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[Left in Alabama] This is a test; it is only a test. If it was real, it would contain some information

piggieheart — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:43:00 -0400

I have been unable to post a diary on LIA for some weeks now. At least one other blogger is having the same problem. This is a test-diary to see if my problem is solved.

[Left in Alabama] Southern Republicans Have Seceded from Sanity

mooncat — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:53:00 -0400

I didn't say that -- although I agree. That's a direct quote from conservative columnist Kathleen Parker. She's one of the one's printed on the right when my local paper does their "on the left" and "on the right" thing where they match up some milquetoast "liberal" writer against a (usually) raving conservative.

In 1966 [Pat] Buchanan and Richard Nixon were at the Wade Hampton Hotel in Columbia, S.C., where Nixon worked a crowd into a frenzy: "Buchanan recalls that the room was full of sweat, cigar smoke, and rage; the rhetoric, which was about patriotism and law and order, 'burned the paint off the walls.

[Left in Alabama] BCA Gubernatorial Forum Recap

mooncat — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 10:08:00 -0400

George Talbot of the Press-Register attended the BCA candidate forum last Saturday at Point Clear. He shares his impressions of the 2010 gubernatorial field here. It's well worth reading, not only for what is said, but for what is left unsaid.

Although there are clearly 8 candidates on stage, Talbot makes no mention of three of them: Republicans Robert Bentley and Bill Johnson or Democrat Ron Sparks. Did they make no lasting impression or is it a case of "if you can't say something nice ...?"

[Left in Alabama] The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health Care is Too High

mooncat — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:35:00 -0400

Americans are already paying for health care. We pay more than anyone else in the world for health care. Problem is, even though we've scrimped and saved to keep paying the insurance premiums, too often the profit-obsessed insurance industry denies our claim. Or drops us altogether when we get sick. And if they decide whatever we have isn't covered by that "comprehensive health care policy" we've paid premiums on for half a lifetime, do they kindly refund our (obviously wasted) money? No, they do not. They move it over into their "obscene profits" column, leaving us high and dry.

Doing nothing has a cost.

[The Locus Fork News-Journal] Birmingham Water Works Reveals Locust Fork Bids

Glynn Wilson — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:42:00 -0400

by Glynn Wilson
Updated Wednesday below…
A bidder going by the individual name of Todd Palmer submitted the highest bid of $3,750,000 Tuesday for 3,200 acres of land along the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River that had been set aside for a dam in the early 1990s.
The property became available this summer when the Birmingham [...]

[The Locus Fork News-Journal] Blackwater Christian Soldiers Ordered Witnesses Murdered?

Glynn Wilson — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:45:00 -0400

Could news about the Iraq War really get even worse?

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The owner of U.S. contractor Blackwater was a Christian zealot hell-bent on wiping Muslims from the earth. When facing an investigation, he ordered the murder of witnesses.
That’s corporate America and the military industrial complex for [...]

[Left in Alabama] Excessive Force? Shocking!

julie — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:05:00 -0400

When FOX and ALTERNET agree - something's up! This homeowner and his pregnant wife were tasered in their BACKYARD. A man's home is his castle? Not anymore.

Seems to me tasers just make it too easy for the cops to be brutal without the penalty of all the paperwork they endure for drawing a gun.

They aren't using them for life threatening situations - they still prefer a gun for that -(who wouldn't?) they use them to torture people who are simply a pain in the ass, or maybe don't speak English, or happen to be black :(

350+ taser deaths in the past ten years I've heard.

[Left in Alabama] Artur Davis Meet and Greet in Huntsville

mooncat — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:31:00 -0400

There's nothing like meeting a candidate and judging for yourself. If you're in North Alabama and want to do the retail politics thing, here's your chance to meet one of our Democratic candidates for governor -- without an obligatory contribution, although I'm sure they would happily accept your check, if you're so moved.

Congressman Artur Davis will host a meet and greet for Huntsville area residents on Wednesday, August 5. Please see information below for event details. Members of the media are invited to attend and hear the Congressman’s remarks.

Event details:

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

1:30 – 3:00pm CST

Watson, McKinney & Artrip

203 Green Street SE

Huntsville, AL 35801

**event is open to the public

[The Anniston Star] Summer reading program off and running at Carver Branch Library

mooncat — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:54:00 -0400

The sounds of laughing and singing echoed through the hallways of the Carver Community Center this afternoon when approximately 90 local children enjoyed a modernized version of the Aesop classic, 'The Tortoise and the Hare,' performed by a Jacksonville State University professor and two of his students.

[The Locus Fork News-Journal] Ten Commandments Judge to Run for Governor

Admin — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:21:00 -0400

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore of Ten Commandments fame has launched a Web site saying he’s running for governor at Moore2010.com and made an announcement at noon on Monday at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Montgomery.
The Web site invites supporters to sign a pledge to help elect Moore as “the next governor of Alabama.” [...]