I don’t think that the City of Huntsville has a clue about the notoriety it’s earned from CJ Grisham’s story. I don’t think they have a clue about how well-respected and widely-known Grisham is in the military community. In a City that is (rightly) proud of it’s many accolades – [...]
The Huntsville Museum of Art presents Tuba Christmas this Sunday December 6 at 3:30PM. Mayor Tommy Battle says you’ll know it’s Christmas once you hear about 60 tubas playing. Free!!!
[...]The Spring Pygmy Sunfish (Elassoma alabamae) is one of the rarest fishes in Alabama, and is only found in ONE area of Limestone County (Beaverdam Creek). Last week, fisheries biologist Mike Sandel filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list the Spring Pygmy [...]
The next Huntsville City Council will be held this Thursday, December 3. It will followed by another City Council meeting Thursday, December 17. The regular schedule was changed for the Holidays.
IIRC the City Council will vote on the Correctional Facility zoning ordinance (“Locally unwanted land use”).
I [...]
In Sunday’s Huntsville Times Enjoy section, book reviewer Ann Marie Martin recommends the children’s book “The Georges and the Jewels”, by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Jane Smiley.
Hmm… I remember associating the name Jane Smiley with something bad, so I did a Google search on her name. The FIRST words of [...]
This makes me so very sad. Ruth Marcus must know, deep down inside, that the commerce clause of the Constitution does not allow for government-mandated health insurance. I would have a lot more respect for the columnist if she would acknowledge that the argument is a ridiculous, legalese way [...]
Just be glad you’re not a fan of the other football. You know, the one where you use your feet. Apparently international football (or futbol) does not use any type of instant replay. That led to the French star Thierry Henry setting up the winning goal for his squad over [...]
Congressman Parker Griffith took to the floor of Congress to call for an end to the estate tax, which “has plagued family farms and small businesses throughout our country for almost a hundred years.”
Click here to view the embedded video.It is nice to hear that the good doctor is [...]
In case you haven’t seen this one making the rounds on the Alabama internets, here’s a parody video released by a Birmingham based comedy group in favor of Patrick Cooper for mayor of that distinguished city.
Warning: there is salty language and dancing white guys in this video.
Click here to [...]Here is the text of Dr. John Fanning’s speech at Saturday’s Health Care Tea Party:
First, I want to thank all of you for coming out today. I have never helped organize a rally and I am thrilled to have such a great turnout. I want to thank Huntsville Hospital especially [...]
I attended the Health Care Tea Party held Saturday at the Huntsville Hospital Medical Mall, along with 700 doctors, nurses, technicians, politicians, and concerned citizens. A dozen sad-looking counter-protesters (were they lonely?) were across the street. Note to the Tea Party organizers – be sure to make convenient arrangements for the [...]
After hours of prayer, discussion with my family and friends, and in the belief that this is my best opportunity ever to run for Congress; I have decided to run for Congress to represent Alabama’s Eighth District!
My friends, while I don’t encourage you to run against me, there are [...]
Yep, I watch Tabatha’s Salon Takeover on Bravo (Tuesday nights at 9PM). Host Tabatha Coffey takes over a failing hair salon for a week, then does a return visit weeks later to assess the improvement. What I really enjoy is the back-to-basics business model she advocates – the cursing, [...]
The speaker at this morning’s Madison County Republican breakfast was Huntsville Times editor Kevin Wendt. Last year about this time he addressed the MCGOP as the newly hired editor, and he’s had a year or so to settle into his job. He recognized then the frustration that many people [...]
Gubernatorial candidate Tim James received 35% of the vote at a standing-room only meeting of the Madison County GOP. Bradley Byrne came in second with 26% and Roy Moore came in third with 15%. Undecided got 10%, Robert Bentley got 7%, Kay Ivey got 4%, Bill Johnson 3%, and James [...]
Alabama Democrats who fret that having a black man at the top of their ticket in 2010 will be a drag in Alabama have no need to fear! Jesse Jackson has proclaimed that Artur Davis is not black.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) [...]
Here are a few more local political websites that are up and running in addition to those I recently mentioned:
Paul Sanford, AL Senate District 7 Mike Ball, AL House District 10 Mary Scott Hunter, AL Board of Education District 8Hunter is running for the BoE seat currently held [...]
“Bringing the spirit of terror into school”.
That’s how one Williams Middle School parent described Master Sergeant CJ Grisham at tonight’s Huntsville City Schools Board of Education meeting. What was truly disturbing is that after admonishing people to “respect the good name and character of people”, Board President Doug Martinson allowed this [...]
Saturday, November 21, 2009
12PM to 3PM
Huntsville Hospital Medical Mall (NE corner of Governors and The Parkway)
From the Huntsville Tea Party:
Local doctors have organized a rally against a government takeover of health care. Huntsville Tea Party is sponsoring and doing what we can to support [...]
If you are a BRAC or military parent you MUST review this story before considering where to purchase a house and educate your children in the Huntsville area. The school in question here is Williams Middle School located off of Zierdt Rd in Huntsville.
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I want to do a reset [...]
Quick… You’ve got a few minutes to speak with a candidate who may be the next State Senator for District 9… What do you talk about?
Jobs? Forever Wild? Roads? Ethics reform? HHA?
If you guessed Bitty Baby dolls, you’re right!
Yep, we got to talking and the next thing you know, it’s American Girl [...]
The Paragon Source hilarity continues:
A judge in Montgomery hasn’t set a hearing yet in a suit over a $7 million no-bid computer contract for the state Finance Department because officials can’t find the company or its CEO.
State Rep. Alvin Holmes filed suit on Oct. 29 to block the contract [...]
From AL.com: Some GOP gubernatorial candidates run to right of Roy Moore on religion
Lots of good stuff in the article. Definitely worth a read.
Kay Ivey believes only Christian and Jewish displays should be allowed on government property. Roy Moore said that goes too far saying, “I think you should [...]
Republican candidate Don Spurlin will be at Rosies on South Parkway for a Meet and Greet, starting at 7PM (Tuesday, November 17, 2009). He is running for State Senate District 9 (comprised of much of South Huntsville, Marshall County, and part of Blount County). The GOP Primary [...]
Our friends at the South Huntsville Civic Association reported on the Huntsville Housing Authority Board Meeting last Friday (November 13, 2009) in the article “Our Public Housing Mansion Authority: The Wrapup on Friday’s HHA Board Meeting”. Please follow the link and read the whole thing. Here are some excerpts (to [...]
Here is a press release from the North Alabama Peace Network:
North Alabama Peace Network says … It’s Obama’s War Now!
(Huntsville, Alabama — Sat. Nov. 14, 2009) Today’s North Alabama Peace Network rally focused on the fact that while President Obama inherited a bad situation, he has not pulled troops out [...]
Earlier this week three University of Tennessee freshman football players were arrested for armed robbery. Awesome story on many fronts.
First of all, how damn stupid are the football players? They allegedly tried to rob a trio of local cosmopolitans who were driving a 1998 Hyundai Elantra. Good target. Most [...]
This should only embolden opposition to HHA expansion:
Facing the signatures of 380 angry citizens and the creation of yet another opposition group, the Huntsville Housing Authority decided Friday to forgo plans to buy a foreclosed home on Drummond Road.
Michael Lundy, executive director of the authority, told The Times, “We [...]
The Manhattan Institute’s City Journal published the article “Housing as Busing” by Howard Husock. The issues we’ve been having locally with the HHA appear to be part of a larger national issue. Read the whole thing, and here are some excerpts to whet your appetite:
“This is historic,” said Deputy [...]
The Huntsville City Board of Education encourages you to become involved in education. The School District offers many opportunities for community members to participate. You are invited to attend Board of Education Meetings.
So says the Huntsville City Schools Board of Education on their website. The next Board [...]
Take a moment to read this article by Rev. Dr. Bob Hurst, the pastor of United Church of Christ on Whitesburg Drive:
The greatest commandment according to Jesus is to “love God with all of our heart, soul, mind and strength.” The second greatest commandment is like the first, “you [...]
Last week police arrested two people in south Huntsville on drug and weapons charges:
Michael Jude and Deja Moore were being held Wednesday night on $759,000 bond. They’re each charged with trafficking cocaine, possession of a controlled substance and second-degree possession of marijuana.
The two were arrested on Reaches Place off [...]
Congressman Artur Davis (Democrat candidate for Governor) rejects the gas tax pledge (at least 80% of gas tax collected in Madison County stays here). The gas tax pledge is supported by the City of Huntsville, the City of Madison, and the Madison County Commission. The Huntsville Times article “Davis [...]
CJ at A Soldiers’ Perspective is shutting down his blog, due to pressure from the Army and concern for his military career. The Huntsville City Schools and the Huntsville Board of Education should be ashamed of their behavior by allowing his career to be threatened by an apparently unaccountable [...]
Let the people vote” was the rallying cry during the last legislative session from supporters of electronic bingo.
Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, will try to turn that slogan on its head in 2010 by pressing for a statewide vote on whether to abolish gambling entirely from Alabama.
That would mean [...]
Question: What do South Huntsville, Marshall County, and some of Blount County have in common?
Answer: An invisible State Senator, Hinton Mitchem (D - Union Grove).
Mitchem has been in the Senate since 1979, and was a State Representative before that (elected in 1975). More from Doc’s Political Parlor “Key [...]
“Let his days be few, and let another take his office”.
-Psalm 109:8
h/t Vincent
[...]Much has been made of the intra-party fighting among Republicans lately. The social conservatives vs. the fiscal conservatives vs. the go-with-the-flow establishment crowd. Those judged as impure in their convictions (by some mythical standard) or untrustworthy in their actions are targeted - even if it means thinning the party’s already [...]
Parker Griffith: Please don’t call me a Democrat. PLEASE!
In an interview this week, Politico Magazine reported:
“[Parker Griffith] won by a hairbreadth in 2008 — with 51 percent of the vote — and . . . [he] said he wasn’t sure exactly how loud the message from Tuesday’s Democratic losses in [...]
As y’all know, I’m a big tree-hugger and I love me some Alabama. Actually I’m a water-hugger but that makes no sense, except that we drink the water from the Flint River so protecting the area around our water supply is pretty important. I attended the Friends of the [...]
I attended the Health Care Tea Party downtown on Wednesday, Nov 4. Patricia McCarter of The Huntsville Times wrote “People protest against - and for - government-run health care”:
On the north side of Clinton Avenue stood 75 people protesting an expansion of government in health care.
On the south side [...]
Check out the much discussed ALGOP ad highlighting the litany of Democrats who have been convicted of various criminal behavior:
Click here to view the embedded video.Good ad. You know you’re sitting pretty when you can make a hard hitting “negative” ad without having to take any artistic [...]
I had a tough decision to make this evening: should I watch NCIS or the premiere of V (starring Morena Baccarin of Firefly fame)?
Well, instead of making the tough decision, I went to Dr. Richard Showers’ Huntsville City Council District One Town Meeting. The main topic of the meeting was the [...]
I’ve been busy lately and just now paid attention to the Dede Scozzafava/Goug Hoffman race in northern New York. I haven’t studied either candidate so Scozzafava could be the second coming of Pelosi and Hoffman could be an up and coming Jim DeMint for all I know. But I’m not [...]
“A LEADER DOES NOT DESERVE THE NAME UNLESS HE IS WILLING OCCASIONALLY TO STAND ALONE.” Henry Kissinger, 1961.
There is a political war in America between Free Enterprise and Socialism, between liberty and tyranny.
MO BROOKS QUOTES:
“Socialism has failed in every nation that has tried it. Yet Washington Democrats [...]
GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim James announced that he will sign the Madison County highway tax pledge. He joins fellow Republicans Bill Johnson and Bradley Byrne in pledging to increase road funding for Madison County. From James’ blog:
If elected Governor of Alabama, I will create a special statewide BRAC initiative to [...]
City Journal published “Project Phaseout” by Howard Husock, which contains some interesting observations about public housing. City Journal is on my favorites list because they write great articles, usually with a New York flavor, but still applicable to us. Here’s a taste:
Reformers once believed that publicly built apartments would [...]
A new state website is now available online that details state spending. I haven’t had a chance to really delve into it, but it appears to go down to a “checkbook register” level. Suggested by Secretary of the Senate McDowell Lee (who makes about $289,912 a year) and enacted [...]
I started out my career working at what was formerly Thiokol in Elkton, MD as a solid rocket motor engineer. Some time prior to when I worked there the workers were considering organizing. Management was, of course, not thrilled. So naturally they recorded a song. Quite possibly the worst song [...]
Brian, Reactionary, Dan, Mo Brooks
