Birmingham Blues

Happy Halloween!

I’m hoping this post will at least show up in IE. Right now, trying to view the Blues in IE gives me a mess and a “Done, but with errors on page” message. Everything is working fine with Firefox, so now might be a good time to download it.
I’ll have to turn [...]

Um, what? Geez, just how many Klan members are there in Cullman?
Members of one Ku Klux Klan organization say they will assemble at the courthouse Nov. 10 to show their opposition to another Klan group that plans an anti-immigration rally there that day.
Ken Mier, who described himself as an investigator for the Alabama Ku [...]

Another one bites the dust. Rep. Tom Tancredo (R-we hate the brown people) has announced that he will not run for re-election to Congress. He says his pet issue, throwing out all the brown people and building an electric fence around the United States illegal immigration, has attained national prominence, so he isn’t [...]

Bob Riley is not going to be happy. The Commission voted today to hold a special election on February 5, the same day as the state’s presidential primaries, to replace Birmingham Mayor-Elect Larry Langford. Riley maintains that he has the authority to appoint Langford’s replacement, despite a Jefferson County law that mandates a [...]

Troy King is still mad at Shelby County DA Robby Owens. So mad that he’s trying to get a judge to bar Owens’ testimony in a court hearing — even though Owens supports his position.
Amazingly, King has asked a judge to bar Shelby County District Attorney Robby Owens from testifying in a court [...]

So, our fancy electronic clock radio by the bed “fell back” an hour all by itself, and the husband, who is on call, was late for morning rounds. But no matter, because I am so proud that our Congressboro is fighting the evil terroristski with their so-devious daylight savings time increasement. WAY to lessen our [...]

When last we heard from our intrepid hero public embarrassment Joel Montgomery, he was denying that he participated in alcohol counseling, even though he was required to do so as a condition of the dismissal of public intoxication charges stemming from this charming incident. Prosecutors took exception to Montgomery’s assertion and asked Judge K. [...]

Wolfrum at Shakesville has listed contact information for agencies that are providing assistance to victims of the California wildfires.  They can use our help.  Head over and check them out.

I’ve been asking this question for some time now, but Courtney Haden puts it much more eloquently in the latest issue of the Birmingham Weekly:
…I worry about the recent revelation that Spencer Bachus hates poor children. I’d always thought our congressman a reasonably empathetic guy — he cares enough about his constituents not to draw [...]