The impending move of the Downtown Rescue Mission has sparked a mean spirited and hate filled public debate. Some people apparently believe that some other people are less than human and must be relegated to an official caste without basic human rights, less dignity that a dirty wet dog, and nothing more nutritional to eat than “scooby snacks.”
After pleading guilty to killing two Athens, Alabama police officers in 1994, Farron Barksdale was sentenced to life in prison and subsequently transferred about two weeks ago to Kilby State Correctional Facility in South Alabama. Three days later he was found unconscious in his prison cell and declared to be suffering from a “heat” related […]
I remember more than eight years ago when I began discovering the Internet and all it’s potential. There was no such thing as a “blogger” back in those days. The best computers were likely still running on 400 cpus, or less, and the idea of audio and video were seriously hampered by immanently slow connection […]
The unearthing of the capsule is the first impropriety as it was orchestrated to follow immediately on the heals of George Bush’s presidential inauguration on January 20th. Literally just two hours after the Republican Bush was sworn in, the Democratic Party time capsule ceremonies began.
Some folks have said that if you didn’t vote, then you don’t have an excuse to gripe about government. There was a time when I probably would have been guilty of making that same remark.
It is almost incomprehensible. It is so far beyond the pale, that it is unbelievable. It is dangerous. Really dangerous. And yet, where are the outraged fans, community groups, mental health advocates, and church leadership? (72 KB midi file / 5 min. 18 sec. audio) Atlanta Braves pitcher John Rocker raises a defient fist to […]
How it is possible that anyone in the State of Alabama would like to associate a lottery with education funding is a mystery that only the Mafia, thugs, and thieves could possibly understand.