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Monthly Archives: September 2009
So Much For National Public Health Care…
The Blue Dogs just want one Republican vote? Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy They just lost the base of the Democratic Party that put Obama in office, if they don’t get this done…
On William Safire's Retirement and Death
by Glynn Wilson I am still scratching my head as I re-read the New York Times feature obituary on William Safire, wondering how in the world the nation’s newspaper of record could get things so wrong in the end. The power vacuum created at the Times when Howell Raines resigned really has left the former…
Congress Should Sub Justice Act for Patriot Act
As Congress begins to consider renewing sections of the USA PATRIOT Act set to expire at the end of the year, we have a unique opportunity to press for new civil liberties protections to shield ordinary Americans against government spying, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Last week, 10 US Senators introduced the perfect vehicle…
U.S. Census Worker Murdered in Kentucky
A family’s visit to a rural Kentucky cemetery led to the shocking discovery of a part-time census worker’s naked body hanging from a tree with the word “fed” written on his chest. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Jerry Weaver of Fairfield, Ohio, told the Associated Press the man…
Alabama Faces Arkansas in Big Game
TV Lineup and Lines Below Time Out by Dan Rutledge Anytime the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Arkansas Razorbacks get together, it’s going to be interesting. Bama fans know of what I speak. Even when the Tide wins, it is never, never easy. Arkansas at Alabama (Line: Alabama by 17) headlines a quartet of league…
The National Parks: America's Best Idea
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow discusses the upcoming documentary with film maker Ken Burns… Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is a six-episode series directed by Ken Burns and written and co-produced by Dayton Duncan. Filmed over the course of more than six years at…
Idiocy on a Congressional Scale
Guest Column by Martin Horzempa Huntsville Alabama The public is up in arms and rightly so about the current state of our health-care system. After having seem the value of their life’s saving cratered by a greedy few in the banking system, they fail to connect the dots when it comes to health-care. Most when…
The Next GOP Loser
Democrats hope Republicans are dumb enough to elect Sarah Palin as their nominee for president in 2012… Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Why? Because she couldn’t carry a single state — except maybe Alabama. Nah! They don’t vote for women in Alabama. Former U.S. vice presidential nominee Sarah…
How to Save Democracy, the Press and the Legal Profession
Technology U by Glynn Wilson I’m just going to come right out and say it. I know how to save the press and democracy — and the right to sue in this country. The question is will the right people listen? Will they listen in time? For an excellent discussion on where we are, check…
Agency Seeks Public Comment on Global Warming
ATLANTA, Ga. — On coastal North Carolina’s federal wildlife refuges, shorelines are receding and barrier islands are narrowing. In the Florida Keys, the sooty tern, a sea bird, is showing up to breed three to four months earlier than usual. Inland, invasive plants such as Alligator Weed are crowding out more desirable food for ducks…
Hollywood Helps the Poor Insurance Companies
Poor millionaire insurance company executives need your help… Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell Stand up and fight today for billions in profits at the expense of your health. Save the poor insurance companies from the big, bad, liberal, socialist government health care plan today…
Phoenix Pastor Prays for Obama's Death?
Now here’s a real fine Christian idea. A Phoenix-area pastor delivered a sermon this past Sunday entitled, “Why I Hate Barack Obama,” and he told his parishioners that he prays for President Obama’s death, according to the local Fox News affiliate. Pastor Steven Anderson reportedly continues to encourage his parishioners to join him in praying…
In Search of Shakespeare: A PBS Documentary
William Shakespeare (allegedly) by Glynn Wilson I spent the afternoon Sunday watching one of the most extraordinary bits of documentary film making ever: In Search of Shakespeare, a four-part documentary series exploring the life of the world’s greatest and most famous writer, William Shakespeare. According to the Web introduction, “Surprisingly, it is the first time…
The Truth About National Health Care
You don’t have to believe me, or the president, or the radical right or left… Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Listen to a guy who spent a career fighting public health care as a PR man who finally saw the light…
Freeze Frame in the SEC
TV Schedule and Lines Below Time Out by Dan Rutledge Freeze Frame! Fans of both Georgia and Auburn would like nothing better than having the league standings after Week 2 of the Southeastern Conference football season frozen in time, a photograph printed from one frame of the “College Football 2009” video. If the 2009 SEC…
Southern Irony in National Health Care Debate
The people of the South need health care the most… Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Yet these same people oppose national health care reform the most. Why is it that some people refuse to act in their own self interest?
Technology U: Prometheus Unbound
“Life’s but a walking shadow…a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury signifying nothing…” – William Shakespeare, Macbeth by Glynn Wilson The Big Picture Do you ever feel the pressure of change in your life? Do you ever get the feeling that new technology is coming on so fast you can’t keep…
James Milford Perkins Dies at 83
by Glynn “Cowboy” Wilson James “Milford” Perkins, the patriarch of the musical Perkins family of East Birmingham, Alabama, died Sept. 8 after a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 83. Earline and Milford Perkins Perkins was a veteran of the second World War and retired from Hayes Aircraft as a painter. He was born…
Blounty County Citizens Oppose Coal Mine
Glynn Wilson by Glynn Wilson ONEONTA, Ala. — More than 102 people packed the Frank Green Building auditorium Tuesday night to protest a proposed coal mine by a Canadian company near the banks of the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River. Dr. Randall C. Johnson, the director of the Surface Mining Commission and a…
