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Shoalanda Speaks: Brad Holmes Officially Launches Campaign

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:40:00 -0500

Republican Brad Holmes has officially launched his campaign for the State House of Representatives District 1. You can learn more about Brad at his website, or better yet, meet him tonight at the Florence Christmas parade. Brad is a novelty in the political world--someone [...]

Doc's Political Parlor: BREAKING: Rep. Frank McDaniel Not Running Again

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:57:23 -0500

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Rep. Frank McDaniel (D – Albertville) is announcing today that he will not run for re-election as the representative for House District 26. Marshall County and HD 26 have been moving right on the political spectrum, but most observers believed that the long-serving McDaniel would have [...]

Left In Alabama: A Holiday Card for Shelby and Sessions

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:24:59 -0500

Organizing for America urges everyone in Alabama to send a Holiday card to Senators Richard Shelby and Jeff Sessions urging them to move swiftly to make secure, affordable, quality health care available to every American family. Better hurry ... it looks like [...]

Loretta Nall: My Son Has Been Accepted to Auburn!!

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:19:00 -0500

I am an extremely proud mom today! My handsome, sweet, and incredibly brilliant son Alex (pictured below with his girlfriend Livi at the ASMS Winter Formal) got his first college acceptance letter today from Auburn University. I opened it and immediately started crying. On his last ACT attempt he made [...]

Politics Alabama: PresBo Limiting Pay: Is Yours Next?

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Remember when Obama's Pay Czar decided to put a cap on high-level executives for bailed-out firms? Most Americans said "Good" and thought it was a wonderful idea. Government could be trusted to set reasonable pay limits. The fact that the Pay Czar shortly therafter decided that one outgoing CEO deserved [...]

From A Buick: Gammons To MLB Network

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:42:00 -0500

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I know all I have done lately is talk about sports (Alabama is in the NC game of course. so it kind of applies), but this maybe going outside the realm of anything relevant: Peter Gammons is leaving ESPN for the MLB network:
For ESPN, [...]

Left In Alabama: Left in Alabama Holiday Get Together

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:37:07 -0500

We're having a PARTY!!!

As you may have noticed, piggieheart and countrycat have been busily planning a holiday party, slated for late afternoon Saturday, shading into evening, in Montgomery, AL.

If you expressed interest in attending on the previous party threads you should have received [...]

Doc's Political Parlor: Trey Glenn Resigning

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:25:18 -0500

It’s official: Trey Glenn has just announced to the Alabama Emergency Management Commission that he is resigning as ADEM Director.

He tells the EMC that it is time to write the next chapter in his life, thanks the AEMC for their support and the service they provide, and [...]

Politics Alabama: Medicare Buy-In Dangerous, Makes Moderates Nervous

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Watching moderate Congressional Democrats bounce back and forth on ObamaCare plans seems to be the new spectator sport. The newest jiggle that might upset the liberal's ObamaCare applecart is the Medicare buy-in proposal that would let people aged 55-64 be covered by Medicare.

That proposal has puzzled me. Most [...]

Left In Alabama: Bob Riley's Arachnophobia

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:39:12 -0500

Governor Bob Riley's head appears on the body of a cartoon spider amid a web littered with dollar signs while a headline flashes "Breaking News: Rileys (sic) gambling hypocrisy revealed!". Welcome to the home page of Rileyswebofdeceit.com, a new website [...]