Alabama and Rove
Somebody help me out here. I'm stuck behind a firewall called Newhouse newspapers, and I'm trying to make these people in Alabama aware that Karl Rove isn't their buddy. A friend told me that the local...
View ArticleEnergy Bills and Oil Spills
Oiltown, Mexico'Twas just past noon Tampico time When they pulled him from the skiff. His shirt was ripped clear to his neck, His arms and legs were stiff. They say his wife had borne a son...
View Article"It is simply very difficult
to change the way an entire nation operates." The above statement came from a current DailyKos diary on the real on the ground view from a soldier in Iraq. Especially the torture aspect. He was...
View ArticleWhat a difference two weeks makes
IN late July I started a diary reflecting on some of the massive changes that society has undergone and how hard they are to engineer. It was (ironically) inspired by a statement in an Iraq soldier's...
View ArticleKossacks for Kucinich
Okey, dokie... All you Kossacks who either ran as a delegate for Kucinich (which I considered to be the most important thing I've ever done in my life - the guy got 4% of the vote in Mobile, Alabama...
View ArticleAre the dolls THAT scary?
Okay, maybe I'm just not seeing it. Help me out here, folks. My painting of the dolls is the only item in the auction that hasn't gotten a bid. I'm not looking for compliments on its artistic merit - I...
View ArticleThe Scary Dolls are back at the Yearly Kos auction...and here's why!
If you've browsed the listings at the Yearly Kos mega auction, maybe you haven't thought of yourself as an art buyer, since you're really more interested in defeating the crowd that's in Washington...
View ArticleWar Damn Eagle and Katie Bar the Door!
For starters, Auburn just beat LSU in one nerve wracking four hour matchup. So War Eagle, you go Tigers! The commentator said they'll go to number two. We'll see about that. Auburn has had good seasons...
View ArticleWarner to be in Mobile for AlaDems County PAC
I haven't been this excited about a political event since David Brock spoke to the Annual Democratic Party meeting back in the days before the -- well, whatever you call what happened to us in 2000 --...
View ArticleMark Warner fires up downtown Mobile crowd tonight!
Downtown Mobile, Alabama on a very muggy October night - I arrived about five thirty - thinking I'd be one of the first ones there - but I was wrong - Mark Warner was already working the crowd, talking...
View Article(AL-01) Alabama's Vivian Beckerle -A Small Wonder.
Small Wonder she's not doing better, that is. These are the facts, according to today's Mobile Press-Register: Jo Bonner's opponent (AL-District 1) Vivian Beckerle has spent almost $6,200 to his...
View Article(AL-01) Jo Bonner (yawn) vs. Vivan Beckerle (Wow!)
Pizza and Pablum (This is the second of my diaries on Vivian Beckerle, who is running against Jo Bonner for the first congressional district of Alabama) Here's the first diary from a few days ago. He...
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(AL-01) Beckerle vs. Bonner - On the Radar Screen, please.
Being on the radar screen--that's all I want. Getting Vivian Beckerle on the radar screen, I should say. Anyone who gets their party's nomination to run in a congressional race ought to be at least...
View Article(AL-various) Debates edition: Now don't that just beat all?
One of the funniest lines in the debates tonight between the two candidates for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama was the comment made by Jim Folsom to his opponent Luther Strange, who was recommending...
View Article(AL-01) Beckerle still standing strong in District 1
With almost no funding and thus no polls, it's hard to say what might happen on November 7 in this district. If the next week brings out some obvious signs of life from the Bonner camp I'll be...
View Article(AL-01)Beckerle, other Alabama Dems ready to kick butt
If anyone thought a little thing like a blood clot and hospitalization would slow Vivian Beckerle down, don't count on it. She's maybe a bit rested after a few days in a local hospital, but otherwise...
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(AL-01) What a lovely day for a caravan!
Some days are just perfect, and today was one of those. Our mission today was to caravan the Alabama District 1, the district that Vivian Beckerle is hoping to be representing in the next congress....
View Article(AL-01) Beckerle sees through smokescreen
"I think it's the confusion created by the smoke that the Republicans are blowing on this," said Vivian Beckerle, a Mobile Democrat running for southwest Alabama's 1st Congressional District seat....
View Article(AL-01)Oh, what could have been
Bonner 80,791 66% Beckerle 42,024 34% These aren't final numbers, but so far she's holding about half the votes he's getting -
View ArticleWatching Star Wars the week after the election
Is that the first time I've noticed these metaphors and mythological symbols? No, but it's the most amazing coincidence that I watched this rerun of Star Wars a during the second week after the 2006...
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