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Welcome to Georgia!

The State of Georgia is comprised of 13 Congressional Districts (see sidebar) and 3274 precincts. As one of the original 13 colonies, Georgia sent a delegation to the 2nd Continental Congress for the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Georgia ratified the U.S. Constitution on January 2, 1788, becoming the fourth state to do so.

Political Parties

• Constitution Party of Georgia
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• Libertarian Party of Georgia
• Republican Party of Georgia
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  • Young Republicans of Georgia

Grassroots Organizations

• Young Americans for Liberty Chapters
  • UGA
  • Georgia Southern University
  • Emory
  • Clayton State University
  • Southern Polytechnic State University
• Civil Liberty Organizations
  • ACLU of Georgia
  • Georgia Carry
  • Georgia Firearm Owners Defense League
  • GeorgiaPacking.org
• Education Freedom Organizations
  • Georgia Home Education Association
• Economics Organizations
  • Georgia Public Policy Foundation

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GA SB 161 via GA BoE: Proposed Rule by the GA BoE Limits Choice of Behavior Modification, Limits the Right to Choose‏ Posted by EMKirbah

Posted 06/08/10 Last updated 08/16/10

The good news, GA SB 161 died in committee.

What's the bad news?

Well, the groups who backed SB 161 are trying to codify a form of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), called Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies (PBIS).  The proposed rule is 160-5-1-.35 as part of the Safe Schools Initiative.

The meeting concerning the rule is Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 1:00 P.M. at the Georgia Board of Education in the Sloppy Floyd Building.  I ask if you can make it, please help in stoping the GA Board of Education from mandating behavior modification methods!

The problem is that hidden under (2)(h) is this clause:

...This training shall be provided as a part of a program which addresses a full continuum of positive behavior intervention strategies as well as prevention and deescalation techniques...

But instead of it being specific to autism (See GA SB 161, in Section 2 of the bill: where it would have modified Article 6 in 37-1-120(d)(2)(D).), it would "craft public policy" on behavior modification techniques on everyone in the K-12 school system.

So in response, I've emailed a "Letter to the Editor" of the AJC (email: letters@ajc.com) and an email to the State Board of Education (email: state.board@doe.k12.ga.us).

The text of the letter to the GA BoE is below.  The same format was used with the AJC Letter to the Editor.

Members of the Georgia Board of Education:

I have my qualms about the current proposed rule, 160-5-1-.35, concerning Seclusion and Restraint for All Students. My main concern has to do with (2)(h): ...This training shall be provided as a part of a program which addresses a full continuum of positive behavior intervention strategies as well as prevention and deescalation techniques...

In essence, this proposed rule will codify Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies (PBIS) as the sole method anyone in education can be trained on, without regard to other behavior modification methodology such as ELS, Lost At School, or other such programs, present and future, that may be available to Georgia that can be more beneficial to all as well as the school professionals in providing the coping tools for everyone, thus giving parents, children, adults, and professionals the right to choose which methods are best.

I request that the rule be reworded such that the people of Georgia, including parents and children, adults, and educators, are allowed the right to choose from behavior modification methodology that best respects the rights of those whereupon those methods are used.

Sincerely,

[EMKirbah]
[My current city]
[My Email]

Please use this as a template and if you can't make it, send an email to the AJC or the GA State Board of Education.

Thank you,

EMKirbah

Press Release - Campaign for Liberty Condemns Perdue's Veto of SB 1 Posted by Ike Hall

Posted 06/15/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Ike Hall, (404) 819-4672
June 14, 2010

Campaign for Liberty Condemns Perdue's Veto of SB 1

Senate Bill 1, the Zero-Base Budgeting Act, was vetoed last Friday by outgoing Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue as an apparent gift to the state bureaucracy. The bill was designed to at least begin the process of restraining Georgia's budgeting process by requiring some programs and agencies to include in their annual budget estimates "an analysis summarizing past and proposed spending plans organized by program and revenue source", including the following:

1. A statement of the budget unit's departmental and program purposes; effectiveness, efficiency, and equity measures; and program size indicators;

2. At least three alternative funding levels for each program and revenue source with effectiveness, efficiency, and equity measures and program size indicators detailed for each alternative funding level; and

3. A priority listing encompassing all alternative funding levels for all programs.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty supported SB 1. Even though all departments and programs should be forced to justify their existence to the taxpayers each and every year, this bill was a chance to bring fiscal prudence to the budget process. The Zero-Base Budgeting Act was widely supported by both houses of the Georgia General Assembly, having passed the Senate 50-0 and the House 151-0.

Governor Perdue saw fit to allow the state bureaucrats to continue business as usual. Fortunately, Sonny's not long for the Governor's Mansion. A new governor will begin his or her term in January and has the opportunity to right this historic wrong.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty condemns Governor Perdue for his veto of SB 1 and encourages all Georgians to demand the 2010 gubernatorial candidates support passage of this important legislation as their top priority in 2011.

Press Release - Campaign for Liberty Condemns Perdue's Veto of SB 291 Posted by Ike Hall

Posted 06/15/10

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Ike Hall (404) 819-4672
June 14, 2010

Campaign for Liberty Condemns Perdue's Veto of SB 291

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty condemns Governor Sonny Perdue for his veto of Senate Bill 291. Because of this veto, Georgia remains one of the few States in the Union that allows state agents to confiscate the private property of citizens during times of crisis and emergency.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty maintains that there exists a Natural, fundamental, and unalienable Right to defend one's self against unprovoked aggression. Because the Right to Bear Arms is derived from this fundamental human right, state agents have no authority or lawful privilege to disarm law-abiding citizens, most especially during a crisis or emergency.

The Georgia Campaign for Liberty applauds our Citizen activist colleagues at GeorgiaCarry.org for their hard work and dedication to the Right to Bear Arms. This year, their efforts culminated in the passage of Senate Bill 308. The innumerable violations of Georgia's Citizens' Natural Rights have been incrementally reduced as SB 308 repeals the Jim Crow era "public gathering" restriction, the "1,000 foot" restriction, and several other unjust infringements on the unalienable rights of the individual.

Our work is far from complete, however. Georgia's Code remains an antithesis to the Liberty of her Citizens with respect to the Right to Self Defense. We look forward to working with our fellow Georgia citizens in 2011 to correct this.

Meltup: A scary film. Posted by EMKirbah

Posted 05/16/10

I just watched Meltup,
http://www.prisonplanet.com/meltup-the-beginning-of-us-currency-crisis-and-hyperinfla
tion-the-viral-video.html, and it scared me.  The reason: it's pretty factual and I am having a hard time convincing my family that what's really going on in the economy is really a depression rather a recovery.  This is a must-watch, including my favorite Alex Jones guest, Gerald Celente (where my favorite inteview is here:
http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com/2010/03/in-case-of-emergency-there-are-no.ht
ml).

EMKirbah

Congressman Lewis Will Face a Challenger! Posted by Jesse Bickel

Posted 05/04/10 Last updated 06/14/10

Two Republican candidates have qualified to challenge Congressman John Lewis of the 5th District in Georgia.

Kelly Nguyen and Fenn Little will face each other in a primary election on July 20.  The winner will face John Lewis in the general election on November 2.

The challengers are a welcome surprise given Lewis' heel dragging on a full Audit of the Federal Reserve and his support of several bailouts beginning with the TARP program in 2008.