Birmingham Blues

Jennifer at Intous pointed me to this story. Seems an ad for “Come Out Knoxville” caused trouble for the Fountain City Focus.
The original ad purchased by the Rainbow Community Awareness Project to appear in the Fountain City Focus contained the words “gay” and “lesbian” printed several times.
The ad said “Come Out Knoxville, a national [...]

Racism is alive and well around the world. I know that’s not a surprise to anyone, but the manifestation of the racism is horrific:
White South African farmer sentenced to life in prison for throwing black worker to the lions
Bill Bennett just can’t understand why anyone would be upset that he thinks we could cut [...]

Boeing and the National Journal have apologized for publishing an Osprey aircraft ad showing a simulated attack on a mosque. It’s good to know this ad was published “inadvertently” and that everyone involved is really, really sorry. But why on earth would Boeing have approved the concept in the first place? What [...]

Cool! There’s yet another liberal suburban housewife blogger here in Birmingham. We need all the progressive voices we can get. Check out Blue Gal and leave some comments so she’ll know you’ve been there.

Here’s an indepth interview with Bush’s speechwriter (wink, wink). Enjoy!
And for all of you who have been worried about damage to the Bush’s Houston home, fear not! Cleanup will be easy, as long as Barbara doesn’t strain herself bending over.

Thanks to Lindsay and Lisa for the pointers.

Those of you who have been checking in here for a while may also have had the pleasure of clicking over to Shakespeare’s Sister and reading brilliant prose along with biting political commentary. Shakes Sis and Mr. Shakes have just received the double whammy of a 100% increase in their property tax and Sis [...]

I hope he’ll be better than I’m afraid he’ll be — if that makes any sense. Now it’s on to nomination #2. Any guesses as to who will get the nod?

Don’t worry, Dr. Frist. This won’t hurt — much….
WASHINGTON (AP) — While insiders at HCA Inc. were selling millions of dollars of their own stock this year, they were also painting a sunny picture of the company’s outlook for investors. Federal prosecutors and the Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the sale of [...]

Here’s an example of fine corporate citizenship. In the aftermath of Katrina, FEMA, desparate to obtain housing for people displaced by the storm, got itself into a no-bid contract to pay Carnival Cruise Lines $236 million for the use of three ships. The cost is more than double what you or I might [...]

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) has been elected the interim House Majority Leader. He will share responsibilities with David Dreier of California. Early reports had Dreier moving into the Majority Leader position, but he is widely perceived to be a bit too circumspect about his sexual orientation. In other words, he’s 52 and single, [...]