda has the right to take from me. When did the Constitution become void where prohibited by law? And to make matters worse, how do these corporations “discover” a weapon in a vehicle? By breaking into it and searching it, of course! Aside from being criminal activity (breaking and entering), it is also illegal search and seizure. If a police officer pulls you over for speeding, unless something is in plain sight in your vehicle (for instance, laying there on the seat) that officer must ask your permission to search your vehicle, and if you deny that permission they must go through the legal process of obtaining a search warrant from a judge. So why do companies feel they are above the law, are entitled to summarily disregard the Constitution, and fire you with impunity for daring to exercise your Constitutional right to keep and bear arms when they themselves have violated a gun owner’s Constitutional rights on several points, not to mention state laws, to search a vehicle in the first place? No one has the right to violate my Constitutional rights – not a corporation, individual, police officer, or anyone else – including the manager of a shopping center who decides (as in Nebraska) to post a sign on the doors forbidding firearms on the premises. When the owner of manager of a property does that, it is supposedly enforceable, by law, to deprive me of my second amendment rights. (And by the way, that “warning” sign on the doors at Westroads Shopping Center in Omaha barring firearms from the premises didn’t stop the nut case with a rifle from going in there with a weapon and shooting innocent shoppers, but it did stop law abiding citizens from being able to defend themselves, or anybody else for that matter!) Who the hell do they think they are – and who are the Constitutionally ignorant legislators who “gave” them that “right”?

]]> Comment on 2008 Legislative Preview by Best d’Atlanta - 1.15.2008 — Inside The Sprawl http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2008-legislative-preview/#comment-4289 Best d’Atlanta - 1.15.2008 — Inside The Sprawl Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:13:10 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2008-legislative-preview/#comment-4289 [...] is a good summary of the issues coming before the Georgia Legislature this year. Here is a summary of the power [...] […] is a good summary of the issues coming before the Georgia Legislature this year. Here is a summary of the power […]

]]> Comment on 2008 Legislative Preview by Radical Georgia Moderate » Legislature preview, live blog http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2008-legislative-preview/#comment-4283 Radical Georgia Moderate » Legislature preview, live blog Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:17:40 +0000 http://www.georgialegislativewatch.com/2008-legislative-preview/#comment-4283 [...] overrides. Check back at his place around 5 p.m. to see how the Senate responds. He also wrote up a good preview of the session over at Georgia Legislative [...] […] overrides. Check back at his place around 5 p.m. to see how the Senate responds. He also wrote up a good preview of the session over at Georgia Legislative […]

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