If you don't have the time to watch this 17 minute video Rachel interviews Dick Cohen who wrote a book called, I dunno who cares he doesn't need more publicity. Basically he's a therapist for people with unwanted homosexual urges, and he's damn proud of his ability to [...]
Obama's EPA has found a regulatory means to impose carbon emission caps whether climate change legislation passes Congress or not. Great leverage to get something passed.
TARP didn't cost as much as originally predicted ... and the leftovers are going to be applied to creating jobs and deficit [...]
This is the most important news of the day... okay, maybe only some of [...]
Two questions:
1. What blog owner wouldn't like the chance to display some high-paying advertising?
2. What blog owner would want to be banned from Google because of that advertising?
At Left in Alabama, we got approached by a Web advertising scammer and wanted to alert other bloggers and Web site owners. I [...]
Huntsville received some press in the current issue of the Military Times (Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force Times, and Marine Times). Normally, being part of a story read by more than 300,000 military people would be a good thing for the City. However, this story is partly about the Huntsville [...]
These are tough times for Alabama Governor Bob Riley (Republican). Folks from both the left and the right are pointing out he's far from a "paragon" of virtue.
From the Left, emphasis mine:
Key Democratic senators today blasted Gov. Bob Riley as a hypocrite, saying state [...]
The 2010 Alabama races for U.S. Senate and seven Congressional seats have been added to the Alabama Line. Find the Alabama Line here or in the sidebar.
Some look now to be close. Others, not so much.
[...]Did Democrats attack Conservative ideology as totally failed after the roaring 90's for the rich and Great Depression 2.0 for the rest of us in 2008?
No. Democrats would rather "look forward", which is a Carlinesque term for Cover Up.
No. [...]
From Joe Reed's Waning Star:
As chairman of the Alabama Democratic Conference, Joe L. Reed has enjoyed long tenure as perhaps the most powerful unelected political figure in Alabama.
The most powerful unelected political figure in Alabama, for the last couple of decades at least, is Dr. Paul Hubbert. Also, [...]
Birmingham News – Patrick Cooper, William Bell in runoff for Birmingham mayor
Birmingham News – Trussville council approves citywide vote on property tax increase
Birmingham News – Some black Auburn University workers claim pay discrimination
Birmingham News – Birmingham Board of [...]
Jacksonville News – No representation when session starts
The Daily Home – More details on emergency contract to manage water system
The Selma Times-Journal – Selma decides first elected school board
The Choctaw Sun – Wheres the money and who got the jobs – a look at local stimulus [...]
Expect more racial divide as Cooper carried [...]
When is Election Day in the Magic City?
August 25, 2009 ... and October 6, 2009 ... and November 3, 2009 ... AND December 8, 2009.
And now ... yet another election in Birmingham ... look for a special mayoral runoff on January 19, 2010.
The already depressed electorate in what should [...]
It appears that the Birmingham mayor's race will have a runoff between Patrick Cooper and William Bell. Right now, Cooper has about 40.1% of the vote, Bell at 25.1%, and Smitherman finishing 3rd with 18.8% (Tallies are unofficial).
So the eyes of everyone will focus upon Birmingham for the next [...]
Former ADECA Director Bill Johnson seems determined to make his former boss, Governor Bob Riley the issue in the next campaign. Today, Johnson called on the state’s attorney general to investigate the governor and his family on conflict of interest ethics concerns. Former two-year college chancellor Bradley Byrne is [...]
