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The libertarian Cato Institute slots Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal in the middle of the countrys governors in terms of holding down state spending and cutting taxes.

The group gave Deal a C grade on its fiscal scorecard, released Thursday. All of the A grades went to Republican governors. California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, received the lowest overall score.

Deal received the middling grade despite other reports showing Georgia has the lowest state taxes per capita in the country.

However, state spending has increased under Deal as Georgias economy has recovered and the governor and lawmakers were able to fill holes in the state budget. Deal is running for re-election touting a large increase in school spending this year, much of it designed to eliminate teacher furloughs and add school days that had been slashed during the recession.

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Robert Sarvis believes Middle Eastern countries should be handling the ISIS threat themselves, because they have more knowledge of the situation.

RICHMOND, Va. Libertarian senatorial candidate Robert Sarvis demands that President Barack Obama gets congressional approval before the U.S. expands its military involvement in Iraq and Syria. Sarvis, who is running against U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and his Republican challenger Ed Gillespie, wants the U.S. to play a smaller role in the region and asks Middle Eastern countries to deal with the terrorists threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) themselves.

The United States shouldnt get involved in a war without congressional authorization, Sarvis said. So the first thing that should happen is a congressional debate and vote.

Sarvis added that the military strikes so far have led to unintended consequences.

If you look at the beheadings that happened, and the beheadings are what galvanized American opinion to go get further involved. Those beheadings didnt happen until we started bombing them, and theyre a response to the fact that the United States was bombing them, he said.

Sarvis statement comes after recent U.S. airstrikes against ISIS. Both of his opponents are also asking for an authorization of military force by the U.S. Congress, but have indicated that they would be supporting military action. Sarvis, however, believes Middle Eastern countries should be handling the ISIS threat themselves, because they have more knowledge of the situation.

They have the incentive and the immediate danger from the threat, Sarvis said. So they should be the ones who are taking the lead and its not our role to make ourselves part of the bombing campaign.

Sarvis believes that U.S. public opinion was swayed by the recent beheadings of soldiers, an aid worker and two journalists. He said this is what caused more Americans to support further involvement. But Sarvis urged the U.S. to pay close attention to the consequences of entering another war in the Middle East.

They often get us embroiled far more deeply than we want to be, Sarvis said. It often just leads to blow back where were pushing more people into the arms of terrorists and people who hate America.

By Nicole Czaja, Brianna Graves, and John Hussar (Special to WTVR.com)

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Ecuador remembers 2010 coup attempt as Progressives Meet concludes
The Latin American Progressives conference in Ecuador concluded yesterday with a huge public rally in memory of the coup attempt against President Rafael Correa four years ago. The attempted...

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Whistle Blowers, Dissenters, and Progressives are the Patriots - Phil Donahue on RAI (3/3)
On Reality Asserts Itself Mr. Donahue says we are a nation of laws, until we are scared.

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The All Progressives Congress has reiterated its earlier call for the arrest and prosecution of Ekiti Governor-elect Ayodele Fayose for leading a band of thugs to attack Justice Adeyeye on the premises of the State High Court on September 25th, warning that failure to act decisively now would spell danger for Judges and the nations democracy.

In a statement issued in London on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said the issue of the security of Judges and the unfettered administrative of justice transcends politics, hence no politician, no matter his status, must be allowed to go scot-free after attacking Judges.

It said any delay in taking action will see Fayose assume office, meaning he can no longer be arrested and prosecuted for what is an egregious contempt of court.

APC said the attack on Judges in Ekiti has also reinforced the call in some quarters, on the basis of constitutional provisions, to subject candidates seeking political offices in the country to psychiatric tests, to prevent people with mental imbalance from taking over the affairs of state.

The party said those who are trivializing the issue and trying to play dirty politics with it should take a moment to think of what Fayose will do to the Judges whom he led thugs to beat up, when he assumed office as Governor of the state.

APC also called on the Inspector-General of Police to sanction the policemen who stood idly by as thugs were attacking Judges, lawyers, litigants and others, saying the police must always carry out its constitutional duties no matter which politician is flouting the law.

The party also appealed to the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to take the lead in ensuring that those behind the senseless attack on Judges in Ekiti are made to face the full wrath of the law, irrespective of their status in the society.

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