Alabama Political Blogwire

updated at 08:58

• Daily Headlines, Sunday, 11/29/2009

  —Doc's Political Parlor

  Number of comments: 1
  

  Birmingham News – Archibald: Ranking the mayors of the past

  Birmingham News – Nation’s Black Friday shopping up only modestly, early data suggests

  Birmingham News – Birmingham community group conducts Avondale area clean-up

  Birmingham News – City in debt: Mobile’s liability worries officials

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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:44am EST
  by H

• Small town political gazette

  —Doc's Political Parlor

  The Daily Home – A different tool to reduce drop out rates

  The Selma Times-Journal – Group targets AIDS education

  The News Courier – Limestone County Commission to show thanks for grants

  Daily Mountain Eagle – Carbon Hill recieves $3000 community service grant from Rep. Ken Guin

  Dothan Eagle – [...]

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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:40am EST
  by waltm

• Sarahpalooza!

  —Left In Alabama

  As promised, I am publishing this here first. I hope you enjoy it.

  
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:09am EST
  

• We're sorry you're stupid, but you're not allowed to hold back the rest of the class anymore.

  —The Progressive Electorate

       Dear misinformed Conservatives, We are sorry that you have been lied to by the Corporate Media. We are sorry that the scare tactics work on you every single time, we're sorry that you don't know anything about American history or even recent events. We are sorry that you [...]
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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 11:02pm EST
  

• Toomer's Last Night After Bama's 2nd Straight Victory

  —From A Buick

  
  And Rammer Jammer:
  
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:44pm EST
  by Altoid

• Krugman Wants to Tax the Speculators Geithner is Against It

  —The Progressive Electorate

  Paul Krugman has a good article up about taxing financial speculators. This is common sense 101, it would tax the activities that drove this nation and the World to the edge of the cliff last fall. This is a no-brainer. This move would certainly go a long way towards winning [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  

• Nationwide protests this week against Afghanistan escalation

  —The Progressive Electorate

  It's about time for a substantial anti-war movement to start in this country - and with Obama probably announcing an escalation of 34,000 troops to Afghanistan (in addition to the 20,000 he already sent), there is no better time than now.  A leading anti-war organization, World Can't Wait, is' [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 2:19pm EST
  

• Obama: The Mentality Of Force

  —Politics Alabama

  I’ve been considering the Obama administration and it’s self-proclaimed priorities, and much of it seems to center on the fact that PresBo and his liberal allies in Congress know what is best for us, like a bizarre form of elected parenthood. They know what is best, and we should all [...]
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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:30am EST
  

• Who Gets the Iron Bowl Tickets?

  —Doc's Political Parlor

  Number of comments: 9
  

  A reader writes:

  Is it possible to get a list of ALL public officials (elected, appointed, etc.) who were given free AU/AL Game tickets? Who paid for the tickets and what is the actual value of each ticket? Did spouses also receive free tickets? Did taxpayers pay for a special reception, [...]

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  Posted: November 28, 2009, 9:28am EST
  by Danny