This is sure to end well

al.com: NewsFlash - Turnham: Alabama not likely to swap early primary for delegates

My dream of being personally sucked up to by potential Next Leaders Of The Free World lives. Considering that at the last Democratic convention the Alabama delegation got worse seats than Puerto Rico despite the leader of the state party being a longtime personal friend of John Kerry, it’s little surprise that the Alabama Party is not interested in doing what the national Party wants. The primary would be the same day as Arkansas’, Feb. 5, a week after South Carolina and two after New Hampshire.

Take that, Georgia!

Alabama only state that has a rolling mortuary

Sure, you have major sports teams but we have a $150K morgue on wheels!

You bet, Eric

Bomber Rudolph bemoans prison conditions | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

He doesn’t like prison. Isn’t that a shame. I suppose it’s a real step down from living in a hole in the ground:

Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph laments in a series of letters to a newspaper that the maximum-security federal prison where he is spending the rest of his life is designed to drive him insane.

“It is a closed-off world designed to isolate inmates from social and environmental stimuli, with the ultimate purpose of causing mental illness and chronic physical conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and arthritis,” he wrote in one letter to The Gazette of Colorado Springs.

This is all more or less correct. In his case, I don’t mind so much.

This is great

Bachus assumes top GOP seat on House banking committee

Really, it’s wonderful… Spencer has been trying for some time to be the chairman of the banking committee. He’s finally the senior Republican, only to find himself suddenly, tragically, in the minority.

Now, this is good, but not as good as me getting to say this:

As senior Republican, he will be second to the new, Democratic, chairman. In other words: Spencer Bachus will be under Barney Frank.

Jerk

Bessemer bookkeeper charged in library theft

$400,000 stolen from Bessemer Public (hi, Carole!) since 2001. The entire annual budget for BPL is $500,000. I hope he fries.

The automotive equivalent of big-ass jeans

Here is what I don’t get… These guys take these giant old cars, big hunks of Detroit iron like a 1978 two-door Ford, and they paint them a hideous color like lime green or (worse) University of Tennessee orange, and then they put these gigantic wheels on them, like SUV wheels, and drive around. Why? I mean, is there a point?

Yes, I am old.

Also, the Maine

Bush urges Americans to remember Pearl Harbor

“My fellow Americans, let us never forget this sneak attack on the United States by the Japanese, which led us to go to war against Nazi Germany. See, I’m not the only one!”

Talladega Threatdown

Bear sightings up in Talladega woods

It’s not clear if the bears are taking up permanent residence in Alabama (for the first time in more than a century) but experts say if they haven’t it’s just a matter of time. I don’t know if I’d prefer the bears wander into the federal prison and savage Richard Scrushy and/or Don Siegelman, or the racetrack and savage Jeff Gordon.

You mean it’s not?

Library site helps teach history

Students in Donna Ross’ sixth grade American history class at Bush Middle School in Ensley used to think that history was reading about dead people and keeping up with a lot of dates.

That history degree they gave me is worthless!

That was before this fall when she started using her laptop to access a local Web site for history teachers. It puts Birmingham and Alabama photographs, diaries and letters at their disposal. Even music from the jazz era is a mouse click away.

The jazz era! 12-year-olds love jazz!

Uh, CNN?

Pelosi taps Silvestre for intelligence post - CNN.com

“Silvestre” is the guy’s first name, as in “Silvestre Reyes”. Though I like the new informal attitude. What’s next? “George says US won’t pull out; Nancy disagrees”?