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Cross-posted at Birmingham Libertarian Examiner
What do you get when you mix alcohol with the politics of freedom? An argument can be made that we owe our Republic not only to a lot of bright and brave people, but also to a lot of booze.
In order [...]
For a complete video guide to the bizarre antics of Alabama’s political ruling elite, click here. OK, if that wasn’t enough to get you to click the link, perhaps you’ll do it because I get paid around a penny per click. If you’re still here, let me [...]
“The Other McCain” has launched National Offend a Feminist Week.
As a southerner, I should nominate myself because I’m clearly guilty of and show no remorse for offenses such as opening doors for women, escorting a woman from the outside side of the sidewalk, constant engagement in casual flirtation, offering [...]
Editorial note: I’ve never posted a “guest entry” here before, but in this case, the cause is certainly worth it.
BY DAVID BEITO
What is happening in the cradle of the modern civil rights movement? Jimmy McCall would like to know. ”It was more my dream house,” he laments, “and the [...]
I just published by first article as the “Birmingham Libertarian Examiner.” In this one, I’ve called for DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to be fired and replaced with Fox News analyst Andrew Napolitano.
I’ll be writing about local, state and national issues from a libertarian perspective at the Examiner. If you have [...]
Robert Stacy McCain came up with the headline, not me.
Here’s the video. Enjoy!
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[...]Alabama shares another dubious distinction with West Virginia: pork. From Politico:
Taxpayers for Common Sense, a government spending watchdog, has released its breakdown of the biggest earmarkers.
Not surprisingly, former Appropriations Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) tops the list.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), the ranking member of the Finance Committee and [...]
What could be worse than a state which outlaws the sale of sex toys or premium beers? How about outlawing Barbie Dolls?
It seems they’ve solved crime and excessive government spending, fixed all of the roads, and eliminated poverty and lack of education in West Virginia, as they now have time [...]
Over at NPR, Ken Rudin’s headline reads “Artur Davis Runs For Ala. Gov., Hopes To Break Race Barrier.”
I’ll not be voting for Congressman Davis, but I never base my political choices on race. Here’s a real reason to never vote for Artur Davis for any office. Ever.
Both of [...]
As reason (via Stephen Littau) informs us, all economies have “performance issues.” Our national case of electile dysfunction has led to a stimulus package that Robert Stacy McCain says simply “won’t work.”
If we are going to continue with the sexual analogies, here’s a thought: Obama certainly isn’t going [...]
Former north Alabama congressman Bud Cramer is trading in a nearly 20-year legislative career to become chairman of a prominent Washington lobbying firm.
Cramer, from Huntsville, said in a statement Monday he was excited about joining Wexler and Walker Public Policy Associates and would apply his bipartisan legislative style [...]
DC’s homeless community doesn’t expect too much compassion from the political party which says it cares about poverty. From the DC Examiner:
Even though millions of inaugural revelers will pour into Washington this weekend, local panhandlers aren’t too hopeful they’ll get much change.
“I expect to see less money than normal,” [...]
From the I-Told-You-So Department: Rick Santorum outlines the case for an alliance between Obama and McCain.
Education: Problems with the education system and home-schooling solutions.
The New Media: Dead Media Walking.
How many terrorists will go free because of our policy on torture?
A How-To guide on snaring big-government [...]
This one’s too funny to not bring up. The pr0n industry wants a bailout, too. From CNN:
Another major American industry is asking for assistance as the global financial crisis continues: Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild CEO Joe Francis said Wednesday they will request that Congress allocate [...]
When the EPA came for the cows,
I remained silent;
I was not a cow.
When they taxed the hogs,
I remained silent;
I was not a hog.
Right now, the EPA is considering taxing bovines for their flatulence. From the Business and Media Institute:
The [...]
From Wikipedia: Liberty, the freedom to act or believe without being stopped by unnecessary force, is generally considered in modern time to be a concept of political philosophy and identifies the condition in which an individual has the right to act according [...]
Nope. This has nothing to do with marijuana.
The unRevolution in Cuba was officially declared dead by the Sun-Sentinel to mark the 50th anniversary of a revolution which quit being a revolution many years ago.
The world will mark the Cuban Revolution when it turns 50 [...]
Overheard on Christmas Eve in local gas station in Hartselle, Alabama.
Mother (placing hands on hips in exasperation to son wearing camoflague clothing and hunting boots): Jimmy, you are not going over to Memaw’s wearing that. Go home right now and change into your nice camo.
[...]This week’s indictment of Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has sparked talk about which state has the most corrupt politicians: Some say Illinois. No, it’s Alabama, as anyone who has followed events here lately can testify. Unh-uh, it’s Louisiana, always Louisiana.
Believe it or not, there is [...]
…dim, doltish, dopey, dull, dumb, dummy, foolish, futile, gullible, half-baked, half-witted, idiotic, ill-advised, imbecilic, inane, indiscreet, insensate, irrelevant, laughable, loser, ludicrous, meaningless, mindless, moronic, naive, nonsensical, obtuse, out to lunch, pointless, puerile, rash, senseless, shortsighted, simple, simpleminded, slow, sluggish, stolid, stupefied, thick, thick-headed, trivial, unintelligent, unthinking, witless idea yet. [...]
Here’s the shocker of the day: the Senate found a bailout bill they don’t like enough to pass. The left is claiming that Republicans are out to destroy the UAW. The right is gloating, while failing to recognize that Republicans had no problem with a $700 billion [...]
“Patriotic to the core, devoted to his players and inspired by a winning spirit that never quit, Bear Bryant gave his country the gift of a legend. In making the impossible seem easy, he lived what we all strive to be.” – President Ronald Reagan [...]
On Monday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors went to Capitol Hill to ask for a handout, or as they put it: “We are reporting that in 427 cities of all sizes in all regions of the country, a total of 11,391 infrastructure projects are ‘ready to go.’ [...]
Here’s a bit of a shocker from the Decatur Daily regarding the Morgan County (where I live) budget:
Prudence suggests, however, that we cannot ignore the financial crises that surrounds us.
It is time to take a lean approach toward governance.
Kudos to the Daily. Perhaps they will continue to maintain this [...]
ABC News is reporting:
Chicago Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL) is the anonymous “Senate Candidate #5″ whose emissaries Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich reportedly claimed offered up to a million dollars to name him to the U.S. Senate, federal law enforcement sources tell ABC News.
According to the FBI affidavit [...]
From the corporate welfare front:
The loans would support the cash needs of the automakers through the first quarter, sending the companies back to work on more detailed plans that will include a new round of negotiations with the United Auto Workers union.
The car czar would have broad power to [...]
To hear FoxNews tell the story, one might think Republicans are opposed to government intervention in what should be private markets. Here’s (source) the Fox title and subtitle:
Critics of Auto Bailout Decry Fallout of Government InterventionAs an auto bailout package looks closer to passage, a group of conservative lawmakers [...]
Mayor Langford, William Jefferson, and now Governor Blagojevich:
Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his chief of staff, John Harris, were arrested today by FBI agents for what U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald called a “staggering” level of corruption involving pay-to-play politics in Illinois’ top office.
Blagojevich is accused of a wide-ranging criminal [...]
It doesn’t get too much funnier than this…
KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana. When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR [...]
My favorite line from The Birmingham News article:
[Birmingham Mayor Larry] Langford was brought into court this morning wearing leg irons.
Here’s additional detail:
In page after page of the indictment, prosecutors allege Blount and LaPierre shelled out tens of thousands of dollars for expensive clothes and jewelry for Langford from upper-tier [...]
I don’t know what precipitated his compliment, but if he’s pushing the Weigel brand, I appreciate it, because at the start of December I am leaving reason magazine, my journalistic home since April 2006. You could not concoct a better 30 [...]
Nick Saban actually celebrating for 500 milliseconds.
BTW, thanks to a good friend, we’ve got tickets to the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta next weekend. Should be fun…
Photo credit: Dave Martin/AP
[...]Over at United Liberty, I provide some thoughts regarding some foreshadowing coming from the new Obama administration: new gun control laws. Here’s a sample:
First of all, Obama must be pretty out-of-touch with gun laws around the country — based on the wording of the gun questions, at least. In [...]
As I’ve been stating for some time, if the Republican Party doesn’t start making some changes before too long, the Libertarian Party or some new political entity will be the ones creating ballot access rules making it hard for people like Tax Hike Mike to get on the presidential [...]
Several people who had stopped by Barr campaign headquarters had asked if I would make this chart available after the election. Here it is:
Due to the hours I’d been spending as eCampaign Manager on Bob Barr’s presidential campaign, this blog has been neglected for some time. However, the election is now over and I’m finally back home and should have the time to keep it up [...]
