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Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/05/12 1:30 am
Good post! I've stopped by a few times, but never commented. I think the key phrase in assessing Greenwald is "overcompensates" and he does...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 2:24 pm
I dislike the term "emoprog." It confuses musical politics with movement politics.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:19 pm
For the same reason Ron Paul approved those newsletters.Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 1:18 pm
And vote. No vote, no voice and no right to criticize the government, because the sorry a-holes who don't vote enable whichever government t...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 12:22 pm
"He has some bone to pick with PBO that he isn't brave enough to divulge." True, but it's not just him. Some on the Left (not that GG is o...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 11:25 am
GG can't help himself. He will do/say/write any lie to cast PBO in a negative light, even if he knows instinctively that it's BS. IMO, his...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 11:21 am
Greenwald doesn't care how much of a racist/bigot Paul is proven to be. He has an irrational hatred for POTUS. Wonder why?Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 9:20 am
Glenn Greenwald needs to get off the Ron Paul/Koch/Libertarian teet. Hasn't he read the Anonymous "Ron Paul Hearts Neo-Nazis at Home and Abr...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 8:10 am
Let's not forget Glenn's mindset in the aftermath of 9/11, the very attack that directly led to the AUMF: "This is not to say that I was no...Re: Glenn Greenwald Hates the Constitution
02/03/12 7:41 am
As a queer myself, I can bitch about GG. This whiney emoprog needs to get over herself. 'She' sits down in her ivory tower in Brazil with he...Re: Morning Awful: Alabama’s War on Education
02/03/12 4:39 am
"Teaching is a calling, so you shouldn't be in it for the money" -- every time I hear this BS, I want to gag. Teaching is a profession, and ...Re: Morning Awful: Alabama’s War on Education
02/03/12 3:01 am
Every time I'm around my AL kin, I begin to clearly understand how people like this get elected. Shudder.Re: NPR’s This American Life in Alabama
01/31/12 12:48 pm
#1stAL on the forefront with our American Life...Re: Scary Stupid Headupassitis
01/31/12 8:18 am
Are you as weary as I am of the numbskulls who keep bleating out the same tired platitude: "The lesser of two evils is still evil?" Yeah we...
Category Archives: alabama
Morning Awful: Alabama’s War on Education
Remember the 2007 pay raise that Republicans used to bludgeon Democrats at the voting booths in 2010 and take over the Alabama legislature for the first time in 136 years? Turns out it wasn’t such a terrible thing, after all … Continue reading
NPR’s This American Life in Alabama
Writer Jack Hitt put together a brilliant piece for this weekend’s edition of the show. Work like this is why conservatives hate public broadcasting, and why it is so critically important. Alabama’s HB56 “papers please” law is Exhibit A in … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Birmingham Shrinks
Via Alabama’s 13 news: Census data released Thursday shows Birmingham’s population fell to 212,237 between 2000 and 2010, continuing a trend of decline. That’s a decrease of 12.6 percent over the decade, but it’s still the most in the state. … Continue reading
Medical Marijuana Bill in Alabama
This is much better than prison labor bills and HB 56 “fixes.” Rep. K.L. Brown, R-Jacksonville, will try to make medical marijuana legal in Alabama: Brown’s sister used medicinal marijuana to control her pain before she died of breast cancer … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Reynold’s Rap
Wait for it, this gets even better: At a meeting of the Marengo County Republican Executive Committee, as reported by the Marengo Democrat-Reporter, Reynolds told gathered Republicans that there is “no doubt President Barack Obama is a Muslim, and he … Continue reading
Morning Awful: The HB56 Fix
Governor Bentley and friends will try to fix our “papers please” immigration law: Bentley, House Speaker Mike Hubbard and Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, said in a statement they do not plan to repeal or weaken the law, widely … Continue reading
“There are No More Back Rooms in the Alabama Democratic Party”
Alabama Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy gave a speech earlier this week at the party Hall of Fame induction. Kennedy has welcomed new, tough times for ADP, especially the defection of whites to the state Republican Party, as an opportunity … Continue reading
Will ALEC Reinstate Slavery in Alabama by 2014?
Conservative governance has never made Alabama a land of opportunity. The state ranked 47th in a recent study of economic mobility by Opportunity Nation and the Human Development Project. But hey, the “real” conservatives are in charge of Alabama now, … Continue reading
Morning Awful: Pickers’ Prison
I think I understand the Republican Party’s plan for Alabama now. Step one: pass a papers please immigration law and arrest tomato pickers. Check! Step two: put the arrested tomato pickers to work picking tomatoes. Sponsored by Arthur Orr (R … Continue reading
Morning Awful: HB 56
Alabama’s immigration law creates yet another direct cost to the taxpayer: After confusion and misgivings from some police about how to enforce Alabama’s new immigration crackdown, the state is requiring special training in the law for more than 16,000 law … Continue reading
Artur Davis is Still Mad at Alabama
As a former enthusiastic supporter of Artur Davis who has been dismayed by his actions since 2009, I’m rather appalled by this naked bid for K-Street relevance. He should just come out and claim he was robbed of his rightful … Continue reading
