Birmingham Blues

A couple of days ago I wote a post I called “Worst Person in the World” in reference to Keith Olbermann’s response to Senator Clinton’s reference to Robert Kennedy’s death in June of 1968. I compared Olbermann’s criticism of Senator Clinton over that reference in a very unfavorable light to a comment he had made [...]

Lots going on in the garden right now. The tomato plants are busy making babies. I saw my first bell pepper sprout on Mother’s Day, which seemed rather fitting. Now we have two.

Tiny Tomatoes on the Early Girl

The Celebrity Has a Baby Too

Bell Pepper Seedlings
More pictures after the jump.

Keep Mobile Beautiful, which usually concerns itself with litter and recycling, has gotten its knickers in a twist over an outfit called the Oasis Foundation of America. These folks don’t have much of a web presence that I can find, although they are members of something called the National Emergency Management Association.
But you thought [...]

No doubt most Blues readers are acquainted with Arlen Specter. The senior U.S. Senator from the State of Pennsylvania is perhaps best known for his tenure as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee during the first six years of the Bush administration. Perhaps no Judiciary Committee Chairperson was ever more judicious in finding reasons to [...]

I have gotten in the habit of ignoring the Mobile Register’s editorials, since they usually serve only to raise my blood pressure, but a forum I visit called my attention to this one from yesterday. It’s entitled, “Senators thumb noses at Mobile, Baldwin.” Apparently during the debate about Ben Brook’s coastal insurance bill, Mr. Barron [...]

I’m just in from a bout of much-needed gardening, preparing a bed for tomatoes and peppers. Yes, Don, I know they should have been planted two weeks ago, but Good Friday was so early this year. (Is there an emoticon for whining?)
After I pulled beaucoup weeds and even dug up a couple of small [...]

Gee, thanks, guys.
The coding or something is screwed up in this article - makes it unpleasant to read online. But then, you’ve probably already read it in your morning paper.

From a story about the hiring practices of Prichard police chief Lawrence Battiste IV, in today’s Press-Register:
Battiste said that if he had known hiring his brother, sister, cousin and father would be perceived as nepotism, he never would have done it.
You just can’t make this stuff up.

That is all.

A three-judge panel ruled against Gov. Bob Riley yesterday, saying his appointment of a Jefferson County Commissioner to replace Larry Langford requires Justice Department approval. The panel didn’t remove George Bowman, who was appointed in November, and it gave Riley a February 5 deadline, coinciding with a scheduled special election, either to appeal the [...]