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Re: Honey, I Found the Voter Registration Fraud
05/22/12 6:02 am
Question: Does the GOP at any level do anything like a basic background check? It'd make elections a lot less embarassing.Re: Morning Awful: Libertarians
05/18/12 12:42 pm
Quoth Cerberus at Sadly, No!: You know, I want a magic button that deprives people who say they are self-made and didn’t rely on no gover...Re: Morning Awful: Libertarians
05/18/12 5:11 am
:: facepalm :: Libertarians remind me of starry-eyed 19 year-old college students who have lots of lofty ideas that would never work in ...05/17/12 6:40 am
Conrad Black did it to get a fancy title and thought he wouldn't get caught.Re: Wingnut Wind Power Wankery is Not About Free Markets
05/14/12 4:48 pm
You can add this to the list of idiocies. –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Closet Romney
05/13/12 9:58 am
As Bill Maher said in his monologue on Friday (one of the more prescient comments), in most salons, the guy wielding the scissors is the ga...Re: The Democratic Party Marijuana Evolution
05/11/12 3:48 pm
Buy stocks in marijuana too. It goes to a good cause and you make some money on the side. If marijuana is so bad, why is it that there are ...05/09/12 2:47 pm
I swear, I wrote this last night, and I had no idea what was coming today.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 10:37 am
My thoughts on this are going up in a comic later tonight. Good news is, it appears the President listened to them before they even got ...Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 6:03 am
I was so disappointed when I heard the news about North Carolina this morning. There's still a lot of work to do.Re: Morning Awful: North Carolina
05/09/12 2:26 am
Thank you. I could not have said this better. The more they bemoan and bully the President for a response, the more divided the Democrats l...05/08/12 12:39 pm
This makes perfect sense. My problem is that I have come to dislike organized religion so much, feel so cynical about it, I don't know...Re: #StopRush, ALEC, and the Howard Stern Category
05/08/12 11:59 am
Like “class warfare,” it is only wrong when we fight back. Sounds an awful lot like every bully, everywhere, doesn't it? –alopeciaRe: Morning Awful: Mitt Romney is Weak
05/08/12 6:46 am
Rachel Maddow is rooting for Ron Paul...and thinks the current president has too much power - like there ARE two other branches of governme...
Category Archives: Alabama politics
Herding Cats
From Steven Noles via Facebook: I wanted to say that yesterday’s SDEC meeting was the worst I have ever attended. Contentiousness; misguided decisions; constant worry that someone was going to succumb to heatstroke … then I remembered. My least favorite … Continue reading
Don’t Tax Me, Bro
California has a budget problem. So does Alabama. I wish Trevor Stokes, writer at my local newspaper, could use boldface in print: Frustrated residents, about 40 strong, gathered Thursday to protest a proposed property tax increase that education officials hope … Continue reading
POLITICO Slips The Surly Bonds Of Earth
The website-that-shall-not-be-linked found a way for the defeat of Artur Davis to be a defeat for Obama. With the headline “Short Obama coattails for black pol,” POLITICO opined: The stunning defeat suffered by Rep. Artur Davis — one of the … Continue reading
Alabama Advertiser
Alabama is garnering the wrong kind of attention this spring with political ads that just beg for parody. Here’s the latest:
The Free State of Osborne
For those who missed it, Huffington Post offers a nifty look at “micronations” — places where someone has declared the existence of an independent state without gaining international recognition. Having read about Sealand and Kugelmugel, I’ve been inspired to declare … Continue reading
Ron Sparks Losing It
There was a time when I actually liked Ron Sparks, but at the moment I don’t think I could hold my nose and make him dog-catcher. His press release writer is after one of the best bloggers at Left In … Continue reading
Crazy In Alabama
Don’t you hate it when reporters bury the lede? From my local daily: But Roger Bedford, D-Russellville, Senate General Fund budget committee chairman, said he expects more problems even before the 2011 budget year begins in October. Bedford said because … Continue reading
My First “Professional” Interview
I wore a suit and told them my press credential was in the mail. Which is even true. I have to say, overall Taze (pronounced “taz”) is a very encouraging candidate. I want to meet the other candidates now and offer … Continue reading
Stupid in Alabama
Here’s an example of what I’m on about: the city of Florence, Alabama and the surrounding Lauderdale County rely on a 7-mill property tax to fund local education. This tax has to be re-voted on every so often; teachers always … Continue reading
Alabama Priorities
Only in Alabama could the installation of a high school football JumboTron qualify as front-page news. My favorite part is how the cost gets rationalized: Russellville has the area’s only JumboTron, installed in 2008. The screen cost $300,000 – none … Continue reading
The Strange Story of Guy Hunt
Former Alabama governor Guy Hunt died yesterday. He was 75. In an odd convergence of history, his passing comes less than a day after Rod Blagojevich was impeached 59-0 by the Illinois Senate. For while countless press reports have mentioned … Continue reading
