if it matters…
The storms of April 27th took a heavy toll from Elmore County and the Lake Martin Area. As we have seen from the outpouring of volunteers and aid, there is something special about the People who call this area home, and though the scars may remain for years to come, we will rebuild all that [...]
And in the coup de grace, Arlen Specter, the party-switching, vote-selling Senator who first served under John Quincy Adams was shown the door by a Joe Sestak, who trailed Specter by over 30 points just 4 months ago.
…..And all three had received what is now obviously the kiss of death: an endorsement from President Barack Obama. Being associated with Obama is becoming similar to taking your sister to the Prom; you do it to show support of her, but everyone knows your both epic losers.
And so the cries for a national boycott of Starbucks have begun, Starbucks being the easiest, most visible Seattle-based company for the 70% of Americans who support Arizona to send a message through…..I imagine we’ll get over not having Starbucks long before we would have gotten over turning our backs on Arizona.
As many of you know, and as I’ve written in this blog before, I was somewhat hesitant, then pleasantly surprised when I moved into Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District about one and a half years ago. Bobby Bright had just been elected, and I was concerned about my Representative being a Democrat, but early on, Mr. Bright was [...]
Theodore Roosevelt’s ideas on Immigrants and being an AMERICAN in 1907. ‘In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate [...]
