The Smug Baldy Speaks

Just in case you think Alabama is all about good ol’ boy politics, we find a bit of refreshing news that former Alabama governor Don Siegelman, and his partner in crime Richard Scrushy, were taken to prison in shackles yesterday. Siegleman was convicted of bribery, conspiracy and mail fraud, and was sentenced to 7 years […]

Yesterday, a fey President Bush had this to say in defense of Alberto Gonzales, concerning the upcoming no-confidence vote of his embattled Attorney General in the United States Congress:
“They can have their votes of no confidence, but it’s not going to make the determination about who serves on my government.”
That’s right, he actually said, “my […]

According to CBS News, a recent Gallup Survey shows that 68% of Republicans “Disbelieve Scientific Explanation of Creation”:
A Gallup poll released Monday said that while the country is about evenly split over whether the theory of evolution is true, Republicans disbelieve it by more than 2-to-1.
Republicans saying they don’t believe in evolution outnumbered those […]

K. Patrick Glover gets my vote for best rant in recent memory with his gem titled Fuck The Flag. The title is probably going to throw some people, but I think it’s completely appropriate to be pissed off about having parades while our supply of civil liberties dwindles.

The Southern Poverty Law Center publishes a national map of hate groups in the US - and you may be interested to know who your local terrorists are. In 2006, there were 22 active hate groups here in Alabama, two of which were active in the Mobile area. Here, the Neo-Confederate group the […]

This letter appeared in today’s Mobile Press-Register, and it raises a few questions about the science and politics behind the so-called global warming “debate”. I’ll present it in it’s entirety, and will then address some specific issues.

Global warming claim a ‘hoodwink’
Nancy Pelosi, in addition to being speaker of the House, has apparently become a […]

Just in case you missed Keith Olbermann’s special comment on the Murder Of Habeus Corpus, here is is on YouTube. One thing that should make us happy is that we still have one right left in the Bill of Rights. OK - Bill of Right.
This part is priceless:
“Getting the Military Commissions Act to […]

I have never watched or listened to Keith Olbermann before the past few weeks. Now, after hearing him speak, I have to admit it: Keith Olberman is an American Hero, and he’s probably going to get himself killed for speaking truths like this:

Simply Amazing: