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Good Reasons to Support Huckabee, Romney or McCain

I’m sure that the typical voter likes increases in federal spending.  After all, without such increases, how can we have escalating deficits or tax increases? To whom will our children and grandchildren owe money if we don’t act even more irresponsibly today?
Here are reasons to support three of the four remaining Republican candidates:

John McCain will […]

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Raising Taxes for Jesus

The person who more-or-less put the bug in Governor Riley’s ears (or at least provided his most compelling sound byte) about raising taxes in the name of Jesus just skittered out of her little hole in the wall and made it to the New York Times.
Professor Hamill asserted that 18 states seriously violate biblical principles […]

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Governor Riley Plans Winter Vacation on Your Dime

Would you be willing to pay money out of your own pocket to send Governor Riley and a handful of his cronies to play golf in Hawaii in the middle of the winter? It doesn’t matter if you’re willing, because you are paying anyway. From al.com:
Gov. Bob Riley and other state officials are […]

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Alabama Pork Update

It looks like Congress is planning to take money from people in other parts of the country and redistributing it here.  Some Alabamians don’t mind benefiting from the hard work of others.   Some of us feel it is immoral to take “$870,000 for research at Auburn University on catfish” from the wallets of people around […]

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Huckabee: Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me

Charlie Brown, Charlie Brown
He’s a clown, that Charlie Brown
He’s gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
(Why’s everybody always pickin’ on me) — the Coasters

Here’s a refreshing bit of news from the Ron Paul campaign. Instead of a campaign solely based on pressing his ideological views, Paul has finally starting to become politically combative, too.
Two […]

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When Bernanke Talks, People Listen

Let’s try that title again, this time with hyperlinks:  When Bernanke Talks, People Listen.  As of the time of this writing, the DOW is down 212 points.
It seems the investment class finds that Ron Paul makes a bit more sense than the Fed Chair (or the Democrats or Republicans, for that matter).
On Bernanke’s .25% rate […]

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Birmingham’s Billion Dollar Pork Roast

It looks like the Birmingham News figured out why the Birmingham City Council passed Mayor Langford’s plan to rob shoppers and pillage small businesses in town (emphasis added):
The Birmingham City Council didn’t exactly demand details from Mayor Larry Langford before approving his $1 billion spending plan.
Maybe Birmingham City Council members know a mandate in the […]

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Alabama Ticketgate Scandal Should Be Investigated

Dan doesn’t think Alabama’s latest political scandal is such a big deal, but Brian does. The issue to which I refer is the recent allegation that the Alabama and Auburn football programs have been providing a large amount of football tickets to state legislators and government officials.
While these”gifts” have been declared legal IAW state ethics […]

Posted in Fiscal Responsibility, Election Reform, Wasteful Spending, It's a Southern Thang, Alabama Politics | 4 Comments »

Magic City Math

I was talking with former Birmingham City Councilor Jimmy Blake the other day.
“Yo, Jimmy,” I casually asked. “Whassup with your new mayor and his tax increase proposals?”
Blake looked at me and slowly shrugged his shoulders, but had no immediate response. This is the first time I can recall Blake at a loss for […]

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Alabama Outrage of the Day

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford (emphasis added):
But others argued a 1 cent sales tax increase and doubling of business license fees would hurt poor residents and drive away business.
Olivia Thompson, a former city bus driver forced to leave her job because of a disability, said she lives on just $607 a month.
“They’re saying one penny’s […]

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Fair Tax, Congressman Cramer and His Challenger

When Brian noted that Ray McKee is running against Bud Cramer for Congress in Alabama’s Fifth Congressional District, he quite reasonably asked people to justify their opposition to Cramer:
A couple of days ago WVNN morning show host Dale Jackson hit on a key question about Bud Cramer (D), north Alabama’s U.S. congressman. He pointed […]

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The Imposter

Bob Novak: “The danger is a serious contender for the nomination who passes the litmus test of social conservatives on abortion, gay marriage and gun control but is far removed from the conservative-libertarian model of Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.”
Is Novak talking about Bush? Giuliani? Romney?
Nope, he’s trashing Mike Huckabee for posing as a fiscal […]

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Paul, Pinocchios and the Post

The fact checking department at the Washington Post says Ron Paul’s budget numbers don’t add up.  In fact, they gave him their worst rating: four Pinocchios.
Before giving the floor to the Paul team, let us review the state of the debate. During an October 31 appearance on the Jay Leno show, the Republican candidate said […]

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Government Monopoly Imposed at Gunpoint: Liberty Dollar Raided by the Feds

UPDATE: While there is some speculation that the e-mail in question may have been bogus, I’ve tried to call the company and received no response from a live person. Additionally, the local media has published an article about the raid, which includes the following confirmation:
FBI Agent Wendy Osborne, a spokeswoman for the FBI’s […]

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President Bush or My Own Eyes: I’m Not Sure Who to Believe

Am I to believe…
…President Bush:
“If people would look at the strength of our economy, they’d realize why, you know, I believe that the dollar will be stronger,” Bush told the Fox Business Network.
“We have a strong dollar policy, and it’s important for the world to know that. We also believe it’s important for the market […]

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